2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup explained

Competition:	Women's World Cup
Gender:	Women
Continent:	World
Year:	2011
Size:	150
Dates:	4–18 November
Teams:	12
Venues:	7
Cities:	6
Champions:	Italy
Title Number:	2
Mvp:	Carolina Costagrande
Website:	Official website
Last:	2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
Next:	2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

The 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup was played from 4 to 18 November 2011 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

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

The host nation's team.
The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011.
Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011).
Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011.

width=250	Competition !	width=180	Date !	width=200	Venue !	width=200	Qualified
Host country	—	—
	August 17–24, 2011
	September 12–17, 2011
	September 15–23, 2011
	Sep. 24 – Oct. 2, 2011
	Sep. 28 – Oct. 2, 2011
Wild card^[1]	October 5, 2011
Total			12

FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)^[2]

Rank	Team
align=center	10	Europe
align=center	13	NORCECA
align=center	15	Africa
align=center	18	Asia
align=center	25	South America

Venues

Round	Site A	Site B
1st		White Ring, Nagano
2nd		Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama
3rd		Momotaro Arena, Okayama
4th		Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Format

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 (30 matches, 5 days): Teams played against teams in the same group
Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): Teams played against teams in the other group

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

Results

First round

Site B

Second round

Site B

Third round

Site B

Fourth round

Site B

Final standing

Rank	Team
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align=center	4
align=center	5
align=center	6
align=center	7
align=center	8
align=center	9
align=center	10
align=center	11
align=center	12