The men's tournament of the volleyball at the 2022 South American Games was held from 4 to 8 October 2022 at the Paraguayan Volleyball Federation facilities in the SND complex cluster in Asunción, Paraguay. It was the sixth appearance of the volleyball men's tournament since the first edition in La Paz 1978 (it was not held from Santiago 1986 to Buenos Aires 2006).
Argentina were the five-time defending champions, having won all the previous editions of the tournament, but did not participate in this edition leaving its place vacant.
Chile won the gold medal and their first South American Games men's volleyball title after finishing in the first place of the single group with a match record of 4 wins and 0 losses and without conceding any set. Colombia and Peru got the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Schedule The tournament was held over a 5-day period, from 4 to 8 October.
GMGroup matchesGGold medal match Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8GM GM GM GM GM G2 2 2 2 2
Teams A total of six ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the men's tournament.
TeamsPrevious best performance3rdSilver medal (1978)4thSilver medal (2014, 2018)4thBronze medal (2010)2ndBronze medal (1978)5thBronze medal (1982)
Rosters
Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 12 players (Technical manual Article 9.3).
Competition format The tournament consisted of a single group of 5 teams in which each team played once against the other 4 teams in the group on a single round-robin format (Technical manual Article 5). The top three teams were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
Results
Standings The pool ranking criteria was the following (Technical manual Articles 5.2 and 5.3):
Number of matches won Match points Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Sets ratio Points ratio Result of the match between the tied teams
Matches All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).
Final ranking
RankTeam45
2022 Men's South American Games ChileFirst title
Team roster: Esteban Villarreal, Vicente Ibarra, Gabriel Araya, Tomás Parraguirre, Vicente Parraguirre, Tomás Gago, Sebastián Albornoz, Dusan Bonacic (c), Vicente Mardones, Sebastián Castillo (L), Jaime BravoKaj Bonacic Head coach: Daniel Nejamkin
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeEsteban VillarrealVicente IbarraGabriel ArayaTomás ParraguirreVicente ParraguirreTomás GagoSebastián AlbornozDusan Bonacic (c)Vicente MardonesSebastián Castillo (L)Jaime BravoKaj BonacicHead coach: Daniel NejamkinOrian MedinaJuan VelascoRonnie MosqueraLeiner AponzáJuan EstupiñanSamuel JaramilloDaniel Medina (c)Roosvuelt Ramos (L)Oliver MurilloSantiago RuizJhon CuelloHarry RivasHead coach: Jorge SchmidtJassir Morón (L)Sebastián BlancoBruno SeminarioBenjamín PatrónHiroshi la TorreEduardo Romay (c)Daniel BarbieriJuan Silva-SantistebanBenny BernaolaÁlvaro HidalgoFrancis MendozaDaniel PorrasHead coach: Juan Carlos Gala
References
External links ASU2022 Volleyball Teams Male at ASU2022 official website.