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       Brazil and Italy to meet on the first day of Paris 2024
        
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       After facing each other twice in gold medal matches at the Olympics,
       the volleyball men’s national teams of Brazil and Italy will battle
       on the opening day of the Paris 2024 Games. With the tournament set to
       start in just over three weeks, the match schedule was announced,
       revealing other intriguing duels between the 12 qualified teams in the
       pool phase.
        
       Three-time Olympic champions Brazil, who defeated Italy in the finals
       of both the Athens 2004 and the Rio 2016 Games, will meet the
       Europeans again on July 27, at 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT), at the
       South Paris Arena, as both volleyball powerhouses start their
       campaigns in Pool B.
        
       Paris 2024 Men’s Match Schedule
        
       The opening match of the Paris 2024 Games will feature Volleyball
       Nations League silver medalists Japan and the sensations of last
       year’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifier, Germany, who will be the first
       to hit the court in the French capital on July 27, at 9:00 local time
       (7:00 GMT), in a Pool C duel.
        
       FIVB World Ranking leaders Poland will also be in action on July 27,
       facing reigning African champions Egypt, at 17:00 local time (15:00
       GMT), in Pool B. The first day of competition will be completed with
       the Pool C encounter between three-time Olympic champions the United
       States and Tokyo bronze medalists Argentina, at 21:00 local time
       (19:00 GMT).
        
        
        
        
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