Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Qualification

The top seven teams in the combined FIVB and 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup rankings plus hosts Mexico qualified for the final tournament. The following nations qualified for the tournament:^[1]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Mexico
FIVB + 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup rankings	January 15, 2011	–	7	Brazil  United States  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Peru  Puerto Rico  Canada
TOTAL			8

Squads

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 12 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament are due on September 14, 2011 a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.^[1]

• Eight teams are split into two preliminary round groups of four teams each. The top team from each group qualifies for the semifinals.
• The second placed team will play the third placed team from the other group for another place in the semifinals.
• The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.^[1]

Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser
In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio and sets ratio ^[1]

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)^[2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	13	267	212	1.259	9	2	4.500	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	1	10	259	236	1.097	7	4	1.750	Quarterfinals
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	5	283	304	0.931	5	8	0.625
4	Canada	3	0	3	2	209	266	0.786	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 15	Cuba	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–16	25–18			75–56	Report[dead link]
Oct 15	Brazil	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–22	21–25	25–16	25–20		96–83	Report[dead link]
Oct 16	Cuba	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–23	21–25	25–20	25–16		96–84	Report[dead link]
Oct 16	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–12	25–10			75–41	Report[dead link]
Oct 17	Dominican Republic	3–2	Canada	27–29	22–25	27–25	25–21	15–12	116–112	Report[dead link]
Oct 17	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	25–23	21–25	25–22	25–18		96–88	Report[dead link]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	15	231	161	1.435	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	8	245	231	1.061	6	5	1.200	Quarterfinals
3	Peru	3	1	2	5	225	262	0.859	4	7	0.571
4	Mexico	3	0	3	2	224	271	0.827	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 15	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–17	25–18	25–14			75–49	Report[dead link]
Oct 15	Mexico	1–3	Peru	25–27	25–16	19–25	19–25		88–93	Report[dead link]
Oct 16	United States	3–0	Peru	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	Report[dead link]
Oct 16	Puerto Rico	3–1	Mexico	22–25	25–21	25–18	25–13		97–77	Report[dead link]
Oct 17	Peru	1–3	Puerto Rico	26–24	21–25	21–25	11–25		79–99	Report[dead link]
Oct 17	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–14	25–16	31–29			81–59	Report[dead link]

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Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

United States

1

A2

Cuba

3

A2

Cuba

3

B3

Peru

0

Cuba

2

Brazil

3

A1

Brazil

3

B2

Puerto Rico

2

A3

Dominican Republic

0

A3

Dominican Republic

3

Third place

United States

3

Dominican Republic

1

5th–8th places bracket

	Classification 5/8				5th Place Match
	Peru	3
	Canada	1
					Peru	0
					Puerto Rico	3
	Puerto Rico	3
	Mexico	2
					7th Place Match
					Canada	3
					Mexico	1

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 18	Cuba	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–19	26–24			76–61	Report[dead link]
Oct 18	Puerto Rico	2–3	Dominican Republic	21–25	22–25	28–26	25–22	8–15	104–113	Report[dead link]

Fifth to eighth place classification

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 19	Peru	3–1	Canada	26–24	18–25	25–22	25–19		94–90	Report[dead link]
Oct 19	Puerto Rico	3–2	Mexico	20–25	25–14	9–25	25–10	15–9	94–83	Report

Seventh place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	Canada	3–1	Mexico	19–25	25–17	26–24	25–15		95–81	Report

Fifth place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	Peru	0–3	Puerto Rico	23–25	20–25	19–25			62–75	Report

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 19	United States	1–3	Cuba	17–25	16–25	27–25	21–25		81–100	Report
Oct 19	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	Report

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	United States	3–1	Dominican Republic	23–25	25–16	25–20	25–19		98–80	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	Cuba	2–3	Brazil	15–25	25–21	21–25	25–21	10–15	96–107	Report

2011 Pan American Games champion
Brazil 4th title

• MVP:  Yoana Palacios (CUB)^[4]
• Best scorer:  Bethania de la Cruz (DOM)
• Best spiker:  Yoana Palacios (CUB)
• Best blocker:  Lauren Gibbemeyer (USA)
• Best server:  Gyselle Silva (CUB)
• Best digger:  Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Best setter:  Dani Lins (BRA)
• Best receiver:  Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Best libero:  Brenda Castillo (DOM)

• Schedule