2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League explained

Competition:FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
Other Titles:FIVB 世界女排聯賽 中国 2019
Continent:World
Gender:Women
Year:2018
Host:China
City:Nanjing (final round)
Dates:15 May – 1 July
Teams:16
Venues:21
Cities:21
Champions:USA
Title Number:1
Second:TUR
Third:CHN
Fourth:BRA
Setter: Cansu Özbay
Opposite Spiker: Tandara Caixeta
Libero: Suelen Pinto
Matches:130
Website:Volleyball Nations League
Last:2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Next:2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

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.

CountryConfederationDesignationPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
CSVChallenger team0NoneNone
CEVChallenger team0NoneNone
CSVCore team0NoneNone
AVCCore team0NoneNone
NORCECAChallenger team0NoneNone
CEVCore team0NoneNone
CEVCore team0NoneNone
AVCCore team0NoneNone
CEVCore team0NoneNone
CEVChallenger team0NoneNone
CEVCore team0NoneNone
CEVCore team0NoneNone
AVCCore team0NoneNone
AVCCore team0NoneNone
CEVCore team0NoneNone
NORCECACore team0NoneNone

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
width=25%Pool 1
Russia		width=25%Pool 2
China		width=25%Pool 3
United States		width=25%Pool 4
Brazil












Week 2
width=25%Pool 5
Japan		width=25%Pool 6
South Korea		width=25%Pool 7
Macau, China		width=25%Pool 8
Turkey












Week 3
width=25%Pool 9
Netherlands		width=25%Pool 10
Serbia		width=25%Pool 11
Thailand		width=25%Pool 12
Hong Kong, China












Week 4
width=25%Pool 13
Netherlands		width=25%Pool 14
China		width=25%Pool 15
Thailand		width=25%Pool 16
Poland












Week 5
width=25%Pool 17
Germany		width=25%Pool 18
Poland		width=25%Pool 19
Italy		width=25%Pool 20
Argentina












Final round

Venues

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

Preliminary round

width=100% colspan=4Week 1
width=25%Pool 1width=25%Pool 2width=25%Pool 3width=25%Pool 4
Yekaterinburg, RussiaNingbo, ChinaLincoln, United StatesBarueri, Brazil
Team Sports PalaceBeilun GymnasiumBob Devaney Sports CenterGinásio José Corrêa
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 7,907Capacity: 5,100
width=100% colspan=4Week 2
width=25%Pool 5width=25%Pool 6width=25%Pool 7width=25%Pool 8
Toyota, JapanSuwon, South KoreaMacau, ChinaAnkara, Turkey
Sky Hall ToyotaSuwon GymnasiumMacau ForumBaşkent Volleyball Hall
Capacity: 6,500Capacity: 5,145Capacity: 4,062Capacity: 7,600
width=100% colspan=4Week 3
width=25%Pool 9width=25%Pool 10width=25%Pool 11width=25%Pool 12
Apeldoorn, NetherlandsKraljevo, SerbiaBangkok, ThailandHong Kong, China
Omnisport ApeldoornKraljevo Sports HallIndoor Stadium HuamarkHong Kong Coliseum
Capacity: [10] 5,000Capacity: 3,331Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 12,500
width=100% colspan=4Week 4
width=25%Pool 13width=25%Pool 14width=25%Pool 15width=25%Pool 16
Rotterdam, NetherlandsJiangmen, ChinaNakhon Ratchasima, ThailandBydgoszcz, Poland
Topsportcentrum RotterdamJiangmen Sports HallKorat Chatchai HallŁuczniczka
Capacity: 2,500Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 8,764
width=100% colspan=4Week 5
width=25%Pool 17width=25%Pool 18width=25%Pool 19width=25%Pool 20
Stuttgart, GermanyWałbrzych, PolandEboli, ItalySanta Fe, Argentina
Porsche-ArenaCentrum Sportowo-Rekreacyjne Aqua ZdrójPalaSeleGimnásio del Campus de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Capacity: 6,181Capacity: 2,000Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 5,000

Final round

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

Competition schedule

●League round●Final round

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

See 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

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 B

Final four

Final

Final standing

width=40RankTeam
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Source: VNL 2018 final standings
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
  • Best setter
  • Best Outside Hitters
  • Best Middle Blockers
  • Best Opposite
  • Best libero

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

[11]

