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.
Friday will see Poland lock horns against Bulgaria. Poland is currently the world no. 1. On the other hand, Bulgaria is in the twentieth position. Poland and Bulgaria last met in the FIVB World Championships held after the Nations League. In the last encounter, the Polish side showed their dominance in the sport. Poland won that match in straight sets of 3-0. The Bulgarians will look to settle the score with a win. Poland on the other hand will like to forget the finals of the World Championship. Although the current leaders won’t have their home advantage yet they will look to kill the game against the Bulgarians.
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.
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| Friday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Italy vs USA | 2:00 am |
| Argentina vs Brazil | 5:30 am |
| China vs France | 9:40 am |
| Poland vs Bulgaria | 12:40 pm |
| Japan vs Serbia | 4:10 pm |
| Netherlands vs Germany | 8:30 pm |
Thursday featured six games USA and the Netherlands, Brazil and Germany, Slovenia and Bulgaria, Serbia and China, Poland and Iran and the Netherlands and Cuba going head to head against each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League Round 1. In the first game, the Americans came out on top at the back of a dominant performance against the Dutch. The USA won against the Netherlands in a dominant game with a scoreline of 25-19, 25-23 and 25-21 (3-0). In the second game, Brazil won against Germany. Brazil won the game with a scoreline of 26-24, 25-16, 19-25 and 25-15 (3-1). In the third game, Bulgaria routed out a spirited Slovenian side. Bulgaria won the game with a scoreline of 26-24, 25-23 and 25-17 (3-0).
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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