title: Volleyball at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament
text: # Volleyball at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament
  
  The women's tournament of the volleyball at the 2022 South American Games was held from 10 to 14 October 2022 at the Paraguayan Volleyball Federation facilities in the SND complex cluster in Asunción, Paraguay. It was the sixth appearance of the volleyball women's tournament since the first edition in La Paz 1978 (it was not held from Santiago 1986 to Buenos Aires 2006).
  
  Peru won the gold medal and their second South American Games women's volleyball title after beating Argentina by a narrow 3–2 score in the final. Chile beat the defending champions Colombia 3–0 to win the bronze medal.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  The tournament was held over a 5-day period, from 10 to 14 October.
  
  | PR | Preliminary round | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mon 10 | Tue 11 | Wed 12 | Thu 13 | Fri 14 | Fri 14 |
  | PR | PR | PR | SF | B | F |
  | 2 M | 2 M | 2 M | 2 M | 3 M | 3 M |
  
  ## Teams
  
  A total of six ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the women's tournament.
  
  | Teams | App | Previous best performance |
  | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | 5th | Gold medal (2014) |
  | Bolivia | 2nd | Gold medal (1978) |
  | Chile | 3rd | Silver medal (2014) |
  | Colombia | 4th | Gold medal (2018) |
  | Paraguay | 2nd | Silver medal (1978) |
  | Peru | 5th | Gold medal (1982) |
  
  ### Rosters
  
  Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 12 players (Technical manual Article 9.3).
  
  ## Results
  
  All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  The preliminary round or group stage consisted of two groups of 3 teams, each group was played under round-robin format with the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals and the third placed team of each group advancing to the fifth place match.
  
  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
  
  **Pool A**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Peru | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 98 | 1.531 | Semi-finals |
  | 2 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 129 | 107 | 1.206 | Semi-finals |
  | 3 | Paraguay (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 76 | 150 | 0.507 | Fifth place match |
  
  **Pool B**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 153 | 104 | 1.471 | Semi-finals |
  | 2 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 140 | 137 | 1.022 | Semi-finals |
  | 3 | Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 98 | 150 | 0.653 | Fifth place match |
  
  ### Final round
  
  The final round consisted of the fifth place match (between the third placed teams of pools A and B), the semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches. The semi-finals match-ups were:
  
  * Semifinal 1: Winners Pool A v Runners-up Pool B
  * Semifinal 2: Winners Pool B v Runners-up Pool A
  
  Winners of semi-finals played the gold medal match, while losers played the bronze medal match.
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 October | 13 October | | |
  | Argentina | 3 | | |
  | Argentina | 3 | 14 October | 14 October |
  | Chile | 0 | 14 October | 14 October |
  | Chile | 0 | Argentina | 2 |
  | 13 October | 13 October | Argentina | 2 |
  | 13 October | 13 October | Peru | 3 |
  | Peru | 3 | Peru | 3 |
  | Colombia | 0 | | |
  | Fifth place match | Fifth place match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | 14 October | 14 October | 14 October | 14 October |
  | Paraguay | 2 | Chile | 3 |
  | Bolivia | 3 | Colombia | 0 |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Peru |
  | | Argentina |
  | | Chile |
  | 4 | Colombia |
  | 5 | Bolivia |
  | 6 | Paraguay |
  
  * 2022 Women's South American Volleyball Champions
  * Peru Second title
  * Team roster: Diana de la Peña, María Paula Rodríguez, Maricarmen Guerrero, Aixa Vigil, Kiara Vicente, Ángela Barboza, María José Rojas, Karla Ortiz (c), Nayeli Calderón, Jade Cuya, Ysabella Sánchez, Esmeralda Sánchez (L)
  * Head coach: Francisco Hervás
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Peru Diana de la Peña María Paula Rodríguez Maricarmen Guerrero Aixa Vigil Kiara Vicente Ángela Barboza María José Rojas Karla Ortiz (c) Nayeli Calderón Jade Cuya Ysabella Sánchez Esmeralda Sánchez (L) Head coach: Francisco Hervás | Argentina Dalma Pérez Avril García Julieta Aruga Guadalupe Martín Valentina Vaulet Rosa Reinoso María Luz Cosulich (c) Julieta Cervini Marlen Siri María de la Paz Corbalán Camila Giraudo Valentina González (L) Head coach: Marcelo Fabián Silva | Chile Florencia Giglio Camila Donoso (L) Beatriz Novoa (c) Paula Salinas Karen Morales Gabriela Badilla Elisa Sandrock Camila Mendoza Raphaella Aniegbuna Paula Vallejos Catalina Nuñez Petra Schwartzman Head coach: Eduardo Guillaume |
  