Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament explained

Games:2023
Venue:Beach volleyball center
Dates:October 21–27
Competitors:32
Nations:16
Goldnoc:BRA
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Corinne Quiggle
Sarah Murphy
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2019
Next:2027

The women's tournament competition of the beach volleyball events at the 2023 Pan American Games took place between 21 and 27 of October in Santiago, Chile at the Beach volleyball center, a temporary venue in Peñalolén cluster.[1] [2]

Qualification

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. As the host nation, Chile automatically qualified a team. The best team from NORCECA (North America, Central America and Caribbean) and CSV (South America) at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games also secured a quota. All other quotas were awarded through rankings (the three best teams per gender in the FIVB World Ranking, followed by five teams per gender from NORCECA and CSV.[3]

Qualification summary

Event/Criteria Quotas width=160 Qualified NOC's
Host nation1
2021 Junior Pan American Games NORCECA1
2021 Junior Pan American Games CSV1
World Rankings3

NORCECA Rankings5


[4]
CSV Rankings5

[5]

Total16

Competition format

Each of the 16 pairs in the tournament will be placed in one of four groups of four teams apiece, and play a round-robin within that pool. The top two three in each pool advance to the knockout rounds. The fourth-placed teams in each group, will be eliminated and will play in the 13 to 16 place bracket.[6]

The 12 teams that advanced to the elimination rounds will play a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.[6]

Final standings

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venues. www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 28 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Sport Calendar Pan American Games. 21 July 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 10 August 2022.
  3. Web site: Qualification System manual. 11 April 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 19 October 2023.
  4. News: Najarro. César. 11 August 2023. Confirmar al voleibol de playa salvadoreño para los Juegos Panamericanos. Spanish. Confirm Salvadoran beach volleyball for the Pan American Games. El Diario de Hoy. San Salvador, El Salvador. 11 August 2023.
  5. News: Peru qualifies for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games in beach volleyball. Spanish. 10 August 2023. Perú clasifica a Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023 en vóley playa. El Comercio. Lima, Peru. 11 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Manual Tecnico Voleibol de playa. Technical Manual Beach Volleyball. 8 October 2023. www.coch.cl/. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 19 October 2023.