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2012 FIVB Volleyball World League
International sport competition
International sport competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | World League |
| continent | World |
| year | 2012 |
| logo | Арена Армеец София.jpg |
| size | 250px |
| caption | The Arena Armeec hosted the final |
| host | |
| city | Sofia (Final) |
| dates | 18 May – 8 July |
| teams | 16 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | 16 |
| cities | 16 |
| champions | POL |
| title_number | 1 |
| second | USA |
| third | CUB |
| fourth | BUL |
| mvp | POL Bartosz Kurek |
| website | [FIVB World League](http://worldleague.2012.fivb.com/en) |
| last | 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League |
| next | 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League |
The 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 23rd edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 18 May to 8 July 2012. The Final Round was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Qualification
Main article: 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification
- Top 13 teams of the 2011 edition and directly qualified.
- and qualified through the qualification.
| Asia and Oceania | Europe | North America | South America |
|---|
Pools composition
The pools were announced on 17 December 2011.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
|---|
Squads
Main article: 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League squads
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
Intercontinental round
- All times are local.
- The Final Round hosts Bulgaria, the winners of each pool and the best second place team among all pools will qualify for the Final Round. If Bulgaria are ranked first in Pool D, the two best second place teams of all pools will qualify for the Final Round.
- The schedule was confirmed on 10 February 2012.
Pool A
Week 1
- Venue: JPN Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu, Japan
Week 2
- Venue: DOM Palacio del Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Week 3
- Venue: RUS Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia
Week 4
- Venue: SRB SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Pool B
Week 1
- Venue: CAN Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Week 2
- Venue: POL Spodek, Katowice, Poland
Week 3
- Venue: BRA Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Week 4
- Venue: FIN Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland
Pool C
Week 1
- Venue: ITA Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, Italy
Week 2
- Venue: FRA Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, France
Week 3
- Venue: KOR Yeomju Gymnasium, Gwangju, South Korea
Week 4
- Venue: USA Dallas Convention Center Arena, Dallas, United States
Pool D
Week 1
- Venue: GER Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
Week 2
- Venue: ARG Polideportivo Almirante Brown, Burzaco, Argentina
Week 3
- Venue: POR Pavilhão Multiusos, Guimarães, Portugal
Week 4
- Venue: BUL Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria
Final round
- Venue: BUL Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool play
Pool E
Pool F
Final four
|7 July||3||0 |7 July||3||0 |8 July||3||0 |8 July||3||2
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 |
| Anastasi |
|---|
Awards
- Most valuable player
- : POL Bartosz Kurek
- Best scorer
- : BUL Todor Aleksiev
- Best spiker
- : POL Zbigniew Bartman
- Best blocker
- : POL Marcin Możdżonek
- Best server
- : USA Clayton Stanley
- Best setter
- : BUL Georgi Bratoev
- Best receiver
- : BUL Todor Aleksiev
- Best libero
- : POL Krzysztof Ignaczak
References
References
- (2011-12-17). "World League 2012 pools and format finalized". fivb.org.
- (2012-02-10). "FIVB confirms schedule for World League 2012". fivb.org.
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