2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
Arlington, host city of the final round
Tournament details
Host nation United States
CityArlington, Texas (final round)
Dates30 May – 16 July
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up China
Third place Poland
Fourth place United States
Tournament awards
MVPTurkey Melissa Vargas
Best SetterChina Diao Linyu
Best OHChina Li Yingying
Poland Martyna Łukasik
Best MBTurkey Zehra Güneş
China Yuan Xinyue
Best OPPTurkey Melissa Vargas
Best LiberoTurkey Gizem Örge
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Attendance344,618 (3,314 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual Women's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held between 30 May to 16 July 2023,[1] and the final round took place at College Park Center, Arlington, Texas, United States.[2]

Following the results of 2022 Nations League and 2022 Challenger Cup, Belgium were replaced by debutants Croatia in this edition.[3]

Turkey claimed their first VNL title after defeating China in four sets. China took the silver medal, which is their best result in this tournament. Poland won their first medal of the tournament, claiming the bronze after defeating finals hosts the United States in five sets. Melissa Vargas of Turkey named as the MVP of the tournament.

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Eleven of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Five other teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament.[4][5] Croatia replaced Belgium after winning the 2022 Challenger Cup.[3]

Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Brazil CSV Core team 4 2018 2022 Runners-up (2019, 2021, 2022)
 Bulgaria CEV Challenger team 2 2019 2022 14th place (2022)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 2 2021 2022 12th place (2022)
 China AVC Core team 4 2018 2022 3rd place (2018, 2019)
 Croatia CEV Challenger team 0 None None
 Dominican Republic NORCECA Challenger team 4 2018 2022 6th place (2021)
 Germany CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 10th place (2019, 2021, 2022)
 Italy CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 Champions (2022)
 Japan AVC Core team 4 2018 2022 4th place (2021)
 Netherlands CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 5th place (2018)
 Poland CEV Challenger team 4 2018 2022 5th place (2019)
 Serbia CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 3rd place (2022)
 South Korea AVC Core team 4 2018 2022 12th place (2018)
 Thailand AVC Core team 4 2018 2022 8th place (2022)
 Turkey CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 Runners-up (2018)
 United States NORCECA Core team 4 2018 2022 Champions (2018, 2019, 2021)

Format

Preliminary round

The format of play is the same as edition 2022. The new format will see 16 women's teams competing in pools of 8 teams 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.[5]

Final round

The VNL Finals will see the top eight teams moving directly to the knockout phase which will consist of eight matches in total: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches.[5]

Final 8 direct elimination formula:

  • 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 Preliminary round, they will replace the eighth place team and play as the eighth seed.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 11 November 2022.[1][6]

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Pool 1
Turkey		 Pool 2
Japan		 Pool 3
Hong Kong, China		 Pool 4
Brazil		 Pool 5
South Korea		 Pool 6
Thailand

 Turkey
 Canada
 Italy
 Poland
 South Korea
 Serbia
 Thailand
 United States

 Japan
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 China
 Croatia
 Dominican Republic
 Germany
 Netherlands

 China
 Bulgaria
 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Poland
 Turkey

 Brazil
 Croatia
 Germany
 Japan
 South Korea
 Serbia
 Thailand
 United States

 South Korea
 Bulgaria
 China
 Dominican Republic
 Germany
 Poland
 Serbia
 United States

 Thailand
 Brazil
 Canada
 Croatia
 Italy
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Turkey

Venues

Preliminary round

Week 1
Pool 1 Pool 2
Antalya, Turkey Nagoya, Japan
Antalya Sports Hall Nippon Gaishi Hall
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000
Week 2
Pool 3 Pool 4
Hong Kong, China Brasilia, Brazil
Hong Kong Coliseum Nilson Nelson Gymnasium
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 11,105
Week 3
Pool 5 Pool 6
Suwon, South Korea Bangkok, Thailand
Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 4,407 Capacity: 8,000

Final round

All matches
Arlington, Texas, USA
College Park Center
Capacity: 7,000

Competition schedule

●Preliminary round ●Final round
Week 1
30 May – 4 Jun		 Week 2
13–18 Jun		 Week 3
27 Jun – 2 Jul		 Week 4
12–16 Jul
32 matches 32 matches 32 matches 8 matches

Pool standing procedure

Advancement out of pool play is decided by the following:

  • Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)

In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply:

