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The teams are set for the Olympics men’s volleyball quarterfinals, but the seeding remains in complete flux entering the final day of pool-play.
The match between Poland and Italy on Saturday is the only remaining pool-play result that will have any bearing on the quarterfinal seeding. Check out all the possible seeding results based on the final score of the Poland and Italy showdown.
Italy wins in three games
No. 1 seed Italy
No. 2 seed United States
No. 3 seed Slovenia
No. 4 seed France
No. 5 seed Germany
No. 6 seed Poland
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Poland wins in three games
No. 1 seed Poland
No. 2 seed United States
No. 3 seed Slovenia
No. 4 seed France
No. 5 seed Germany
No. 6 seed Italy
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Italy wins in four games
No. 1 seed Italy
No. 2 seed United States
No. 3 seed Slovenia
No. 4 seed France
No. 5 seed Germany
No. 6 seed Poland
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Poland wins in four games (margin of win at least 14 points)
No. 1 seed Poland
No. 2 seed United States
No. 3 seed Slovenia
No. 4 seed Italy
No. 5 seed France
No. 6 seed Germany
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Poland wins in four games (margin of win between six and 14 points)
No. 1 seed United States
No. 2 seed Poland
No. 3 seed Slovenia
No. 4 seed Italy
No. 5 seed France
No. 6 seed Germany
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Poland wins in four games (margin of win less than six points)
No. 1 seed United States
No. 2 seed Slovenia
No. 3 seed Poland
No. 4 seed Italy
No. 5 seed France
No. 6 seed Germany
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Italy wins in five games (margin of win at least 13 points)
No. 1 seed Italy
No. 2 seed United States
No. 3 seed Slovenia
No. 4 seed France
No. 5 seed Germany
No. 6 seed Poland
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Italy wins in five games (margin of win between five and 12 points)
No. 1 seed United States
No. 2 seed Italy
No. 3 seed Slovenia
No. 4 seed France
No. 5 seed Germany
No. 6 seed Poland
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Italy wins in five games (margin of win less than five points)
No. 1 seed United States
No. 2 seed Slovenia
No. 3 seed Italy
No. 4 seed France
No. 5 seed Germany
No. 6 seed Poland
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
Poland wins in five games
No. 1 seed United States
No. 2 seed Slovenia
No. 3 seed Poland
No. 4 seed Italy
No. 5 seed France
No. 6 seed Germany
No. 7 seed Brazil
No. 8 seed Japan
The top-two indoor men’s volleyball teams in each of the three pools at the end of the pool-play stage will advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament. The two-best third-place teams in the three pools also will qualify for the quarterfinals. The pool champions will top three seeds for the quarterfinals, the second-place finishers will be the No. 3 through No. 6 seeds and the third-place finishers will be the No. 7 through No. 8 seeds. In the event that two or more teams with the same pool ranking have the same records at the end of the pool-play stage, the tiebreakers will be match points, then set win-loss record, then point differential, then head-to-head results if they played each other in this tournament and then FIVB world ranking..
Men’s volleyball pool standings
Pool C standings
| Team | Record | Points | Sets | Margin |
| x-1. United States | 3-0 | 8 | 9-3 | +38 |
| x-2. Germany | 2-1 | 6 | 8-5 | +23 |
| x-3. Japan | 1-2 | 4 | 6-7 | -14 |
| 4. Argentina | 0-3 | 0 | 1-9 | -47 |
Pool A standings
| Team | Record | Points | Sets | Margin |
| x-1. Slovenia | 3-0 | 8 | 9-3 | +30 |
| x-2. France | 2-1 | 6 | 8-5 | +30 |
| 3. Serbia | 0-2 | 1 | 2-6 | -35 |
| 4. Canada | 0-2 | 0 | 1-6 | -35 |
Pool B standings
| Team | Record | Points | Sets | Margin |
| x-1. Italy | 2-0 | 6 | 6-1 | +25 |
| x-2. Poland | 2-0 | 5 | 6-2 | +24 |
| x-3. Brazil | 1-2 | 4 | 6-6 | +32 |
| 4. Egypt | 0-3 | 0 | 0-9 | -81 |
Legend
x — Clinched quarterfinals berth