Competitors 144 from 12 nations | Dates 28 Jul 2012 – 11 Aug 2012 | |
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Venue Earls Court Exhibition Centre | ||
The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC.
Contents
It was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 28 July to 11 August 2012.
Qualification
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 15, 2012.
Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.
Preliminary round
Teams played a round-robin schedule within the pool and those with the top four point totals advanced to a knockout round. Teams were awarded three points for a 3–0 or 3–1 win, two points for a 3–2 win, one point for a 3–2 loss, and zero points for a 3–0 or 3–1 loss. If at the end of pool play teams are tied the tiebreakers are (1) most wins, (2) set win ratio, (3) points ratio, and (4) head-to-head. If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are applied only to the matches between tied teams.