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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
VenueEarls Court Exhibition Centre
Date29 July – 12 August
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia (4th title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
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Russia won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against Brazil.

Qualification

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Means of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
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
* The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 1st World Qualifier. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the 1st World Qualifier winners, while the best Asian team except the 1st World Qualifier winners qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners.

Pools composition

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Teams 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
  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

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venue

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All matches
  London, United Kingdom
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Capacity: 20,000
 

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Match points
  2. Number of matches won
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

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Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
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
Source: [citation needed]
29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)
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 (2012-07-29)
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 (2012-07-29)
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 (2012-07-31)
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 (2012-07-31)
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 (2012-07-31)
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 (2012-08-02)
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 (2012-08-02)
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 (2012-08-02)
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 (2012-08-04)
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 (2012-08-04)
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 (2012-08-04)
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 (2012-08-06)
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 (2012-08-06)
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 (2012-08-06)
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

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
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
Source: [citation needed]
29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)
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 (2012-07-29)
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 (2012-07-29)
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 (2012-07-31)
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 (2012-07-31)
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 (2012-07-31)
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 (2012-08-02)
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 (2012-08-02)
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 (2012-08-02)
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 (2012-08-04)
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 (2012-08-04)
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 (2012-08-04)
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 (2012-08-06)
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 (2012-08-06)
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 (2012-08-06)
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

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  • 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.
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
8 August
 
 
  Bulgaria3
 
10 August
 
  Germany0
 
  Bulgaria1
 
8 August
 
  Russia3
 
  Poland0
 
12 August
 
  Russia3
 
  Russia3
 
8 August
 
  Brazil2
 
  Argentina0
 
10 August
 
  Brazil3
 
  Brazil3
 
8 August
 
  Italy0 Bronze medal match
 
  United States0
 
12 August
 
  Italy3
 
  Bulgaria1
 
 
  Italy3
 

Quarterfinals

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8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
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 (2012-08-08)
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 (2012-08-08)
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 (2012-08-08)
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

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10 August 2012 (2012-08-10)
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 (2012-08-10)
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

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12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
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

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12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
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

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Russia (RUS)
Nikolay Apalikov
Taras Khtey (c)
Sergey Grankin
Sergey Tetyukhin
Aleksandr Sokolov
Yury Berezhko
Aleksandr Butko
Dmitriy Muserskiy
Dmitriy Ilinikh
Maksim Mikhaylov
Aleksandr Volkov
Aleksey Obmochaev
Head coach:

Vladimir Alekno

  Brazil (BRA)
Bruno Rezende
Wallace de Souza
Sidnei Santos
Leandro Vissotto Neves
Gilberto Godoy Filho (c)
Murilo Endres
Sérgio Santos
Thiago Alves
Rodrigo Santana
Lucas Saatkamp
Ricardo Garcia
Dante Amaral
Head coach:

Bernardinho

  Italy (ITA)
Luigi Mastrangelo
Simone Parodi
Samuele Papi
Michal Lasko
Ivan Zaytsev
Dante Boninfante
Cristian Savani (c)
Dragan Travica
Alessandro Fei
Emanuele Birarelli
Andrea Bari
Andrea Giovi
Head coach:

Mauro Berruto

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 4 January 2012)". FIVB. 4 January 2012.
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