2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

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.^[1][2]

2012 FIVB World Grand Prix

Tournament details
Host nation	China (Final)
Dates	8 June – 1 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament awards
MVP	Megan Hodge (USA)
Official website
fivb.com
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Competing nations

Qualification process

Competition	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Final Round Host	—	—	1	China
2011 Pan-American Cup	July 1–9, 2011	Ciudad Juarez, Mexico	2 (South America)[1]	Brazil  Argentina
			4 (NORCECA)[1]	Dominican Republic  United States  Cuba  Puerto Rico
2011 Asian Championship	September 15–23, 2011	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	3[2]	Japan  South Korea  Thailand
2011 European Championship	Sep. 24 – Oct. 2, 2011	Serbia Italy	5	Serbia  Germany  Turkey  Italy  Poland
Play-Off[3]	October 5, 2011	Oran, Algeria	1[3]	Chinese Taipei
Total			16

• ^[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^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Algeria	1–1	Chinese Taipei	0–3	3–0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	14:06	Algeria	0–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	24–26	20–25			63–76	P2 P3
28 Apr	14:00	Algeria	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–23	25–19			75–65	P2 P3

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;^[1] 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.^[5] In April 2012 FIVB confirmed officially the pool schedule that was released December 22, 2011.^[6]

Week 1 8–10 June 2012
Group A: Macau, China	Group B: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Group C: Busan, South Korea	Group D: Łódź, Poland
Puerto Rico  China  Thailand  Argentina	United States  Germany  Dominican Republic  Chinese Taipei	Japan  Cuba  South Korea  Turkey	Poland  Serbia  Italy  Brazil
Week 2 15–17 June 2012
Group E: São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil	Group F: Komaki, Japan	Group G: Foshan, China	Group H: Belgrade, Serbia
Brazil  Germany  Italy  United States	Japan  Dominican Republic  Thailand  Puerto Rico	Poland  China  Chinese Taipei  South Korea	Cuba  Serbia  Turkey  Argentina
Week 3 22–24 June 2012
Group I: Osaka, Japan	Group J: Bangkok, Thailand	Group K: Luohe, China	Group L: Taipei, Taiwan
Japan  Germany  South Korea  Turkey	United States  Serbia  Thailand  Argentina	Brazil  China  Cuba  Puerto Rico	Italy  Poland  Dominican Republic  Chinese Taipei
Week 4 Final Round 27 June – 1st July 2012
Ningbo
China  United States  Turkey  Thailand  Brazil  Cuba

Preliminary round

Ranking

China (finals host) and the top five teams in the preliminary round will advance to the final round.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	9	9	0	27	720	525	1.371	27	2	13.500	Final round
2	China	9	8	1	23	766	622	1.232	24	8	3.000	Hosts for the Final round
3	Turkey	9	7	2	21	808	738	1.095	23	12	1.917	Final round
4	Thailand	9	7	2	20	709	633	1.120	22	10	2.200
5	Brazil	9	8	1	19	873	774	1.128	25	14	1.786
6	Cuba	9	6	3	19	809	747	1.083	23	13	1.769
7	Germany	9	6	3	18	709	621	1.142	20	11	1.818
8	Poland	9	5	4	16	789	740	1.066	20	15	1.333
9	Japan	9	4	5	13	721	720	1.001	17	16	1.063
10	Italy	9	4	5	13	773	772	1.001	16	19	0.842
11	Serbia	9	3	6	11	720	750	0.960	15	19	0.789
12	Dominican Republic	9	2	7	7	617	725	0.851	9	22	0.409
13	Puerto Rico	9	2	7	5	608	751	0.810	8	24	0.333
14	South Korea	9	1	8	4	673	798	0.843	8	25	0.320
15	Argentina	9	0	9	0	584	759	0.769	4	27	0.148
16	Chinese Taipei	9	0	9	0	542	746	0.727	3	27	0.111

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local for the host city.

