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Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Volleyball at the 2007 Pan American Games
Venue	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho (indoor); Copacabana Stadium (beach)
Dates	14 July – 28 July
	«2003 2011»

The volleyball competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games were held from 14 to 19 July for the women and from 23 to 28 July for the men. The competitions were held at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, located near the Estádio do Maracanã.

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.

Men's tournament

Participating teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff
Brazil	6	3	3	0	9	0	+9
Cuba	5	3	2	1	6	3	+3
Canada	4	3	1	2	3	7	-4
Mexico	3	3	0	3	1	9	-8

23 July


Mexico	0-3	Cuba	(20-25, 18-25, 20-25)
Brazil	3-0	Canada	(25-19, 25-18, 25-17)

24 July


Canada	3-1	Mexico	(17-25, 25-19, 29-27, 25-19)
Cuba	0-3	Brazil	(23-25, 20-25, 20-25)

25 July


Mexico	0-3	Brazil	(17-25, 23-25, 21-25)
Canada	0-3	Cuba	(19-25, 17-25, 22-25)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff
United States	6	3	3	0	9	0	+9
Venezuela	5	3	2	1	6	4	+2
Puerto Rico	4	3	1	2	4	7	-3
Argentina	3	3	0	3	1	9	-8

23 July


Argentina	1-3	Puerto Rico	(25-22,24-26,21-25,22-25)
Venezuela	0-3	United States	(19-25, 22-25, 20-25)

24 July


Puerto Rico	1-3	Venezuela	(31-29,16-25,18-25,19-25)
United States	3-0	Argentina	(25-17,25-22,25-21)

25 July


Venezuela	3-0	Argentina	(25-17,25-21,25-21)
United States	3-0	Puerto Rico	(25-22,25-17,25-23)

Consolation round

Classification match (5th/8th place)		5th place

27 July 2007 – 13:00

Canada	2
		28 July 2007 – 22:00
Argentina	3
		Argentina	0
27 July 2007 – 19:00
		Puerto Rico	3
Puerto Rico	3

Mexico	0
		7th place

		28 July 2007 – 19:00

		Canada	3

		Mexico	0

Classification match (5th/8th place)

27 July


Canada	2-3	Argentina	(25-16, 23-25, 28-30, 25-19, 23-25)
Puerto Rico	3-0	Mexico	(25-19, 25-19, 25-18)

Classification match (7th/8th place)

28 July


Canada	3-0	Mexico	(26-24, 25-22, 25-20)

Classification match (5th/6th place)

28 July


Argentina	0-3	Puerto Rico	(22-25, 22-25, 28-30)

Final round

Semifinals		Gold medal match

27 July 2007 – 22:00

Brazil	3
		28 July 2007 – 22:00
Venezuela	0
		Brazil	3
27 July 2007 – 15:00
		United States	0
United States	3

Cuba	1
		Bronze medal match

		28 July 2007 – 17:00

		Venezuela	2

		Cuba	3

Semifinals

27 July


Brazil	3-0	Venezuela	(30-28, 25-18, 25-16)
United States	3-1	Cuba	(25-23, 25-17, 24-26, 25-23)

Bronze medal match

28 July


Cuba	3-2	Venezuela	(25-16, 23-25, 27-25, 17-25, 18-16)

Gold medal match

28 July


United States	0-3	Brazil	(16-25, 20-25, 22-25)

Final standings

Position	Team	Campaign (wins-losses)
	Brazil	(5-0)
	United States	(4-1)
	Cuba	(3-2)
4	Venezuela	(2-3)
5	Puerto Rico	(3-2)
6	Argentina	(2-3)
7	Canada	(1-4)
8	Mexico	(0-5)

2007 Pan American Games winners
Brazil third title

Individual awards

Most valuable player
- Gilberto Godoy
Best attacker
- Sean Rooney
Best scorer
- Héctor Soto
Best defender
- Gregory Berrios
Best setter
- Marcelo Elgarten

Best server
- Delano Thomas
Best receiver
- Sérgio Santos
Best libero
- Sérgio Santos
Best blocker
- Roberlandy Simon

Women's tournament