Following are the final standings from the women's volleyball preliminaries of the Beijing Olympic Games (tabulated under games played, won, lost and ranking):

Pool A:

Cuba 5 5 0 1

United States 5 4 1 2

China 5 3 2 3

Japan 5 2 3 4

Poland 5 1 4 5

Venezuela 5 0 5 6

Pool B:

Brazil 5 5 0 1

Italy 5 4 1 2

Russia 5 3 2 3

Serbia 5 2 3 4

Kazakhstan 5 1 4 5

Algeria 5 0 5 6

Note: Top four finishers from each pool advance into quarter-finals.

(Xinhua News Agency August 17, 2008)