# Volleyball at the 2018 South American Games

Both the men's and the women's volleyball competitions at the 2018 South American Games were the fifth inclusion of volleyball at the South American Games. Both tournaments were held in conjunction with one another between 29 May – 7 June 2018 at Coliseo José Casto Méndez in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

## Participating nations

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### Men's tournament

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Chile
* Colombia
* Peru
* Venezuela

### Women's tournament

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Colombia
* Peru

### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Argentina | Chile | Venezuela |
| Women | Colombia | Argentina | Peru |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Men's tournament
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7.500 | 425 | 344 | 1.235 | Gold medal match |
| 2 | Chile | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | 405 | 352 | 1.151 | Gold medal match |
| 3 | Colombia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 410 | 386 | 1.062 | Bronze medal match |
| 4 | Venezuela | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 | 407 | 405 | 1.005 | Bronze medal match |
| 5 | Peru | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0.308 | 363 | 402 | 0.903 | |
| 6 | Bolivia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 300 | 421 | 0.713 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 27 May | 15:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Colombia | 25–17 | 25–15 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 97–79 | P1 |
| 27 May | 17:30 | Chile | 3–1 | Venezuela | 25–20 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 97–88 | P1 |
| 27 May | 20:00 | Bolivia | 1–3 | Peru | 15–25 | 19–25 | 26–24 | 19–25 | 79–99 | P1 |
| 28 May | 15:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Venezuela | 24–26 | 26–24 | 25–23 | 25–14 | 100–87 | P1 |
| 28 May | 17:30 | Peru | 0–3 | Chile | 19–25 | 21–25 | 18–25 | | 58–75 | P1 |
| 28 May | 20:00 | Colombia | 3–1 | Bolivia | 22–25 | 25–15 | 25–16 | 25–17 | 97–73 | P1 |
| 29 May | 15:00 | Peru | 0–3 | Argentina | 19–25 | 22–25 | 26–28 | | 67–78 | P1 |
| 29 May | 17:30 | Venezuela | 0–3 | Colombia | 19–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | 63–75 | P1 |
| 29 May | 20:00 | Bolivia | 0–3 | Chile | 15–25 | 17–25 | 16–25 | | 48–75 | P1 |
| 30 May | 15:00 | Venezuela | 3–1 | Peru | 25–16 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 94–81 | P1 |
| 30 May | 17:30 | Chile | 3–1 | Colombia | 20–25 | 25–23 | 25–15 | 25–20 | 95–83 | P1 |
| 30 May | 20:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Bolivia | 25–12 | 25–19 | 25–17 | | 75–48 | P1 |
| 31 May | 15:00 | Colombia | 3–0 | Peru | 26–24 | 25–19 | 25–15 | | 76–58 | P1 |
| 31 May | 17:30 | Chile | 0–3 | Argentina | 21–25 | 19–25 | 23–25 | | 63–75 | P1 |
| 31 May | 20:00 | Bolivia | 0–3 | Venezuela | 13–25 | 19–25 | 20–25 | | 52–75 | P1 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jun | 17:30 | Colombia | 1–3 | Venezuela | 25–20 | 20–25 | 21–25 | 17–25 | | 83–95 | P1 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jun | 20:00 | Argentina | 3–2 | Chile | 27–29 | 26–24 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 15–12 | 116–107 | P1 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| | Venezuela |
| 4 | Colombia |
| 5 | Peru |
| 6 | Bolivia |

## Women's tournament
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 143 | 1.573 | Gold medal match |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 260 | 254 | 1.024 | Gold medal match |
| 3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 257 | 248 | 1.036 | Bronze medal match |
| 4 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 172 | 269 | 0.639 | Bronze medal match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Jun | 17:30 | Peru | 0–3 | Colombia | 18–25 | 17–25 | 17–25 | | | 52–75 | P1 |
| 4 Jun | 20:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Bolivia | 25–19 | 25–12 | 23–25 | 25–14 | | 98–70 | P1 |
| 5 Jun | 17:30 | Colombia | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–22 | 25–21 | 25–17 | | | 75–60 | P1 |
| 5 Jun | 20:00 | Bolivia | 1–3 | Peru | 25–21 | 8–25 | 18–25 | 20–25 | | 71–96 | P1 |
| 6 Jun | 17:30 | Argentina | 3–2 | Peru | 20–25 | 25–22 | 26–24 | 16–25 | 15–13 | 102–109 | P1 |
| 6 Jun | 20:00 | Bolivia | 0–3 | Colombia | 7–25 | 11–25 | 13–25 | | | 31–75 | P1 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jun | 17:30 | Bolivia | 0–3 | Peru | 14–25 | 22–25 | 24–26 | | | 60–76 | P1 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jun | 20:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | Colombia | 23–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | | 63–75 | P1 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Colombia |
| | Argentina |
| | Peru |
| 4 | Bolivia |