Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Volleyball at the XIV Paralympic Games
Netherlands versus Japan women's match
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 August – 8 September 2012 Photographer = Jay Keeping (ParaVolley)
Medalists
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (men)  China (CHN) (women)    Iran (IRI) (men)  United States (USA) (women)    Germany (GER) (men)  Ukraine (UKR) (women)

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held from 30 August to 8 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. Two events were contested: men's and women's team.

In the men's sitting event, Iran were the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran were the finalists in 2000, 2004 and 2008, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004. These two countries met once more in the final in Beijing, with Iran emerging victorious by 3–0. Egypt finished fourth in Beijing, beaten 2–3 by Russia, who took bronze. Bosnia and Herzegovina men's team won the gold in 2012.

The London Games marked the third time the women's sitting event was held. China were the defending champions. The Netherlands took silver, and the United States bronze, in 2004. In Beijing, China was again victorious, while the US and the Netherlands switched places to ascend the podium with silver and bronze, respectively.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Ismet Godinjak Adnan Manko Adnan Kešmer Asim Medić Mirzet Duran Nizam Čančar Dževad Hamzić Benis Kadrić Safet Alibasić Sabahudin Delalić (captain) Ermin Jusufović Coach: Mirza Hrustemović	Iran (IRI) Majid Lashgarisanami Reza Peidayesh Davood Alipourian Ahmad Eiri Naser Hassanpour Alinazari Sadegh Bigdeli Jalil Eimery (captain) Seyedsaeid Ebrahimibaladezaei Isa Zirahi Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei Mohammad Khaleghi Coach: Hadi Rezaeigarkani	Germany (GER) Alexander Schiffler Thomas Renger Stefan Haehnlein Sebastian Czpakowski Heiko Wiesenthal Peter Schlorf Jürgen Schrapp (captain) Christoph Herzog Barbaros Sayilir Torben Schiewe Coach: Rudolf Sonnenbichler
Women's team	China (CHN) Tang Xue Mei Lu Hong Qin (captain) Tan Yanhua Su Li Mei Zheng Xiong Ying Wang Yanan Li Liping Zhang Xu Fei Yang Yan Ling Zhang Lijun Sheng Yu Hong Coach: Zhang Jun	United States (USA) Lora Webster Brenda Maymon Michelle Gerlosky Kathryn Holloway Heather Erickson Monique Burkland Kari Miller Allison Aldrich Nichole Millage Kaleo Kanahele Kendra Lancaster (captain) Coach: William Hamiter	Ukraine (UKR) Margaryta Pryvalykhina Anzhelika Churkina (captain) Larysa Sinchuk Galyna Kuznetsova Olena Manankova Ilona Yudina Larysa Klochkova Olga Shatylo Larysa Ponomarenko Valentyna Brik Coach: Viktor Tymoshenko

Classfication

In sitting volleyball there are two categories of classification: disabled and minimal disability. A maximum of one minimally disabled player may be on the court for each team at any one time.

A part of the player's body between the buttocks and the shoulders must be in contact with the court when playing or attempting to play the ball.

Qualification

There were 18 teams, 10 men's teams and 8 women's teams, taking part. Each country can enter one team per tournament.

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	8	4	0	12	3	4.000	340	266	1.278
2	Russia	7	3	1	11	5	2.200	356	275	1.295
3	Egypt	6	2	2	9	6	1.500	424	402	1.055
4	Great Britain	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	230	276	0.833
5	Morocco	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	157	300	0.523

30 August 2012 14:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Russia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Ronaldo Chaves (BRA), Benno Meijer (NED) Report(s): Report
	14 18 20 52	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

30 August 2012 19:00	Egypt	3 – 0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Xin Xia (CHN), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	10 12 22 44

31 August 2012 11:00	Germany	3 – 0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): France Marcoux (CAN), Jung Mal-Soon (KOR) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	11 10 9 30

31 August 2012 21:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Egypt	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Joe Campbell (GBR), Dariusz Jasinski (POL) Report(s): Report
	15 17 22 54	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

1 September 2012 11:00	Russia	2 – 3	Germany	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Khalid Shanishah (LBA), Janko Plešnik (SLO) Report(s): Report
	18 25 19 25 13 100	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 11 25 15 15 91

2 September 2012 14:00	Great Britain	3 – 0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Sari Mannersuo (FIN), Stephen Giugni (AUS) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	20 19 12 51

