Brazil Surges Into #VNL Lead, USA Drops to Fifth with Loss

2018 FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations League

May 25 – July 8, 2018
Schedule/Results

At the end of Day 7, the VNL men’s top five are Brazil, Poland, France, Canada and the United States, with the teams divided by just four points. France is already guaranteed a spot in the Final Six by virtue of being the event host.

Brazil surged into the top spot in the standings with a four-set win over Russia, including 11 aces.

Poland narrowly avoided an upset, picking up a five-set win over Italy, thanks to 15 blocks and 33 Italian errors.

The United States was not as lucky, falling in a surprise sweep at the hands of giant killer Germany, who handed Poland its lone loss to wrap up Week 2 play. The Germans bested the Americans in every way, seemingly still reeling from dropping a five-setter to Brazil last week after leading 2-0.

Canada avoided a home upset, shaking off Australia late in each set of a sweep to vault ahead of the United States in the standings.

Here’s a look at the day’s results

Pool 9: USA Recap; Canada Recap
Pool 10 Recap
Pool 11 Recap
Pool 12 Recap

Standings

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	1	18	20	6	3.333	614	561	1.094
2	Poland	6	1	17	19	6	3.167	601	524	1.147
3	France	5	2	16	17	8	2.125	597	532	1.122
4	Canada	5	2	15	16	9	1.778	513	498	1.030
5	United States	5	2	14	17	11	1.545	625	592	1.056
6	Serbia	5	2	12	15	14	1.071	641	625	1.026
7	Russia	4	3	13	15	10	1.500	577	538	1.072
8	Italy	4	3	12	15	12	1.250	614	594	1.034
9	Bulgaria	3	4	9	12	15	0.800	583	605	0.964
10	Germany	3	4	9	11	14	0.786	562	573	0.981
11	Japan	3	4	9	12	16	0.750	618	635	0.973
12	Iran	3	4	8	12	14	0.857	593	598	0.992
13	China	2	5	6	9	17	0.529	528	593	0.890
14	Argentina	1	6	5	10	18	0.556	617	658	0.938
15	Australia	1	6	4	7	18	0.389	476	532	0.895
16	South Korea	0	7	1	2	21	0.095	463	564	0.821