2012 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 23rd edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 18 May to 8 July 2012. The Final Round was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Qualification

 * Top 13 teams of the 2011 edition and directly qualified.
 * and qualified through the qualification.

Pools composition
The pools were announced on 17 December 2011.

Pool standing procedure

 * 1) Match points
 * 2) Number of matches won
 * 3) Sets ratio
 * 4) Points ratio
 * 5) 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

Intercontinental round

 * All times are local.
 * The Final Round hosts Bulgaria, the winners of each pool and the best second place team among all pools will qualify for the Final Round. If Bulgaria are ranked first in Pool D, the two best second place teams of all pools will qualify for the Final Round.
 * The schedule was confirmed on 10 February 2012.

Week 1

 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu, Japan

Week 2

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

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

Week 1

 * Venue: 🇨🇦 Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Week 2

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Spodek, Katowice, Poland

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland

Week 1

 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, Italy

Week 2

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, France

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇰🇷 Yeomju Gymnasium, Gwangju, South Korea

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇺🇸 Dallas Convention Center Arena, Dallas, United States

Week 1

 * Venue: 🇩🇪 Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

Week 2

 * Venue: 🇦🇷 Polideportivo Almirante Brown, Burzaco, Argentina

Week 3

 * Venue: Pavilhão Multiusos, Guimarães, Portugal

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria

Final round

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇵🇱 Bartosz Kurek
 * Best scorer
 * 🇧🇬 Todor Aleksiev
 * Best spiker
 * 🇵🇱 Zbigniew Bartman
 * Best blocker
 * 🇵🇱 Marcin Możdżonek
 * Best server
 * 🇺🇸 Clayton Stanley
 * Best setter
 * 🇧🇬 Georgi Bratoev
 * Best receiver
 * 🇧🇬 Todor Aleksiev
 * Best libero
 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Ignaczak