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Flashback: Brazil stun USA in women’s final in London 2012
- Updated: August 12, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 12, 2016 – As the women’s teams battle in Rio for a spot in the Quarterfinals of the volleyball competition, Brazil, for one, can look back to four years ago for inspiration.
On August 11, 2012, Brazil recovered from a dramatic first-set meltdown to clinch the Olympic title with a 3-1 (11-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17) victory over USA in front of nearly 15,000 fans at Earl’s Court in central London.
Up until that point, the Americans hadn’t lost a match and had dropped only two sets.
Brazil, by contrast, had barely made it to the knockout phase of the competition, qualifying one win (and one point) ahead of Turkey after suffering a 3-1 loss to the U.S. and a shocking 3-0 defeat to Korea. In the Quarterfinals, they edged past Russia 3-2 before overcoming Japan 3-0 in the semis.
Coach Ze Roberto (in his seventh Olympics -sixth as coach) celebartes Lodnon 2012 gold.Brazil may have been defending champions with the legendary Ze Roberto in charge, but the United States – guided by Hugh McCutcheon, who led the U.S. men’s team to gold in Beijing in 2008 – were on a mission and it seemed like nothing would get in their way.
The U.S. had everything going for them: the No. 1 ranking in the world; a detailed and intense …
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