2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League explained

Competition:	FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Continent:	World
Year:	2022
Host:	Italy
City:	Bologna (final round)
Dates:	7 June – 24 July
Teams:	16
Confederations:	4
Venues:	7
Cities:	7
Champions:	FRA
Title Number:	1
Second:	USA
Third:	POL
Fourth:	ITA
Mvp:	Earvin N'Gapeth
Setter:	Micah Christenson
Opposite Spiker:	Jean Patry
Libero:	Jenia Grebennikov
Matches:	104
Website:	Volleyball Nations League
Last:	2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Next:	2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held between 7 June to 24 July 2022, and the final round took place in Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy.^{[1] [2]}

Australia were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and will be replaced by 2022 Challenger Cup winners Cuba in the 2023 edition.^[3]

France won their first VNL title after defeating the United States in five sets. It was the United States' second silver medal. Poland won their second bronze medal by sweeping the finals host Italy in straight sets.^[4] Earvin N'Gapeth from France named the MVP of the tournament.^[5]

Qualification

As there was no promotion or relegation in the 2021 VNL,was scheduled for the same 16 teams in 2021 are to compete in this year's edition.^[6]

On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia was expeled from the competition.^[7] On April 29, FIVB announced that China will replaces Russia for the competition.^[8]

Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last
	CSV	Core team	3	2018	2021	7th place (2019)
	AVC	Challenger team	3	2018	2021	13th place (2018, 2019)
	CSV	Core team	3	2018	2021	Champions (2021)
	CEV	Challenger team	3	2018	2021	11th place (2018)
	NORCECA	Challenger team	3	2018	2021	7th place (2018)
	AVC	Challenger team	2	2018	2019	15th place (2018)
	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	Runners-up (2018)
	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	9th place (2018)
	AVC	Core team	3	2018	2021	5th place (2019)
	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	8th place (2018, 2019)
	AVC	Core team	3	2018	2021	10th place (2019)
	CEV	Challenger team	1	2021	2021	15th place (2021)
	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	Runners-up (2021)
	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	5th place (2018)
	CEV	Challenger team	1	2021	2021	4th place (2021)
	NORCECA	Core team	3	2018	2021	Runners-up (2019)

Format

Preliminary round

In the 2022 tournament, the format of play was changed. The new format will see 16 men's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. Each team plays 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.^[9]

Final round

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country Italy moving directly to the knockout phase which will consist of eight matches in total: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals and the bronze and gold medal matches.

Final 8 direct elimination formula:^[10]

1. The 1st ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 8th ranked team, the 2nd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 7th ranked team, the 3rd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 6th ranked team, the 4th ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 5th ranked team.
2. The Host Team is placed in 1st position if the team is among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.
3. The Host Team is placed in 8th position if the team is not among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.

Rule changes

1. Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
2. Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long.
3. Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.
4. Two time-outs per set are given to all matches in the Finals, one of them can only be called before technical time-out.
5. Live interview is introduced into matches during Set 2 and Set 3 in the Finals. Therefore, the breaks between Set 2 and Set 3 will extend to 5 minutes.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 7 December 2021.^[11]

Week 1		Week 2		Week 3
width=16%	Pool 1 Brazil	width=16%	Pool 2 Canada	width=16%	Pool 3 Philippines	width=16%	Pool 4 Bulgaria	width=16%	Pool 5 Japan	width=16%	Pool 6 Poland

Venues

Preliminary round

width=100% colspan=2	Week 1
width=50%	Pool 1	width=50%	Pool 2
Brasília, Brazil	Ottawa, Canada
Nilson Nelson Gymnasium	TD Place Arena
Capacity: 11,105	Capacity: 9,500
width=100% colspan=2	Week 2
width=50%	Pool 3	width=50%	Pool 4
Quezon City, Philippines	Sofia, Bulgaria
Araneta Coliseum	Armeets Arena
Capacity: 16,035	Capacity: 15,373
width=100% colspan=2	Week 3
width=50%	Pool 5	width=50%	Pool 6
Osaka, Japan	Gdańsk, Poland
Maruzen Intec Arena	Ergo Arena
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 11,409

Final round

All matches
Casalecchio di Reno, Italy
Unipol Arena
Capacity: 11,000

Competition schedule

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Preliminary round

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Final round

Pool standing procedure

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most points gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • Sets quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all sets won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the sets quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • If the tie persists based on the points quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

See main article: 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League squads.

Preliminary round

Ranking

Week 1

Pool 1

• All times are Brasília time .

Pool 2

• All times are Eastern Daylight Time .

Week 2

Pool 3

• All times are Philippine Standard Time .

Pool 4

• All times are Eastern European Summer Time .

Week 3

Pool 5

• All times are Japan Standard Time .

Pool 6

• All times are Central European Summer Time .

Final round

• All times are Central European Summer Time .

