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The Table, Day 5

At the close of each day of competition, this blog will present the standings of all active team sports.

BASEBALL

Team W L RS RA WIN% GB Tiebreaker
Flag of Canada Canada 1 0 10 0 1.000 - -
Flag of South Korea South Korea 1 0 8 7 1.000 - -
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1 0 5 0 1.000 - -
Flag of Cuba Cuba 1 0 4 2 1.000 - -
Flag of Japan Japan 0 1 2 4 .000 1 -
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 0 1 0 5 .000 1 -
Flag of the United States United States 0 1 7 8 .000 1 -
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 0 1 0 10 .000 1 -

BASKETBALL (W)

Group A

Team G W L Pts
Flag of Australia Australia 3 3 0 6
Flag of Russia Russia 3 3 0 6
Flag of Belarus Belarus 3 1 2 4
Flag of South Korea South Korea 3 1 2 4
Flag of Latvia Latvia 3 1 2 4
Flag of Brazil Brazil 3 0 3 3

Group B

Team G W L Pts
Flag of the United States United States 3 3 0 6
Flag of Spain Spain 3 2 1 5
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 3 2 1 5
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 1 2 4
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 3 1 2 4
Flag of Mali Mali 3 0 3 3

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated

FIELD HOCKEY (M)

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Spain Spain 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
Flag of Germany Germany 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3
Flag of South Korea South Korea 3 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Flag of Belgium Belgium 1 2 1 1 0 3 5 −2
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 0 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Australia Australia 6 2 2 0 0 16 1 +15
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 6 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6
Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 3 2 1 0 1 5 5 0
Flag of Canada Canada 0 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7
Flag of South Africa South Africa 0 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15

FOOTBALL (M)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Argentina Argentina 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
Flag of Australia Australia 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Flag of Serbia Serbia 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
Flag of the United States United States 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Flag of Japan Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Brazil Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9
Flag of Belgium Belgium 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1

Qualified for the second round
Eliminated

HANDBALL (W)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
Flag of Norway Norway 3 3 0 0 96 59 +37 6
Flag of Romania Romania 3 3 0 0 99 65 +34 6
Flag of France France 3 2 0 1 79 73 +6 4
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 3 1 0 2 75 88 -13 2
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 56 87 -31 0
Flag of Angola Angola 3 0 0 3 62 95 -33 0

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
Flag of South Korea South Korea 3 2 1 0 90 72 +18 5
Flag of Russia Russia 3 2 1 0 85 72 +13 5
Flag of Hungary Hungary 3 2 1 0 83 76 +7 5
Flag of Germany Germany 3 1 0 2 68 77 -9 2
Flag of Brazil Brazil 3 0 1 2 69 80 -11 1
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 0 0 3 71 89 -18 0

SOFTBALL

Team W L RF RA WIN% GB
Flag of Canada Canada 2 0 15 3 1.000 -
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 2 0 17 3 1.000 -
Flag of Japan Japan 2 0 16 4 1.000 -
Flag of the United States United States 2 0 14 0 1.000 -
Flag of Australia Australia 0 2 3 7 .000 2
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 0 2 2 8 .000 2
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 0 2 4 19 .000 2
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 0 2 1 18 .000 2

VOLLEYBALL (W)

Pool A

Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China China 4 2 0 172 126 1.365 6 1 6.000
2 Flag of Cuba Cuba 4 2 0 172 135 1.274 6 1 6.000
3 Flag of the United States United States 3 1 1 151 161 0.938 3 4 0.750
4 Flag of Poland Poland 2 0 2 161 193 0.834 2 6 0.333
5 Flag of Japan Japan 1 0 1 85 95 0.895 1 3 0.333
6 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 1 0 1 44 75 0.587 0 3 0.000

Pool B

Rk Team Points Won Lost PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1 Flag of Brazil Brazil 4 2 0 150 76 1.974 6 0 MAX
2 Flag of Serbia Serbia 4 2 0 173 124 1.395 6 1 6.000
3 Flag of Italy Italy 4 2 0 167 139 1.201 6 1 6.000
4 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2 0 2 139 173 0.803 1 6 0.167
5 Flag of Russia Russia 2 0 2 128 167 0.766 1 6 0.167
6 Flag of Algeria Algeria 2 0 2 72 150 0.480 0 6 0.000

WATER POLO (W)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of the United States United States 2 1 1 0 21 20 +1 3
Flag of Italy Italy 2 1 1 0 18 17 +1 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China China 2 1 0 1 24 23 +1 2
Flag of Russia Russia 2 0 0 2 19 22 -3 0

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Hungary Hungary 2 1 1 0 18 16 +2 3
Flag of Australia Australia 2 1 1 0 15 13 +2 3
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 2 1 0 1 18 17 +1 2
Flag of Greece Greece 2 0 0 2 12 17 -5 0

Will play for places 7-8


by Kyle Whelliston • August 13, 2008 • 8:01 PM EDT
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Sportswriter Kyle Whelliston has been published frequently on ESPN.com and Basketball Times, and has held lifetime membership in the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) since 1999.

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