Men’s Volleyball Nations League Standings After Day 1

2018 FIVB MEN’S VOLLEYBALL NATIONS LEAGUE – WEEK 1

• May 25-27, 2018
• Schedule/Results

Day 1 went mostly according to plan with just one slight upset by the world rankings.

Pool 2 offered the most competitive matches with both going five sets. In the end, the World No. 2 ranked United States edged past No. 7 Argentina and No. 14 Bulgaria came out on top over No. 20 China.

Bulgaria was the only one of the four challenger teams to pick up a Day 1 victory, with a five-setter over host China.

Australia took a set off of Japan, but Canada was swept by Russia and Poland quickly moved past South Korea. 

No. 9 France bested No. 8 Iran in four-sets, but with the French boasting home court advantage, the results are a wash.

Some of the lower seeded teams collapsed under the pressure, as Germany and Serbia each gave away nearly 30 points in losses to Italy and Brazil in Pool 3.

Here’s a look at how each pool’s results shook out.

• Pool 1 Recap
• Pool 2 Recaps: USA Recap; Bulgaria Recap
• Pool 3 Recap
• Pool 4 Recap

 Standings

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	76	57	1.333
2	Poland	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	59	1.271
3	Brazil	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	76	68	1.118
4	France	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	99	83	1.193
5	Italy	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	98	82	1.195
6	Japan	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	98	75	1.307
7	United States	1	0	2	3	2	1.500	115	108	1.065
8	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3	2	1.500	102	96	1.063
9	China	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	96	102	0.941
10	Argentina	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	108	115	0.939
11	Iran	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	83	99	0.838
12	Germany	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	82	98	0.837
13	Australia	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	75	98	0.765
14	Serbia	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	68	76	0.895
15	South Korea	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	59	75	0.787
16	Canada	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	57	76	0.750