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was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the

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from 28 July to 11 August 2012.

Qualification

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the

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according to their

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as of 15 January 2012. 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.

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. 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. If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are applied only to the matches between tied teams. *All times are

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( UTC+01:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

*All times are

( UTC+01:00).

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Statistics leaders

*Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked. Source

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Final standings

Medalists

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player : *Best Scorer : *Best Spiker : *Best Blocker : *Best Server : *Best Setter : *Best Receiver : *Best Libero :

References

External links

Official website of the 2012 Olympic volleyball tournaments
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