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VOOZH | about |
| Date | 28 July β 11 August 2012 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington and Chelsea, London | |
| Participants | 143 from 12 countries | |
| Format | Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches. | |
Brazil was the defending champion, having defeated the United States in the Beijing final. The two teams came into London seeded 1-2, with the United States having a slight edge. They were joined by 10 other teams, who had qualified in various ways. The USA was in from the 2011 World Cup standings, joined by second-ranked Italy, and third-ranked China, the 2008 bronze medalists. Five nations qualified via continental tournaments (Algeria, Dominican Republic, Japan, Turkey, and the defending champions Brazil). In May 2012 a World Qualifier added Russia, Korea (South), and Serbia. Host nation Great Britain was also given a spot in the London tournament. Britain had never competed in volleyball at the Olympics previously, for either men or women, but their women did manage one victory in pool play, defeating Algeria.
In Pool A, Russia won all five matches to advance over Italy, Japan, and the Dominican Republic. The United States dominated Pool B, winning all five matches, while losing only two sets. Brazil struggled, placing fourth in the pool to narrowly advance to the knock-out stage. Brazil faced Russia in the quarter-finals, and survived in five sets, winning 21-19 in the fifth. The United States continued their dominance, defeating the Dominican Republic in the quarters, and Korea in the semis, both by 3-0 scores.
After Brazil defeated Japan easily in the semis, 3-0, the final was a repeat of the Beijing final. This had also happened in 1972-76, with Japan and the Soviet Union meeting in the final match. Japan and the Soviets had also been the top two in 1964-68, but that was a purely round-robin format.
The United States, based on their easy path in London, seemed poised to win their first-ever womenβs volleyball gold, after silvers in 1984 and 2008, and a bronze in 1992. But they were crushed in the first set of the final, 25-11, and although they won the second set, Brazil romped to a 3-1 victory to defend their gold medal β 25-11, 17-25, 25-20, 25-17. Their second consecutive gold was added to bronze medals won by Brazilian women in 1996 and 2000.
Japan had once been the dominant womenβs nation in volleyball, winning the inaugural Olympic gold in 1964, and adding silvers in 1968-72, and another gold in 1976. But they had not won an Olympic medal since a bronze in 1984. In London, they were seeded #3 by the FIVB and the seedings held as they defeated Korea for the bronze medal in straight sets, to earn their sixth Olympic medal, equalling the former Soviet Union for the most ever in womenβs Olympic volleyball, although in 1992 the Unified Team also won silver in womenβs volleyball.
| Date | 28 July β 5 August 2012 |
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| Format | Round-robin pools. |
| Date | 28 July β 5 August 2012 |
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| Format | Round-robin pool. Top four in each pool advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Set Ratio | Points | Points Ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | π Image RUS | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15-4 | 3.750 | 459-352 | 1.304 | ||
| 2 | Italy | π Image ITA | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14-5 | 2.800 | 444-368 | 1.207 | ||
| 3 | Japan | π Image JPN | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11-6 | 1.833 | 401-335 | 1.197 | ||
| 4 | Dominican Republic | π Image DOM | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8-9 | 0.889 | 374-362 | 1.033 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | π Image GBR | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3-14 | 0.214 | 295-398 | 0.741 | ||
| 6 | Algeria | π Image ALG | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2-15 | 0.133 | 252-410 | 0.615 |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 28 Jul 9:30 | Japan | π Image JPN | 25-15, 25-14, 25-7 | Algeria | π Image ALG | |
| Match #2 | 28 Jul 14:45 | Russian Federation | π Image RUS | 25-19, 25-10, 25-16 | Great Britain | π Image GBR | |
| Match #3 | 28 Jul 16:45 | Italy | π Image ITA | 25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 25-15 | Dominican Republic | π Image DOM | |
| Match #4 | 30 Jul 14:45 | Russian Federation | π Image RUS | 25-23, 25-15, 24-26, 25-22 | Dominican Republic | π Image DOM | |
| Match #5 | 30 Jul 20:00 | Italy | π Image ITA | 25-22, 25-21, 20-25, 25-22 | Japan | π Image JPN | |
| Match #6 | 30 Jul 22:20 | Great Britain | π Image GBR | 22-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-19, 15-8 | Algeria | π Image ALG | |
| Match #7 | 01 Aug 9:30 | Japan | π Image JPN | 25-20, 25-19, 25-23 | Dominican Republic | π Image DOM | |
| Match #8 | 01 Aug 11:30 | Russian Federation | π Image RUS | 25-7, 25-14, 25-15 | Algeria | π Image ALG | |
| Match #9 | 01 Aug 16:45 | Italy | π Image ITA | 27-25, 25-12, 25-12 | Great Britain | π Image GBR | |
