Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 13th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, 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.

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

Qualification

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	6 Jul 2005	Singapore	1	Great Britain
2011 World Cup	20 Nov–4 Dec 2011	Japan	3	Russia
				Poland
				Brazil
African Qualifier	17–21 Jan 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
World Qualifier 1	1–10 Jun 2012	Tokyo	1	Serbia
Asian Qualifier*			1	Australia
World Qualifier 2	8–10 Jun 2012	Sofia	1	Bulgaria
World Qualifier 3	8–10 Jun 2012	Berlin	1	Germany
Total			12

* The Asian Qualifier was combined with the World Qualifier 1. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the winners of the World Qualifier 1, while the best asian team except the 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. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except 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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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).

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 Referee(s): Ning Wang (CHN), Akihiko Tano (JPN) Report(s): result statistics
	18 20 24 62	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 26 76

29 July 2012 14:45	Australia	0 – 3	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Susana Rodriguez (ESP) Report(s): result statistics
	21 22 20 63	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

29 July 2012 20:00	Italy	1 – 3	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referee(s): Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Zorica Bjelić (SRB) Report(s): result statistics
	25 20 23 14 82	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	21 25 25 25 96

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31 July 2012 11:40	Poland	1 – 3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,300 Referee(s): Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Akihiko Tano (JPN) Report(s): result statistics
	22 27 25 23 97	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 29 13 25 92

31 July 2012 14:45	Italy	3 – 1	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Frans Loderus (NED) Report(s): result statistics
	25 21 25 25 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	17 25 17 23 82

31 July 2012 20:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Australia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA) Report(s): result statistics
	15 18 20 53	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

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2 August 2012 12:20	Australia	0 – 3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Ning Wang (CHN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS) Report(s): result statistics
	23 21 22 66	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

2 August 2012 16:45	Poland	3 – 0	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	18 20 16 54

2 August 2012 22:30	Great Britain	0 – 3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) Report(s): result statistics
	19 16 20 55	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

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4 August 2012 11:30	Great Britain	0 – 3	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,900 Referee(s): Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) Report(s): result statistics
	16 19 18 53	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

4 August 2012 14:45	Australia	2 – 3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 21 14 13 98	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	21 18 25 25 15 104

4 August 2012 20:30	Argentina	3 – 1	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (NED), Akihiko Tano (JPN) Report(s): result statistics
	25 21 25 25 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	18 25 19 20 82

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6 August 2012 09:30	Australia	3 – 1	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 18 25 93	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	21 22 25 22 90

6 August 2012 14:45	Italy	0 – 3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN) Report(s): result statistics
	30 20 19 69	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	32 25 25 82

6 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0 – 3	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,750 Referee(s): Denny Cespedes (DOM), Zorica Bjelić (SRB) Report(s): result statistics
	18 18 15 51	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

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 Referee(s): Simone Santi (ITA), Frans Loderus (NED) Report(s): result statistics
	31 25 25 81	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	29 18 17 64

29 July 2012 16:45	United States	3 – 0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	17 22 21 60

29 July 2012 22:20	Brazil	3 – 0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referee(s): Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Brian McDougall (GBR) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	17 21 18 56

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31 July 2012 09:30	Serbia	3 – 1	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,500 Referee(s): Denny Cespedes (DOM), Jose Velez (PUR) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 20 25 95	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	15 21 25 18 79

31 July 2012 17:03	United States	3 – 0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	23 16 20 59

31 July 2012 22:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (HUN), Ning Wang (CHN) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	21 23 21 65

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2 August 2012 09:30	Serbia	2 – 3	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) Report(s): result statistics
	25 29 18 20 18 110	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	22 27 25 25 20 119

2 August 2012 14:45	Russia	3 – 0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Akihiko Tano (JPN), Mitchell Davidson (CAN) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	21 15 23 59

2 August 2012 20:00	Brazil	1 – 3	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (NED), Jose Velez (PUR) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 19 17 86	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	23 27 25 25 100

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4 August 2012 09:30	Germany	3 – 0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Brian McDougall (GBR), Denny Cespedes (DOM) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	15 16 16 47

4 August 2012 17:10	Russia	3 – 2	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,650 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) Report(s): result statistics
	27 19 26 25 15 112	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	29 25 24 16 8 102

4 August 2012 22:45	Brazil	3 – 2	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Ning Wang (CHN), Simone Santi (ITA) Report(s): result statistics
	22 25 20 25 15 107	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 15 25 22 9 96

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6 August 2012 11:55	Russia	3 – 0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Susana Rodriguez (ESP) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	15 20 17 52

6 August 2012 20:00	United States	3 – 0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Mitchell Davidson (CAN) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	15 19 19 53

6 August 2012 22:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Simone Santi (ITA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	21 22 19 62

Final round

• All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
• Quarterfinals format: (A1 vs. B4), (A2 vs. B2 or B3 – drawing of lots), (A3 vs. B2 or B3 – drawing of lots), (B1 vs. A4)
• Teams in the draw: Poland (A2), Argentina (A3), Brazil (B2), Russia (B3)

	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			Bronze medal match
	8 August
					Italy	0
	United States	0							Bulgaria	1
	Italy	3							Italy	3
									12 August

Quarterfinals

8 August 2012 14:00	Argentina	0 – 3	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Simone Santi (ITA) Report(s): result statistics
	19 17 20 56	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

8 August 2012 16:00	United States	0 – 3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Ning Wang (CHN), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) Report(s): result statistics
	26 20 20 66	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	28 25 25 78

8 August 2012 19:30	Poland	0 – 3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (NED), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) Report(s): result statistics
	17 23 21 61	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

8 August 2012 21:30	Bulgaria	3 – 0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	20 16 14 50

Semifinals

10 August 2012 15:00	Bulgaria	1 – 3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referee(s): Ning Wang (CHN), Denny Cespedes (DOM) Report(s): result statistics
	21 15 25 23 84	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 25 23 25 98

10 August 2012 19:30	Brazil	3 – 0	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	21 12 21 54

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 09:30	Bulgaria	1 – 3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG) Report(s): result statistics
	19 25 22 21 87	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 23 25 25 95

Gold medal match

12 August 2012 13:00	Russia	3 – 2	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (HUN), Akihiko Tano (JPN) Report(s): result statistics
	19 20 29 25 15 108	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 25 27 22 9 108

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 , Grankin, Tetyukhin, Sokolov, Berezhko, Butko, Muserskiy, Ilinikh, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Obmochaev

Head Coach

Alekno

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia (RUS) Nikolay Apalikov Taras Khtey 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 Souza Sidnei Santos Leandro Neves Gilberto Godoy Filho 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 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

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Statistics
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com
• Medalists at Olympic.org