# 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 8th edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from 13 to 19 October 2012.

## Qualification

| Team (Confederation) | Qualified as |
| Al-Rayyan (AVC) | Hosts |
| Zamalek (CAVB) | 2012 African Champions |
| Al-Arabi (AVC) | 2012 Asian Champions |
| Zenit Kazan (CEV) | 2012 European Champions |
| Tigres de la UANL (NORCECA) | 2012 NORCECA Representatives |
| Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) | 2012 South American Champions |
| PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV) | Wild Card (2012 European Runners-up) |
| Trentino Diatec (CEV) | Wild Card (2012 European 3rd place) |

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Trentino Diatec | Zenit Kazan |
| Sada Cruzeiro | PGE Skra Bełchatów |
| Al-Rayyan | Zamalek |
| Tigres de la UANL | Al-Arabi |

## Venue

* All matches
* Doha, Qatar
* Aspire Ladies Sports Hall
* Capacity: 2,500

## Pool standing procedure

* Match points
* Number of matches won
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams
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

## Preliminary round

* All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Trentino Diatec | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 300 | 261 | 1.149 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 290 | 246 | 1.179 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 252 | 256 | 0.984 | |
| 4 | Tigres de la UANL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 146 | 225 | 0.649 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Oct | 15:00 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3–0 | Tigres de la UANL | 25–17 | 25–13 | 25–18 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Oct | 19:00 | Trentino Diatec | 3–2 | Al-Rayyan | 22–25 | 25–18 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 15–9 | 110–94 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Oct | 17:20 | Trentino Diatec | 3–0 | Tigres de la UANL | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–20 | | | 75–50 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Oct | 19:00 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3–1 | Al-Rayyan | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | 98–83 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Oct | 15:00 | Trentino Diatec | 3–2 | Sada Cruzeiro | 25–23 | 24–26 | 26–24 | 19–25 | 21–19 | 115–117 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Oct | 20:05 | Al-Rayyan | 3–0 | Tigres de la UANL | 25–13 | 25–17 | 25–18 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 274 | 248 | 1.105 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Zenit Kazan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 281 | 242 | 1.161 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Al-Arabi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 244 | 250 | 0.976 | |
| 4 | Zamalek | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 171 | 230 | 0.743 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Oct | 17:00 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3–0 | Zamalek | 27–25 | 25–19 | 28–26 | | | 80–70 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Oct | 15:00 | Al-Arabi | 1–3 | Zenit Kazan | 22–25 | 22–25 | 31–29 | 18–25 | | 93–104 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Oct | 10:00 | Al-Arabi | 3–0 | Zamalek | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–20 | | | 75–55 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Oct | 19:15 | Zenit Kazan | 2–3 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 19–25 | 10–15 | 102–103 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Oct | 15:00 | Zenit Kazan | 3–0 | Zamalek | 25–13 | 25–19 | 25–14 | | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Oct | 19:00 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3–1 | Al-Arabi | 25–17 | 25–17 | 16–25 | 25–17 | | 91–76 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

* All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 18 October | 18 October |
| Trentino | 3 |
| Trentino | 3 | 19 October | 19 October |
| Kazan | 0 | 19 October | 19 October |
| Kazan | 0 | Trentino | 3 |
| 18 October | 18 October | | Trentino | 3 |
| 18 October | 18 October | Sada | 0 |
| Bełchatów | 2 | Sada | 0 |
| Sada | 3 | | |
| Sada | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 19 October | 19 October |
| | | Kazan | 2 |
| | | Bełchatów | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Oct | 15:00 | Trentino Diatec | 3–0 | Zenit Kazan | 25–14 | 25–20 | 25–14 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Oct | 19:00 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 2–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 21–25 | 25–23 | 25–27 | 25–23 | 9–15 | 105–113 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Oct | 15:00 | Zenit Kazan | 2–3 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 18–25 | 25–18 | 25–15 | 24–26 | 11–15 | 103–99 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Oct | 19:11 | Trentino Diatec | 3–0 | Sada Cruzeiro | 25–18 | 25–15 | 29–27 | | | 79–60 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Trentino Diatec |
| | Sada Cruzeiro |
| | PGE Skra Bełchatów |
| 4 | Zenit Kazan |
| 5 | Al-Arabi |
| 5 | Al-Rayyan |
| 5 | Tigres de la UANL |
| 5 | Zamalek |
* 2012 Men's Club World Champions
* Trentino Diatec 4th title
* 14–man Roster
* Kaziyski (c), Sintini, Birarelli, Juantorena, Raphael, Valsecchi, Uchikov, Lanza, Tzourits, Colaci, Štokr, Chrtiansky, Bari, Burgsthaler
* Head coach
* Stoychev

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Osmany Juantorena (Trentino Diatec)
* Best scorer
    Aleksandar Atanasijević (PGE Skra Bełchatów)
* Best spiker
    Jan Štokr (Trentino Diatec)
* Best blocker
    Emanuele Birarelli (Trentino Diatec)
* Best server
    Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best setter
    William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best receiver
    Sérgio Nogueira (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best libero
    Sérgio Nogueira (Sada Cruzeiro)