The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. It was held between May and July 2022, and the final round took place at the Ankara Arena in Ankara, Turkey.
Belgium were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and were replaced by 2022 Challenger Cup winners Croatia in the 2023 edition.
Italy claimed their first VNL medal and title after defeating Brazil in the final. Brazil took their third silver medal, consecutively. Serbia won their first medal of the tournament, claiming the bronze after defeating finals hosts Turkey in the third place match. Paola Egonu of Italy named as the MVP of the tournament.
Teams Qualification As there was no promotion or relegation in the 2021 VNL, 15 of the same 16 teams in 2021 are competing in this year's edition.
On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus ineligible for international and continental competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia was out of the Nations League. On 5 April, the FIVB announced Bulgaria would replace Russia in the competition.
CountryConfederationDesignationPrevious appearancesPrevious best performanceTotalFirstLastCEVChallenger team3201820217th place (2019)CSVCore team320182021Runners-up (2019, 2021)CEVChallenger team12019201916th place (2019)NORCECAChallenger team12021202114th place (2021)AVCCore team3201820213rd place (2018, 2019)NORCECAChallenger team3201820216th place (2021)CEVCore team32018202110th place (2019, 2021)CEVCore team3201820215th place (2018)AVCCore team3201820214th place (2021)CEVCore team3201820215th place (2018)CEVChallenger team3201820215th place (2019)CEVCore team3201820218th place (2018, 2021)CEVCore team3201820215th place (2018)AVCCore team32018202112th place (2018)AVCCore team32018202112th place (2019)CEVCore team320182021Runners-up (2018)NORCECACore team320182021Champions (2018, 2019, 2021)
Squads
Format Preliminary round In the 2022 tournament, the format of play was changed. The new format will see 16 women's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. Each team plays 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 seven strongest teams along with the finals host country Turkey moving directly to the knockout phase as first placed team, and 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 1st ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 8th ranked team, the 2nd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 7th ranked team, the 3rd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 6th ranked team, the 4th ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 5th ranked team. The Host Team is placed in 1st position if the team is among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase. The Host Team is placed in 8th position if the team is not among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.
Rule changes Court switch at the end of the sets was eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts. Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long. Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points. Two time-outs per set are given to all matches in the Finals, one of them can only be called before technical time-out. Live interview is introduced into matches during Set 2 and Set 3 in the Finals. Therefore, the breaks between Set 2 and Set 3 will extend to 5 minutes.
Pool composition The overview of pools was released on 7 December 2021.
Week 1Week 2Week 3Pool 1United StatesPool 2TurkeyPool 3BrazilPool 4PhilippinesPool 5CanadaPool 6Bulgaria
Venues Preliminary round Week 1Pool 1Pool 2Bossier City, United StatesAnkara, TurkeyBossier City ArenaAnkara ArenaCapacity: 14,000Capacity: 10,400Week 2Pool 3Pool 4Brasília, BrazilQuezon City, PhilippinesNilson Nelson GymnasiumAraneta ColiseumCapacity: 11,105Capacity: 16,035Week 3Pool 5Pool 6Calgary, CanadaSofia, Bulgaria7 Chiefs SportsplexArmeets ArenaCapacity: 5,000Capacity: 15,373
Final round All matchesAnkara, TurkeyAnkara ArenaCapacity: 10,400
Competition schedule ●Preliminary round●Final round
Week 131 May–5 JunWeek 214–19 JunWeek 328 Jun–3 JulWeek 413–17 Jul32 matches32 matches32 matches8 matches
Pool standing procedure Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be 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, then 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 of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Preliminary round Ranking
Week 1
Pool 1 All times are Central Summer Time (UTC-05:00).
Pool 2 All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).
Week 2
Pool 3 All times are Brasília time (UTC−03:00).
Pool 4 All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Week 3
Pool 5 All times are Central Summer Time (UTC-06:00).
Pool 6 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Final round All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516 Source: VNL 2022 final standings
14–woman rosterMarina Lubian, Alessia Gennari, Sara Bonifacio, Ofelia Malinov, Monica De Gennaro, Eleonora Fersino, Alessia Orro, Caterina Bosetti, Cristina Chirichella, Anna Danesi, Elena Pietrini, Sylvia Nwakalor, Miriam Sylla (c), Paola EgonuHead coachDavide Mazzanti
Awards
Most valuable player
Best setter
Best outside spikers
Best middle blockers
Best opposite spiker
Best libero
Statistics leaders
Preliminary round Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of preliminary round.
Best ScorersPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Britt Herbots2821593062 Sarina Koga2221742433 Li Yingying20316132324 Pimpichaya Kokram19611112185 Kiera Van Ryk1821120213
Best AttackersPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Britt Herbots2828340036.867652 Sarina Koga2224925841.975293 Li Yingying2035816247.994234 Pimpichaya Kokram1966119143.754485 Kiera Van Ryk1829416041.74436
Best BlockersPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Ana Carolina da Silva5256504.331582 Zehra Güneş4363653.581173 Maja Aleksić4053713.331644 Eline Timmerman3679573.001725 Marlies Janssens3229362.6797
Best ServersPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Kiera Van Ryk2050781.671482 Li Yingying13201341.081673 Ana Carolina da Silva12121431.001674 Lina Alsmeier1123901.001245 Pimpichaya Kokram11111560.92178
Best SettersPlayerFaults1 Pornpun Guedpard475969439.5811782 Joanna Wolosz305755025.428623 Niverka Marte298773024.8310354 Britt Bongaerts2627100921.8312785 Yeum Hye-seon2521274621.001010
Best DiggersPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Maria Stenzel176271714.672202 Manami Kojima17636914.672213 Myrthe Schoot161553513.422514 Teodora Pušić146332012.171995 Anna Pogany14447712.00198
Best ReceiversPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Anna Pogany1621110458.482772 Maria Stenzel1321116243.283053 Alexa Gray1291620137.283464 Anne Buijs129811750.792545 Manami Kojima113510351.13221
Final round Statistics leaders correct as of final round.
Best ScorersPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Paola Egonu7265832 Kisy Nascimento4562533 Sara Lozo4353514 Ana Bjelica4351495 Gabriela Guimarães462149
Best AttackersPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Paola Egonu72235847.061532 Gabriela Guimarães46174044.661033 Kisy Nascimento45134344.551014 Ana Bjelica43215536.131195 Sara Lozo43143248.3189
Best BlockersPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Ana Carolina da Silva1122273.67602 Jovana Stevanović927173.00533 Anna Danesi916103.00354 Zehra Güneş811292.67485 Maja Aleksić719212.3347
Best ServersPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Eda Erdem53281.67362 Paola Egonu56301.67413 Jovana Stevanović43321.33394 Caterina Bosetti46271.33375 Sara Lozo36371.0046
Best SettersPlayerFaults1 Macris Carneiro68319222.672632 Alessia Orro51120717.002593 Cansu Özbay48217416.002244 Bojana Drča46624115.332935 Tamaki Matsui3215532.0088
Best DiggersPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Monica De Gennaro379812.33542 Teodora Pušić3414311.33513 Simge Aköz3011310.00444 Gabriela Guimarães281069.33445 Caterina Bosetti26728.6735
Best ReceiversPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Caterina Bosetti3633350.00722 Teodora Pušić3324640.74813 Júlia Bergmann3155235.23884 Elena Pietrini3114341.33755 Hande Baladin3024141.1073
See also 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship
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