The women's
beach volleyball
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tournament at the
2012 Olympic Games
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in
London
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,
United Kingdom
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, took place between July 28, 2012 and August 8, 2012 at
Horse Guards Parade
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.
Twenty-four pairs of competitors were taking part, including one from Great Britain as the host country, and a maximum of two from each other nation. Sixteen qualified through positioning in the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in beach volleyball. The teams of the member nations of the FIVB, beach volleyball and volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their co ...
as of 17 June 2012, five others earned their places at the
2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup The 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (CBVC) is the qualification tournament for the beach volleyball tournament (for men and women) at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The CBVC will take place between 1 June 2010 and 24 June 2012, with a direct ...
, and the final three from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification tournament.
By virtue of the two American pairings winning gold and silver, this marked the second time in Olympic history the top two women's teams were both from the same country, the first being
Brazil
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back in
1996
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when the event debuted.
Qualification
Seeds
Preliminary round
The composition of the preliminary rounds was announced confirmed on 19 July 2012 in a draw held in
Klagenfurt, Austria.
Teams are awarded two points for a win and one for a loss.
If two teams are tied at the end of pool play, the tiebreakers is their head-to-head match.
If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are (1) points ratio between tied teams, (2) points ratio within pool, and (3) tournament seed.
The two best teams from each group advance to the round of 16. The two best third-placed teams also qualify. Two 'lucky loser' matches qualify two more of the third-placed teams.
Olympic Games beach volleyball schedule confirmed
FIVB, 20 July 2012.
*All times are British Summer Time
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( UTC+01:00).
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Pool E
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Pool F
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Lucky loser
Of the six teams that are placed third in their pools, two directly qualify for the play-offs. From the four remaining third-placed teams, another two teams qualify for the play-offs by winning a 'lucky loser' match.
This table shows the results of the third placed teams after the pool play, and before the 'lucky loser' matches.
Lucky loser play-offs
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Playoffs
Bracket
Round of 16
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Final
Final ranking
See also
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References
External links
Official website of the 2012 Olympic beach volleyball tournaments
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament
Women's beach
2012 in beach volleyball
2012
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2012 in women's volleyball
Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics