Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Women's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueHorse Guards Parade
Dates28 July – 8 August
Competitors48 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Misty May-Treanor
Kerri Walsh Jennings
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jennifer Kessy
April Ross
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Juliana Felisberta
Larissa França
 Brazil
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The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom, took place between July 28, 2012 and August 8, 2012 at Horse Guards Parade.[1]

Twenty-four pairs of competitors were taking part, including one from Great Britain as the host country, and a maximum of two from each other nation. Sixteen qualified through positioning in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings as of 17 June 2012, five others earned their places at the 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, and the final three from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification tournament.[2]

By virtue of the two American pairings winning gold and silver, this marked the second time in Olympic history the top two women's teams were both from the same country, the first being Brazil back in 1996 when the event debuted.

Qualification

Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012) 16  Brazil
 China
 United States
 Brazil
 United States
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Germany
 Czech Republic
 Spain
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Austria
 Australia
 Czech Republic
 Greece
2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012) 5  Mauritius (Africa)
 Argentina (South America)
 Russia (Europe)
 Canada (North America)
 Australia (Asia/Oceania)
Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012) 2  Netherlands
 Russia
Host nation 1  Great Britain
Total 24

Seeds

Rank Team NOC
1 Juliana FelisbertaLarissa França  Brazil
2 Xue ChenZhang Xi  China
3 Misty May-TreanorKerri Walsh Jennings  United States
4 Jennifer KessyApril Ross  United States
5 Maria AntonelliTalita Antunes  Brazil
6 Zara DampneyShauna Mullin  Great Britain
7 Greta CicolariMarta Menegatti  Italy
8 Sara GollerLaura Ludwig  Germany
9 Sanne KeizerMarleen van Iersel  Netherlands
10 Kristýna KolocováMarkéta Sluková  Czech Republic
11 Simone KuhnNadine Zumkehr  Switzerland
12 Katrin HoltwickIlka Semmler  Germany
13 Lenka HáječkováHana Klapalová  Czech Republic
14 Vassiliki ArvanitiMaria Tsiartsiani  Greece
15 Doris SchwaigerStefanie Schwaiger  Austria
16 Elsa BaquerizoLiliana Fernández  Spain
17 Louise BawdenBecchara Palmer  Australia
18 Ekaterina KhomyakovaEvgenia Ukolova  Russia
19 Marie-Andrée LessardAnnie Martin  Canada
20 Madelein MeppelinkSophie van Gestel  Netherlands
21 Ana GallayMaría Zonta  Argentina
22 Natalie CookTamsin Hinchley  Australia
23 Anastasia VasinaAnna Vozakova  Russia
24 Natacha RigobertElodie Li Yuk Lo  Mauritius

Preliminary round

The composition of the preliminary rounds was announced confirmed on 19 July 2012 in a draw held in Klagenfurt, Austria.[3]

Teams are awarded two points for a win and one for a loss.[4] If two teams are tied at the end of pool play, the tiebreakers is their head-to-head match.[4] If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are (1) points ratio between tied teams, (2) points ratio within pool, and (3) tournament seed.[4] The two best teams from each group advance to the round of 16. The two best third-placed teams also qualify. Two 'lucky loser' matches qualify two more of the third-placed teams.[5]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  JulianaLarissa (BRA) 3 3 0 6 6 0 MAX 126 76 1.658 Round of 16
2  HoltwickSemmler (GER) 3 2 1 5 4 2 2.000 115 97 1.186
3  HáječkováKlapalová (CZE) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 106 105 1.010 Third place/'lucky loser' play-offs
4  RigobertLi Yuk Lo (MRI) 3 0 3 3 0 6 0.000 57 126 0.452 Eliminated
28 July 2012
10:00
 HoltwickSemmler (GER) 2–0  HáječkováKlapalová (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–16, 21–18)
Report

28 July 2012
17:30
 JulianaLarissa (BRA) 2–0  RigobertLi Yuk Lo (MRI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–5, 21–10)
Report

30 July 2012
09:00
 HáječkováKlapalová (CZE) 2–0  RigobertLi Yuk Lo (MRI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–10, 21–11)
Report

30 July 2012
15:30
 JulianaLarissa (BRA) 2–0  HoltwickSemmler (GER) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–13)
Report

1 August 2012
10:00
 HoltwickSemmler (GER) 2–0  RigobertLi Yuk Lo (MRI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–11, 21–10)
Report

