2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League is the sixth edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The competition is currently held from 14 May to 23 June 2024 and the final round will take place at Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Following the results of the 2023 Nations League and the 2023 Challenger Cup, Croatia were replaced by debutants France in this edition.^[2]

Qualification[edit]

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Eleven of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other five teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. France replaced Croatia after winning the 2023 Challenger Cup. In a change of format for the next edition, none of current teams will be relegated and from the year 2025 onwards, the competition will consist from 18 teams. The two extra spots will be from the team that wins the 2024 Challenger Cup and the best FIVB ranked team who are not in this year event.^[3]

Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last
Brazil	CSV	Core team	5	2018	2023	Runners-up (2019, 2021, 2022)
Bulgaria	CEV	Challenger team	3	2019	2023	13th place (2023)
Canada	NORCECA	Challenger team	3	2021	2023	10th place (2023)
China	AVC	Core team	5	2018	2023	Runners-up (2023)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	Challenger team	5	2018	2023	6th place (2021)
France	CEV	Challenger team	0	None		None
Germany	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	8th place (2023)
Italy	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	Champions (2022)
Japan	AVC	Core team	5	2018	2023	4th place (2021)
Netherlands	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	5th place (2018)
Poland	CEV	Challenger team	5	2018	2023	3rd place (2023)
Serbia	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	3rd place (2022)
South Korea	AVC	Core team	5	2018	2023	12th place (2018)
Thailand	AVC	Core team	5	2018	2023	8th place (2022)
Turkey	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	Champions (2023)
United States	NORCECA	Core team	5	2018	2023	Champions (2018, 2019, 2021)

Format[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

The format of play is the same as edition 2022's. The new format will see 16 women's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. The participating teams were ranked from 1st to 16th in the FIVB world rankings after the end of the last edition, and each team will play a total of 12 matches during the preliminary round over 3 weeks, against equally strong opponents – 3 matches against teams ranked 1st to 4th, 3 matches against teams ranked 5th to 8th, 3 matches against teams ranked 9th to 12th, and 3 matches against teams ranked 13th to 16th. The eight best teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition. However, this rule is only applied if the finals host country advances as part of this group. In this does not happen, the 7 best teams advance.^[4]

Final round[edit]

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.^[4]

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[edit]

The overview of pools was released on 8 December 2023.^[5]

Venues[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Week 1
Pool 1	Pool 2
Antalya, Turkey	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Antalya Sports Hall	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 11,800
Week 2
Pool 3	Pool 4
Macau, China	Arlington, Texas, United States
Galaxy Arena	College Park Center
Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 7,000
Week 3
Pool 5	Pool 6
Hong Kong, China	Fukuoka, Japan
Hong Kong Coliseum	West Japan General Exhibition Center
Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 7,900

Final round[edit]

All matches
Bangkok, Thailand
Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 8,000

Competition schedule[edit]

Pool standing procedure[edit]

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. 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
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:
   • 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[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Ranking[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	12	12	0	34	36	9	4.000	1075	873	1.231	Final round
2	Italy	12	10	2	31	32	10	3.200	1010	812	1.244
3	Poland	12	10	2	30	31	8	3.875	942	838	1.124
4	China	12	9	3	26	29	14	2.071	1000	886	1.129
5	Japan	12	8	4	25	28	16	1.750	1011	909	1.112
6	Turkey	12	8	4	25	29	18	1.611	1060	977	1.085
7	United States	12	7	5	22	27	17	1.588	1018	944	1.078
8	Netherlands	12	7	5	21	24	18	1.333	965	903	1.069
9	Canada	12	7	5	20	24	19	1.263	975	945	1.032
10	Dominican Republic	12	3	9	10	15	29	0.517	956	1029	0.929
11	Serbia	12	3	9	9	16	29	0.552	968	1058	0.915
12	Germany	12	3	9	9	14	28	0.500	907	974	0.931
13	Thailand[a]	12	3	9	7	12	32	0.375	878	1031	0.852	Final round
14	France	12	2	10	8	10	32	0.313	827	993	0.833
15	South Korea	12	2	10	6	8	33	0.242	751	970	0.774
16	Bulgaria	12	2	10	5	11	34	0.324	863	1064	0.811

Week 1[edit]

Pool 1[edit]

