Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 13th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in London, United Kingdom from 29 July to 12 August 2012.[1]

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Date	29 July – 12 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Russia  Brazil  Italy

Russia won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against Brazil.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	6 July 2005	Singapore	1	Great Britain
2011 World Cup	20 November – 4 December 2011	Japan	3	Russia
				Poland
				Brazil
African Qualifier	17–21 January 2012	Yaoundé	1	Tunisia
North American Qualifier	7–12 May 2012	Long Beach	1	United States
European Qualifier	8–13 May 2012	Sofia	1	Italy
South American Qualifier	11–13 May 2012	Burzaco	1	Argentina
1st World Qualifier	1–10 June 2012	Tokyo	1	Serbia
Asian Qualifier*			1	Australia
2nd World Qualifier	8–10 June 2012	Sofia	1	Bulgaria
3rd World Qualifier	8–10 June 2012	Berlin	1	Germany
Total			12

* The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 1st World Qualifier. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the 1st World Qualifier winners, while the best Asian team except the 1st World Qualifier winners qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 4 January 2012.[2] 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.

Pool A	Pool B
Great Britain (Hosts)	Brazil (1)
Italy (3)	Russia (2)
Poland (4)	United States (6)
Argentina (8)	Serbia (7)
Bulgaria (9)	Germany (13)
Australia (22)	Tunisia (18)

Rosters

Venue

All matches
London, United Kingdom
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Capacity: 20,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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 British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
• The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	12	4	1	13	4	3.250	407	390	1.044
2	Poland	9	3	2	11	7	1.571	433	374	1.158
3	Argentina	9	3	2	10	7	1.429	382	367	1.041
4	Italy	8	3	2	10	9	1.111	426	413	1.031
5	Australia	7	2	3	8	10	0.800	395	397	0.995
6	Great Britain	0	0	5	0	15	0.000	274	376	0.729

29 July 2012 09:30	Great Britain	0–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(18–25, 20–25, 24–26) result statistics

29 July 2012 14:45	Australia	0–3	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Susana Rodriguez (ESP)
	(21–25, 22–25, 20–25) result statistics

29 July 2012 20:00	Italy	1–3	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(25–21, 20–25, 23–25, 14–25) result statistics

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31 July 2012 11:40	Poland	1–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,300 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(22–25, 27–29, 25–13, 23–25) result statistics

31 July 2012 14:45	Italy	3–1	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(25–17, 21–25, 25–17, 25–23) result statistics

31 July 2012 20:00	Great Britain	0–3	Australia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(15–25, 18–25, 20–25) result statistics

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2 August 2012 12:20	Australia	0–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(23–25, 21–25, 22–25) result statistics

2 August 2012 16:45	Poland	3–0	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–18, 25–20, 25–16) result statistics

2 August 2012 22:30	Great Britain	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 16–25, 20–25) result statistics

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4 August 2012 11:30	Great Britain	0–3	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,900 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(16–25, 19–25, 18–25) result statistics

4 August 2012 14:45	Australia	2–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(25–21, 25–18, 21–25, 14–25, 13–15) result statistics

4 August 2012 20:30	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(25–18, 21–25, 25–19, 25–20) result statistics

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6 August 2012 09:30	Australia	3–1	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(25–21, 25–22, 18–25, 25–22) result statistics

6 August 2012 14:45	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(30–32, 20–25, 19–25) result statistics

6 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,750 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(18–25, 18–25, 15–25) result statistics

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	13	4	1	14	4	3.500	427	370	1.154
2	Brazil	11	4	1	13	5	2.600	418	379	1.103
3	Russia	11	4	1	12	5	2.400	408	352	1.159
4	Germany	5	2	3	6	11	0.545	379	388	0.977
5	Serbia	5	1	4	7	13	0.538	413	455	0.908
6	Tunisia	0	0	5	1	15	0.067	294	395	0.744

29 July 2012 11:30	Russia	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(31–29, 25–18, 25–17) result statistics

29 July 2012 16:45	United States	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–21) result statistics

29 July 2012 22:20	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(25–17, 25–21, 25–18) result statistics

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31 July 2012 09:30	Serbia	3–1	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Jose Velez (PUR)
	(25–15, 25–21, 20–25, 25–18) result statistics

