The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 13 August 2011 to 10 June 2012.
Qualification summary Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country12011 World Cup20 November – 4 December 20113African Qualifier17–21 January 2012 Yaoundé1North American Qualifier7–12 May 2012 Long Beach1European Qualifier8–13 May 2012 Sofia1South American Qualifier11–13 May 2012 Burzaco11st World Qualifier1–10 June 2012 Tokyo1Asian Qualifier*12nd World Qualifier8–10 June 2012 Sofia13rd World Qualifier8–10 June 2012 Berlin1Total12 * The Asian Qualifier was combined with the 1st World Qualifier. The first place team of the tournament qualified as the 1st World Qualifier winners, while the best Asian team except the 1st World Qualifier winners qualified as the Asian Qualifier winners.
Means of qualification Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Host country FIVB reserved a vacancy for the 2012 Summer Olympics host country to participate in the tournament.
2011 World Cup
Venues: Dates: 20 November – 4 December 2011 The top three teams qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Continental qualification tournaments
Africa Venue: Palais des Sports de Warda, Yaoundé, Cameroon Dates: 17–21 January 2012 All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00). The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Asia and Oceania The 2012 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament combined with 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament. The hosts Japan and the top four ranked teams except Japan from the 2011 Asian Championship competed in the tournament. The top ranked among the five teams except the 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics as the 2012 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament winners.
Europe
Venue: Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria Dates: 8–13 May 2012 The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
North America
Venue: Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, United States Dates: 7–12 May 2012 The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
South America Venue: Polideportivo Almirante Brown, Burzaco, Argentina Dates: 11–13 May 2012 All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00). The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
World qualification tournaments Qualified teams Hosts
Qualified through the 2011 Asian Championship.
Qualified through the FIVB World Ranking as of 4 January 2012. (as CAVB 1 – No. 11) (as CEV 1 – No. 7) (as CEV 2 – No. 21) (as CEV 3 – No. 23) (as NORCECA 1 – No. 5) (as NORCECA 2 – No. 17) (as CSV 1 – No. 16)
* The top four teams from 2011 Asian Championship were predetermined to be in 1st tournament in Japan.
– Italy, which were previously announced as hosts of 2nd tournament, won the 2020 European Olympic Qualification Tournament and secured a direct berth. replaced Italy as hosts.
1st tournament Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Dates: 1–10 June 2012 All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). The winners and the best Asian team except the winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2nd tournament Venue: Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria Dates: 8–10 June 2012 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00). The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
3rd tournament Venue: Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany Dates: 8–10 June 2012 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). The winners qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
References
External links Qualification process Official website of the 2012 African Olympic Qualification Tournament Official website of the 2012 European Olympic Qualification Tournament Official website of the 2012 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament Official website of the 2012 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament at FEVA.org Official website of the 2012 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament Official website of the 2012 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament Official website of the 2012 3rd World Olympic Qualification Tournament