Following are the final standings from the men's volleyball preliminaries of the Beijing Olympic Games (tabulated under games played, won, lost and ranking):
Pool A:
United States 5 5 0 1
Italy 5 4 1 2
Bulgaria 5 3 2 3
China 5 2 3 4
Venezuela 5 1 4 5
Japan 5 0 5 6
Pool B:
Brazil 5 4 1 1
Russia 5 4 1 2
Poland 5 4 1 3
Serbia 5 2 3 4
Germany 5 1 4 5
Egypt 5 0 5 6
Top four finishers from each group advance to the quarter-finals
(Xinhua News Agency August 19, 2008)