The 2018 season of the Volleyball Nations League was the first edition of this competition. It began on May 15, 2018 and ended with the final on July 1, 2018. The USA prevailed against Turkey in the final . China took third place. The German team finished eleventh after the preliminary round.
mode In the preliminary round, 16 teams competed against each other in four-way tournaments for five weeks. Four tournaments were held in parallel every week. The participants were distributed to the tournaments in such a way that everyone played against everyone during the preliminary round. The results of a total of twenty tournaments were added up in a table. The five best teams in the overall ranking qualified for the final round alongside the host.
In the final round, the participants were divided into two groups of three. The two best teams in each group met each other in the semifinals. The winners of the semi-finals reached the final.
Attendees The field of participants consisted of twelve seeded core teams and four challengers.
Core teams
Brazil Brazil , People's Republic of China , Germany , Italy , Japan , Netherlands , Russia , Serbia , South Korea , Thailand , Turkey , United States China People's Republic Germany Italy Japan Netherlands Russia Serbia Korea South Thailand Turkey United States
challenger
Argentina Argentina , Belgium , Dominican Republic , Poland Belgium Dominican Republic Poland
Preliminary round First week
Group 1 in Yekaterinburg
May 15
Thailand
Netherlands 0: 3
Russia Argentina
3: 1
May 16
Argentina
Netherlands 1: 3
Russia Thailand
3: 1
17th of May
Argentina
Thailand 0: 3
Russia
Netherlands 0: 3
Group 2 in Ningbo
May 15
Belgium South Korea
3-0
China Dominican R.
3-0
May 16
Dominican R.
South Korea 2: 3
China Belgium
3-0
17th of May
Dominican R.
Belgium 2: 3
China
South Korea 0: 3
Group 3 in Lincoln
May 15
Turkey Italy
3-0
United States Poland
3: 1
May 16
Poland Italy
3: 2
United States
Turkey 2: 3
17th of May
Turkey Poland
3-0
United States Italy
3-0
Group 4 in Barueri
May 15
Japan
Serbia 0: 3
Brazil
Germany 1: 3
May 16
Brazil Japan
3: 1
Germany
Serbia 0: 3
17th of May
Brazil Serbia
3: 1
Germany
Japan 1: 3
Second week
Group 5 in Toyota
May 22
Belgium
Netherlands 2: 3
Japan
United States 0: 3
23. May
Netherlands
United States 0: 3
Japan Belgium
3-0
May 24th
Belgium
United States 0: 3
Japan
Netherlands 0: 3
Group 6 in Suwon
May 22
Italy
Russia 0: 3
South Korea Germany
3: 1
23. May
Italy Germany
3-0
South Korea Russia
3-0
May 24th
Germany
Russia 1: 3
South Korea
Italy 0: 3
Group 7 in Macau
May 22
Thailand
Serbia 1: 3
China
Poland 2: 3
23. May
Poland
Serbia 1: 3
China Thailand
3: 1
May 24th
Poland
Thailand 2: 3
China
Serbia 1: 3
Group 8 in Ankara
May 22
Argentina
Dominican R. 0: 3
Turkey
Brazil 1: 3
23. May
Brazil Argentina
3-0
Turkey Dominican R.
3: 1
May 24th
Dominican R.
Brazil 0: 3
Turkey Argentina
3-0
Third week
Group 9 in Apeldoorn
May 29th
South Korea
Brazil 1: 3
Netherlands Poland
3-0
30th May
Poland
Brazil 0: 3
Netherlands South Korea
3-0
31. May
South Korea
Poland 0: 3
Netherlands
Brazil 1: 3
Group 10 in Kraljevo
May 29th
Belgium
Turkey 0: 3
Serbia Russia
3-0
30th May
Turkey
Russia 2: 3
Belgium
Serbia 0: 3
31. May
Russia Belgium
3: 1
Turkey
Serbia 2: 3
Group 11 in Bangkok
May 29th
Germany
United States 0: 3
Thailand
Dominican R. 0: 3
30th May
Dominican R.
United States 0: 3
Thailand
Germany 2: 3
31. May
Dominican R.
Germany 1: 3
Thailand
United States 0: 3
Group 12 in Hong Kong
May 29th
Japan Italy
3: 2
China Argentina
3-0
30th May
Argentina
Italy 0: 3
China Japan
3-0
31. May
Japan Argentina
3-0
China
Italy 1: 3
Fourth week
Group 13 in Rotterdam
June 5th
Italy Serbia
3: 2
Netherlands Dominican R.
3-0
6th of June
Serbia Dominican R.
3-0
Netherlands
Italy 2: 3
June 7th
Dominican R.
Italy 0: 3
Netherlands Serbia
3: 2
Group 14 in Jiangmen
June 5th
Russia
United States 0: 3
China
Brazil 2: 3
6th of June
United States Brazil
3: 1
China Russia
3-0
June 7th
Brazil Russia
3: 2
China
United States 0: 3
Group 15 in Nakhon Ratchasima
June 5th
Japan
Turkey 1: 3
Thailand
South Korea 1: 3
6th of June
Japan South Korea
3-0
Thailand
Turkey 1: 3
June 7th
South Korea
Turkey 0: 3
Thailand
Japan 2: 3
Group 16 in Bydgoszcz
June 5th
Germany Belgium
3: 1
Poland Argentina
3-0
6th of June
Belgium Argentina
3-0
Poland Germany
3: 1
June 7th
Argentina
Germany 0: 3
Poland Belgium
3: 1
Fifth week
Group 17 in Stuttgart
June 12
Turkey
Netherlands 2: 3
Germany
China 2: 3
June 13th
China
Netherlands 1: 3
Germany
Turkey 1: 3
14th June
China
Turkey 1: 3
Germany
Netherlands 1: 3
Group 18 in Wałbrzych
June 12
Russia Dominican R.
3-0
Poland Japan
3: 2
June 13th
Dominican R.
Japan 2: 3
Poland Russia
3-0
14th June
Russia Japan
3: 2
Poland
Dominican R. 1: 3
Group 19 in Eboli
June 12
Brazil Belgium
3: 1
Italy Thailand
3-0
June 13th
Brazil Thailand
3: 1
Italy Belgium
3-0
14th June
Belgium Thailand
3: 1
Italy Brazil
3: 2
Group 20 in Santa Fe
June 12
Serbia United States
3: 1
Argentina South Korea
3-0
June 13th
South Korea
United States 0: 3
Argentina
Serbia 0: 3
14th June
South Korea
Serbia 0: 3
Argentina
United States 0: 3
Overall rating Final round The final round was held from June 27th to July 1st in Nanjing ( People's Republic of China ).
Group K1
space
team
Victories
Points
sentences
BPQ
1.
United States United States
2
5
6: 2
1.103
2.
Turkey Turkey
1
3
5: 5
0.981
3.
Serbia Serbia
0
1
2: 6
0.929
June 27th
China Netherlands
3: 1
June 28th
Brazil Netherlands
3-0
June 29th
China
Brazil 0: 3
June 27th
United States Turkey
3: 2
June 28th
Serbia
Turkey 2: 3
June 29th
United States Serbia
3-0
Web links
Women's Volleyball Nations League
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