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.

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

Qualification

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 the hosts who ranked 92nd.

Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (4) (6) (8) (7) (9) (13) (22) (18)

Rosters

Venue All matches London, United KingdomEarls Court Exhibition CentreCapacity: 20,000

Pool standing procedure Match points Number of matches won Sets ratio Points ratio 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

Pool B

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

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

RankTeam45911

12–man rosterApalikov, Khtey (c), Grankin, Tetyukhin, Sokolov, Berezhko, Butko, Muserskiy, Ilinikh, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Obmochaev (L)Head coachAlekno

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNikolay ApalikovTaras Khtey (c)Sergey GrankinSergey TetyukhinAleksandr SokolovYury BerezhkoAleksandr ButkoDmitriy MuserskiyDmitriy IlinikhMaksim MikhaylovAleksandr VolkovAleksey Obmochaev (L)Head coach: Vladimir AleknoBruno RezendeWallace de SouzaSidnei SantosLeandro Vissotto NevesGilberto Godoy Filho (c)Murilo EndresSérgio SantosThiago AlvesRodrigo SantanaLucas SaatkampRicardo GarciaDante AmaralHead coach: BernardinhoLuigi MastrangeloSimone ParodiSamuele PapiMichal LaskoIvan ZaytsevDante BoninfanteCristian Savani (c)Dragan TravicaAlessandro FeiEmanuele BirarelliAndrea Bari (L)Andrea Giovi (L)Head coach: Mauro Berruto

Awards

Most valuable player Murilo Endres Best scorer Maksim Mikhaylov Best spiker Maksim 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

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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