  • The teams will be ranked by the most points gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  • If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
  1. Sets quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all sets won by the number of all sets lost.
  2. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the sets quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
  3. If the tie persists based on the points quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  Poland 12 10 2 29 32 13 2.462 1069 962 1.111 Final round
2  United States[lower-alpha 1] 12 10 2 28 34 16 2.125 1099 1004 1.095 Final round
3  Turkey 12 9 3 29 31 11 2.818 1008 850 1.186 Final round
4  Brazil 12 8 4 24 28 18 1.556 1065 987 1.079
5  China 12 8 4 24 29 19 1.526 1089 993 1.097
6  Italy 12 8 4 21 29 23 1.261 1129 1106 1.021
7  Japan 12 7 5 21 27 20 1.350 1058 969 1.092
8  Germany 12 7 5 20 26 23 1.130 1077 1069 1.007
9  Serbia 12 6 6 19 27 27 1.000 1154 1121 1.029
10  Canada 12 6 6 18 24 24 1.000 1031 1044 0.988
11  Dominican Republic 12 6 6 14 25 28 0.893 1151 1119 1.029
12  Netherlands 12 5 7 18 23 22 1.045 1023 997 1.026
13  Bulgaria 12 2 10 9 14 31 0.452 853 1013 0.842
14  Thailand 12 2 10 8 11 30 0.367 837 981 0.853
15  Croatia 12 2 10 6 8 30 0.267 734 910 0.807 2023 Challenger Cup
16  South Korea 12 0 12 0 3 36 0.083 730 982 0.743
Source: VNL 2023 Preliminary Phase
Notes:
  1. ↑ Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 May17:00Italy 3–2 Thailand24–2625–1727–2930–2815–11121–111P2 Report
30 May20:15Poland 3–2 Canada20–2525–2320–2525–2315–13105–109P2 Report
31 May17:00Serbia 2–3 United States20–2525–1925–2121–2512–15103–105P2 Report
31 May20:00South Korea 0–3 Turkey14–2517–2524–26  55–76P2 Report
1 Jun14:00Canada 0–3 Thailand17–2524–2621–25  62–76P2 Report
1 Jun17:00Poland 3–1 Italy21–2525–2025–1425–18 96–77P2 Report
1 Jun20:00Turkey 3–1 Serbia24–2625–1725–1525–21 99–79P2 Report
2 Jun14:00Thailand 0–3 Poland20–2516–2515–25  51–75P2 Report
2 Jun17:00Canada 3–0 South Korea25–1725–1625–18  75–51P2 Report
2 Jun20:00United States 3–2 Italy25–1614–2522–2525–2015–9101–95P2 Report
3 Jun14:00Poland 3–0 Serbia25–1825–2230–28  80–68P2 Report
3 Jun17:00United States 3–0 South Korea25–1627–2525–11  77–52P2 Report
3 Jun20:00Turkey 3–0 Italy25–1926–2425–19  76–62P2 Report
4 Jun14:00Thailand 3–0 South Korea25–1728–2625–21  78–64P2 Report
4 Jun17:00Canada 3–2 Serbia18–2528–2625–2318–2515–12104–111P2 Report
4 Jun20:00United States 3–2 Turkey25–2225–2222–2511–2515–998–103P2 Report

Pool 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 May16:10Germany 3–1 Netherlands25–2125–2220–2525–22 95–90P2 Report
30 May19:40Japan 3–1 Dominican Republic25–2325–1822–2525–15 97–81P2 Report
31 May15:00Croatia 0–3 Bulgaria12–2517–2519–25  48–75P2 Report
31 May18:00China 3–2 Brazil25–2322–2525–2020–2515–12107–105P2 Report
1 Jun12:00Croatia 0–3 Germany18–2523–2523–25  64–75P2 Report
1 Jun15:00Bulgaria 2–3 Dominican Republic25–2216–2525–1614–2511–1591–103P2 Report
1 Jun18:00Brazil 3–0 Netherlands25–2325–2325–21  75–67P2 Report
2 Jun13:10China 3–0 Germany25–1925–2025–22  75–61P2 Report
2 Jun16:10Dominican Republic 3–2 Netherlands25–1822–2525–1821–2515–11108–97P2 Report
2 Jun19:40Croatia 0–3 Japan17–2519–2520–25  56–75P2 Report
3 Jun12:40Brazil 3–1 Dominican Republic27–2520–2525–2127–25 99–96P2 Report
3 Jun15:40China 3–1 Netherlands27–2523–2525–2225–20 100–92P2 Report
3 Jun19:10Bulgaria 0–3 Japan20–2517–2519–25  56–75P2 Report
4 Jun12:40Croatia 0–3 Brazil24–2618–258–25  50–76P2 Report
4 Jun15:40Germany 3–2 Bulgaria18–2525–2023–2526–2415–10107–104P2 Report
4 Jun19:10Japan 0–3 China18–2525–2725–27  68–79P2 Report