• All times are Turkey Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 May	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Netherlands	14–25	20–25	22–25			56–75	P2 Report
14 May	20:00	Italy	0–3	Poland	26–28	23–25	21–25			70–78	P2 Report
15 May	17:00	France	0–3	Germany	22–25	14–25	22–25			58–75	P2 Report
15 May	20:00	Japan	3–2	Turkey	25–23	25–21	23–25	20–25	15–11	108–105	P2 Report
16 May	14:00	Germany	1–3	Italy	16–25	16–25	25–21	22–25		79–96	P2 Report
16 May	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Japan	13–25	15–25	15–25			43–75	P2 Report
16 May	20:00	Netherlands	1–3	Turkey	14–25	25–23	23–25	18–25		80–98	P2 Report
17 May	14:00	Japan	3–0	Germany	25–21	25–15	25–22			75–58	P2 Report
17 May	17:00	France	0–3	Poland	20–25	16–25	17–25			53–75	P2 Report
17 May	20:00	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	25–11	25–22	25–19			75–52	P2 Report
18 May	14:00	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	25–20	26–24	25–18			76–62	P2 Report
18 May	17:00	France	3–1	Bulgaria	19–25	25–21	25–11	29–27		98–84	P2 Report
18 May	20:00	Italy	3–1	Turkey	25–27	25–21	25–21	25–19		100–88	P2 Report
19 May	14:00	Germany	1–3	Netherlands	21–25	25–21	23–25	20–25		89–96	P2 Report
19 May	17:00	Poland	3–0	Japan	26–24	25–20	25–23			76–67	P2 Report
19 May	20:00	France	0–3	Turkey	19–25	16–25	19–25			54–75	P2 Report

Pool 2[edit]

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 May	17:30	China	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–16	25–14			75–45	P2 Report
14 May	21:00	Brazil	3–1	Canada	26–24	23–25	26–24	25–12		100–85	P2 Report
15 May	17:30	United States	3–1	Thailand	25–22	19–25	25–12	25–18		94–77	P2 Report
15 May	21:00	Serbia	1–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	17–25	25–21	20–25		80–96	P2 Report
16 May	14:00	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–19	25–17			75–51	P2 Report
16 May	17:30	China	3–1	United States	23–25	25–23	25–22	25–19		98–89	P2 Report
16 May	21:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Canada	20–25	21–25	22–25			63–75	P2 Report
17 May	14:00	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–13	29–27	25–19			79–59	P2 Report
17 May	17:30	China	1–3	Canada	22–25	25–20	23–25	22–25		92–95	P2 Report
17 May	21:00	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–22	25–16	18–25	25–19		93–82	P2 Report
18 May	14:00	Serbia	1–3	China	25–21	15–25	18–25	18–25		76–96	P2 Report
18 May	17:30	South Korea	0–3	Dominican Republic	13–25	19–25	20–25			52–75	P2 Report
18 May	21:00	Thailand	1–3	Canada	21–25	13–25	25–20	17–25		76–95	P2 Report
19 May	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	25–15	25–19	25–19			75–53	P2 Report
19 May	14:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–20	25–18			75–61	P2 Report
19 May	17:30	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	19–25	25–23	16–25	18–25		78–98	P2 Report

Week 2[edit]

Pool 3[edit]

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	16:00	Thailand	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–22	20–25	25–17	26–24		96–88	P2 Report
28 May	19:30	Brazil	3–2	Japan	24–26	26–24	19–25	25–20	15–11	109–106	P2 Report
29 May	16:00	Italy	3–0	France	25–15	25–14	25–14			75–43	P2 Report
29 May	19:30	Netherlands	1–3	China	25–21	23–25	23–25	21–25		92–96	P2 Report
30 May	12:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Italy	12–25	19–25	21–25			52–75	P2 Report
30 May	16:00	France	0–3	Japan	14–25	18–25	15–25			47–75	P2 Report
30 May	19:30	Brazil	3–1	Netherlands	25–17	20–25	25–20	25–18		95–80	P2 Report
31 May	12:30	France	2–3	Thailand	23–25	21–25	25–23	25–20	7–15	101–108	P2 Report
31 May	16:00	Netherlands	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–17	23–25	25–21	25–17		98–80	P2 Report
31 May	19:30	Japan	3–1	China	25–22	19–25	25–18	25–17		94–82	P2 Report
1 Jun	12:30	Brazil	3–2	Italy	26–24	25–27	18–25	25–19	15–10	109–105	P2 Report
1 Jun	16:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	Japan	20–25	25–23	24–26	23–25		92–99	P2 Report
1 Jun	19:30	Thailand	0–3	China	23–25	17–25	18–25			58–75	P2 Report
2 Jun	12:30	France	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	10–25	21–25			48–75	P2 Report
2 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–14	25–17			75–53	P2 Report
2 Jun	19:30	Italy	3–0	China	25–23	25–19	25–16			75–58	P2 Report

Pool 4[edit]

• All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	16:00	Poland	3–1	Serbia	25–16	23–25	25–18	25–22		98–81	P2 Report
28 May	19:30	Canada	1–3	United States	22–25	17–25	25–23	20–25		84–98	P2 Report
29 May	11:00	South Korea	2–3	Bulgaria	23–25	25–20	26–24	21–25	13–15	108–109	P2 Report
29 May	14:30	Germany	1–3	Turkey	25–20	20–25	9–25	24–26		78–96	P2 Report
30 May	12:30	South Korea	0–3	Poland	20–25	20–25	10–25			50–75	P2 Report
30 May	16:00	Canada	3–0	Germany	25–20	25–15	25–22			75–57	P2 Report
30 May	19:30	Serbia	1–3	Turkey	18–25	31–33	25–21	21–25		95–104	P2 Report
31 May	13:00	Germany	0–3	Poland	23–25	20–25	21–25			64–75	P2 Report
31 May	16:30	Serbia	3–1	Canada	25–22	21–25	26–24	25–20		97–91	P2 Report
31 May	20:00	Bulgaria	0–3	United States	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75	P2 Report
1 Jun	13:00	South Korea	0–3	Turkey	20–25	15–25	20–25			55–75	P2 Report
1 Jun	16:30	Poland	3–1	United States	29–27	25–22	20–25	25–23		99–97	P2 Report
1 Jun	20:00	Serbia	3–1	Bulgaria	18–25	25–21	25–17	25–16		93–79	P2 Report
2 Jun	11:30	South Korea	0–3	Canada	15–25	12–25	18–25			45–75	P2 Report
2 Jun	15:00	United States	2–3	Turkey	25–21	20–25	21–25	25–12	12–15	103–98	P2 Report
2 Jun	18:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Germany	19–25	25–21	21–25	11–25		76–96	P2 Report

Week 3[edit]

Pool 5[edit]

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jun	17:00	Germany	1–3	Dominican Republic	24–26	25–21	21–25	21–25		91–97	P2 Report
11 Jun	20:30	Bulgaria	0–3	China	15–25	12–25	17–25			44–75	P2 Report
12 Jun	17:00	Turkey	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–17	25–17			75–51	P2 Report
12 Jun	20:30	Brazil	3–1	Poland	22–25	25–17	25–17	25–16		97–75	P2 Report
13 Jun	13:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Thailand	23–25	25–22	18–25	25–22	10–15	101–109	P2 Report
13 Jun	17:00	Germany	1–3	Brazil	20–25	22–25	25–21	24–26		91–97	P2 Report
13 Jun	20:30	Dominican Republic	1–3	Turkey	25–17	15–25	17–25	18–25		75–92	P2 Report
14 Jun	13:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Brazil	11–25	11–25	23–25			45–75	P2 Report
14 Jun	17:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Poland	31–33	20–25	16–25			67–83	P2 Report
14 Jun	20:30	China	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–17	25–18			75–54	P2 Report
15 Jun	13:30	Dominican Republic	2–3	Bulgaria	26–24	23–25	22–25	26–24	13–15	110–113	P2 Report
15 Jun	17:00	Poland	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–23	25–17			75–55	P2 Report
15 Jun	20:30	China	3–2	Turkey	21–25	17–25	25–21	25–23	15–13	103–107	P2 Report
16 Jun	13:30	Germany	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–21	25–20			75–58	P2 Report
16 Jun	17:00	Turkey	0–3	Brazil	14–25	14–25	19–25			47–75	P2 Report
16 Jun	20:30	China	3–0	Poland	25–23	25–15	25–19			75–57	P2 Report

Pool 6[edit]

