Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Date 28 July–11 August
Competitors 144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Japan

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.

Qualification

Means of qualification
DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host country6 July 2005Singapore Singapore1 Great Britain
2011 World Cup4–18 November 2011Japan Japan3 Italy
 United States
 China
African Qualifier2–4 February 2012Algeria Blida1 Algeria
North American Qualifier29 Apr–5 May 2012Mexico Tijuana1 Dominican Republic
European Qualifier1–6 May 2012Turkey Ankara1 Turkey
South American Qualifier9–13 May 2012Brazil São Carlos1 Brazil
World Qualifier19–27 May 2012Japan Tokyo3 Russia
 South Korea
 Serbia
Asian Qualifier1 Japan
Total12
  • The Asian Qualification Tournament will be combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament will qualify 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 January 15, 2012.[1]

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 AGroup 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.[2] 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.[2] If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are applied only to the matches between tied teams.[2]

Pool A

Qualified for the quarter-finals
 
 Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 14 5 0 15 4 3.750 459 352 1.304
2  Italy 13 4 1 14 5 2.800 442 368 1.201
3  Japan 9 3 2 11 6 1.833 401 335 1.197
4  Dominican Republic 6 2 3 8 9 0.889 374 362 1.033
5  Great Britain 2 1 4 3 14 0.214 295 396 0.745
6  Algeria 1 0 5 2 15 0.133 252 410 0.615
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jul 09:30 Algeria  0–3  Japan 15–25 14–25 7–25     36–75 P2 P3
28 Jul 14:45 Great Britain  0–3  Russia 19–25 10–25 16–25     45–75 P2 P3
28 Jul 16:45 Italy  3–1  Dominican Republic 25–17 23–25 25–19 25–15   98–76 P2 P3
30 Jul 14:45 Dominican Republic  1–3  Russia 23–25 15–25 26–24 22–25   86–99 P2 P3
30 Jul 20:00 Italy  3–1  Japan 25–22 25–21 20–25 25–22   95–90 P2 P3
30 Jul 22:20 Great Britain  3–2  Algeria 22–25 25–19 23–25 25–19 15–8 110–96 P2 P3
01 Aug 09:30 Dominican Republic  0–3  Japan 20–25 19–25 23–25     62–75 P2 P3
01 Aug 11:30 Algeria  0–3  Russia 7–25 14–25 15–25     36–75 P2 P3
01 Aug 16:45 Great Britain  0–3  Italy 25–27 12–25 12–25     49–75 P2 P3
03 Aug 12:25 Japan  1–3  Russia 25–27 17–25 25–20 19–25   86–97 P2 P3
03 Aug 16:45 Great Britain  0–3  Dominican Republic 9–25 18–25 19–25     46–75 P2 P3
03 Aug 22:00 Algeria  0–3  Italy 11–25 12–25 17–25     40–75 P2 P3
05 Aug 09:30 Algeria  0–3  Dominican Republic 15–25 16–25 13–25     44–75 P2 P3
05 Aug 14:45 Great Britain  0–3  Japan 19–25 14–25 12–25     45–75 P2 P3
05 Aug 16:45 Italy  2–3  Russia 28–26 19–25 25–22 16–25 11–15 99–113 P2 P3

Pool B

Qualified for the quarter-finals
 
 Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 15 5 0 15 2 7.500 426 345 1.235
2  China 9 3 2 11 10 1.100 475 461 1.030
3  South Korea 8 2 3 11 10 1.100 449 452 0.993
4  Brazil 7 3 2 10 10 1.000 447 420 1.064
5  Turkey 6 2 3 9 11 0.818 434 443 0.980
6  Serbia 0 0 5 2 15 0.133 297 407 0.730
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jul 11:30 China  3–1  Serbia 16–25 25–18 25–13 25–12   91–68 P2 P3
28 Jul 20:00 United States  3–1  South Korea 25–19 25–17 20–25 25–21   95–82 P2 P3
28 Jul 22:30 Brazil  3–2  Turkey 25–18 23–25 25–19 25–27 15–12 113–101 P2 P3
30 Jul 09:30 China  3–1  Turkey 25–20 25–20 29–31 25–22   104–93 P2 P3
30 Jul 12:00 Serbia  1–3  South Korea 12–25 16–25 25–16 21–25   74–91 P2 P3
30 Jul 17:15 United States  3–1  Brazil 25–18 25–17 22–25 25–21   97–81 P2 P3
01 Aug 14:45 Serbia  0–3  Turkey 20–25 12–25 21–25     53–75 P2 P3
01 Aug 20:00 United States  3–0  China 26–24 25–16 31–29     82–69 P2 P3
01 Aug 22:05 Brazil  0–3  South Korea 23–25 21–25 21–25     65–75 P2 P3
03 Aug 09:30 Brazil  3–2  China 25–16 20–25 25–18 28–30 15–10 113–99 P2 P3
03 Aug 15:00 Turkey  3–2  South Korea 25–16 21–25 25–18 19–25 15–12 105–96 P2 P3
03 Aug 20:00 United States  3–0  Serbia 25–17 25–20 25–16     75–53 P2 P3
05 Aug 11:30 China  3–2  South Korea 28–26 22–25 25–19 22–25 15–10 112–105 P2 P3
05 Aug 20:00 United States  3–0  Turkey 27–25 25–16 25–19     77–60 P2 P3
05 Aug 22:00 Brazil  3–0  Serbia 25–10 25–22 25–16     75–48 P2 P3

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 August
 
 
 Russia2
 
9 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil3
 
7 August
 
 Japan0
 
 China2
 
11 August
 
 Japan3
 
 Brazil3
 
7 August
 
 United States1
 
 Italy1
 
9 August
 
 South Korea3
 
 South Korea0
 
7 August
 
 United States3 Bronze medal match
 
 United States3
 
11 August
 
 Dominican Republic0
 
 Japan3
 
 
 South Korea0
 

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Aug 13:00 China  2–3  Japan 26–28 25–23 23–25 25–23 16–18 115–117 P2 P3
7 Aug 15:50 Russia  2–3  Brazil 26–24 22–25 25–19 22–25 19–21 114–114 P2 P3
7 Aug 19:10 United States  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–14 25–21 25–22     75–57 P2 P3
7 Aug 21:05 Italy  1–3  South Korea 25–18 21–25 20–25 18–25   84–93 P2 P3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Aug 15:00 South Korea  0–3  United States 20–25 22–25 22–25     64–75 P2 P3
9 Aug 19:30 Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–18 25–15 25–18     75–51 P2 P3

Bronze medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug 11:30 Japan  3–0  South Korea 25–22 26–24 25–21     76–67 P2 P3

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Aug 18:30 Brazil  3–1  United States 11–25 25–17 25–20 25–17   86–79 P2 P3

Final standings

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Brazil (BRA)
Fabiana Claudino (captain)
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 (USA)
Danielle Scott-Arruda
Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Lindsey Berg (captain)
Tamari Miyashiro
Nicole Davis
Jordan Larson
Megan Hodge
Christa Harmotto
Logan Tom
Foluke Akinradewo
Courtney Thompson
Destinee Hooker
 Japan (JPN)
Hitomi Nakamichi
Yoshie Takeshita
Mai Yamaguchi
Erika Araki (captain)
Kaori Inoue
Maiko Kano
Yuko Sano
Ai Otomo
Risa Shinnabe
Saori Sakoda
Yukiko Ebata
Saori Kimura

Individual awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ FIVB (January 4, 2012). "FIVB World Rankings - Women".
  2. 1 2 3 "Sports Regulations Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. July 2012. p. 21. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. ↑ FIVB (2012-08-11). "Brazil win second consecutive title, USA and Japan complete Olympic podium". London, Great Britain. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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