The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August.
The indoor volleyball competition took place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in west London, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
Events Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams) Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams) Beach volleyball – men (24 teams) Beach volleyball – women (24 teams)
Qualifying criteria Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball.Olympic Qualifying process confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, FIVB, 17 May 2010.
Men's indoor volleyball qualification
Details of the men's qualification follow:
Women's indoor volleyball qualification
Details of the women's qualification follow:
Men's beach volleyball qualification Means of qualification Vacancies QualifiedFIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012) 16 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012) 5 (South America) (Africa) (North America) (Asia/Oceania) (Europe)Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012) 2 Host nation 1 Total 24
Women's beach volleyball qualification Means of qualification Vacancies QualifiedFIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012) 16 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012) 5 (Africa) (South America) (Europe) (North America) (Asia/Oceania)Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012) 2 Host nation 1 Total 24
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists Men's indoorNikolay ApalikovTaras Khtey (c)Sergey GrankinSergey TetyukhinAleksandr SokolovYury BerezhkoAleksandr ButkoDmitriy MuserskiyDmitriy IlinikhMaxim MikhaylovAleksandr VolkovAleksey ObmochaevBruno RezendeWallace de SouzaSidnei SantosLeandro Vissotto NevesGilberto Godoy Filho (c)Murilo EndresSérgio SantosThiago AlvesRodrigo SantanaLucas SaatkampRicardo GarciaDante AmaralCristian Savani (c)Luigi MastrangeloSimone ParodiSamuele PapiMichal LaskoIvan ZaytsevDante BoninfanteDragan TravicaAlessandro FeiEmanuele BirarelliAndrea BariAndrea GioviWomen's indoorFabiana Claudino (c)Dani LinsPaula PequenoAdenízia da SilvaThaísa MenezesJaqueline CarvalhoFernanda FerreiraTandara CaixetaNatália PereiraSheilla CastroFabiana de OliveiraFernanda GarayDanielle Scott-ArrudaTayyiba Haneef-ParkLindsey Berg (c)Tamari MiyashiroNicole DavisJordan LarsonMegan HodgeChrista HarmottoLogan TomFoluke AkinradewoCourtney ThompsonDestinee HookerHitomi NakamichiYoshie TakeshitaMai YamaguchiErika Araki (c)Kaori InoueMaiko KanoYuko SanoAi OtomoRisa ShinnabeSaori SakodaYukiko EbataSaori KimuraMen's beachWomen's beach
References
External links
Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB.org)