The men's tournament in

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at the

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was the 13th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in

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, United Kingdom from 29 July to 12 August 2012.

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won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against

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Qualification

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the

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according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 4 January 2012. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 92nd.

Rosters

Venue

Pool standing procedure

# Match points # Number of matches won # Sets ratio # Points ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round

*All times are

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( UTC+01:00). *The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Final round

*All times are

( UTC+01:00). *The first ranked teams of both pools played against the fourth ranked teams of the other pool. The second ranked teams faced the second or third ranked teams of the other pool, determined by drawing of lots. The drawing of lots was held after the last match in the preliminary round.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

Murilo Endres Murilo Endres (born May 3, 1981) is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club SESI São Paulo. He is a double silver medalist of the Olympic Games from 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing 2008 and ...

*Best Scorer : Maksim Mikhaylov *Best Spiker : Maksim Mikhaylov *Best Blocker : Max Gunthor *Best Server : Cristian Savani *Best Digger :

Teodor Salparov Teodor Salparov ( bg, Теодор Салпаров born 16 August 1982) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team and the Bulgarian club VC Hebar Pazardzhik. He was a participant in the Olympic Gam ...

*Best Setter :

Georgi Bratoev Georgi Sashkov Bratoev ( bg, Георги Сашков Братоев, born 21 October 1987) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, and a bronze medalist of the 2009 European Championship. Person ...

*Best Receiver :

Krzysztof Ignaczak Krzysztof Ignaczak (born 15 May 1978) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland national team in 1998–2014. A participant at the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), the 2014 World Cha ...

*Best Libero : Markus Steuerwald

References

External links

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Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics