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.

Competing nations

Qualification process

CompetitionDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Final Round Host——1
2011 Pan-American CupJuly 1–9, 2011vbw|BRAvbw|ARG

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 in 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. In April 2012 FIVB confirmed officially the pool schedule that was released December 22, 2011.

Preliminary round

Ranking

China and the top five teams in the preliminary round will advance to the final round.
All times are local for the host city.

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Second round

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Third round

Pool I

Pool J

Pool K

Pool L

Final round

Pool Final

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16



Individual awards

  • Most valuable player:
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  • Best scorer:
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  • Best spiker:
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  • Best blocker:
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  • Best server:
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  • Best receiver:
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  • Best setter:
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  • Best digger:
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  • Best libero:
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