With the victory of the Italian national team against the Netherlands (3-0 in Ottawa), Week 2 of the Volleyball Nations League 2024 ended, which so far is bringing smiles to the Italian team in view of the Paris Olympics this summer. The Azzurri, in light of the other matches played, remain firmly in second position in the ranking behind Poland. They are 118.66 points ahead of Cuba, who at the moment would be the first team not qualified for the Olympics.
This week, which saw Italy as the protagonist in Canada, saw the Italian successes against the United States, Cuba and the Netherlands, to which is added the defeat in the tie-break against France.
In Week 3, in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Italy will take to the field from Wednesday 19 June to face, in order, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovenia and finally Turkey.
Below is the complete program with Italian timetables.
Week 3 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Wednesday 19 June 2024, 8.30 pm
Italy-Poland
Thursday 20 June 2024, 4.30 pm
Bulgaria-Italy
Saturday 22 June 2024, 8.30 pm
Slovenia-Italy
Sunday 23 June 2024, 4.30 pm
Türkiye-Italy
The first 20 positions of the Ranking
(teams already qualified for Paris 2024 in bold, points in brackets)
1. Poland (410.36), 2. Italy (369.30), 3. Japan (348.41), 4. Brazil (342.82), 5. USA (338.77), 6. Slovenia (335.03), 7. France (322.56), 8 Argentina (302.36), 9. Serbia (251.55), 10. Cuba (250.64), 11. Germany (244.45), 12. Canada (244.21), 13. Netherlands (217.38), 14. Ukraine (197.34), 15 . Turkey (197.12), 16. Belgium (180.15), 17. Iran (177.72), 18. Czech Republic (166.76), 19. Egypt (164.05), 20. Bulgaria (163.21).
Volleyball Nations League standings after Week 2
1. Italy 7 v (21), 2. Slovenia 7 v (18), 3. Poland 6 v (18), 4. France 6 v (17), 5. Japan 6 v (16), 6. Brazil 5 v (16), 7. Canada 4 v (13), 8. Cuba 4 v (12), 9. Argentina 4 v (12), 10. Serbia 3 v (10), 11. Germany 3 v (9), 12 . USA 3 v (9), 13. Netherlands 3 v (9), 14. Bulgaria 2 v (5), 15. Turkey 1 v (5), 16. Iran 0 v (2).
The 2024 men’s Volleyball Nations League on TV and streaming
The Azzurri’s matches in VNL will be visible live on DAZN and on the paid streaming platform VBTV which will broadcast all the matches of the tournament.
Link to access VBTV welcome.volleyballworld.tv