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jun	15:30	United States	3–0	France	25–15	26–24	25–20			76–59	P2 Report
11 Jun	19:20	Italy	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–15	25–14			75–45	P2 Report
12 Jun	15:30	Netherlands	3–1	Serbia	25–20	25–21	18–25	25–12		93–78	P2 Report
12 Jun	19:20	South Korea	0–3	Japan	16–25	16–25	23–25			55–75	P2 Report
13 Jun	12:00	Netherlands	0–3	United States	21–25	20–25	22–25			63–75	P2 Report
13 Jun	15:30	France	2–3	South Korea	23–25	25–21	25–17	22–25	13–15	108–103	P2 Report
13 Jun	19:20	Japan	2–3	Canada	25–23	25–22	20–25	21–25	14–16	105–111	P2 Report
14 Jun	12:00	Serbia	1–3	France	22–25	25–22	23–25	21–25		91–97	P2 Report
14 Jun	15:30	Canada	0–3	Netherlands	24–26	16–25	23–25			63–76	P2 Report
14 Jun	19:30	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–16	25–11	25–13			75–40	P2 Report
15 Jun	12:00	Canada	3–0	France	25–14	25–18	31–29			81–61	P2 Report
15 Jun	15:30	Italy	3–1	United States	25–17	19–25	25–15	25–21		94–78	P2 Report
15 Jun	19:20	Japan	3–0	Serbia	25–22	25–18	25–15			75–55	P2 Report
16 Jun	11:30	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–11	25–17			75–49	P2 Report
16 Jun	15:00	Serbia	1–3	Italy	20–25	25–20	23–25	22–25		90–95	P2 Report
16 Jun	18:45	Japan	0–3	United States	15–25	18–25	24–26			57–76	P2 Report

Final round[edit]

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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	20 June
	Brazil
					22 June
	Thailand
	20 June
	China
									23 June
	Japan
	21 June
	Italy
					22 June
	United States
	21 June
									3rd place match
	Poland
									23 June
	Turkey

Quarterfinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jun	17:00	China	–	Japan	–	–	–			0–0	Report
20 Jun	20:30	Brazil	–	Thailand	–	–	–			0–0	Report
21 Jun	17:00	Italy	–	United States	–	–	–			0–0	Report
21 Jun	20:30	Poland	–	Turkey	–	–	–			0–0	Report

Semifinals[edit]

3rd place match[edit]

Final[edit]

Final standing[edit]

Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9  Netherlands 10  Canada 11  Dominican Republic 12  Serbia 13  Germany 14  France 15  South Korea 16  Bulgaria

Awards[edit]

Statistics leaders[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of preliminary round.^[6]

Best Scorers[a] Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Melissa Vargas 217 18 19 254 2 Kiera Van Ryk 212 12 12 236 3 Sarina Koga 197 7 11 215 4 Li Yingying 192 8 13 213 5 Alexa Gray 183 9 13 205

Best Attackers[b] Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total 1 Melissa Vargas 217 66 152 49.89 435 2 Kiera Van Ryk 212 88 176 44.54 476 3 Sarina Koga 197 45 258 39.40 500 4 Li Yingying 192 54 174 45.71 420 5 Alexa Gray 183 62 229 38.61 329

Best Blockers[c] Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total 1 Ana Carolina da Silva 33 34 42 2.75 109 2 Hena Kurtagić 33 39 57 4.12 129 3 Emily Maglio 32 59 82 2.67 173 4 Aslı Kalaç 29 39 72 2.42 140 5 Wang Yuanyuan [zh] 28 37 66 2.33 131

Best Servers[d] Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total 1 Camilla Weitzel 19 17 130 1.58 166 2 Melissa Vargas 19 26 106 1.58 151 3 Ekaterina Antropova [it] 14 29 59 1.17 102 4 Chatchu-on Moksri 14 22 123 1.17 159 5 Merelin Nikolova 14 13 64 1.75 91

Best Setters[e] Player Running Faults Still Avg Total 1 Diao Linyu 277 7 737 23.08 1021 2 Brie King 273 10 909 22.75 1185 3 Kim Da-in [ko] 254 12 670 21.17 936 4 Koyomi Iwasaki 241 10 794 20.08 1045 5 Pia Kästner 215 9 484 26.88 708

Best Diggers[f] Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total 1 Kiera Van Ryk 147 44 21 12.25 212 2 Aleksandra Szczygłowska 140 40 19 11.67 199 3 Wang Mengjie 135 39 17 11.25 191 4 Anna Pogany [de] 134 45 20 11.17 199 5 Sarina Koga 130 22 14 10.83 166

Best Receivers[g] Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total 1 Kotona Hayashi 90 10 126 39.82 226 2 Chatchu-on Moksri 85 20 224 25.84 329 3 Lena Stigrot 83 22 238 24.20 343 4 Lina Alsmeier [de] 82 22 232 24.40 336 5 Alexa Gray 71 17 280 19.29 368

See also[edit]

• 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
• 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
• 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
• Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball FIVB