First round

Pool A

• Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China^[7]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	17:20	Argentina	0–3	Thailand	18–25	9–25	22–25			49–75	P2 P3
8 Jun	20:50	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	25–19	25–16			75–50	P2 P3
9 Jun	14:50	Puerto Rico	0–3	Thailand	21–25	20–25	22–25			63–75	P2 P3
9 Jun	17:20	Argentina	1–3	China	25–23	18–25	22–25	18–25		83–98	P2 P3
10 Jun	12:50	Argentina	1–3	Puerto Rico	20–25	16–25	25–16	17–25		78–91	P2 P3
10 Jun	15:20	China	3–1	Thailand	18–25	25–20	25–18	25–19		93–82	P2 P3

Pool B

• Venue: Palacio del Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic^[8]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	17:00	Germany	1–3	United States	17–25	15–25	25–23	11–25		68–98	P2 P3
8 Jun	19:30	Dominican Republic	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–19	25–18			75–60	P2 P3
9 Jun	17:00	United States	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–10	25–22	25–12			75–44	P2 P3
9 Jun	19:30	Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–16	25–18	25–19			75–53	P2 P3
10 Jun	14:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Germany	11–25	15–25	15–25			41–75	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	18–25	19–25	15–25			52–75	P2 P3

Pool C

• Venue: Sajik Indoor Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea^[9]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	14:00	Japan	0–3	Turkey	19–25	21–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3
8 Jun	16:30	South Korea	2–3	Cuba	25–23	25–27	18–25	25–23	11–15	104–113	P2 P3
9 Jun	14:00	South Korea	1–3	Turkey	18–25	25–22	21–25	14–25		78–97	P2 P3
9 Jun	16:30	Japan	1–3	Cuba	20–25	25–20	18–25	20–25		83–95	P2 P3
10 Jun	14:00	South Korea	1–3	Japan	19–25	25–23	19–25	22–25		85–98	P2 P3
10 Jun	16:30	Cuba	3–1	Turkey	25–20	21–25	25–17	25–20		96–82	P2 P3

Pool D

• Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland^[10]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	17:30	Italy	2–3	Brazil	25–18	22–25	21–25	25–20	6–15	99–103	P2 P3
8 Jun	20:00	Poland	3–2	Serbia	24–26	25–22	20–25	25–16	15–10	109–99	P2 P3
9 Jun	12:30	Serbia	2–3	Brazil	25–21	18–25	23–25	25–23	5–15	96–109	P2 P3
9 Jun	15:00	Poland	1–3	Italy	22–25	25–23	20–25	29–31		96–104	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:30	Italy	0–3	Serbia	18–25	14–25	23–25			55–75	P2 P3
10 Jun	20:00	Poland	2–3	Brazil	15–25	13–25	25–23	25–22	10–15	88–110	P2 P3

Second round

Pool E

• Venue: Adib Moises Dib Gymnasium, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil^[11]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jun	18:20	Italy	0–3	United States	25–27	20–25	17–25			62–77	P2 P3
15 Jun	20:20	Brazil	3–1	Germany	18–25	25–14	25–18	26–24		94–81	P2 P3
16 Jun	18:20	United States	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–23	25–17			75–63	P2 P3
16 Jun	20:20	Brazil	3–2	Italy	26–24	14–25	25–15	24–26	16–14	105–104	P2 P3
17 Jun	13:20	Brazil	1–3	United States	25–20	18–25	18–25	23–25		84–95	P2 P3
17 Jun	15:20	Germany	3–0	Italy	30–28	25–13	26–24			81–65	P2 P3

Pool F

• Venue: Park Arena Komaki, Komaki, Japan^[12]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jun	15:20	Thailand	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–18	19–25	25–11	25–19		94–73	P2 P3
15 Jun	18:20	Japan	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–13	25–18			75–48	P2 P3
16 Jun	15:20	Dominican Republic	0–3	Thailand	14–25	22–25	19–25			55–75	P2 P3
16 Jun	18:20	Japan	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–18	25–16			75–54	P2 P3
17 Jun	15:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	Puerto Rico	19–25	25–21	23–25	25–21	12–15	104–107	P2 P3
17 Jun	18:00	Japan	2–3	Thailand	15–25	25–16	25–22	19–25	16–18	100–106	P2 P3

