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The 2012
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FIVB announces pools for 2012 World Grand Prix
(In Spanish)


Competing nations


Qualification process

* /sup> The best two South American teams and the best 4 NORCECA teams at the 2011 Pan-American Cup qualified. * /sup> As China already qualified as host of the Final Round, the next best three teams at the 2011 Asian Championship qualified. * /sup> 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,
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wins by total points of the two legs 141–138


Squads


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
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's Pools. In April 2012 FIVB confirmed officially the pool schedule that was released December 22, 2011.


Preliminary round


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.


First round


Pool A

*Venue:
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Pool B

*Venue:
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Pool C

*Venue: Sajik Indoor Gymnasium,
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Pool D

*Venue: Atlas Arena,
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Second round


Pool E

*Venue: Adib Moises Dib Gymnasium,
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Pool F

*Venue:
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Pool G

*Venue: Lingnan Pearl Gymnasium,
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Pool H

*Venue: Hala Pionir,
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Third round


Pool I

*Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium,
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Pool J

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

*Venue: Luohe Sports Center,
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Pool L

*Venue: Fengshan Stadium,
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Final round


Final ranking


Pool Final

*Venue:
Beilun Gymnasium Beilun Gymnasium () is an indoor sporting arena located in Ningbo, China. The maximum capacity of the arena is 8,000 spectators, fixed seats are 4,000. It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball and volleyball Volleyball is a ...
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Ningbo Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the Eas ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
*All times are local for the host city.


Final standing



Individual awards

*Most valuable player: ** *Best scorer: ** *Best spiker: ** *Best blocker: ** *Best server: ** *Best receiver: ** *Best setter: ** *Best digger: ** *Best libero: **


References

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