2012 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification

The 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification was a qualification tournament to determine the final two spots for the 2012 World League. It was held from 29 July to 21 August 2011.

Teams

Team Qualified as
Second Round
 Portugal 14th place* of the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League
 Puerto Rico 16th place of the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League
First Round
 Egypt African Challenger (No. 13 in the World Ranking)
 China Asian Challenger** (No. 11 in the World Ranking)
 Canada American Challenger (No. 22 in the World Ranking)
 Slovakia European Challenger (No. 33 in the World Ranking)

* Because of 15th place  Japan to play all its 2011 World League matches abroad due to the nuclear and radiation concerns in Japan, FIVB decided to guarantee Japan a vacancy in the 2012 edition.
**  China beat  Iran 3–1 (25–22, 22–25, 25–18, 25–19) in the Asian Qualifier in Taicang, China on 11 July 2011.[1]

Pool standing procedure

  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

First round

  • All times are local.

Playoff 1

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Canada 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 175 160 1.094
2  Slovakia 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 160 175 0.914
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul19:30Canada 1–3 Slovakia26–2825–2223–2523–25 97–100P2 P3
30 Jul19:30Canada 3–0 Slovakia28–2625–1725–17  78–60P2 P3

Playoff 2

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  China 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 189 177 1.068
2  Egypt 2 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 177 189 0.937
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul14:03China 3–0 Egypt29–2725–2225–22  79–71P2 P3
31 Jul14:05China 3–2 Egypt22–2525–2025–2121–2517–15110–106P2 P3

Second round

  • All times are local.

Playoff 1

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Canada 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 168 139 1.209
2  Puerto Rico 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 139 168 0.827
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Aug19:00Canada 3–1 Puerto Rico25–1725–2218–2525–23 93–87P2 P3
21 Aug19:00Canada 3–0 Puerto Rico25–1925–1425–19  75–52P2 P3

Playoff 2

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Portugal 2 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 203 193 1.052
2  China 2 1 1 2 4 5 0.800 193 203 0.951
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug14:00China 1–3 Portugal25–2021–2514–2523–25 83–95P2 P3
14 Aug14:00China 3–2 Portugal24–2625–2325–2121–2515–13110–108P2 P3

References