2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

    Quote from leo2017

    OMG. it seems serbia and brazil have already given up the final of vnl~~~~ It seems usa will get the champion of vnl without pressure ~~~ :super:

    How is it giving up if both Drussyla and Brankica got injured and are unable to play?

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    How is it giving up if both Drussyla and Brankica got injured and are unable to play?

    I think if the small injury happens during the world championship,I believe they will continue to play. It is good for them to have rest and recover before the world championship~~~the most important one. That is why I think they give up the vnl~~ :win:

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    Drussyla has a hand injury and is out for the rest of the tournament. She's already back in Brazil for treatment.


    Thats a very big blow for Brazil...maybe Ze should consider Jacqueline....

    According to Wikipedia, Nanjing is already picked as VNL Finals host for 2019 and 2020. That seems ... sort of ... something. FIVB thinks China needs the most work on their B Team?


    Watching this year, I've enjoyed the atmospheres of Thailand and The Netherlands.

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    This can`t be true...I can`t say it is not fair because at the end of the day China would be qualifying for the finals anyways. Would not be fair if let`s say they picked Turkey for example...


    But still....it is boring to have the same country hosting every time.... 8|


    Thailand hosted the finals in 2016.

    Quote from sitenoise

    According to Wikipedia, Nanjing is already picked as VNL Finals host for 2019 and 2020. That seems ... sort of ... something. FIVB thinks China needs the most work on their B Team?


    Watching this year, I've enjoyed the atmospheres of Thailand and The Netherlands.

    Quote from leo2017

    OMG. it seems serbia and brazil have already given up the final of vnl~~~~ It seems usa will get the champion of vnl without pressure ~~~ :super:

    monique as serving specialist! C''mon.. brazil will fight until its over!

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    Thats a very big blow for Brazil...maybe Ze should consider Jacqueline....

    it is even a welcomed opportunity i guess. Since rosamaria will be playing like she did kast year. The problem with rosamaria is her pass other than that, she is ok. She has a very giid height reach as well.

    I think the FIVB would really like to raise the profile of the VNL to take the prestige factor up a notch from what the Grand Prix was. They hired one of the leading US sports management company to consult with and it shows minus the stats. If they get 3 really competitive years out of four I think they will have done well. Plus rotating it through the countries is genius. One year the US will host and it won't be in Nebraska but Las Vegas, LA, or Miami. The need to grow the fan base in the US and China seem obvious.


    There can never be enough volleyball between the top teams either Club or National and the improving ability to watch it on demand is great.

    im wondering how they calculate best spiker ? can somebody explain it to me ?


    if i talk about Turkey..
    e.g...MB Eda Erdem has got 188 balls so far and had 94 kills..her percent is 50...Zehra has got 162 balls and had 88 kills..her percent is 54..however they arent at the top of the best spiker..the first one is 226th and the other is 230th...how many times should a spiker attack so that she should take a place up there ?


    lets say Eda and Zehra havent had enough amount of balls 188 and 162 balls arent enough but Şeyma Ercan has got 207 balls and had 81 kills..her percent is 39 but she is the 225th in the wide list..how come ? shouldnt she(Şeyma) have been the 20th up there at least ? why is it ? what is the rule to calculate it ?

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    im wondering how they calculate best spiker ? can somebody explain it to me ?


    if i talk about Turkey..
    e.g...MB Eda Erdem has got 188 balls so far and had 94 kills..her percent is 50...Zehra has got 162 balls and had 88 kills..her percent is 54..however they arent at the top of the best spiker..the first one is 226th and the other is 230th...how many times should a spiker attack so that she should take a place up there ?


    lets say Eda and Zehra havent had enough amount of balls 188 and 162 balls arent enough but Şeyma Ercan has got 207 balls and had 81 kills..her percent is 39 but she is the 225th in the wide list..how come ? shouldnt she(Şeyma) have been the 20th up there at least ? why is it ? what is the rule to calculate it ?


    It needs at least 15% attempts of teams total attempts,


    For example, the number of Turkey's total attempts is 1430, so their players need at least 215 attempts (15% of 1430) to be ranked at Best spiker ranking.

    GER team for 5th week:


    S: Hanke, Gryka
    OPP: Lippmann, Drewniok
    OH: Geerties, Fromm, Poll, Stigrot, Orthmann
    MB: Schölzel, Schwertmann, Vanjak
    L: Dürr, Pogany


    Magdalena Gryka was supposed to play already last week but she had a minor injury, so she'll make her debut in GER NT this week.


    No info about the health of the MBs that are out of the team, but in the phases where Vanjak was on court as MB it looked like it could be a good solution in the long run. She surely needs much more time to adapt to the position, but she has more power in attack and also a higher reach in block than all our regular MBs. It reminds me a bit of the situation of Nadja Schaus some years ago, when Fürst was injured it showed that no other MB could replace her, and Schaus was not strong enough on her normal position as OH/OPP to have a chance in NT, so back then Guidetti switched her to MB and it worked very well.

    I would like to ask why Lisa Gründing is out?