Week 2

Pool 3

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jun17:00Dominican Republic 1–3 Poland23–2528–3025–2317–25 93–103P2 Report
13 Jun20:30China 3–0 Canada25–1425–1829–27  79–59P2 Report
14 Jun17:00Italy 3–0 Bulgaria25–1725–1925–23  75–59P2 Report
14 Jun20:30Netherlands 0–3 Turkey29–3121–2515–25  65–81P2 Report
15 Jun13:30Bulgaria 0–3 Canada15–2513–2515–25  43–75P2 Report
15 Jun17:00Poland 3–0 Turkey25–2225–2030–28  80–70P2 Report
15 Jun20:30Dominican Republic 2–3 Italy16–2525–1625–2122–2510–1598–102P2 Report
16 Jun13:30Turkey 3–0 Canada25–1525–2225–20  75–57P2 Report
16 Jun17:00Poland 0–3 Netherlands22–2521–2526–28  69–78P2 Report
16 Jun20:30Bulgaria 1–3 China25–207–2510–2515–25 57–95P2 Report
17 Jun13:30Dominican Republic 3–2 Canada22–2525–1325–1723–2515–10110–90P2 Report
17 Jun17:00Netherlands 2–3 Italy25–2222–2520–2525–1817–19109–109P2 Report
17 Jun20:30Poland 3–0 China25–2025–2325–22  75–65P2 Report
18 Jun13:30Bulgaria 0–3 Netherlands24–2617–2517–25  58–76P2 Report
18 Jun17:00Dominican Republic 1–3 Turkey23–2519–2525–2320–25 87–98P2 Report
18 Jun20:30Italy 3–2 China23–2525–2318–2525–2215–12106–107P2 Report

Pool 4

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jun17:30Croatia 1–3 United States25–1722–2518–2515–25 80–92P2 Report
13 Jun21:00Japan 2–3 Serbia25–1620–2525–1620–2510–15100–97P2 Report
14 Jun17:30Germany 3–1 Thailand25–2025–1319–2525–23 94–81P2 Report
14 Jun21:00Brazil 3–0 South Korea31–2925–1625–16  81–61P2 Report
15 Jun14:00Thailand 0–3 United States21–2518–2516–25  55–75P2 Report
15 Jun17:30Japan 3–0 South Korea25–1825–1325–19  75–50P2 Report
15 Jun21:00Brazil 3–2 Serbia23–2525–2221–2525–1215–11109–95P2 Report
16 Jun14:00Japan 2–3 Germany23–2525–1422–2525–208–15103–99P2 Report
16 Jun17:30South Korea 0–3 Croatia23–2521–2514–25  58–75P2 Report
16 Jun21:00Serbia 3–2 Thailand24–2622–2525–1725–1216–14112–94P2 Report
17 Jun14:00Brazil 3–1 Germany25–2225–1822–2525–17 97–82P2 Report
17 Jun17:30Japan 3–2 United States23–2525–2325–1923–2515–6111–98P2 Report
17 Jun21:00Serbia 3–1 Croatia25–1625–1123–2525–17 98–69P2 Report
18 Jun10:00Brazil 0–3 United States22–2519–2522–25  63–75P2 Report
18 Jun14:00Thailand 0–3 Croatia17–2521–2520–25  58–75P2 Report
18 Jun17:30Germany 3–1 South Korea25–1925–1725–2725–12 100–75P2 Report

Week 3

Pool 5

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun15:30Germany 3–1 Dominican Republic25–1925–1818–2525–21 93–83P2 Report
27 Jun19:00Bulgaria 3–1 South Korea25–2225–1824–2625–15 99–81P2 Report
28 Jun15:30United States 3–2 Poland17–2525–1527–2528–3016–14113–109P2 Report
28 Jun19:00China 1–3 Serbia13–2525–1723–2520–25 81–92P2 Report
29 Jun12:00Poland 3–2 Germany15–2525–1925–1919–2517–15101–103P2 Report
29 Jun15:30United States 3–0 Bulgaria25–1525–1725–17  75–49P2 Report
29 Jun19:30Dominican Republic 3–0 South Korea25–1825–1825–16  75–52P2 Report
30 Jun12:00Bulgaria 1–3 Poland28–2619–2516–2515–25 78–101P2 Report
30 Jun15:30Germany 1–3 Serbia17–2525–2316–2528–30 86–103P2 Report
30 Jun19:00China 2–3 Dominican Republic25–2020–2525–2220–2513–15103–107P2 Report
1 Jul10:30Serbia 2–3 Dominican Republic25–2215–2525–2319–2510–1594–110P2 Report
1 Jul14:00South Korea 1–3 China13–2521–2525–2115–25 74–96P2 Report
1 Jul17:30Germany 1–3 United States22–2525–1822–2513–25 82–93P2 Report
2 Jul10:30Serbia 3–2 Bulgaria20–2525–1625–1417–2515–4102–84P2 Report
2 Jul14:00Poland 3–0 South Korea25–2325–1825–16  75–57P2 Report
2 Jul17:30China 3–2 United States18–2525–1919–2525–2015–8102–97P2 Report

