BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from the men's volleyball preliminaries of the Beijing Olympic Games after Tuesday's matches (tabulated under games played, won, lost and ranking):

    Pool A:

    United States 2 2 0 1

    Bulgaria 2 2 0 2

    Italy 2 1 1 3

    China 2 1 1 4

    Venezuela 2 0 2 5

    Japan 2 0 2 6

    Pool B:

    Poland 2 2 0 1

    Brazil 2 2 0 2

    Russia 2 2 0 3

    Germany 2 0 2 4

    Serbia 2 0 2 5

    Egypt 2 0 2 6