Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August.[1]

Volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
VenueEarls Court Exhibition Centre (indoor)
Horse Guards Parade (beach)
Dates28 July – 12 August 2012

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:

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

Details of the men's qualification follow:

Means of qualification
DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country6 July 2005 Singapore1 Great Britain
2011 World Cup20 November – 4 December 2011 Japan3 Russia
 Poland
 Brazil
African Qualifier17–21 January 2012 Yaoundé1 Tunisia
North American Qualifier7–12 May 2012 Long Beach1 United States
European Qualifier8–13 May 2012 Sofia1 Italy
South American Qualifier11–13 May 2012 Burzaco1 Argentina
1st World Qualifier1–10 June 2012 Tokyo1 Serbia
Asian Qualifier*1 Australia
2nd World Qualifier8–10 June 2012 Sofia1 Bulgaria
3rd World Qualifier8–10 June 2012 Berlin1 Germany
Total12
* 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

Details of the women's qualification follow:

Means of qualification
DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host country6 July 2005 Singapore1 Great Britain
2011 World Cup4–18 November 2011 Japan3 Italy
 United States
 China
African Qualifier2–4 February 2012 Blida1 Algeria
North American Qualifier29 Apr–5 May 2012 Tijuana1 Dominican Republic
European Qualifier1–6 May 2012 Ankara1 Turkey
South American Qualifier9–13 May 2012 São Carlos1 Brazil
World Qualifier19–27 May 2012 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.

Men's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualificationVacanciesQualified
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 nation1 Great Britain
Total24

Women's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualificationVacanciesQualified
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 nation1 Great Britain
Total24

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil1214
2 United States1203
3 Germany1001
 Russia1001
5 Italy0011
 Japan0011
 Latvia0011
Totals (7 nations)44412

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor
 Russia (RUS)
Nikolay Apalikov
Taras Khtey (captain)
Sergey Grankin
Sergey Tetyukhin
Aleksandr Sokolov
Yury Berezhko
Aleksandr Butko
Dmitriy Muserskiy
Dmitriy Ilinikh
Maxim Mikhaylov
Aleksandr Volkov
Aleksey Obmochaev
 Brazil (BRA)
Bruno Rezende
Wallace de Souza
Sidnei Santos
Leandro Vissotto Neves
Gilberto Godoy Filho (captain)
Murilo Endres
Sérgio Santos
Thiago Alves
Rodrigo Santana
Lucas Saatkamp
Ricardo Garcia
Dante Amaral
 Italy (ITA)
Cristian Savani (captain)
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
 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
Men's beach
 Julius Brink
and Jonas Reckermann (GER)
 Alison Cerutti
and Emanuel Rego (BRA)
 Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
Women's beach
 Kerri Walsh Jennings
and Misty May-Treanor (USA)
 Jennifer Kessy
and April Ross (USA)
 Juliana Felisberta
and Larissa França (BRA)

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.

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