The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament took place from November 20, 2011 to June 10, 2012.
Qualification summary Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country12011 World Cup 4–18 November 2011 Japan 3 African Qualifier 2–4 February 2012 Blida 1 North American Qualifier 29 Apr–5 May 2012 Tijuana 1 European Qualifier 1–6 May 2012 Ankara1 South American Qualifier 9–13 May 2012 São Carlos1 World Qualifier 19–27 May 2012 Tokyo3 Asian Qualifier 1 Total 12 The Asian Qualification Tournament was combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament won the Olympic spots as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team except the top 3 winners qualify as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.
World Cup
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Continental qualification tournaments
Africa Venue: Blida, Algeria Dates: February 2–4, 2012 All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).
Europe
Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey Dates: May 1–6, 2012
Final standing RankTeam12357
North America
Venue: High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Dates: Apr 29 – May 5, 2012
Final standing RankTeam1 2 345678
South America
Venue: Ginásio Milton Olaio Filho, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil Dates: May 9–13, 2012
Final standing RankTeam123457
World qualification tournament
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Dates: May 19–27, 2012
Final standing
RankTeam12345678
References
Qualification Process