Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom, took place between July 28, 2012 and August 8, 2012 at Horse Guards Parade.[1]

Women's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueHorse Guards Parade
Dates28 July – 8 August
Competitors48 from 19 nations
Medalists
Misty May-Treanor
Kerri Walsh Jennings		  United States
Jennifer Kessy
April Ross		  United States
Juliana Felisberta
Larissa França		  Brazil
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Twenty-four pairs of competitors were taking part, including one from Great Britain as the host country, and a maximum of two from each other nation. Sixteen qualified through positioning in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings as of 17 June 2012, five others earned their places at the 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, and the final three from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification tournament.[2]

By virtue of the two American pairings winning gold and silver, this marked the second time in Olympic history the top two women's teams were both from the same country, the first being Brazil back in 1996 when the event debuted.

Qualification
Means of qualificationVacanciesQualified
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012)16 Brazil
 China
 United States
 Brazil
 United States
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Germany
 Czech Republic
 Spain
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Austria
 Australia
 Czech Republic
 Greece
2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012)5 Mauritius (Africa)
 Argentina (South America)
 Russia (Europe)
 Canada (North America)
 Australia (Asia/Oceania)
Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012)2 Netherlands
 Russia
Host nation1 Great Britain
Total24

Seeds
Rank Team NOC
1 Juliana Felisberta – Larissa França  Brazil
2 Xue Chen – Zhang Xi  China
3 Misty May-Treanor – Kerri Walsh Jennings  United States
4 Jennifer Kessy – April Ross  United States
5 Maria Antonelli – Talita Antunes  Brazil
6 Zara Dampney – Shauna Mullin  Great Britain
7 Greta Cicolari – Marta Menegatti  Italy
8 Sara Goller – Laura Ludwig  Germany
9 Sanne Keizer – Marleen van Iersel  Netherlands
10 Kristýna Kolocová – Markéta Sluková  Czech Republic
11 Simone Kuhn – Nadine Zumkehr  Switzerland
12 Katrin Holtwick – Ilka Semmler  Germany
13 Lenka Háječková – Hana Klapalová  Czech Republic
14 Vassiliki Arvaniti – Maria Tsiartsiani  Greece
15 Doris Schwaiger – Stefanie Schwaiger  Austria
16 Elsa Baquerizo – Liliana Fernández  Spain
17 Louise Bawden – Becchara Palmer  Australia
18 Ekaterina Khomyakova – Evgenia Ukolova  Russia
19 Marie-Andrée Lessard – Annie Martin  Canada
20 Madelein Meppelink – Sophie van Gestel  Netherlands
21 Ana Gallay – María Zonta  Argentina
22 Natalie Cook – Tamsin Hinchley  Australia
23 Anastasia Vasina – Anna Vozakova  Russia
24 Natacha Rigobert – Elodie Li Yuk Lo  Mauritius

Preliminary round
Advance directly to round of 16
Third place/'lucky loser' play-offs
Eliminated

The composition of the preliminary rounds was announced confirmed on 19 July 2012 in a draw held in Klagenfurt, Austria.[3]

Teams are awarded two points for a win and one for a loss.[4] If two teams are tied at the end of pool play, the tiebreakers is their head-to-head match.[4] If three or more teams are tied, the tiebreakers are (1) points ratio between tied teams, (2) points ratio within pool, and (3) tournament seed.[4] The two best teams from each group advance to the round of 16. The two best third-placed teams also qualify. Two 'lucky loser' matches qualify two more of the third-placed teams.[5]

Pool A
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) 6 3 0 126 76 1.658 6 0 MAX
2  Holtwick – Semmler (GER) 5 2 1 115 97 1.186 4 2 2.000
3  Háječková – Klapalová (CZE) 4 1 2 106 105 1.010 2 4 0.500
4  Rigobert – Li Yuk Lo (MRI) 3 0 3 57 126 0.452 0 6 0.000
28 July 2012
10:00		  Holtwick – Semmler (GER) '2'–0  Háječková – Klapalová (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–16, 21–18)
Report
28 July 2012
17:30		  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) '2'–0  Rigobert – Li Yuk Lo (MRI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–5, 21–10)
Report
30 July 2012
09:00		  Háječková – Klapalová (CZE) '2'–0  Rigobert – Li Yuk Lo (MRI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–10, 21–11)
Report
30 July 2012
15:30		  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) '2'–0  Holtwick – Semmler (GER) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–13)
Report
1 August 2012
10:00		  Holtwick – Semmler (GER) '2'–0  Rigobert – Li Yuk Lo (MRI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–11, 21–10)
Report
1 August 2012
15:30		  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) '2'–0  Háječková – Klapalová (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–12, 21–18)
Report

