Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held from 30 August to 8 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. Two events were contested: men's and women's team.

Volleyball at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 August – 8 September 2012
Medalists
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (men)  China (CHN) (women)  Iran (IRI) (men)  United States (USA) (women)  Germany (GER) (men)  Ukraine (UKR) (women)

Netherlands versus Japan women's match

In the men's sitting event, Iran were the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran were the finalists in 2000, 2004 and 2008, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004. These two countries met once more in the final in Beijing, with Iran emerging victorious by 3–0. Egypt finished fourth in Beijing, beaten 2–3 by Russia, who took bronze.[1][2] Bosnia and Herzegovina men's team won the gold in 2012.

The London Games marked the third time the women's sitting event was held. China were the defending champions. The Netherlands took silver, and the United States bronze, in 2004. In Beijing, China was again victorious, while the US and the Netherlands switched places to ascend the podium with silver and bronze, respectively.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Ismet Godinjak Adnan Manko Adnan Kešmer Asim Medić Mirzet Duran Nizam Čančar Dževad Hamzić Benis Kadrić Safet Alibašić Sabahudin Delalić (captain) Ermin Jusufović Coach: Mirza Hrustemović	Iran (IRI) Majid Lashgarisanami Reza Peidayesh Davood Alipourian Ahmad Eiri Naser Hassanpour Alinazari Sadegh Bigdeli Jalil Eimery (captain) Seyedsaeid Ebrahimibaladezaei Isa Zirahi Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei Mohammad Khaleghi Coach: Hadi Rezaeigarkani	Germany (GER) Alexander Schiffler Thomas Renger Stefan Haehnlein Sebastian Czpakowski Heiko Wiesenthal Peter Schlorf Jürgen Schrapp (captain) Christoph Herzog Barbaros Sayilir Torben Schiewe Coach: Rudolf Sonnenbichler
Women's team	China (CHN) Tang Xue Mei Lu Hong Qin (captain) Tan Yanhua Su Li Mei Zheng Xiong Ying Wang Yanan Li Liping Zhang Xu Fei Yang Yan Ling Zhang Lijun Sheng Yu Hong Coach: Zhang Jun	United States (USA) Lora Webster Brenda Maymon Michelle Gerlosky Kathryn Holloway Heather Erickson Monique Burkland Kari Miller Allison Aldrich Nichole Millage Kaleo Kanahele Kendra Lancaster (captain) Coach: William Hamiter	Ukraine (UKR) Margaryta Pryvalykhina Anzhelika Churkina (captain) Larysa Sinchuk Galyna Kuznetsova Olena Manankova Ilona Yudina Larysa Klochkova Olga Shatylo Larysa Ponomarenko Valentyna Brik Coach: Viktor Tymoshenko

Classification

In sitting volleyball there are two categories of classification: disabled and minimal disability. A maximum of one minimally disabled player may be on the court for each team at any one time.

A part of the player's body between the buttocks and the shoulders must be in contact with the court when playing or attempting to play the ball.[3]

Qualification

There were 18 teams, 10 men's teams and 8 women's teams, taking part. Each country can enter one team per tournament.

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	8	4	0	12	3	4.000	340	266	1.278
2	Russia	7	3	1	11	5	2.200	356	275	1.295
3	Egypt	6	2	2	9	6	1.500	424	402	1.055
4	Great Britain	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	230	276	0.833
5	Morocco	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	157	300	0.523

30 August 2012 14:00	Great Britain	0–3	Russia	ExCeL London, London Referees: Ronaldo Chaves (BRA), Benno Meijer (NED)
	(14–25, 18–25, 20–25) Report

30 August 2012 19:00	Egypt	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: Xin Xia (CHN), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI)
	(25–10, 25–12, 25–22) Report

31 August 2012 11:00	Germany	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: France Marcoux (CAN), Jung Mal-Soon (KOR)
	(25–11, 25–10, 25–9) Report

31 August 2012 21:00	Great Britain	0–3	Egypt	ExCeL London, London Referees: Joe Campbell (GBR), Dariusz Jasinski (POL)
	(15–25, 17–25, 22–25) Report

1 September 2012 11:00	Russia	2–3	Germany	ExCeL London, London Referees: Khalid Shanishah (LBA), Janko Plešnik (SLO)
	(18–25, 25–11, 19–25, 25–15, 13–15) Report

2 September 2012 14:00	Great Britain	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: Sari Mannersuo (FIN), Stephen Giugni (AUS)
	(25–20, 25–19, 25–12) Report

2 September 2012 21:00	Egypt	2–3	Russia	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA)
	(25–22, 25–19, 18–25, 21–25, 11–15) Report