1 August 2012
15:30
 JulianaLarissa (BRA) 2–0  HáječkováKlapalová (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–12, 21–18)
Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  VasinaVozakova (RUS) 3 2 1 5 5 4 1.250 156 150 1.040 Round of 16
2  XueZhang (CHN) 3 2 1 5 5 3 1.667 143 135 1.059
3  KuhnZumkehr (SUI) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 136 139 0.978
4  ArvanitiTsiartsiani (GRE) 3 1 2 4 2 5 0.400 119 130 0.915 Eliminated
28 July 2012
09:00
 XueZhang (CHN) 1–2  VasinaVozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 14–21, 14–16)
Report

28 July 2012
21:00
 KuhnZumkehr (SUI) 2–0  ArvanitiTsiartsiani (GRE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–13, 21–19)
Report

30 July 2012
10:00
 XueZhang (CHN) 2–1  KuhnZumkehr (SUI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 16–21, 15–8)
Report

30 July 2012
16:30
 ArvanitiTsiartsiani (GRE) 2–1  VasinaVozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 21–13, 15–12)
Report

1 August 2012
09:00
 XueZhang (CHN) 2–0  ArvanitiTsiartsiani (GRE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–17, 21–16)
Report

1 August 2012
14:30
 KuhnZumkehr (SUI) 1–2  VasinaVozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–19, 9–15)
Report

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 3 3 0 6 6 1 6.000 137 109 1.257 Round of 16
2  KolocováSluková (CZE) 3 2 1 5 4 4 1.000 133 137 0.971
3  SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) 3 1 2 4 4 5 0.800 141 150 0.940 Third place/'lucky loser' play-offs
4  CookHinchley (AUS) 3 0 3 3 2 6 0.333 136 151 0.901 Eliminated
28 July 2012
14:30
 KolocováSluková (CZE) 2–1  SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) Horse Guards Parade
(10–21, 21–13, 15–13)
Report

28 July 2012
23:00
 May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 2–0  CookHinchley (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–19)
Report

30 July 2012
22:00
 SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) 2–1  CookHinchley (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 22–20, 15–10)
Report

30 July 2012
23:00
 May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 2–0  KolocováSluková (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–14, 21–19)
Report

1 August 2012
22:00
 KolocováSluková (CZE) 2–1  CookHinchley (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–16, 18–21, 15–11)
Report

1 August 2012
23:00
 May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 2–1  SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–8, 15–10)
Report

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  KessyRoss (USA) 3 3 0 6 6 2 3.000 149 130 1.146 Round of 16
2  BaquerizoFernández (ESP) 3 2 1 5 5 3 1.667 150 143 1.049
3  Keizervan Iersel (NED) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 134 126 1.063
4  GallayZonta (ARG) 3 0 3 3 0 6 0.000 93 127 0.732 Eliminated
29 July 2012
12:00
 Keizervan Iersel (NED) 1–2  BaquerizoFernández (ESP) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Miguel Rivera Ramirez (MEX), Wang Leijun (CHN)
(21–14, 16–21, 11–15)
Report

29 July 2012
21:00
 KessyRoss (USA) 2–0  GallayZonta (ARG) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Wang Leijun (CHN), Catriona Tweedie (AUS)
(21–11, 21–18)
Report

31 July 2012
11:00
 BaquerizoFernández (ESP) 2–0  GallayZonta (ARG) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Miguel Rivera Ramirez (MEX), Marc Berard (FRA)
(22–20, 21–16)
Report

31 July 2012
23:00
 KessyRoss (USA) 2–1  Keizervan Iersel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Wang Leijun (CHN)
(21–15, 12–21, 15–8)
Report

2 August 2012
11:00
 Keizervan Iersel (NED) 2–0  GallayZonta (ARG) Horse Guards Parade
(21–12, 21–16)
Report

2 August 2012
16:30
 KessyRoss (USA) 2–1  BaquerizoFernández (ESP) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Richard Casutt (NZL), Wang Leijun (CHN)
(21–19, 19–21, 19–17)
Report

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  MariaTalita (BRA) 3 3 0 6 6 2 3.000 161 138 1.167 Round of 16
2  GollerLudwig (GER) 3 2 1 5 5 3 1.667 160 144 1.111
3  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 103 118 0.873 Third place/'lucky loser' play-offs
4  BawdenPalmer (AUS) 3 0 3 3 2 6 0.333 127 151 0.841 Eliminated
29 July 2012
16:30
 GollerLudwig (GER) 2–1  BawdenPalmer (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 19–21, 15–8)
Report

