Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Volleyball
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates30 August – 8 September
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (men)
 China (CHN) (women)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iran (IRI) (men)
 United States (USA) (women)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany (GER) (men)
 Ukraine (UKR) (women)
2008
2016
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. 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.

Medalists

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

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.

Qualification

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team 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

Pos Team 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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Germany3
 
 
 
 China2
 
 Germany0
 
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina3
 
 Egypt0
 
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina3
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina3
 
 
 
 Iran1
 
 Russia3
 
 
 
 Brazil2
 
 Russia0
 
 
 
 Iran3 Third place
 
 Great Britain0
 
 
 
 Iran3
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Russia2
 

Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team 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

Pos Team 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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ukraine0
 
 
 
 United States3
 
 United States1
 
 
 
 China3
 
 Netherlands2
 
 
 China3
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Ukraine3
 
 
 Netherlands0

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