3 September 2012 11:00	Great Britain	0–3	Germany	ExCeL London, London Referees: Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI), Xin Xia (CHN)
	(19–25, 16–25, 14–25) Report

4 September 2012 9:00	Egypt	1–3	Germany	ExCeL London, London Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Dominik Raca (CRO)
	(16–25, 22–25, 25–23, 24–26) Report

4 September 2012 14:00	Russia	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: Adnan Kolos (BIH), Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE)
	(25–13, 25–8, 25–11) Report

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	322	207	1.556
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	3	1	10	3	3.333	309	240	1.288
3	Brazil	6	2	2	6	6	1.000	257	230	1.117
4	China	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	243	266	0.914
5	Rwanda	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	115	300	0.383

30 August 2012 16:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	China	ExCeL London, London Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY)
	(26–24, 25–21, 25–17) Report

30 August 2012 21:00	Iran	3–0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referees: Janko Plešnik (SLO), Dee Wauchope (GBR)
	(25–11, 25–6, 25–8) Report

31 August 2012 14:00	Brazil	3–0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referees: Stephen Giugni (AUS), Glynn Archibald (GBR)
	(25–5, 25–5, 25–13) Report

1 September 2012 14:00	Iran	3–0	China	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA)
	(25–15, 25–19, 25–12) Report

1 September 2012 21:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Anton Probst (GER), Joe Campbell (USA)
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–19) Report

2 September 2012 9:00	China	3–0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dee Wauchope (GBR), Ute Fischer (GER)
	(25–10, 25–13, 25–17) Report

3 September 2012 14:00	Iran	3–0	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY)
	(25–21, 25–15, 25–17) Report

3 September 2012 21:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Glynn Archibald (GBR)
	(25–7, 25–12, 25–8) Report

4 September 2012 11:00	Brazil	3–0	China	ExCeL London, London Referees: Report
	(25–17, 25–23, 25–20) Sari Mannersuo (FIN), Anton Probst (GER)

4 September 2012 16:00	Iran	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referees: Report
	(22–25, 25–18, 25–18, 25–22) Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Janko Plesnik (SLO)

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Germany	3
	China	2
					Germany	0
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
	Egypt	0
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
									Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
									Iran	1
	Russia	3
	Brazil	2
					Russia	0
					Iran	3			Third place
	Great Britain	0
	Iran	3
									Germany	3
									Russia	2

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012 9:00	Germany	3–2	China	ExCeL London, London Referees: Adnan Kolos (BIH), France Marcoux (CAN)
	(19–25, 21–25, 25–21, 25–19, 15–10) Report

5 September 2012 11:20	Russia	3–2	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Khalid Shanishah (LBA), Jung Mal-Soon (KOR)
	(18–25, 25–15, 25–15, 19–25, 15–8) Report

5 September 2012 14:00	Egypt	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referees: Joe Campbell (USA), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA)
	(17–25, 16–25, 22–25) Report

5 September 2012 21:20	Great Britain	0–3	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Ute Fisher (GER)
	(18–25, 13–25, 15–25) Report

Semi-finals

6 September 2012 16:00	Germany	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referees: Jung Mal-Soon (KOR), Khalid Shanishah (LBA)
	(19–25, 20–25, 14–25) Report

6 September 2012 21:00	Russia	0–3	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA)
	(15–25, 18–25, 18–25) Report

Bronze medal match

8 September 2012 16:00	Germany	3–2	Russia	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Glynn Archibald (GBR)
	(20–25, 26–24, 22–25, 25–22, 16–14) Report

Gold medal match

8 September 2012 18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referees: Anton Probst (GER), Toomas Murulo (EST)
	(19–25, 25–21, 25–22, 25–15) Report

Classification round

	5th–8th place semi-finals				5th–6th place match
	China	2
	Egypt	3
					Egypt	2
					Brazil	3
	Brazil	3
	Great Britain	0
					7th–8th place match
					China	3
					Great Britain	0

5th–8th place semi-finals

6 September 2012 14:00	China	2–3	Egypt	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
	(25–16, 23–25, 23–25, 25–17, 11–15) Report

6 September 2012 19:00	Brazil	3–0	Great Britain	ExCeL London, London Referees: Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Dariusz Jasinski (POL)
	(25–20, 25–16, 25–15) Report

7th–8th place match

7 September 2012 16:00	China	3–0	Great Britain	ExCeL London, London Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST)
	(25–14, 25–16, 25–22) Report

5th–6th place match

8 September 2012 14:00	Egypt	2–3	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI), Benno Meijer (NED)
	(14–25, 25–15, 21–25, 25–15, 13–15) Report

