Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Volleyball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre (indoor) Horse Guards Parade (beach)
Dates	28 July – 12 August 2012
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The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August. ^[1]

The indoor volleyball competition took place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in west London, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Horse Guards Parade in central London.

Events

Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

• Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams)
• Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams)
• Beach volleyball – men (24 teams)
• Beach volleyball – women (24 teams)

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball. ^[2]

Men's indoor volleyball qualification

This section is transcluded from Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. (edit | history)

Details of the men's qualification follow:

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.

Women's indoor volleyball qualification

This section is transcluded from Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. (edit | history)

Details of the women's qualification follow:

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.

Men's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012)	16	Brazil   United States   Germany   Netherlands   Poland   United States   Brazil   Germany   Spain   China   Switzerland   Czech Republic   Latvia   Latvia   Italy   Switzerland
2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012)	5	Venezuela (South America)   South Africa (Africa)   Canada (North America)   Japan (Asia/Oceania)   Norway (Europe)
Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012)	2	Austria   Russia
Host nation	1	Great Britain
Total	24

Women's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012)	16	Brazil   China   United States   Brazil   United States   Netherlands   Italy   Germany   Czech Republic   Spain   Germany   Switzerland   Austria   Australia   Czech Republic   Greece
2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012)	5	Mauritius (Africa)   Argentina (South America)   Russia (Europe)   Canada (North America)   Australia (Asia/Oceania)
Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012)	2	Netherlands   Russia
Host nation	1	Great Britain
Total	24

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	1	2	1	4
2	United States	1	2	0	3
3	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Russia	1	0	0	1
5	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor details	Russia Nikolay Apalikov Taras Khtey (c) Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Aleksandr Sokolov Yury Berezhko Aleksandr Butko Dmitriy Muserskiy Dmitriy Ilinikh Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Obmochaev	Brazil 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	Italy Cristian Savani (c) Luigi Mastrangelo Simone Parodi Samuele Papi Michal Lasko Ivan Zaytsev Dante Boninfante Dragan Travica Alessandro Fei Emanuele Birarelli Andrea Bari Andrea Giovi
Women's indoor details	Brazil 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	United States 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	Japan 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
Men's beach details	Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann   Germany	Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego   Brazil	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš and Jānis Šmēdiņš   Latvia
Women's beach details	Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor   United States	Jennifer Kessy and April Ross   United States	Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França   Brazil

References

1. "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
2. Olympic Qualifying process confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, FIVB, 17 May 2010.

External links

Media related to Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Beach Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Official results book – Volleyball. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
• Official results book – Beach Volleyball. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
• Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Beach Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB.org)

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