2020 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

The 2020 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League is the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. 2020 version of VNL originally was scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. The preliminary phase was scheduled to be held in five weeks between May 19 and June 21, 2020.

2020 Women's Nations League
Tournament details
Host nation China
CityNanjing (Final Round)
DatesCancelled
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Official website

The final phase was scheduled to be held during July 1 to 5,[1] but on March 13, 2020 the FIVB decided to postpone the Nations League until after the 2020 Summer Olympics caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] After that on May 8 the FIVB cancelled the third edition of VNL to next year with retaining both Italy and China as the host nations for the Finals.[3]

Qualification

In the 2019 edition sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which could not face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. Canada as winner of 2019 Challenger Cup earned the right to participate in this tournament replacing Bulgaria, the last placed challenger team after the 2019 edition.[1]

Qualification Qualifier
Core teams Brazil
 China
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Serbia
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Turkey
 United States
Challenger teams Belgium
 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Poland

Format

Preliminary round

The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into 4 pools of 4 teams at each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round.[1] The relegation takes into consideration only the 4 challenger teams. The last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2020 Nations League. The winners of the Challenger Cup will qualify for the next edition as a challenger team.

Final round

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in round-robin. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on September 13, 2019.[1]

Preliminary round
Week 1
Pool 1
Brazil		 Pool 2
Netherlands		 Pool 3
Italy		 Pool 4
TBA

 Brazil
 United States
 Canada
 Dominican Republic

 Netherlands
 Germany
 Russia
 Belgium

 Italy
 Serbia
 Turkey
 Poland

 China
 Japan
 South Korea
 Thailand

Week 2
Pool 5
Belgium		 Pool 6
TBA		 Pool 7
Brazil		 Pool 8
Serbia

 Belgium
 South Korea
 Poland
 Dominican Republic

 China
 Germany
 Turkey
 Canada

 Brazil
 Italy
 Japan
 Russia

 Serbia
 Netherlands
 Thailand
 United States

Week 3
Pool 9
Canada		 Pool 10
Turkey		 Pool 11
TBA		 Pool 12
Germany

 Canada
 Netherlands
 Japan
 Poland

 Turkey
 Thailand
 Russia
 Dominican Republic

 China
 Brazil
 Serbia
 Belgium

 Germany
 Italy
 South Korea
 United States

Week 4
Pool 13
United States		 Pool 14
Russia		 Pool 15
Poland		 Pool 16
TBA

 United States
 Turkey
 Japan
 Belgium

 Russia
 South Korea
 Serbia
 Canada

 Poland
 Germany
 Thailand
 Brazil

 China
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Dominican Republic

Week 5
Pool 17
Thailand		 Pool 18
South Korea		 Pool 19
TBA		 Pool 20
Japan

 Thailand
 Italy
 Belgium
 Canada

 South Korea
 Brazil
 Netherlands
 Turkey

 China
 Russia
 United States
 Poland

 Japan
 Germany
 Serbia
 Dominican Republic

Final round
Pool A Pool B

Venues

Preliminary round
Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4
Cuiabá, Brazil Apeldoorn, Netherlands Montichiari, Italy TBA
Ginásio Aecim Tocantins Omnisport Apeldoorn PalaGeorge N/A
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 2,000 Capacity: 4,200 Capacity: N/A
N/A N/A
Pool 5 Pool 6 Pool 7 Pool 8
Brussels, Belgium TBA Brasília, Brazil Niš, Serbia
Palais 12 N/A Nilson Nelson Gymnasium Čair Sports Center
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: N/A Capacity: 11,150 Capacity: 6,500
N/A
Pool 9 Pool 10 Pool 11 Pool 12
Ottawa, Canada Ankara,Turkey TBA Rostock, Germany
TD Place Arena Başkent Volleyball Hall N/A Stadthalle Rostock
Capacity: 9,500 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: N/A Capacity: 6,000
N/A
Pool 13 Pool 14 Pool 15 Pool 16
Wichita, United States Ufa, Russia TBC, Poland TBA
Charles Koch Arena Ufa Arena N/A N/A
Capacity: 10,506 Capacity: 8,250 Capacity: N/A Capacity: N/A
N/A N/A
Pool 17 Pool 18 Pool 19 Pool 20
Phuket, Thailand Seoul, South Korea TBA Toyama, Japan
Saphan Hin Sports Center Jangchung Arena N/A Toyama City Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 4,507 Capacity: N/A Capacity: 4,650

 N/A

See also

References
  1. "FIVB ANNOUNCES HOST COUNTRIES FOR 2020 VNL". FIVB. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. "FIVB announces changes to events calendar". FIVB. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. "FIVB ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF VNL 2020". FIVB. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
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