Volleyball World has invited potential host cities to express their interest in staging the women’s and men’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2023 and 2024, including the Finals, to maximise the time to organise, promote and elevate the VNL to fans worldwide.
VNL 2022
Volleyball World welcomes host city applications for Volleyball Nations League 2023 and 2024
Expression of interest can be submitted until 29 April 2022
Published 10:25, 09 Feb 2022
The event format for the 2023 and 2024 editions will remain the same as for the VNL 2022 where 16 men’s and 16 women’s teams compete in pools of eight teams during the pool phase. Each team will play 12 matches in their pools across three weeks of competition, consisting of four matches between the Tuesday and Sunday of each week with each gender playing on alternate weeks.
The VNL Women’s Preliminary Phase matches are scheduled from 30 May to 2 July in 2023 and from 14 May to 16 June in 2024. Meanwhile, the men’s matches of the Preliminary Phase are planned from 6 June to 9 July in 2023 and from 21 May to 23 June in 2024.
The VNL Finals will see the eight strongest teams per gender proceed to the knockout phase which will consist of eight matches: the quarterfinals, semi-finals and bronze and gold medal matches. Host team will be granted a place if not qualified. The women’s finals will be staged from 12 to 16 July in 2023 and from 20 to 23 June in 2024, while the men’s finals will be hosted on 19-23 July in 2023 and from 27-30 June in 2024.
All host city applications should be submitted to Volleyball World at event.hosting@volleyball.world by 29 April 2022. The hosting expression of interest form for the VNL 2023 and VNL 2024 can be found below.
