2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix


The 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament played by 16 countries starting 8 June 2012. The finals were held at the Beilun Sports and Arts Centre in Ningbo, China.

Competing nations

Qualification process

CompetitionDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Final Round Host——1
2011 Pan-American CupJuly 1–9, 2011 Ciudad Juarez, Mexico2
2011 Pan-American CupJuly 1–9, 2011 Ciudad Juarez, Mexico4



2011 Asian ChampionshipSeptember 15–23, 2011 Taipei, Chinese Taipei3

2011 European ChampionshipSep. 24 – Oct. 2, 2011 Serbia
Italy		5



Play-OffOctober 5, 2011 Oran, Algeria1
Total16

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Numbers of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
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

Calendar

Though FIVB did not officially release or confirm the pool schedule until April 2012, almost all continental divisions posted the pool schedule on December 2011. The original list was released December 19, 2011; three days later on December 22 a new list was released to the public, with 4 minor changes involving Brazil's, Dominican Republic's and Germany's Pools. On April 2012 FIVB confirmed officially the pool schedule that was released December 22, 2011.

Preliminary round

Ranking

China and the top five teams in the preliminary round will advance to the Final round.

First round

Pool A

Pool E

Pool I

Final ranking

Pool Final

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16



Team roster:

Alisha Glass, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Nicole Davis, Heather Bown, Cynthia Barboza, Nancy Metcalf, Christa Harmotto, Megan Hodge, Tamari Miyashiro, Courtney Thompson, Kristin Richards.
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon

Individual awards