The inaugural season of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League is closing in on a month away, with tickets to several countries events set to be on sale soon.
The competition will take place from May 15-July 8 in various locations around the globe. The women’s pool play rounds will be held from May 15-June 14 while the men’s will be from May 15-June 24. This will be followed by the finals, with the women playing Nanjing, China from June 27-July 1 while the men are in Lille, France from July 4-8.
There are a total of 5 weekends of play for each team that will consist of 3 matches – a minimum of 15 matches. Following the conclusion of the 15 matches per team, the top-5 along with the hosts will then be chosen to compete in the final rounds.
The Nations League features 12 core teams and 4 challengers that make up the allotment of teams in each gender.
The core men’s teams are:
- Argentina
- Brazil
- China
- France
- Germany
- Iran
- Italy
- Japan
- Poland
- Russia
- Serbia
- the USA
The challengers are:
- Australia
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Korea
The Women’s core teams are:
- Brazil
- China
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- the Netherlands
- Russia
- Serbia
- Thailand
- Turkey
- the USA
The challengers are:
- Argentina
- Belgium
- the Dominican Republic
- Poland
This is the first season that the Nations League will be taking shape and is replacing the World League and World Grand Prix.
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