Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament took place from November 20, 2011 to June 10, 2012.

Qualification summary

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	—	—	1	Great Britain
2011 World Cup	4–18 November 2011	Japan	3	Italy
				United States
				China
African Qualifier	2–4 February 2012	Blida	1	Algeria
North American Qualifier	29 Apr–5 May 2012	Tijuana	1	Dominican Republic
European Qualifier	1–6 May 2012	Ankara	1	Turkey
South American Qualifier	9–13 May 2012	São Carlos	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	19–27 May 2012	Tokyo	3	Russia
				South Korea
				Serbia
Asian Qualifier			1	Japan
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.

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Feb	16:00	Egypt	1–3	Algeria	20–25	25–23	17–25	20–25		82–98	Report
02 Feb	18:00	Seychelles	0–3	Kenya	15–25	21–25	23–25			59–75	Report
03 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–0	Seychelles	25–6	25–6	25–12			75–24	Report
03 Feb	17:00	Kenya	3–2	Egypt	25–23	23–25	25–13	20–25	16–14	109–100	Report
04 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–1	Kenya	25–16	25–21	20–25	25–12		95–74	Report
04 Feb	17:00	Egypt	3–0	Seychelles	25–18	25–8	25–21			75–47	Report