Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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.

Men's indoor volleyball qualification

Details of the men's qualification follow:

Women's indoor volleyball qualification

Details of the women's qualification follow:

• The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament won the Olympic spots as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team except the top 3 winners qualify as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

Men's beach volleyball qualification

Women's beach volleyball qualification

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

References

External links

Media related to Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Beach Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Official results book – Volleyball. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
• Official results book – Beach Volleyball. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
• Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Beach Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB.org)