2018_FIVB_Volleyball_Women's_Nations_League

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
FIVB 世界女排聯賽中国 2019
	Nanjing, host city of the final round
Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Nanjing (final round)
Dates	15 May – 1 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	21 (in 21 host cities)
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Turkey
Third place	China
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament awards
MVP	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Best Setter	Cansu Özbay
Best OH	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley; Zhu Ting
Best MB	TeTori Dixon; Eda Erdem Dündar
Best OPP	Tandara Caixeta
Best Libero	Suelen Pinto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	130
Attendance	399,149 (3,070 per match)
Official website
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2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

International volleyball tournament

The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Grand Prix in the international calendar.^[1] The competition was held between May and July 2018, and the final round took place in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China.^[2]^[3]

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Six-time World Grand Prix winners, United States won the inaugural edition, defeating Turkey in five sets on the final.^[4] This was Turkey's first ever final on a senior world-level premier competition (World Championship, World Cup, Summer Olympic Games and the aforementioned Grand Prix). Reigning Olympic champions and host nation, China defeated 12-time Grand Prix champions Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal.^[5] Michelle Bartsch-Hackley from USA was elected the MVP.^[6]^[7]

Argentina was the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and will be replaced by Challenger Cup winners Bulgaria in the 2019 edition.^[8]

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Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Designation	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Argentina	CSV	Challenger team	0	None		None
Belgium	CEV	Challenger team	0	None		None
Brazil	CSV	Core team	0	None		None
China	AVC	Core team	0	None		None
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	Challenger team	0	None		None
Germany	CEV	Core team	0	None		None
Italy	CEV	Core team	0	None		None
Japan	AVC	Core team	0	None		None
Netherlands	CEV	Core team	0	None		None
Poland	CEV	Challenger team	0	None		None
Russia	CEV	Core team	0	None		None
Serbia	CEV	Core team	0	None		None
South Korea	AVC	Core team	0	None		None
Thailand	AVC	Core team	0	None		None
Turkey	CEV	Core team	0	None		None
United States	NORCECA	Core team	0	None		None

Week 1
Pool 1 Russia	Pool 2 China	Pool 3 United States	Pool 4 Brazil
Russia Argentina Netherlands Thailand	China Belgium Dominican Republic South Korea	United States Italy Poland Turkey	Brazil Germany Japan Serbia
Week 2
Pool 5 Japan	Pool 6 South Korea	Pool 7 Macau, China	Pool 8 Turkey
Japan Belgium Netherlands United States	South Korea Germany Italy Russia	China Poland Serbia Thailand	Turkey Argentina Brazil Dominican Republic
Week 3
Pool 9 Netherlands	Pool 10 Serbia	Pool 11 Thailand	Pool 12 Hong Kong, China
Netherlands Brazil Poland South Korea	Serbia Belgium Russia Turkey	Thailand Dominican Republic Germany United States	China Argentina Italy Japan
Week 4
Pool 13 Netherlands	Pool 14 China	Pool 15 Thailand	Pool 16 Poland
Netherlands Dominican Republic Italy Serbia	China Brazil Russia United States	Thailand Japan South Korea Turkey	Poland Argentina Belgium Germany
Week 5
Pool 17 Germany	Pool 18 Poland	Pool 19 Italy	Pool 20 Argentina
Germany China Netherlands Turkey	Poland Dominican Republic Japan Russia	Italy Belgium Brazil Thailand	Argentina Serbia South Korea United States

Week 1
Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4
Yekaterinburg, Russia	Ningbo, China	Lincoln, United States	Barueri, Brazil
Team Sports Palace	Beilun Gymnasium	Bob Devaney Sports Center	Ginásio José Corrêa
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 7,907	Capacity: 5,100

Week 2
Pool 5	Pool 6	Pool 7	Pool 8
Toyota, Japan	Suwon, South Korea	Macau, China	Ankara, Turkey
Sky Hall Toyota	Suwon Gymnasium	Macau Forum	Başkent Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 5,145	Capacity: 4,062	Capacity: 7,600

Week 3
Pool 9	Pool 10	Pool 11	Pool 12
Apeldoorn, Netherlands	Kraljevo, Serbia	Bangkok, Thailand	Hong Kong, China
Omnisport Apeldoorn	Kraljevo Sports Hall	Indoor Stadium Huamark	Hong Kong Coliseum
Capacity: ^[10] 5,000	Capacity: 3,331	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 12,500

Week 4
Pool 13	Pool 14	Pool 15	Pool 16
Rotterdam, Netherlands	Jiangmen, China	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Topsportcentrum Rotterdam	Jiangmen Sports Hall	Korat Chatchai Hall	Łuczniczka
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 8,764

