The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League is the seventh edition of the
FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
The FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between May a ...
, an annual women's international
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
tournament. It is currently held from 4 June to 27 July 2025, with the final round to take place at the
Atlas Arena
Atlas Arena
- lodz.gazeta.pl - 25-08-2009 is a multipurpose indoor arena in Łódź ...
in
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
, Poland.
Following the results of the
2024 Challenger Cup,
Czech Republic
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make their debut this edition, while
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
made their comeback as the top
FIVB ranked team.
Qualification
In a change of format for this edition, none of the 16 teams that participated in the
2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the sixth edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 14 May to 23 June 2024 and the final round ...
will be relegated, and from 2025 onward the competition will expand to 18 teams. The two extra spots were allocated to the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
, winner of the
2024 Challenger Cup, and
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
, per
FIVB ranking the highest ranked team that failed to qualify.
Format
Preliminary round
The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, this is the first time that 18 women's teams competing. Each week
6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Each week each team plays 4 times in a table that is set up by an algorithm, with all teams playing 12 times in total at the end of the first phase. The 8 best teams advance to the quarter-finals while the last placed team loses its place to the highest FIVB ranked team that did not compete this year. The only country that has already qualified for this phase is Poland for hosting the finals and if it does not finish the first phase among the top eight, the top seven will qualify with the Polish team being ranked 8th.
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, and 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 team do not finish in the top eight in the Preliminary round, they will replace the eighth place team and play as the eighth seed.
Pool composition
The overview of pools were released on 10 December 2024.
Venues
Preliminary round
Final round
Competition schedule
Pool standing procedure
# Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
# In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply, with the teams 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, 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 between the tied teams during the Round Robin Phase. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams will be ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Squads
Preliminary round
Ranking
Week 1
Pool 1
*All times are
Eastern Daylight Time
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* Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behin ...
(
UTC−04:00).
Pool 2
* All times are
Brasília Time
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(
UTC−03:00).
Pool 3
* All times are
China Standard Time
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(
UTC+08:00).
Week 2
Pool 4
* All times are
Eastern European Summer Time
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(
UTC+03:00).
Pool 5
*All times are
Hong Kong Time
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(
UTC+08:00).
Pool 6
*All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00).
Week 3
Pool 7
*All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00).
Pool 8
*All times are
Central Daylight Time
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean islands.
In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and ...
(
UTC-05:00).
Pool 9
* All times are
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to a ...
(
UTC+09:00).
Final round
*All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
* Most valuable player
*:
* Best setter
*:
* Best outside spikers
*:
*:
* Best opposite spiker
*:
* Best middle blockers
*:
*:
* Best libero
See also
*
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
*
2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is the planned 20th tournament of the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship for women's national volleyball teams, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tou ...
*
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will be the 21st staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the (FIVB). The tournament will take place in the Philipp ...
References
External links
Fédération Internationale de Volleyball FIVBFIVB Volleyball Nations League 2025– official website
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