Pool B
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) 5 2 1 156 150 1.040 5 4 1.250
2  Xue – Zhang (CHN) 5 2 1 143 135 1.059 5 3 1.667
3  Kuhn – Zumkehr (SUI) 4 1 2 136 139 0.978 4 4 1.000
4  Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani (GRE) 4 1 2 119 130 0.915 2 5 0.400
28 July 2012
09:00		  Xue – Zhang (CHN) 1–'2'  Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 14–21, 14–16)
Report
28 July 2012
21:00		  Kuhn – Zumkehr (SUI) '2'–0  Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani (GRE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–13, 21–19)
Report
30 July 2012
10:00		  Xue – Zhang (CHN) '2'–1  Kuhn – Zumkehr (SUI) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 16–21, 15–8)
Report
30 July 2012
16:30		  Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani (GRE) '2'–1  Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 21–13, 15–12)
Report
1 August 2012
09:00		  Xue – Zhang (CHN) '2'–0  Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani (GRE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–17, 21–16)
Report
1 August 2012
14:30		  Kuhn – Zumkehr (SUI) 1–'2'  Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–19, 9–15)
Report

Pool C
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) 6 3 0 137 109 1.257 6 1 6.000
2  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) 5 2 1 133 137 0.971 4 4 1.000
3  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) 4 1 2 141 150 0.940 4 5 0.800
4  Cook – Hinchley (AUS) 3 0 3 136 151 0.901 2 6 0.333
28 July 2012
14:30		  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) '2'–1  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) Horse Guards Parade
(10–21, 21–13, 15–13)
Report
28 July 2012
23:00		  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) '2'–0  Cook – Hinchley (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–19)
Report
30 July 2012
22:00		  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) '2'–1  Cook – Hinchley (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 22–20, 15–10)
Report
30 July 2012
23:00		  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) '2'–0  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(21–14, 21–19)
Report
1 August 2012
22:00		  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) '2'–1  Cook – Hinchley (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–16, 18–21, 15–11)
Report
1 August 2012
23:00		  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) '2'–1  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–8, 15–10)
Report

Pool D
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Kessy – Ross (USA) 6 3 0 149 131 1.137 6 2 3.000
2  Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP) 5 2 1 149 143 1.042 5 3 1.667
3  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) 4 1 2 134 126 1.063 4 4 1.000
4  Gallay – Zonta (ARG) 3 0 3 93 126 0.738 0 6 0.000
29 July 2012
12:00		  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) 1–'2'  Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Miguel Rivera Ramirez (MEX), Wang Leijun (CHN)
(21–14, 16–21, 11–15)
Report
29 July 2012
21:00		  Kessy – Ross (USA) '2'–0  Gallay – Zonta (ARG) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Wang Leijun (CHN), Catriona Tweedie (AUS)
(21–11, 21–18)
Report
31 July 2012
11:00		  Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP) '2'–0  Gallay – Zonta (ARG) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Miguel Rivera Ramirez (MEX), Marc Berard (FRA)
(22–20, 21–16)
Report
31 July 2012
23:00		  Kessy – Ross (USA) '2'–1  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Wang Leijun (CHN)
(21–15, 12–21, 15–8)
Report
2 August 2012
11:00		  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) '2'–0  Gallay – Zonta (ARG) Horse Guards Parade
(21–12, 21–16)
Report
2 August 2012
16:30		  Kessy – Ross (USA) '2'–1  Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Richard Casutt (NZL), Wang Leijun (CHN)
(21–19, 19–21, 19–17)
Report

