Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games

The volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games were held from July 14 to July 19 for the women and from July 23 to July 28 for the men. The competitions were held at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, located near the Estádio do Maracanã.

Competition format

In both the men's and the women's competition eight teams participated of the tournament. The teams were divided in two groups of four teams each. The teams played against each other once within their groups. The two best placed teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. The teams which finished in the third and fourth place of their groups competed for the fifth and seventh places, playing the third-placed team of a group against the fourth-placed team of the other group. The winners competed for the fifth place and the losers competed for the seventh place. The semifinal winners competed for the gold medal while the losers competed for the bronze medal.

Men's

Participating teams

*July 24

*July 23
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Consolation Round

Round4-with third
RD1=Classification Match (5th/8th place)
RD2=5th place
Consol=7th place
July 27, 2007 - 13:00| vb|CAN | 2 [25 23 28 25 23] | vb|ARG | 3 [16 25 30 19 25]
July 27 2007 - 19:00| vb|PUR | 3 [25 25 25] | vb|MEX | 0 [19 19 18]
July 28 2007 - 22:00| vb|ARG | 0 [22 22 28] | vb|PUR | 3 [25 25 30]
July 28, 2007 - 19:00| vb|CAN | 3 [26 25 22] | vb|MEX | 0 [19 19 18]

Classification Match (5th/8th place)

*July 27
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Final Round

Round4-with third
RD1=Semi Finals
RD2=Gold medal match
Consol=Bronze medal match
27 July, 2007 - 22:00| vb|BRA | 3 [30 25 25] | vb|VEN | 0 [28 18 16]
27 July, 2007 - 15:00| vb|USA | 3 [25 25 24 25] | vb|CUB | 1 [23 17 26 13]
28 July, 2007 - 22:00| vb|USA | 0 [ 16 20 22] | vb|BRA | 3 [25 25 25]
28 July, 2007 - 17:00| vb|CUB | 3 [25 23 27 17 18] | vb|VEN | 2 [16 25 25 25 16]

emifinals

*July 27
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Final standings

*July 14

Group B

*July 16

Classification Match (5th/6th place)

*July 19

Gold Medal Match

*July 19
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Final standings

Individual Awards

Notes

* The time of each game above, is listed in UTC-3, Brazilian official time.

External links

* [http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8A488A8F12D856280112D876FFDA6E31.htm 2007 Pan American Games Official Site]