# 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League will be the seventh edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The competition will be held from 4 June to 27 July 2025, with the final round to take place at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.
Following the results of the 2024 Challenger Cup, Czech Republic will make their debut this edition, while Belgium made their comeback as the top FIVB ranked team.

## Qualification

In a change of format for this edition, none of the current teams relegated, and from this year 2025 onwards the competition expanded to 18 teams. The two extra spots were allocated to Czech Republic, who won the 2024 Challenger Cup and Belgium, the non-qualified top FIVB ranked team.
| Country | Confederation | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Confederation | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| Belgium | CEV | 4 | 2018 | 2022 | 7th place (2019) |
| Brazil | CSV | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | Runners-up (2019, 2021, 2022) |
| Bulgaria | CEV | 4 | 2019 | 2024 | 13th place (2023) |
| Canada | NORCECA | 4 | 2021 | 2024 | 10th place (2023, 2024) |
| China | AVC | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | Runners-up (2023) |
| Czech Republic | CEV | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Dominican Republic | NORCECA | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | 6th place (2021) |
| France | CEV | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | 14th place (2024) |
| Germany | CEV | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | 8th place (2023) |
| Italy | CEV | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | Champions (2022, 2024) |
| Japan | AVC | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | Runners-up (2024) |
| Netherlands | CEV | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | 5th place (2018) |
| Poland | CEV | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | 3rd place (2023, 2024) |
| Serbia | CEV | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | 3rd place (2022) |
| South Korea | AVC | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | 12th place (2018) |
| Thailand | AVC | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | 8th place (2022, 2024) |
| Turkey | CEV | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | Champions (2023) |
| United States | NORCECA | 6 | 2018 | 2024 | Champions (2018, 2019, 2021) |

## Format
### Preliminary round

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, the current format has the 18 women's teams competing in pools of 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.

### Final round

The VNL Finals will see the top eight teams moving directly to the knockout phase, which will consist of eight matches in total: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals, and the bronze and gold medal matches.
Final 8 direct elimination formula:
* The first ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the eighth ranked team, the second ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the seventh ranked team, the third ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the sixth ranked team, and the fourth ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the fifth ranked team.
* The national team of the hosting territory of the event will have a guaranteed berth for the Final round. If the host nation team do not finish in the top eight in the Preliminary round, they will replace the eighth place team and play as the eighth seed.

## Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 10 December 2024.
| Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 3 |
| Pool 1 Canada | Pool 2 Brazil | Pool 3 China | Pool 4 Turkey | Pool 5 China | Pool 6 Serbia | Pool 7 Netherlands | Pool 8 USA | Pool 9 Japan |
| Bulgaria  Canada  Dominican Republic  Japan  Netherlands  Serbia | Brazil  Czech Republic  Germany  Italy  South Korea  United States | Belgium  China  France  Poland  Thailand  Turkey | Belgium  Brazil  Canada  Dominican Republic  South Korea  Turkey | Bulgaria  China  Czech Republic  Italy  Japan  Thailand | France  Germany  Netherlands  Poland  Serbia  United States | Belgium  Czech Republic  Italy  Netherlands  Serbia  Turkey | Canada  China  Dominican Republic  Germany  Thailand  United States | Brazil  Bulgaria  France  Japan  Poland  South Korea |

## Venues
### Preliminary round

Week 1 :
| Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 |
| Ottawa, Canada | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Beijing, China |
| TD Place Arena | TBA | Beijing National Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,585 | Capacity: | Capacity: 80,000 |
| Week 2 |||
| Pool 4 | Pool 5 | Pool 6 |
| Istanbul, Turkey | Hong Kong, China | Belgrade, Serbia |
| TBA | TBA | Belgrade Arena |
| Capacity: | Capacity: | Capacity: 18,386 |
| Week 3 |||
| Pool 7 | Pool 8 | Pool 9 |
| Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Arlington, USA | Chiba, Japan |
| Omnisport Apeldoorn | College Park Center | Chiba Port Arena |
| Capacity: 2,000 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 7,512 |

