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

The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament took place from November 20, 2011 to June 10, 2012.

## Qualification summary

| Means of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host country | — | — | 1 | Great Britain |
| 2011 World Cup | 4–18 November 2011 | Japan | 3 | Italy |
| 2011 World Cup | 4–18 November 2011 | Japan | 3 | United States |
| 2011 World Cup | 4–18 November 2011 | Japan | 3 | China |
| African Qualifier | 2–4 February 2012 | Blida | 1 | Algeria |
| North American Qualifier | 29 Apr–5 May 2012 | Tijuana | 1 | Dominican Republic |
| European Qualifier | 1–6 May 2012 | Ankara | 1 | Turkey |
| South American Qualifier | 9–13 May 2012 | São Carlos | 1 | Brazil |
| World Qualifier | 19–27 May 2012 | Tokyo | 3 | Russia |
| World Qualifier | 19–27 May 2012 | Tokyo | 3 | South Korea |
| World Qualifier | 19–27 May 2012 | Tokyo | 3 | Serbia |
| Asian Qualifier | 19–27 May 2012 | Tokyo | 1 | Japan |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |
* The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament won the Olympic spots as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team except the top 3 winners qualify as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

## World Cup

| Rank | Team |
| | Italy |
| | United States |
| | China |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Brazil |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Serbia |
| 8 | Dominican Republic |
| 9 | South Korea |
| 10 | Argentina |
| 11 | Algeria |
| 12 | Kenya |

## Continental qualification tournaments
### Africa

* Venue: Blida, Algeria
* Dates: February 2–4, 2012
* All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 268 | 180 | 1.489 |
| 2 | Kenya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 258 | 254 | 1.016 |
| 3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 257 | 254 | 1.012 |
| 4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 130 | 225 | 0.578 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 02 Feb | 16:00 | Egypt | 1–3 | Algeria | 20–25 | 25–23 | 17–25 | 20–25 | | 82–98 | Report |
| 02 Feb | 18:00 | Seychelles | 0–3 | Kenya | 15–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | | 59–75 | Report |
| 03 Feb | 15:00 | Algeria | 3–0 | Seychelles | 25–6 | 25–6 | 25–12 | | | 75–24 | Report |
| 03 Feb | 17:00 | Kenya | 3–2 | Egypt | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–13 | 20–25 | 16–14 | 109–100 | Report |
| 04 Feb | 15:00 | Algeria | 3–1 | Kenya | 25–16 | 25–21 | 20–25 | 25–12 | | 95–74 | Report |
| 04 Feb | 17:00 | Egypt | 3–0 | Seychelles | 25–18 | 25–8 | 25–21 | | | 75–47 | Report |

### Europe

* Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
* Dates: May 1–6, 2012

#### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Turkey |
| 2 | Poland |
| 3 | Russia |
| 3 | Germany |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Bulgaria |
| 7 | Serbia |
| 7 | Croatia |

### North America

* Venue: High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
* Dates: Apr 29 – May 5, 2012

#### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Dominican Republic |
| 2 | Cuba |
| 3 | Puerto Rico |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | Mexico |
| 6 | Costa Rica |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 8 | Honduras |

### South America

* Venue: Ginásio Milton Olaio Filho, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
* Dates: May 9–13, 2012

#### Final standing

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

## World qualification tournament

* Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
* Dates: May 19–27, 2012

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Russia |
| 2 | South Korea |
| 3 | Serbia |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Thailand |
| 6 | Cuba |
| 7 | Peru |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei |