The fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League will begin its action from the 30th of May.
The fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League will begin its action today. The Nations League is a yearly competition for international volleyball players. From May 30 to July 16, 2023, the tournament will take place. The decisive round will take held in Arlington, Texas, in the United States, at College Park Centre. Four volleyball confederations’ top 16 nations will compete in the Women’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL). It is one of the top 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 were the results of the 2022 Nations League and 2022 Challenger Cup. Australia was replaced by debutants Cuba in this edition.
Wednesday will see the clash between Serbia going toe to toe against the USA. Serbia is currently ranked at first place while Team USA is at fourth place. Serbia and USA last met in the FIVB Nations League Semifinals where the Serbians thrashed USA to a 3-1 win. The Olympic gold medalists will be weary of that defeat and look to settle the scores. However, it will be a difficult task to do so against the World No. 1. Serbia on the other hand will look to start their campaign with a win and go on to settle their scores against Italy which had cost them the gold medal last year.
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 thereafter feature eight teams. After the preliminary round is over, 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.
| Wednesday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Croatia vs Bulgaria | 11:30 am |
| China vs Brazil | 2:30 pm |
| Serbia vs USA | 7:30 pm |
| South Korea vs Turkey | 10:30 pm |
Tuesday featured Germany and Netherlands going head to head against each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League Round 1. The Germans came out on top at the back of a dominant performance. Germany won against the Dutch side in a dominant game with a scoreline of 25-21, 25-22, 20-25, 25-22 (3-1). The Dutch tried to make a comeback after the third set however the German blitzkrieg was too hot to handle for the Dutch side.
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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