Week 5
Pool 17	Pool 18	Pool 19	Pool 20
Stuttgart, Germany	Wałbrzych, Poland	Eboli, Italy	Santa Fe, Argentina
Porsche-Arena	Centrum Sportowo-Rekreacyjne Aqua Zdrój	PalaSele	Gimnásio del Campus de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Capacity: 6,181	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 5,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	15	13	2	40	42	8	5.250	1227	997	1.231	Final round
2	Serbia	15	12	3	37	41	15	2.733	1324	1141	1.160
3	Brazil	15	12	3	35	40	20	2.000	1376	1229	1.120
4	Netherlands	15	12	3	34	39	18	2.167	1327	1176	1.128
5	Turkey	15	11	4	35	40	19	2.105	1351	1244	1.086
6	Italy	15	10	5	29	34	22	1.545	1230	1136	1.083
7	Russia	15	8	7	23	26	29	0.897	1194	1198	0.997
8	Poland	15	8	7	22	29	29	1.000	1298	1211	1.072
9	China^{[lower-alpha 1]} (H)	15	7	8	22	29	27	1.074	1237	1178	1.050	Final round
10	Japan	15	7	8	20	27	31	0.871	1209	1273	0.950
11	Germany	15	5	10	15	23	35	0.657	1220	1315	0.928
12	South Korea	15	5	10	14	16	34	0.471	1022	1141	0.896
13	Belgium	15	4	11	12	18	36	0.500	1115	1250	0.892
14	Dominican Republic	15	3	12	12	17	37	0.459	1072	1245	0.861
15	Thailand	15	2	13	7	17	41	0.415	1218	1355	0.899
16	Argentina	15	1	14	3	5	42	0.119	830	1161	0.715	Excluded from the 2019 Nations League

