# Volleyball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of volleyball at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru took place from 31 July to 4 August 2019. All games were held at the Callao Sports Center. The defending champions were Argentina.

## Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games. Peru automatically qualified as hosts and five other teams qualified based on their final rank (top five) at the 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup regardless of their continental confederation, NORCECA or CSV. The last two berths (one for NORCECA and one for CSV) should have been awarded in qualification tournaments by each confederation or assigned directly, however, qualification tournaments were not held and each confederation assigned its berth directly.

### Qualified teams

| Means of qualification | Teams qualified | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Automatically qualified as hosts | Peru | 1st | Debut |
| 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup (28 August–2 September 2018) | Argentina | 12th | Gold medal (1995, 2015) |
| 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup (28 August–2 September 2018) | Brazil | 17th | Gold medal (1963, 1983, 2007, 2011) |
| 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup (28 August–2 September 2018) | Cuba | 16th | Gold medal (1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1999) |
| 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup (28 August–2 September 2018) | Puerto Rico | 12th | Fourth Place (2015) |
| 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup (28 August–2 September 2018) | Mexico | 11th | Silver medal (1955) |
| Last berth defined by NORCECA | United States | 17th | Gold medal (1955, 1959, 1967, 1987) |
| Last berth defined by CSV | Chile | 3rd | Fourth place (1963) |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 231 | 183 | 1.262 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 245 | 214 | 1.145 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 228 | 245 | 0.931 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Peru (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 187 | 249 | 0.751 | 7th–8th place match |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 303 | 260 | 1.165 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 263 | 266 | 0.989 | Semifinals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 252 | 270 | 0.933 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 246 | 268 | 0.918 | 7th–8th place match |

### Placement 5th–8th

| 7th place | 7th place |
| 3 August | 3 August |
| Peru | 1 |
| Mexico | 3 |
| 5th place | 5th place |
| 3 August | 3 August |
| Puerto Rico | 3 |
| United States | 2 |

#### 5th–6th place match
### Placement 1st–4th

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| Brazil | 0 |
| Cuba | 3 | | |
| Cuba | 3 | Cuba | 0 |
| | | Argentina | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | Argentina | 3 |
| Chile | 1 | | |
| Chile | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | Brazil | 3 |
| | | Chile | 0 |

#### Gold medal match
## Final standings

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

## Awards

* Most valuable player
** Nicolás Bruno (ARG)
* Best setter
** Matías Sánchez (ARG)
* Best outside hitters
** Vicente Parraguirre (CHI)
** Carlos Eduardo Silva (BRA)
* Best middle blockers
** Roamy Alonso (CUB)
** Liván Osoria (CUB)
* Best opposite
** Maurice Torres (PUR)
* Best libero
** Sebastian Castillo (CHI)

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Argentina Manuel Balague Nicolás Bruno Gastón Fernández Joaquín Gallego Matías Giraudo Facundo Imhoff German Johansen Jan Martínez Franco Massimino Luciano Palonsky Matías Sánchez Lisandro Zanotti | Cuba Roamy Alonso Javier Concepción Yonder García Adrián Goide Jesús Herrera Yohan León Miguel López José Massó Osniel Mergarejo Liván Osoria Lyvan Taboada Marlon Yant | Brazil Aboubacar Neto Carlos Silva Cledenílson Batista Éder Carbonera Eduardo Sobrinho Felipe Roque Henrique Honorato Lucas Lóh Matheus Santos Rodrigo Leão Rogério Filho Thiago Veloso |