# Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada began on July 16 and end on July 26. All games were held at the Exhibition Centre. The United States defeated 3-0 to Brazil, who were the defending champions. American Carli Lloyd became the Most Valuable Player.

## Teams
### Qualification

The following nations qualified for the women's tournament:
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada |
| North, Central American and Caribbean ranking | 4 | United States Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Cuba |
| South American Ranking | 3 | Brazil Argentina Peru |
| 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 June 16, 2015 a month before the start of 2015 Pan American Games. Puerto Rican player Sheilla Ocasio tested positive for Stanozolol before the bronze medal match against the Dominican Republic, lost 1-3 by her national team.
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* United States

## Preliminary round

All times are local Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
* Team qualified for the semifinals
* Team qualified for the quarterfinals

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 261 | 215 | 1.214 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 252 | 254 | 0.992 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 248 | 259 | 0.958 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 228 | 261 | 0.874 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| Jul 16 | Argentina | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–23 | 26–24 | 25–19 | | 76–66 | P2P3 |
| Jul 16 | Canada | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 15–25 | 13–25 | 15–25 | | 43–75 | P2P3 |
| Jul 18 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Argentina | 22–25 | 25–11 | 25–22 | 25-18 | 97–76 | P2P3 |
| Jul 18 | Canada | 3–1 | Cuba | 25–21 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 25–22 | 94–86 | P2P3 |
| Jul 20 | Canada | 1–3 | Argentina | 25–23 | 25–27 | 20–25 | 21-25 | 91–100 | P2P3 |
| Jul 20 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Cuba | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 20-25 | 89–96 | P2P3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 320 | 273 | 1.172 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 254 | 200 | 1.270 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 232 | 247 | 0.939 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 164 | 250 | 0.656 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 16 | Brazil | 3–2 | Puerto Rico | 23–25 | 28–26 | 25–17 | 24–26 | 15–10 | 115–104 | P2P3 |
| Jul 16 | United States | 3–0 | Peru | 25–15 | 25–13 | 25–14 | | | 75–42 | P2P3 |
| Jul 18 | Brazil | 3–1 | Peru | 25–27 | 25–5 | 25–17 | 25–16 | | 100–65 | P2P3 |
| Jul 18 | United States | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–17 | 25–22 | 25–14 | | | 75–53 | P2P3 |
| Jul 20 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Peru | 25–18 | 25–16 | 25–23 | | | 75–57 | P2P3 |
| Jul 20 | United States | 2–3 | Brazil | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 11-15 | 104–105 | P2P3 |

## Elimination round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Brazil | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Argentina | 2 | B3 | Puerto Rico | 2 | | | |
| B3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | | | | B1 | Brazil | 0 |
| | | | | | | B2 | United States | 3 |
| | | | A1 | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| B2 | United States | 3 | B2 | United States | 3 |
| A3 | Cuba | 1 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B3 | Puerto Rico | 1 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Dominican Republic | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 22 | Argentina | 2–3 | Puerto Rico | 21–25 | 27–25 | 10–25 | 25–11 | 13–15 | 96–101 | P2 P3 |
| Jul 22 | United States | 3–1 | Cuba | 25–18 | 25–19 | 22–25 | 25–18 | | 97–80 | P2 P3 |

### Seventh place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 23 | Canada | 2–3 | Peru | 25–22 | 24-26 | 25–17 | 21-25 | 13-15 | 108–105 | P2 P3 |

### Fifth place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 23 | Argentina | 1–3 | Cuba | 21–25 | 25–21 | 17–25 | 21-25 | | 84–96 | P2 P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 23 | Brazil | 3–2 | Puerto Rico | 18–25 | 24–26 | 25–22 | 25–19 | 15–11 | 107–103 | P2 P3 |
| Jul 23 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 | United States | 17–25 | 25–22 | 18–25 | 22-25 | | 82–97 | P2 P3 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 25 | Puerto Rico | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | | 90–97 | P2 P3 |

### Gold medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 25 | Brazil | 0–3 | United States | 22–25 | 21–25 | 26–28 | | | 69–78 | P2 P3 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Brazil |
| | Dominican Republic |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | Argentina |
| 7 | Peru |
| 8 | Canada |

## Awards

* Most valuable player
** Carli Lloyd (USA)
* Best outside hitters
** Krista Vansant (USA)
** Melissa Vargas (CUB)
* Best middle blockers
** Adenízia da Silva (BRA)
** Rachael Adams (USA)
* Best setter
** Carli Lloyd (USA)
* Best opposite
** Nicole Fawcett (USA)
* Best scorer
** Karina Ocasio (PUR)
* Best server
** Gina Mambru (DOM)
* Best libero
** Camila Brait (BRA)
* Best digger
** Camila Brait (BRA)
* Best receiver
** Camila Brait (BRA)

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's tournament | United States Lauren Paolini Cassidy Lichtman Kristin Hildebrand Natalie Hagglund Nicole Fawcett Cursty Jackson Michelle Bartsch Falyn Fonoimoana Jenna Hagglund Rachael Adams Carli Lloyd Krista Vansant | Brazil Adenízia da Silva Ana Tiemi Angélica Malinverno Bárbara Brunch Camila Brait Fernanda Garay Jaqueline Carvalho Joyce da Silva Macris Carneiro Mariana Costa Michelle Pavão Rosamaria Montibeller | Dominican Republic Annerys Vargas Marianne Fersola Brenda Castillo Camil Domínguez Niverka Marte Prisilla Rivera Yonkaira Peña Gina Mambru Bethania de la Cruz Ana Binet Brayelin Martínez Jineiry Martínez |