The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League will be the fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.
The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League will be the fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League. It is an annual men’s international volleyball tournament. The competition will be held during the months of June and July. The final round will take place in Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Poland. However, the entire format and the final roster of the countries taking part remain the same. However, there are some minor changes to the final list of participants. Following the results of the 2022 Nations League and 2022 Challenger Cup, Australia were replaced by debutants Cuba in this edition.
Thursday will see China lock horns against Italy. The Chinese team languishes at the last position on the table. On the other hand, Italy has been able to slowly inch its way towards the upper half of the table. Italy is currently placed in the seventh position. China and Italy faced in last year’s Nations League. In the previous encounter, the Italian team won easily against the Chinese by 3-0. The Chinese will look to improve their standings. Italy on the other hand will look to continue their winning streak from Round 1. They started their round 2 also with a win and will look to continue that against Iran. Round 1 of the tournament ended on Monday 12th of June. While round 2 begins on the 20th of June and continues till the 25th of June.
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The format of the play is the same as the previous edition. According to that, 16 men’s teams will compete in pools of 8 during the pool phase. Each team plays 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition. The finals will have these 8 teams move directly to the knockout stage. The knockout phase will then comprise 8 matches: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches.
The first-ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the eighth-ranked team, the second-ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the seventh-ranked team, the third-ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the sixth-ranked team, the fourth-ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the fifth-ranked team. The national team of the hosting territory of the event will have a guaranteed berth for the Final round. If the host nation does not finish in the top eight in the preliminary round, they will replace the eighth-place team and play as the eighth seed.
| Thursday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Argentina vs France | 12:00 am |
| China vs Italy | 4:30 pm |
| Japan vs Brazil | 4:30 pm |
| Canada vs Bulgaria | 8:00 pm |
| Serbia vs Germany | 8:00 pm |
| Netherlands vs Poland | 11:30 pm |
| Wednesday Games | Final Scoreline | Set |
| Brazil vs Bulgaria | 25-22, 25-17 & 25-22 | 3-0 |
| Iran vs Italy | 19-25,16-25 & 24-25 | 0-3 |
| Japan vs Cuba | 25-21, 25-16 & 25-21 | 3-0 |
| USA vs China | 28-26, 25-22 & 25-18 | 3-0 |
| Slovenia vs Canada | 25-23, 25-22 & 25-14 | 3-0 |
| Germany vs Poland | TBD | TBD |
The 2023 Volleyball Men’s Nations League will commence on June 06 and end on July 23.
All the matches of the 2023 Men’s Volleyball Nations League will be streamed live on Volleyball World TV. Viewers can access it from the volleyballworld. tv.
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