2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

FIVB 世界女排聯賽 中国 2019
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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The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball 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]}

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]

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last
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

Format

Preliminary round

The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into 4 pools of 4 teams at each week and compete five weeks long, with a total of 120 matches. The top five teams after the league round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round. ^[1] The relegation takes in consideration only the 4 challenger teams and the last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2019 Nations League. The winners of the Challenger Cup will qualify for the next edition as a challenger team. ^[9]

Final round

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in round-robin. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations League title. The losers face in the third place match.

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on February 16, 2018. ^[2]

Preliminary round

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

Final round

Pool A	Pool B
China	United States
Brazil	Serbia
Netherlands	Turkey

Venues

The list of host cities and venues was announced on February 16, 2018. ^[2]

Preliminary round

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

Final round

Nanjing, China
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 13,000

Competition schedule

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League round

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Final round

Week 1 15–17 May	Week 2 22–24 May	Week 3 29–31 May	Week 4 5–7 Jun	Week 5 12–14 Jun	Week 6 Rest Week	Week 7 27 Jun – 1 Jul
24 matches	24 matches	24 matches	24 matches	24 matches		10 matches

Pool standing procedure

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matched lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point 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
3. 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:
   • Set 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 set won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set 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 point 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 point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Main article: 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League squads

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players, which every week's 14-player roster must be selected from. Each country must declare its 14-player roster two days before the start of each week's round-robin competition.

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
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]	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

Source: VNL 2018 standings
Notes:

1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

• All times are Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+05:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pool 2

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

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

Pool 3

• All times are Central Summer Time (UTC-05:00).

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

Pool 4

• All times are Brasília time (UTC−03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Week 2

Pool 5

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

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

Pool 6

• All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pool 7

• All times are Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 May	16:30	Thailand	1–3	Serbia	18–25	23–25	25–19	19–25		85–94	P2
22 May	20:00	China	2–3	Poland	25–18	17–25	18–25	25–22	12–15	97–105	P2
23 May	17:30	Poland	1–3	Serbia	25–20	25–27	24–26	15–25		89–98	P2
23 May	20:00	China	3–1	Thailand	25–23	26–24	22–25	25–17		98–89	P2
24 May	17:30	Poland	2–3	Thailand	22–25	25–21	23–25	25–21	14–16	109–108	P2
24 May	20:00	China	1–3	Serbia	25–21	23–25	21–25	17–25		86–96	P2

Pool 8

• All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Week 3

Pool 9

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pool 10

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	17:00	Belgium	0–3	Turkey	19–25	18–25	24–26			61–76	P2
29 May	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Russia	25–23	25–19	25–18			75–60	P2
30 May	16:00	Turkey	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–19	25–23	20–25	11–15	104–107	P2
30 May	19:00	Belgium	0–3	Serbia	20–25	16–25	14–25			50–75	P2
31 May	17:00	Russia	3–1	Belgium	25–21	25–20	23–25	25–18		98–84	P2
31 May	20:00	Turkey	2–3	Serbia	20–25	25–22	25–18	23–25	12–15	105–105	P2

Pool 11

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	15:05	Germany	0–3	United States	18–25	17–25	17–25			52–75	P2
29 May	18:05	Thailand	0–3	Dominican Republic	21–25	22–25	20–25			63–75	P2
30 May	15:05	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	20–25	23–25	21–25			64–75	P2
30 May	18:05	Thailand	2–3	Germany	23–25	26–28	25–23	25–22	10–15	109–113	P2
31 May	15:05	Dominican Republic	1–3	Germany	22–25	15–25	25–21	12–25		74–96	P2
31 May	18:05	Thailand	0–3	United States	10–25	22–25	16–25			48–75	P2

Pool 12

• All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	18:00	Japan	3–2	Italy	20–25	25–23	20–25	25–23	15–11	105–107	P2
29 May	20:30	China	3–0	Argentina	25–22	25–16	25–12			75–50	P2
30 May	18:00	Argentina	0–3	Italy	15–25	16–25	18–25			49–75	P2
30 May	20:30	China	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–19	25–17			75–57	P2
31 May	18:00	Japan	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–21	25–21			75–58	P2
31 May	20:30	China	1–3	Italy	18–25	14–25	25–16	18–25		75–91	P2

Week 4

Pool 13

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

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

Pool 14

• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	16:00	Russia	0–3	United States	14–25	18–25	18–25			50–75	P2
5 Jun	19:30	China	2–3	Brazil	25–19	23–25	25–27	25–10	14–16	112–97	P2
6 Jun	16:00	United States	3–1	Brazil	25–23	26–28	25–21	25–18		101–90	P2
6 Jun	19:30	China	3–0	Russia	25–21	25–19	25–22			75–62	P2
7 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–2	Russia	15–25	25–21	25–20	19–25	17–15	101–106	P2
7 Jun	19:30	China	0–3	United States	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75	P2

