After today’s games in Volleyball Nations League regular season, the Netherlands got the last spot in Bologna…
The Netherlands maintained their eighth rank and earned the last slot in the Volleyball Nations League 2022 Finals after losing to Italy in their final Preliminary Phase match on Sunday. This created four intriguing quarterfinal matches.
The quarterfinal pairs are known and we will have a great clash in Bologna – USA vs. Brazil.
Italia will play the Netherlands, Poland will play Iran, and France will play Japan in the remaining quarterfinal matches.
The final schedule will be announced on Monday.
In the semifinals, the winners of Italy vs. the Netherlands (Quarterfinal 1) will take on the winners of France vs. Japan (Quarterfinal 4), and the winners of Poland vs. Iran (Quarterfinal 2) will take on the winners of USA vs. Brazil (Quarterfinal 3).
Today’s results:
Standings:
| Rank | Matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Points | Set Ratio | Point Ratio | ||
| 1 |  Italy | 10 | 31 | 3.555 | 1.130 |
| 2 |  Poland | 10 | 31 | 3.300 | 1.148 |
| 3 |  United States | 10 | 27 | 1.937 | 1.130 |
| 4 |  France | 9 | 28 | 2.818 | 1.203 |
| 5 |  Japan | 9 | 27 | 1.611 | 1.095 |
| 6 |  Brazil | 8 | 24 | 1.857 | 1.089 |
| 7 |  Iran | 7 | 20 | 1.157 | 1.041 |
| 8 |  Netherlands | 6 | 17 | 0.952 | 0.981 |
| 9 |  Argentina | 5 | 18 | 0.923 | 0.993 |
| 10 |  Slovenia | 5 | 15 | 0.750 | 0.952 |
| 11 |  Serbia | 5 | 14 | 0.703 | 0.968 |
| 12 |  Germany | 4 | 10 | 0.620 | 0.878 |
| 13 |  China | 3 | 9 | 0.500 | 0.883 |
| 14 |  Bulgaria | 2 | 9 | 0.516 | 0.910 |
| 15 |  Canada | 2 | 6 | 0.303 | 0.867 |
| 16 |  Australia | 1 | 2 | 0.228 | 0.831 |
