USA Seals #VNL Final Six Berth, 2nd through 5th Separated by 3 Points

2018 FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League

May 15 – July 1, 2018
Schedule/Results

The first match of Day 11 saw the United States win its ninth straight match, moving to 10-1 on the tournament and to 31 points.

Later in the day, as Italy went five sets with the Netherlands, the Americans became the first to punch their ticket to China for the Final Six. The Italians, the nearest team outside of the top five and host China, won in five, moving to 18 points, more than the remaining 12 available points behind Team USA.

The days results also knocked Germany and Belgium out of contention for the Final Six, with 11 and nine points respectively. Thus far, five teams have been mathematically eliminated.

With a win over Germany, Poland kept its hopes alive by a slim margin, checking in with 14 points.

In terms of positioning, Serbia moved up the standings ladder with a sweep of the Dominican Republic, vaulting ahead of Brazil with 27 points.

Here’s a look at the results.

Pool 13 Recap
Pool 14: USA Recap, China Recap
Pool 15 Recap
Pool 16 Recap

Up Next

Still to come on Week 4 is a battle of top five VNL teams between the Netherlands and Serbia as well as matchups between FIVB Top 5 teams in Brazil vs. Russia and China vs. the USA.

The last remaining top five VNL team, Turkey, is set to take on South Korea.

Standings

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	1	31	32	5	6.400	911	733	1.243
2	Serbia	9	2	27	30	11	2.727	955	838	1.140
3	Brazil	9	2	26	29	13	2.231	985	866	1.137
4	Turkey	8	3	25	29	14	2.071	983	907	1.084
5	Netherlands	8	3	24	27	12	2.250	920	795	1.157
6	China	6	5	20	24	16	1.500	886	812	1.091
7	Italy	6	5	18	22	20	1.100	901	880	1.024
8	Russia	6	5	17	18	21	0.857	852	875	0.974
9	Poland	5	6	14	19	23	0.826	935	885	1.056
10	Japan	5	6	14	17	21	0.810	809	850	0.952
11	South Korea	5	6	14	16	22	0.727	793	840	0.944
12	Germany	4	7	11	16	26	0.615	888	966	0.919
13	Belgium	3	8	9	13	26	0.500	794	890	0.892
14	Dominican Republic	2	9	8	12	27	0.444	766	907	0.845
15	Thailand	2	9	6	13	29	0.448	903	977	0.924
16	Argentina	0	11	0	2	33	0.061	609	869	0.701