Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Date	28 July – 11 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
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The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 28 July to 11 August 2012.^[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	—	—	1	Great Britain
2011 World Cup	4–18 November 2011	Japan	3	Italy
				United States
				China
African Qualifier	2–4 February 2012	Blida	1	Algeria
North American Qualifier	29 Apr–5 May 2012	Tijuana	1	Dominican Republic
European Qualifier	1–6 May 2012	Ankara	1	Turkey
South American Qualifier	9–13 May 2012	São Carlos	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	19–27 May 2012	Tokyo	3	Russia
				South Korea
				Serbia
Asian Qualifier			1	Japan
Total			12

The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament won the Olympic spots as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team except the top 3 winners qualify as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of 15 January 2012.^[2]

Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.

Group A	Group B
Great Britain (Hosts)	United States (1)
Japan (3)	Brazil (2)
Italy (4)	China (5)
Russia (7)	Serbia (6)
Dominican Republic (9)	Turkey (11)
Algeria (16)	South Korea (13)

Rosters

Preliminary round

Teams played a round-robin schedule within the pool and those with the top four point totals advanced to a knockout round. Teams were awarded three points for a 3–0 or 3–1 win, two points for a 3–2 win, one point for a 3–2 loss, and zero points for a 3–0 or 3–1 loss.^[3] If at the end of pool play teams are tied the tiebreakers are (1) most wins, (2) set win ratio, (3) points ratio, and (4) head-to-head.^[3] If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are applied only to the matches between tied teams.^[3]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	459	352	1.304	Quarter-finals
2	Italy	5	4	1	13	14	5	2.800	442	368	1.201
3	Japan	5	3	2	9	11	6	1.833	401	335	1.197
4	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	374	362	1.033
5	Great Britain	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	295	396	0.745
6	Algeria	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	252	410	0.615

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 July 2012 09:30	Algeria	0–3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), José Vélez (PUR)
	(15–25, 14–25, 7–25) result statistics

28 July 2012 14:45	Great Britain	0–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Rogério Espicalski (BRA)
	(19–25, 10–25, 16–25) result statistics

28 July 2012 16:45	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–17, 23–25, 25–19, 25–15) report statistics

30 July 2012 14:45	Dominican Republic	1–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE)
	(23–25, 15–25, 26–24, 22–25) report statistics

30 July 2012 20:00	Italy	3–1	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Patricia Salvatore (USA)
	(25–22, 25–21, 20–25, 25–22) result statistics

30 July 2012 22:00	Great Britain	3–2	Algeria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Janpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(22–25, 25–19, 23–25, 25–19, 15–8) result statistics

1 August 2012 09:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(20–25, 19–25, 23–25) result statistics

1 August 2012 11:30	Algeria	0–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Janpen Jirakakul (THA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(7–25, 14–25, 15–25) result statistics

1 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,800 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Denny Lassi (DOM)
	(25–27, 12–25, 12–25) result statistics

3 August 2012 11:30	Japan	1–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(25–27, 17–25, 25–20, 19–25) result statistics

3 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Mohamad Shaaban (EGY), Janpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(9–25, 18–25, 19–25) result statistics

3 August 2012 22:00	Algeria	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Wang Ning (CHN)
	(11–25, 12–25, 17–25) result statistics

5 August 2012 09:30	Algeria	0–3	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(15–25, 16–25, 13–25) result statistics

5 August 2012 14:45	Great Britain	0–3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Michael Davidson (CAN), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 14–25, 12–25) result statistics

5 August 2012 16:45	Italy	2–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Wang Ning (CHN)
	(28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 16–25, 11–15) result statistics

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	426	345	1.235	Quarter-finals
2	China	5	3	2	9	11	10	1.100	475	461	1.030
3	South Korea	5	2	3	8	11	10	1.100	449	452	0.993
4	Brazil	5	3	2	7	10	10	1.000	447	420	1.064
5	Turkey	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	434	443	0.980
6	Serbia	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	297	407	0.730

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 July 2012 11:30	China	3–1	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(16–25, 25–18, 25–13, 25–12) result statistics

28 July 2012 20:00	United States	3–1	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Janpen Jirakakul (THA), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(25–19, 25–17, 20–25, 25–21) result statistics

28 July 2012 22:00	Brazil	3–2	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Mitchell Davidson (CAN)
	(25–18, 23–25, 25–19, 25–27, 15–12) result statistics

30 July 2012 09:30	China	3–1	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
	(25–20, 25–20, 29–31, 25–22) result statistics

30 July 2012 11:30	Serbia	1–3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Brian McDougall (GBR), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(12–25, 16–25, 25–16, 21–25) result statistics

30 July 2012 16:45	United States	3–1	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(25–18, 25–17, 22–25, 25–21) result statistics

1 August 2012 14:45	Serbia	0–3	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(20–25, 12–25, 21–25) result statistics

1 August 2012 20:00	United States	3–0	China	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
	(26–24, 25–16, 31–29) result statistics

1 August 2012 22:00	Brazil	0–3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Mitchell Salvatore (USA)
	(23–25, 21–25, 21–25) result statistics

3 August 2012 09:30	Brazil	3–2	China	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Denny Lassi (DOM), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(25–16, 20–25, 25–18, 28–30, 15–10) result statistics

3 August 2012 14:45	Turkey	3–2	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(25–16, 21–25, 25–18, 19–25, 15–12) result statistics

3 August 2012 20:00	United States	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Susana Rodriguez (ESP)
	(25–17, 25–20, 25–16) result statistics

5 August 2012 11:30	China	3–2	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Janpen Jirakul (THA), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(28–26, 22–25, 25–19, 22–25, 15–10) result statistics

