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 Germany take on Bulgaria in round 3 of the Volleyball Nations League. Germany is currently placed at the bottom of the table. While on the other hand, Bulgaria is placed just above Germany in the fifteenth position. Germany and Bulgaria last met in the last year’s FIVB Nations League. In the last encounter, the match went down the wire. However, Germany eventually won to take the game 3-2.
This time however a lot is at stake, especially for the Germans who are on the verge of elimination. The German team will enter the match after getting hammered by the Chinese (1-3). The Bulgarians on the other hand are coming with a defeat after a well-fought match against Cuba (2-3). Thus to look at it from the match point, Wednesday’s encounter will be very crucial for both teams. Both Germany and Bulgaria are gonna hope to start their campaign in round 3 with a win. Round 3 of the Nations League starts on Tuesday (4th July).
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) |
| Germany vs Bulgaria | 5:30 am |
| Brazil vs Netherlands | 8:30 am |
| USA vs Cuba | 9:00 pm |
| Canada vs Italy | 12:30 pm |
| China vs Slovenia | 4:30 pm |
| Wednesday Games | Final Scoreline | Set |
| Argentina vs Serbia | 19-25, 25-16, 25-19 & 25-18 | 3-1 |
| Iran vs France | 18-25, 22-25 & 19-25 | 0-3 |
| Canada vs Netherlands | 22-25, 22-25, 25-17 & 18-25 | 1-3 |
| Poland vs Slovenia | 29-31, 21-25, 25-20, 25-20 & 15-13 | 3-2 |
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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