U.S. Look To Make History At FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League

The fifth annual FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League season has commenced.

The 2023 tournament commenced on May 30 last week, and it will run through July 16. There are 16 teams competing from around the world, and the finals will be held at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.

The 16 teams that qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League tournament were the United States, Italy, Brazil, Canada, China, Turkey, Japan, Poland, Germany, Thailand, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Netherlands, South Korea and Bulgaria.

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Italy is the defending champions, having defeated Brazil in the finals of last year’s tournament to claim their first title. The Americans were looking to repeat last year, but they were stunned by Serbia 3-2 in the quarterfinals.

Americans Off To A Scorching Start In Bid For Fourth Championship

 The U.S. is the only nation to have won the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League more than once since the tournament was held for the first time in 2018.

The Americans won it the first three years — in 2018, 2019 and 2021. The 2020 tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the second straight tournament, the U.S. defeated Brazil in the tournament finals.

But USA’s bid for a four-peat, as previously noted, ended with a stunning loss to Serbia last year. The loss set the stage for a new champion, and when all was said and done, it was the Italians who emerged victorious.

USA, China and Poland were the three teams who went a perfect 3-0 in the preliminary round. America started off the tournament with a 3-2 win over Serbia, getting a little bit of revenge from last year’s loss in the quarters.

That game went the distance to five sets, with the U.S. winning the decisive one 15-12. 29-year-old Andrea Drews led the team with 25 points, and 24-year-old outside hitter Avery Skinner chipped in with 19.

Two days later on June 2, the Americans pulled off a…