Competitors 144 from 12 nations | Dates 29 Jul 2012 – 12 Aug 2012 | |
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Venue Earls Court Exhibition Centre | ||
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 13th edition of the event at an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in London, United Kingdom from 29 July to 12 August 2012.
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Russia won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against Brazil.
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 4 January 2012. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 92nd.
Pool standing procedure
- Match points
- Number of matches won
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
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
Preliminary round
Final round
References
Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA