2012 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship

2012 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Bahrain
Dates	November 6-13
Teams	8
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Champions	Tunisia (7th title)

The 2012 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the Arab Volleyball Championship. It was held in Bahrain from 6 November to 13 November, 2012.

Teams

Group stage

The draw was held on 19 October 2012.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B
Tunisia Jordan Libya Iraq	Bahrain (Host & Defending Champion) Kuwait Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	229	158	1.449	Semifinals
2	Libya	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	228	235	0.970	Semifinals
3	Iraq	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	209	226	0.925	5–8th place
4	Jordan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	206	253	0.814	5–8th place

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
7 Nov	16:30	Tunisia	3–0	Jordan	25-22	29-27	25-21		79-70
7 Nov	18:30	Iraq	1–3	Libya	25-13	19-25	24-26	18-25	86-89
9 Nov	16:30	Tunisia	3–0	Libya	25-12	25-15	25-14		75-41
9 Nov	18:30	Jordan	0–3	Iraq	18-25	20-25	24-26		62-76
10 Nov	14:30	Libya	3–1	Jordan	23-25	25-18	25-18	25-13	98-74
10 Nov	16:30	Tunisia	3–0	Iraq	25-11	25-22	25-14		75-47

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	259	199	1.302	Semifinals
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	236	223	1.058	Semifinals
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	3	6	8	0.750	284	308	0.922	5–8th place
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	207	256	0.809	5–8th place

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Nov	16:30	Saudi Arabia	3–1	Kuwait	25-22	20-25	25-20	25-18		95-85
6 Nov	19:15	Bahrain	3–0	United Arab Emirates	25-12	25-16	25-12			75-40
8 Nov	16:30	United Arab Emirates	0–3	Saudi Arabia	22-25	23-25	18-25			63-75
8 Nov	18:30	Bahrain	3–2	Kuwait	25-16	21-25	25-17	23-25	15-10	109-93
10 Nov	12:30	Kuwait	3–2	United Arab Emirates	25-20	22-25	25-23	19-25	15-11	106-104
10 Nov	18:30	Bahrain	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25-23	25-22	25-21			75-66

Final round

Classification 5–8 places

Seventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	12:30	Jordan	3–1	United Arab Emirates	23-25	25-18	25-21	25-22		98-86

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	14:30	Kuwait	2–3	Iraq	19-25	25-23	20-25	25-19	13-15	102-107

Championship bracket

Semifinals		Final

November 12 – Riffa

Tunisia	3
		November 13 – Riffa
Saudi Arabia	0
		Bahrain	2
November 12 – Riffa
		Tunisia	3
Bahrain	3

Libya	0
		Third place

		November 13 – Riffa

		Saudi Arabia	1

		Libya	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	16:30	Tunisia	3–0	Saudi Arabia	25-12	25-20	25-19			75-51
12 Nov	18:30	Bahrain	3–0	Libya	25-14	25-20	25-19			75-53

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	16:30	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Libya	23-25	25-22	23-25	15-25		86-97

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	18:30	Bahrain	2–3	Tunisia	23-25	21-25	26-24	25-23	13-15	108-112

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Tunisia
	Bahrain
	Libya
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Iraq
6	Kuwait
7	Jordan
8	United Arab Emirates

2012 Men's Arab champions
Tunisia 7th title

**12-man Roster**
Saddem Hmissi, Anouar Taouerghi, Bilel Ben Hassine, Nabil Miladi, Marouane Garci, Marouane M'rabet, Mehdi Ben Cheikh, Ahmed Kadhi, Elyes Karamosly, Hamza Nagga, Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi, Ismail Moalla
Head coach
Fethi Mkaouer

Awards

Best scorer: Fadhel Abbas
Best spiker: Elyes Karamosly
Best blocker: Marouane Garci
Best server: Hassan Dhahi
Best setter: Mehdi Ben Cheikh
Best receiver: Fouad Al Maaroug
Best libero: Aymen Harouna

References

^ "Draw of the 2012 Arab volleyball championship". Bahrain volleyball association. 2012-10-19. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2012-10-19.

(in French) Schedule of the 2012 Arab volleyball championship (Tunisian Volleyball Federation)
(in Arabic) Group stage: results and ranking (Tunisian Volleyball Federation)

External links

Official AVA website

[1] "Draw of the 2012 Arab volleyball championship". Bahrain volleyball association. 2012-10-19. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2012-10-19.

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