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Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Volleyball at the XVII Pan American Games
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Venue Exhibition Centre – Hall A
Dates July 16–26, 2015
Competitors 192 from 10 nations
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Volleyball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 16 to 26 at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre). Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament. The tournament was affected by the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix and the FIVB Volleyball World League which were played at same time.

The following is the competition schedule for the volleyball competitions:


A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams in the FIVB World Rankings from South America as of December 31, 2014 along with the top four from North, Central America and The Caribbean will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes.

A total of ten countries have qualified volleyball teams. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.


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