VNL 2023
VNL 2023: Everything you need to know
The Finals to be staged in USA for women and Poland for men
Pubblicato 03:05, 30 apr 2023
Volleyball Nations League 2023 will be held in 12 different countries on four different continents.
The women’s Final Round will be hosted in Arlington, a city in the American state of Texas. Three-time VNL champions USA will host the women’s VNL Finals for the first time. The United States did, however, stage the 2019 men’s Finals in Chicago.
Gdansk will welcome the 2023 men’s Final Round bringing VNL’s climax event to Poland for the first time. Poland never won the competition, but made the podium three times, with silver in 2021 and bronze in 2019 and 2022.
What are the VNL 2023 host cities?
The following 13 cities will welcome VNL 2023 matches for men and/or women:
Anaheim, USA (men)
Antalya, Turkiye (women)
Arlington, USA (women’s Finals)
Bangkok, Thailand (women)
Brasilia, Brazil (women)
Gdansk, Poland (men’s Finals)
Hong Kong, China (women)
Nagoya, Japan (men and women)
Orleans, France (men)
Ottawa, Canada (men)
Pasay City, Philippines (men)
Rotterdam, Netherlands (men)
Suwon, Korea (women)
When is VNL 2023?
The women’s VNL 2023 will start on May 30, 2023. The trophy and the medals will be handed to the winners on July 16, 2023 in Arlington.
The men’s VNL 2023 will last from June 6, 2023 through July 23, 2023, when the medal matches will take place in Gdansk.
Who will compete in VNL 2023?
As usual, VNL 2023 will feature 16 women’s and 16 men’s national teams, including two newcomers, the teams that won the Volleyball Challenger Cup in 2022 and earned a promotion to VNL 2023 – the women’s national team of Croatia and the men’s national team of Cuba.
Women: Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Thailand, Turkiye, United States
Men: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, United States
What is the tournament format?
The tournament format will be the same as in 2022. The 16 teams in each gender will play 12 games each during the three competition weeks of the Preliminary Phase collecting wins and points towards the general Preliminary Phase standings. The Final Round hosts and the seven best placed teams among the remaining participants will qualify for the quarterfinals to be played over two competition days during the Finals week and to be followed by the two semifinals, the bronze medal match and the gold medal final.
VNL 2023 key dates
May 30 – June 4: Women’s Preliminary Phase Week 1 in Antalya and Nagoya
June 6 – June 11: Men’s Preliminary Phase Week 1 in Ottawa and Nagoya
June 13 – June 18: Women’s Preliminary Phase Week 2 in Hong Kong and Brasilia
June 20 – June 25: Men’s Preliminary Phase Week 2 in Rotterdam and Orleans
June 27 – July 2: Women’s Preliminary Phase Week 3 in Suwon and Bangkok
July 4 – July 9: Men’s Preliminary Phase Week 3 in Anaheim and Pasay City
July 12 – July 16: Women’s Final Round in Arlington
July 19 – July 23: Men’s Final Round in Gdansk
One key player for each team
Women
Brazil: Ana Carolina Da Silva
Bulgaria: Zhana Todorova
Canada: Kiera Van Ryk
China: Li Yingying
Croatia: Samanta Fabris
Dominican Republic: Yonkaira Paola Pena Isabel
Germany: Anna Pogany
Italy: Paola Egonu
Japan: Sarina Koga
Korea: Park Jeongah
Netherlands: Juliet Lohuis
Poland: Joanna Wolosz
Serbia: Jovana Stevanovic
Thailand: Pimpichaya Kokram
Türkiye: Eda Erde
United States: Kelsey Robinson
Men:
Argentina: Santiago Danani
Brazil: Bruno Rezende
Bulgaria: Svetoslav Gotsev
Canada: Stephen Maar
China: Zhang Jingyin
Cuba: Miguel Angel Lopez
France: Earvin Ngapeth
Germany: Julian Zenger
Iran: Amin Esmaeilnezhad
Italy: Simone Giannelli
Japan: Yuji Nishida
Netherlands: Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Poland: Mateusz Bieniek
Serbia: Aleksandar Atanasijevic
Slovenia: Rok Mozic
United States: Micah Christenson
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