The 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup was played from 4 to 18 November 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country.
Qualification 12 teams participated in the World Cup:
The host nation's team. The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011. Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011). Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011.
Competition Date Venue Qualified Host country — — 2011 African Championship August 17–24, 2011 Nairobi 2011 NORCECA Championship September 12–17, 2011 Caguas 2011 Asian Championship September 15–23, 2011 Taipei 2011 European Championship Sep. 24 – Oct. 2, 2011 Serbia Italy 2011 South American Championship Sep. 28 – Oct. 2, 2011 Callao Wild card October 5, 2011 Tokyo Total 12
FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)
Rank Team Continent 10 Europe 13 NORCECA 15 Africa 18 Asia 25 South America
Squads
Venues Round Site A Site B 1st Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima White Ring, Nagano 2nd Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama 3rd Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo Momotaro Arena, Okayama 4th Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
Format The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking was determined by the total points gained.
The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each. Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): Teams played against teams in the same group Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): Teams played against teams in the other group
Pool standing procedure 1. Match points 2. Numbers of matches won 3. Sets ratio 4. Points ratio
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
Results
First round
Site A
Site B
Second round
Site A
Site B
Third round
Site A
Site B
Fourth round
Site A
Site B
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Awards
Most Valuable PlayerMVP Carolina Costagrande (Image) Carolina Costagrande Best scorerAwarding Ceremony (Image) Bethania de la Cruz Best spiker Destinee Hooker Best blocker Christiane Furst Best server Bethania de la Cruz Best digger Yuko Sano Best setter Yoshie Takeshita Best receiver Fabiana de Oliveira Best libero Nam Jie-youn
References
External links Official website