Pool E
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Maria – Talita (BRA) 6 3 0 161 138 1.167 6 2 3.000
2  Goller – Ludwig (GER) 5 2 1 160 144 1.111 5 3 1.667
3  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) 4 1 2 103 118 0.873 2 4 0.500
4  Bawden – Palmer (AUS) 3 0 3 127 151 0.841 2 6 0.333
29 July 2012
16:30		  Goller – Ludwig (GER) '2'–1  Bawden – Palmer (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 19–21, 15–8)
Report
29 July 2012
20:00		  Maria – Talita (BRA) '2'–0  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(21–10, 21–19)
Report
31 July 2012
12:00		  Maria – Talita (BRA) '2'–1  Goller – Ludwig (GER) Horse Guards Parade
(21–19, 29–31, 15–13)
Report
31 July 2012
16:30		  Bawden – Palmer (AUS) 0–'2'  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(19–21, 15–21)
Report
2 August 2012
14:30		  Goller – Ludwig (GER) '2'–0  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–14)
Report
2 August 2012
17:30		  Maria – Talita (BRA) '2'–1  Bawden – Palmer (AUS) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 21–16, 15–9)
Report

Pool F
Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) 6 3 0 154 122 1.262 6 2 3.000
2  Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS) 5 2 1 157 150 1.047 5 3 1.667
3  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) 4 1 2 119 136 0.875 2 5 0.400
4  Lessard – Martin (CAN) 3 0 3 156 176 0.886 3 6 0.500
29 July 2012
09:00		  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) '2'–1  Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–18, 15–8)
Report
29 July 2012
17:30		  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) '2'–1  Lessard – Martin (CAN) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 21–14, 15–13)
Report
31 July 2012
17:30		  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) 0–'2'  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) Horse Guards Parade
(18–21, 12–21)
Report
31 July 2012
20:00		  Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS) '2'–1  Lessard – Martin (CAN) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 28–30, 15–13)
Report
2 August 2012
12:00		  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) '2'–1  Lessard – Martin (CAN) Horse Guards Parade
(21–12, 23–25, 15–10)
Report
2 August 2012
15:30		  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) 0–'2'  Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(23–25, 13–21)
Report

Lucky loser
Advance directly to round of 16
Third place/'Lucky loser' play-offs
Eliminated

Of the six teams that are placed third in their pools, two directly qualify for the play-offs. From the four remaining third-placed teams, another two teams qualify for the play-offs by winning a 'lucky loser' match.

This table shows the results of the third placed teams after the pool play, and before the 'lucky loser' matches.

Pts Matches Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) 4 1 2 134 126 1.063 4 4 1.000
2  Kuhn – Zumkehr (SUI) 4 1 2 136 139 0.978 4 4 1.000
3  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) 4 1 2 141 150 0.940 4 5 0.800
4  Háječková – Klapalová (CZE) 4 1 2 106 105 1.010 2 4 0.500
5  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) 4 1 2 103 118 0.873 2 4 0.500
6  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) 4 1 2 119 136 0.875 2 5 0.400

Lucky loser play-offs
2 August 2012
22:00		  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) '2'–0  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) Horse Guards Parade
(21–15, 21–12)
Report
2 August 2012
22:00		  Háječková – Klapalová (CZE) 0–'2'  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(17–21, 17–21)
Report

Playoffs

Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) 21 21
20  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) 10 17 1  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) 21 21
8  Goller – Ludwig (GER) 21 21 8  Goller – Ludwig (GER) 10 19
12  Holtwick – Semmler (GER) 16 15 1  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) 21 19 12
5  Antonelli – Antunes (BRA) 16 22 9 4  Kessy – Ross (USA) 15 21 15
10  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) 21 20 15 10  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) 23 18
11  Kuhn – Zumkehr (SUI) 15 19 4  Kessy – Ross (USA) 25 21
4  Kessy – Ross (USA) 21 21 4  Kessy – Ross (USA) 16 16
3  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) 21 21 3  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) 21 21
9  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) 15 12 3  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) 21 21
16  Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP) 15 15 7  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) 13 13
7  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) 21 21 3  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) 22 22 Bronze medal match
15  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) 21 16 15 2  Xue – Zhang (CHN) 20 20
23  Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) 17 21 9 15  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) 18 11 1  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) 11 21 15
18  Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS) 12 11 2  Xue – Zhang (CHN) 21 21 2  Xue – Zhang (CHN) 21 19 12
2  Xue – Zhang (CHN) 21 21

