Germany’s Denys Kaliberda receives against Argentina
France still have an outside chance of clinching a place in the Finals if they win their last two matches. They will face USA on Saturday and Korea on Sunday. USA beat Korea in a tough match on Friday, winning 3-0 (32-30, 26-24, 25-22) to raise their record to 8-2 and 23 points. France are now 7-3 on 19 points. If USA lose their last two matches, France could overtake them.
Germany defeated Argentina 3-0 on Friday to stay top of Pool D and now only need a point from their final two matches (against winless Portugal on Saturday and Bulgaria on Sunday) to clinch a spot in the Finals.
In other matches on Friday, Russia beat Cuba 3-1, Bulgaria defeated Portugal 3-1 and Serbia rolled over Japan 3-0.
