2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games

Four Teams Tied in Pool A Headed Into Final Day of Preliminary Round

Four Teams Tied in Pool A Headed Into Final Day of Preliminary Round

The USA men's Olympic volleyball team has put on an extraordinary performance to rally back from an 0-2 start to its Olympic showing. Now with a 2-2 record

Aug 14, 2016 by Megan Kaplon
Four Teams Tied in Pool A Headed Into Final Day of Preliminary Round
The USA men's Olympic volleyball team has put on an extraordinary performance to rally back from an 0-2 start to its Olympic showing. Now with a 2-2 record and wins over tough teams Brazil and France, USA has a much better chance of advancing to the playoffs.

However, with all the craziness in Pool A--Italy and USA both beating No. 1 ranked Brazil and Canada taking down the USA--and four teams with a 2-2 record and six points, there are still no guarantees.

The matches in tomorrow's final day of pool play will be critical for all teams except Italy. At 4-0, Italy is guaranteed a spot in the quarterfinals no matter what happens in its match versus Canada on Monday.

Here is the Pool A schedule for the final day of men's indoor volleyball pool play at 2016 Olympics:

USA vs. Mexico, 10:30 a.m. ET
Italy vs. Canada, 7:30 p.m. ET
Brazil vs. France, 9:30 p.m. ET

Pool A Standings, as of August 14


Rank Team Matches Won Matches Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points
1 Italy 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 12
2 France 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 6
3 Canada 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 6
4 Brazil 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
5 USA 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
6 Mexico 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0

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