Four of Final Six Win To Wrap Up #VNL Robin Play

2018 FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League

May 15 – July 2, 2018
Schedule/Results

With the Final Six field already set, Thursday’s results were about seeding, pride and final placement.

The United States sealed its spot atop the standings ledger with a sweep of Argentina to move to 13-2 with a field-best 40 points. As the last place team, Argentina must now participate in a playoff match with the Challenger Cup winners to fight to be a part of the 2019 VNL field. The Challenger Cup is set for June 20-24 in Lima, Peru.

Fellow members of the Final Six: Serbia, the Netherlands and Turkey all won to wrap up the round-robin action. Turkey is the only team that faced a fellow Final Six member, besting top ranked and host China in four sets.

The biggest result of the day saw a disappointed Italy wrap up its campaign with its eighth-straight win, a five-setter over Brazil. The loss dropped Brazil into third place in the standings, while the victory allowed the Italians to exit the competition having ended well, following a 2-5 start without stars Paola Egonu and Lucia Bosetti.

Russia also ended its campaign with an exclamation point, securing a five-set win over Japan, after trailing 2-1 in the match.

The Dominican Republic rebounded from a seven-match losing skid with a four-set win over Poland in its finale.

Top scorers on the day were Belgium’s Britt Herbots (23), Thailand’s Chatchu-On Moksri (20) and Italy’s Serena Ortolani (20).

Here’s a look at how the results shook out.

Pool 17 Recap

Pool 18 Recap

Pool 19 Recap

Pool 20 Recap: Serbia Recap, USA Recap

Standings

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	13	2	40	42	8	5.250	1227	997	1.231
2	Serbia	12	3	37	41	15	2.733	1324	1142	1.159
3	Brazil	12	3	35	40	20	2.000	1376	1229	1.120
4	Netherlands	12	3	34	39	18	2.167	1327	1176	1.128
5	Turkey	11	4	35	40	19	2.105	1351	1244	1.086
6	Italy	10	5	29	34	22	1.545	1230	1136	1.083
7	Russia	8	7	23	26	29	0.897	1194	1198	0.997
8	Poland	8	7	22	29	29	1.000	1298	1211	1.072
9	China	7	8	22	29	27	1.074	1237	1178	1.050
10	Japan	7	8	20	27	31	0.871	1209	1273	0.950
11	Germany	5	10	15	23	35	0.657	1220	1315	0.928
12	South Korea	5	10	14	16	34	0.471	1022	1141	0.896
13	Belgium	4	11	12	18	36	0.500	1115	1250	0.892
14	Dominican Republic	3	12	12	17	37	0.459	1072	1245	0.861
15	Thailand	2	13	7	17	41	0.415	1218	1355	0.899
16	Argentina	1	14	3	5	42	0.119	830	1161	0.715