The Nations League is a yearly competition for international volleyball players which will take place From May 30 to July 16, 2023.
The fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League began its action yesterday. The Nations League is a yearly competition for international volleyball players. From May 30 to July 16, 2023, the tournament will take place. The decisive round will take held in Arlington, Texas, in the United States, at College Park Centre. Four volleyball confederations’ top 16 nations will compete in the Women’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL). It is one of the top international indoor competitions put on by the FIVB, the organisation that governs the sport. There were some minor changes post which the final roster for the tournament was made. The changes were the results of the 2022 Nations League and 2022 Challenger Cup. Australia was replaced by debutants Cuba in this edition.
Friday will see Croatia lock horns against Japan. Croatia is currently ranked at the thirtieth place while Japan is placed just below at the sixth position. Croatia and Japan have never met in the FIVB Nations League. The last encounter between both the sides was in Volleyball Women’s World Championship. Croatia won that match in five sets of 3-2. The Croatians will look to put aside their last result and start their campaign with a win. Japan on the other hand will look to improve their performances and replicate the success that their men’s team has done.
Three weekly stages make up the preliminary round of the VNL 2023 women’s competition. Each week, the teams in the two pools are switched around to include all 16 teams. The top eight teams in the standings after three weeks will move on to the championship round. Each team competes in 12 games during the pool round. The last knockout round of the competition will thereafter feature eight teams. After the preliminary round is over, the teams’ rankings will be used to decide the order of the knockout stages. The preliminary stages will be conducted in the following places: Antalya, Nagoya, Hong Kong, Brasilia, Suwon and Bangkok. Preliminary rounds will continue up to the 2nd of July post which the knockout matches will begin.
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| Friday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| China vs Germany | 9:40 am |
| Dominican Republic vs Netherlands | 12:40 pm |
| Croatia vs Japan | 4:10 pm |
| Poland vs Thailand | 4:30 pm |
| Canada vs South Korea | 7:30 pm |
| USA vs Italy | 10:30 pm |
Thursday featured six games Croatia and Germany, Bulgaria and the Dominican Republic, Brazil and Netherlands, Canada and Thailand, Poland and Italy and Serbia and Turkey going head to head against each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League Round 1. The Germans came out on top at the back of a dominant performance. Germany won against Croatia in a dominant game with a scoreline of 25-18, 25-23, 25-23 (3-0). The Croatian side was left flabbergasted by the German blitzkrieg. In the second game, the Bulgarians fought it out against the Dominican side to take the game 3-2. The Dominican Republic side won with a scoreline of 25-22, 16-25, 25-16, 14-25 and 11-15. In the third game, the Brazilians thrashed the Dutch side with a scoreline of 25-23, 25-23 and 25-21 to take the set 3-0. Likewise, the fourth match saw the Thai side give a beating to the Canadians. The scoreline was 25-17, 26-24, 25-21 to take the set 3-0. In the fifth match, the Polish side defeated the defending champions with a scoreline of 21-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-18 and take the set 3-1.
The 2023 Volleyball Women’s Nations League will commence on May 30 and end on July 16.
All the matches of the 2023 Women’s Volleyball Nations League will be streamed live on Volleyball World TV. Viewers can access it from the volleyballworld. tv.
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