2012 FIVB Volleyball World League explained

Competition:	World League
Continent:	World
Year:	2012
Size:	250px
City:	Sofia (Final)
Dates:	18 May – 8 July
Teams:	16
Confederations:	5
Venues:	16
Cities:	16
Champions:	POL
Title Number:	1
Second:	USA
Third:	CUB
Fourth:	BUL
Mvp:	Bartosz Kurek
Website:	FIVB World League
Last:	2011 FIVB Volleyball World League
Next:	2013 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 23rd edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 18 May to 8 July 2012. The Final Round was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Qualification

See main article: article and 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification.

Top 13 teams of the 2011 edition and directly qualified.
and qualified through the qualification.

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Pools composition

The pools were announced on 17 December 2011.^[1]

Squads

See main article: article and 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League squads.

Pool standing procedure

Match points
Number of matches won
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Intercontinental round

All times are local.
The Final Round hosts Bulgaria, the winners of each pool and the best second place team among all pools will qualify for the Final Round. If Bulgaria are ranked first in Pool D, the two best second place teams of all pools will qualify for the Final Round.
The schedule was confirmed on 10 February 2012.^[2]

Pool A

Week 1

Venue: Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu, Japan

Week 2

Venue: Palacio del Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Week 3

Venue: Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia

Week 4

Venue: SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

Pool B

Week 1

Venue: Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Week 2

Venue: Spodek, Katowice, Poland

Week 3

Venue: Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Week 4

Venue: Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland

Pool C

Week 1

Venue: Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, Italy

Week 2

Venue: Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, France

Week 3

Venue: Yeomju Gymnasium, Gwangju, South Korea

Week 4

Venue: Dallas Convention Center Arena, Dallas, United States

Pool D

Week 1

Venue: Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

Week 2

Venue: Polideportivo Almirante Brown, Burzaco, Argentina

Week 3

Venue: Pavilhão Multiusos, Guimarães, Portugal

Week 4

Venue: Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria

Final round

Venue: Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria
All times are Eastern European Summer Time .

Pool play

Pool F

Final four

Final

Final standing

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14-man Roster for Final Round
Nowakowski, Winiarski, Kosok, Zagumny, Kurek, Jarosz, Bartman, Wiśniewski, Kubiak, Ruciak, Żygadło, Ignaczak, Zatorski, Możdżonek (c)
Head coach
Anastasi