Best Scorers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Blockswidth=20Serveswidth=20Total
1 Malwina Smarzek3064213361
2 Brayelin Martínez223198250
3 Tijana Bošković206248238
4 Tandara Caixeta2071212231
5 Louisa Lippmann204119224
Best Attackers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Faultswidth=20Shotswidth=20width=20
1 Tijana Bošković2068013241849.28
2 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley1653214734447.97
3 Irina Voronkova1776715339744.58
4 Malwina Smarzek3069329669544.03
5 Tandara Caixeta2076520147343.76
Best Blockers
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20Reboundswidth=20width=20
1 Agnieszka Kąkolewska52851232600.90
2 Adenízia da Silva4861621710.80
3 Ana Beatriz Corrêa4574932120.75
4 Eda Erdem Dündar44611232280.75
5 Malwina Smarzek4244541400.72
Best Servers
width=158Playerwidth=20Aceswidth=20Faultswidth=20Hitswidth=20width=20
1 Marlena Pleśnierowicz24242262740.41
2 Marlies Janssens21311041560.39
3 Eda Erdem Dündar22221421860.37
4 Elena Pietrini193144940.34
5 Hattaya Bamrungsuk18191391760.31
Best Setters
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20width=20width=20
1 Ilka Van de Vyver92418507144917.11
2 Carli Lloyd8457320117216.90
3 Roberta Ratzke8839405129714.72
4 Niverka Marte77613501129014.37
5 Denise Hanke7519537127912.95
Best Diggers
width=180Playerwidth=20Digswidth=20Faultswidth=20Receptionswidth=20width=20
1 Maret Balkestein-Grothues1226681962.14
2 Suelen Pinto115131512791.92
3 Celine Van Gestel102141252411.89
4 Simge Şebnem Aköz11151082241.88
5 Kelsey Robinson9410941981.88
Best Receivers
width=158Playerwidth=20Excellentswidth=20Faultswidth=20width=20width=20
1 Kim Hill61916323322.32
2 Britt Herbots751421630520.00
3 Kelsey Robinson631616023919.67
4 Celine Van Gestel822222833218.07
5 Yuki Ishii932729541515.90

Final round

[12]

Best Scorers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Blockswidth=20Serveswidth=20Total
1 Zhu Ting776386
2 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley696378
3 Tandara Caixeta652471
4 Eda Erdem Dündar4112659
5 Tijana Bošković543158
Best Attackers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Faultswidth=20Shotswidth=20width=20
1 Gabriela Guimarães50203410448.08
2 Tandara Caixeta65205614146.10
3 Zhu Ting77167616945.56
4 Lonneke Slöetjes3512338043.75
5 Tijana Bošković54294512842.19
Best Blockers
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20Reboundswidth=20width=20
1 Adenízia da Silva132112461.08
2 Ana Beatriz Corrêa91421440.75
3 Zehra Güneş132337730.72
4 Eda Erdem Dündar122631690.67
5 TeTori Dixon111323470.65
Best Servers
width=158Playerwidth=20Aceswidth=20Faultswidth=20Hitswidth=20width=20
1 Jordan Larson8553660.47
2 Milena Rašić3228330.38
3 Roberta Ratzke4442500.33
4 Tandara Caixeta4442500.33
5 Eda Erdem Dündar6751640.33
Best Setters
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20width=20width=20
1 Roberta Ratzke2974430524.75
2 Cansu Özbay4184742923.22
3 Bojana Živković1661617320.75
4 Carli Lloyd3362534319.76
5 Ding Xia2761227919.71
Best Diggers
width=158Playerwidth=20Digswidth=20Faultswidth=20Receptionswidth=20width=20
1 Zhu Ting37020572.64
2 Anne Buijs18010282.57
3 Suelen Pinto30014442.50
4 Kelsey Robinson42036782.47
5 Tijana Bošković18014322.25
Best Receivers
width=158Playerwidth=20Excellentswidth=20Faultswidth=20width=20width=20
1 Gabriela Guimarães250426737.31
2 Kelsey Robinson3596310724.30
3 Simge Şebnem Aköz287528724.14
4 Liu Xiaotong183426323.81
5 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley3076810521.90

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League . 12 October 2017 . . 8 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Pools Overview Release for Thrilling Inaugural Season VNL. 16 February 2018 . FIVB. 16 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Nanjing announced as FIVB Women's Nations League Finals host. 21 February 2018 . FIVB. 26 March 2018.
  4. Web site: It's gold and glory for Team USA as Hill leads first VNL champions. 1 July 2018 . FIVB. 1 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Captain Zhu provides consolation for China with third-place finish. 1 July 2018 . FIVB. 1 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Keith . Braden . American Michelle Bartsch-Hackley named MVP of 2018 #VNL . Volleymob . 22 July 2022 . 1 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Michelle Bartsch-Hackley: The inaugural MVP VNL . Volleyball World . 22 July 2022 . 21 April 2021.
  8. Web site: Bulgaria amongst volleyball's cream for 2019 Women's VNL. FIVB. 25 June 2018. 25 June 2018. 23 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523211059/http://challengercup.volleyball.world/en/news/bulgaria-amongst-volleyballs-cream-for-2019-womens?id=76310. dead.
  9. Web site: Volleyball Challenger Cup battle begins in Peru for one ticket to 2019 Women's VNL. FIVB.org. 19 June 2018. 19 June 2018.
  10. Web site: Omnisport Apeldoorn - Organiseren Bij Libéma . 2018-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016204726/https://www.organiseren-bij-libema.nl/locatie/omnisport-apeldoorn/ . 2019-10-16 . dead .
  11. Web site: Women's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018 . . 7 June 2018.
  12. Web site: Women's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018 . . 1 July 2018.

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