USA and Dominican Republic among top-10 female teams

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, August 31, 2016 – United States and Dominican Republic remain as the two NORCECA countries among the top-ten list of FIVB Senior world rankings following the conclusion of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Olympic bronze medalists United States dropped from the top to the second spot while the Dominican Republic fell from seventh to ninth place after missing the Rio Games.

Puerto Rico (15) and Canada (19) are the other teams from NORCECA Confederation included among the top-20.

China moved two places up to first place after a phenomenal gold medal finish in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which also positioned them at the top of the ranking table.

Olympic silver medalists Serbia moved three places up to become world No.3 – their highest ever position in the ranking.

Meanwhile, Argentina and Puerto Rico moved two places up in the ranking to claim No.10 and No.15 positions, respectively.

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