Pool 15

• All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	15:05	Japan	1–3	Turkey	17–25	23–25	25–13	11–25		76–88	P2
5 Jun	18:05	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	16–25	18–25	25–20	24–26		83–96	P2
6 Jun	15:05	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–14	25–20			75–56	P2
6 Jun	18:05	Thailand	1–3	Turkey	20–25	28–30	25–18	19–25		92–98	P2
7 Jun	15:05	South Korea	0–3	Turkey	19–25	21–25	23–25			63–75	P2
7 Jun	18:05	Thailand	2–3	Japan	25–19	25–20	17–25	19–25	20–22	106–111	P2

Pool 16

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	17:30	Germany	3–1	Belgium	25–19	25–21	22–25	25–23		97–88	P2
5 Jun	20:30	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–11	25–14	25–20			75–45	P2
6 Jun	17:30	Belgium	3–0	Argentina	25–22	25–16	25–14			75–52	P2
6 Jun	20:30	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–21	21–25	25–20	25–9		96–75	P2
7 Jun	17:30	Argentina	0–3	Germany	16–25	13–25	16–25			45–75	P2
7 Jun	20:30	Poland	3–1	Belgium	22–25	25–22	27–25	25–14		99–86	P2

Week 5

Pool 17

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

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

Pool 18

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	17:30	Russia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–21	25–20	25–16			75–57	P2
12 Jun	20:30	Poland	3–2	Japan	18–25	25–15	25–16	21–25	16–14	105–95	P2
13 Jun	17:30	Dominican Republic	2–3	Japan	15–25	25–14	25–21	27–29	13–15	105–104	P2
13 Jun	20:30	Poland	3–0	Russia	25–21	25–18	25–15			75–54	P2
14 Jun	17:30	Russia	3–2	Japan	19–25	25–14	25–16	23–25	15–10	107–90	P2
14 Jun	20:30	Poland	1–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	25–16	21–25	20–25		84–91	P2

Pool 19

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	17:00	Brazil	3–1	Belgium	25–15	25–14	21–25	25–23		96–77	P2
12 Jun	20:00	Italy	3–0	Thailand	25–11	25–17	25–15			75–43	P2
13 Jun	17:00	Brazil	3–1	Thailand	25–16	25–22	18–25	25–13		93–76	P2
13 Jun	20:00	Italy	3–0	Belgium	25–22	25–18	25–19			75–59	P2
14 Jun	17:00	Belgium	3–1	Thailand	26–24	23–25	25–20	25–21		99–90	P2
14 Jun	20:00	Italy	3–2	Brazil	22–25	25–20	17–25	25–19	15–12	104–101	P2

Pool 20

• All times are Argentina Standard Time (UTC-03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Final round

• Venue: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing, China
• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool play

Pool A

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
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	142	170	0.835

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pool B

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
3	Serbia	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	171	184	0.929

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	15:00	United States	3–2	Turkey	17–25	21–25	25–21	25–15	15–11	103–97	P2
28 Jun	15:00	Serbia	2–3	Turkey	25–20	21–25	18–25	25–19	14–16	103–105	P2
29 Jun	15:00	United States	3–0	Serbia	29–27	25–22	25–19			79–68	P2

Final four

	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

Semifinals

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

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	15:00	China	3–0	Brazil	25–18	25–22	25–22			75–62	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jul	19:00	Turkey	2–3	United States	25–17	22–25	28–26	15–25	7–15	97–108	P2

Final standing

Rank Team   United States   Turkey   China 4   Brazil 5   Netherlands   Serbia 7   Italy 8   Russia 9   Poland 10   Japan 11   Germany 12   South Korea 13   Belgium 14   Dominican Republic 15   Thailand 16   Argentina Source: VNL 2018 final standings

2018 Women's Nations League champions  United States First title 14–woman Roster Micha Hancock, Carli Lloyd, Justine Wong-Orantes, Rachael Adams, TeTori Dixon, Lauren Gibbemeyer, Madison Kingdon, Jordan Larson (c), Andrea Drews, Kelly Murphy, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Kim Hill, Foluke Akinradewo, Kelsey Robinson Head coach Karch Kiraly

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Michelle Bartsch-Hackley  (USA)

• Best setter

    Cansu Özbay  (TUR)

• Best Outside Hitters

    Michelle Bartsch-Hackley  (USA)

    Zhu Ting  (CHN)

• Best Middle Blockers

    TeTori Dixon  (USA)

    Eda Erdem Dündar  (TUR)

• Best Opposite

    Tandara Caixeta  (BRA)

• Best libero

    Suelen Pinto  (BRA)

