2012 Men's Arab Volleyball Championship

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.

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)
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Teams

•  Bahrain
•  Iraq
•  Jordan
•  Kuwait
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Libya
•  Tunisia
•  United Arab Emirates

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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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