# Volleyball at the 2022 Bolivarian Games

Volleyball competitions at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia were held from 24 June to 5 July 2022 at Coliseo Cubierto Julio Monsalvo Castilla.
Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 132 athletes (72 athletes–6 teams for men and 60 athletes–5 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were restricted to under-23 players.
Venezuela and Dominican Republic were the defending men's and women's gold medalists, respectively. Colombia won the gold medal in both men and women tournaments.

## Participating nations

A total of 6 nations (5 ODEBO nations and 1 invited) registered teams for the volleyball events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 24 athletes (one team of 12 athletes per gender). Hosts Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Venezuela and Bolivia participated in both events while Chile only participated in the men's tournament.
* Bolivia (20 athletes)
* Chile (12)
* Colombia (24)
* Dominican Republic (24)
* Peru (24)
* Venezuela (24)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Host nation)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Colombia* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Colombia (COL) Cristian Murillo Marlon Mendoza Oliver Murillo Miguel Ángel Martínez Leiner Aponzá Juan Estupiñán Samuel Jaramillo Daniel Medina Roosvuelt Ramos Daniel Aponzá John Cuello Santiago Ruiz | Chile (CHI) Martín Collao Guillermo Urra Horacio Gutierrez Kaj Bonacic Vicente Valenzuela Samuel Díaz Jorge Orrego Matías Jadue Vicente Arancibia Rafael Fuentes Jaime Bravo Yordan Araya | Peru (PER) Jassir Morón Santiago La Jara Martín Gómez Hiroshi La Torre Ángel Cerpa Sebastián Blanco Leonel Despaigne Piero Porras Sebastián Thiermann Favián Del Aguila Bruno Seminario Randal Carrasco |
| Women's tournament | Colombia (COL) Darlevis Mosquera Nathalia Borrero Laura Grajales Ana Olaya Valerin Carabalí Laura Zapata Maria Caycedo Genesis Rodríguez Jazmín Vergara Angie Velásquez Sofía Cuartas Kenia Mendoza | Dominican Republic (DOM) Yaneirys Rodríguez Iliana Rodríguez Camila De La Rosa Madeline Guillén Natalia Martínez Ailyn Liberato Ariana Rodríguez Alondra Tapia Alanae Margaritha Esthefany Rabit Seliann Concepción Romina Cornelio | Peru (PER) Estefany Mariñas Alisson Alarcón Alondra Alarcón Jade Rodríguez Maria Fernanda Cisneros Saskya Silvano Maria José Rojas Maria Fernanda Denegri Antuanette Arteaga Lizanyela López Jade Cuya Ximena Ingaruca |

## Venue

All matches in both events will be played at Coliseo Cubierto Julio Monsalvo Castilla in Valledupar, with a capacity for 20,000 spectators.

## Men's tournament

The men's tournament was held from 24 to 28 June 2022 and consisted of a group stage and a final stage.
All match times are in COT (UTC−5).

### Group stage

The group stage consisted of two groups of 3 teams, each group was played under round-robin format with the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals.

#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 106 | 1.415 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Peru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 146 | 166 | 0.880 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 147 | 171 | 0.860 | 5th–6th place match |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 193 | 169 | 1.142 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 218 | 222 | 0.982 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 160 | 180 | 0.889 | 5th–6th place match |

### Final stage

The final stage consisted of the 5th–6th place match (between the third placed teams of pools A and B), the semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:
* Semifinal 1: Winners Pool B v Runners-up Pool A
* Semifinal 2: Winners Pool A v Runners-up Pool B
Winners of semi-finals played the gold medal match, while losers played the bronze medal match.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| Colombia | 3 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | | |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | Colombia | 3 |
| | | Chile | 0 |
| Chile | 3 | Chile | 0 |
| Peru | 2 | | |
| Peru | 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | Dominican Republic | 2 |
| | | Peru | 3 |
| 5th–6th place match | 5th–6th place match |
| Venezuela | 3 |
| Bolivia | 2 |

#### Gold medal match
## Women's tournament

The women's tournament was held from 1 to 5 July 2022 and consisted of a single group of 5 teams in which each team played once against the other 4 teams in the group on a single round-robin basis. The top three teams were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Final result |
| 1 | Colombia (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6.000 | 326 | 250 | 1.304 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3.667 | 328 | 214 | 1.533 | Silver medal |
| 3 | Peru | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 248 | 237 | 1.046 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0.300 | 221 | 312 | 0.708 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0.083 | 212 | 322 | 0.658 | Fifth place |

### Matches

All match times are in COT (UTC−5).