Pool G

• Venue: Lingnan Pearl Gymnasium, Foshan, China^[13]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jun	16:00	South Korea	0–3	Poland	17–25	16–25	22–25			55–75	P2 P3
15 Jun	19:30	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–13	25–17	25–19			75–49	P2 P3
16 Jun	16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Poland	10–25	24–26	19–25			53–76	P2 P3
16 Jun	19:30	China	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–16	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
17 Jun	16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	South Korea	21–25	29–27	20–25	20–25		90–102	P2 P3
17 Jun	15:20	China	3–0	Poland	25–19	25–17	29–27			79–63	P2 P3

Pool H

• Venue: Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia^[14]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Jun	17:20	Serbia	3–1	Argentina	25–23	23–25	25–22	25–17		98–87	P2 P3
15 Jun	20:05	Cuba	1–3	Turkey	16–25	25–20	20–25	20–25		81–95	P2 P3
16 Jun	17:20	Cuba	3–0	Serbia	25–14	25–15	25–17			75–46	P2 P3
16 Jun	20:05	Turkey	3–1	Argentina	25–15	25–20	21–25	25–15		96–75	P2 P3
17 Jun	17:20	Serbia	1–3	Turkey	21–25	25–16	22–25	21–25		89–91	P2 P3
17 Jun	20:05	Argentina	0–3	Cuba	16–25	19–25	19–25			54–75	P2 P3

Third round

Pool I

• Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan^[15]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jun	15:20	South Korea	1–3	Turkey	18–25	26–28	25–20	13–25		82–98	P2 P3
22 Jun	18:20	Japan	1–3	Germany	22–25	12–25	25–17	16–25		75–92	P2 P3
23 Jun	15:20	Germany	3–0	South Korea	25–10	25–14	25–20			75–44	P2 P3
23 Jun	18:20	Japan	1–3	Turkey	25–23	14–25	21–25	17–25		77–98	P2 P3
24 Jun	15:00	Germany	3–1	Turkey	24–26	25–17	25–18	25–15		99–76	P2 P3
24 Jun	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–20	27–25			77–67	P2 P3

Pool J

• Venue: Keelawes 1 Gymnasium, Thai-Japanese Stadium, Thai-Japanese Bangkok Youth Center, Dindaeng, Bangkok, Thailand^[16]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jun	13:50	Serbia	0–3	United States	19–25	23–25	18–25			60–75	P2 P3
22 Jun	16:20	Thailand	3–0	Argentina	25–15	25–16	25–13			75–44	P2 P3
23 Jun	13:50	United States	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–17	25–12			75–52	P2 P3
23 Jun	16:20	Serbia	1–3	Thailand	25–12	16–25	19–25	21–25		81–87	P2 P3
24 Jun	13:50	Argentina	0–3	Serbia	16–25	22–25	24–26			62–76	P2 P3
24 Jun	16:20	United States	3–0	Thailand	25–16	25–17	25–7			75–40	P2 P3

Pool K

• Venue: Luohe Sports Center, Luohe, China^[17]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jun	16:00	China	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–16	25–27	25–11	25–13		100–67	P2 P3
22 Jun	19:30	Cuba	2–3	Brazil	31–29	18–25	19–25	26–24	8–15	102–118	P2 P3
23 Jun	16:00	China	3–2	Cuba	22–25	25–16	25–22	23–25	15–9	110–97	P2 P3
23 Jun	19:30	Puerto Rico	0–3	Brazil	17–25	12–25	19–25			48–75	P2 P3
24 Jun	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	P2 P3
24 Jun	19:30	China	0–3	Brazil	20–25	22–25	19–25			61–75	P2 P3

Pool L

• Venue: Fengshan Stadium, Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei^[18]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jun	16:00	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–17	25–27	25–21		100–85	P2 P3
22 Jun	19:30	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Poland	16–25	25–22	20–25	21–25		82–97	P2 P3
23 Jun	16:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Italy	10–25	13–25	17–25			40–75	P2 P3
23 Jun	19:30	Poland	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–16	25–19	25–14			75–49	P2 P3
24 Jun	16:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	25–21	18–25	22–25		83–96	P2 P3
24 Jun	19:30	Italy	3–2	Poland	23–25	20–25	26–24	25–22	15–13	109–110	P2 P3