Pool 6

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun17:00Croatia 0–3 Canada21–2521–2526–28  68–78P2 Report
27 Jun20:30Thailand 0–3 Netherlands26–2818–2520–25  64–78P2 Report
28 Jun17:00Japan 3–2 Turkey25–2325–2321–2516–2515–9102–105P2 Report
28 Jun20:30Brazil 3–2 Italy26–2825–2019–2525–2115–10110–104P2 Report
29 Jun13:00Croatia 0–3 Netherlands20–2511–2515–25  46–75P2 Report
29 Jun17:00Brazil 2–3 Canada30–2822–2523–2525–2115–17115–116P2 Report
29 Jun20:30Thailand 0–3 Turkey15–2515–2520–25  50–75P2 Report
30 Jun13:00Canada 2–3 Italy25–2223–2514–2526–2410–1598–111P2 Report
30 Jun17:00Netherlands 3–1 Japan25–2225–1721–2525–20 96–84P2 Report
30 Jun20:30Brazil 0–3 Turkey22–2516–2522–25  60–75P2 Report
1 Jul13:00Italy 3–0 Croatia25–1425–1725–17  75–48P2 Report
1 Jul17:00Netherlands 2–3 Canada27–2516–2525–1823–259–15100–108P2 Report
1 Jul20:30Thailand 0–3 Japan18–2522–2520–25  60–75P2 Report
2 Jul13:00Croatia 0–3 Turkey14–2523–2518–25  55–75P2 Report
2 Jul17:00Italy 3–1 Japan25–2325–2317–2525–22 92–93P2 Report
2 Jul20:30Thailand 0–3 Brazil20–2516–2523–25  59–75P2 Report

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
12 July
 
 
 Poland3
 
15 July
 
 Germany1
 
 Poland0
 
13 July
 
 China3
 
 Brazil1
 
16 July
 
 China3
 
 China1
 
12 July
 
 Turkey3
 
 United States3
 
15 July
 
 Japan1
 
 United States1
 
13 July
 
 Turkey3 3rd place match
 
 Turkey3
 
16 July
 
 Italy0
 
 Poland3
 
 
 United States2
 

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jul16:00Poland 3–1 Germany25–1221–2525–2126–24 97–82P2 Report
12 Jul19:30United States 3–1 Japan25–2325–2118–2525–18 93–87P2 Report
13 Jul10:30Brazil 1–3 China21–2520–2525–2023–25 89–95P2 Report
13 Jul14:00Turkey 3–0 Italy25–2025–1525–18  75–53P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Jul16:00Poland 0–3 China18–2523–2523–25  64–75P2 Report
15 Jul19:30United States 1–3 Turkey21–2514–2526–2425–27 86–101P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul14:00Poland 3–2 United States25–1516–2525–1918–2517–15101–99P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul17:30China 1–3 Turkey22–2525–2219–2516–25 82–97P2 Report

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of preliminary round.[7]

Final round

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.[8]

See also

Notes

    1. 1 2 Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.
    2. 1 2 Best attackers determined by successful spikes.
    3. 1 2 Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds.
    4. 1 2 Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits.
    5. 1 2 Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets.
    6. 1 2 Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions.
    7. 1 2 Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions.

    References

    1. 1 2 "Volleyball's Best Ready To Grace Venues Across The Globe As Arenas Confirmed For VNL 2023". FIVB. 11 November 2022.
    2. ↑ Volleyball World. "United States and Poland to host Volleyball Nations League Finals in 2023". Volleyball World. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
    3. 1 2 "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles". Volleyball World. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
    4. ↑ volleyballworld.com. "VNL Qualification System". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
    5. 1 2 3 "VNL 2023 Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
    6. ↑ "Host cities and pools". Volleyball World. 11 November 2022.
    7. ↑ "Women's Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2023". volleyballworld. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    8. ↑ "Women's Finals Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2023". volleyballworld. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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