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
15 May	16:30	Thailand	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	24–26	13–25		57–76	P2
15 May	19:00	Russia	3–1	Argentina	20–25	25–13	25–13	25–22	95–73	P2
16 May	16:30	Argentina	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	19–25	8–25	18–25	70–97	P2
16 May	19:00	Russia	3–1	Thailand	25–23	13–25	25–18	30–28	93–94	P2
17 May	16:30	Argentina	0–3	Thailand	17–25	17–25	16–25		50–75	P2
17 May	19:00	Russia	0–3	Netherlands	22–25	20–25	25–27		67–77	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 May	16:00	Belgium	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–22	25–21			75–61	P2
15 May	19:30	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–15	25–11			75–43	P2
16 May	16:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	South Korea	24–26	27–25	25–21	14–25	12–15	102–112	P2
16 May	19:30	China	3–0	Belgium	25–14	25–20	25–13			75–47	P2
17 May	16:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	Belgium	16–25	25–18	18–25	25–19	7–15	91–102	P2
17 May	19:30	China	0–3	South Korea	15–25	15–25	13–25			43–75	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 May	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Italy	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	P2
15 May	19:30	United States	3–1	Poland	28–26	25–22	22–25	25–15		100–88	P2
16 May	17:00	Poland	3–2	Italy	21–25	25–14	19–25	25–17	15–12	105–93	P2
16 May	19:30	United States	2–3	Turkey	26–28	19–25	25–20	26–24	14–16	110–113	P2
17 May	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Poland	25–21	25–17	25–23			75–61	P2
17 May	19:30	United States	3–0	Italy	25–21	25–18	25–21			75–60	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
15 May	15:05	Brazil	1–3	Germany	25–15	22–25	18–25	20–25	85–90	P2
15 May	17:30	Japan	0–3	Serbia	18–25	17–25	22–25		57–75	P2
16 May	15:05	Brazil	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–18	25–23	25–11	97–77	P2
16 May	17:30	Germany	0–3	Serbia	16–25	21–25	17–25		54–75	P2
17 May	15:05	Brazil	3–1	Serbia	23–25	25–22	25–14	25–21	98–82	P2
17 May	17:30	Germany	1–3	Japan	21–25	23–25	25–21	17–25	86–96	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 May	15:40	Belgium	2–3	Netherlands	25–21	19–25	25–23	29–31	10–15	108–115	P2
22 May	19:10	Japan	0–3	United States	20–25	16–25	23–25			59–75	P2
23 May	15:40	Netherlands	0–3	United States	19–25	21–25	23–25			63–75	P2
23 May	19:10	Japan	3–0	Belgium	25–19	25–20	25–19			75–58	P2
24 May	15:40	Belgium	0–3	United States	11–25	18–25	17–25			46–75	P2
24 May	19:10	Japan	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	18–25	21–25			57–75	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
22 May	15:00	Italy	0–3	Russia	24–26	12–25	23–25		59–76	P2
22 May	18:00	South Korea	3–1	Germany	23–25	26–24	25–16	25–16	99–81	P2
23 May	16:00	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–22	25–18	25–20		75–60	P2
23 May	19:00	South Korea	3–0	Russia	25–19	25–14	25–17		75–50	P2
24 May	16:00	Germany	1–3	Russia	25–19	21–25	15–25	23–25	84–94	P2
24 May	19:00	South Korea	0–3	Italy	17–25	21–25	21–25		59–75	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
22 May	14:00	Argentina	0–3	Dominican Republic	24–26	24–26	19–25		67–77	P2
22 May	17:00	Turkey	1–3	Brazil	17–25	19–25	25–23	21–25	82–98	P2
23 May	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–9	25–21	25–14		75–44	P2
23 May	17:00	Turkey	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–20	17–25	25–20	25–19	92–84	P2
24 May	14:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Brazil	20–25	10–25	13–25		43–75	P2
24 May	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–16	25–19		75–51	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
29 May	16:30	South Korea	1–3	Brazil	11–25	14–25	33–31	20–25	78–106	P2
29 May	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Poland	25–22	25–22	27–25		77–69	P2
30 May	16:30	Poland	0–3	Brazil	20–25	20–25	23–25		63–75	P2
30 May	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–10	25–12		75–40	P2
31 May	16:30	South Korea	0–3	Poland	11–25	15–25	16–25		42–75	P2
31 May	19:30	Netherlands	1–3	Brazil	23–25	24–26	25–13	22–25	94–89	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	16:30	Italy	3–2	Serbia	19–25	25–21	25–21	18–25	15–13	102–105	P2
5 Jun	19:30	Netherlands	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–22	25–21	25–18			75–61	P2
6 Jun	16:30	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–20	25–13			75–52	P2
6 Jun	19:30	Netherlands	2–3	Italy	25–18	23–25	25–19	15–25	8–15	96–102	P2
7 Jun	16:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Italy	18–25	15–25	20–25			53–75	P2
7 Jun	19:30	Netherlands	3–2	Serbia	15–25	19–25	29–27	25–17	20–18	108–112	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	17:30	Turkey	2–3	Netherlands	11–25	29–31	25–16	25–20	10–15	100–107	P2
12 Jun	20:30	Germany	2–3	China	25–20	27–25	17–25	23–25	8–15	100–110	P2
13 Jun	17:30	China	1–3	Netherlands	24–26	25–17	17–25	21–25		87–93	P2
13 Jun	20:30	Germany	1–3	Turkey	16–25	15–25	25–20	19–25		75–95	P2
14 Jun	17:30	China	1–3	Turkey	26–28	21–25	25–20	20–25		92–98	P2
14 Jun	20:30	Germany	1–3	Netherlands	21–25	16–25	26–24	19–25		82–99	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
12 Jun	17:40	Serbia	3–1	United States	30–28	23–25	25–20	25–18	103–91	P2
12 Jun	20:40	Argentina	3–0	South Korea	25–18	26–24	25–21		76–63	P2
13 Jun	17:40	South Korea	0–3	United States	13–25	23–25	19–25		55–75	P2
13 Jun	20:40	Argentina	0–3	Serbia	27–29	13–25	16–25		56–79	P2
14 Jun	17:40	South Korea	0–3	Serbia	17–25	20–25	11–25		48–75	P2
14 Jun	20:40	Argentina	0–3	United States	15–25	14–25	15–25		44–75	P2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	120	1.250	Semifinals
2	China	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	159	161	0.988	Semifinals
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	142	170	0.835

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	182	165	1.103	Semifinals
2	Turkey	2	1	1	3	5	5	1.000	202	206	0.981	Semifinals
3	Serbia	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	171	184	0.929

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 Jun	19:15	China	3–1	Netherlands	20–25	25–21	25–22	25–18	95–86	P2
28 Jun	19:15	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–16	25–17	25–23		75–56	P2
29 Jun	20:30	China	0–3	Brazil	20–25	22–25	22–25		64–75	P2

Semifinals		final

30 June

Brazil	0
		1 July
Turkey	3
		Turkey	2
30 June
		United States	3
China	1

United States	3
		3rd place match

		1 July

		China	3

		Brazil	0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jun	15:00	Brazil	0–3	Turkey	23–25	23–25	22–25			68–75	P2
30 Jun	19:45	China	1–3	United States	23–25	20–25	25–18	18–25		86–93	P2

2018_FIVB_Volleyball_Women's_Nations_League

Qualification

Format

Preliminary round

Final round

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Final round

Venues

Preliminary round

Final round

Competition schedule

Pool standing procedure

Squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Week 1

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Week 2

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

Week 3

Pool 9

Pool 10

Pool 11

Pool 12

Week 4

Pool 13

Pool 14

Pool 15

Pool 16

Week 5

Pool 17

Pool 18

Pool 19

Pool 20

Final round

Pool play

Pool A

Pool B

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Final round

See also

References

External links

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