USA, who won all their opening four games, sit at the summit of the standings with 11 points, while Serbia are languishing at the 9th spot with two victories.
Serbia will take on USA in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League fixture on Wednesday. After the completion of Volleyball Nations League’s first week’s games from June 8 to June 13th the second week’s action will run from Jun 21 to 26 in Bulgaria and the Philippines. A total of 32 matches, 16 per venue will be played in Quezon City and Sofia respectively. USA, who won all their opening four games, sit at the summit of the standings with 11 points, while Serbia are languishing at the 9th spot with two victories.In the first week’s fixtures, USA started brightly with a dominant 25-19, 25-19, 25-14 victory against Slovenia before thrashing Netherlands 25-12, 25-18, 26-16 two days later.
In the third match, Japan gave USA a tough challenge as the match went down the wire but the North Americans prevailed with a scoreline of 17-25, 25-15, 25-21, 26-28, 15-9. And then, in the final match of the first week, USA got the better of Brazil, 21-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-20. Just like the USA, Serbia made an impressive start to their campaign defeating Bulgaria 19-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-20. But then faltered in the next match losing 25-21, 22-25, 23-25, 23-25 to France. Although the European’s bounced back to beat Argentina in a five-set thriller, Germany got the better of them in the fourth match, the scoreboard read 27-25, 25-27, 18-25, 28-26, 18-16.
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Brazil vs Poland: 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League, Live Stream, Schedule and Results
A fresh new format was enforced for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League ahead of the 2022 edition. The revised format will feature 16 men’s teams who will compete in pools of 8 teams during the preliminary round. Eight teams will then advance to the competition’s final knockout round. The Finals will include the seven strongest teams, with the finals host — Italy — entering the knockout round as the top-placed team. It will consist of eight matches in total – four quarterfinals, two semi-finals, and bronze and gold medal matches.
Pool1 Brazil | Pool 2 Canada | Pool 3 Philippines | Pool 4 Bulgaria | Pool 5 Japan | Pool 6 Poland |
Brazil | Bulgaria | China | Australia | Japan | Poland |
Australia | Canada | Japan | Brazil | Australia | Bulgaria |
China | Argentina | Argentina | Bulgaria | Argentina | China |
Iran | France | France | Canada | Brazil | Iran |
Japan | Germany | Germany | Iran | Canada | Italy |
Netherlands | Italy | Italy | Poland | France | Netherlands |
Slovenia | Poland | Netherlands | Serbia | Germany | Serbia |
United States | Serbia | Slovenia | United States | United states | Slovenia |
June 22 Schedule | Time (IST) |
China vs France | 12:30 pm |
Germany vs Italy | 04:30 pm |
Brazil vs Poland | 07:30 pm |
Serbia vs USA | 10:30 pm |
Live streaming of all 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League matches is accessible on the website – volleyballworld.tv. Volleyball TV, which will be available on desktop and mobile, will provide viewers with live telecasts and highlights from the FIVB’s major events. However, in order to watch the 2022 FIVB Volleyball men’s Nations League, fans must purchase a subscription.