# 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Grand Prix in the international calendar. The competition was held between May and July 2018, and the final round took place in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China.
Six-time World Grand Prix winners, United States won the inaugural edition, defeating Turkey in five sets on the final. This was Turkey's first ever final on a senior world-level premier competition (World Championship, World Cup, Summer Olympic Games and the aforementioned Grand Prix). Reigning Olympic champions and host nation, China defeated 12-time Grand Prix champions Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal. Michelle Bartsch-Hackley from USA was elected the MVP.
Argentina was the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and will be replaced by Challenger Cup winners Bulgaria in the 2019 edition.

## Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament.
| Country | Confederation | Designation | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Confederation | Designation | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| Argentina | CSV | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Belgium | CEV | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Brazil | CSV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| China | AVC | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Dominican Republic | NORCECA | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Germany | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Italy | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Japan | AVC | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Netherlands | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Poland | CEV | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Russia | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Serbia | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| South Korea | AVC | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Thailand | AVC | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Turkey | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| United States | NORCECA | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |

## 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, with a total of 120 matches. The top five teams after the league round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round. The relegation takes in consideration only the 4 challenger teams and the last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2019 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 in the third place match.

## Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on February 16, 2018.

### Preliminary round

Week 1 :
| Pool 1 Russia | Pool 2 China | Pool 3 United States | Pool 4 Brazil |
| Russia  Argentina  Netherlands  Thailand | China  Belgium  Dominican Republic  South Korea | United States  Italy  Poland  Turkey | Brazil  Germany  Japan  Serbia |
| Week 2 ||||
| Pool 5 Japan | Pool 6 South Korea | Pool 7 Macau, China | Pool 8 Turkey |
| Japan  Belgium  Netherlands  United States | South Korea  Germany  Italy  Russia | China  Poland  Serbia  Thailand | Turkey  Argentina  Brazil  Dominican Republic |
| Week 3 ||||
| Pool 9 Netherlands | Pool 10 Serbia | Pool 11 Thailand | Pool 12 Hong Kong, China |
| Netherlands  Brazil  Poland  South Korea | Serbia  Belgium  Russia  Turkey | Thailand  Dominican Republic  Germany  United States | China  Argentina  Italy  Japan |
| Week 4 ||||
| Pool 13 Netherlands | Pool 14 China | Pool 15 Thailand | Pool 16 Poland |
| Netherlands  Dominican Republic  Italy  Serbia | China  Brazil  Russia  United States | Thailand  Japan  South Korea  Turkey | Poland  Argentina  Belgium  Germany |
| Week 5 ||||
| Pool 17 Germany | Pool 18 Poland | Pool 19 Italy | Pool 20 Argentina |
| Germany  China  Netherlands  Turkey | Poland  Dominican Republic  Japan  Russia | Italy  Belgium  Brazil  Thailand | Argentina  Serbia  South Korea  United States |

### Final round

| Pool A | Pool B |
| China | United States |
| Brazil | Serbia |
| Netherlands | Turkey |

## Venues

The list of host cities and venues was announced on February 16, 2018.

### Preliminary round

Week 1 :
| Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 | Pool 4 |
| Yekaterinburg, Russia | Ningbo, China | Lincoln, United States | Barueri, Brazil |
| Team Sports Palace | Beilun Gymnasium | Bob Devaney Sports Center | Ginásio José Corrêa |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 7,907 | Capacity: 5,100 |
| Week 2 ||||
| Pool 5 | Pool 6 | Pool 7 | Pool 8 |
| Toyota, Japan | Suwon, South Korea | Macau, China | Ankara, Turkey |
| Sky Hall Toyota | Suwon Gymnasium | Macau Forum | Başkent Volleyball Hall |
| Capacity: 6,500 | Capacity: 5,145 | Capacity: 4,062 | Capacity: 7,600 |
| Week 3 ||||
| Pool 9 | Pool 10 | Pool 11 | Pool 12 |
| Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Kraljevo, Serbia | Bangkok, Thailand | Hong Kong, China |
| Omnisport Apeldoorn | Kraljevo Sports Hall | Indoor Stadium Huamark | Hong Kong Coliseum |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 3,331 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 12,500 |
| Week 4 ||||
| Pool 13 | Pool 14 | Pool 15 | Pool 16 |
| Rotterdam, Netherlands | Jiangmen, China | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Topsportcentrum Rotterdam | Jiangmen Sports Hall | Korat Chatchai Hall | Łuczniczka |
| Capacity: 2,500 | Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 8,764 |
| Week 5 ||||
| Pool 17 | Pool 18 | Pool 19 | Pool 20 |
| Stuttgart, Germany | Wałbrzych, Poland | Eboli, Italy | Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Porsche-Arena | Centrum Sportowo-Rekreacyjne Aqua Zdrój | PalaSele | Gimnásio del Campus de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional |
| Capacity: 6,181 | Capacity: 2,000 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |

### Final round

* Nanjing, China
* Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
* Capacity: 13,000

## Competition schedule

| ● | League round | ● | Final round |
| Week 1 15–17 May | Week 2 22–24 May | Week 3 29–31 May | Week 4 5–7 Jun | Week 5 12–14 Jun | Week 6 Rest Week | Week 7 27 Jun – 1 Jul |
| 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | | 10 matches |

## Pool standing procedure

* Total number of victories (matches won, matched lost)
* In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
** Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
** Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
* If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
** Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
** Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
** If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

## Squads

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players, which every week's 14-player roster must be selected from. Each country must declare its 14-player roster two days before the start of each week's round-robin competition.

## Preliminary round
### Ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | United States | 15 | 13 | 2 | 40 | 42 | 8 | 5.250 | 1227 | 997 | 1.231 | Final round |
| 2 | Serbia | 15 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 2.733 | 1324 | 1141 | 1.160 | Final round |
| 3 | Brazil | 15 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 40 | 20 | 2.000 | 1376 | 1229 | 1.120 | Final round |
| 4 | Netherlands | 15 | 12 | 3 | 34 | 39 | 18 | 2.167 | 1327 | 1176 | 1.128 | Final round |
| 5 | Turkey | 15 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 40 | 19 | 2.105 | 1351 | 1244 | 1.086 | Final round |
| 6 | Italy | 15 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 22 | 1.545 | 1230 | 1136 | 1.083 | |
| 7 | Russia | 15 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 0.897 | 1194 | 1198 | 0.997 | |
| 8 | Poland | 15 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 1.000 | 1298 | 1211 | 1.072 | |
| 9 | China | 15 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 27 | 1.074 | 1237 | 1178 | 1.050 | Final round |
| 10 | Japan | 15 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 31 | 0.871 | 1209 | 1273 | 0.950 | |
| 11 | Germany | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 0.657 | 1220 | 1315 | 0.928 | |
| 12 | South Korea | 15 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 0.471 | 1022 | 1141 | 0.896 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 15 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 0.500 | 1115 | 1250 | 0.892 | |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 15 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 0.459 | 1072 | 1245 | 0.861 | |
| 15 | Thailand | 15 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 0.415 | 1218 | 1355 | 0.899 | |
| 16 | Argentina | 15 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 0.119 | 830 | 1161 | 0.715 | Excluded from the 2019 Nations League |
* ↑ Qualified as hosts

### Week 1
#### Pool 1

* All times are Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+05:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 15 May | 16:30 | Thailand | 0–3 | Netherlands | 20–25 | 24–26 | 13–25 | | 57–76 | P2 |
| 15 May | 19:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Argentina | 20–25 | 25–13 | 25–13 | 25–22 | 95–73 | P2 |
| 16 May | 16:30 | Argentina | 1–3 | Netherlands | 25–22 | 19–25 | 8–25 | 18–25 | 70–97 | P2 |
| 16 May | 19:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Thailand | 25–23 | 13–25 | 25–18 | 30–28 | 93–94 | P2 |
| 17 May | 16:30 | Argentina | 0–3 | Thailand | 17–25 | 17–25 | 16–25 | | 50–75 | P2 |
| 17 May | 19:00 | Russia | 0–3 | Netherlands | 22–25 | 20–25 | 25–27 | | 67–77 | P2 |