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

as of June 14,2018 ^{[update] [11]}

Best Scorers Player Spikes Blocks Serves Total 1 Malwina Smarzek 306 42 13 361 2 Brayelin Martínez 223 19 8 250 3 Tijana Bošković 206 24 8 238 4 Tandara Caixeta 207 12 12 231 5 Louisa Lippmann 204 11 9 224

Best Attackers Player Spikes Faults Shots Total % 1 Tijana Bošković 206 80 132 418 49.28 2 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley 165 32 147 344 47.97 3 Irina Voronkova 177 67 153 397 44.58 4 Malwina Smarzek 306 93 296 695 44.03 5 Tandara Caixeta 207 65 201 473 43.76

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Total Avg 1 Agnieszka Kąkolewska 52 85 123 260 0.90 2 Adenízia da Silva 48 61 62 171 0.80 3 Ana Beatriz Corrêa 45 74 93 212 0.75 4 Eda Erdem Dündar 44 61 123 228 0.75 5 Malwina Smarzek 42 44 54 140 0.72

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Total Avg 1 Marlena Pleśnierowicz 24 24 226 274 0.41 2 Marlies Janssens 21 31 104 156 0.39 3 Eda Erdem Dündar 22 22 142 186 0.37 4 Elena Pietrini 19 31 44 94 0.34 5 Hattaya Bamrungsuk 18 19 139 176 0.31

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Total Avg 1 Ilka Van de Vyver 924 18 507 1449 17.11 2 Carli Lloyd 845 7 320 1172 16.90 3 Roberta Ratzke 883 9 405 1297 14.72 4 Niverka Marte 776 13 501 1290 14.37 5 Denise Hanke 751 9 537 1279 12.95

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Total Avg 1 Maret Balkestein-Grothues 122 6 68 196 2.14 2 Suelen Pinto 115 13 151 279 1.92 3 Celine Van Gestel 102 14 125 241 1.89 4 Simge Şebnem Aköz 111 5 108 224 1.88 5 Kelsey Robinson 94 10 94 198 1.88

Best Receivers Player Excellents Faults Serve Total % 1 Kim Hill 61 9 163 233 22.32 2 Britt Herbots 75 14 216 305 20.00 3 Kelsey Robinson 63 16 160 239 19.67 4 Celine Van Gestel 82 22 228 332 18.07 5 Yuki Ishii 93 27 295 415 15.90

Final round

as of July 1,2018 ^{[update] [12]}

Best Scorers Player Spikes Blocks Serves Total 1 Zhu Ting 77 6 3 86 2 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley 69 6 3 78 3 Tandara Caixeta 65 2 4 71 4 Eda Erdem Dündar 41 12 6 59 5 Tijana Bošković 54 3 1 58

Best Attackers Player Spikes Faults Shots Total % 1 Gabriela Guimarães 50 20 34 104 48.08 2 Tandara Caixeta 65 20 56 141 46.10 3 Zhu Ting 77 16 76 169 45.56 4 Lonneke Slöetjes 35 12 33 80 43.75 5 Tijana Bošković 54 29 45 128 42.19

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Total Avg 1 Adenízia da Silva 13 21 12 46 1.08 2 Ana Beatriz Corrêa 9 14 21 44 0.75 3 Zehra Güneş 13 23 37 73 0.72 4 Eda Erdem Dündar 12 26 31 69 0.67 5 TeTori Dixon 11 13 23 47 0.65

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Total Avg 1 Jordan Larson 8 5 53 66 0.47 2 Milena Rašić 3 2 28 33 0.38 3 Roberta Ratzke 4 4 42 50 0.33 4 Tandara Caixeta 4 4 42 50 0.33 5 Eda Erdem Dündar 6 7 51 64 0.33

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Total Avg 1 Roberta Ratzke 297 4 4 305 24.75 2 Cansu Özbay 418 4 7 429 23.22 3 Bojana Živković 166 1 6 173 20.75 4 Carli Lloyd 336 2 5 343 19.76 5 Ding Xia 276 1 2 279 19.71

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Total Avg 1 Zhu Ting 37 0 20 57 2.64 2 Anne Buijs 18 0 10 28 2.57 3 Suelen Pinto 30 0 14 44 2.50 4 Kelsey Robinson 42 0 36 78 2.47 5 Tijana Bošković 18 0 14 32 2.25

Best Receivers Player Excellents Faults Serve Total % 1 Gabriela Guimarães 25 0 42 67 37.31 2 Kelsey Robinson 35 9 63 107 24.30 3 Simge Şebnem Aköz 28 7 52 87 24.14 4 Liu Xiaotong 18 3 42 63 23.81 5 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley 30 7 68 105 21.90

See also

• 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
• 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

References

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External links

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
• FIVB Volleyball Nations League – official website