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Qualification

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system 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 *Best scorer *: Maksim Mikhaylov *Best spiker *: Maksim Mikhaylov *Best blocker *: Max Gunthor *Best server *: Cristian Savani *Best digger *: Teodor Salparov *Best setter *: Georgi Bratoev *Best receiver *:

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*Best libero *: Markus Steuerwald

References

External links

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