Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
VenueEarls Court Exhibition Centre
Date28 July – 11 August
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil (2nd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
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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.[1]

Qualification

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Means of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host country — — 1  Great Britain
2011 World Cup 4–18 November 2011 Japan Japan 3  Italy
 United States
 China
African Qualifier 2–4 February 2012 Algeria Blida 1  Algeria
North American Qualifier 29 Apr–5 May 2012 Mexico Tijuana 1  Dominican Republic
European Qualifier 1–6 May 2012 Turkey Ankara 1  Turkey
South American Qualifier 9–13 May 2012 Brazil São Carlos 1  Brazil
World Qualifier 19–27 May 2012 Japan Tokyo 3  Russia
 South Korea
 Serbia
Asian Qualifier 1  Japan
Total 12
  • The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament won the Olympic spots 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 15 January 2012.[2]

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 A Group 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.[3] 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.[3] If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are applied only to the matches between tied teams.[3]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Russia 5 5 0 14 15 4 3.750 459 352 1.304 Quarter-finals
2  Italy 5 4 1 13 14 5 2.800 442 368 1.201
3  Japan 5 3 2 9 11 6 1.833 401 335 1.197
4  Dominican Republic 5 2 3 6 8 9 0.889 374 362 1.033
5  Great Britain 5 1 4 2 3 14 0.214 295 396 0.745
6  Algeria 5 0 5 1 2 15 0.133 252 410 0.615
Source: [citation needed]
28 July 2012
09:30 		Algeria  0–3  Japan Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), José Vélez (PUR)
(15–25, 14–25, 7–25)
result statistics
28 July 2012
14:45 		Great Britain  0–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Rogério Espicalski (BRA)
(19–25, 10–25, 16–25)
result statistics
28 July 2012
16:45 		Italy  3–1  Dominican Republic Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
(25–17, 23–25, 25–19, 25–15)
report statistics
30 July 2012
14:45 		Dominican Republic  1–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,800
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE)
(23–25, 15–25, 26–24, 22–25)
report statistics
30 July 2012
20:00 		Italy  3–1  Japan Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Patricia Salvatore (USA)
(25–22, 25–21, 20–25, 25–22)
result statistics
30 July 2012
22:00 		Great Britain  3–2  Algeria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Janpen Jirakakul (THA)
(22–25, 25–19, 23–25, 25–19, 15–8)
result statistics
1 August 2012
09:30 		Dominican Republic  0–3  Japan Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
(20–25, 19–25, 23–25)
result statistics
1 August 2012
11:30 		Algeria  0–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Janpen Jirakakul (THA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
(7–25, 14–25, 15–25)
result statistics
1 August 2012
16:45 		Great Britain  0–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,800
Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Denny Lassi (DOM)
(25–27, 12–25, 12–25)
result statistics
3 August 2012
11:30 		Japan  1–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
(25–27, 17–25, 25–20, 19–25)
result statistics
3 August 2012
16:45 		Great Britain  0–3  Dominican Republic Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Mohamad Shaaban (EGY), Janpen Jirakakul (THA)
(9–25, 18–25, 19–25)
result statistics
3 August 2012
22:00 		Algeria  0–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Wang Ning (CHN)
(11–25, 12–25, 17–25)
result statistics
5 August 2012
09:30 		Algeria  0–3  Dominican Republic Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
(15–25, 16–25, 13–25)
result statistics
5 August 2012
14:45 		Great Britain  0–3  Japan Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Michael Davidson (CAN), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
(19–25, 14–25, 12–25)
result statistics
5 August 2012
16:45 		Italy  2–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Wang Ning (CHN)
(28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 16–25, 11–15)
result statistics

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 15 15 2 7.500 426 345 1.235 Quarter-finals
2  China 5 3 2 9 11 10 1.100 475 461 1.030
3  South Korea 5 2 3 8 11 10 1.100 449 452 0.993
4  Brazil 5 3 2 7 10 10 1.000 447 420 1.064
5  Turkey 5 2 3 6 9 11 0.818 434 443 0.980
6  Serbia 5 0 5 0 2 15 0.133 297 407 0.730
Source: [citation needed]
28 July 2012
11:30 		China  3–1  Serbia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(16–25, 25–18, 25–13, 25–12)
result statistics
28 July 2012
20:00 		United States  3–1  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Janpen Jirakakul (THA), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
(25–19, 25–17, 20–25, 25–21)
result statistics
28 July 2012
22:00 		Brazil  3–2  Turkey Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Mitchell Davidson (CAN)
(25–18, 23–25, 25–19, 25–27, 15–12)
result statistics
30 July 2012
09:30 		China  3–1  Turkey Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
(25–20, 25–20, 29–31, 25–22)
result statistics
30 July 2012
11:30 		Serbia  1–3  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Brian McDougall (GBR), Simone Santi (ITA)
(12–25, 16–25, 25–16, 21–25)
result statistics


30 July 2012
16:45 		United States  3–1  Brazil Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
(25–18, 25–17, 22–25, 25–21)
result statistics
1 August 2012
14:45 		Serbia  0–3  Turkey Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Simone Santi (ITA)
(20–25, 12–25, 21–25)
result statistics
1 August 2012
20:00 		United States  3–0  China Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,800
Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
(26–24, 25–16, 31–29)
result statistics
1 August 2012
22:00 		Brazil  0–3  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Mitchell Salvatore (USA)
(23–25, 21–25, 21–25)
result statistics
3 August 2012
09:30 		Brazil  3–2  China Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Denny Lassi (DOM), Bela Hobor (HUN)
(25–16, 20–25, 25–18, 28–30, 15–10)
result statistics
3 August 2012
14:45 		Turkey  3–2  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
(25–16, 21–25, 25–18, 19–25, 15–12)
result statistics
3 August 2012
20:00 		United States  3–0  Serbia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Susana Rodriguez (ESP)
(25–17, 25–20, 25–16)
result statistics
5 August 2012
11:30 		China  3–2  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Janpen Jirakul (THA), Frans Loderus (NED)
(28–26, 22–25, 25–19, 22–25, 15–10)
result statistics
5 August 2012
20:00 		United States  3–0  Turkey Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(27–25, 25–16, 25–19)
result statistics
5 August 2012
22:00 		Brazil  3–0  Serbia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
(25–10, 25–22, 25–16)
result statistics

