2022 Women's Volleyball Nations League

    Quote from Inoshi08

    Am i the only one wishing that VNL has another winner other than USA and Brazil? It's always been between those two ONLY since what... 2006?

    we need more excitement in this tournament.

    blame china for not bringing the A-team last year

    or blame them for beating NED from 2-2 10-14 down in 2017 to keep brazil alive

    idk

    Or those euro teams that used to think that VNL was some kind of U-tournament... Take it seriously, and you might win it

    Quote from sloth

    I'm not trying to bait anyone.. it's true tho... Most of them are taking it seriously this time, but that wasn't always the case

    I do think Italy might win it all though. Serbia seems to still not play Bosko. Russia is banned, and Turkiye is hosting so it's hard to judge their play. Looked messy at times though.


    Not much more competitive european teams that could win VNL.

    Quote from fire_cai_bin

    I do think Italy might win it all though. Serbia seems to still not play Bosko. Russia is banned, and Turkiye is hosting so it's hard to judge their play. Looked messy at times though.


    Not much more competitive european teams that could win VNL.

    Bošković asked Santrelli for the rest. She’s had a long long 2 years.

    Quote from suminj

    The other 33-34y/o Korean players should've done the same instead of retiring completely from the NT


    Feel bad for the young players getting pummeled

    Do you think KVF is gonna ask them to return for WCH?


    but then in my eyes only KYK matters with regards to helping the young players...

    Quote from fire_cai_bin

    Do you think KVF is gonna ask them to return for WCH?


    but then in my eyes only KYK matters with regards to helping the young players...

    Yang Hyojin would be helpful too - imo at least, she was MVP of v-league last season

    Pre-Lavarini her center attacks were very effective for Korea, but Lavarini didn't want Korea using the center as much (height? block height? not sure)


    KVA might try asking but who knows if they'd accept. KYK's only goal is an Olympic medal and that's in 2024, will she return just to help her juniors in NT since an Olympics medal is (pretty much) definitely out of the picture? I don't know how likely


    Setter Lee Hyohee returned to NT multiple times at 38-39y/o to help the NT out when younger setters were injured (AVC, Olympic Qualifiers, etc) even though she was fully retired

    KYK might have to be a coach earlier than she planned

    Quote from fire_cai_bin

    updated:

    So Canada and Japan had the easiest schedules, which can explain their overachievement in the ranking.

    Moreover Both Bulgaria and Belgium could have a shot to be in top 8 instead of being in the bottom of table if they would have played against Korea. This shows that not playing every team really creates injustice 🤦

    Quote from Inoshi08

    Am i the only one wishing that VNL has another winner other than USA and Brazil? It's always been between those two ONLY since what... 2006?

    we need more excitement in this tournament.

    I'm wishing Brazil wins this as they haven't won VNL. And their new cycle players are all good. Esp. Lorrayna, Kisy, Julia K, Julia B, Ana Cristina. It's like 2004-2005 again where Sheilla, Mari, Paula, Fabiana, Thaisa all made the NT.

    VNL 2022 Preliminary round statistics


    BEST SCORER

    1. Britt Herbots 306
    2. Sarina Koga 243
    3. Yinying Li 232
    4. Pimpichaya Kokram 218
    5. Kiera Van Ryk 213

    BEST SPIKER (OH, OPP)

    *min 150 attempts

    1. Paola Egonu 50.45%
    2. Xiangyu Gong 48.42%
    3. Yingying Li 47.99%
    4. Ebrar Karakurt 47.17%
    5. Alice Degradi 46.75%


    honorable mentions

    • Alexandra Frantti 54.24%
    • Kathryn Plummer 51.06%


    BEST SPIKER (MB)

    *min 100 attempts

    1. Zehra Gunes 61.2%
    2. Yuanyuan Wang 56.16%
    3. Ana Carolina Da Silva 55.3%
    4. Emily Maglio 52.38%
    5. Nasya Dimitrova 50.35%

    BEST BLOCKER (MB)

    1. Ana Carolina Da Silva 52
    2. Zehra Gunes 43
    3. Maja Aleksic 40
    4. Eline Timmerman 36
    5. Marlies Janssens 32

    BEST SERVER

    1. Kiera Van Ryk 20
    2. Yingying Li 13
    3. Ana Carolina Da Silva 12
    4. Lina Alsmeier 11
    5. Pimpichaya Kokram 11


    BEST DIGGER

    1. Maria Stenzel 176
    2. Manami Kojima 176
    3. Myrthe Schoot 161
    4. Teodora Pusic 146
    5. Anna Pogany 144

    BEST RECEIVER (L)

    1. Anna Pogany 58.48%
    2. Manami Kojima 51.13%
    3. Myrthe Shoot 43.37%
    4. Maria Stenzel 43.28%
    5. Dahye Han 38.42%


    *honorable mentions

    • Nyeme Vcitoria Alexandre Costa Nunes 54.29%


    BEST RECEIVER (OH)

    *minimum 200 attempts

    1. Sarina Koga 51.92%
    2. Anne Buijs 50.79%
    3. Julia Isabelle Bergmann 45.69%
    4. Meliha Ismalioglu 39.81%
    5. Hande Baladin 37.5%

    *honorable mentions

    • Mami Uchiseto 58.65%
    • Kotona Hayashi 55.3%



    BEST SETTER

    *always creepy, but let's put it just to be here

    1. Guedpard Pornpun 475
    2. Joanna Wolosz 305
    3. Niverika Dharlenis Marte Frica 298
    4. Britt Bongaerts 262
    5. Hye Seon Yeum 252
    Quote from jaeden85

    I'm wishing Brazil wins this as they haven't won VNL. And their new cycle players are all good. Esp. Lorrayna, Kisy, Julia K, Julia B, Ana Cristina. It's like 2004-2005 again where Sheilla, Mari, Paula, Fabiana, Thaisa all made the NT.

    but they have won the previous edition many times. It's time others get a chance. Really hope anyone will win it other than those two

    I want diversity as well but other teams need to step up their games, I wouldn't want to see a new champion just because USA or Brazil had a bad day. Based on what I have seen during the group stages, USA has a lot of depth, they can come up with maybe 3 different teams that would play for the gold. The problem here, however, will be they have played with different starting players almost every game and we'll see who are going to be the main starting players during the finals and if they'll be able to perform on top level every day. We also haven't seen many chances when they needed, they stuck with their teams and wanted them to solve their issues, which is good from a perspective. Brazil had their not so great performances but I believe they'll be better during the finals. As for Italy, it'll depend on whether they'll play with Malinov or Orro. Although Orro is not a top level setter or anything special, she is better than Malinov for sure. Pietrini is coming back from an injury so I am not sure if she'll be used. I believe they have some injuries or covid related issues on OH position and haven't found their best line up yet. As for MB, I feel like they should have experimented more.


    As I have stated above, I am down with diversity but I also have to state that there have been great matches and finals in the previous editions. USA vs Brazil in 2019, Turkey vs USA in 2018, Brazil vs Italy in 2017, and Brazil vs USA in 2016 were great finals. And USA playing with main squad in the group stages only to bring their reserves in 2010-2012 editions and still end up as champions was pretty fun.