2 September 2012 21:00	Egypt	2 – 3	Russia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dominik Raca (CRO), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA) Report(s): Report
	25 25 18 21 11 100	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	22 19 25 25 15 108

3 September 2012 11:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Germany	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI), Xin Xia (CHN) Report(s): Report
	19 16 14 49	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

4 September 2012 9:00	Egypt	1 – 3	Germany	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Toomas Murulo (EST), Dominik Raca (CRO) Report(s): Report
	16 22 25 24 87	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 25 23 26 99

4 September 2012 14:00	Russia	3 – 0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Adnan Kolos (BIH), Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	13 8 11 32

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	322	207	1.556
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	3	1	10	3	3.333	309	240	1.288
3	Brazil	6	2	2	6	6	1.000	257	230	1.117
4	China	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	243	266	0.914
5	Rwanda	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	115	300	0.383

30 August 2012 16:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – 0	China	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Toomas Murulo (EST), Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY) Report(s): Report
	26 25 25 76	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	24 21 17 62

30 August 2012 21:00	Iran	3 – 0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Janko Plešnik (SLO), Dee Wauchope (GBR) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	11 6 8 25

31 August 2012 14:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Stephen Giugni (AUS), Glynn Archibald (GBR) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	5 5 13 23

1 September 2012 14:00	Iran	3 – 0	China	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	15 19 12 46

1 September 2012 21:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – 0	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Anton Probst (GER), Joe Campbell (USA) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	14 21 19 54

2 September 2012 9:00	China	3 – 0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dee Wauchope (GBR), Ute Fischer (GER) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	10 13 17 40

3 September 2012 14:00	Iran	3 – 0	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	21 15 17 53

3 September 2012 21:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – 0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Benno Meijer (NED), Glynn Archibald (GBR) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	7 12 8 27

4 September 2012 11:00	Brazil	3 – 0	China	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Report Report(s): Sari Mannersuo (FIN), Anton Probst (GER)
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	17 23 20 60

4 September 2012 16:00	Iran	3 – 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Report Report(s): Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Janko Plesnik (SLO)
	22 25 25 25 97	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 18 18 22 83

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Germany	3
	China	2
					Germany	0
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
	Egypt	0
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
									Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
									Iran	1
	Russia	3
	Brazil	2
					Russia	0			Third place
					Iran	3
	Great Britain	0
									Germany	3
	Iran	3
									Russia	2

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012 9:00	Germany	3 – 2	China	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Adnan Kolos (BIH), France Marcoux (CAN) Report(s): Report
	19 21 25 25 15 105	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 25 21 19 10 100

5 September 2012 11:20	Russia	3 – 2	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Khalid Shanishah (LBA), Jung Mal-Soon (KOR) Report(s): Report
	18 25 25 19 15 102	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 15 15 25 8 88

5 September 2012 14:00	Egypt	0 – 3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Joe Campbell (USA), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA) Report(s): Report
	17 16 22 55	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

5 September 2012 21:20	Great Britain	0 – 3	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Ute Fisher (GER) Report(s): Report
	18 13 15 46	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

Semi-finals

6 September 2012 16:00	Germany	0 – 3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Jung Mal-Soon (KOR), Khalid Shanishah (LBA) Report(s): Report
	19 20 14 53	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

6 September 2012 21:00	Russia	0 – 3	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Benno Meijer (NED), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA) Report(s): Report
	15 18 18 51	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

Bronze medal match

8 September 2012 16:00	Germany	3 – 2	Russia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Glynn Archibald (GBR) Report(s): Report
	20 26 22 25 16 109	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 24 25 22 14 110

Gold medal match

8 September 2012 18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – 1	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Anton Probst (GER), Toomas Murulo (EST) Report(s): Report
	19 25 25 25 94	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 21 22 15 83

Classification round

	5th–8th place semi-finals				5th–6th place match
	China	2
	Egypt	3
					Egypt	2
					Brazil	3
					7th–8th place match
	Brazil	3		China	3
	Great Britain	0			Great Britain	0

5th–8th place semi-finals

6 September 2012 14:00	China	2 – 3	Egypt	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dominik Raca (CRO), Sari Mannersuo (FIN) Report(s): Report
	25 23 23 25 11 107	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	16 25 25 17 15 98

6 September 2012 19:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Great Britain	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Dariusz Jasinski (POL) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	20 16 15 51

7th–8th place match

7 September 2012 16:00	China	3 – 0	Great Britain	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Toomas Murulo (EST) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	14 16 22 52

