Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

This article is about the indoor tournament. For the beach tournament, see Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Date	28 July – 11 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Brazil (2nd title) United States Japan

The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London 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 from 28 July to 11 August 2012.

Qualification

{{#section-h:Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|Qualification summary}}

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking 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.

Group A	Group B
Great Britain (Hosts)	United States (1)
Japan (3)	Brazil (2)
Italy (4)	China (5)
Russia (7)	Serbia (6)
Dominican Republic (9)	Turkey (11)
Algeria (16)	South Korea (13)

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team 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 (UTC+01:00).

Pool A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	459	352	1.304	Quarter-finals
2	Italy	5	4	1	13	14	5	2.800	442	368	1.201
3	Japan	5	3	2	9	11	6	1.833	401	335	1.197
4	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	374	362	1.033
5	Great Britain	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	295	396	0.745
6	Algeria	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	252	410	0.615

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28 July 2012 09:30	Algeria	0–3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), José Vélez (PUR)
	(15–25, 14–25, 7–25) result statistics

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28 July 2012 14:45	Great Britain	0–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Rogério Espicalski (BRA)
	(19–25, 10–25, 16–25) result statistics

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28 July 2012 16:45	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–17, 23–25, 25–19, 25–15) report statistics

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30 July 2012 14:45	Dominican Republic	1–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE)
	(23–25, 15–25, 26–24, 22–25) report statistics

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30 July 2012 20:00	Italy	3–1	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Patricia Salvatore (USA)
	(25–22, 25–21, 20–25, 25–22) result statistics

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30 July 2012 22:00	Great Britain	3–2	Algeria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Janpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(22–25, 25–19, 23–25, 25–19, 15–8) result statistics

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1 August 2012 09:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(20–25, 19–25, 23–25) result statistics

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1 August 2012 11:30	Algeria	0–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Janpen Jirakakul (THA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(7–25, 14–25, 15–25) result statistics

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1 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,800 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Denny Lassi (DOM)
	(25–27, 12–25, 12–25) result statistics

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3 August 2012 11:30	Japan	1–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(25–27, 17–25, 25–20, 19–25) result statistics

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3 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Mohamad Shaaban (EGY), Janpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(9–25, 18–25, 19–25) result statistics

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3 August 2012 22:00	Algeria	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Wang Ning (CHN)
	(11–25, 12–25, 17–25) result statistics

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5 August 2012 09:30	Algeria	0–3	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(15–25, 16–25, 13–25) result statistics

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5 August 2012 14:45	Great Britain	0–3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Michael Davidson (CAN), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 14–25, 12–25) result statistics

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5 August 2012 16:45	Italy	2–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Wang Ning (CHN)
	(28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 16–25, 11–15) result statistics

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Pool B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	426	345	1.235	Quarter-finals
2	China	5	3	2	9	11	10	1.100	475	461	1.030
3	South Korea	5	2	3	8	11	10	1.100	449	452	0.993
4	Brazil	5	3	2	7	10	10	1.000	447	420	1.064
5	Turkey	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	434	443	0.980
6	Serbia	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	297	407	0.730

Source:

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28 July 2012 11:30	China	3–1	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(16–25, 25–18, 25–13, 25–12) result statistics

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28 July 2012 20:00	United States	3–1	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Janpen Jirakakul (THA), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(25–19, 25–17, 20–25, 25–21) result statistics

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28 July 2012 22:00	Brazil	3–2	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Mitchell Davidson (CAN)
	(25–18, 23–25, 25–19, 25–27, 15–12) result statistics

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30 July 2012 09:30	China	3–1	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
	(25–20, 25–20, 29–31, 25–22) result statistics

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30 July 2012 11:30	Serbia	1–3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Brian McDougall (GBR), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(12–25, 16–25, 25–16, 21–25) result statistics

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30 July 2012 16:45	United States	3–1	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(25–18, 25–17, 22–25, 25–21) result statistics

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1 August 2012 14:45	Serbia	0–3	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(20–25, 12–25, 21–25) result statistics

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1 August 2012 20:00	United States	3–0	China	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
	(26–24, 25–16, 31–29) result statistics

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1 August 2012 22:00	Brazil	0–3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Mitchell Salvatore (USA)
	(23–25, 21–25, 21–25) result statistics

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3 August 2012 09:30	Brazil	3–2	China	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Denny Lassi (DOM), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(25–16, 20–25, 25–18, 28–30, 15–10) result statistics

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3 August 2012 14:45	Turkey	3–2	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(25–16, 21–25, 25–18, 19–25, 15–12) result statistics

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3 August 2012 20:00	United States	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Susana Rodriguez (ESP)
	(25–17, 25–20, 25–16) result statistics

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5 August 2012 11:30	China	3–2	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Janpen Jirakul (THA), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(28–26, 22–25, 25–19, 22–25, 15–10) result statistics

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5 August 2012 20:00	United States	3–0	Turkey	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(27–25, 25–16, 25–19) result statistics

