Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament will take place from November 20, 2011 to June 10, 2012.

Qualification summary

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	6 July 2005	Singapore	1	Great Britain
2011 World Cup	4–18 November 2011	Japan	3	Italy
				United States
				China
African Qualifier	2–4 February 2012	Blida	1	Algeria
North American Qualifier	29 Apr–5 May 2012	Tijuana	1	Dominican Republic
European Qualifier	1–6 May 2012	Ankara	1	Turkey
South American Qualifier	9–13 May 2012	São Carlos	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	19–27 May 2012	Tokyo	3	Russia
				South Korea
				Serbia
Asian Qualifier			1	Japan
Total			12

• The Asian Qualification Tournament will be combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament will qualify 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.

World Cup

Rank	Team
	Italy
	United States
	China
4	Japan
5	Brazil
6	Germany
7	Serbia
8	Dominican Republic
9	South Korea
10	Argentina
11	Algeria
12	Kenya

Continental qualification tournaments

Africa

• Venue: Blida, Algeria
• Dates: February 2–4, 2012
• All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Algeria	6	3	0	268	180	1.489	9	2	4.500
2	Kenya	5	2	1	258	254	1.016	7	5	1.400
3	Egypt	4	1	2	257	254	1.012	6	6	1.000
4	Seychelles	3	0	3	130	225	0.578	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Feb	16:00	Egypt	1–3	Algeria	20–25	25–23	17–25	20–25		82–98	Report
02 Feb	18:00	Seychelles	0–3	Kenya	15–25	21–25	23–25			59–75	Report
03 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–0	Seychelles	25–6	25–6	25–12			75–24	Report
03 Feb	17:00	Kenya	3–2	Egypt	25–23	23–25	25–13	20–25	16–14	109–100	Report
04 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–1	Kenya	25–16	25–21	20–25	25–12		95–74	Report
04 Feb	17:00	Egypt	3–0	Seychelles	25–18	25–8	25–21			75–47	Report

Europe

• Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
• Dates: May 1–6, 2012

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Turkey
2	Poland
3	Russia
	Germany
5	Netherlands
	Bulgaria
7	Serbia
	Croatia

North America

• Venue: High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
• Dates: Apr 29 – May 5, 2012

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Dominican Republic
2	Cuba
3	Puerto Rico
4	Canada
5	Mexico
6	Costa Rica
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Honduras

South America

• Venue: Ginásio Milton Olaio Filho, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
• Dates: May 9–13, 2012^[1]

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Brazil
2	Peru
3	Venezuela
4	Colombia
5	Argentina
	Uruguay
7	Chile

World qualification tournament

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
• Dates: May 19–27, 2012

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	South Korea
3	Serbia
4	Japan
5	Thailand
6	Cuba
7	Peru
8	Chinese Taipei

References

1. elpoli-pe. "Venezuela en el Pre-Olímpico".

• Qualification Process