The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the seventh edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. It was held between June and July 2025, and the final round took place at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.
Following the results of the 2024 Challenger Cup, Czech Republic made their debut this edition, while Belgium made their comeback as the top FIVB ranked team.
Italy won their third VNL title after defeating Brazil in the final. Poland claimed their third consecutive bronze medal after defeating Japan in the 3rd place match. Monica De Gennaro of Italy was named the MVP of the tournament.
Teams Qualification In a change of format for this edition, none of the 16 teams that participated in the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League will be relegated, and from 2025 onward the competition will expand to 18 teams. The two extra spots were allocated to the Czech Republic, winner of the 2024 Challenger Cup, and Belgium, per FIVB ranking the highest ranked team that failed to qualify.
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Squads
Format Preliminary round The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, this is the first time that 18 women's teams are competing. Each week 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Each week each team plays 4 times in a table that is set up by an algorithm, with all teams playing 12 times in total at the end of the first phase. The 8 best teams advance to the quarter-finals while the last placed team loses its place to the highest FIVB ranked team that did not compete this year. The only country that has already qualified for this phase is Poland for hosting the finals and if it does not finish the first phase among the top eight, the top seven will qualify with the Polish team being ranked 8th.
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 were released on 10 December 2024.
Week 1Week 2Week 3Pool 1CanadaPool 2BrazilPool 3China Pool 4TurkeyPool 5Hong KongPool 6SerbiaPool 7NetherlandsPool 8United StatesPool 9Japan
Venues Preliminary round Week 1Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3Ottawa, CanadaRio de Janeiro, BrazilBeijing, ChinaTD Place ArenaMaracanãzinhoNational Indoor StadiumCapacity: 8,585Capacity: 11,850Capacity: 18,000Week 2Pool 4Pool 5Pool 6Istanbul, TurkeyHong Kong, ChinaBelgrade, SerbiaSinan Erdem DomeKai Tak ArenaBelgrade ArenaCapacity: 16,457Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 18,386Week 3Pool 7Pool 8Pool 9Apeldoorn, NetherlandsArlington, United StatesChiba, JapanOmnisport ApeldoornCollege Park CenterChiba Port ArenaCapacity: 2,000Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 7,512
Final round All matchesŁódź, PolandAtlas ArenaCapacity: 13,806
Competition schedule ●Preliminary round●Final round
Week 14–8 JunWeek 218–22 JunWeek 39–13 JulWeek 423–27 Jul36 matches36 matches36 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, 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
Week 1 Pool 1 All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
Pool 2 All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
Pool 3 All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Week 2 Pool 4 All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool 5 All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool 6 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Week 3 Pool 7 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool 8 All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00).
Pool 9 All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Final round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam456789101112131415161718
14–woman rosterAnna Gray, Alice Degradi, Carlotta Cambi, Monica De Gennaro, Eleonora Fersino, Alessia Orro, Anna Danesi (c), Linda Nwakalor, Stella Nervini, Myriam Sylla, Paola Egonu, Sarah Fahr, Gaia Giovannini, Ekaterina AntropovaHead coach Julio Velasco
Awards
Most valuable player Monica De Gennaro Best setter Alessia Orro Best outside spikers Myriam Sylla Gabriela Guimarães Best middle blocker Agnieszka Korneluk Júlia Kudiess Best opposite spiker Paola Egonu Best libero Monica De Gennaro
Statistics leaders Preliminary round Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.
Best ScorersPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Iman Ndiaye19020232332 Wu Mengjie20414122303 Brayelin Martínez1813232164 Zhuang Yushan1722492055 Gaila González1622118201
Best AttackersPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Wu Mengjie2045619345.034532 Iman Ndiaye1907517942.794443 Brayelin Martínez1814020042.994214 Zhuang Yushan1724822938.314495 1705716243.70389
Best BlockersPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Júlia Kudiess5238464.331362 Hena Kurtagić4361653.581693 Magdaléna Jehlářová4151743.421664 3550572.92142 Maja Aleksić3533464.38114
Best ServersPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Iman Ndiaye23381091.921702 Camilla Weitzel19201641.582033 Gaila González18211241.50163 Ela Koulisiani18201491.501875 Martyna Łukasik1761101.42133
Best SettersPlayerFaults1 Zhang Zixuan3721093631.0013182 3521172429.3310873 Kateřina Valková324785927.0011904 Nanami Seki317667626.429995 Pornpun Guedpard311666925.92986
Best DiggersPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 180526315.002952 Yaneirys Rodríguez135687411.252773 Han Da-hye128456310.672364 Aleksandra Szczygłowska126324510.502035 Aleksandra Milanova124344310.33201
Best ReceiversPlayerExcellentsFaults1 1062323828.883672 Mayu Ishikawa95917633.93280 Aleksandra Milanova951724226.843544 741014532.312295 Zhuang Yushan69914431.08222
Final round Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.
Best ScorersPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal14471522 Mayu Ishikawa4613503 Paola Egonu4324494 Magdalena Stysiak4350485 Júlia Bergmann393143 Yukiko Wada421043
Best AttackersPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Mayu Ishikawa46236035.66129244194441.121073 Paola Egonu43125040.95105 Magdalena Stysiak43195337.391155 Yukiko Wada42244737.17113
Best BlockersPlayerFaultsRebounds11710185.67452 Anna Danesi118223.6741 Júlia Kudiess1119213.67514 Diana Duarte1015223.33475 Sarah Fahr78182.333376112.3324 Aslı Kalaç73187.0028
Best ServersPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Paola Egonu48141.33262 Alessia Orro33281.003439381.0050 Mayu Ishikawa38461.0057 Airi Miyabe33391.0045
Best SettersPlayerFaults1 Nanami Seki143121247.67356277016825.672453 Alessia Orro70016523.332354 Roberta Ratzke66110922.001765 Macris Carneiro5128417.00137
Best DiggersPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Monica De Gennaro40101713.3367239132113.00733 Marcelle Arruda2916239.6768 Mayu Ishikawa2913919.67615 Yukiko Wada247198.0050
Best ReceiversPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Yoshino Sato3227130.481052 Mayu Ishikawa2615133.33783 Gabriela Guimarães2413838.10634 Júlia Bergmann2378020.911105 Martyna Czyrniańska2137521.2199
See also 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship 2025 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship
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