# Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will begin on October 24 and end on October 29. All games will be held at the Pan American Volleyball Complex. The defending champions are Brazil.

## Teams
### Qualification

The following nations qualified for the men's tournament:
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Mexico |
| FIVB + 2010 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup rankings | January 1, 2011 | – | 7 | Brazil Cuba United States Argentina Venezuela 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.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cuba
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
* United States
* Venezuela

## Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 257 | 224 | 1.147 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 331 | 331 | 1.000 | 8 | 7 | 1.143 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 271 | 278 | 0.975 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 266 | 292 | 0.911 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 24 | Cuba | 3–2 | Argentina | 25–22 | 18–25 | 24–26 | 25–18 | 15–13 | 107–104 | Report |
| Oct 24 | Venezuela | 1–3 | Mexico | 23–25 | 20–25 | 28–26 | 21–25 | | 92–101 | Report |
| Oct 25 | Cuba | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–20 | 25–21 | 25–17 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| Oct 25 | Argentina | 3–2 | Mexico | 25–23 | 25–23 | 25–27 | 21–25 | 15–10 | 111–108 | Report |
| Oct 26 | Argentina | 3–2 | Venezuela | 25–23 | 21–25 | 29–27 | 23–25 | 18–16 | 116–116 | Report |
| Oct 26 | Cuba | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–18 | 25–21 | 25–23 | | | 75–62 | Report |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 243 | 171 | 1.421 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 227 | 244 | 0.930 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 313 | 324 | 0.966 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 238 | 282 | 0.844 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 24 | United States | 3–2 | Puerto Rico | 22–25 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 25–16 | 15–13 | 107–98 | Report |
| Oct 24 | Brazil | 3–0 | Canada | 25–17 | 25–13 | 25–13 | | | 75–43 | Report |
| Oct 25 | Brazil | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–22 | 25–14 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | Report |
| Oct 25 | United States | 2–3 | Canada | 25–21 | 23–25 | 39–37 | 33–35 | 12–15 | 132–133 | Report |
| Oct 26 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Canada | 25–22 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 75–62 | Report |
| Oct 26 | Brazil | 3–1 | United States | 18–25 | 25–17 | 25–14 | 25–18 | | 93–74 | Report |

## Elimination round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Brazil | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Argentina | 3 | A2 | Argentina | 1 | | | |
| B3 | United States | 2 | | | | B1 | Brazil | 3 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Cuba | 1 |
| | | | A1 | Cuba | 3 |
| B2 | Puerto Rico | 2 | A3 | Mexico | 2 |
| A3 | Mexico | 3 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Argentina | 3 |
| | | | | | | A3 | Mexico | 2 |

### 5th–8th places bracket

| Classification 5/8 | Classification 5/8 | 5th Place Match | 5th Place Match |
| Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Canada | 3 | | |
| Canada | 3 | United States | 3 |
| | | Canada | 2 |
| United States | 3 | Canada | 2 |
| Venezuela | 2 | | |
| Venezuela | 2 | 7th Place Match | 7th Place Match |
| | | Venezuela | 2 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 27 | Argentina | 3–2 | United States | 25–17 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 17–25 | 15–11 | 101–96 | Report |
| Oct 27 | Puerto Rico | 2–3 | Mexico | 26–24 | 25–16 | 26–28 | 21–25 | 9–15 | 107–108 | Report |

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 28 | Canada | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 25–20 | 19–25 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | 94–84 | Report |
| Oct 28 | United States | 3–2 | Venezuela | 21–25 | 25–17 | 21–25 | 25–18 | 15–13 | 107–98 | Report |

### Seventh place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 29 | Venezuela | 2–3 | Puerto Rico | 23–25 | 19–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 8–15 | 100–105 | Report |

### Fifth place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 29 | United States | 3–2 | Canada | 22–25 | 25–15 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 19–17 | 112–101 | Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 28 | Cuba | 3–2 | Mexico | 25–21 | 25–27 | 28–30 | 25–15 | 17–15 | 120–108 | Report |
| Oct 28 | Brazil | 3–1 | Argentina | 26–28 | 27–25 | 25–22 | 25–15 | | 103–90 | Report |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 29 | Argentina | 3–2 | Mexico | 25–18 | 22–25 | 20–25 | 25–22 | 15–13 | 107–104 | Report |

### Gold medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 29 | Brazil | 3–1 | Cuba | 25–11 | 24–26 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | 99–74 | Report |
* 2011 Men's Pan American Games
* Brazil 4th title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Cuba |
| | Argentina |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Puerto Rico |
| 8 | Venezuela |

## Awards

* MVP: Wilfredo Leon (CUB)
* Best scorer: Ivan Contreras (MEX)
* Best spiker: Wallace de Souza (BRA)
* Best blocker: Sebastian Sole (ARG)
* Best server: Fernando Hernandez Ramos (CUB)
* Best digger: Blair Bann (CAN)
* Best setter: Bruno Rezende (BRA)
* Best receiver: Mario Da Silva (BRA)
* Best libero: Hector Mata (VEN)

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Brazil Thiago Alves Maurício Borges Silva Éder Carbonera Mario Pedreira Junior Maurício Souza Wallace de Souza Gustavo Endres Luiz Felipe Fonteles Wallace Martins Murilo Radke Bruno Rezende Renato Russomanno | Cuba Dariel Albo Henry Bell Cisnero Rolando Cepeda Yoandri Díaz Yulián Durán Yosnier Guillen Keibel Gutiérrez Fernando Hernández Raydel Hierrezuelo Wilfredo León Isbel Mesa Yassel Perdomo | Argentina Nicolás Bruno Iván Castellani Maximiliano Cavanna Pablo Crer Maximiliano Gauna Mariano Giustiniano Franco López Federico Pereyra Gonzalo Quiroga Sebastián Solé Alejandro Toro Nicolás Uriarte |