Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Men's volleyball; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Date	29 July – 12 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
	← 2008 2016 →

Last updated March 28, 2024

Qualification

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 *	1–10 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.

Pools composition

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

Venue

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

Pool standing procedure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Brazil
	Italy
4	Bulgaria
5	Argentina
	Germany
	Poland
	United States
9	Australia
9	Serbia
11	Great Britain
11	Tunisia

2012 Men's Olympic champions
Russia 1st title

12–man roster

Apalikov, Khtey (c), Grankin, Tetyukhin, Sokolov, Berezhko, Butko, Muserskiy, Ilinikh, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Obmochaev

Head coach

Alekno

Awards

Most valuable player
Murilo Endres
Best scorer
Maksim Mikhaylov
Best spiker
Maksim Mikhaylov
Best blocker
Max Gunthor
Best server
Cristian Savani
Best digger
Teodor Salparov
Best setter
Georgi Bratoev
Best receiver
Krzysztof Ignaczak
Best libero
Markus Steuerwald

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↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 4 January 2012)". FIVB. 4 January 2012.

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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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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