Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Event:	Beach volleyball
Games:	2015
Venue:	Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre
Dates:	July 13–21
Num Events:	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors:	64
Nations:	19
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

Beach volleyball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 13 to 21 at a temporary facility in Exhibition Place called the Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre.^[1] ^[2] A total of two beach volleyball tournaments were held: one each for the men and women.^[3]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the beach volleyball competitions:^[4]

Men's tournament	Rodolfo Ontiveros Juan Virgen	Vitor Araujo Álvaro Morais Filho	Nivaldo Diaz Sergio González
	Ana Gallay Georgina Klug	Lianma Flores Leila Martinez	Carolina Horta Liliane Maestrini

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. A total of sixteen teams per gender qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Canada) qualified in each event automatically, along with the top five ranked nations in South America and the top ten nations ranked in North, Central America and the Caribbean. The rankings on January 1, 2015 were used to determine the teams.^[5]

A total of 19 nations qualified athletes.^[6] The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants entered.

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