| Match #10 | 03 Aug 12:25 | Russian Federation | π Image RUS | 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19 | Japan | π Image JPN | |
| Match #11 | 03 Aug 17:40 | Dominican Republic | π Image DOM | 25-9, 25-18, 25-19 | Great Britain | π Image GBR | |
| Match #12 | 03 Aug 22:00 | Italy | π Image ITA | 25-11, 25-12, 25-17 | Algeria | π Image ALG | |
| Match #13 | 05 Aug 9:30 | Dominican Republic | π Image DOM | 25-15, 25-16, 25-13 | Algeria | π Image ALG | |
| Match #14 | 05 Aug 14:45 | Japan | π Image JPN | 25-19, 25-14, 25-12 | Great Britain | π Image GBR | |
| Match #15 | 05 Aug 16:45 | Russian Federation | π Image RUS | 26-28, 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 15-11 | Italy | π Image ITA |
| Date | 28 July β 5 August 2012 |
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| Format | Round-robin pool. Top four in each pool advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Wins | Losses | Points | Sets | Set Ratio | Points | Points Ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | π Image USA | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15-2 | 7.500 | 426-345 | 1.235 | ||
| 2 | People's Republic of China | π Image CHN | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11-10 | 1.100 | 475-461 | 1.030 | ||
| 3 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11-10 | 1.100 | 449-451 | 0.996 | ||
| 4 | Brazil | π Image BRA | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10-10 | 1.000 | 447-420 | 1.064 | ||
| 5 | Turkey | π Image TUR | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9-11 | 0.818 | 434-443 | 0.980 | ||
| 6 | Serbia | π Image SRB | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2-15 | 0.133 | 296-407 | 0.727 |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 28 Jul 11:30 | People's Republic of China | π Image CHN | 16-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-12 | Serbia | π Image SRB | |
| Match #2 | 28 Jul 20:00 | United States | π Image USA | 25-19, 25-17, 20-25, 25-21 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR | |
| Match #3 | 28 Jul 22:30 | Brazil | π Image BRA | 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 25-27, 15-12 | Turkey | π Image TUR | |
| Match #4 | 30 Jul 9:30 | People's Republic of China | π Image CHN | 25-20, 25-20, 29-31, 25-22 | Turkey | π Image TUR | |
| Match #5 | 30 Jul 12:00 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR | 25-12, 25-16, 16-25, 25-21 | Serbia | π Image SRB | |
| Match #6 | 30 Jul 17:15 | United States | π Image USA | 25-18, 25-17, 22-25, 25-21 | Brazil | π Image BRA | |
| Match #7 | 01 Aug 14:45 | Turkey | π Image TUR | 25-20, 25-12, 25-21 | Serbia | π Image SRB | |
| Match #8 | 01 Aug 20:00 | United States | π Image USA | 26-24, 25-16, 31-29 | People's Republic of China | π Image CHN | |
| Match #9 | 01 Aug 22:05 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR | 25-23, 25-21, 25-21 | Brazil | π Image BRA | |
| Match #10 | 03 Aug 9:30 | Brazil | π Image BRA | 25-16, 20-25, 25-18, 28-30, 15-10 | People's Republic of China | π Image CHN | |
| Match #11 | 03 Aug 15:00 | Turkey | π Image TUR | 25-16, 21-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-12 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR | |
| Match #12 | 03 Aug 20:00 | United States | π Image USA | 25-17, 25-20, 25-16 | Serbia | π Image SRB | |
| Match #13 | 05 Aug 11:30 | People's Republic of China | π Image CHN | 28-26, 22-25, 25-19, 22-25, 15-10 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR | |
| Match #14 | 05 Aug 20:00 | United States | π Image USA | 27-25, 25-16, 25-19 | Turkey | π Image TUR | |
| Match #15 | 05 Aug 22:00 | Brazil | π Image BRA | 25-10, 25-22, 25-16 | Serbia | π Image SRB |
| Date | 7 August 2012 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 07 Aug 15:50 | Brazil | π Image BRA | 24-26, 25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 21-19 | Russian Federation | π Image RUS | |
| Match #2 | 07 Aug 13:00 | Japan | π Image JPN | 28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16 | People's Republic of China | π Image CHN | |
| Match #3 | 07 Aug 21:05 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR | 18-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 | Italy | π Image ITA | |
| Match #4 | 07 Aug 19:10 | United States | π Image USA | 25-14, 25-21, 25-22 | Dominican Republic | π Image DOM |
| Date | 9 August 2012 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final round. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 09 Aug 19:30 | Brazil | π Image BRA | 25-18, 25-15, 25-18 | Japan | π Image JPN | |
| Match #2 | 09 Aug 15:00 | United States | π Image USA | 25-20, 25-22, 25-22 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR |
| Date | 11 August 2012 |
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| Format | Medal round. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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| Match 1/2 | 11 Aug 18:30 | Brazil | π Image BRA | 11-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17 | United States | π Image USA | |
| Match 3/4 | 11 Aug 11:30 | Japan | π Image JPN | 25-22, 26-24, 25-21 | Republic of Korea | π Image KOR |