29 July 2012
20:00
 MariaTalita (BRA) 2–0  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(21–10, 21–19)
Report

31 July 2012
12:00
 MariaTalita (BRA) 2–1  GollerLudwig (GER) Horse Guards Parade
(21–19, 29–31, 15–13)
Report

31 July 2012
16:30
 BawdenPalmer (AUS) 0–2  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(19–21, 15–21)
Report

2 August 2012
14:30
 GollerLudwig (GER) 2–0  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–14)
Report

2 August 2012
17:30
 MariaTalita (BRA) 2–1  BawdenPalmer (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 21–16, 15–9)
Report

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  CicolariMenegatti (ITA) 3 3 0 6 6 2 3.000 154 124 1.242 Round of 16
2  KhomyakovaUkolova (RUS) 3 2 1 5 5 3 1.667 157 150 1.047
3  DampneyMullin (GBR) 3 1 2 4 2 5 0.400 119 136 0.875 Third place/'lucky loser' play-offs
4  LessardMartin (CAN) 3 0 3 3 3 6 0.500 156 176 0.886 Eliminated
29 July 2012
09:00
 CicolariMenegatti (ITA) 2–1  KhomyakovaUkolova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–18, 15–8)
Report

29 July 2012
17:30
 DampneyMullin (GBR) 2–1  LessardMartin (CAN) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–14, 15–13)
Report

31 July 2012
17:30
 DampneyMullin (GBR) 0–2  CicolariMenegatti (ITA) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 12–21)
Report

31 July 2012
20:00
 KhomyakovaUkolova (RUS) 2–1  LessardMartin (CAN) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 28–30, 15–13)
Report

2 August 2012
12:00
 CicolariMenegatti (ITA) 2–1  LessardMartin (CAN) Horse Guards Parade
(21–12, 23–25, 15–10)
Report

2 August 2012
15:30
 DampneyMullin (GBR) 0–2  KhomyakovaUkolova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(23–25, 13–21)
Report

Lucky loser

Of the six teams that are placed third in their pools, two directly qualify for the play-offs. From the four remaining third-placed teams, another two teams qualify for the play-offs by winning a 'lucky loser' match.

This table shows the results of the third placed teams after the pool play, and before the 'lucky loser' matches.

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Keizervan Iersel (NED) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 134 126 1.063 Round of 16
2  KuhnZumkehr (SUI) 3 1 2 4 4 4 1.000 136 139 0.978
3  SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) 3 1 2 4 4 5 0.800 141 150 0.940 Lucky loser play-offs
4  HáječkováKlapalová (CZE) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 106 105 1.010
5  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) 3 1 2 4 2 4 0.500 103 118 0.873
6  DampneyMullin (GBR) 3 1 2 4 2 5 0.400 119 136 0.875

Lucky loser play-offs

2 August 2012
22:00
 SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) 2–0  DampneyMullin (GBR) Horse Guards Parade
(21–15, 21–12)
Report

2 August 2012
22:00
 HáječkováKlapalová (CZE) 0–2  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 17–21)
Report

Playoffs

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1  JulianaLarissa (BRA) 21 21
20  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) 10 17 1  JulianaLarissa (BRA) 21 21
8  GollerLudwig (GER) 21 21 8  GollerLudwig (GER) 10 19
12  HoltwickSemmler (GER) 16 15 1  JulianaLarissa (BRA) 21 19 12
5  AntonelliAntunes (BRA) 16 22 9 4  KessyRoss (USA) 15 21 15
10  KolocováSluková (CZE) 21 20 15 10  KolocováSluková (CZE) 23 18
11  KuhnZumkehr (SUI) 15 19 4  KessyRoss (USA) 25 21
4  KessyRoss (USA) 21 21 4  KessyRoss (USA) 16 16
3  May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 21 21 3  May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 21 21
9  Keizervan Iersel (NED) 15 12 3  May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 21 21
16  BaquerizoFernández (ESP) 15 15 7  CicolariMenegatti (ITA) 13 13
7  CicolariMenegatti (ITA) 21 21 3  May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 22 22 Bronze medal match
15  SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) 21 16 15 2  XueZhang (CHN) 20 20
23  VasinaVozakova (RUS) 17 21 9 15  SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) 18 11 1  JulianaLarissa (BRA) 11 21 15
18  KhomyakovaUkolova (RUS) 12 11 2  XueZhang (CHN) 21 21 2  XueZhang (CHN) 21 19 12
2  XueZhang (CHN) 21 21