Final

Final standing

width=40	Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Source: VNL 2022 final standings

14–man roster
Barthélémy Chinenyeze, Jenia Grebennikov, Jean Patry, Benjamin Toniutti (c), Earvin N'Gapeth, Antoine Brizard, Stéphen Boyer, Nicolas Le Goff, Médéric Henry, Trévor Clévenot, Yacine Louati, Benjamin Diez, Pierre Derouillon, Quentin Jouffroy
Head coach
Andrea Giani

Awards

• Most valuable player

• Best setter

• Best outside spikers

• Best middle blockers

• Best opposite spiker

• Best libero

• Fair play award

^[12]

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.^[13]

Best Scorers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Attacks	width=20	Blocks	width=20	Serves	width=20	Total
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	191	10	30	231
2	Amin Esmaeilnezhad	169	11	13	193
3	Yuji Nishida	156	10	27	193
4	Aleksandar Nikolov	150	13	9	172
5	Yūki Ishikawa	122	13	29	164

Best Attackers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Spikes	width=20	Faults	width=20	Shots	width=20		width=20
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	191	53	125	51.76	369
2	Amin Esmaeilnezhad	169	47	96	54.17	312
3	Yuji Nishida	156	47	70	57.14	273
4	Aleksandar Nikolov	150	43	97	51.72	290
5	Jingyin Zhang	140	49	73	53.44	262

Best Blockers
	width=158	Player	width=20		width=20	Faults	width=20	Rebounds	width=20		width=20
1	Svetoslav Gotsev	35	38	19	2.92	92
2	Flávio Gualberto	27	38	56	2.25	121
3	Agustín Loser	26	70	53	2.17	149
4	David Smith	24	31	44	2.00	99
5	Jan Kozamernik	22	36	30	1.83	88

Best Servers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Aces	width=20	Faults	width=20	Hits	width=20		width=20
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	30	55	79	2.50	164
2	Yūki Ishikawa	29	41	97	2.42	167
3	Yuji Nishida	27	49	72	2.25	148
4	Aaron Russell	21	31	101	1.75	153
5	Mateusz Bieniek	16	22	75	2.00	113

Best Setters
	width=158	Player	width=20		width=20	Faults	width=20		width=20		width=20
1	Georgi Seganov	301	8	587	25.08	896
2	Bruno Rezende	299	5	450	24.92	754
3	Simone Giannelli	269	3	577	22.42	849
4	Joshua Tuaniga	257	1	345	21.42	603
5	Matías Sánchez	252	0	319	21.00	571

Best Diggers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Digs	width=20	Faults	width=20	Receptions	width=20		width=20
1	Santiago Danani	117	52	24	9.75	193
2	Tomohiro Yamamoto	101	22	20	8.42	143
3	Julian Zenger	100	34	39	9.09	173
4	Benjamin Diez	90	17	16	8.18	123
5	Robbert Andringa	72	29	10	6.00	111

Best Receivers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Excellents	width=20	Faults	width=20		width=20		width=20
1	Santiago Danani	87	10	116	40.85	213
2	Lorenzo Pope	75	23	136	32.05	234
3	Julian Zenger	74	15	123	34.91	212
4	Tomohiro Yamamoto	69	9	87	41.82	165
5	Yūki Ishikawa	67	8	112	35.83	187

Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.^[14]

Best Scorers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Attacks	width=20	Blocks	width=20	Serves	width=20	Total
1	Jean Patry	47	2	3	52
2	Aaron Russell	43	0	0	43
3	Torey DeFalco	35	1	7	43
4	Bartosz Kurek	33	1	5	39
5	Earvin N'Gapeth	31	1	4	36

Best Attackers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Spikes	width=20	Faults	width=20	Shots	width=20		width=20
1	Jean Patry	47	7	23	61.04	77
2	Aaron Russell	43	10	22	57.33	75
3	Torey DeFalco	35	12	21	51.47	68
4	Bartosz Kurek	33	11	33	42.86	77
5	Earvin N'Gapeth	31	7	18	55.36	56

Best Blockers
	width=158	Player	width=20		width=20	Faults	width=20	Rebounds	width=20		width=20
1	David Smith	8	16	19	2.67	43
2	Jeffrey Jendryk	6	21	13	2.00	40
3	Nicolas Le Goff	6	12	6	2.00	24
4	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	5	6	6	1.67	17
5	Micah Christenson	4	6	4	1.33	14

Best Servers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Aces	width=20	Faults	width=20	Hits	width=20		width=20
1	Torey DeFalco	7	9	38	2.33	54
2	Antoine Brizard	7	7	31	2.33	45
3	Jakub Kochanowski	6	8	26	2.00	40
4	Bartosz Kurek	5	13	20	1.67	38
5	Mateusz Bieniek	5	7	28	1.67	40

Best Setters
	width=158	Player	width=20		width=20	Faults	width=20		width=20		width=20
1	Micah Christenson	72	1	178	24.00	251
2	Antoine Brizard	47	1	147	15.67	195
3	Simone Giannelli	39	1	165	13.00	205
4	Marcin Janusz	38	1	167	12.67	206
5	Bruno Rezende	29	0	63	29.00	92

Best Diggers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Digs	width=20	Faults	width=20	Receptions	width=20		width=20
1	Fabio Balaso	35	6	3	11.67	44
2	Aaron Russell	25	11	2	8.33	38
3	Erik Shoji	23	9	2	7.67	34
4	Jenia Grebennikov	21	4	4	7.00	29
5	Paweł Zatorski	21	9	1	7.00	31

Best Receivers
	width=158	Player	width=20	Excellents	width=20	Faults	width=20		width=20		width=20
1	Trevor Clevenot	32	1	33	48.48	66
2	Erik Shoji	23	4	29	41.07	56
3	Aaron Russell	20	4	46	28.57	70
4	Kamil Semeniuk	20	1	30	39.22	51
3	Earvin N'Gapeth	19	2	30	37.25	51

Controversies at the Finals

Athletes and organizations complained about the organization of the Finals including poor facilities of training halls, transportation arrangements and meals arrangement. FIVB later apologized for the incidents and arranged a meeting with national teams' captains.^[15]

See also

• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

Notes

A.China forfeited the match on 22 June giving France a 3–0 win due to medical circumstances related to COVID-19.^[16]

B.Germany forfeited the match on 23 June giving China a 3–0 win because they refused to play against China even though the Chinese athletes were cleared by local authorities after testing positive for COVID-19.^[17]

External links

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
• FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022 – official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIVB Calendar . . 2022-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608012643/https://www.fivb.com/en/volleyball/calendar . live .
2. Web site: Volleyball World announces host cities for 2022 Volleyball Nations League . 7 December 2021 . volleyballworld . 7 December 2021 . 17 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220417100533/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/news/volleyball-world-announces-host-cities-for-2022-volleyball-nations-league . live .
3. Web site: Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles (Both teams earn the right to compete in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League) . volleyballworld . 3 August 2022 . 31 July 2022 . 22 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230522071424/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup-2022/news/croatia-and-cuba-secure-volleyball-challenger-cup-titles . live .
4. Web site: France win spectacular final to snatch historic VNL gold . volleyballworld . 24 July 2022 . 24 July 2022 . 24 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220724221029/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/news/poland-claim-third-consecutive-vnl-medal . live .
5. Web site: Earvin Ngapeth earns yet another MVP award . volleyballworld . 24 July 2022 . 24 July 2022 . 24 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220724230232/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/news/earvin-ngapeth-earns-yet-another-mvp-award . live .
6. Web site: FIVB announces cancellation of Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021 . 16 April 2021 . . 30 April 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531094611/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/fivb-announces-cancellation-of-volleyball-challenger-cup?id=92530 . live .
7. Web site: FIVB declares Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions . 1 March 2022 . . 30 April 2022 . 8 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608051906/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/fivb-declares-russia-and-belarus-not-eligible?id=96823 . live .
8. Web site: China men's national team returns to Volleyball Nations League line-up . 29 April 2022 . . 30 April 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531183619/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/china-men%E2%80%99s-national-team-returns-to-volleyball?id=96981 . live .
9. Web site: New Volleyball Nations League format announced . 13 August 2021 . . 30 April 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531193751/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/new-volleyball-nations-league-format-announced?id=95233 . live .
10. Web site: VNL 2022 Competition Formula . 17 June 2022 . volleyballworld . en . 17 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220617215912/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/competition/formula . live .
11. Web site: Volleyball World announces host cities for 2022 Volleyball Nations League . 7 December 2021 . . 30 April 2022 . 7 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207193830/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-world-announces-host-cities-for-2022?id=96714 . live .
12. Web site: Preechachan . 2023-07-10 . VNL FINALS INTRODUCE GREEN CARDS FOR FAIR PLAY . 2023-07-11 . Asian Volleyball Confederation . en-US.
13. Web site: Men's Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022 . volleyballworld . 7 June 2022 . 9 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220609014717/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/statistics/men/best-scorers/ . live .
14. Web site: Men's Final Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022 . volleyballworld . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613132432/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/finals-statistics/men/best-scorers/ . live .
15. Web site: Due to numerous complaints about organization of VNL's Final 8, FIVB held meeting with national teams' captains . WorldofVolley . 29 July 2022 . 26 July 2022 . 29 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220729055100/https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/fivb/311287/due-to-numerous-complaints-about-organization-of-vnls-final-8-fivb-held-meeting-with-national-teams-captains.html . live .
16. Web site: FIVB and Volleyball World update on COVID-19 protocols at VNL 2022 (Confirmation of cancellation of China vs France men's match) . 20 June 2022 . volleybalworld . 20 June 2022 . en . 20 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220620102136/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/news/fivb-and-volleyball-world-update-on-covid-19-protocols-at-vnl-2022-x4910 . live .
17. Web site: Confirmation of China vs Germany men's match cancellation . 23 June 2022 . volleyballworld . 23 June 2022 . 23 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220623072333/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/news/confirmation-of-china-vs-germany-men-s-match-cancellation . live .

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