5 August 2012 20:00	United States	3–0	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(27–25, 25–16, 25–19) result statistics

5 August 2012 22:00	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(25–10, 25–22, 25–16) result statistics

Knockout stage

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal match

7 August

Russia	2
		9 August
Brazil	3
		Brazil	3
7 August
		Japan	0
Japan	3
				11 August
China	2
				Brazil	3
7 August
				United States	1
Italy	1
		9 August
South Korea	3
		South Korea	0
7 August
		United States	3	Bronze medal match
United States	3
				11 August
Dominican Republic	0
				Japan	3

				South Korea	0

Quarterfinals

7 August 2012 13:00	Japan	3–2	China	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(28–26, 23–25, 25–23, 23–25, 18–16) result statistics

7 August 2012 15:00	Russia	2–3	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(26–24, 22–25, 25–19, 22–25, 19–21) result statistics

7 August 2012 19:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Jarpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–22) result statistics

7 August 2012 21:00	Italy	1–3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
	(25–18, 21–25, 20–25, 18–25) result statistics

Semifinals

9 August 2012 15:00	South Korea	0–3	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(20–25, 22–25, 22–25) result statistics

9 August 2012 19:30	Brazil	3–0	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
	(25–18, 25–15, 25–18) result statistics

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012 11:30	Japan	3–0	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Suzana Rodriguez (ESP), Jose Mercado (PUR)
	(25–22, 26–24, 25–21) result statistics

Final

11 August 2012 18:30	Brazil	3–1	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(11–25, 25–17, 25–20, 25–17) result statistics

Statistics leaders

Only players whose teams advanced to the quarterfinals are ranked.

Best Scorers
Rank	Name	Points
1	Kim Yeon-koung	207
2	Destinee Hooker	161
3	Saori Kimura	142
4	Sheilla Castro	140
5	Ekaterina Gamova	124

Best Spikers
Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Destinee Hooker	37.93
2	Simona Gioli	37.78
3	Kim Yeon-koung	35.57
4	Nataliya Goncharova	34.22
5	Ekaterina Gamova	33.04

Best Blockers
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Fabiana Claudino	0.94
2	Foluke Akinradewo	0.93
3	Simona Gioli	0.91
4	Destinee Hooker	0.78
5	Thaísa Menezes	0.75

Best Servers
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Sheilla Castro	0.31
2	Hui Ruoqi	0.31
3	Lucia Bosetti	0.30
4	Ekaterina Gamova	0.29
5	Antonella Del Core	0.26

Best Diggers
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Brenda Castillo	6.10
2	Zhang Xian	4.77
3	Yuko Sano	4.11
4	Kim Hae-ran	3.90
5	Yoshie Takeshita	3.64

Best Setters
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Yevgeniya Startseva	12.79
2	Wei Qiuyue	12.08
3	Yoshie Takeshita	11.82
4	Lindsey Berg	9.74
5	Danielle Lins	9.72

Best Receivers
Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Fernanda Rodrigues	81.32
2	Svetlana Kryuchkova	80.00
3	Paola Croce	77.88
4	Antonella Del Core	77.03
5	Nicole Davis	74.27

Source: [1]

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	United States
	Japan
4	South Korea
5	Russia
6	Italy
7	China
8	Dominican Republic
9	Turkey
10	Great Britain
11	Algeria
12	Serbia

2012 Women's Olympic champions
Brazil 2nd title

12-woman roster

Fabiana Claudino (c), Dani Lins, Paula Pequeno, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Fernanda Ferreira, Tandara Caixeta, Natália Pereira, Sheilla Castro, Fabi Alvim (L), Fernanda Garay

Head coach

Zé Roberto

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Fabiana Claudino (c) Dani Lins Paula Pequeno Adenízia da Silva Thaísa Menezes Jaqueline Carvalho Fernanda Ferreira Tandara Caixeta Natália Pereira Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Fernanda Garay Head coach: Zé Roberto	United States (USA) Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg (c) Tamari Miyashiro Nicole Davis Jordan Larson Megan Hodge Christa Harmotto Logan Tom Foluke Akinradewo Courtney Thompson Destinee Hooker Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon	Japan (JPN) Hitomi Nakamichi Yoshie Takeshita Mai Yamaguchi Erika Araki (c) Kaori Inoue Maiko Kano Yuko Sano Ai Otomo Risa Shinnabe Saori Sakoda Yukiko Ebata Saori Kimura Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe

Individual awards

Most valuable player

Kim Yeon-koung (KOR)^[4]

Best scorer
Kim Yeon-koung (KOR)
Best spiker
Destinee Hooker (USA)
Best blocker
Fabiana Claudino (BRA)
Best server
Sheilla Castro (BRA)
Best setter
Yevgeniya Startseva (RUS)
Best receiver
Fernanda Garay (BRA)
Best libero
Brenda Castillo (DOM)

References

^ "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^ FIVB (4 January 2012). "FIVB World Rankings – Women".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sports Regulations Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. July 2012. p. 21. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^ FIVB (11 August 2012). "Brazil win second consecutive title, USA and Japan complete Olympic podium". London, Great Britain. Retrieved 12 August 2012.

External links

Official website of the 2012 Olympic volleyball tournaments

[SR-1] "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

[2] FIVB (4 January 2012). "FIVB World Rankings – Women".

[FIVB_scoring-3] "Sports Regulations Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. July 2012. p. 21. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

[4] FIVB (11 August 2012). "Brazil win second consecutive title, USA and Japan complete Olympic podium". London, Great Britain. Retrieved 12 August 2012.

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