Iran’s national volleyball team has pummeled Egypt to achieve its second victory in a row at the volleyball tournament in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The Iranian volleyball squad blanked Egypt 3-0 (28-26, 25-22 and 25-16) in their penultimate Group B game at the preliminary round of the competitions at the indoor Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso arena in the northern Maracanã neighborhood of Rio.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="556"] Milad Ebadipour Ghara of Iran (C) spikes the ball against Ahmed Abdelhay of Egypt (L) in a Group B volleyball match at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil, August 13, 2016. (Reuters)[/caption]

In other matches of the day, the Netherlands beat Puerto Rico 3-0, Russia blanked Japan 3-0, and Brazil hammered South Korea 3-0.

Iran national volleyball team, which has already booked a place at the quarterfinal round of the Rio Olympic Games, will face Russia at its last preliminary round match at 10:30 p.m. Tehran time (1830 GMT) on Monday.

On Thursday morning, Iranian volleyball players overpowered their Cuban counterparts 3-0 (25-21, 31-29 and 25-16).



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="556"] Iranian volleyball players, clad in dark blue, celebrate a point during a Group B match against Cuba at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil, August 11, 2016. (Reuters)[/caption]

The volleyball tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil started on August 6 and will finish on August 21.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is in Pool B with Argentina, Cuba, Egypt, Poland and Russia.

Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico and the United States have been drawn in Pool A.

By Press TV