Summer Paralympics 2012 / Sitting volleyball

At the Summer Paralympics 2012 in London from August 30th to September 8th, two sitting volleyball competitions will be held in the Exhibition Center London , one for women and one for men.

mode

Each competition consists of a preliminary round and placement games. When dividing the groups, the hosts were set. The other teams were distributed to the groups according to their placements in the current world rankings of the world association WOVD.

Ten teams compete in the men's tournament. In the preliminary round there are two groups with five teams each, which play everyone against everyone . The best four teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. Then the simple knockout system continues until the endgame. There are eight teams playing for women, which are divided into two groups in the preliminary round. The group winners and runners-up reach the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals play for the gold medal.

Schedule men

Preliminary round

Group A
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Germany	12: 3	8th
2.	Russia	11: 5	7th
3.	Egypt	9: 6	6th
4th	Great Britain	3: 9	5
5.	Morocco	0:12	4th

August 30th	Great Britain	Russia	0: 3
	Egypt	Morocco	3-0
August 31	Germany	Morocco	3-0
	Great Britain	Egypt	0: 3
September 1	Russia	Germany	2: 3
September 2nd	Great Britain	Morocco	3-0
	Egypt	Russia	2: 3
September 3	Great Britain	Germany	0: 3
September 4th	Egypt	Germany	1: 3
	Russia	Morocco	3-0

Group B
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Iran	12: 1	8th
2.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10: 3	7th
3.	Brazil	6: 6	6th
4th	People's Republic of China	3: 9	5
5.	Rwanda	0:12	4th

August 30th	Bosnia and H.	China	3-0
	Iran	Rwanda	3-0
August 31	Brazil	Rwanda	3-0
September 1	Iran	China	3-0
	Bosnia and H.	Brazil	3-0
September 2nd	China	Rwanda	3-0
September 3	Iran	Brazil	3-0
	Bosnia and H.	Rwanda	3-0
September 4th	Brazil	China	3-0
	Iran	Bosnia and H.	3: 1

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	5th September
	Germany	3
					September 6th
	People's Republic of China	2
					Germany	0
					Bosnia and H.	3
	Egypt	0
									September 8th
	Bosnia and H.	3
									Bosnia and H.	3
									Iran	1
	Russia	3
	Brazil	2
					Russia	0			Game for third place
					Iran	3
	Great Britain	0							Germany	3
	Iran	3							Russia	2
									September 8th

	5th place				5th place
	September 6th
	People's Republic of China	2
	Egypt	3
					September 8th
					Egypt	2
					Brazil	3
					7th place
					7th of September
	Brazil	3			People's Republic of China	3
	Great Britain	0			Great Britain	0

Play for 9th place
7th of September	Morocco	Rwanda	1: 3

Schedule women

Preliminary round

Group A
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Ukraine	9: 1	6th
2.	Netherlands	7: 4	5
3.	Japan	4: 6	4th
4th	Great Britain	0: 9	3

August 31	Great Britain	Ukraine	0: 3
	Netherlands	Japan	3: 1
September 1	Great Britain	Netherlands	0: 3
September 2nd	Netherlands	Ukraine	1: 3
	Great Britain	Japan	0: 3
September 3	Ukraine	Japan	3-0

Group B
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	9: 2	6th
2.	United States	7: 3	5
3.	Brazil	4: 8	4th
4th	Slovenia	2: 9	3

August 31	China	United States	3: 1
September 1	China	Brazil	3: 1
	United States	Slovenia	3-0
September 2nd	Slovenia	Brazil	2: 3
September 3	China	Slovenia	3-0
	United States	Brazil	3-0

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	5th September
	Ukraine	0
	United States	3
					7th of September
					United States	1
					People's Republic of China	3
					3rd place match
					7th of September
	Netherlands	2			Ukraine	3
	People's Republic of China	3			Netherlands	0

	Ranking 5-8				Play for 5th place
	September 4th
	Brazil	3
	Great Britain	0
					September 6th
					Brazil	3
					Slovenia	1
					Game for 7th place
					September 6th
	Japan	0			Great Britain	0
	Slovenia	3			Japan	3

Attendees

The squads of the individual teams each consist of eleven players. The teams are made up of handicapped ("disabled") and less restricted ("minimally disabled") athletes. A maximum of one participant with minor disabilities may sit on the playing field during the game.

National coach Rudi Sonnenbichler nominated the following players for the German team :

Surname	No.	size	Date of birth	position	society
Dominik Albrecht					Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sebastian Czpakowski	6th	2.01 m	Apr 12, 1974	A.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Stefan Hähnlein	5	1.84 m	June 12, 1990	Z	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Christoph Herzog	12	1.85 m	July 27, 1983	A.	BV Leipzig
Thomas Renger	3	1.86 m	Aug 19, 1972	Z	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Barbaros Sayilir	11	1.81 m	Oct 25, 1988	AA / B	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Thorben Schiewe	14th	1.82 m	11th Mar 1985	Z	Celle
Alexander Schiffler	1	1.93 m	Jan. 20, 1982	AA	BV Leipzig
Peter Schlorf	8th	1.89 m	04th June 1986	A.	SC Charlottenburg
Jürgen Schrapp	9	1.80 m	July 27, 1974	AA	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Heiko Wiesenthal	7th	1.90 m	Feb 12, 1975	A.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen

qualification

Host Great Britain was set to host. At the 2010 World Championships, the three best teams each qualified for London. Defending champions and world champions Iran as well as Bosnia and Egypt secured these places in the men, while China won the women's World Cup final against the USA. Another five male and four female teams reached the Paralympics via continental qualifying tournaments. The last participant for the men's tournament was determined at the Intercontinental Cup in Cairo . This is how Germany qualified.

Qualified teams

Qualified teams
Men		Women
host	Great Britain	host	Great Britain
World Champion 2010	Iran	World Champion 2010	People's Republic of China
World Cup runner-up in 2010	Bosnia and Herzegovina	World Cup runner-up in 2010	United States
Third place in the 2010 World Cup	Egypt	Third place in the 2010 World Cup
Asia / Oceania	People's Republic of China	Asia / Oceania
Europe	Russia	Europe
Panamerica	Brazil	Panamerica
North africa	Morocco	Africa
Sub-Saharan	Rwanda
Intercontinental	Germany

Web links

• Sitting volleyball at London 2012 (English)
• Information from the DVV
• London 2012 Explanatory Guide - Sitting Volleyball (PDF; 3.7 MB)
• Qualification Guide (English, PDF; 93 kB)
• On the participants (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Positions: A = attack, AA = acceptance / outside, B = block, Z = pass
2. ↑ Iran wins Sitting Volleyball World Championships. Payvand, July 19, 2010, accessed August 26, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Sitting volleyball: Germany takes 4th place at the Intercontinental Cup (no longer available online.) German Volleyball Association, March 12, 2012, archived from the original on February 1, 2016 ; Retrieved August 26, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.