2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 31 May to 17 July 2022, and the final round took place in Ankara Arena, Ankara Turkey.[1][2]

2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
Ankara, host city of the final round
Tournament details
Host nation Turkey
CityAnkara (final round)
Dates31 May – 17 July
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Serbia
Fourth place Turkey
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Paola Egonu
Best SetterItaly Alessia Orro
Best OHItaly Caterina Bosetti
Brazil Gabriela Guimarães
Best MBSerbia Jovana Stevanović
Brazil Ana Carolina da Silva
Best OPPItaly Paola Egonu
Best LiberoItaly Monica De Gennaro
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Attendance256,881 (2,470 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

Belgium were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and were replaced by 2022 Challenger Cup winners Croatia in the 2023 edition.[3]

Italy claimed their first VNL medal and title after defeating Brazil in straight sets. Brazil took their third silver medal, consecutively. Serbia won their first medal of the tournament, claiming the bronze after defeating finals hosts Turkey in straight sets.[4] Paola Egonu of Italy named as the MVP of the tournament.[5][6]

Qualification

As there was no promotion or relegation in the 2021 VNL, 15 of the same 16 teams in 2021 are competing in this year's edition.[7]

On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus ineligible for international and continental competitions due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. As a result, Russia was out of the Nations League.[8] On 5 April, the FIVB announced Bulgaria would replace Russia in the competition.[9]

Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Belgium CEV Challenger team 3 2018 2021 7th place (2019)
 Brazil CSV Core team 3 2018 2021 Runners-up (2019, 2021)
 Bulgaria CEV Challenger team 1 2019 2019 16th place (2019)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 1 2021 2021 14th place (2021)
 China AVC Core team 3 2018 2021 3rd place (2018, 2019)
 Dominican Republic NORCECA Challenger team 3 2018 2021 6th place (2021)
 Germany CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 10th place (2019, 2021)
 Italy CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 5th place (2018)
 Japan AVC Core team 3 2018 2021 4th place (2021)
 Netherlands CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 5th place (2018)
 Poland CEV Challenger team 3 2018 2021 5th place (2019)
 Russia CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 8th place (2018, 2021)
 Serbia CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 5th place (2018)
 South Korea AVC Core team 3 2018 2021 12th place (2018)
 Thailand AVC Core team 3 2018 2021 12th place (2019)
 Turkey CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 Runners-up (2018)
 United States NORCECA Core team 3 2018 2021 Champions (2018, 2019, 2021)

Format

Preliminary round

In the 2022 tournament, the format of play was changed. The new format will see 16 women's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. Each team plays 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.[10]

Final round

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country Turkey moving directly to the knockout phase as first placed team,and which will consist of eight matches in total: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches.

Final 8 direct elimination formula:[11]

  1. The 1st ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 8th ranked team, the 2nd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 7th ranked team, the 3rd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 6th ranked team, the 4th ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 5th ranked team.
  2. The Host Team is placed in 1st position if the team is among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.
  3. The Host Team is placed in 8th position if the team is not among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.

Rule changes
  1. Court switch at the end of the sets was eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
  2. Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long.
  3. Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.
  4. Two time-outs per set are given to all matches in the Finals, one of them can only be called before technical time-out.
  5. Live interview is introduced into matches during Set 2 and Set 3 in the Finals. Therefore, the breaks between Set 2 and Set 3 will extend to 5 minutes.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 7 December 2021.[12]

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Pool 1
United States		 Pool 2
Turkey		 Pool 3
Brazil		 Pool 4
Philippines		 Pool 5
Canada		 Pool 6
Bulgaria

 United States
 Brazil
 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Germany
 Japan
 Poland
 South Korea

 Turkey
 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 China
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Serbia
 Thailand

 Brazil
 Dominican Republic
 Germany
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Serbia
 South Korea
 Turkey

 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Canada
 China
 Japan
 Poland
 Thailand
 United States

 Canada
 Belgium
 Germany
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Serbia
 Turkey
 United States

 Bulgaria
 Brazil
 China
 Dominican Republic
 Italy
 Poland
 South Korea
 Thailand

Venues

Preliminary round
Week 1
Pool 1 Pool 2
Bossier City, United States Ankara, Turkey
Bossier City Arena Ankara Arena
Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 10,400
Week 2
Pool 3 Pool 4
Brasília, Brazil Quezon City, Philippines
Nilson Nelson Gymnasium Araneta Coliseum
Capacity: 11,105 Capacity: 16,035
Week 3
Pool 5 Pool 6
Calgary, Canada Sofia, Bulgaria
7 Chiefs Sportsplex Armeets Arena
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 15,373

