Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's European qualification

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament qualification

The European qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament is held from 27 April 2011 to 6 May 2012.

Elimination round

• All times are local.
• In case of a 1–1 tie, teams play a Golden Set to determine the winner.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	2–3
Sweden	2–0	Georgia	3–0	3–0
Austria	2–0	Portugal	3–0	3–0

•   Denmark won the golden set 15–13.

First leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	16:00	Denmark	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18–25	25–17	25–22	25–22		93–86	Report
02 Sep	17:00	Austria	3–0	Portugal	25–16	25–15	25–16			75–47	Report
03 Sep	15:00	Sweden	3–0	Georgia	25–17	25–13	25–7			75–37	Report

Second leg

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	16:00	Denmark	2–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17–25	17–25	25–18	25–22	7–15	91–105	Report
03 Sep	17:00	Austria	3–0	Portugal	25–17	25–23	25–21			75–47	Report
04 Sep	17:00	Sweden	3–0	Georgia	25–14	25–15	25–10			75–39	Report

Pre-qualification tournaments

Tournament 1

• Venue: Yantarny Sports Palace, Kaliningrad, Russia
• Dates: 9–13 November 2011

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	103	1.456	Semifinals
2	Belgium	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	135	122	1.107
3	Slovakia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	90	150	0.600

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Nov	19:00	Russia	3–0	Slovakia	25–14	25–18	25–11			75–43	Report
10 Nov	19:00	Belgium	0–3	Russia	23–25	17–25	20–25			60–75	Report
11 Nov	19:00	Slovakia	0–3	Belgium	17–25	16–25	14–25			47–75	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Romania	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	169	143	1.182	Semifinals
2	Spain	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	157	146	1.075
3	Austria	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	114	151	0.755

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Nov	16:30	Romania	3–0	Austria	25–23	25–14	26–24			76–61	Report
10 Nov	16:30	Spain	1–3	Romania	22–25	25–18	18–25	17–25		82–93	Report
11 Nov	16:30	Austria	0–3	Spain	20–25	20–25	13–25			53–75	Report

Knockout round

	Semifinal				Final
	12 November
	Romania	3
					13 November
	Belgium	1
					Romania	1
	12 November
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
	Spain	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	16:30	Romania	3–1	Belgium	19–25	27–25	25–21	25–21		96–92	Report
12 Nov	19:00	Russia	3–0	Spain	25–14	25–10	25–15			75–39	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	18:00	Romania	1–3	Russia	17–25	25–22	11–25	18–25		71–97	Report

Tournament 2

• Venue: Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč, Croatia
• Dates: 9–13 November 2011

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	75	2.000	Semifinals
2	Israel	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	149	186	0.801
3	Greece	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	141	179	0.788

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Nov	16:30	Israel	3–2	Greece	12–25	25–22	25–23	27–29	15–12	104–111	Report
10 Nov	16:30	Netherlands	3–0	Israel	25–14	25–15	25–16			75–45	Report
11 Nov	16:30	Greece	0–3	Netherlands	11–25	10–25	9–25			30–75	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	103	1.456	Semifinals
2	France	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	134	117	1.145
3	Sweden	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	86	150	0.573

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Nov	19:00	Croatia	3–0	Sweden	25–15	25–13	25–16			75–44	Report
10 Nov	19:00	France	0–3	Croatia	21–25	18–25	20–25			59–75	Report
11 Nov	19:00	Sweden	0–3	France	16–25	11–25	15–25			42–75	Report

Knockout round

	Semifinal				Final
	12 November
	Croatia	3
					13 November
	Israel	1
					Croatia	3
	12 November
					Netherlands	2
	Netherlands	3
	France	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	16:30	Croatia	3–1	Israel	25–14	25–18	21–25	25–20		96–77	Report
12 Nov	19:00	Netherlands	3–0	France	25–14	27–25	25–20			77–59	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	19:00	Croatia	3–2	Netherlands	15–25	25–19	25–19	15–25	15–13	95–101	Report

