Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 13th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in London, United Kingdom from 29 July to 12 August 2012.[1]
Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | |||||||||
Date | 29 July – 12 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 144 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Russia won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against Brazil.
Qualification
editMeans of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Country | — | — | 1 | Great Britain |
2011 World Cup | 20 November – 4 December 2011 | Japan | 3 | Russia |
Poland | ||||
Brazil | ||||
African Qualifier | 17–21 January 2012 | Yaoundé | 1 | Tunisia |
North American Qualifier | 7–12 May 2012 | Long Beach | 1 | United States |
European Qualifier | 8–13 May 2012 | Sofia | 1 | Italy |
South American Qualifier | 11–13 May 2012 | Burzaco | 1 | Argentina |
1st World Qualifier | 1–10 June 2012 | Tokyo | 1 | Serbia |
Asian Qualifier* | 1 | Australia | ||
2nd World Qualifier | 8–10 June 2012 | Sofia | 1 | Bulgaria |
3rd World Qualifier | 8–10 June 2012 | Berlin | 1 | Germany |
Total | 12 |
Pools composition
editTeams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 4 January 2012.[2] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 92nd.
Pool A | Pool B |
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Great Britain (Hosts) | Brazil (1) |
Italy (3) | Russia (2) |
Poland (4) | United States (6) |
Argentina (8) | Serbia (7) |
Bulgaria (9) | Germany (13) |
Australia (22) | Tunisia (18) |
Rosters
editVenue
editAll matches |
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London, United Kingdom |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre |
Capacity: 20,000 |
Pool standing procedure
edit- Match points
- Number of matches won
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Preliminary round
edit- All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
- The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.
Qualified for the Quarterfinals |
Pool A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
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1 | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 407 | 390 | 1.044 |
2 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 433 | 374 | 1.158 |
3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 382 | 367 | 1.041 |
4 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 426 | 413 | 1.031 |
5 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 | 395 | 397 | 0.995 |
6 | Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 274 | 376 | 0.729 |
29 July 2012 09:30 |
Great Britain | 0–3 | Bulgaria | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Akihiko Tano (JPN) |
(18–25, 20–25, 24–26) Results Statistics |
29 July 2012 14:45 |
Australia | 0–3 | Argentina | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Susana Rodriguez (ESP) |
(21–25, 22–25, 20–25) Results Statistics |
29 July 2012 20:00 |
Italy | 1–3 | Poland | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Zorica Bjelić (SRB) |
(25–21, 20–25, 23–25, 14–25) Results Statistics |
31 July 2012 11:40 |
Poland | 1–3 | Bulgaria | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,300 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Akihiko Tano (JPN) |
(22–25, 27–29, 25–13, 23–25) Results Statistics |
31 July 2012 14:45 |
Italy | 3–1 | Argentina | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Frans Loderus (NED) |
(25–17, 21–25, 25–17, 25–23) Results Statistics |
31 July 2012 20:00 |
Great Britain | 0–3 | Australia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA) |
(15–25, 18–25, 20–25) Results Statistics |
2 August 2012 12:20 |
Australia | 0–3 | Bulgaria | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS) |
(23–25, 21–25, 22–25) Results Statistics |
2 August 2012 16:45 |
Poland | 3–0 | Argentina | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) |
(25–18, 25–20, 25–16) Results Statistics |
2 August 2012 22:30 |
Great Britain | 0–3 | Italy | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) |
(19–25, 16–25, 20–25) Results Statistics |
4 August 2012 11:30 |
Great Britain | 0–3 | Poland | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,900 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) |
(16–25, 19–25, 18–25) Results Statistics |
4 August 2012 14:45 |
Australia | 2–3 | Italy | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA) |
(25–21, 25–18, 21–25, 14–25, 13–15) Results Statistics |
4 August 2012 20:30 |
Argentina | 3–1 | Bulgaria | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Akihiko Tano (JPN) |
(25–18, 21–25, 25–19, 25–20) Results Statistics |
6 August 2012 09:30 |
Australia | 3–1 | Poland | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS) |
(25–21, 25–22, 18–25, 25–22) Results Statistics |
6 August 2012 14:45 |
Italy | 0–3 | Bulgaria | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN) |
(30–32, 20–25, 19–25) Results Statistics |
6 August 2012 16:45 |
Great Britain | 0–3 | Argentina | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,750 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Zorica Bjelić (SRB) |
(18–25, 18–25, 15–25) Results Statistics |
Pool B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
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1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 427 | 370 | 1.154 |
