Brazil,
USA, Canada and Cuba among top nations competing in this
summer's competition.
TORONTO, May 23, 2015 /CNW/ - Today, the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games
Organizing Committee (TO2015) released its full schedule for both
men's and women's beach volleyball, giving fans the opportunity to
get their hands on tickets for their favourite matchups featuring
some of the world's leading beach volleyball nations.
To mark the release, TO2015 hosted a beach volleyball challenge
on the shores of Lake Ontario at
the Ashbridges Bay beach volleyball courts. The challenge featured
Canadian volleyball Olympic bronze medallist Mark Heese (Atlanta 1996); Canadian Pan Am gold medallists
Conrad Leinemann and Jody Holden (Winnipeg 1999); Volleyball Canada beach
national coach and four-time Olympic coach Steve Anderson; Volleyball Canada beach high
performance director and Olympian Ed Drakich (Atlanta 1996); and several Pan Am
hopefuls.
The exciting vibe at today's challenge is just a preview of
what's to come this July with the tournament expected to be one of
this summer's hottest tickets. Beach volleyball has become one of
the most popular and entertaining summer sports at the Pan Am
Games. Fans will enjoy the intense competition late into the night
with matches going until midnight during the first six days of the
tournament.
Adding to the competition's appeal, both the men's and women's
competition will be held at the purpose-built Chevrolet Beach
Volleyball Centre. Transformed into an urban beach and set against
the backdrop of Lake Ontario and
downtown Toronto, the venue will
be one of this summer's must-sees. The Centre will welcome
thousands of fans and will be located inside CIBC Pan Am Park,
which will host an unprecedented 15 sport competitions. It will
also be the site of one of the PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC, Live
Sites — making for the ultimate street party.
Tickets for the beach volleyball tournament give fans a great
4-for-1 deal. A single ticket to any preliminary match,
classification match or pre-quarter-final match session means they
can see four games within the same session. Additionally, buying a
single semifinal ticket will allow fans to see two semifinal games,
and buying a ticket for the final session means the chance to see
both the bronze- and gold-medal games.
The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am beach
volleyball tournament will host 16 men's teams and 16 women's
teams. It will be the first Games tournament in which every
competing team is guaranteed five matches, and the first time every
match will be played on centre court.
Competition will be intense in both the men's and women's
tournaments, with competing countries including defending Pan Am
champions Brazil, a country that
continues to produce some of the best beach volleyball teams in the
world, Pan Am silver medallist Cuba, as well as powerful teams from
the United States and Canada.
"It's always good to see the schedule ahead of time, but major
competitions bring out the best in all teams and we can't
underestimate anyone," said Steve
Anderson, Volleyball Canada beach national coach and
four-time Olympic coach. "Two things we can count on is that the
atmosphere in Toronto this summer
will be electric and the competition will be fierce. Our
Canadian athletes are battling it out on the FIVB World Tour right
now to see who will represent Canada in the Pan Am Games and they will be in
top form to give the home crowd plenty to cheer about."
Women's teams will be divided into the following pools:
Group
A
|
Group
B
|
Group
C
|
Group
D
|
Canada
|
Brazil
|
United States
of
America
|
Argentina
|
Uruguay
|
Costa Rica
|
Colombia
|
Mexico
|
Puerto
Rico
|
Chile
|
Guatemala
|
Cuba
|
Cayman
Islands
|
Nicaragua
|
El
Salvador
|
Trinidad and
Tobago
|
Men's teams will be divided into the following pools:
Group
A
|
Group
B
|
Group
C
|
Group
D
|
Canada
|
Brazil
|
United States
of
America
|
Chile
|
Uruguay
|
Mexico
|
Argentina
|
Puerto
Rico
|
Guatemala
|
Venezuela
|
Cuba
|
Trinidad and
Tobago
|
Nicaragua
|
Aruba
|
St. Lucia
|
El
Salvador
|
In both the men's and women's competition, Brazil will be playing in the morning in every
preliminary-round session, from July 13
through 16, while the Canadian teams will play in every
afternoon preliminary session from July 14
through 16.
Canada's men's beach
volleyball schedule:
- Tuesday, July 14 vs. Nicaragua at 9 p.m. BV006
- Wednesday, July 15 vs.
Guatemala at 2:30 p.m. BV008
- Thursday, July 16 vs.
Uruguay at 9 p.m. BV012
Canada's women's beach
volleyball schedule:
- Monday, July 13 vs. Cayman Islands at 8 p.m. BV003
- Tuesday, July 14 vs. Puerto Rico
at 2:30 p.m. BV005
- Wednesday, July 15 vs.
Uruguay at 8 p.m. BV009
The men's and women's beach volleyball pre-quarter-final matches
will be held on Friday, July 17
(BV014 and BV015), quarter-final matches on Saturday, July 18 (BV017 and BV018), semifinal
matches on Sunday, July
19 (BV020 and BV021), and bronze- and
gold-medal matches on Tuesday, July
21 (BV026 and BV027).
To view the full TORONTO 2015
Pan Am beach volleyball schedule for both the men's and women's
tournament, visit
TORONTO2015.org/0/beach-volleyball-schedule.
To purchase tickets, visit TORONTO2015.org/tickets.
The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games
ticket program is designed to be affordable and accessible for
everyone by offering:
Integrated tickets: Every event ticket will allow the
holder to access transit on the day of the event.
Affordable pricing: Tickets start at just $20, with 75 per cent of tickets priced
$45 and under.
Half-price tickets for persons under 16 years of age, or 65
and over: Tickets will be offered at a 50 per cent— some will
start at $10. The number of
discounted tickets is limited, so buy early.
Tickets for Parapan Am sporting events will range from
$20 to $35 for adults, with a youth
(under 16) and senior (65+) discount from $10 to $12.50 available, depending on the event.
The number of discounted discount tickets is limited, so don't
delay.
Easy options for buying: Tickets can be purchased online
at TORONTO2015.org/tickets or at 1.855.726.2015 and internationally
at 1.949.333.4824.
About TO2015
The TORONTO 2015 Pan American
Games will take place July 10–26 and the Parapan American Games
August 7–15. The TORONTO 2015
Games are funded by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, as well as Lead Partner CIBC and
other partners and sponsors
The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan
Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015) is tasked with managing and
delivering the Games. It is working to bring some of the world's
best athletes and artists to Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe
region, giving Ontarians a unique chance to be part of the action,
and making the region a hub for sport.
For more information about the Games, please visit
TORONTO2015.org or follow @TO2015, @TO2015_fr (French) or
@TO2015_es (Spanish).
SOURCE Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan
American Games