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The U.S. men's volleyball team won the bronze medal Friday, defeating Italy 3-0. It is the sixth volleyball medal for the American men and their third bronze. They won gold in 1984, 1988 and 2008.
Team USA men's volleyball has had mixed results at the Olympics: Despite winning golds in 1984, 1988 and 2008 — and a pair of bronzes in 1992 and 2016 — the Americans don't consistently make ...
The U.S. will also face Italy on Sunday in the women's volleyball final, with the American team hoping to win gold for the second consecutive Olympics. France and Poland will play for the men's ...
In the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, the inaugural edition replacing the World League, the U.S. national team defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal. [6]
The volleyball Olympic tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply: Qualification. Twelve teams participate in each event. Host nations are always pre-qualified. Two teams qualify through the Men's and Women's World Cup (this number was reduced from three prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics).
In women's beach volleyball, the United States team of Misty May (now May-Treanor) and Kerri Walsh (now Walsh Jennings) won the first of three consecutive gold medals, the only team to defend a beach volleyball gold medal. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the United States men's indoor team won all their matches on the way to their third gold ...
As of this moment, Matt Anderson is planning to make another go at an Olympic gold medal in men's volleyball four years from now. If his young family is all in on the idea. Four-time U.S ...
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 13th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in London, United Kingdom from 29 July to 12 August 2012. [1] Russia won the gold medal in a 3–2 victory against Brazil.