Final round
All matches
Ankara, Turkey
Ankara Arena
Capacity: 10,400

Competition schedule
●Preliminary round ●Final round
Week 1
31 May–5 Jun		 Week 2
14–19 Jun		 Week 3
28 Jun–3 Jul		 Week 4
13–17 Jul
32 matches 32 matches 32 matches 8 matches

Pool standing procedure
  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
Main article: 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  United States 12 11 1 32 33 7 4.714 961 810 1.186 Final round
2  Brazil 12 10 2 29 31 12 2.583 997 898 1.110
3  Italy 12 10 2 29 31 13 2.385 1021 888 1.150
4  China 12 8 4 26 29 17 1.706 1046 923 1.133
5  Japan 12 8 4 25 30 16 1.875 1042 931 1.119
6  Serbia 12 8 4 23 27 20 1.350 1042 1044 0.998
7  Turkey[lower-alpha 1] 12 7 5 23 28 18 1.556 1060 966 1.097 Final round
8  Thailand 12 5 7 15 22 25 0.880 994 1049 0.948 Final round
9  Dominican Republic 12 5 7 14 19 27 0.704 926 1039 0.891
10  Germany 12 4 8 14 20 27 0.741 1045 1057 0.989
11  Netherlands 12 4 8 14 20 28 0.714 1010 1047 0.965
12  Canada 12 4 8 12 17 26 0.654 961 989 0.972
13  Poland 12 4 8 12 18 29 0.621 1005 1049 0.958
14  Bulgaria 12 4 8 12 14 27 0.519 867 914 0.949
15  Belgium 12 4 8 8 18 32 0.563 1034 1130 0.915 2022 Challenger Cup
16  South Korea 12 0 12 0 3 36 0.083 701 978 0.717
Source: VNL 2022 standings
Notes:
  1. Qualified as hosts

Pool 1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 May17:00Germany 1–3 Brazil27–2925–2325–2721–25 98–104P2 Report
31 May20:00United States 3–0 Dominican Republic25–2125–1725–18  75–56P2 Report
1 Jun17:00Poland 3–1 Canada20–2525–2225–2325–20 95–90P2 Report
1 Jun20:00South Korea 0–3 Japan17–2516–2511–25  44–75P2 Report
2 Jun14:00Brazil 3–0 Poland25–2325–2125–22  75–66P2 Report
2 Jun17:00Germany 2–3 Japan27–2525–2320–2522–2512–15106–113P2 Report
2 Jun20:00Canada 3–0 Dominican Republic25–1825–1525–18  75–51P2 Report
3 Jun14:00Germany 3–0 South Korea25–2225–1525–16  75–53P2 Report
3 Jun17:00Dominican Republic 1–3 Brazil9–2525–1618–2517–25 69–91P2 Report
3 Jun20:00United States 3–0 Canada25–1425–2225–19  75–55P2 Report
4 Jun14:00South Korea 0–3 Poland9–2523–2511–25  43–75P2 Report
4 Jun17:00Dominican Republic 1–3 Japan17–2525–2021–2510–25 73–95P2 Report
4 Jun20:00United States 3–0 Brazil25–2125–2025–18  75–59P2 Report
5 Jun12:00Poland 3–2 Germany27–2525–2214–2523–2515–7104–104P2 Report
5 Jun15:00Japan 3–0 United States25–2225–2025–20  75–62P2 Report
5 Jun18:00South Korea 0–3 Canada21–2513–2516–25  50–75P2 Report

Pool 2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 May15:30Thailand 3–0 Bulgaria25–2025–2225–20  75–62P2 Report
31 May18:30Turkey 3–0 Italy25–2025–1925–19  75–58P2 Report
1 Jun15:30Belgium 1–3 Serbia25–1416–2517–2522–25 80–89P2 Report
1 Jun18:30China 3–1 Netherlands16–2525–2225–2325–23 91–93P2 Report
2 Jun13:00Thailand 3–2 Serbia25–2325–2725–2020–2515–12110–107P2 Report
2 Jun16:00Bulgaria 3–2 Netherlands25–1512–2519–2525–1515–796–87P2 Report
2 Jun19:00Belgium 1–3 Italy25–2119–2523–2520–25 87–96P2 Report
3 Jun13:00Serbia 3–0 Bulgaria26–2425–1526–24  77–63P2 Report
3 Jun16:00Netherlands 0–3 Italy19–2515–2515–25  49–75P2 Report
3 Jun19:00Turkey 1–3 China16–2525–2016–2522–25 79–95P2 Report
4 Jun13:00Thailand 2–3 Belgium22–2525–1825–2321–2513–15106–106P2 Report
4 Jun16:00China 3–1 Italy25–1320–2525–2225–18 95–78P2 Report
4 Jun19:00Bulgaria 0–3 Turkey19–2521–2516–25  56–75P2 Report
5 Jun13:00Serbia 3–2 Netherlands27–2525–1617–2522–2515–13106–104P2 Report
5 Jun16:00Thailand 3–2 China25–2313–2514–2525–2315–1192–107P2 Report
5 Jun19:00Turkey 3–1 Belgium15–2525–2125–2125–15 90–82P2 Report

