The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 28 July to 11 August 2012. Qualification Pools composition Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of 15 January 2012. Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals. Rosters Preliminary round Teams played a round-robin schedule within the pool and those with the top four point totals advanced to a knockout round. Teams were awarded three points for a 3–0 or 3–1 win, two points for a 3–2 win, one point for a 3–2 loss, and zero points for a 3–0 or 3–1 loss. If at the end of pool play teams are tied the tiebreakers are (1) most wins, (2) set win ratio, (3) points ratio, and (4) head-to-head. If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are applied only to the matches between tied teams. All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00). Pool A |} Pool B |} Knockout stage All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00). Bracket Quarterfinals |} Semifinals |} Bronze medal match |} Final |} Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked. Source: Final standings Medalists Individual awards Most Valuable Player Best Scorer Best Spiker Best Blocker Best Server Best Setter Best Receiver Best Libero See also Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament References External links Official website of the 2012 Olympic volleyball tournaments Olympics Women's indoor 2012 in women's volleyball 2012 in English women's sport Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics