Women's Volleyball Nations League 2026: Schedule, Matches, Dates, Time, Venues

Women's Volleyball Nations League 2026: Schedule, Pools, Matches, Dates, Start Time, Venues









Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2026 preliminary phase (not men's, as initially labeled—men's starts later on June 10 with different pools, venues like Ottawa for Canada, Linyi China, Brasília, and teams including Poland vs Cuba openers, France vs Italy clashes, etc.).
 The full preliminary round match-by-match schedule (Weeks 1–3) matches, based on the official Volleyball World / FIVB release from early February 2026. It features 18 women's teams across nine pools (three per week), with all times in UTC.Here is the complete schedule as listed, formatted clearly for readability:


Women's Volleyball Nations League 2026 Schedule



WEEK 1 (June 3–7)


POOL 1 – Quebec City, Canada 


June 3

15:00 – Ukraine vs USA

20:30 – France vs Japan  

June 4

00:00 – Canada vs Germany

20:30 – Ukraine vs Germany  

June 5

00:00 – Canada vs USA

20:30 – Ukraine vs Japan  

June 6

00:00 – France vs USA

20:30 – Canada vs France  

June 7

00:00 – Germany vs Japan

15:00 – Ukraine vs France

18:30 – USA vs Germany

22:00 – Canada vs Japan


POOL 2 – Brasília, Brazil  June 3


06:00 – Dominican Republic vs Türkiye

19:30 – Italy vs Bulgaria

23:00 – Brazil vs Netherlands  

June 4

19:30 – Türkiye vs Netherlands

23:00 – Brazil vs Dominican Republic 
 

June 5

19:30 – Dominican Republic vs Bulgaria

23:00 – Netherlands vs Italy  

June 6

14:00 – Brazil vs Bulgaria

18:30 – Italy vs Türkiye  

June 7

04:00 – Dominican Republic vs Netherlands

17:30 – Brazil vs Italy

21:00 – Bulgaria vs Netherlands


POOL 3 – Nanjing, China  June 3


03:30 – Belgium vs Poland

07:00 – Thailand vs Serbia

11:30 – China vs Czechia  

June 4

07:00 – Czechia vs Poland

11:30 – China vs Thailand  

June 5

07:00 – Belgium vs Czechia

11:30 – Serbia vs Poland  

June 6

07:00 – Thailand vs Belgium

11:30 – China vs Serbia  

June 7

03:30 – Thailand vs Czechia

07:00 – Belgium vs Serbia

11:00 – China vs Poland


WEEK 2 (June 17–21)


POOL 4 – Ankara, Türkiye  June 17


09:30 – Germany vs China

13:00 – France vs Brazil

16:30 – Türkiye vs Belgium  

June 18

13:00 – Belgium vs Brazil

16:30 – Türkiye vs France  

June 19

13:00 – France vs China

16:30 – Belgium vs Germany  

June 20

13:00 – China vs Brazil

16:30 – Türkiye vs Germany  

June 21

09:30 – Belgium vs France

13:00 – Germany vs Brazil

16:30 – Türkiye vs China


POOL 5 – Philippines (TBD venue) 

June 17

04:00 – Dominican Republic vs USA

08:00 – Czechia vs Italy

12:00 – Japan vs Serbia  

June 18

08:00 – Czechia vs USA

12:00 – Serbia vs Italy  


June 19

08:00 – Dominican Republic vs Serbia

12:00 – Japan vs Czechia  


June 20

08:00 – USA vs Italy

12:00 – Japan vs Dominican Republic  


June 21

04:00 – Serbia vs USA

08:00 – Czechia vs Dominican Republic

12:00 – Japan vs Italy


POOL 6 – Thailand (TBD venue)  June 17


06:00 – Canada vs Netherlands

10:00 – Bulgaria vs Poland

13:30 – Thailand vs Ukraine 
 

June 18

10:00 – Ukraine vs Poland

13:30 – Thailand vs Bulgaria  


June 19

10:00 – Ukraine vs Netherlands

13:30 – Bulgaria vs Canada  


June 20

10:00 – Netherlands vs Poland

13:30 – Thailand vs Canada  


June 21

06:00 – Bulgaria vs Ukraine

10:00 – Canada vs Poland

13:30 – Thailand vs Netherlands


WEEK 3 (July 8–12)


POOL 7 – Belgrade, Serbia  July 8

11:00 – France vs Netherlands

14:30 – Czechia vs Germany

18:00 – Serbia vs Bulgaria  

July 9

14:30 – Czechia vs Netherlands

18:00 – Serbia vs France  

July 10

14:30 – Bulgaria vs Czechia

18:00 – Germany vs Netherlands  

July 11

14:30 – Bulgaria vs France

18:00 – Serbia vs Germany  

July 12

11:00 – France vs Czechia

14:30 – Bulgaria vs Germany

18:00 – Serbia vs Netherlands


POOL 8 – Hong Kong, China  July 8

03:30 – Belgium vs Dominican Republic

09:00 – Ukraine vs Italy

12:30 – China vs Canada 
 

July 9

09:00 – Belgium vs Canada

12:30 – China vs Ukraine  


July 10

09:00 – Ukraine vs Dominican Republic

12:30 – Belgium vs Italy  


July 11

08:30 – Canada vs Italy

12:00 – China vs Dominican Republic  


July 12

03:00 – Belgium vs Ukraine

08:30 – Canada vs Dominican Republic

12:00 – China vs Italy


POOL 9 – Kansai, Japan  July 8


03:00 – Türkiye vs Poland

06:30 – Thailand vs USA

10:20 – Japan vs Brazil  


July 9

04:00 – USA vs Poland

10:20 – Japan vs Thailand  


July 10

04:00 – USA vs Türkiye

10:20 – Poland vs Brazil  


July 11

06:30 – Thailand vs Brazil

10:20 – Japan vs Türkiye  

July 12

03:00 – USA vs Brazil

06:30 – Thailand vs Türkiye

10:20 – Japan vs Poland


This covers the entire preliminary phase (108 matches total, 12 per team). The top 8 teams advance to the Women's Finals in Macao, China (July 22–26, 2026). Men's VNL prelims run separately (June 10–July 19), with finals in Ningbo, China (July 29–August 2).

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