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The volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games were held from July 14 to July 19 for the women and from July 23 to July 28 for the men. The competitions were held at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, located near the Estádio do Maracanã.
[edit] Competition format
In both the men's and the women's competition eight teams participated of the tournament. The teams were divided in two groups of four teams each. The teams played against each other once within their groups. The two best placed teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. The teams which finished in the third and fourth place of their groups competed for the fifth and seventh places, playing the third-placed team of a group against the fourth-placed team of the other group. The winners competed for the fifth place and the losers competed for the seventh place. The semifinal winners competed for the gold medal while the losers competed for the bronze medal.
[edit] Women's
[edit] Participating teams
- Pool A
- Brazil
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico
- Peru
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- Pool B
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
- USA
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[edit] Preliminary Round
[edit] Group A
[edit] Group B
[edit] Final Round
[edit] Semifinals
[edit] Bronze medal match
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Brazil  |
2-3 |
Cuba |
(27-25, 22-25, 25-22, 32-34, 15-17) |
[edit] Final standings
| Position |
Team |
Campaign (Wins-Losses) |
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Cuba (CUB) |
(5-0) |
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Brazil (BRA) |
(4-1) |
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United States (USA) |
(3-2) |
| 4 |
Peru (PER) |
(2-3) |
| 5 |
Dominican Republic (DOM) |
(3-2) |
| 6 |
Puerto Rico (PUR) |
(2-3) |
| 7 |
Mexico (MEX) |
(1-4) |
| 8 |
Costa Rica (CRC) |
(0-5) |
[edit] Participating teams
- Pool A
- Mexico
- Canada
- Brazil
- Cuba
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- Pool B
- Argentina
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
- USA
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[edit] Preliminary Round
[edit] Group A
[edit] Group B
[edit] Classification Round
[edit] Final Round
[edit] Semifinals
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Brazil  |
3-0 |
Venezuela |
(30-28, 25-18, 25-16) |
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United States  |
3-1 |
Cuba |
(25-23, 25-17, 24-26, 25-23) |
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Canada  |
2-3 |
Argentina |
(25-16, 23-25, 28-30, 25-19, 23-25) |
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Puerto Rico  |
3-0 |
Mexico |
(25-19, 25-19, 25-18) |
[edit] Finals
- July 28 – Classification Match (7th/8th place)
- July 28 – Classification Match (5th/6th place)
[edit] Final standings
| Position |
Team |
Campaign (Wins-Losses) |
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Brazil (BRA) |
(5-0) |
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United States (USA) |
(4-1) |
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Cuba (CUB) |
(3-2) |
| 4 |
Venezuela (VEN) |
(2-3) |
| 5 |
Puerto Rico (PUR) |
(3-2) |
| 6 |
Argentina (ARG) |
(2-3) |
| 7 |
Canada (CAN) |
(1-4) |
| 8 |
Mexico (MEX) |
(0-5) |
- The time of each game above, is listed in UTC-3, Brazilian official time.
[edit] External links