Pool 3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun18:00Netherlands 1–3 Germany20–2519–2525–1222–25 86–87P2 Report
14 Jun21:00Serbia 1–3 Italy25–2114–2515–2520–25 74–96P2 Report
15 Jun18:00Dominican Republic 3–0 South Korea25–2125–1725–13  75–51P2 Report
15 Jun21:00Brazil 3–1 Turkey19–2525–2325–2325–23 94–94P2 Report
16 Jun15:00Serbia 3–0 South Korea40–3825–2225–22  90–82P2 Report
16 Jun18:00Italy 3–2 Dominican Republic25–2320–2525–1916–2515–12101–104P2 Report
16 Jun21:00Netherlands 0–3 Brazil16–2515–2523–25  54–75P2 Report
17 Jun15:00Germany 0–3 Italy19–2522–2525–27  66–77P2 Report
17 Jun18:00Serbia 3–2 Turkey25–1915–2520–2525–2215–13100–104P2 Report
17 Jun21:00Netherlands 2–3 Dominican Republic25–2320–2521–2525–157–1598–103P2 Report
18 Jun15:00Italy 3–1 Brazil25–1725–1514–2525–14 89–71P2 Report
18 Jun18:00Germany 0–3 Turkey22–2521–2522–25  65–75P2 Report
18 Jun21:00Netherlands 3–0 South Korea25–1125–2125–18  75–50P2 Report
19 Jun10:00Brazil 3–0 Serbia25–2125–925–21  75–51P2 Report
19 Jun13:00Germany 1–3 Dominican Republic23–2523–2525–1125–27 96–88P2 Report
19 Jun16:00Turkey 3–1 South Korea20–2525–1325–1925–15 95–72P2 Report

Pool 4
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Jun15:00Canada 0–3 Thailand19–2522–2524–26  65–76P2 Report
14 Jun19:00Japan 3–0 Poland25–2125–2125–21  75–63P2 Report
15 Jun15:00Bulgaria 0–3 United States20–2522–2520–25  62–75P2 Report
15 Jun19:00China 3–0 Belgium25–1925–2225–14  75–55P2 Report
16 Jun11:00Poland 3–2 Thailand22–2527–2925–1625–1615–13114–99P2 Report
16 Jun15:00Canada 3–1 Belgium25–2225–2122–2525–22 97–90P2 Report
16 Jun19:00Bulgaria 0–3 Japan20–2516–2523–25  59–75P2 Report
17 Jun11:00Poland 0–3 United States12–2521–2516–25  49–75P2 Report
17 Jun15:00China 3–1 Canada25–1618–2525–1225–18 93–71P2 Report
17 Jun19:00Japan 3–0 Thailand25–2225–1625–14  75–52P2 Report
18 Jun11:00Bulgaria 3–0 Canada26–2425–2225–21  76–67P2 Report
18 Jun15:00Belgium 3–2 Poland25–2015–2525–2222–2515–13102–105P2 Report
18 Jun19:00United States 3–0 China25–2125–2325–21  75–65P2 Report
19 Jun11:00Bulgaria 2–3 Belgium22–2523–2525–2025–2015–17110–107P2 Report
19 Jun15:00Thailand 1–3 United States25–1713–2523–2518–25 79–92P2 Report
19 Jun19:00Japan 3–1 China19–2525–1625–2325–12 94–76P2 Report

