The 2011 Girls' U16 South American Volleyball Championship was the 1st edition of the South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol

Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol

Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol or Portuguese ' is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in South America. Its headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Profile :The CSV's origins are still under dispute...

 (CSV). It was held in Canelones

Canelones

Canelones is the capital of the department of Canelones in Uruguay.-Population:In 2004, it had a population of 19,631. While Canelones is the capital of the department of the same name, it has a considerably smaller population compared with two other cities in the department, Ciudad de la Costa and...

, Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

 from November 21 to 26, 2011.

Teams

Teams

Competition System

All matches in the preliminary round and the semifinals are played best out of three sets, the third place match and the Gold Medal match are played best out of 5 as normal senior tournaments.

The competition system for the First Girls' U16 South American Championship consist of two rounds, the first round was a Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 7 remaining teams with each team playing two matches in a day against different teams.

Acording to the final ranking in the first round, the best four teams will play in the semifinals (1º VS 4º and 2º VS 3º), the winners will play for the Gold Medal while the losers will play for the Bronze Medal.

Standings

	Team advanced to the semifinals.

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Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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5th/8th bracket

Championship bracket

5th to 8th classification

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Semifinals

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Seventh place match

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Fifth place match

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Bronze Medal match

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Gold Medal match

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Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Spiker

• Best Blocker

• Best Server

• Best Setter

• Best Receiver

• Best Digger

• Best Libero