To progress to the upper half of the tournament bracket, Russia needed to win at least two sets in their last Pool D match, but went for the victory and achieved it after four sets against Canada, 3-1 (25-13, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22). The Russians clearly overpowered their North American opponents by a wide margin in the first set. In the second, Canada tried fighting back, but again the Russians were too strong for them.