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The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 28 July to 11 August 2012. [1]
The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August. [1] The indoor volleyball competition took place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in west London, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
During these two decades, Soviet Union was not only dominant power in Europe but also world volleyball superpower by winning two Olympic titles (1968, 1972), two World Championships (1960, 1970) and first edition of the Women's World Cup held in 1973. After victory at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, a power of the Soviet team started to decline.
Oliveira was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. [5] She was also part of the Brazilian team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also took the 2013 South American Championship with her national team, winning the Best Libero award. [6]
[3] [4] The United States won its first medals in volleyball at the Los Angeles Games: a gold in the men's competition, and a silver in the women's. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The People's Republic of China won the gold medal in the women's competition in Los Angeles, their first time participating in an Olympic volleyball competition. [ 7 ]
The Canadian women had to win a lucky loser match just to make the knockout stage of the tournament and then faced a match point against the Swiss before winning the second set.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 01 May 16:30 Poland : 3–1 Netherlands 25–18 25–23 23–25 25–13 98–79: Report: 02 May 14:00
Elitserien (women's volleyball) Previous winners, titles by team Turkey: Turkish Men's Volleyball League: Champions, performance by club: Turkish Women's Volleyball League: Title holders, performance by club Ukraine: Ukrainian Men's Volleyball Super League: Champions, performance by club: Ukrainian Women's Volleyball Super League: Champions ...