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.
Sunday will see Poland take on South Korea in the Volleyball Nations League round 3. Poland currently is at the top of the table. While South Korea is in a perilous position based on its current position. South Korea continue to languish at the bottom of the table at the sixteenth position. Poland and South Korea last met in last year’s FIVB World Championship which was held after FIVB Nations League. In the last encounter, the Polish thrashed the Korean team. Poland eventually won the game 3-0.
This time however a lot is at stake, especially for the Korean side who are almost eliminated from the nations league. The Koreans will enter the match after getting hammered by China (1-3). The Polish side on the other hand is coming after thrashing the Bulgarians (3-1). Thus to look at it from the match point, Sunday’s encounter will be very crucial for Poland. South Korea will play for its pride. Nevertheless, both teams are going to give their all given the fact it is the penultimate round before the knockouts.
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 when the knockout matches will begin.
| Sunday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Serbia vs Bulgaria | 7:00 am |
| Poland vs South Korea | 10:30 am |
| Croatia vs Turkey | 11:30 am |
| China vs USA | 2:00 pm |
| Italy vs Japan | 3:30 pm |
| Thailand vs Brazil | 7:00 pm |
| Saturday Games | Final Scoreline | Set |
| Serbia vs Dominican Republic | 25-22, 15-25, 25-23, 19-25 & 10-15 | 2-3 |
| South Korea vs China | 13-25, 21-25, 25-21 & 15-25 | 1-3 |
| Italy vs Croatia | 25-14, 25-17 & 25-17 | 3-0 |
| Germany vs USA | 22-25, 25-18, 22-25, 13-25 | 1-3 |
| Netherlands vs Canada | TBD | TBD |
| Thailand vs Japan | TBD | TBD |
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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