#### Pool 2

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 May | 16:00 | Belgium | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–18 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | | 75–61 | P2 |
| 15 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–17 | 25–15 | 25–11 | | | 75–43 | P2 |
| 16 May | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | South Korea | 24–26 | 27–25 | 25–21 | 14–25 | 12–15 | 102–112 | P2 |
| 16 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–14 | 25–20 | 25–13 | | | 75–47 | P2 |
| 17 May | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | Belgium | 16–25 | 25–18 | 18–25 | 25–19 | 7–15 | 91–102 | P2 |
| 17 May | 19:30 | China | 0–3 | South Korea | 15–25 | 15–25 | 13–25 | | | 43–75 | P2 |

#### Pool 3

* All times are Central Summer Time (UTC-05:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 May | 17:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Italy | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | | 75–62 | P2 |
| 15 May | 19:30 | United States | 3–1 | Poland | 28–26 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 25–15 | | 100–88 | P2 |
| 16 May | 17:00 | Poland | 3–2 | Italy | 21–25 | 25–14 | 19–25 | 25–17 | 15–12 | 105–93 | P2 |
| 16 May | 19:30 | United States | 2–3 | Turkey | 26–28 | 19–25 | 25–20 | 26–24 | 14–16 | 110–113 | P2 |
| 17 May | 17:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Poland | 25–21 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 75–61 | P2 |
| 17 May | 19:30 | United States | 3–0 | Italy | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | | 75–60 | P2 |

#### Pool 4

* All times are Brasília time (UTC−03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 15 May | 15:05 | Brazil | 1–3 | Germany | 25–15 | 22–25 | 18–25 | 20–25 | 85–90 | P2 |
| 15 May | 17:30 | Japan | 0–3 | Serbia | 18–25 | 17–25 | 22–25 | | 57–75 | P2 |
| 16 May | 15:05 | Brazil | 3–1 | Japan | 22–25 | 25–18 | 25–23 | 25–11 | 97–77 | P2 |
| 16 May | 17:30 | Germany | 0–3 | Serbia | 16–25 | 21–25 | 17–25 | | 54–75 | P2 |
| 17 May | 15:05 | Brazil | 3–1 | Serbia | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–14 | 25–21 | 98–82 | P2 |
| 17 May | 17:30 | Germany | 1–3 | Japan | 21–25 | 23–25 | 25–21 | 17–25 | 86–96 | P2 |

### Week 2
#### Pool 5

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 May | 15:40 | Belgium | 2–3 | Netherlands | 25–21 | 19–25 | 25–23 | 29–31 | 10–15 | 108–115 | P2 |
| 22 May | 19:10 | Japan | 0–3 | United States | 20–25 | 16–25 | 23–25 | | | 59–75 | P2 |
| 23 May | 15:40 | Netherlands | 0–3 | United States | 19–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | | 63–75 | P2 |
| 23 May | 19:10 | Japan | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–19 | | | 75–58 | P2 |
| 24 May | 15:40 | Belgium | 0–3 | United States | 11–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | | | 46–75 | P2 |
| 24 May | 19:10 | Japan | 0–3 | Netherlands | 18–25 | 18–25 | 21–25 | | | 57–75 | P2 |

#### Pool 6

* All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 22 May | 15:00 | Italy | 0–3 | Russia | 24–26 | 12–25 | 23–25 | | 59–76 | P2 |
| 22 May | 18:00 | South Korea | 3–1 | Germany | 23–25 | 26–24 | 25–16 | 25–16 | 99–81 | P2 |
| 23 May | 16:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Germany | 25–22 | 25–18 | 25–20 | | 75–60 | P2 |
| 23 May | 19:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | Russia | 25–19 | 25–14 | 25–17 | | 75–50 | P2 |
| 24 May | 16:00 | Germany | 1–3 | Russia | 25–19 | 21–25 | 15–25 | 23–25 | 84–94 | P2 |
| 24 May | 19:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | Italy | 17–25 | 21–25 | 21–25 | | 59–75 | P2 |

