Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification system

A total of sixteen teams per gender will qualify to compete at the games. The host nation (Canada) qualifies in each event, 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 will be used to determine the teams.^[1]

Qualification summary

NOC	Men	Women	Athletes
Aruba	X		2
Argentina	X	X	4
Brazil	X	X	4
Canada	X	X	4
Cayman Islands		X	2
Chile	X	X	4
Colombia		X	2
Costa Rica		X	2
Cuba	X	X	4
El Salvador	X	X	4
Guatemala	X	X	4
Mexico	X	X	4
Nicaragua	X	X	4
Puerto Rico	X	X	4
Saint Lucia	X		2
Trinidad and Tobago	X	X	4
United States	X	X	4
Uruguay	X	X	4
Venezuela	X		2
Total: 19 NOC's	16	16	64

Men

North, Central America and the Caribbean[2] Rank NOC Total 1 United States 5600 2 Canada 5560 3 Puerto Rico 5310 4 Mexico 5110 5 Guatemala 3220 6 Costa Rica 2740 7 Cuba 2710 8 Dominican Republic 2506 9 Trinidad and Tobago 2270 10 El Salvador 2090 11 Saint Lucia 1751 12 Aruba 1685 13 Nicaragua 1555 14 Virgin Islands 989 15 Cayman Islands 765 16 Barbados 490 17 Honduras 440 18 Jamaica 421 19 Saint Kitts and Nevis 325 20 Bahamas 280 21 Antigua and Barbuda 185 22 Grenada 150 23 Dominica 70 23 Belize 70 25 Panama 60 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35 27 British Virgin Islands 10 28 Suriname 5

South America[3][4] Rank NOC Total 1 Brazil 1640 2 Chile 1580 3 Argentina 1460 4 Uruguay 1080 5 Venezuela 1000 6 Colombia 740 7 Paraguay 700 8 Bolivia 540 9 Peru 400 10 Ecuador 200

• As the host nation Canada, was ranked among the top ten nations, the eleventh nation (Saint Lucia) qualified as well. The Dominican Republic and Costa Rica declined their quotas.

Women

North, Central America and the Caribbean^[5]

Rank NOC Total 1 United States 6420 2 Mexico 5730 3 Canada 5645 4 Costa Rica 4475 5 Puerto Rico 3120 6 Guatemala 3000 7 Cuba 2280 8 Dominican Republic 2205 9 Trinidad and Tobago 2085 10 El Salvador 1615 11 Nicaragua 1435 12 Cayman Islands 1135 13 Honduras 1110 14 Saint Lucia 750 15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 695 16 Virgin Islands 671 17 Jamaica 470 18 Barbados 340 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 240 20 Grenada 35 21 Bahamas 25

South America[6][4] Rank NOC Total 1 Brazil 1680 2 Argentina 1600 3 Colombia 1180 4 Uruguay 1120 5 Chile 1080 6 Venezuela 980 7 Paraguay 900 8 Bolivia 620 9 Peru 620 10 Ecuador 300

• As the host nation Canada, was ranked among the top ten nations, the eleventh nation (Nicaragua) qualified as well. The Dominican Republic declines its quota.

References

1. "Volleyball Canada Internal Nomination Procedures (INP) for Beach Volleyball at the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games" (PDF). http://www.volleyball.ca/. Volleyball Canada. Retrieved 19 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
2. "Men´s Ranking 2011-2014" (PDF). http://www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). Retrieved 19 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
3. "RANKING VOLEY DE PLAYA 2013 -2014 - MASCULINO" [Beach volleyball rankings 2013-14 Male] (PDF). http://www.voleysur.org (in Spanish). Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. Retrieved 19 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. "Presidente de la CSV realiza reunión anual de la Comisión de Organización Deportiva" [President of the CSV performs annual meeting of the Commission on Sports Organization]. http://www.voleysur.org (in Spanish). Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
5. "Women´s Ranking 2011-2014" (PDF). http://www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). Retrieved 19 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
6. "RANKING VOLEY DE PLAYA 2013-204 - FEMENINO" [Beach volleyball rankings 2013-14 Female] (PDF). http://www.voleysur.org (in Spanish). Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. Retrieved 19 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)