Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament will take place from November 20, 2011 to June 10, 2012.
Qualification summary
| Competition | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  Great Britain
|
| 2011 FIVB World Cup | November 4–18, 2011 |  Japan |
3 |  Italy United States China
|
| North America Qualification Tournament | January 8–16, 2012 |  Mexico |
1 | |
| African Qualification Tournament | Jan. 25 – Feb. 3, 2012 |  Algeria |
1 | |
| European Qualification Tournament | May 1–6, 2012 |  Istanbul, Turkey |
1 | |
| South America Qualification Tournament | May 2012 | TBD | 1 | |
| Asian Qualification Tournament | May 19–27, 2012 | Japan |
1 | |
| World Qualification Tournament | May 19–27, 2012 | Japan |
3 | |
| Total | 12 | |||
The Asian Qualification Tournament will be combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament will qualify 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
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
|
Italy
|
|
United States
|
|
China
|
| 4 | Japan
|
| 5 |  Brazil
|
| 6 |  Germany
|
| 7 |  Serbia
|
| 8 |  Dominican Republic
|
| 9 |  South Korea
|
| 10 |  Argentina
|
| 11 | Algeria
|
| 12 |  Kenya
|
Continental qualification tournaments
Africa
- Venue:
Algeria - Dates: January 25 – February 3, 2012
Europe
North America
- Venue:
Mexico - Dates: Jan 6-14, 2012
South America
- Venue:
Colombia - Dates: May, 2012
World qualification tournament
- Qualified teams
- Host
- Qualified through 2011 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
China (qualified via World Cup, replaced by next best team 
Chinese Taipei)
South Korea
Thailand
- Qualified through FIVB World Rankings
- Europe 1
- Europe 2
- North America
- South America or Africa
- Venue:
Japan - Dates: May 19–27, 2012
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).