#### Pool 7

* All times are Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 May | 16:30 | Thailand | 1–3 | Serbia | 18–25 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 19–25 | | 85–94 | P2 |
| 22 May | 20:00 | China | 2–3 | Poland | 25–18 | 17–25 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 12–15 | 97–105 | P2 |
| 23 May | 17:30 | Poland | 1–3 | Serbia | 25–20 | 25–27 | 24–26 | 15–25 | | 89–98 | P2 |
| 23 May | 20:00 | China | 3–1 | Thailand | 25–23 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 25–17 | | 98–89 | P2 |
| 24 May | 17:30 | Poland | 2–3 | Thailand | 22–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–21 | 14–16 | 109–108 | P2 |
| 24 May | 20:00 | China | 1–3 | Serbia | 25–21 | 23–25 | 21–25 | 17–25 | | 86–96 | P2 |

#### Pool 8

* All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 22 May | 14:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 24–26 | 24–26 | 19–25 | | 67–77 | P2 |
| 22 May | 17:00 | Turkey | 1–3 | Brazil | 17–25 | 19–25 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 82–98 | P2 |
| 23 May | 14:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–9 | 25–21 | 25–14 | | 75–44 | P2 |
| 23 May | 17:00 | Turkey | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 25–20 | 17–25 | 25–20 | 25–19 | 92–84 | P2 |
| 24 May | 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–3 | Brazil | 20–25 | 10–25 | 13–25 | | 43–75 | P2 |
| 24 May | 17:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–16 | 25–16 | 25–19 | | 75–51 | P2 |

### Week 3
#### Pool 9

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 29 May | 16:30 | South Korea | 1–3 | Brazil | 11–25 | 14–25 | 33–31 | 20–25 | 78–106 | P2 |
| 29 May | 19:30 | Netherlands | 3–0 | Poland | 25–22 | 25–22 | 27–25 | | 77–69 | P2 |
| 30 May | 16:30 | Poland | 0–3 | Brazil | 20–25 | 20–25 | 23–25 | | 63–75 | P2 |
| 30 May | 19:30 | Netherlands | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–18 | 25–10 | 25–12 | | 75–40 | P2 |
| 31 May | 16:30 | South Korea | 0–3 | Poland | 11–25 | 15–25 | 16–25 | | 42–75 | P2 |
| 31 May | 19:30 | Netherlands | 1–3 | Brazil | 23–25 | 24–26 | 25–13 | 22–25 | 94–89 | P2 |

#### Pool 10

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 May | 17:00 | Belgium | 0–3 | Turkey | 19–25 | 18–25 | 24–26 | | | 61–76 | P2 |
| 29 May | 20:00 | Serbia | 3–0 | Russia | 25–23 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | | 75–60 | P2 |
| 30 May | 16:00 | Turkey | 2–3 | Russia | 23–25 | 25–19 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 11–15 | 104–107 | P2 |
| 30 May | 19:00 | Belgium | 0–3 | Serbia | 20–25 | 16–25 | 14–25 | | | 50–75 | P2 |
| 31 May | 17:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Belgium | 25–21 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–18 | | 98–84 | P2 |
| 31 May | 20:00 | Turkey | 2–3 | Serbia | 20–25 | 25–22 | 25–18 | 23–25 | 12–15 | 105–105 | P2 |

#### Pool 11

* All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 May | 15:05 | Germany | 0–3 | United States | 18–25 | 17–25 | 17–25 | | | 52–75 | P2 |
| 29 May | 18:05 | Thailand | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 21–25 | 22–25 | 20–25 | | | 63–75 | P2 |
| 30 May | 15:05 | Dominican Republic | 0–3 | United States | 20–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | | 64–75 | P2 |
| 30 May | 18:05 | Thailand | 2–3 | Germany | 23–25 | 26–28 | 25–23 | 25–22 | 10–15 | 109–113 | P2 |
| 31 May | 15:05 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Germany | 22–25 | 15–25 | 25–21 | 12–25 | | 74–96 | P2 |
| 31 May | 18:05 | Thailand | 0–3 | United States | 10–25 | 22–25 | 16–25 | | | 48–75 | P2 |

