2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

Competing nations

Qualification process

• [1] The best two South American teams and the best 4 NORCECA teams at the 2011 Pan-American Cup qualified.
• [2] As China already qualified as host of the Final Round, the next best three teams at the 2011 Asian Championship qualified.
• [3] 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 wins by total points of the two legs 141–138

Squads

Main article: 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix 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. In April 2012 FIVB confirmed officially the pool schedule that was released December 22, 2011.

Preliminary round

Ranking

China (finals host) and the top five teams in the preliminary round will 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

Individual awards

• Most valuable player:
  • Megan Hodge
• Best scorer:
  • Megan Hodge
• Best spiker:
  • Yoana Palacios
• Best blocker:
  • Thaísa Menezes
• Best server:
  • Neslihan Darnel
• Best receiver:
  • Gülden Kayalar
• Best setter:
  • Nootsara Tomkom
• Best digger:
  • Zhang Xian
• Best libero:
  • Zhang Xian

References

References

1. CSV: [http://voleysur.org/v1/noticias_esp.asp?id=2603 FIVB announces pools for 2012 World Grand Prix] (In Spanish)
2. FIVB. "Venue for the 2012 World Grand Prix Finals".
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4. FIVB. (2012-04-27). "Algeria and Chinese Taipei set for collision course in World Grand Prix Playoff".
5. [http://www.volleywood.net Volleywood.net]: [http://www.volleywood.net/volleyball-features/in-the-spotlight/2012-world-grand-prix-pools/ 2012 World Grand Prix Pools – Updated]
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