Men’s Volleyball to get underway at Lima 2019 Pan Am Games
LIMA, Peru, July 30, 2019. - The Men’s Volleyball tournament at
the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima, Peru is ready to get
underway at the Multipurpose Complex Callao running from July 31
to August 4.
The official hall was built as part of the new infrastructure
for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, located at the Regional
Sports Village of Callao and with a capacity of 6,100
spectators.
With eight national teams taking part of the event, defending
champions Argentina are back at the Pan American Games aiming to
win their third gold medal after their dramatic comeback in the
past edition in Toronto, where they outdueled Brazil
3-2 (25-23,
18-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-8).
Teams are distributed in two groups, with current champion
Argentina, Cuba, Puerto Rico and host Peru in pool A, while pool
B consists of the 2015 runner up Brazil, Chile, Mexico and
United States.
Pool-play will be held in three days, with the first and second
places in each pool advancing into cross over semifinals, while
third and fourth positions will play for placing matches.
Members of the Pan American Union Volleyball control committee
held their first working meeting to prepare for the preliminary
inquiries and general technical meeting to take place on
Tuesday.
Preliminary round schedule (all local-time)
Wednesday July 31
12:30 Peru v Puerto Rico
14:30 Cuba v Argentina
18:30 United States v Chile
20:30 Brazil v Mexico
Thursday August 1
12:30 Peru v Argentina
14:30 Cuba v Puerto Rico
18:30 United States v Mexico
20:30 Brazil v Chile
Friday August 2
12:30 Argentina v Puerto Rico
14:30 Peru v Cuba
18:30 Mexico v Chile
20:30 United States v Brazil
Year by Year Men’s Podiums
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
1955 |
USA |
MEX |
BRA |
1959 |
USA |
BRA |
MEX |
1963 |
USA |
BRA |
CUB |
1971 |
CUB |
USA |
BRA |
1975 |
CUB |
BRA |
MEX |
1979 |
CUB |
BRA |
CAN |
1983 |
BRA |
CUB |
ARB |
1987 |
USA |
CUB |
BRA |
1991 |
CUB |
BRA |
ARG |
1995 |
ARG |
USA |
CUB |
1999 |
CUB |
BRA |
CAN |
2003 |
VEN |
CUB |
BRA |
2007 |
BRA |
USA |
CUB |
2011 |
BRA |
CUB |
ARG |
2015 |
ARG |
BRA |
CAN |
Men’s Composite Standings
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
CUB |
5 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
USA |
4 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
BRA |
3 |
7 |
4 |
14 |
ARG |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
VEN |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
MEX |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
CAN |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
TOTAL |
15 |
15 |
15 |
45 |
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