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“Volleyball Nations League Hong Kong 2025” will make a dynamic comeback from June 18 to 22, 2025
Hong Kong, December 10, 2024 – The eagerly awaited international volleyball event, “Volleyball Nations League Hong Kong 2025 (VNLHK2025),” will make a dynamic comeback from June 18 to 22, 2025.
Furthermore, the new competition format of this tournament will see 6 teams compete in 12 matches at each pool, allowing adequate time for recovery and preparations enabling them to showcase remarkable performances in front of the audience. In addition to Team China, which has always been beloved by Hong Kong fans, the reigning 2024 Paris Olympic champion – Team Italy will also take part in the Hong Kong pool, promising fans a visual feast!
New format is implemented in 2025
In order to highlight the appeal of volleyball and provide a fresh experience of volleyball competitions to audience, FIVB revamped the Men’s Volleyball World League and the Women’s Volleyball World Grand Prix, which originated in the 1990s, combined them into Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in 2018. With the introduction of the new competition format in 2022, each pool will feature 8 teams.
Starting from 2025, a new format will be implemented. There are 18 participating teams in both men’s and women’s in the updated format. Also canceled the grouping of core teams and challenger teams, and still consist of preliminary rounds leading to the finals.
Supporters applaud the amazing occasion and relish an unforgettable volleyball experience!
The preliminary stages will span 3 weeks and will expand from two pools to three per week. Each pool will host 6 teams, with each team participating in 12 matches over 3-week round-robin phase. The 18 teams will be categorized into 3 groups with 6 teams each per week, and each team will play 4 matches throughout 5 days (from Wednesday to Sunday) at each pool, with the top 8 teams advancing to the finals. The 18 participating teams in “Women’s Volleyball Nations League 2025” include Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Thailand, Türkiye, and the United States.
Fans can catch every exciting moment via the official streaming platform of Volleyball World. If you are interested, please subscribe at https://tv.volleyballworld.com/.
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