Men’s Volleyball Nations League Standings After Day 1

  0 Wendy Mayer | May 25th, 2018 | Asian Volleyball, Brazilian Volleyball, Canadian Volleyball, European volleyball, FIVB Nations League - Men, International Volleyball, News, South American Volleyball, U.S. Men's National Team

2018 FIVB MEN’S VOLLEYBALL NATIONS LEAGUE – WEEK 1

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.

 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

 

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Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

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