Match Centre Overview Pre-Match Match Post-Match Match Info Reaction Match Statistics by Teams Reports Match Statistics by Players Rankings Tweet Share Match Info Volleyball 07/08/2016 Zaytsev stands out in amazing Italian victory Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2016 – Italy scored an impressive one-side victory over France in straight sets 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-15) to open the men’s volleyball tournament at Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Sunday. Read More Reaction Volleyball 07/08/2016 Blengini: It is a long and complicated tournament Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2016 – Italian coach Gianlorenzo Blengini showed plenty satisfaction after the unexpected one-sided victory against France, considered by many as one of the top candidates for a medal. Read More Match Statistics by Teams Italy France 45 Attack 30 11 Block 3 2 Serve 1 17 Opp. Errors 21 75 Total 55 12 Dig 15 32 Reception 38 28 Set 51 Best scorers 9 Ivan Zaytsev 16 7 Kevin Tillie 8 5 Osmany Juantorena 12 9 Earvin Ngapeth 8 Reports Match Results (P2) Download Match Player Rankings (P3) Download As It Happened Match Statistics by Players Italy France N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 9 Ivan Zaytsev 16 14 25 2 7 0 10 5 Osmany Juantorena 12 11 19 1 3 0 10 10 Filippo Lanza 11 11 15 0 4 0 8 15 Emanuele Birarelli 8 5 6 3 13 0 14 14 Matteo Piano 6 3 7 3 9 0 5 6 Simone Giannelli 4 1 2 2 10 1 23 16 Oleg Antonov 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 Pasquale Sottile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Luca Vettori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Salvatore Rossini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Simone Buti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Massimo Colaci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 7 Kevin Tillie 8 8 20 0 2 0 8 9 Earvin Ngapeth 8 5 21 2 2 1 11 4 Antonin Rouzier 7 7 19 0 5 0 3 10 Kevin Le Roux 5 4 13 1 15 0 10 18 Thibault Rossard 5 5 10 0 5 0 3 14 Nicolas Le Goff 1 1 3 0 4 0 8 2 Jenia Grebennikov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Trevor Clevenot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Benjamin Toniutti 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 13 Pierre Pujol 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 Nicolas Marechal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Franck Lafitte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero Rankings Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio 1 Italy 5 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 12 13 5 2.600 432 375 1.152 2 Canada 5 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 9 10 7 1.428 378 378 1.000 3 USA 5 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 9 10 8 1.250 419 405 1.034 4 Brazil 5 3 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 9 11 9 1.222 467 442 1.056 5 France 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 8 9 0.888 386 367 1.051 6 Mexico 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 15 0.066 283 398 0.711