# Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament South American qualification

The South American qualification tournament for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from May 9 to May 13, 2012.

## Venue

* Ginásio Milton Olaio Filho, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

## Preliminary round

* All times are BRT (UTC−03:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 150 | 71 | 2.113 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 129 | 0.953 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 150 | 0.513 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 9 May | 19:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–4 | 25–12 | 25–7 | 75–23 | P2P3 |
| 10 May | 18:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–11 | 25–18 | 25–19 | 75–48 | P2P3 |
| 11 May | 19:30 | Colombia | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–21 | 25–14 | 25–19 | 75–54 | P2P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 247 | 153 | 1.614 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 238 | 230 | 1.035 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 213 | 195 | 1.092 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 125 | 225 | 0.556 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 9 May | 14:30 | Peru | 3–0 | Chile | 25–14 | 25–11 | 25–6 | | 75–31 | P2P3 |
| 9 May | 17:00 | Argentina | 1–3 | Venezuela | 25–19 | 20–25 | 17–25 | 23–25 | 85–94 | P2P3 |
| 10 May | 13:00 | Peru | 3–1 | Venezuela | 25–15 | 25–16 | 22–25 | 25–13 | 97–69 | P2P3 |
| 10 May | 15:30 | Argentina | 3–0 | Chile | 25–11 | 25–6 | 25–9 | | 75–26 | P2P3 |
| 11 May | 14:30 | Chile | 0–3 | Venezuela | 11–25 | 15–25 | 22–25 | | 48–75 | P2P3 |
| 11 May | 17:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | Peru | 17–25 | 15–25 | 21–25 | | 53–75 | P2P3 |

## Final round
### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 2012-05-12 – São Carlos | 2012-05-12 – São Carlos |
| Peru | 3 |
| Peru | 3 | 2012-05-13 – São Carlos | 2012-05-13 – São Carlos |
| Colombia | 2 | 2012-05-13 – São Carlos | 2012-05-13 – São Carlos |
| Colombia | 2 | Peru | 0 |
| 2012-05-12 – São Carlos | 2012-05-12 – São Carlos | | Peru | 0 |
| 2012-05-12 – São Carlos | 2012-05-12 – São Carlos | Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | Brazil | 3 |
| Venezuela | 0 | | |
| Venezuela | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2012-05-13 – São Carlos | 2012-05-13 – São Carlos |
| | | Venezuela | 3 |
| | | Colombia | 2 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 May | 13:30 | Peru | 3–2 | Colombia | 25–19 | 15–25 | 22–25 | 25–11 | 17–15 | 104–95 | P2 P3 |
| 12 May | 16:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–14 | 25–15 | 25–23 | | | 75–52 | P2P3 |

### Third place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 16:00 | Colombia | 2–3 | Venezuela | 25–18 | 20–25 | 25–20 | 24–26 | 13–15 | 107–104 | P2P3 |

### First place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 18:30 | Peru | 0–3 | Brazil | 12–25 | 16–25 | 9–25 | | | 37–75 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Brazil |
| 2 | Peru |
| 3 | Venezuela |
| 4 | Colombia |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 5 | Uruguay |
| 7 | Chile |

## Individual awards

* MVP: Fernanda Garay (BRA)
* Best scorer: Madelaynne Montaño (COL)
* Best spiker: Fernanda Garay (BRA)
* Best blocker: Thaísa Menezes (BRA)
* Best server: Elena Keldibekova (PER)
* Best digger: Elena Berroterran (VEN)
* Best setter: Fabíola de Souza (BRA)
* Best receiver: Lucia Gaido (ARG)
* Best libero: Elena Berroterran (VEN)