Tournament 3

• Venue: Sports Games Palace, Baku, Azerbaijan
• Dates: 9–13 November 2011

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	109	1.376	Semifinals
2	Ukraine	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	151	157	0.962
3	Hungary	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	138	173	0.798

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Nov	18:30	Hungary	1–3	Ukraine	25–23	15–25	19–25	23–25		82–98	Report
09 Nov	16:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Hungary	25–18	25–21	25–17			75–56	Report
10 Nov	16:00	Ukraine	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	18–25	16–25			53–75	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	177	139	1.273	Semifinals
2	Azerbaijan	2	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	174	145	1.200
3	Denmark	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	83	150	0.553

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Nov	16:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Denmark	25–12	25–12	25–16			75–40	Report
09 Nov	18:30	Azerbaijan	2–3	Bulgaria	25–18	19–25	25–19	23–25	7–15	99–102	Report
10 Nov	18:30	Denmark	0–3	Azerbaijan	14–25	22–25	7–25			43–75	Report

Knockout round

	Semifinal				Final
	11 November
	Czech Republic	1
					12 November
	Azerbaijan	3
					Azerbaijan	2
	11 November
					Bulgaria	3
	Bulgaria	3
	Ukraine	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	16:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Ukraine	25–22	25–20	23–25	25–17		98–84	Report
11 Nov	18:30	Czech Republic	1–3	Azerbaijan	16–25	25–19	16–25	23–25		80–94	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	18:30	Azerbaijan	2–3	Bulgaria	12–25	25–21	18–25	25–15	9–15	89–101	Report

Qualification tournament

• Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
• Dates: 1–6 May 2012
• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	199	1.246	Semifinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	242	198	1.222
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	183	212	0.863
4	Croatia	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	161	225	0.716

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 May	14:00	Croatia	0–3	Germany	12–25	16–25	17–25			45–75	Report
01 May	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–17	25–15			75–53	Report
02 May	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Croatia	25–19	25–20	25–15			75–54	Report
03 May	16:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Croatia	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	Report
03 May	19:00	Germany	1–3	Turkey	25–18	16–25	23–25	28–30		92–98	Report
04 May	16:30	Germany	3–0	Bulgaria	25–22	25–22	25–11			75–55	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	7	9	5	1.800	310	294	1.054	Semifinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	7	8	5	1.600	303	256	1.184
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	2	5	8	0.625	266	316	0.842
4	Serbia	3	0	3	2	5	9	0.556	318	331	0.961

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 May	16:30	Poland	3–1	Netherlands	25–18	25–23	23–25	25–13		98–79	Report
02 May	14:00	Serbia	2–3	Netherlands	25–20	30–28	26–28	28–30	11–15	120–121	Report
02 May	16:30	Russia	2–3	Poland	17–25	25–16	21–25	25–19	16–18	104–103	Report
03 May	14:00	Russia	3–1	Serbia	29–27	22–25	25–16	25–19		101–87	Report
04 May	14:00	Serbia	2–3	Poland	27–29	21–25	25–21	25–19	13–15	111–109	Report
04 May	19:00	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	23–25	25–11	25–16	25–14		98–66	Report

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	5 May
	Turkey	3
					6 May
	Russia	1
					Turkey	3
	5 May
					Poland	0
	Poland	3
	Germany	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05 May	14:30	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–22	16–25	25–14	25–17		91–78	Report
05 May	17:30	Turkey	3–1	Russia	26–28	26–24	25–16	25–21		102–89	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 May	17:30	Turkey	3–0	Poland	25–22	25–22	25–19			75–63	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Turkey
2	Poland
3	Germany
	Russia
5	Bulgaria
	Netherlands
7	Croatia
	Serbia

Individual awards

• Best scorer

    Ekaterina Gamova  (RUS)

• Best spiker

    Ekaterina Gamova  (RUS)

• Best blocker

    Maria Perepelkina  (RUS)

• Best server

    Dobriana Rabadzhieva  (BUL)

• Best setter

    Kim Staelens  (NED)

• Best receiver

    Anna Werblinska  (POL)

External links

• Official website of the European Qualification Tournament