The women's tournament in
volleyball
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in
London
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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
IOC. It was held at
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
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from 28 July to 11 August 2012.
Qualification
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the
Serpentine system according to their
ranking
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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
British Summer Time
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(
UTC+01:00).
Pool A
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Pool B
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Knockout stage
*All times are
British Summer Time
During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC+00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and eve ...
(
UTC+01:00).
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Final
Statistics leaders
*Only players whose teams advanced to the quarterfinals are ranked.
Source
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Final standings
Medalists
Individual awards
*Most valuable player
:
*Best scorer
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*Best spiker
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*Best blocker
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*Best server
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*Best setter
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*Best receiver
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*Best libero
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See also
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Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
References
External links
Official website of the 2012 Olympic volleyball tournaments
{{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament
Olympics
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Women's indoor
2012 in women's volleyball
2012 in English women's sport
Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics