Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Last updated April 22, 2023

The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 13 August 2011 to 10 June 2012.

Qualification summary

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	6 July 2005	Singapore	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 *	1–10 June 2012	Tokyo	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.

Means of qualification

	Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2012 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.

Great Britain

2011 World Cup

Venues: Japan
Dates: 20 November – 4 December 2011
The top three teams qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Poland
	Brazil
4	Italy
5	Cuba
6	United States
7	Argentina
8	Serbia
9	Iran
10	Japan
11	China
12	Egypt

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

Venue: Palais des Sports de Warda, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dates: 17–21 January 2012
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).
The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Tunisia	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	341	297	1.148
2	Egypt	4	3	1	7	10	5	2.000	362	307	1.179
3	Cameroon	4	2	2	6	9	8	1.125	381	371	1.027
4	Algeria	4	1	3	5	5	9	0.556	309	318	0.972
5	Ghana	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	200	300	0.667

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jan	16:00	Egypt	1–3	Tunisia	23–25	25–16	27–29	23–25		98–95
17 Jan	18:00	Cameroon	3–0	Ghana	25–18	25–16	25–12			75–46
18 Jan	16:00	Ghana	0–3	Egypt	21–25	8–25	17–25			46–75
18 Jan	18:00	Algeria	2–3	Cameroon	24–26	25–19	22–25	27–25	18–20	116–115
19 Jan	16:00	Egypt	3–0	Algeria	25–21	25–19	26–24			76–64
19 Jan	18:00	Tunisia	3–0	Ghana	25–22	25–13	25–21			75–56
20 Jan	16:00	Algeria	0–3	Tunisia	17–25	16–25	21–25			54–75
20 Jan	18:00	Cameroon	2–3	Egypt	25–27	25–23	25–23	20–25	7–15	102–113
21 Jan	14:00	Ghana	0–3	Algeria	15–25	19–25	18–25			52–75
21 Jan	18:00	Tunisia	3–1	Cameroon	21–25	25–20	25–23	25–21		96–89

Asia and Oceania

The 2012 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2011 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics as the 2012 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe

Venue: Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates: 8–13 May 2012
The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rank	Team
1	Italy
2	Germany
3	Bulgaria
3	Serbia
5	Slovakia
5	Spain
7	Finland
7	Slovenia

North America

Venue: Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, United States
Dates: 7–12 May 2012
The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	Canada
3	Cuba
4	Puerto Rico
5	Mexico
6	Dominican Republic
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Costa Rica

South America

Venue: Polideportivo Almirante Brown, Burzaco, Argentina
Dates: 11–13 May 2012
All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).
The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Argentina	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	227	162	1.401
2	Venezuela	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	237	213	1.113
3	Colombia	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	231	272	0.849
4	Chile	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	204	252	0.810

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 May	18:10	Venezuela	3–1	Colombia	25–17	24–26	25–15	25–15		99–73
11 May	21:10	Chile	0–3	Argentina	16–25	13–25	14–25			43–75
12 May	18:10	Venezuela	3–0	Chile	25–22	25–21	25–20			75–63
12 May	21:40	Argentina	3–0	Colombia	25–21	25–15	25–20			75–56
13 May	18:00	Colombia	3–2	Chile	20–25	17–25	25–23	25–17	15–8	102–98
13 May	21:10	Argentina	3–0	Venezuela	25–19	25–19	27–25			77–63

World qualification tournaments

Qualified teams

Hosts
- Japan
- Italy ¹
- Germany
Qualified through the 2011 Asian Championship.
- Iran *
- China *
- South Korea *
- Australia *
- India
- Pakistan
Qualified through the FIVB World Ranking as of 4 January 2012.^[1]
- Egypt (as CAVB 1 – No. 11)
- Serbia (as CEV 1 – No. 7)
- France (as CEV 2 – No. 21)
- Czech Republic (as CEV 3 – No. 23)
- Cuba (as NORCECA 1 – No. 5)
- Puerto Rico (as NORCECA 2 – No. 17)
- Venezuela (as CSV 1 – No. 16)

* The top four teams from 2011 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in 1st tournament in Japan.

^1 – Italy, which were previously announced as hosts of 2nd tournament, won the 2020 European Olympic Qualification Tournament and secured a direct berth.

Bulgaria replaced Italy as hosts.^[2]

1st tournament

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
Dates: 1–10 June 2012
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
The winners and the best Asian team except the winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Serbia	7	7	0	21	21	1	21.000	552	426	1.296
2	Australia	7	5	2	15	15	8	1.875	527	470	1.121
3	Iran	7	5	2	14	16	9	1.778	612	547	1.119
4	Japan	7	4	3	11	13	12	1.083	579	567	1.021
5	China	7	3	4	11	13	14	0.929	575	599	0.960
6	South Korea	7	3	4	8	13	16	0.813	593	635	0.934
7	Venezuela	7	1	6	3	4	18	0.222	453	542	0.836
8	Puerto Rico	7	0	7	1	4	21	0.190	489	594	0.823

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	11:10	Australia	3–0	Venezuela	25–14	25–22	25–18			75–54	P2 P3
1 Jun	13:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	China	23–25	19–25	17–25			59–75	P2 P3
1 Jun	16:10	Iran	3–0	South Korea	25–17	25–18	25–16			75–51	P2 P3
1 Jun	19:15	Japan	0–3	Serbia	19–25	23–25	16–25			58–75	P2 P3
2 Jun	11:10	Australia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–14	25–19	25–20			75–53	P2 P3
2 Jun	13:40	China	2–3	Iran	25–23	21–25	31–29	15–25	13–15	105–117	P2 P3
2 Jun	16:30	South Korea	1–3	Serbia	23–25	22–25	25–17	12–25		82–92	P2 P3
2 Jun	19:15	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–20	32–30			82–70	P2 P3
5 Jun	11:10	Puerto Rico	0–3	Venezuela	20–25	20–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3
5 Jun	13:40	Iran	1–3	Australia	25–17	18–25	18–25	23–25		84–92	P2 P3
5 Jun	16:10	Serbia	3–0	China	25–15	25–13	25–21			75–49	P2 P3
5 Jun	19:15	Japan	3–2	South Korea	25–22	24–26	25–20	19–25	15–6	108–99	P2 P3
6 Jun	11:10	Puerto Rico	1–3	Iran	24–26	16–25	25–22	20–25		85–98	P2 P3
6 Jun	13:40	Australia	0–3	Serbia	18–25	19–25	18–25			55–75	P2 P3
6 Jun	16:10	Venezuela	0–3	South Korea	25–27	22–25	15–25			62–77	P2 P3
6 Jun	19:15	Japan	1–3	China	19–25	27–25	18–25	18–25		82–100	P2 P3
7 Jun	11:10	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	25–16	25–16	25–20			75–52	P2 P3
7 Jun	13:40	Serbia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–19	25–17	25–18			75–54	P2 P3
7 Jun	16:10	South Korea	3–2	China	25–21	22–25	25–20	14–25	15–13	101–104	P2 P3
7 Jun	19:15	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–22	25–23	25–12			75–57	P2 P3
9 Jun	11:10	Iran	0–3	Serbia	28–30	28–30	22–25			78–85	P2 P3
9 Jun	13:40	Venezuela	1–3	China	18–25	26–28	25–19	21–25		90–97	P2 P3
9 Jun	16:10	Australia	3–1	South Korea	25–22	25–17	23–25	25–20		98–84	P2 P3
9 Jun	19:15	Japan	3–1	Puerto Rico	22–25	25–21	25–19	25–16		97–81	P2 P3
10 Jun	11:10	Serbia	3–0	Venezuela	25–14	25–13	25–23			75–50	P2 P3
10 Jun	13:40	China	0–3	Australia	12–25	20–25	13–25			45–75	P2 P3
10 Jun	16:10	South Korea	3–2	Puerto Rico	15–25	25–18	19–25	25–16	15–12	99–96	P2 P3
10 Jun	19:15	Japan	0–3	Iran	22–25	33–35	22–25			77–85	P2 P3

2nd tournament

Venue: Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria ^[2]
Dates: 8–10 June 2012
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	273	216	1.264
2	France	3	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	284	263	1.080
3	Egypt	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	230	247	0.931
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	186	247	0.753

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
8 Jun	17:30	Egypt	1–3	France	22–25	25–18	15–25	21–25	83–93	P2 P3
8 Jun	20:30	Pakistan	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	12–25	21–25		50–75	P2 P3
9 Jun	17:30	Egypt	3–0	Pakistan	25–13	25–22	26–24		76–59	P2 P3
9 Jun	20:30	France	1–3	Bulgaria	19–25	28–26	23–25	25–27	95–103	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:30	Pakistan	1–3	France	25–21	20–25	19–25	13–25	77–96	P2 P3
10 Jun	20:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Egypt	25–16	25–18	20–25	25–12	95–71	P2 P3

3rd tournament

Venue: Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
Dates: 8–10 June 2012
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Germany	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	281	247	1.138
2	Cuba	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	283	258	1.097
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	5	6	0.833	262	255	1.027
4	India	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	159	225	0.707

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	17:10	Czech Republic	1–3	Cuba	29–27	23–25	23–25	21–25		96–102	P2 P3
8 Jun	20:10	India	0–3	Germany	16–25	19–25	15–25			50–75	P2 P3
9 Jun	15:10	India	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	13–25	23–25			55–75	P2 P3
9 Jun	18:10	Germany	3–2	Cuba	25–21	25–17	21–25	17–25	20–18	108–106	P2 P3
10 Jun	14:30	Cuba	3–0	India	25–12	25–22	25–20			75–54	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:10	Germany	3–1	Czech Republic	25–22	23–25	25–23	25–21		98–91	P2 P3

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References

↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 4 January 2012)". FIVB. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
1 2 "Italy men claim Olympic ticket after dramatic European Qualifier final". FIVB. 13 May 2012.

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[1] "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 4 January 2012)". FIVB. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

[tournament2-2] 1 2 "Italy men claim Olympic ticket after dramatic European Qualifier final". FIVB. 13 May 2012.

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v t e 2012 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (women's indoor – silver medal, women's beach – gold & silver)
Qualification	Men's indoor Women's indoor
Men's indoor	Matt Anderson Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne Paul Lotman Donald Suxho Reid Priddy Brian Thornton Russell Holmes Clayton Stanley David McKienzie David Smith
Women's indoor	Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg Tamari Miyashiro Nicole Davis Jordan Larson Megan Hodge Christa Harmotto Logan Tom Foluke Akinradewo Courtney Thompson Destinee Hooker
Men's beach	Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal
Women's beach	Jennifer Kessy April Ross Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings
Coaches	Alan Knipe Hugh McCutcheon

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Contents

Qualification summary

Means of qualification

Host country

2011 World Cup

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

Asia and Oceania

Europe

North America

South America

World qualification tournaments

1st tournament

2nd tournament

3rd tournament

Related Research Articles

References

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