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)