Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games explained

Event:	Volleyball
Games:	2011
Venue:	Pan American Volleyball Stadium (indoor) Pan American Beach Volleyball Stadium (beach)
Dates:	October 15 – October 29
Competitors:	256
Nations:	20
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

Volleyball competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 15 to October 29 at the Pan American Volleyball Stadium (indoor) and the Pan American Beach Volleyball Stadium (beach) in Puerto Vallarta. Each indoor team was made up of twelve athletes while each beach volleyball team consisted of one pair.^[1]

Medal summary

Men's indoor	Thiago Alves Maurício Borges Silva Éder Carbonera Mario Pedreira Junior Maurício Souza Wallace de Souza Gustavo Endres Luiz Felipe Fonteles Wallace Martins Murilo Radke Bruno Rezende Renato Russomanno	Dariel Albo Henry Bell Cisnero Rolando Cepeda Yoandry Díaz Yulián Durán Yosnier Guillen Keibel Gutiérrez Fernando Hernández Raydel Hierrezuelo Wilfredo León Isbel Mesa Yassel Perdomo	Nicolás Bruno Iván Castellani Maximiliano Cavanna Pablo Crer Maximiliano Gauna Mariano Giustiniano Franco López Federico Pereyra Gonzalo Quiroga Sebastián Solé Alejandro Toro Nicolás Uriarte
Women's indoor	Fabiana Claudino Juciely Cristina Barreto Dani Lins Paula Pequeno Thaísa Menezes Marianne Steinbrecher Jaqueline Carvalho Tandara Caixeta Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Fernanda Garay Fabíola de Souza	Emily Borrell Kenia Carcaces Liannes Castañeda Ana Cleger Rosanna Giel Daymara Lescay Yoana Palacios Alena Rojas Wilma Salas Yanelis Santos Yusidey Silié Gyselle Silva	Keao Burdine Angela Forsett Cynthia Barboza Alexandra Klineman Regan Hood Cassidy Lichtman Lauren Gibbemeyer Jessica Jones Carli Lloyd Courtney Thompson Kayla Banwarth Tamari Miyashiro
Men's beach
Women's beach

See main article: Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament. The following nations qualified for the men's tournament:^[2]

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See main article: Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament. The following nations qualified for the women's tournament:^[3]

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The competition will be spread out across fifteen days, with the women competing first, followed by the men.^[4]

bgcolor=#3399ff align=center		Preliminary round	bgcolor=#00FFFF align=center		Quarterfinals	bgcolor=#2388gg align=center		Semifinals	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center	M	Event finals

October	15th Sat	16th Sun	17th Mon	18th Tue	19th Wed	20th Thu	21st Fri	22nd Sat	23rd Sun	24th Mon	25th Tue	26th Wed	27th Thu	28th Fri	29th Sat	Gold medals
Men															bgcolor=#ffcc00	M	1
Women						bgcolor=#ffcc00	M										1

Day	Date	Start	Finish	Event	Phase
Day 3	Sunday October 16, 2011	9:00	18:00	Women's tournament	Preliminaries
Day 4	Monday October 17, 2011	9:00	18:00	Women's tournament	Preliminaries
Day 4	Monday October 17, 2011	9:00	18:00	Men's tournament	Preliminaries
Day 5	Tuesday October 18, 2011	9:00	18:00	Women's tournament	Preliminaries
Day 5	Tuesday October 18, 2011	9:00	18:00	Men's tournament	Preliminaries
Day 6	Wednesday October 19, 2011	9:00	18:00	Women's tournament	Quarterfinals
Day 6	Wednesday October 19, 2011	9:00	18:00	Men's tournament	Preliminaries
Day 7	Thursday October 20, 2011	9:00	15:00	Women's tournament	Semifinals
Day 7	Thursday October 20, 2011	9:00	15:00	Men's tournament	Quarterfinals
Day 8	Friday October 21, 2011	10:00	16:00	style=background:lemonchiffon	Women's tournament	style=background:lemonchiffon	Gold/Bronze medal matches
Day 8	Friday October 21, 2011	10:00	16:00	Men's tournament	Semifinals
Day 9	Saturday October 22, 2011	11:00	15:00	style=background:lemonchiffon	Men's tournament	style=background:lemonchiffon	Gold/Bronze medal matches