Olympic Volleyball Odds: Expert Analysis for the Gold Medal Race

Olympic Volleyball Odds: Expert Analysis for the Gold Medal Race

With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games winding down, expect a flurry of activity over the next few days.

There are still a ton of medals up for grabs, with tournaments and individual events coming to an end before we get to the closing ceremonies on Sunday night.

 

My Analysis

Among the list of bog events coming this weekend is the gold medal games in both the men’s and women’s volleyball tournaments.

If you have been following along, you will be well aware that we have seen some thrilling matchups on both sides, so we can only hope that the gold medal games live up to those previous games.

Let’s take a closer look at both finals to see if we can pick some winners.

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Men’s Final: France vs Poland

Saturday at 7 AM EST | This is something of a surprise gold medal game, especially when you consider that neither of these teams won their respective pools in the opening round.

Things were more comfortable in the quarterfinal with a 3-1 win over Slovenia, before the Poles moved on with an epic 5-set win over the United States in the semi-final.

Both semi-finals were a surprise, but I think that France was the more surprising of the two winners, especially with the manner in which they took out a highly favored Italy team. I like the host nation to take gold here.

Olympic Volleyball Pick: France 3-2 Poland
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Women’s Final: United States vs Italy

Sunday at 7 AM EST | Unlike the men’s final, this matchup is not that surprising at all, as both of these teams were favored in the early going.

The United States had to settle for second in Pool A after losing to China in the preliminary round, but they certainly made things look easy in the quarterfinal, blowing past Poland in straight sets.

That set up a semi-final against Brazil and it proved to be a fantastic matchup, with the US squeezing past Brazil with a 3-2 win in a truly memorable match.

That was a trend that carried over into the knockout phase for Italy. They rolled to a 3-0 win in their quarterfinal matchup with Serbia before beating Turkey in the semi-final by the exact same score.

If truth be told, the Italians look to be far and away the class of the women’s tournament, and while I think the US will put up a fight, I can’t see anyone but Italy winning the gold medal.

Olympic Volleyball Pick: Italy 3-1 United States
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