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.
Wednesday will see Serbia lock horns against Slovenia. Serbia is currently ranked in the eleventh place while Slovenia is placed in the ninth position. Serbia and Slovenia last met in last year’s FIVB Nations League. In the last encounter, Slovenia destroyed the Serbians. Slovenia won that match in straight sets of 3-0. The Serbian side will look to put aside their last result and start their campaign with a win. The Serbians on the other hand will go for the win and continue their recent record.
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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| Wednesday Games | Timings (all time in IST) |
| Italy vs Argentina | 2:10 am |
| Canada vs Cuba | 5:30 am |
| Slovenia vs Serbia | 11:30 am |
| Poland vs France | 2:30 pm |
Tuesday featured two games Bulgaria and China, Japan and Iran going head to head against each other in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League Round 1. In the first game, the Chinese came out on top at the back of a dominant performance against the Bulgarians. China won against Bulgaria in a hard-fought game with a scoreline of 25-20, 25-21, 25-21, 20-25 and 15-9. This ensured that China take the set 3-2.
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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