#### Pool 12

* All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 May | 18:00 | Japan | 3–2 | Italy | 20–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 25–23 | 15–11 | 105–107 | P2 |
| 29 May | 20:30 | China | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–22 | 25–16 | 25–12 | | | 75–50 | P2 |
| 30 May | 18:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | Italy | 15–25 | 16–25 | 18–25 | | | 49–75 | P2 |
| 30 May | 20:30 | China | 3–0 | Japan | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–17 | | | 75–57 | P2 |
| 31 May | 18:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–16 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | | 75–58 | P2 |
| 31 May | 20:30 | China | 1–3 | Italy | 18–25 | 14–25 | 25–16 | 18–25 | | 75–91 | P2 |

### Week 4
#### Pool 13

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Jun | 16:30 | Italy | 3–2 | Serbia | 19–25 | 25–21 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 15–13 | 102–105 | P2 |
| 5 Jun | 19:30 | Netherlands | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–22 | 25–21 | 25–18 | | | 75–61 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 16:30 | Serbia | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–13 | | | 75–52 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 19:30 | Netherlands | 2–3 | Italy | 25–18 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 15–25 | 8–15 | 96–102 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 16:30 | Dominican Republic | 0–3 | Italy | 18–25 | 15–25 | 20–25 | | | 53–75 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 19:30 | Netherlands | 3–2 | Serbia | 15–25 | 19–25 | 29–27 | 25–17 | 20–18 | 108–112 | P2 |

#### Pool 14

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Jun | 16:00 | Russia | 0–3 | United States | 14–25 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | | 50–75 | P2 |
| 5 Jun | 19:30 | China | 2–3 | Brazil | 25–19 | 23–25 | 25–27 | 25–10 | 14–16 | 112–97 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 16:00 | United States | 3–1 | Brazil | 25–23 | 26–28 | 25–21 | 25–18 | | 101–90 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Russia | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | | 75–62 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 16:00 | Brazil | 3–2 | Russia | 15–25 | 25–21 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 17–15 | 101–106 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 19:30 | China | 0–3 | United States | 20–25 | 22–25 | 20–25 | | | 62–75 | P2 |

#### Pool 15

* All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Jun | 15:05 | Japan | 1–3 | Turkey | 17–25 | 23–25 | 25–13 | 11–25 | | 76–88 | P2 |
| 5 Jun | 18:05 | Thailand | 1–3 | South Korea | 16–25 | 18–25 | 25–20 | 24–26 | | 83–96 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 15:05 | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–22 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | | 75–56 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 18:05 | Thailand | 1–3 | Turkey | 20–25 | 28–30 | 25–18 | 19–25 | | 92–98 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 15:05 | South Korea | 0–3 | Turkey | 19–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | | 63–75 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 18:05 | Thailand | 2–3 | Japan | 25–19 | 25–20 | 17–25 | 19–25 | 20–22 | 106–111 | P2 |

#### Pool 16

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 5 Jun | 17:30 | Germany | 3–1 | Belgium | 25–19 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 97–88 | P2 |
| 5 Jun | 20:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–11 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | 75–45 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 17:30 | Belgium | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–22 | 25–16 | 25–14 | | 75–52 | P2 |
| 6 Jun | 20:30 | Poland | 3–1 | Germany | 25–21 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 25–9 | 96–75 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 17:30 | Argentina | 0–3 | Germany | 16–25 | 13–25 | 16–25 | | 45–75 | P2 |
| 7 Jun | 20:30 | Poland | 3–1 | Belgium | 22–25 | 25–22 | 27–25 | 25–14 | 99–86 | P2 |

### Week 5
#### Pool 17

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 17:30 | Turkey | 2–3 | Netherlands | 11–25 | 29–31 | 25–16 | 25–20 | 10–15 | 100–107 | P2 |
| 12 Jun | 20:30 | Germany | 2–3 | China | 25–20 | 27–25 | 17–25 | 23–25 | 8–15 | 100–110 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 17:30 | China | 1–3 | Netherlands | 24–26 | 25–17 | 17–25 | 21–25 | | 87–93 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 20:30 | Germany | 1–3 | Turkey | 16–25 | 15–25 | 25–20 | 19–25 | | 75–95 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 17:30 | China | 1–3 | Turkey | 26–28 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 20–25 | | 92–98 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 20:30 | Germany | 1–3 | Netherlands | 21–25 | 16–25 | 26–24 | 19–25 | | 82–99 | P2 |

