The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 13 August 2011 to 10 June 2012.

Qualification summary

* 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.

Means of qualification

Host country

FIVB reserved a vacancy for the

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host country to participate in the tournament. *

2011 World Cup

*Venues: *Dates: 20 November – 4 December 2011 *The top three teams qualified for the

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

*Venue: Palais des Sports de Warda, Yaoundé, Cameroon *Dates: 17–21 January 2012 *All times are West Africa Time ( UTC+01:00). *The winners qualified for the

Asia and Oceania

The 2012 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2011 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament winners qualified for the

as the 2012 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.

Europe

*Venue:

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, Sofia, Bulgaria *Dates: 8–13 May 2012 *The winners qualified for the

North America

*Venue:

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, Long Beach, United States *Dates: 7–12 May 2012 *The winners qualified for the

South America

*Venue: Polideportivo Almirante Brown,

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, Argentina *Dates: 11–13 May 2012 *All times are

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( UTC−03:00). *The winners qualified for the

World qualification tournaments

;Qualified teams *Hosts ** ** ** *Qualified through the 2011 Asian Championship. ** * ** * ** * ** * ** ** *Qualified through the

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as of 4 January 2012. ** (as CAVB 1 – No. 11) ** (as CEV 1 – No. 7) ** (as CEV 2 – No. 21) ** (as CEV 3 – No. 23) ** (as NORCECA 1 – No. 5) ** (as NORCECA 2 – No. 17) ** (as CSV 1 – No. 16) * The top four teams from 2011 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in 1st tournament in Japan. : – Italy, which were previously announced as hosts of 2nd tournament, won the 2020 European Olympic Qualification Tournament and secured a direct berth. replaced Italy as hosts.

1st tournament

*Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo,

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*Dates: 1–10 June 2012 *All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00). *The winners and the best Asian team except the winners qualified for the

2nd tournament

*Venue:

, Sofia, Bulgaria *Dates: 8–10 June 2012 *All times are Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+03:00). *The winners qualified for the

3rd tournament

*Venue:

Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from Mercedes-Benz Arena and the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest indoor sports arenas and holds from 8,861 people, up ...

, Berlin, Germany *Dates: 8–10 June 2012 *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00). *The winners qualified for the

References

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