2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament played by 16 countries starting 8 June 2012. The finals were held at the Beilun Sports and Arts Centre in Ningbo, China.

Qualification process

 * [1] The best two South American teams and the best 4 NORCECA teams at the 2011 Pan-American Cup qualified.
 * [2] As China already qualified as host of the Final Round, the next best three teams at the 2011 Asian Championship qualified.
 * [3] The best African team and the next best Asian team at the 2011 Asian Championship had a play-off to determine the final spot.

Play-off

 * Venue: Palais des Sports, Oran, Algeria

Chinese Taipei wins by total points of the two legs 141–138

Pool standing procedure
1. Match points 2. Numbers of matches won 3. Sets ratio 4. Points ratio

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

Calendar
Though FIVB did not officially release or confirm the pool schedule until April 2012, almost all continental divisions posted the pool schedule in December 2011. The original list was released December 19, 2011; three days later on December 22 a new list was released to the public, with 4 minor changes involving Brazil's, Dominican Republic's and Germany's Pools. In April 2012 FIVB confirmed officially the pool schedule that was released December 22, 2011.

Ranking
China (finals host) and the top five teams in the preliminary round will advance to the final round.

All times are local for the host city.

Pool A

 * Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China

Pool B

 * Venue: Palacio del Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Pool C

 * Venue: Sajik Indoor Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea

Pool D

 * Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland

Pool E

 * Venue: Adib Moises Dib Gymnasium, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Pool F

 * Venue: Park Arena Komaki, Komaki, Japan

Pool G

 * Venue: Lingnan Pearl Gymnasium, Foshan, China

Pool H

 * Venue: Hala Pionir, Belgrade, Serbia

Pool I

 * Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan

Pool J

 * Venue: Keelawes 1 Gymnasium, Thai-Japanese Stadium, Thai-Japanese Bangkok Youth Center, Dindaeng, Bangkok, Thailand

Pool K

 * Venue: Luohe Sports Center, Luohe, China

Pool L

 * Venue: Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei

Pool Final

 * Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China


 * All times are local for the host city.

Final standing
Team roster: Alisha Glass, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Nicole Davis, Heather Bown, Cynthia Barboza, Nancy Metcalf, Christa Harmotto, Megan Hodge, Tamari Miyashiro, Courtney Thompson, Kristin Richards. Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon

Individual awards

 * Most valuable player:
 * 🇺🇸 Megan Hodge (USA)
 * Best scorer:
 * 🇺🇸 Megan Hodge (USA)
 * Best spiker:
 * 🇨🇺 Yoana Palacios (CUB)
 * Best blocker:
 * 🇧🇷 Thaísa Menezes (BRA)
 * Best server:
 * 🇹🇷 Neslihan Darnel (TUR)
 * Best receiver:
 * 🇹🇷 Gülden Kayalar (TUR)
 * Best setter:
 * 🇹🇭 Nootsara Tomkom (THA)
 * Best digger:
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Xian (CHN)
 * Best libero:
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Xian (CHN)