### Final round

* All matches
* Łódź, Poland
* Atlas Arena
* Capacity: 13,806

## Competition schedule

| ● | Preliminary round | ● | Final round |
| Week 1 4–8 Jun | Week 2 18–22 Jun | Week 3 9–13 Jul | Week 4 23–27 Jul |
| 36 matches | 36 matches | 36 matches | 8 matches |

## Pool standing procedure

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply, with the teams ranked by the most points 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, the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
** Sets 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 sets won by the number of all sets lost.
** Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the sets 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 points quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match between the tied teams during the Round Robin Phase. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams will be ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

## Preliminary round
### Ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 2 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 5 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 9 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 11 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 12 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 13 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 14 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 15 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 16 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 17 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 18 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
* ↑ Qualified as finals' host

### Week 1
#### Pool 1

* All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 4 Jun | 11:00 | Netherlands | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 4 Jun | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | – | Serbia | – | – | – |
| 4 Jun | 19:30 | Bulgaria | – | Canada | – | – | – |
| 5 Jun | 16:00 | Bulgaria | – | Dominican Republic | – | – | – |
| 5 Jun | 19:30 | Canada | – | Netherlands | – | – | – |
| 6 Jun | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | – | Netherlands | – | – | – |
| 6 Jun | 19:30 | Serbia | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 7 Jun | 16:00 | Canada | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 7 Jun | 19:30 | Bulgaria | – | Serbia | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 11:00 | Dominican Republic | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 14:30 | Bulgaria | – | Netherlands | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 18:00 | Canada | – | Serbia | – | – | – |

#### Pool 2

* All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 4 Jun | 14:00 | United States | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 4 Jun | 17:30 | Czech Republic | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 4 Jun | 21:00 | South Korea | – | Germany | – | – | – |
| 5 Jun | 17:30 | Germany | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 5 Jun | 21:00 | United States | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 6 Jun | 17:30 | South Korea | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 6 Jun | 21:00 | Czech Republic | – | United States | – | – | – |
| 7 Jun | 13:30 | Germany | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 7 Jun | 17:00 | South Korea | – | Czech Republic | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 10:00 | Brazil | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 13:30 | Czech Republic | – | Germany | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 17:00 | South Korea | – | United States | – | – | – |

#### Pool 3

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 4 Jun | 12:30 | France | – | Turkey | – | – | – |
| 4 Jun | 16:00 | Thailand | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 4 Jun | 19:30 | China | – | Belgium | – | – | – |
| 5 Jun | 16:00 | Belgium | – | Thailand | – | – | – |
| 5 Jun | 19:30 | China | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 6 Jun | 16:00 | France | – | Belgium | – | – | – |
| 6 Jun | 19:30 | Turkey | – | Thailand | – | – | – |
| 7 Jun | 16:00 | Turkey | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 7 Jun | 19:30 | China | – | France | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 12:30 | Belgium | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 16:00 | France | – | Thailand | – | – | – |
| 8 Jun | 19:30 | China | – | Turkey | – | – | – |

### Week 2
#### Pool 4

* All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 18 Jun | 12:30 | South Korea | – | Canada | – | – | – |
| 18 Jun | 16:00 | Belgium | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 18 Jun | 19:30 | Dominican Republic | – | Turkey | – | – | – |
| 19 Jun | 16:00 | Belgium | – | Dominican Republic | – | – | – |
| 19 Jun | 19:30 | Canada | – | Turkey | – | – | – |
| 20 Jun | 16:00 | South Korea | – | Belgium | – | – | – |
| 20 Jun | 19:30 | Canada | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 21 Jun | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 21 Jun | 19:30 | South Korea | – | Turkey | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 12:30 | Belgium | – | Canada | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 16:00 | South Korea | – | Dominican Republic | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 19:30 | Turkey | – | Brazil | – | – | – |

