Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Volleyball; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
	Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre (indoor); Horse Guards Parade (beach)
Dates	28 July – 12 August 2012
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The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August.^[1]

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	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.

Women's indoor volleyball qualification

Details of the women's qualification follow:

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	—	—	1	Great Britain
2011 World Cup	4–18 November 2011	Japan	3	Italy
				United States
				China
African Qualifier	2–4 February 2012	Blida	1	Algeria
North American Qualifier	29 Apr–5 May 2012	Tijuana	1	Dominican Republic
European Qualifier	1–6 May 2012	Ankara	1	Turkey
South American Qualifier	9–13 May 2012	São Carlos	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	19–27 May 2012	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.

Men's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
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 nation	1	Great Britain
Total	24

Women's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
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 nation	1	Great Britain
Total	24

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor details	Russia (RUS) Nikolay Apalikov Taras Khtey (c) Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Aleksandr Sokolov Yury Berezhko Aleksandr Butko Dmitriy Muserskiy Dmitriy Ilinikh Maxim 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: Bernardo Rezende	Italy (ITA) Cristian Savani (c) Luigi Mastrangelo Simone Parodi Samuele Papi Michal Lasko Ivan Zaytsev Dante Boninfante Dragan Travica Alessandro Fei Emanuele Birarelli Andrea Bari Andrea Giovi Head coach: Mauro Berruto
Women's indoor details	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: José Roberto Guimarães	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

Men's beach details	Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann (GER)	Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego (BRA)	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
Women's beach details	Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor (USA)	Jennifer Kessy and April Ross (USA)	Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)