9th–10th place match

7 September 2012 14:00	Morocco	1–3	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dee Wauchope (GBR)
	(25–20, 25–27, 22–25, 23–25) Report

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Ukraine	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	241	167	1.443
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	251	201	1.249
3	Japan	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	190	218	0.872
4	Great Britain	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	129	225	0.573

31 August 2012 9:00	Great Britain	0–3	Ukraine	ExCeL London, London Attendance: Report Referees: Adnan Kolos (BIH), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
	(9–25, 20–25, 14–25)

31 August 2012 19:00	Netherlands	3–1	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Dominik Raca (CRO)
	(22–25, 25–18, 25–13, 25–14) Report

1 September 2012 16:00	Great Britain	0–3	Netherlands	ExCeL London, London Referees: Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY), Xin Xia (CHN)
	(13–25, 12–25, 15–25) Report

2 September 2012 11:00	Netherlands	1–3	Ukraine	ExCeL London, London Referees: Jung Mal-Soon (KOR), Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE)
	(24–26, 25–15, 11–25, 19–25) Report

2 September 2012 19:00	Great Britain	0–3	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Anton Probst (GER)
	(11–25, 21–25, 14–25) Report

3 September 2012 16:00	Ukraine	3–0	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Ronaldo Chaves (BRA), Joe Campbell (USA)
	(25–20, 25–9, 25–16) Report

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	275	138	1.993
2	United States	5	2	1	7	2	3.500	245	187	1.310
3	Brazil	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	242	273	0.886
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	176	260	0.677

31 August 2012 16:00	China	3–1	United States	ExCeL London, London Referees: Ute Fischer (GER), Khalid Shanishah (LBA)
	(22–25, 32–30, 25–23, 25–17) Report

1 September 2012 9:00	China	3–1	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Adnan Kolas (BIH)
	(26–24, 25–15, 20–25, 25–16) Report

1 September 2012 19:00	United States	3–0	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referees: Masoud Yazdan Panah (IRI), France Marcoux (CAN)
	(25–8, 25–15, 25–8) Report

2 September 2012 16:00	Slovenia	2–3	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Glynn Archibald (GBR), Toomas Murulo (EST)
	(17–25, 28–30, 25–19, 25–21, 7–15) Report

3 September 2012 9:00	China	3–0	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referees: Ute Fischer (GER), Adnan Kolos (BIH)
	(25–12, 25–15, 25–16) Report

3 September 2012 19:00	United States	3–0	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Jung Mal-Soon (KOR), Khalid Shanishah (LBA)
	(25–13, 25–20, 25–19) Report

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	Ukraine	0
	United States	3
					United States	1
					China	3
	Netherlands	2
	China	3
					Third place
					Ukraine	3
					Netherlands	0

Semi-finals

5 September 2012 16:00	Ukraine	0–3	United States	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Stephen Giugni (AUS)
	(14–25, 13–25, 19–25) Report

5 September 2012 19:00	Netherlands	2–3	China	ExCeL London, London Referees: Glynn Archibald (GBR), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
	(25–17, 14–25, 25–13, 16–25, 11–15) Report

Bronze medal match

7 September 2012 19:00	Ukraine	3–0	Netherlands	ExCeL London, London Referees: Joe Campbell (GBR), France Marcoux (CAN)
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–16) Report

Gold medal match

September 7, 2012 21:00	United States	1–3	China	ExCeL London, London Referees: Janko Plesnik (SLO), Ute Fischer (GER)
	(25–22, 15–25, 30–32, 15–25) Report

Classification round

	5th–8th place semi-finals				5th–6th place match
	Brazil	3
	Great Britain	0
					Brazil	3
					Slovenia	1
	Japan	0
	Slovenia	3
					7th–8th place match
					Great Britain	0
					Japan	3

5th–8th place semi-finals

4 September 2012 19:00	Brazil	3–0	Great Britain	ExCeL London, London Referees: Stephen Giugni (AUS), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI)
	(25–19, 25–10, 25–7) Report

4 September 2012 21:00	Japan	0–3	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referees: France Marcoux (CAN), Dee Wauchope (GBR)
	(19–25, 22–25, 20–25) Report

7th–8th place match

6 September 2012 9:00	Great Britain	0–3	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Janko Plesnik (SLO)
	(23–25, 19–25, 13–25) Report

5th–6th place match

6 September 2012 11:00	Brazil	3–1	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referees: Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY), Stephen Giugni (AUS)
	(25–16, 25–14, 21–25, 25–21) Report

References

1. Men's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
2. Men's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Paralympics - International Paralympic Committee
3. http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/sitting-volleyball/classification/

External links

• Official page for volleyball competition