Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Volleyball
at the XIV Paralympic Games

Venue| ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates| 30 August – 8 September
Medalists
| |  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (men)
China (CHN) (women)

|
|

|  |  Iran (IRI) (men)
United States (USA) (women)
|  |  Germany (GER) (men)
Ukraine (UKR) (women)

←2008

2016→

Volleyball at the
2012 Summer Paralympics

Tournament| men| women
Rosters| men| women

* v
* t
* e

Netherlands versus Japan women's match

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held from 30 August to 8 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.

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's men's team won the gold in 2012, beating Iran 3-1, although Iran had also won by 3-1 against them in the group stage.

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.

This was the third Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.[3]

## Medalists[edit]

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 Lashgari Sanami
Reza Peidayesh
Davoud Alipourian
Ahmad Eiri
Nasser Hassanpour Alinazari
Sadegh Bigdeli
Jalil Eimery (captain)
Saeid Ebrahimi Baladezaei
Isa Zirahi
Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei
Mohammad Khaleghi
Coach: Hadi Rezaei |  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[edit]

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.[4]

## Qualification[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

### Preliminary round[edit]

#### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  Germany | 4  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 12  | 3  | 4.000  | 340  | 266  | 1.278
2  |  Russia | 4  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 11  | 5  | 2.200  | 356  | 275  | 1.295
3  |  Egypt | 4  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 9  | 6  | 1.500  | 424  | 402  | 1.055
4  |  Great Britain | 4  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 3  | 9  | 0.333  | 230  | 276  | 0.833
5  |  Morocco | 4  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 12  | 0.000  | 157  | 300  | 0.523

Source:[citation needed]

#### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  Iran | 4  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 12  | 1  | 12.000  | 322  | 207  | 1.556
2  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 10  | 3  | 3.333  | 309  | 240  | 1.288
3  |  Brazil | 4  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 6  | 6  | 1.000  | 257  | 230  | 1.117
4  |  China | 4  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 3  | 9  | 0.333  | 243  | 266  | 0.914
5  |  Rwanda | 4  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 12  | 0.000  | 115  | 300  | 0.383

Source:[citation needed]

### Final round[edit]

| 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

## Women's tournament[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

### Preliminary round[edit]

#### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  Ukraine | 3  | 3  | 0  | 6  | 9  | 1  | 9.000  | 241  | 167  | 1.443
2  |  Netherlands | 3  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 7  | 4  | 1.750  | 251  | 201  | 1.249
3  |  Japan | 3  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 0.667  | 190  | 218  | 0.872
4  |  Great Britain | 3  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 9  | 0.000  | 129  | 225  | 0.573

Source:[citation needed]

#### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team

* v
* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  China | 3  | 3  | 0  | 6  | 9  | 2  | 4.500  | 275  | 138  | 1.993
2  |  United States | 3  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 7  | 2  | 3.500  | 245  | 187  | 1.310
3  |  Brazil | 3  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 8  | 0.500  | 242  | 273  | 0.886
4  |  Slovenia | 3  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 9  | 0.222  | 176  | 260  | 0.677

Source:[citation needed]

### Final round[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

|
|
|

|  |  |  |  |  |

|  | |

|  Ukraine| 0

|  United States| 3 |

|  United States| 1

| |  China| 3

|  Netherlands| 2

|  China| 3 |

| Third place

|  Ukraine| 3

|  Netherlands| 0

## References[edit]

1. ^ Men's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
2. ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Paralympics - International Paralympic Committee
3. ^ "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
4. ^ "London 2012". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

## External links[edit]

* Official page for volleyball competition Archived 23 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine

* v
* t
* e

Events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (London)

* Archery
* Athletics
* Boccia
* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Football 5-a-side
* Football 7-a-side
* Goalball
* Judo
* Powerlifting
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Volleyball
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair fencing
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair tennis

* v
* t
* e

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[Pts]: Points
*[SW]: Sets won
*[SL]: Sets lost
*[SR]: Set ratio
*[SPW]: Setpoints won
*[SPL]: Setpoints lost
*[SPR]: Setpoint ratio