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Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Date	29 July – 12 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Russia (1st title)  Brazil  Italy
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The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 13th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, 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.^[1]

Russia won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against Brazil.

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 4 January 2012.^[2] 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.

More information Pool A, Pool B ...

Pool A	Pool B
Great Britain (Hosts)	Brazil (1)
Italy (3)	Russia (2)
Poland (4)	United States (6)
Argentina (8)	Serbia (7)
Bulgaria (9)	Germany (13)
Australia (22)	Tunisia (18)

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1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

• All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
• The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Bulgaria	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	407	390	1.044
2	Poland	5	3	2	9	11	7	1.571	433	374	1.158
3	Argentina	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	382	367	1.041
4	Italy	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	426	413	1.031
5	Australia	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	395	397	0.995
6	Great Britain	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	274	376	0.729

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29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 09:30	Great Britain	0–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(18–25, 20–25, 24–26) Results Statistics

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 14:45	Australia	0–3	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Susana Rodriguez (ESP)
	(21–25, 22–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 20:00	Italy	1–3	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(25–21, 20–25, 23–25, 14–25) Results Statistics

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31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 11:40	Poland	1–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,300 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(22–25, 27–29, 25–13, 23–25) Results Statistics

31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 14:45	Italy	3–1	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(25–17, 21–25, 25–17, 25–23) Results Statistics

31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 20:00	Great Britain	0–3	Australia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(15–25, 18–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

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2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 12:20	Australia	0–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(23–25, 21–25, 22–25) Results Statistics

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 16:45	Poland	3–0	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–18, 25–20, 25–16) Results Statistics

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 22:30	Great Britain	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 16–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

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4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 11:30	Great Britain	0–3	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,900 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(16–25, 19–25, 18–25) Results Statistics

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 14:45	Australia	2–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(25–21, 25–18, 21–25, 14–25, 13–15) Results Statistics

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 20:30	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(25–18, 21–25, 25–19, 25–20) Results Statistics

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6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 09:30	Australia	3–1	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Andrey Zenovich (RUS)
	(25–21, 25–22, 18–25, 25–22) Results Statistics

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 14:45	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(30–32, 20–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,750 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(18–25, 18–25, 15–25) Results Statistics

Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	United States	5	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	427	370	1.154
2	Brazil	5	4	1	11	13	5	2.600	418	379	1.103
3	Russia	5	4	1	11	12	5	2.400	408	352	1.159
4	Germany	5	2	3	5	6	11	0.545	379	388	0.977
5	Serbia	5	1	4	5	7	13	0.538	413	455	0.908
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	294	395	0.744

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29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 11:30	Russia	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(31–29, 25–18, 25–17) Results Statistics

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 16:45	United States	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–21) Results Statistics

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 22:20	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Brian McDougall (GBR)
	(25–17, 25–21, 25–18) Results Statistics

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31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 09:30	Serbia	3–1	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Jose Velez (PUR)
	(25–15, 25–21, 20–25, 25–18) Results Statistics

31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 17:03	United States	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Nasr Shaaban (EGY), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–23, 25–16, 25–20) Results Statistics

31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 22:00	Brazil	3–0	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,800 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Wang Ning (CHN)
	(25–21, 25–23, 25–21) Results Statistics

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2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 09:30	Serbia	2–3	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–22, 29–27, 18–25, 20–25, 18–20) Results Statistics

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 14:45	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Mitchell Davidson (CAN)
	(25–21, 25–15, 25–23) Results Statistics

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 20:00	Brazil	1–3	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Jose Velez (PUR)
	(25–23, 25–27, 19–25, 17–25) Results Statistics

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4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 09:30	Germany	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Brian McDougall (GBR), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–15, 25–16, 25–16) Results Statistics

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 17:10	Russia	3–2	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,650 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(27–29, 19–25, 26–24, 25–16, 15–8) Results Statistics

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 22:45	Brazil	3–2	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(22–25, 25–15, 20–25, 25–22, 15–9) Results Statistics

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6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 11:55	Russia	3–0	Serbia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Susana Rodriguez (ESP)
	(25–15, 25–20, 25–17) Results Statistics

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 20:00	United States	3–0	Tunisia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Mitchell Davidson (CAN)
	(25–15, 25–19, 25–19) Results Statistics

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 22:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Simone Santi (ITA), Karin Zahorcova (CZE)
	(25–21, 25–22, 25–19) Results Statistics

• All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
• The first ranked teams of both pools played against the fourth ranked teams of the other pool. The second ranked teams faced the second or third ranked teams of the other pool, determined by drawing of lots. The drawing of lots was held after the last match in the preliminary round.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	8 August
	Bulgaria	3
					10 August
	Germany	0
					Bulgaria	1
	8 August
					Russia	3
	Poland	0
									12 August
	Russia	3
									Russia	3
	8 August
									Brazil	2
	Argentina	0
					10 August
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
	8 August
					Italy	0			Bronze medal match
	United States	0
									12 August
	Italy	3
									Bulgaria	1
									Italy	3

Quarterfinals

8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) 14:00	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Simone Santi (ITA)
	(19–25, 17–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) 16:00	United States	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(26–28, 20–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) 19:30	Poland	0–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(17–25, 23–25, 21–25) Results Statistics

8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) 21:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Germany	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(25–20, 25–16, 25–14) Results Statistics

Semifinals

10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) 15:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(21–25, 15–25, 25–23, 23–25) Results Statistics

10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) 19:30	Brazil	3–0	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–21, 25–12, 25–21) Results Statistics

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) 09:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(19–25, 25–23, 22–25, 21–25) Results Statistics

Gold medal match

12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) 13:00	Russia	3–2	Brazil	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Akihiko Tano (JPN)
	(19–25, 20–25, 29–27, 25–22, 15–9) Results Statistics

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