#### Pool 18

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 17:30 | Russia | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–16 | | | 75–57 | P2 |
| 12 Jun | 20:30 | Poland | 3–2 | Japan | 18–25 | 25–15 | 25–16 | 21–25 | 16–14 | 105–95 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 17:30 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | Japan | 15–25 | 25–14 | 25–21 | 27–29 | 13–15 | 105–104 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 20:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Russia | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–15 | | | 75–54 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 17:30 | Russia | 3–2 | Japan | 19–25 | 25–14 | 25–16 | 23–25 | 15–10 | 107–90 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 20:30 | Poland | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 18–25 | 25–16 | 21–25 | 20–25 | | 84–91 | P2 |

#### Pool 19

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 17:00 | Brazil | 3–1 | Belgium | 25–15 | 25–14 | 21–25 | 25–23 | | 96–77 | P2 |
| 12 Jun | 20:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–11 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | | 75–43 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 17:00 | Brazil | 3–1 | Thailand | 25–16 | 25–22 | 18–25 | 25–13 | | 93–76 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 20:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–22 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–59 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 17:00 | Belgium | 3–1 | Thailand | 26–24 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | 99–90 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 20:00 | Italy | 3–2 | Brazil | 22–25 | 25–20 | 17–25 | 25–19 | 15–12 | 104–101 | P2 |

#### Pool 20

* All times are Argentina Standard Time (UTC-03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 17:40 | Serbia | 3–1 | United States | 30–28 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–18 | 103–91 | P2 |
| 12 Jun | 20:40 | Argentina | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–18 | 26–24 | 25–21 | | 76–63 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 17:40 | South Korea | 0–3 | United States | 13–25 | 23–25 | 19–25 | | 55–75 | P2 |
| 13 Jun | 20:40 | Argentina | 0–3 | Serbia | 27–29 | 13–25 | 16–25 | | 56–79 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 17:40 | South Korea | 0–3 | Serbia | 17–25 | 20–25 | 11–25 | | 48–75 | P2 |
| 14 Jun | 20:40 | Argentina | 0–3 | United States | 15–25 | 14–25 | 15–25 | | 44–75 | P2 |

## Final round

* Venue: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing, China
* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Pool play
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 120 | 1.250 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 159 | 161 | 0.988 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 142 | 170 | 0.835 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 27 Jun | 19:15 | China | 3–1 | Netherlands | 20–25 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–18 | 95–86 | P2 |
| 28 Jun | 19:15 | Brazil | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–16 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | 75–56 | P2 |
| 29 Jun | 20:30 | China | 0–3 | Brazil | 20–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | 64–75 | P2 |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 182 | 165 | 1.103 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 202 | 206 | 0.981 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 171 | 184 | 0.929 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Jun | 15:00 | United States | 3–2 | Turkey | 17–25 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 25–15 | 15–11 | 103–97 | P2 |
| 28 Jun | 15:00 | Serbia | 2–3 | Turkey | 25–20 | 21–25 | 18–25 | 25–19 | 14–16 | 103–105 | P2 |
| 29 Jun | 15:00 | United States | 3–0 | Serbia | 29–27 | 25–22 | 25–19 | | | 79–68 | P2 |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | final | final |
| 30 June | 30 June |
| Brazil | 0 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 July | 1 July |
| Turkey | 3 | 1 July | 1 July |
| Turkey | 3 | Turkey | 2 |
| 30 June | 30 June | | Turkey | 2 |
| 30 June | 30 June | United States | 3 |
| China | 1 | United States | 3 |
| United States | 3 | | |
| United States | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 1 July | 1 July |
| | | China | 3 |
| | | Brazil | 0 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jun | 15:00 | Brazil | 0–3 | Turkey | 23–25 | 23–25 | 22–25 | | | 68–75 | P2 |
| 30 Jun | 19:45 | China | 1–3 | United States | 23–25 | 20–25 | 25–18 | 18–25 | | 86–93 | P2 |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jul | 15:00 | China | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–18 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | | 75–62 | P2 |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jul | 19:00 | Turkey | 2–3 | United States | 25–17 | 22–25 | 28–26 | 15–25 | 7–15 | 97–108 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Turkey |
| | China |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Serbia |
| 7 | Italy |
| 8 | Russia |
| 9 | Poland |
| 10 | Japan |
| 11 | Germany |
| 12 | South Korea |
| 13 | Belgium |
| 14 | Dominican Republic |
| 15 | Thailand |
| 16 | Argentina |
* 2018 Women's Nations League champions
* United States First title
* 14–woman Roster
* Micha Hancock, Carli Lloyd, Justine Wong-Orantes, Rachael Adams, TeTori Dixon, Lauren Gibbemeyer, Madison Kingdon, Jordan Larson (c), Andrea Drews, Kelly Murphy, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Kim Hill, Foluke Akinradewo, Kelsey Robinson
* Head coach
* Karch Kiraly

