Lausanne, Switzerland, July 8, 2017 - North American rivals USA and
Canada clash for the 2017 FIVB World League bronze medal Saturday in
Curitiba, after both lost their semifinals Friday to Brazil and France
respectively. The two sides have only met once before in the history of
the World League and that was earlier this season when Canada beat USA
in five sets. Canada also won in pool play at the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games, before USA went on win the bronze. USA are in their third World
League bronze medal match, having beaten Poland on both previous
occasions, in 2007 in Katowice and in 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.
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