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5 August 2012 22:00	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(25–10, 25–22, 25–16) result statistics

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Knockout stage

• All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	7 August
	Russia	2
					9 August
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
	7 August
					Japan	0
	Japan	3
									11 August
	China	2
									Brazil	3
	7 August
									United States	1
	Italy	1
					9 August
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	0
	7 August
					United States	3			Bronze medal match
	United States	3
									11 August
	Dominican Republic	0
									Japan	3
									South Korea	0

Quarterfinals

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7 August 2012 13:00	Japan	3–2	China	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(28–26, 23–25, 25–23, 23–25, 18–16) result statistics

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7 August 2012 15:00	Russia	2–3	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(26–24, 22–25, 25–19, 22–25, 19–21) result statistics

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7 August 2012 19:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Jarpen Jirakakul (THA)
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–22) result statistics

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7 August 2012 21:00	Italy	1–3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
	(25–18, 21–25, 20–25, 18–25) result statistics

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Semifinals

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9 August 2012 15:00	South Korea	0–3	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(20–25, 22–25, 22–25) result statistics

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9 August 2012 19:30	Brazil	3–0	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY)
	(25–18, 25–15, 25–18) result statistics

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Bronze medal match

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11 August 2012 11:30	Japan	3–0	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Suzana Rodriguez (ESP), Jose Mercado (PUR)
	(25–22, 26–24, 25–21) result statistics

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Final

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11 August 2012 18:30	Brazil	3–1	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(11–25, 25–17, 25–20, 25–17) result statistics

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Statistics leaders

• Only players whose teams advanced to the quarterfinals are ranked.

Best Scorers
Rank	Name	Points
1	Kim Yeon-koung	207
2	Destinee Hooker	161
3	Saori Kimura	142
4	Sheilla Castro	140
5	Ekaterina Gamova	124

Best Spikers
Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Destinee Hooker	37.93
2	Simona Gioli	37.78
3	Kim Yeon-koung	35.57
4	Nataliya Goncharova	34.22
5	Ekaterina Gamova	33.04

Best Blockers
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Fabiana Claudino	0.94
2	Foluke Akinradewo	0.93
3	Simona Gioli	0.91
4	Destinee Hooker	0.78
5	Thaísa Menezes	0.75

Best Servers
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Sheilla Castro	0.31
2	Hui Ruoqi	0.31
3	Lucia Bosetti	0.30
4	Ekaterina Gamova	0.29
5	Antonella Del Core	0.26

Best Diggers
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Brenda Castillo	6.10
2	Zhang Xian	4.77
3	Yuko Sano	4.11
4	Kim Hae-ran	3.90
5	Yoshie Takeshita	3.64

Best Setters
Rank	Name	Avg
1	Yevgeniya Startseva	12.79
2	Wei Qiuyue	12.08
3	Yoshie Takeshita	11.82
4	Lindsey Berg	9.74
5	Danielle Lins	9.72

Best Receivers
Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Fernanda Rodrigues	81.32
2	Svetlana Kryuchkova	80.00
3	Paola Croce	77.88
4	Antonella Del Core	77.03
5	Nicole Davis	74.27

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Final standings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	United States
	Japan
4	South Korea
5	China
	Dominican Republic
	Italy
	Russia
9	Great Britain
	Turkey
11	Algeria
	Serbia

2012 Women's Olympic champions
Brazil 2nd title

12-woman roster

Fabiana Claudino (c), Dani Lins, Paula Pequeno, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Fernanda Ferreira, Tandara Caixeta, Natália Pereira, Sheilla Castro, Fabi Alvim (L), Fernanda Garay

Head coach

Zé Roberto

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Brazil (BRA) Fabiana Claudino (c) Dani Lins Paula Pequeno Adenízia da Silva Thaísa Menezes Jaqueline Carvalho Fernanda Ferreira Tandara Caixeta Natália Pereira Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Fernanda Garay Head coach: Zé Roberto	United States (USA) Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg (c) Tamari Miyashiro Nicole Davis Jordan Larson Megan Hodge Christa Harmotto Logan Tom Foluke Akinradewo Courtney Thompson Destinee Hooker Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon	Japan (JPN) Hitomi Nakamichi Yoshie Takeshita Mai Yamaguchi Erika Araki (c) Kaori Inoue Maiko Kano Yuko Sano Ai Otomo Risa Shinnabe Saori Sakoda Yukiko Ebata Saori Kimura Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

 Kim Yeon-koung (KOR)

• Best scorer

   Kim Yeon-koung (KOR)

• Best spiker

   Destinee Hooker (USA)

• Best blocker

   Fabiana Claudino (BRA)

• Best server

   Sheilla Castro (BRA)

• Best setter

   Yevgeniya Startseva (RUS)

• Best receiver

   Fernanda Garay (BRA)

• Best libero

   Brenda Castillo (DOM)

See also

• Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

External links

• Official website of the 2012 Olympic volleyball tournaments