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (USA)
* Best setter
    Cansu Özbay (TUR)
* Best Outside Hitters
    Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (USA)
    Zhu Ting (CHN)
* Best Middle Blockers
    TeTori Dixon (USA)
    Eda Erdem Dündar (TUR)
* Best Opposite
    Tandara Caixeta (BRA)
* Best libero
    Suelen Pinto (BRA)

## Statistics leaders
### Preliminary round

as of June 14, 2018
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Spikes | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Malwina Smarzek | 306 | 42 | 13 | 361 |
| 2 | Brayelin Martínez | 223 | 19 | 8 | 250 |
| 3 | Tijana Bošković | 206 | 24 | 8 | 238 |
| 4 | Tandara Caixeta | 207 | 12 | 12 | 231 |
| 5 | Louisa Lippmann | 204 | 11 | 9 | 224 |
Best Attackers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | Total | % |
| 1 | Tijana Bošković | 206 | 80 | 132 | 418 | 49.28 |
| 2 | Michelle Bartsch-Hackley | 165 | 32 | 147 | 344 | 47.97 |
| 3 | Irina Voronkova | 177 | 67 | 153 | 397 | 44.58 |
| 4 | Malwina Smarzek | 306 | 93 | 296 | 695 | 44.03 |
| 5 | Tandara Caixeta | 207 | 65 | 201 | 473 | 43.76 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Agnieszka Kąkolewska | 52 | 85 | 123 | 260 | 0.90 |
| 2 | Adenízia da Silva | 48 | 61 | 62 | 171 | 0.80 |
| 3 | Ana Beatriz Corrêa | 45 | 74 | 93 | 212 | 0.75 |
| 4 | Eda Erdem Dündar | 44 | 61 | 123 | 228 | 0.75 |
| 5 | Malwina Smarzek | 42 | 44 | 54 | 140 | 0.72 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Marlena Pleśnierowicz | 24 | 24 | 226 | 274 | 0.41 |
| 2 | Marlies Janssens | 21 | 31 | 104 | 156 | 0.39 |
| 3 | Eda Erdem Dündar | 22 | 22 | 142 | 186 | 0.37 |
| 4 | Elena Pietrini | 19 | 31 | 44 | 94 | 0.34 |
| 5 | Hattaya Bamrungsuk | 18 | 19 | 139 | 176 | 0.31 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Ilka Van de Vyver | 924 | 18 | 507 | 1449 | 17.11 |
| 2 | Carli Lloyd | 845 | 7 | 320 | 1172 | 16.90 |
| 3 | Roberta Ratzke | 883 | 9 | 405 | 1297 | 14.72 |
| 4 | Niverka Marte | 776 | 13 | 501 | 1290 | 14.37 |
| 5 | Denise Hanke | 751 | 9 | 537 | 1279 | 12.95 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Maret Balkestein-Grothues | 122 | 6 | 68 | 196 | 2.14 |
| 2 | Suelen Pinto | 115 | 13 | 151 | 279 | 1.92 |
| 3 | Celine Van Gestel | 102 | 14 | 125 | 241 | 1.89 |
| 4 | Simge Şebnem Aköz | 111 | 5 | 108 | 224 | 1.88 |
| 5 | Kelsey Robinson | 94 | 10 | 94 | 198 | 1.88 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | Total | % |
| 1 | Kim Hill | 61 | 9 | 163 | 233 | 22.32 |
| 2 | Britt Herbots | 75 | 14 | 216 | 305 | 20.00 |
| 3 | Kelsey Robinson | 63 | 16 | 160 | 239 | 19.67 |
| 4 | Celine Van Gestel | 82 | 22 | 228 | 332 | 18.07 |
| 5 | Yuki Ishii | 93 | 27 | 295 | 415 | 15.90 |

