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RIO 2016 M: Second win in a row and Iran are in the quarterfinals!

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Iran defeated Egypt in straight sets and qualified for the knockout stage at the Rio 2016 men's volleyball tournament!

Iran vs. Egypt

Iran vs. Egypt

After making history by winnning their very first game ever at the Olympic Games, the Iranian squad made another great achievement. They are through to the quarterfinals!!!

Iran outplayed Egypt and secured their place among the 8 best teams at the Rio Olympics. On the other side, Egypt still have some chances to reach the 4th spot in Group B. In order to do that, Egypt need to defeat Argentina in the last round, while they also need Cuba to beat Argentina later this day.

Iran – Egypt 3:0 (28:26, 25:22, 25:16)

Iran: Mahmoudi 21, Ebadipour 10, Gholami 10, Mousavi 7, Ghaemi 4, Ghafour 4, Marouf 3, Zarini, Mirzajanpour, Mahdavi, Marandi.

Egypt: Abdelhay 13, Moneim 9, Afifi 8, Abou 7,Abdalla 3, Hassan 2, Abouelhassan 1, Masoud 1, Thakil, Elkotb, Abdelaal.

Group B: Poland 3-0 (8 points), Iran 2-2 (7 points), Russia 2-1 (6 points), Argentina 2-1 (6 points), Egypt 1-3 (3 points), Cuba 0-3 (0 points).  

 

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