2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 | 418 | 379 | 1.103 |
3 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | 408 | 352 | 1.159 |
4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 379 | 388 | 0.977 |
5 | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | 413 | 455 | 0.908 |
6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 294 | 395 | 0.744 |
29 July 2012 11:30 |
Russia | 3–0 | Germany | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Frans Loderus (NED) |
(31–29, 25–18, 25–17) Results Statistics |
29 July 2012 16:45 |
United States | 3–0 | Serbia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
(25–17, 25–22, 25–21) Results Statistics |
29 July 2012 22:20 |
Brazil | 3–0 | Tunisia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Brian McDougall (GBR) |
(25–17, 25–21, 25–18) Results Statistics |
31 July 2012 09:30 |
Serbia | 3–1 | Tunisia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Jose Velez (PUR) |
(25–15, 25–21, 20–25, 25–18) Results Statistics |
31 July 2012 17:03 |
United States | 3–0 | Germany | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) |
(25–23, 25–16, 25–20) Results Statistics |
31 July 2012 22:00 |
Brazil | 3–0 | Russia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Wang Ning (CHN) |
(25–21, 25–23, 25–21) Results Statistics |
2 August 2012 09:30 |
Serbia | 2–3 | Germany | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) |
(25–22, 29–27, 18–25, 20–25, 18–20) Results Statistics |
2 August 2012 14:45 |
Russia | 3–0 | Tunisia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Mitchell Davidson (CAN) |
(25–21, 25–15, 25–23) Results Statistics |
2 August 2012 20:00 |
Brazil | 1–3 | United States | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Jose Velez (PUR) |
(25–23, 25–27, 19–25, 17–25) Results Statistics |
4 August 2012 09:30 |
Germany | 3–0 | Tunisia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Brian McDougall (GBR), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
(25–15, 25–16, 25–16) Results Statistics |
4 August 2012 17:10 |
Russia | 3–2 | United States | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,650 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) |
(27–29, 19–25, 26–24, 25–16, 15–8) Results Statistics |
4 August 2012 22:45 |
Brazil | 3–2 | Serbia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Simone Santi (ITA) |
(22–25, 25–15, 20–25, 25–22, 15–9) Results Statistics |
6 August 2012 11:55 |
Russia | 3–0 | Serbia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Susana Rodriguez (ESP) |
(25–15, 25–20, 25–17) Results Statistics |
6 August 2012 20:00 |
United States | 3–0 | Tunisia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Mitchell Davidson (CAN) |
(25–15, 25–19, 25–19) Results Statistics |
6 August 2012 22:00 |
Brazil | 3–0 | Germany | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE) |
(25–21, 25–22, 25–19) Results Statistics |
Final round
edit- All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
- The first ranked teams of both pools played against the fourth ranked teams of the other pool. The second ranked teams faced the second or third ranked teams of the other pool, determined by drawing of lots. The drawing of lots was held after the last match in the preliminary round.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Bulgaria | 3 | |||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
Germany | 0 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Russia | 3 | |||||||||
Poland | 0 | |||||||||
12 August | ||||||||||
Russia | 3 | |||||||||
Russia | 3 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Italy | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
United States | 0 | |||||||||
12 August | ||||||||||
Italy | 3 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
Italy | 3 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
edit8 August 2012 14:00 |
Argentina | 0–3 | Brazil | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Simone Santi (ITA) |
(19–25, 17–25, 20–25) Results Statistics |
8 August 2012 16:00 |
United States | 0–3 | Italy | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) |
(26–28, 20–25, 20–25) Results Statistics |
8 August 2012 19:30 |
Poland | 0–3 | Russia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) |
(17–25, 23–25, 21–25) Results Statistics |
8 August 2012 21:30 |
Bulgaria | 3–0 | Germany | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
(25–20, 25–16, 25–14) Results Statistics |
Semifinals
edit10 August 2012 15:00 |
Bulgaria | 1–3 | Russia | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
(21–25, 15–25, 25–23, 23–25) Results Statistics |
10 August 2012 19:30 |
Brazil | 3–0 | Italy | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) |
(25–21, 25–12, 25–21) Results Statistics |
Bronze medal match
edit12 August 2012 09:30 |
Bulgaria | 1–3 | Italy | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) |
(19–25, 25–23, 22–25, 21–25) Results Statistics |
Gold medal match
edit12 August 2012 13:00 |
Russia | 3–2 | Brazil | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Akihiko Tano (JPN) |
(19–25, 20–25, 29–27, 25–22, 15–9) Results Statistics |
Final standing
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Medalists
editAwards
edit- Most valuable player
- Best scorer
- Best spiker
- Best blocker
- Best server
- Best digger
- Best setter
- Best receiver
- Best libero
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 4 January 2012)". FIVB. 4 January 2012.