Pool 5
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jun17:00Serbia 3–1 Germany17–2525–1625–2125–18 92–80P2 Report
28 Jun20:00Canada 3–1 Turkey25–2221–2525–2225–23 96–92P2 Report
29 Jun17:00Japan 2–3 Netherlands25–2320–2526–2421–2510–15102–112P2 Report
29 Jun20:00Belgium 0–3 United States16–2521–2519–25  56–75P2 Report
30 Jun14:00Turkey 3–0 Netherlands25–2325–1125–21  75–55P2 Report
30 Jun17:00Germany 3–1 Belgium20–2525–1825–2225–20 95–85P2 Report
30 Jun20:00United States 3–0 Serbia25–1733–3125–16  83–64P2 Report
1 Jul14:00Belgium 1–3 Netherlands25–2124–2620–2521–25 90–97P2 Report
1 Jul17:00Turkey 3–1 Japan25–2025–1518–2525–22 93–82P2 Report
1 Jul20:00Serbia 3–1 Canada25–2025–1420–2525–22 95–81P2 Report
2 Jul14:00Turkey 2–3 United States22–2525–1825–2725–2316–18113–111P2 Report
2 Jul17:00Japan 1–3 Serbia25–2220–2519–2522–25 86–97P2 Report
2 Jul20:00Germany 3–1 Canada25–1919–2527–2525–23 96–92P2 Report
3 Jul11:00Belgium 3–2 Japan25–1618–2525–1911–2515–1094–95P2 Report
3 Jul14:00United States 3–1 Germany25–1725–1313–2525–22 88–77P2 Report
3 Jul17:00Netherlands 3–1 Canada22–2527–2526–2425–23 100–97P2 Report

Pool 6
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jun17:00China 2–3 Brazil20–2523–2525–1825–2111–15104–104P2 Report
28 Jun20:00Dominican Republic 0–3 Bulgaria15–2513–2521–25  49–75P2 Report
29 Jun17:00Thailand 3–0 South Korea25–1125–2225–17  75–50P2 Report
29 Jun20:00Italy 3–1 Poland25–2725–2028–2625–18 103–91P2 Report
30 Jun13:30Thailand 1–3 Dominican Republic25–2223–2523–2521–25 92–97P2 Report
30 Jun16:30Poland 0–3 China8–2523–2520–25  51–75P2 Report
30 Jun20:00South Korea 0–3 Brazil17–2519–2513–25  49–75P2 Report
1 Jul13:30China 3–0 Dominican Republic25–1925–1625–15  75–50P2 Report
1 Jul16:30Italy 3–1 South Korea25–1723–2525–1525–19 98–76P2 Report
1 Jul20:00Brazil 3–0 Bulgaria25–2125–2025–18  75–59P2 Report
2 Jul13:30Dominican Republic 3–2 Poland20–2538–3625–2013–2515–9111–115P2 Report
2 Jul16:30Brazil 3–1 Thailand25–1826–2423–2525–23 99–90P2 Report
2 Jul20:00Italy 3–0 Bulgaria25–1225–1925–21  75–52P2 Report
3 Jul13:30China 3–1 South Korea25–1319–2525–1926–24 95–81P2 Report
3 Jul16:30Thailand 0–3 Italy20–2514–2514–25  48–75P2 Report
3 Jul20:00Poland 1–3 Bulgaria25–2213–2517–2522–25 77–97P2 Report

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
14 July
 
 
 Turkey3
 
16 July
 
 Thailand1
 
 Turkey0
 
14 July
 
 Italy3
 
 Italy3
 
17 July
 
 China1
 
 Italy3
 
13 July
 
 Brazil0
 
 United States2
 
16 July
 
 Serbia3
 
 Serbia1
 
13 July
 
 Brazil3 3rd place match
 
 Brazil3
 
17 July
 
 Japan1
 
 Turkey0
 
 
 Serbia3
 

Quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jul15:00Brazil 3–1 Japan29–2728–2620–2525–14 102–92P2 Report
13 Jul18:30United States 2–3 Serbia27–2923–2525–2025–2013–15113–109P2 Report
14 Jul15:00Italy 3–1 China25–2225–1924–2625–22 99–89P2 Report
14 Jul18:30Turkey 3–1 Thailand23–2525–1525–1825–21 98–79P2 Report

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul15:00Serbia 1–3 Brazil25–1418–2524–2619–25 86–90P2 Report
16 Jul18:30Turkey 0–3 Italy18–2526–2822–25  66–78P2 Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul15:00Turkey 0–3 Serbia25–2717–2524–26  66–78P2 Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul18:30Italy 3–0 Brazil25–2325–2225–22  75–67P2 Report

Final standing

Awards
Paola Egonu
Paola Egonu was the 2022 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of preliminary round.[13]

Final round

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.[14]

See also

Notes
  1. (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).
  2. (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).
  3. (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).
  4. (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).
  5. (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).
  6. (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).
  7. (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).

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