| Date | 18 August 2008 — 20:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Shoudu Tiyguan, Beijing | |
| Referee #1 | Mitch Davidson | CAN |
| Referee #2 | Humberto Salas | MEX |
| Attendance | 12,500 | |
| Details | Match Time: 1-56 Set #1 Time: 0-20 Set #2 Time: 0-27 Set #3 Time: 0-28 Set #4 Time: 0-25 Set #5 Time: 0-16 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Italy | ITA | 3 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 16 | |
| – | People's Republic of China | CHN | 2 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 14 |
Italy| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Service Points | Spike Points | Block Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luigi Mastrangelo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Mauro Gavotto | 18 | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Marco Meoni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Alessandro Paparoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Alberto Cisolla | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Matteo Martino | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Hristo Zlatanov | 29 | 3 | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | Emanuele Birarelli | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Vigor Bovolenta | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 107 | – | – | – | |||||
| Coach | Andrea Anastasi | ||||||||
People's Republic of China| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Service Points | Spike Points | Block Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bian Hongmin | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Guo Peng | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Shi Hairong | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Cui Jianjun | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Jiao Shuai | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Yu Dawei | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Shen Qiong | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Libero | 16 | Ren Qi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Sui Shengsheng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Fang Yingchao | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 104 | – | – | – | |||||
| Coach | Zhou Jianan | ||||||||