The 2018 season of the Volleyball Nations League was the first edition of this competition. It started on May 25, 2018 and ended with the final on July 8, 2018. Russia won the final against France . The United States came third. The German team finished ninth 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 plays 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
Argentina Argentina , Brazil , People's Republic of China , Germany , France , Iran , Italy , Japan , Poland , Russia , Serbia , United States Brazil China People's Republic Germany France Iran Italy Japan Poland Russia Serbia United States
challenger
Australia Australia , Bulgaria , Canada , South Korea Bulgaria Canada Korea South
Preliminary round First week
Group 1 in Rouen
25. May
Australia
Japan 1: 3
France Iran
3: 1
May 26
Australia
Iran 0: 3
France Japan
3: 1
May 27th
Iran
Japan 1: 3
France Australia
3-0
Group 2 in Ningbo
25. May
Argentina
United States 2: 3
China
Bulgaria 2: 3
May 26
Bulgaria
United States 1: 3
China Argentina
3-0
May 27th
Bulgaria Argentina
3: 1
China
United States 0: 3
Group 3 in Katowice and Krakow
25. May
Poland South Korea
3-0
Russia Canada
3-0
May 26
Poland Russia
3-0
Canada South Korea
3-0
May 27th
Poland Canada
3: 1
South Korea
Russia 0: 3
Group 4 in Kraljevo
25. May
Germany
Italy 1: 3
Serbia
Brazil 0: 3
May 26
Italy Brazil
3: 2
Germany
Serbia 1: 3
May 27th
Brazil Germany
3-0
Italy Serbia
3-0
Second week
Group 5 in Sofia
June 1st
Australia
Russia 1: 3
Bulgaria
Serbia 2: 3
2th of June
Russia
Serbia 2: 3
Bulgaria
Australia 0: 3
3rd of June
Serbia Australia
3: 2
Bulgaria
Russia 0: 3
Group 6 in Goiânia
June 1st
Japan
United States 2: 3
Brazil South Korea
3-0
2th of June
Brazil Japan
3-0
South Korea
United States 0: 3
3rd of June
South Korea
Japan 2: 3
Brazil United States
3: 2
Group 7 in San Juan
June 1st
Canada Italy
3: 1
Argentina
Iran 2: 3
2th of June
Iran
Italy 0: 3
Argentina
Canada 1: 3
3rd of June
Iran
Canada 1: 3
Argentina Italy
3-0
Group 8 in Łódź
June 1st
Poland France
3-0
China
Germany 1: 3
2th of June
Poland China
3-0
Germany
France 0: 3
3rd of June
Poland
Germany 1: 3
France
China 2: 3
Third week
Group 9 in Ottawa
8th June
Germany United States
3-0
Canada Australia
3-0
June 9th
United States Australia
3: 1
Canada
Germany 1: 3
June 10th
Australia Germany
3: 2
Canada
United States 1: 3
Group 10 in Osaka
8th June
Italy
Poland 2: 3
Japan
Bulgaria 0: 3
June 9th
Italy Bulgaria
3: 1
Japan
Poland 0: 3
June 10th
Bulgaria
Poland 1: 3
Japan Italy
3: 2
Group 11 in Ufa
8th June
China
Iran 0: 3
Russia
Brazil 1: 3
June 9th
Iran
Brazil 2: 3
Russia China
3-0
June 10th
China
Brazil 0: 3
Russia Iran
3: 1
Group 12 in Aix-en-Provence
8th June
Argentina
Serbia 1: 3
France South Korea
3-0
June 9th
South Korea
Serbia 0: 3
France Argentina
3: 1
June 10th
South Korea
Argentina 0: 3
France Serbia
3-0
Fourth week
Group 13 in Seoul
15th June
China
Italy 1: 3
South Korea
Australia 1: 3
June 16
South Korea
Italy 2: 3
Australia China
3: 1
17th of June
South Korea China
3-0
Australia Italy
3: 1
Group 14 in Ludwigsburg
15th June
Germany
Japan 2: 3
Argentina
Russia 0: 3
June 16
Germany Argentina
3: 1
Russia Japan
3-0
17th of June
Japan Argentina
3: 2
Germany
Russia 0: 3
Group 15 in Hoffman Estates
15th June
Poland
Iran 0: 3
United States Serbia
3-0
June 16
Iran
Serbia 2: 3
United States Poland
3-0
17th of June
Poland
Serbia 0: 3
United States Iran
3-0
Group 16 in Varna
15th June
Canada Brazil
3-0
Bulgaria
France 0: 3
June 16
France Brazil
3-0
Bulgaria Canada
3-0
17th of June
France Canada
3: 2
Bulgaria Brazil
3: 2
Fifth week
Group 17 in Melbourne
June 22
Poland Argentina
3-0
Australia
Brazil 0: 3
23rd June
Australia
Argentina 1: 3
Brazil Poland
3: 1
June 24th
Brazil
Argentina 0: 3
Australia
Poland
0: 3
Group 18 in Jiangmen
June 22
Canada
Serbia 0: 3
China Japan
3: 1
23rd June
Japan
Serbia 1: 3
China
Canada 0: 3
June 24th
Japan
Canada 0: 3
China
Serbia 1: 3
Group 19 in Tehran
June 22
Bulgaria
Germany 2: 3
Iran South Korea
3: 1
23rd June
Germany South Korea
3-0
Iran Bulgaria
3: 1
June 24th
Bulgaria South Korea
3: 2
Iran Germany
3: 2
Group 20 in Modena
June 22
United States
France 2: 3
Italy
Russia 0: 3
23rd June
United States
Russia 0: 3
Italy France
3-0
June 24th
France Russia
3-0
Italy
United States 0: 3
Overall rating
space
team
Victories
Points
sentences
BPQ
1.
France France
12
35
38:16
1,135
2.
Russia Russia
11
34
36:14
1.086
3.
United States United States
11
33
37:19
1.093
4th
Serbia Serbia
11
29
33:24
1.027
5.
Brazil Brazil
10
30th
34:21
1.055
6th
Poland Poland
10
29
32:19
1.086
7th
Canada Canada
8th
25th
29:24
0.993
8th.
Italy Italy
8th
24
30:28
1.014
9.
Germany Germany
7th
23
29:30
0.993
10.
Iran Iran
7th
21st
29:30
1.008
11.
Bulgaria Bulgaria
6th
17th
26:34
0.953
12.
Japan Japan
6th
15th
23:37
0.946
13.
Australia Australia
5
15th
21:35
0.922
14th
Argentina Argentina
4th
15th
23:34
0.957
15th
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
3
9
15:39
0.908
16.
Korea South South Korea
1
6th
11:42
0.874
Final round The final round was held from July 4th to 8th in Lille ( France ).
Group A
space
team
Victories
Points
sentences
BPQ
1.
France France
2
5
6: 2
1.151
2.
Brazil Brazil
1
4th
5: 3
1.083
3.
Serbia Serbia
0
0
0: 6
0.752
Group B
space
team
Victories
Points
sentences
BPQ
1.
Russia Russia
2
6th
6: 1
1.170
2.
United States United States
1
3
3: 3
1.044
3.
Poland Poland
0
0
1: 6
0.823
July 4th
France Brazil
3: 2
5th July
Serbia
Brazil 0: 3
July 6th
France Serbia
3-0
July 4th
Russia Poland
3: 1
5th July
United States Poland
3-0
July 6th
Russia United States
3-0
Semifinals
final
7th of July
France
3
United States
2
8th of July
France
0
Russia
3
Play for 3rd place
7th of July
8th of July
Russia
3
United States
3
Brazil
0
Brazil
0
Web links
Women's Volleyball Nations League
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