The 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament played by 16 countries starting 8 June 2012. The finals were held at the Beilun Sports and Arts Centre in Ningbo, China.CSV: FIVB announces pools for 2012 World Grand Prix (in Spanish)
Competing nations
Qualification process
Competition Date Venue Vacancies QualifiedFinal Round Host — — 1 2011 Pan-American Cup July 1–9, 2011 Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 2 (South America) 4(NORCECA) 2011 Asian Championship September 15–23, 2011 Taipei, Chinese Taipei 3 2011 European Championship Sep. 24 – Oct. 2, 2011 Serbia Italy 5 Play-OffFIVB: 2012 World Grand Prix qualified teams October 5, 2011 Oran, Algeria 1 Total 16
The best two South American teams and the best 4 NORCECA teams at the 2011 Pan-American Cup qualified. As China already qualified as host of the final round, the next best three teams at the 2011 Asian Championship qualified. The best African team and the next best Asian team at the 2011 Asian Championship had a play-off to determine the final spot.
Play-off Venue: Palais des Sports, Oran, Algeria
Chinese Taipei won by total points of the two legs: 141–138.
Squads
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
Calendar Though FIVB did not officially release or confirm the pool schedule until April 2012, almost all continental divisions posted the pool schedule in December 2011. The original list was released December 19, 2011; three days later on December 22 a new list was released to the public, with 4 minor changes involving Brazil's, Dominican Republic's and Germany's pools.Volleywood.net: 2012 World Grand Prix Pools – Updated In April 2012, FIVB officially confirmed the pool schedule that had been released on December 22, 2011.
Week 18–10 June 2012Group A:Macau, ChinaGroup B:Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicGroup C: Busan, South KoreaGroup D:Łódź, Poland
Week 215–17 June 2012Group E:São Bernardo do Campo, BrazilGroup F:Komaki, JapanGroup G:Foshan, ChinaGroup H:Belgrade, Serbia
Week 322–24 June 2012Group I:Osaka, JapanGroup J:Bangkok, ThailandGroup K:Luohe, ChinaGroup L:Taipei, Taiwan
Week 4 Final round27 June – 1st July 2012Ningbo
Preliminary round
Ranking China (finals host) and the top five teams in the preliminary round would advance to the final round.
All times are local for the host city.
First round
Pool A Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China
Pool B Venue: Palacio del Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Pool C Venue: Sajik Indoor Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea
Pool D Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
Second round
Pool E Venue: Adib Moises Dib Gymnasium, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Pool F Venue: Park Arena Komaki, Komaki, Japan
Pool G Venue: Lingnan Pearl Gymnasium, Foshan, China
Pool H Venue: Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia
Third round
Pool I Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
Pool J Venue: Keelawes 1 Gymnasium, Thai-Japanese Stadium, Thai-Japanese Bangkok Youth Center, Dindaeng, Bangkok, Thailand
Pool K Venue: Luohe Sports Center, Luohe, China
Pool L Venue: Fengshan Stadium, Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei
Final round
Final ranking
Pool final
Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China
All times are local for the host city.
Final standing
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Individual awards
Most valuable player:
Best scorer:
Best spiker:
Best blocker:
Best server:
Best receiver:
Best setter:
Best digger:
Best libero:
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