The 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the fifth edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual Women's international

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tournament. The competition was held between 30 May to 16 July 2023, and the final round took place at

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, Arlington,

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, United States. Following the results of 2022 Nations League and 2022 Challenger Cup,

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were replaced by debutants

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

in this edition.

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

claimed their first VNL title after defeating

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in four sets. China took the silver medal, which is their best result in this tournament.

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

won their first medal of the tournament, claiming the bronze after defeating finals hosts the

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in five sets. Melissa Vargas of Turkey named as the

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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.

replaced

after winning the 2022 Challenger Cup.

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.

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. 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.

Venues

Preliminary round

Final round

Competition schedule

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: # 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. # 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. # 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

Week 1

Pool 1

*All times are

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( UTC+03:00).

Pool 2

*All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

Week 2

Pool 3

*All times are

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( UTC+08:00).

Pool 4

*All times are Brazil Time ( UTC−03:00).

Week 3

Pool 5

*All times are

Korea Standard Time South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00, UTC+9), which is abbreviated KST. South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time. From May 8 to October 9 in 1988, daylight saving time was tested to better accommodat ...

( UTC+09:00).

Pool 6

*All times are

Thailand Standard Time Thailand follows UTC+07:00, which is 7 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, UTC. The local mean time in Bangkok was originally UTC+06:42:04. Thailand used this local mean time until 1920, when it changed to Indochina Time, UTC+07:00; ICT is ...

( UTC+07:00).

Final round

*All times are

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( UTC−05:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

''Source
VNL 2023 final standings
'

Awards

*Most valuable player *: *Best setter *: *Best outside spikers *: *: *Best middle blockers *: *: *Best opposite spiker *: *Best libero *:

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

''Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of

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Final round

''Statistics leaders correct as of

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Notes

References

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball FIVBFIVB Volleyball Nations League 2023
– official website
Brackets
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Qualification

Format

Preliminary round

Final round

Pool composition

Venues

Preliminary round

Final round

Competition schedule

Pool standing procedure

Squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Week 1

Pool 1

Pool 2

Week 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Week 3

Pool 5

Pool 6

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Final round

See also

Notes

References

External links