The current Olympic champions are one step closer to defending their title after defeating Poland 3:0 (25:22, 25:14, 25:20) in the third quarter-final of the day. In a爭奪 for a spot among the top two, the Americans will face Brazil, who can take revenge for the last Olympic final, where "Seleção" lost 3:0.

Americans and Brazilians played each other in three of the last four Olympic gold medal matches, with the USA prevailing in Tokyo, and the South Americans taking consecutive titles in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
The USA also reached the semi-finals of the Rio Games in 2016, where they won bronze, making today's qualification their fourth consecutive and overall eighth appearance in an Olympic semi-final.

The victory brought the Americans 13.63 points for the FIVB world ranking, which was enough for them to climb two positions, moving from sixth to fourth place with a total of 361.09 points. In this way, the USA overtook Poland, who became fourth with 349.75 points, and China, who are fifth with 350.30.

Annie Drews recorded 13 points (one block). Avery Skinner and Kathryn Plummer each scored 12 points.

For Poland, Martyna Łukasik had 12 points (three blocks) and Agnieszka Korneluk had 11 (four blocks, one ace).

The third referee of the match was our Ivaylo Ivanov.