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. The tournament will take place from May 30 to July 16, 2023. The decisive round will be 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 leading 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 resulted from the 2022 Nations League and the 2022 Challenger Cup. Australia was replaced by debutants Cuba in this edition.
Thursday will see Germany going head-to-head against Thailand in round 2. Both Germany and Thailand stand in the middle of the pool table. The two teams will look to climb the ladder now. Germany and Thailand last met in last year’s World Championship held after FIVB Nations League. In the last encounter, the Germans destroyed the Thai side fair and square. German won that match by 3-1. Germany will look to continue their performance. On the other hand, the Thai will enter the match with the vigour that they earned against Italy.
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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 after that feature eight teams. After the preliminary round, 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.
| Thursday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Germany vs Thailand | 2:00 am |
| Brazil vs South Korea | 5:30 am |
| Bulgaria vs Canada | 11:00 am |
| Poland vs Turkey | 2:30 pm |
| Dominican Republic vs Italy | 6:00 pm |
| Thailand vs USA | 10:30 pm |
| Wednesday Games | Final Scoreline | Set |
| Croatia vs USA | 25-17, 22-25, 18-25 & 15-25 | 1-3 |
| Japan vs Serbia | 25-16, 20-25, 25-16, 20-25 & 10-15 | 2-3 |
| Italy vs Bulgaria | 25-17, 25-19 & 25-23 | 3-0 |
| Netherlands vs Turkey | 29-31, 21-25 & 15-25 | 0-3 |
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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