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. Although the entire format remains the same along with the final roster of the countries taking part. 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.
Sunday will see Japan fight it out against France. Japan is currently placed in the seventh position. On the other hand, France is in the fourth position. Japan and France last met in the FIVB World Championships 2022 held after the Nations League. In the last encounter, the French side had to bring their A-game to defeat the Asian side. France won that match by 3-2. It was the Round of 16 encounter which the French side won. The Japanese side will however be looking to settle the score with a win. France on the other hand will like to repeat the heroics of the Tokyo Olympics. Nevertheless, it will be a tough encounter against a rejuvenated Japanese side under players like Yuji Nishida.
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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 in total: 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.
| Sunday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Brazil vs Cuba | 2:00 am |
| Canada vs USA | 5:30 am |
| Slovenia vs Iran | 9:10 am |
| Serbia vs Poland | 12:10 pm |
| Japan vs France | 3:40 pm |
| Argentina vs Netherlands | 8:30 pm |
Saturday featured six games Italy and Cuba, Canada and Argentina, France and Slovenia, Iran and China, Japan and Bulgaria and Germany and Italy going head to head against each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League Round 1. In the first game, the Italians came out on top at the back of a dominant performance against the Cubans. Italy won against Cuba with a scoreline of 25-20, 25-19, 20-25 and 25-18 (3-1). In the second game, Argentina won against Canada. Argentina won the game with a scoreline of 25-21, 21-25, 25-21 and 25-16 (3-1). In the third game, France was defeated by a rampaging Slovenian side. Slovenia took the game with a scoreline of 25-23, 25-18, 21-25 and 25-22 (3-1). In the fourth game, the Iranians came from the back to defeat a dominant Chinese team. Iran won the game with a scoreline of 23-25, 25-15, 25-20 and 25-14 (3-1).
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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