Final round

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR
1	United States	5	5	0	10	443	396	1.119	15	4	3.750
2	Brazil	5	4	1	9	446	362	1.232	14	5	2.800
3	Turkey	5	3	2	8	437	430	1.016	11	8	1.375
4	Thailand	5	2	3	7	431	456	0.945	8	11	0.727
5	China	5	1	4	6	437	450	0.971	7	12	0.583
6	Cuba	5	0	5	5	281	381	0.738	0	15	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool Final

• Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	13:00	Brazil	2–3	United States	19–25	20–25	25–20	25–13	13–15	102–98	P2 P3
27 Jun	15:30	Thailand	1–3	Turkey	22–25	21–25	25–20	24–26		92–96	P2 P3
27 Jun	19:30	China	3–0	Cuba	25–22	25–22	25–17			75–61	P2 P3
28 Jun	13:00	United States	3–1	Thailand	25–18	27–25	18–25	25–18		95–86	P2 P3
28 Jun	15:30	Cuba	0–3	Turkey	23–25	9–25	20–25			52–75	P2 P3
28 Jun	19:30	China	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–21	19–25	18–25		83–96	P2 P3
29 Jun	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	25–17	25–12	25–14			75–43	P2 P3
29 Jun	15:30	Turkey	1–3	United States	18–25	23–25	25–21	20–25		86–96	P2 P3
29 Jun	19:30	China	2–3	Thailand	25–21	22–25	32–34	25–21	13–15	117–116	P2 P3
30 Jun	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–23	25–14			75–57	P2 P3
30 Jun	15:30	Cuba	0–3	United States	14–25	24–26	14–25			52–76	P2 P3
30 Jun	19:30	China	1–3	Turkey	26–24	22–25	23–25	21–25		92–99	P2 P3
1 Jul	13:00	Turkey	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–23	20–25	15–25		81–98	P2 P3
1 Jul	15:30	Thailand	3–0	Cuba	25–22	30–28	25–23			80–73	P2 P3
1 Jul	19:30	China	0–3	United States	24–26	21–25	25–27			70–78	P2 P3

• All times are local for the host city.

Final standing

Rank Team  United States  Brazil  Turkey 4  Thailand 5  China 6  Cuba 7  Germany 8  Poland 9  Japan 10  Italy 11  Serbia 12  Dominican Republic 13  Puerto Rico 14  South Korea 15  Argentina 16  Chinese Taipei

2012 FIVB World Grand Prix winners  United States Fifth title Team roster: Alisha Glass, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Nicole Davis, Heather Bown, Cynthia Barboza, Nancy Metcalf, Christa Harmotto, Megan Hodge, Tamari Miyashiro, Courtney Thompson, Kristin Richards. Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon

Individual awards

• Most valuable player:^[19]
  •  Megan Hodge (USA)
• Best scorer:
  •  Megan Hodge (USA)
• Best spiker:
  •  Yoana Palacios (CUB)
• Best blocker:
  •  Thaísa Menezes (BRA)
• Best server:
  •  Neslihan Darnel (TUR)
• Best receiver:
  •  Gülden Kayalar (TUR)
• Best setter:
  •  Nootsara Tomkom (THA)
• Best digger:
  •  Zhang Xian (CHN)
• Best libero:
  •  Zhang Xian (CHN)

References

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3. FIVB: 2012 World Grand Prix qualified teams
4. FIVB (2012-04-27). "Algeria and Chinese Taipei set for collision course in World Grand Prix Playoff".
5. Volleywood.net: 2012 World Grand Prix Pools – Updated
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17. FIVB. "2012 World Grand Prix – Pool K".
18. FIVB. "2012 World Grand Prix – Pool L".
19. FIVB (2012-07-01). "USA complete World Grand Prix title hat-trick". Retrieved 2012-07-01.