Teams 16 | Dates 8 June – 1 July Venues 1 (in 1 host city) | |
Champions United States (5th title) | ||
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.
Contents
Qualification process
Play-off
Chinese Taipei wins by total points of the two legs 141–138
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 on 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. On April 2012 FIVB confirmed officially the pool schedule that was released December 22, 2011.
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.