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 the United States take on Turkey in the semifinals of the Volleyball Nations League. The game will be a crucial one for both teams. A win tomorrow will guarantee either of the two teams a direct ticket to the finals. Heading into Sunday’s game, the United States is coming after thwarting Japan in the Quarter-finals. The USA eventually took the game 3-1. On the other hand, Turkey is coming after thrashing Italy. Turkey won the game 3-0 to head on to the semifinals. Let us see who will have the last laugh on Sunday and head on to the semifinals. Judging by the Quarter-finals performance the Turkish team definitely is an inch ahead of the Americans. However, the USA won’t easily give up in this final frontier
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 (semifinals) | Timings (all time in IST) |
Poland vs China | 2:30 am |
USA vs Turkey | 6:00 am |
Friday Games | Final Scoreline | Set |
Turkey vs Italy | 25-20, 25-15 & 25-18 | 3-0 |
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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