31 July 2012 17:03	United States	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–23, 25–16, 25–20) result statistics

31 July 2012 22:00	Brazil	3–0	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Ning Wang (CHN)
	(25–21, 25–23, 25–21) result statistics

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2 August 2012 09:30	Serbia	2–3	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–22, 29–27, 18–25, 20–25, 18–20) result statistics

2 August 2012 14:45	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Mitchell Davidson (CAN)
	(25–21, 25–15, 25–23) result statistics

2 August 2012 20:00	Brazil	1–3	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Jose Velez (PUR)
	(25–23, 25–27, 19–25, 17–25) result statistics

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4 August 2012 09:30	Germany	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Brian McDougall (GBR), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–15, 25–16, 25–16) result statistics

4 August 2012 17:10	Russia	3–2	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,650 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(27–29, 19–25, 26–24, 25–16, 15–8) result statistics

4 August 2012 22:45	Brazil	3–2	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(22–25, 25–15, 20–25, 25–22, 15–9) result statistics

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6 August 2012 11:55	Russia	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Susana Rodriguez (ESP)
	(25–15, 25–20, 25–17) result statistics

6 August 2012 20:00	United States	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Mitchell Davidson (CAN)
	(25–15, 25–19, 25–19) result statistics

6 August 2012 22:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE)
	(25–21, 25–22, 25–19) result statistics

Final round

• All times are British Summer Time (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				Gold medal match
	8 August
	Bulgaria	3
					10 August
	Germany	0
					Bulgaria	1
	8 August
					Russia	3
	Poland	0
									12 August
	Russia	3
									Russia	3
	8 August
									Brazil	2
	Argentina	0
					10 August
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
	8 August
					Italy	0			Bronze medal match
	United States	0
									12 August
	Italy	3
									Bulgaria	1
									Italy	3

Quarterfinals

8 August 2012 14:00	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(19–25, 17–25, 20–25) result statistics

8 August 2012 16:00	United States	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(26–28, 20–25, 20–25) result statistics

8 August 2012 19:30	Poland	0–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(17–25, 23–25, 21–25) result statistics

8 August 2012 21:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–20, 25–16, 25–14) result statistics

Semifinals

10 August 2012 15:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(21–25, 15–25, 25–23, 23–25) result statistics

10 August 2012 19:30	Brazil	3–0	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–21, 25–12, 25–21) result statistics

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 09:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(19–25, 25–23, 22–25, 21–25) result statistics

Gold medal match

12 August 2012 13:00	Russia	3–2	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(19–25, 20–25, 29–27, 25–22, 15–9) result statistics

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Brazil  Italy 4  Bulgaria 5  Argentina  Germany  Poland  United States 9  Australia  Serbia 11  Great Britain  Tunisia

2012 Men's Olympic Champions  Russia 1st title 12–man Roster Apalikov, Khtey (c), Grankin, Tetyukhin, Sokolov, Berezhko, Butko, Muserskiy, Ilinikh, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Obmochaev Head Coach Alekno

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia (RUS) Nikolay Apalikov Taras Khtey (c) Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Aleksandr Sokolov Yury Berezhko Aleksandr Butko Dmitriy Muserskiy Dmitriy Ilinikh Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Obmochaev	Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Wallace de Souza Sidnei Santos Leandro Vissotto Neves Gilberto Godoy Filho (c) Murilo Endres Sérgio Santos Thiago Alves Rodrigo Santana Lucas Saatkamp Ricardo Garcia Dante Amaral	Italy (ITA) Luigi Mastrangelo Simone Parodi Samuele Papi Michal Lasko Ivan Zaytsev Dante Boninfante Cristian Savani (c) Dragan Travica Alessandro Fei Emanuele Birarelli Andrea Bari Andrea Giovi

Awards

Most Valuable Player Murilo Endres Best Scorer Maxim Mikhaylov Best Spiker Maxim Mikhaylov Best Blocker Max Gunthor Best Server Cristian Savani

Best Digger Teodor Salparov Best Setter Georgi Bratoev Best Receiver Krzysztof Ignaczak Best Libero Markus Steuerwald

See also

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

References

1. "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 4 January 2012)". FIVB. 4 January 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Statistics
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com