Talk:Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

Competition formula
This section doesn't give any references. See below for one thing that I don't feel quite right.

Indoor volleyball

 * At the qualification round, each team plays one match against all other teams in its pool. Top four teams in each pool advance, the remaining two leave the competition.
 * At the second phase, usually called final round, teams play quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
 * For the final round, matches are organized according to the results obtained in the qualification round. Let the top four teams in each pool be A1, A2, A3, A4; B1, B2, B3, B4. Quarterfinals would then be: A1xB4; A2xB3; A3xB2; A4xB1.

I don't think this is how teams are matched up at the knock-out stage in the Beijing Olympics. No problem with A1xB4 and A4xB1. But the other four teams (A2 B2 A3 B3) actaully drew a lot to decide who plays whom.

Can anyone please verify?

Soviet Union medals combined with Russia
Dear All

i Communicated with FIVB and they reply below and they confirming to me that USSR medals and RUS are combined together. so you should correct the medal tables based on FIVB(the official body of volleyball).

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"Dear Mohamed, Thank you for your interest in volleyball. Indeed, the titles and medals won by the USSR are included in the total winnings of the Russian National Team. I hope this helps.

With kind regards,

Mr. Larry CARREL FIVB Volleyball Project Manager FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL « Château Les Tourelles » Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne/Switzerland Tel. +41 21 345 35 35 Fax +41 21 345 35 45 larry.carrel@fivb.com www.fivb.com"

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Thanks and best regards Mohamed Khedr