Brazil draws tough Rio 2016 men's volleyball pool
Xinhua, June 7, 2016 Adjust font size:
Hosts Brazil have been drawn in the same pool as World Cup winners USA, runners-up Italy and European champions France at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, world volleyball governing body FIVB said on Monday.
The two Rio 2016 pools of six teams each were announced after Poland, Iran, France, Canada and Mexico clinched the final spots at the Olympic qualification tournaments in Japan and Mexico on Sunday.
The top four teams from each pool will advance to the knockout phase.
Brazil, who won gold at the 2004 Games in Athens, have been runners-up in the past two Olympic men's volleyball finals. They lost to Russia in London four years ago and the United States at the Beijing 2008 Games.
The Rio 2016 Olympic men's volleyball tournament runs from August 7 until August 21.
Olympic men's volleyball pools:
Pool A
Brazil
Italy
USA
Canada
France
Mexico
Pool B
Poland
Russia
Argentina
Iran
Cuba
Egypt
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