Iran secured its invite to this summer's Rio de Janeiro Games on Saturday, qualifying for the men's Olympic volleyball competition for the first time and handing fellow Brazil-bound world champion Poland its first loss of the Tokyo qualification tournament.

Earlier, Antonin Rouzier scored 17 points in just three sets of court time to help France beat Venezuela and advance to their first Olympic Games since 2004.

"I am so happy now, I cannot say anything," said Iran captain Mir Saeid Marouflakrani, who leads the tournament with a 9.42 average set rate.