#### Pool 5

* All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 18 Jun | 13:30 | Bulgaria | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 18 Jun | 17:00 | Thailand | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 18 Jun | 20:30 | Czech Republic | – | China | – | – | – |
| 19 Jun | 17:00 | Thailand | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 19 Jun | 20:30 | Bulgaria | – | China | – | – | – |
| 20 Jun | 17:00 | Bulgaria | – | Czech Republic | – | – | – |
| 20 Jun | 20:30 | Japan | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 21 Jun | 16:30 | Czech Republic | – | Thailand | – | – | – |
| 21 Jun | 20:00 | Japan | – | China | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 13:00 | Bulgaria | – | Thailand | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 16:30 | Czech Republic | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 20:00 | China | – | Italy | – | – | – |

#### Pool 6

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 18 Jun | 13:00 | France | – | Germany | – | – | – |
| 18 Jun | 16:30 | Netherlands | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 18 Jun | 20:00 | Serbia | – | United States | – | – | – |
| 19 Jun | 16:30 | United States | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 19 Jun | 20:00 | Germany | – | Serbia | – | – | – |
| 20 Jun | 16:30 | France | – | Netherlands | – | – | – |
| 20 Jun | 20:00 | Germany | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 21 Jun | 16:30 | Netherlands | – | United States | – | – | – |
| 21 Jun | 20:00 | France | – | Serbia | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 13:00 | Germany | – | Netherlands | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 16:30 | France | – | United States | – | – | – |
| 22 Jun | 20:00 | Serbia | – | Poland | – | – | – |

### Week 3
#### Pool 7

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 9 Jul | 13:00 | Czech Republic | – | Serbia | – | – | – |
| 9 Jul | 17:00 | Italy | – | Belgium | – | – | – |
| 9 Jul | 20:30 | Netherlands | – | Turkey | – | – | – |
| 10 Jul | 17:00 | Italy | – | Serbia | – | – | – |
| 10 Jul | 20:30 | Belgium | – | Netherlands | – | – | – |
| 11 Jul | 17:00 | Belgium | – | Serbia | – | – | – |
| 11 Jul | 20:30 | Czech Republic | – | Turkey | – | – | – |
| 12 Jul | 15:00 | Czech Republic | – | Netherlands | – | – | – |
| 12 Jul | 19:00 | Turkey | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 12:30 | Czech Republic | – | Belgium | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 16:00 | Netherlands | – | Italy | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 20:00 | Serbia | – | Turkey | – | – | – |

#### Pool 8

* All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 9 Jul | 12:30 | Germany | – | Canada | – | – | – |
| 9 Jul | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | – | China | – | – | – |
| 9 Jul | 19:30 | Thailand | – | United States | – | – | – |
| 10 Jul | 16:00 | Thailand | – | Germany | – | – | – |
| 10 Jul | 19:30 | Dominican Republic | – | United States | – | – | – |
| 11 Jul | 16:00 | Thailand | – | Dominican Republic | – | – | – |
| 11 Jul | 19:30 | Canada | – | China | – | – | – |
| 12 Jul | 16:00 | Germany | – | China | – | – | – |
| 12 Jul | 19:30 | Canada | – | United States | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 11:30 | Germany | – | Dominican Republic | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 15:00 | Thailand | – | Canada | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 19:00 | China | – | United States | – | – | – |

#### Pool 9

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 9 Jul | 12:30 | Bulgaria | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 9 Jul | 16:00 | South Korea | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 9 Jul | 19:30 | France | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 10 Jul | 16:00 | France | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 10 Jul | 19:30 | South Korea | – | Japan | – | – | – |
| 11 Jul | 16:00 | Bulgaria | – | France | – | – | – |
| 11 Jul | 19:30 | Poland | – | Brazil | – | – | – |
| 12 Jul | 16:00 | South Korea | – | Bulgaria | – | – | – |
| 12 Jul | 19:30 | Japan | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 11:30 | South Korea | – | France | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 15:00 | Bulgaria | – | Poland | – | – | – |
| 13 Jul | 18:45 | Japan | – | Brazil | – | – | – |

## Final standing

* Rank
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* 12
* 13
* 14
* 15
* 16
* 17
* 18

## Awards

* Most valuable player
* Best setter
* Best outside spikers
* Best opposite spiker
* Best middle blockers
* Best libero