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 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.
Saturday will see the Netherlands and Italy at the loggerheads in round 2. The Dutch side languishes in the lower half of the table placed in the fourteenth position while Italy is ranked ninth. Netherlands and Italy last met in the last year’s FIVB Nations League. In the last encounter, the Italians thrashed their opponent. Italy won that match in straight sets (3-0). This time however a lot is at stake and the Netherlands will look to save itself from the danger zone and climb up from its current standing. On the other hand, the Italians will look to reclaim the top spot and defend it’s title.
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.
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| Saturday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| South Korea vs Croatia | 2:00 am |
| Serbia vs Thailand | 5:30 am |
| Dominican Republic vs Canada | 11:00 am |
| Netherlands vs Italy | 2:30 pm |
| Poland vs China | 6:00 pm |
| Brazil vs Germany | 10:30 pm |
| Friday Games | Final Scoreline | Set |
| Japan vs South Korea | 25-18, 25-13 & 25-19 | 3-0 |
| Brazil vs Serbia | 23-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-12 & 15-11 | 3-2 |
| Turkey vs Canada | 25-15, 25-22 & 25-20 | 3-0 |
| Poland vs Netherlands | 22-25, 21-25 & 26-28 | 0-3 |
| Bulgaria vs China | 25-20, 7-25, 10-25 & 15-25 | 1-3 |
| Japan vs Germany | 23-25, 25-14, 22-25, 25-20 & 8-15 | 2-3 |
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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