### Final round

as of July 1, 2018
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Spikes | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Zhu Ting | 77 | 6 | 3 | 86 |
| 2 | Michelle Bartsch-Hackley | 69 | 6 | 3 | 78 |
| 3 | Tandara Caixeta | 65 | 2 | 4 | 71 |
| 4 | Eda Erdem Dündar | 41 | 12 | 6 | 59 |
| 5 | Tijana Bošković | 54 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
Best Attackers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | Total | % |
| 1 | Gabriela Guimarães | 50 | 20 | 34 | 104 | 48.08 |
| 2 | Tandara Caixeta | 65 | 20 | 56 | 141 | 46.10 |
| 3 | Zhu Ting | 77 | 16 | 76 | 169 | 45.56 |
| 4 | Lonneke Slöetjes | 35 | 12 | 33 | 80 | 43.75 |
| 5 | Tijana Bošković | 54 | 29 | 45 | 128 | 42.19 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Adenízia da Silva | 13 | 21 | 12 | 46 | 1.08 |
| 2 | Ana Beatriz Corrêa | 9 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 0.75 |
| 3 | Zehra Güneş | 13 | 23 | 37 | 73 | 0.72 |
| 4 | Eda Erdem Dündar | 12 | 26 | 31 | 69 | 0.67 |
| 5 | TeTori Dixon | 11 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 0.65 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Jordan Larson | 8 | 5 | 53 | 66 | 0.47 |
| 2 | Milena Rašić | 3 | 2 | 28 | 33 | 0.38 |
| 3 | Roberta Ratzke | 4 | 4 | 42 | 50 | 0.33 |
| 4 | Tandara Caixeta | 4 | 4 | 42 | 50 | 0.33 |
| 5 | Eda Erdem Dündar | 6 | 7 | 51 | 64 | 0.33 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Roberta Ratzke | 297 | 4 | 4 | 305 | 24.75 |
| 2 | Cansu Özbay | 418 | 4 | 7 | 429 | 23.22 |
| 3 | Bojana Živković | 166 | 1 | 6 | 173 | 20.75 |
| 4 | Carli Lloyd | 336 | 2 | 5 | 343 | 19.76 |
| 5 | Ding Xia | 276 | 1 | 2 | 279 | 19.71 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Zhu Ting | 37 | 0 | 20 | 57 | 2.64 |
| 2 | Anne Buijs | 18 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 2.57 |
| 3 | Suelen Pinto | 30 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 2.50 |
| 4 | Kelsey Robinson | 42 | 0 | 36 | 78 | 2.47 |
| 5 | Tijana Bošković | 18 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 2.25 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | Total | % |
| 1 | Gabriela Guimarães | 25 | 0 | 42 | 67 | 37.31 |
| 2 | Kelsey Robinson | 35 | 9 | 63 | 107 | 24.30 |
| 3 | Simge Şebnem Aköz | 28 | 7 | 52 | 87 | 24.14 |
| 4 | Liu Xiaotong | 18 | 3 | 42 | 63 | 23.81 |
| 5 | Michelle Bartsch-Hackley | 30 | 7 | 68 | 105 | 21.90 |