Volleyball World Grand Prix 2012

The 2012 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the 20th edition of the competition. It started on June 8th and ended on July 1st.

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Sixteen teams competed in the preliminary round. In the first three weeks four tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The five best teams in the overall standings qualified for the final round alongside hosts China. In the final round, the teams played “everyone against everyone”.

The number of wins was decisive for the placement after the group games. If the match was 3-0 or 3-1, there were three points for the winner and none for the loser. If the score was 3: 2, the winner received two points and the opponent one point. If two or more teams had the same number of wins, the order in the table was determined according to the following criteria: First, the number of points decided, in case of equality the quotient of the sets and finally the quotient of the ball points.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A in Macau ( People's Republic of China )
8th June	Argentina	Thailand	0: 3
	China	Puerto Rico	3-0
June 9th	Puerto Rico	Thailand	0: 3
	Argentina	China	1: 3
June 10th	Argentina	Puerto Rico	1: 3
	China	Thailand	3: 1

Group B in Santo Domingo ( Dominican Republic )
8th June	Germany	United States	1: 3
	Dominican R.	Taiwan	3-0
June 9th	United States	Taiwan	3-0
	Germany	Dominican R.	3-0
June 10th	Taiwan	Germany	0: 3
	Dominican R.	United States	0: 3

Group C in Busan ( South Korea )
8th June	Japan	Turkey	0: 3
	South Korea	Cuba	2: 3
June 9th	South Korea	Turkey	1: 3
	Japan	Cuba	1: 3
June 10th	South Korea	Japan	1: 3
	Cuba	Turkey	3: 1

Group D in Łódź ( Poland )
8th June	Italy	Brazil	2: 3
	Poland	Serbia	3: 2
June 9th	Serbia	Brazil	2: 3
	Poland	Italy	1: 3
June 10th	Italy	Serbia	0: 3
	Poland	Brazil	2: 3

Second week

Group E in São Bernardo do Campo ( Brazil )
15th June	Italy	United States	0: 3
	Brazil	Germany	3: 1
June 16	United States	Germany	3-0
	Brazil	Italy	3: 2
17th of June	Brazil	United States	1: 3
	Germany	Italy	3-0

Group F in Komaki ( Japan )
15th June	Thailand	Puerto Rico	3: 1
	Japan	Dominican R.	3-0
June 16	Dominican R.	Thailand	0: 3
	Japan	Puerto Rico	3-0
17th of June	Dominican R.	Puerto Rico	2: 3
	Japan	Thailand	2: 3

Group G in Foshan ( China )
15th June	South Korea	Poland	0: 3
	China	Taiwan	3-0
June 16	Taiwan	Poland	0: 3
	China	South Korea	3-0
17th of June	Taiwan	South Korea	1: 3
	China	Poland	3-0

Group H in Belgrade ( Serbia )
15th June	Serbia	Argentina	3: 1
	Cuba	Turkey	1: 3
June 16	Cuba	Serbia	3-0
	Turkey	Argentina	3: 1
17th of June	Serbia	Turkey	1: 3
	Argentina	Cuba	0: 3

Third week

Group I in Osaka ( Japan )
June 22	South Korea	Turkey	1: 3
	Japan	Germany	1: 3
23rd June	Germany	South Korea	3-0
	Japan	Turkey	1: 3
June 24th	Germany	Turkey	3: 1
	Japan	South Korea	3-0

Group J in Bangkok ( Thailand )
June 22	Serbia	United States	0: 3
	Thailand	Argentina	3-0
23rd June	United States	Argentina	3-0
	Serbia	Thailand	1: 3
June 24th	Argentina	Serbia	0: 3
	United States	Thailand	3-0

Group K in Luohe ( China )
June 22	Cuba	Brazil	2: 3
	China	Puerto Rico	3: 1
23rd June	Puerto Rico	Brazil	0: 3
	China	Cuba	3: 2
June 24th	Cuba	Puerto Rico	3-0
	China	Brazil	0: 3

Group L in Taipei ( Taiwan )
June 22	Italy	Dominican R.	3: 1
	Taiwan	Poland	1: 3
23rd June	Taiwan	Italy	0: 3
	Poland	Dominican R.	3-0
June 24th	Taiwan	Dominican R.	1: 3
	Italy	Poland	3: 2

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	United States United States	27: 2	27	1,371
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	24: 8	23	1,232
3.	Turkey Turkey	23:12	21st	1,095
4th	Thailand Thailand	22:10	20th	1,120
5.	Brazil Brazil	25:14	19th	1,128
6th	Cuba Cuba	23:13	19th	1,083
7th	Germany Germany	20:11	18th	1,142
8th.	Poland Poland	20:15	16	1,066
9.	Japan Japan	17:16	13	1,001
10.	Italy Italy	16:19	13	1,001
11.	Serbia Serbia	15:19	11	0.960
12.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	9:22	7th	0.851
13.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	8:24	5	0.810
14th	Korea South South Korea	8:25	4th	0.843
15th	Argentina Argentina	4:27	0	0.769
16.	Chinese Taipei Taiwan	3:27	0	0.727

Final round

The final round will be held from June 27th to July 1st in Ningbo ( People's Republic of China ).

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	United States United States	15: 4	14th	1,119
2.	Brazil Brazil	14: 5	13	1,232
3.	Turkey Turkey	11: 8	9	1,016
4th	Thailand Thailand	8:11	5	0.945
5.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	7:12	4th	0.971
6th	Cuba Cuba	0:15	0	0.738

June 27th	Brazil	United States	2: 3
	Thailand	Turkey	1: 3
	China	Cuba	3-0
June 28th	United States	Thailand	3: 1
	Cuba	Turkey	0: 3
	China	Brazil	1: 3
June 29th	Brazil	Cuba	3-0
	Turkey	United States	1: 3
	China	Thailand	2: 3
June 30th	Brazil	Thailand	3-0
	Cuba	United States	0: 3
	China	Turkey	1: 3
July 1	Turkey	Brazil	1: 3
	Thailand	Cuba	3-0
	China	United States	0: 3

Final score

1.	United States United States
2.	Brazil Brazil
3.	Turkey Turkey
4th	Thailand Thailand
5.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
6th	Cuba Cuba
7th	Germany Germany
8th.	Poland Poland
9.	Japan Japan
10.	Italy Italy
11.	Serbia Serbia
12.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
13.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
14th	Korea South South Korea
15th	Argentina Argentina
16.	Chinese Taipei Taiwan

Awards

Most valuable player	Megan Hodge	United States United States
Best scorer	Megan Hodge	United States United States
Best attacker	Yoana Palacios	Cuba Cuba
Best blocker	Thaísa Menezes	Brazil Brazil
Best server	Neslihan Darnel	Turkey Turkey
Best player	Nootsara Tomkom	Thailand Thailand
Best adoption player	Guilder Kayalar	Turkey Turkey
Best Libera	Zhang Xian	China People's Republic People's Republic of China

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)