2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

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. ==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. 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 Final round ==Venues==

The list of host cities and venues was announced on February 16, 2018. Preliminary round Final round ==Competition schedule==

• 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 Week 1 Pool 1 • All times are Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+05:00). Pool 2 • All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool 3 • All times are Central Summer Time (UTC-05:00). Pool 4 • All times are Brasília time (UTC−03:00). Week 2 Pool 5 • All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). Pool 6 • All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00). Pool 7 • All times are Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool 8 • All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00). Week 3 Pool 9 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 10 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 11 • All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00). Pool 12 • All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). Week 4 Pool 13 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 14 • All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool 15 • All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00). Pool 16 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Week 5 Pool 17 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 18 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 19 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 20 • All times are Argentina Standard Time (UTC-03:00). ==Final round==

• Venue: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing, China • All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool play Pool A Pool B Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final ==Final standing==

Source: VNL 2018 final standings ==Awards==

• Most valuable player • : • Best setter • : • Best Outside Hitters • : • : • Best Middle Blockers • : • : • Best Opposite • : • Best libero • : ==Statistics leaders==

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