Round of 16

3 August 2012
09:00
 GollerLudwig (GER) 2–0  HoltwickSemmler (GER) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Amina Abdou Elsergany (EGY), Richard Casutt (NZL)
(21–16, 21–15)
Report

3 August 2012
14:00
 JulianaLarissa (BRA) 2–0  Meppelinkvan Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Wang Leijun (CHN), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(21–10, 21–17)
Report

3 August 2012
17:00
 KuhnZumkehr (SUI) 0–2  KessyRoss (USA) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Damien Searle (GBR), Catriona Tweedie (AUS)
(15–21, 19–21)
Report

3 August 2012
22:00
 SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) 2–1  VasinaVozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–17, 16–21, 15–9)
Report

4 August 2012
09:00
 KhomyakovaUkolova (RUS) 0–2  XueZhang (CHN) Horse Guards Parade
(12–21, 11–21)
Report

4 August 2012
13:00
 BaquerizoFernández (ESP) 0–2  CicolariMenegatti (ITA) Horse Guards Parade
(15–21, 15–21)
Report

4 August 2012
18:00
 MariaTalita (BRA) 1–2  KolocováSluková (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(16–21, 22–20, 9–15)
Report

4 August 2012
21:00
 May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 2–0  Keizervan Iersel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(21–13, 21–12)
Report

Quarterfinals

5 August 2012
18:00
 XueZhang (CHN) 2–0  SchwaigerSchwaiger (AUT) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–11)
Report

5 August 2012
19:00
 May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 2–0  CicolariMenegatti (ITA) Horse Guards Parade
(21–13, 21–13)
Report

5 August 2012
22:00
 KolocováSluková (CZE) 0–2  KessyRoss (USA) Horse Guards Parade
(23–25, 18–21)
Report

5 August 2012
23:00
 JulianaLarissa (BRA) 2–0  GollerLudwig (GER) Horse Guards Parade
(21–10, 21–19)
Report

Semifinals

7 August 2012
18:00
 May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) 2–0  XueZhang (CHN) Horse Guards Parade
(22–20, 22–20)
Report

7 August 2012
21:00
 JulianaLarissa (BRA) 1–2  KessyRoss (USA) Horse Guards Parade
(21–15, 19–21, 12–15)
Report

Bronze medal match

8 August 2012
19:00
 XueZhang (CHN) 1–2  JulianaLarissa (BRA) Horse Guards Parade
(21–11, 19–21, 12–15)
Report

Final

8 August 2012
21:00
 KessyRoss (USA) 0–2  May-TreanorWalsh Jennings (USA) Horse Guards Parade
(16–21, 16–21)
Report

Final ranking

Rank Team Seed
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Misty May-TreanorKerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jennifer KessyApril Ross (USA) 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Juliana FelisbertaLarissa França (BRA) 1
4.  Xue ChenZhang Xi (beach volleyball) (CHN) 2
5.  Greta CicolariMarta Menegatti (ITA) 7
 Sara GollerLaura Ludwig (GER) 8
 Kristýna KolocováMarkéta Sluková (CZE) 10
 Doris SchwaigerStefanie Schwaiger (AUT) 15
9.  Maria AntonelliTalita Antunes (BRA) 5
 Sanne KeizerMarleen van Iersel (NED) 9
 Simone KuhnNadine Zumkehr (SUI) 11
 Katrin HoltwickIlka Semmler (GER) 12
 Elsa BaquerizoLiliana Fernández (ESP) 16
 Ekaterina KhomyakovaEvgenia Ukolova (RUS) 18
 Madelein MeppelinkSophie van Gestel (NED) 20
 Anastasia VasinaAnna Vozakova (RUS) 23
17.  Zara DampneyShauna Mullin (GBR) 6
 Lenka HáječkováHana Klapalová (CZE) 13
19.  Vassiliki ArvanitiMaria Tsiartsiani (GRE) 14
 Louise BawdenBecchara Palmer (AUS) 17
 Marie-Andrée LessardAnnie Martin (CAN) 19
 Ana GallayMaría Zonta (ARG) 21
 Natalie CookTamsin Hinchley (AUS) 22
 Natacha RigobertElodie Li Yuk Lo (MRI) 24

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Olympic Qualifying process confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, FIVB, 17 May 2010.
  3. ^ Olympic beach volleyball pool draw completed in Klagenfurt, FIVB, 19 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "London 2012 Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Media Guide". FIVB. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. ^ Olympic Games beach volleyball schedule confirmed, FIVB, 20 July 2012.

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