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

7 August 2012
13:00 		Japan  3–2  China Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
(28–26, 23–25, 25–23, 23–25, 18–16)
result statistics
7 August 2012
15:00 		Russia  2–3  Brazil Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(26–24, 22–25, 25–19, 22–25, 19–21)
result statistics
7 August 2012
19:00 		United States  3–0  Dominican Republic Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Jarpen Jirakakul (THA)
(25–14, 25–21, 25–22)
result statistics
7 August 2012
21:00 		Italy  1–3  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
(25–18, 21–25, 20–25, 18–25)
result statistics

Semifinals

9 August 2012
15:00 		South Korea  0–3  United States Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Brian McDougall (GBR)
(20–25, 22–25, 22–25)
result statistics
9 August 2012
19:30 		Brazil  3–0  Japan Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
(25–18, 25–15, 25–18)
result statistics

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012
11:30 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Japan  3–0  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Suzana Rodriguez (ESP), Jose Mercado (PUR)
(25–22, 26–24, 25–21)
result statistics

Final

11 August 2012
18:30 		1st place, gold medalist(s) Brazil  3–1  United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
(11–25, 25–17, 25–20, 25–17)
result statistics

Statistics leaders

  • Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.
Best Scorers
Rank Name Points
1 South Korea Kim Yeon-koung 207
2 United States Destinee Hooker 161
3 Japan Saori Kimura 142
4 Brazil Sheilla Castro 140
5 Russia Ekaterina Gamova 124
Best Spikers
Rank Name %Eff
1 United States Destinee Hooker 37.93
2 Italy Simona Gioli 37.78
3 South Korea Kim Yeon-koung 35.57
4 Russia Nataliya Goncharova 34.22
5 Russia Ekaterina Gamova 33.04
Best Blockers
Rank Name Avg
1 Brazil Fabiana Claudino 0.94
2 United States Foluke Akinradewo 0.93
3 Italy Simona Gioli 0.91
4 United States Destinee Hooker 0.78
5 Brazil Thaísa Menezes 0.75

Best Servers
Rank Name Avg
1 Brazil Sheilla Castro 0.31
2 China Hui Ruoqi 0.31
3 Italy Lucia Bosetti 0.30
4 Russia Ekaterina Gamova 0.29
5 Italy Antonella Del Core 0.26
Best Diggers
Rank Name Avg
1 Dominican Republic Brenda Castillo 6.10
2 China Zhang Xian 4.77
3 Japan Yuko Sano 4.11
4 South Korea Kim Hae-ran 3.90
5 Japan Yoshie Takeshita 3.64

Best Setters
Rank Name Avg
1 Russia Yevgeniya Startseva 12.79
2 China Wei Qiuyue 12.08
3 Japan Yoshie Takeshita 11.82
4 United States Lindsey Berg 9.74
5 Brazil Danielle Lins 9.72
Best Receivers
Rank Name %Succ
1 Brazil Fernanda Rodrigues 81.32
2 Russia Svetlana Kryuchkova 80.00
3 Italy Paola Croce 77.88
4 Italy Antonella Del Core 77.03
5 United States Nicole Davis 74.27

Source: [1]

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
4  South Korea
5  Russia
6  Italy
7  China
8  Dominican Republic
9  Turkey
10  Great Britain
11  Algeria
12  Serbia
 2012 Women's Olympic champions 

Brazil
2nd title
12-woman roster
Fabiana Claudino (c), Dani Lins, Paula Pequeno, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Fernanda Ferreira, Tandara Caixeta, Natália Pereira, Sheilla Castro, Fabi Alvim (L), Fernanda Garay
Head coach
Zé Roberto

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Brazil (BRA)
Fabiana Claudino (c)
Dani Lins
Paula Pequeno
Adenízia da Silva
Thaísa Menezes
Jaqueline Carvalho
Fernanda Ferreira
Tandara Caixeta
Natália Pereira
Sheilla Castro
Fabiana de Oliveira
Fernanda Garay
Head coach:

Zé Roberto

 United States (USA)
Danielle Scott-Arruda
Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Lindsey Berg (c)
Tamari Miyashiro
Nicole Davis
Jordan Larson
Megan Hodge
Christa Harmotto
Logan Tom
Foluke Akinradewo
Courtney Thompson
Destinee Hooker
Head coach:

Hugh McCutcheon

 Japan (JPN)
Hitomi Nakamichi
Yoshie Takeshita
Mai Yamaguchi
Erika Araki (c)
Kaori Inoue
Maiko Kano
Yuko Sano
Ai Otomo
Risa Shinnabe
Saori Sakoda
Yukiko Ebata
Saori Kimura
Head coach:

Masayoshi Manabe

Individual awards

  • Most valuable player
 Kim Yeon-koung (KOR)[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. ^ FIVB (4 January 2012). "FIVB World Rankings – Women".
  3. ^ a b c "Sports Regulations Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. July 2012. p. 21. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ FIVB (11 August 2012). "Brazil win second consecutive title, USA and Japan complete Olympic podium". London, Great Britain. Retrieved 12 August 2012.

External links

  • Official website of the 2012 Olympic volleyball tournaments