After the first 32 matches in the men’s VNL, played last week in Brasilia and Ottawa, USA are the only team to have gone through the week unharmed, taking the lead with a 4-0 win-loss record and 11 points. They lost a single point along the way, in their five-set encounter with Japan, who also suffered their only damage in that match to stand second in the table on 3-1 and 10 points. The Americans took three points each from Slovenia, the Netherlands and Brazil, while Japan scored victories over the Netherlands, China and Iran.