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The national teams of Chile, Argentina and Colombia, all benefiting from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment support, lined up with gold, silver and bronze on the women’s volleyball podium at the Santa Fe 2026 South American Games in Rosario.
The Federacion de Voleibol de Chile has been allocated USD 609,000 in FIVB Volleyball Empowerment coach support for their national volleyball teams. The women’s selections are currently trained by Argentinean coach Raul Pereyra. The program has also granted Chile a total of USD 298,500 in volleyball equipment.
The Federacion del Voleibol Argentino has been granted USD 342,000 in targeted coach support for their women’s national volleyball team, and another USD 18,000 in knowledge transfer programs from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment.
The Federacion Colombiana de Voleibol has been funded with a total of USD 399,000 in FIVB Volleyball Empowerment coach support for their national volleyball teams, in addition to USD 92,500 in volleyball equipment and USD 6,000 for a national team coach development knowledge transfer program. The Colombian women’s national team is guided by Brazilian coach Guilherme Schmitz.
The women’s volleyball tournament at the South American Games in Argentina was conducted in a five-team single round-robin format. Chile achieved three-point victories over all of their four opponents and topped the final standings on a 4-0 win-loss record to triumph with the gold medals.
Three teams – Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela – finished on a 2-2 win-loss record each, after Colombia put together a 3-1 (27-25, 20-25, 27-25, 30-28) win over Venezuela, Venezuela beat Argentina by 3-2 (15-25, 9-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-11), and the home team finished off with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-20) shutout of Colombia.
The two sets won against Venezuela gave Argentina the edge to claim silver with seven points, leaving Colombia with bronze on six points, and Venezuela off the podium, in fourth place on five points. Winless Paraguay finished in fifth place.
All results, standings and statistics