Round of 16
3 August 2012
09:00		  Goller – Ludwig (GER) '2'–0  Holtwick – Semmler (GER) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Amina Abdou Elsergany (EGY), Richard Casutt (NZL)
(21–16, 21–15)
Report
3 August 2012
14:00		  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) '2'–0  Meppelink – van Gestel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Wang Leijun (CHN), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
(21–10, 21–17)
Report
3 August 2012
17:00		  Kuhn – Zumkehr (SUI) 0–'2'  Kessy – Ross (USA) Horse Guards Parade
Referees: Damien Searle (GBR), Catriona Tweedie (AUS)
(15–21, 19–21)
Report
3 August 2012
22:00		  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) '2'–1  Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) Horse Guards Parade
(21–17, 16–21, 15–9)
Report
4 August 2012
09:00		  Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS) 0–'2'  Xue – Zhang (CHN) Horse Guards Parade
(12–21, 11–21)
Report
4 August 2012
13:00		  Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP) 0–'2'  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) Horse Guards Parade
(15–21, 15–21)
Report
4 August 2012
18:00		  Maria – Talita (BRA) 1–'2'  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) Horse Guards Parade
(16–21, 22–20, 9–15)
Report
4 August 2012
21:00		  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) '2'–0  Keizer – van Iersel (NED) Horse Guards Parade
(21–13, 21–12)
Report

Quarterfinals
5 August 2012
18:00		  Xue – Zhang (CHN) '2'–0  Schwaiger – Schwaiger (AUT) Horse Guards Parade
(21–18, 21–11)
Report
5 August 2012
19:00		  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) '2'–0  Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA) Horse Guards Parade
(21–13, 21–13)
Report
5 August 2012
22:00		  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) 0–'2'  Kessy – Ross (USA) Horse Guards Parade
(23–25, 18–21)
Report
5 August 2012
23:00		  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) '2'–0  Goller – Ludwig (GER) Horse Guards Parade
(21–10, 21–19)
Report

Semifinals
7 August 2012
18:00		  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) '2'–0  Xue – Zhang (CHN) Horse Guards Parade
(22–20, 22–20)
Report
7 August 2012
21:00		  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) 1–'2'  Kessy – Ross (USA) Horse Guards Parade
(21–15, 19–21, 12–15)
Report

Bronze medal match
8 August 2012
19:00		  Xue – Zhang (CHN) 1–'2'  Juliana – Larissa (BRA) Horse Guards Parade
(21–11, 19–21, 12–15)
Report

Final
8 August 2012
21:00		  Kessy – Ross (USA) 0–'2'  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) Horse Guards Parade
(16–21, 16–21)
Report

Final ranking
RankTeamSeed
 Misty May-Treanor – Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 3
 Jennifer Kessy – April Ross (USA) 4
 Juliana Felisberta – Larissa França (BRA) 1
4.  Xue Chen – Zhang Xi (beach volleyball) (CHN) 2
5.  Greta Cicolari – Marta Menegatti (ITA) 7
 Sara Goller – Laura Ludwig (GER) 8
 Kristýna Kolocová – Markéta Sluková (CZE) 10
 Doris Schwaiger – Stefanie Schwaiger (AUT) 15
9.  Maria Antonelli – Talita Antunes (BRA) 5
 Sanne Keizer – Marleen van Iersel (NED) 9
 Simone Kuhn – Nadine Zumkehr (SUI) 11
 Katrin Holtwick – Ilka Semmler (GER) 12
 Elsa Baquerizo – Liliana Fernández (ESP) 16
 Ekaterina Khomyakova – Evgenia Ukolova (RUS) 18
 Madelein Meppelink – Sophie van Gestel (NED) 20
 Anastasia Vasina – Anna Vozakova (RUS) 23
17.  Zara Dampney – Shauna Mullin (GBR) 6
 Lenka Háječková – Hana Klapalová (CZE) 13
19.  Vassiliki Arvaniti – Maria Tsiartsiani (GRE) 14
 Louise Bawden – Becchara Palmer (AUS) 17
 Marie-Andrée Lessard – Annie Martin (CAN) 19
 Ana Gallay – María Zonta (ARG) 21
 Natalie Cook – Tamsin Hinchley (AUS) 22
 Natacha Rigobert – Elodie Li Yuk Lo (MRI) 24

See also

References
  1. http://www.london2012.com/games/sport-competition-schedules/olympic-sport-competition-schedule.php?sport=Beach+Volleyball&venue=&date=&Search.x=34&Search.y=18
  2. Olympic Qualifying process confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, FIVB, 17 May 2010.
  3. Olympic beach volleyball pool draw completed in Klagenfurt, FIVB, 19 July 2012.
  4. "London 2012 Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Media Guide". FIVB. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. Olympic Games beach volleyball schedule confirmed, FIVB, 20 July 2012.
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