The USA men’s volleyball team is on a dream run at FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifiers. The event that commenced on September 30 watched the USA thrashing every team coming before them. With this unbeatable performance, they were already sitting on top of the Pool B table. On their way to the top, they maintained a winning streak of five matches. Thrashing one of the toughest opponents, Slovenia days before, they went into the sixth match of pool B with their morale high.

Going by the stats, the match was highly in favor of the USA. And they did absolute justice to it. Alongside thrashing yet another opponent, they took away the prestigious spot for the upcoming Olympics.

Team USA top Pool B team to enter the Olympics

On 7th October, the USA’s volleyball team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics games through the FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifiers Pool B tournament. Hammering out with a 3-0 win against Serbia ((25-18, 25-18, 25-17), team USA increased their winning streak to six matches while collecting 18 points. USA will be going to the Olympics as the top team of pool B.

The battle between the USA and Serbia was a mere one-sided affair as America took leads only early in the first two sets. The victory of the USA was majorly due to its key players who outplayed the Serbian team in all scoring elements. Notably, the Middle Blocker Maxwell Holt made four aces and raised two kills towards a match-high of the day at 13 points. Nonetheless, Jeffrey Jendrvk and Matt Anderson added 11 points with 2 aces each. Meanwhile, Outside hitter Aaron Russel also managed to score 10.

In an exclusive interview with Volleyball World, USA’s head coach, John Speraw said, “I feel really good about this victory. I think one of the hardest parts about this job are the intensity and focus on getting qualified for the Olympic Games.” He added, “So in the back of your mind there is always that quest to make sure you have that opportunity at the end. So for us, to get past that is exciting; it’s a relief and I’m so happy and proud of the guys, because they’ve really had an outstanding tournament, steady the whole way through. It’s a well-deserved victory.”

With this well-deserved victory, while the USA opened the Olympics gate, another team also achieved the same fate.

Who else got the ticket to the Paris 2024? 

Two teams emerged victorious one day before the end of the ongoing FIVB Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifiers tournament held in Tokyo. The USA, being one, will compete for the 13th time in history in the Men’s volleyball Olympics. Side-by-side, it will also be their 11th straight Olympic Games qualification.

On the other hand, the host Japan also delighted the spectators with an impressive score of 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-18) against Slovenia. Thus, it made a guaranteed spot for itself in the upcoming Volleyball Olympics tournaments. Although Slovenia took the lead in the first two matches, Japan recovered from leads to close in straight sets. Nonetheless, the match high was scored by opponent Rok Mozic, whereas caption Yuki Ishikawa led Japan’s side with 15 points. 

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Although the competition was fierce, the dominant forces, with the help of hard work and perseverance, emerged victorious. However, the real battle is yet to begin as the Olympics 2024 is near. Now the question is, Will the USA be able to take gold in the Paris Olympics 2024?

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