2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup


The 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup was played from November 4 to November 18 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

Qualification summary

12 teams participated in the World Cup:
CompetitionDateVenueQualified
Host Nation——
2011 African ChampionshipAugust 17–24, 2011 Nairobi, Kenya
2011 NORCECA ChampionshipSeptember 12–17, 2011 Caguas, Puerto Rico
2011 Asian ChampionshipSeptember 15–23, 2011 Taipei, Chinese Taipei
2011 European ChampionshipSep. 24 – Oct. 2, 2011 Serbia
Italy
2011 South American ChampionshipSep. 28 – Oct. 2, 2011 Callao, Peru
Wild CardOctober 5, 2011 Tokyo, Japan
Total12

Four highest-ranked second-place teams

FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams

RankTeamContinent
10Europe
13NORCECA
15Africa
18Asia
25South America

Venues

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

Squads

Competition System

The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking was determined by the total points gained.
The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each.
Rounds 1 + 2 : Teams played against teams in the same group
Rounds 3 + 4 : Teams played against teams in the other group.

Standings

Results

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Individual awards