In 34 contests between the two teams, USA leads 21-13 but the Americans have won the last four in a row, seven of eight, and eight of the past 10 against the Koreans.
The last three MVP players of the WGP – Foluke Akinradewo, Destinee Hooker and Megan Hodge – are included in this edition of the USA team to give an idea of how powerful this machine can be. They join the versatile Logan Tom, Linday Berg and a constellation of stars.
Watch Kim Yeon-Koung starring for Korea as arguably the best offensive player in today’s volleyball and American Danielle Scott-Arruda playing in her fifth Olympics.
All the results from Olympic matches can be found here:
Volleyball – Men Volleyball – Women