5th–6th place match

8 September 2012 14:00	Egypt	2 – 3	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI), Benno Meijer (NED) Report(s): Report
	14 25 21 25 13 98	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 15 25 15 15 95

9th–10th place match

7 September 2012 14:00	Morocco	1 – 3	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dee Wauchope (GBR) Report(s): Report
	25 25 22 23 95	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	20 27 25 25 97

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Ukraine	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	241	167	1.443
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	251	201	1.249
3	Japan	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	190	218	0.872
4	Great Britain	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	129	225	0.573

31 August 2012 9:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Ukraine	ExCeL London, London Attendance: Report Referee(s): Adnan Kolos (BIH), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
	9 20 14 43	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

31 August 2012 19:00	Netherlands	3 – 1	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Dominik Raca (CRO) Report(s): Report
	22 25 25 25 97	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 18 13 14 70

1 September 2012 16:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Netherlands	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY), Xin Xia (CHN) Report(s): Report
	13 12 15 40	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

2 September 2012 11:00	Netherlands	1 – 3	Ukraine	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Jung Mal-Soon (KOR), Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE) Report(s): Report
	24 25 11 19 79	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	26 15 25 25 91

2 September 2012 19:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Anton Probst (GER) Report(s): Report
	11 21 14 46	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

3 September 2012 16:00	Ukraine	3 – 0	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Ronaldo Chaves (BRA), Joe Campbell (USA) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	20 9 16 45

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	275	138	1.993
2	United States	5	2	1	7	2	3.500	245	187	1.310
3	Brazil	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	242	273	0.886
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	176	260	0.677

31 August 2012 16:00	China	3 – 1	United States	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Ute Fischer (GER), Khalid Shanishah (LBA) Report(s): Report
	22 32 25 25 104	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 30 23 17 95

1 September 2012 9:00	China	3 – 1	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Benno Meijer (NED), Adnan Kolas (BIH) Report(s): Report
	26 25 20 25 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	24 15 25 16 80

1 September 2012 19:00	United States	3 – 0	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Masoud Yazdan Panah (IRI), France Marcoux (CAN) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	8 15 8 31

2 September 2012 16:00	Slovenia	2 – 3	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Glynn Archibald (GBR), Toomas Murulo (EST) Report(s): Report
	17 28 25 25 7 102	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 30 19 21 15 110

3 September 2012 9:00	China	3 – 0	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Ute Fischer (GER), Adnan Kolos (BIH) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	12 15 16 43

3 September 2012 19:00	United States	3 – 0	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Jung Mal-Soon (KOR), Khalid Shanishah (LBA) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	13 20 19 52

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	Ukraine	0
	United States	3
					United States	1
					China	3
					Third place
	Netherlands	2		Ukraine	3
	China	3			Netherlands	0

Semi-finals

5 September 2012 16:00	Ukraine	0 – 3	United States	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dominik Raca (CRO), Stephen Giugni (AUS) Report(s): Report
	14 13 19 46	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

5 September 2012 19:00	Netherlands	2 – 3	China	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Glynn Archibald (GBR), Sari Mannersuo (FIN) Report(s): Report
	25 14 25 16 11 91	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	17 25 13 25 15 95

Bronze medal match

7 September 2012 19:00	Ukraine	3 – 0	Netherlands	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Joe Campbell (GBR), France Marcoux (CAN) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	14 21 16 51

Gold medal match

September 7, 2012 21:00	United States	1 – 3	China	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Janko Plesnik (SLO), Ute Fischer (GER) Report(s): Report
	25 15 30 15 85	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	22 25 32 25 104

Classification round

	5th–8th place semi-finals				5th–6th place match
	Brazil	3
	Great Britain	0
					Brazil	3
					Slovenia	1
					7th–8th place match
	Japan	0		Great Britain	0
	Slovenia	3			Japan	3

5th–8th place semi-finals

4 September 2012 19:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Great Britain	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Stephen Giugni (AUS), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI) Report(s): Report
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	19 10 7 36

4 September 2012 21:00	Japan	0 – 3	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): France Marcoux (CAN), Dee Wauchope (GBR) Report(s): Report
	19 22 20 61	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

7th–8th place match

6 September 2012 9:00	Great Britain	0 – 3	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Janko Plesnik (SLO) Report(s): Report
	23 19 13 55	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

5th–6th place match

6 September 2012 11:00	Brazil	3 – 1	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referee(s): Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY), Stephen Giugni (AUS) Report(s): Report
	25 25 21 25 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	16 14 25 21 76

External links

• Official page for volleyball competition