The North American country had beaten Mexico and Bulgaria but fell short against Poland to finish the group stage with six points from three matches.
The United States of America will be taking on Turkey in an intriguing FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022 round-of-16 clash on Sunday. Both sides had almost identical records in their respective groups. These two nations won two and lost one from the three group matches. As a result, they qualify for the knockout rounds as the second-placed teams from their respective groups. The USA were labelled as one of the heavyweights heading into the tournament and their performances in some of the matches have certainly justified their tag.
In the group phase, the USA were placed alongside co-hosts Poland in Pool C. The North American country had beaten Mexico and Bulgaria but fell short against Poland to finish the group stage with six points from three matches. On the other hand, Turkey were placed in a challenging Pool E. Their only defeat had come against Italy, however, they overcame other teams in the group – Canada and China. Overall, Italy topped Pool E with nine points, Turkey had six and Canada were on three. China did not get any points from their three matches.
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The 24-team competition will take place from August 26th to September 11th. All of the teams are divided into six groups with each pool consisting of four teams. The group phase will last for six days, with each team playing once against their pool opponents. Following the completion of the schedule, 16 teams will be ascertained. It will have all six pool winners, runners-up, and the best four third-placed teams. They will proceed to the first round of elimination.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool F |
Puerto Rico | Brazil | Poland | Slovenia | Canada | Argentina |
Serbia | Cuba | Bulgaria | Cameroon | China | Egypt |
Tunisia | Japan | Mexico | Germany | Italy | Iran |
Ukraine | Qatar | United States | France | Turkey | Netherlands |
Matches | Result |
Argentina beat Egypt | 3-2 |
Turkey beat Canada | 3-0 |
Serbia beat Tunisia | 3-0 |
Netherlands beat Iran | 3-1 |
Ukraine beat Puerto Rico | 3-1 |
Italy beat China | 3-0 |
4th September Matches | Time (IST) |
United States vs Turkey | 9 pm |
Poland vs Tunisia | 12:30 am (Monday) |
The FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2022 matches will be shown live on Volleyball TV. Visit the official website for more details.