FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League statistics explained

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

This article gives the summarized final standings of each FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League tournament, an annual competition involving national men's volleyball teams.

After the tournament's sixth edition and as of 2024, France two gold (2022, 2024),[1] [2] a silver (2018) and a bronze (2021), Russia has won two golds (2018, 2019)[3] [4] Brazil one gold (2021),[5] Poland one gold (2023), one silver (2021) and three bronze medals (2019, 2022, 2024). United States has won three silvers (2019, 2022, 2023) and a bronze (2018), while Japan has won a silver (2024) and bronze (2023).[6]

Results summary

2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

See main article: 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads.

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players, which every week's 14-player roster must be selected from. Each country must declare its 14-player roster two days before the start of each week's round-robin competition.

Preliminary round

See main article: 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League.

Tournament statistics

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2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

See main article: 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads.

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 25 players, which every week's 14-player roster must be selected from. Each country must declare its 14-player roster two days before the start of each week's round-robin competition.

Preliminary round

See main article: 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League.

Tournament statistics

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2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

See main article: 2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads.

The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format. The teams play 3 matches each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top four teams after the preliminary round compete in the final round.

Preliminary round

See main article: 2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League.

Tournament statistics

2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

See main article: 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads. As there was no promotion or relegation in the 2021 VNL, 15 of the same 16 teams in 2021 are competing in this year's edition.[10]

Preliminary round

See main article: 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League. 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. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.[11]

Final round 2022

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.

Tournament statistics

2023 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

See main article: 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads. [12]

Preliminary round

See main article: 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League. The format of play is the same as edition 2022. 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.

Final round 2023

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country Poland 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 eighth

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Tournament statistics

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2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

See main article: 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads.

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Preliminary round

See main article: 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League.

The format of play is the same as the 2022 edition. The new format 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.[17]

Final round 2024

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country Poland 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 eighth

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Tournament statistics

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Medals summary

Volleyball Nations League (2018–present)

Years VNL Hosts Gold Silver Bronze
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024

Team participations

Appearance

Rankings

width=40Rank[20] width=100VNL 2018
4
5
7
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9
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11
12
13
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16
width=40Rank[21] width=100VNL 2019
4
5
6
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9
10
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12
13
14
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16
width=40Rank[22] width=100VNL 2021
4
5
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
width=40Rank[23] width=100VNL 2022
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
13
14
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16
width=40Rank[24] width=100VNL 2023
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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16
width=40Rank[25] width=100VNL 2024
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
13
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Team performances by season

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

[26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

Best Scorers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Blockswidth=20Serveswidth=20Total
2018 Jiang Chuan2421913274
2019 Amir Ghafour2142114249
2021 Nimir Abdel-Aziz2181036264
2022 Nimir Abdel-Aziz1911030231
2023 Nimir Abdel-Aziz184825217
2024 Tonček Štern2652431320
Best Attackers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Faultswidth=20Shotswidth=20
2018 Dmitry Muserskiy1461562223
2019 Bruno Lima1775098325
2021 Nimir Abdel-Aziz21877113408
2022 Nimir Abdel-Aziz19153125369
2023 Nimir Abdel-Aziz18466105355
2024 Tonček Štern26568153486
Best Blockers
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20Reboundswidth=20
2018 Svetoslav Gotsev346980183
2019 Graham Vigrass316365159
2021 Marko Podraščanin446651161
2022 Svetoslav Gotsev35381992
2023 Agustín Loser516144156
2024 Agustín Loser345947140
Best Servers
width=158Playerwidth=20Aceswidth=20Faultswidth=20Hitswidth=20
2018 Earvin N'Gapeth173474125
2019 Egor Kliuka2837107172
2021 Nimir Abdel-Aziz365594185
2022 Nimir Abdel-Aziz305579164
2023 Nimir Abdel-Aziz2552101179
2024 Nimir Abdel-Aziz405694190
Best Setters
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20width=20
2018 Maximiliano Cavanna99552851285
2019 Saeid Marouf529176881234
2021 Gregor Ropret37567091090
2022 Georgi Seganov3018587896
2023 Bruno Rezende2306595831
2024 Gregor Ropret35998311199
Best Diggers
width=158Playerwidth=20Digswidth=20Faultswidth=20Receptionswidth=20
2018 Luke Perry730136209
2019 Santiago Danani1435745245
2021 Fabio Balaso1614825234
2022 Santiago Danani1175224193
2023 Jani Kovačič1193115165
2024 Santiago Danani123587188
Best Receivers
width=158Playerwidth=20Excellentswidth=20Faultswidth=20width=20
2018 Paweł Zatorski599137205
2019 Thales Hoss10423231358
2021 Marko Ivović12323161307
2022 Santiago Danani8710116213
2023 Yūki Ishikawa6110131202
2024 Arman Salehi9016164270

Final Round

[33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

Best Scorers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Blockswidth=20Serveswidth=20Total
2018 Stéphen Boyer648375
2019 Bartosz Bednorz658679
2021 Yoandy Leal341237
2022 Jean Patry472352
2023 Yūki Ishikawa605570
2024 Yūki Ishikawa565364
Best Attackers
width=158Playerwidth=20Spikeswidth=20Faultswidth=20Shotswidth=20
2018 Bartosz Kurek215733
2019 Taylor Sander46102480
2021 Yoandy Leal3452362
2022 Jean Patry4772377
2023 Yūki Ishikawa601241113
2024 Yūki Ishikawa561930105
Best Blockers
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20Reboundswidth=20
2018 Lucas Saatkamp11162754
2019 Maxwell Holt17191753
2021 Maurício Souza991028
2022 David Smith8161943
2023 Roberto Russo9101635
2024 Nicolas Le Goff13221146
Best Servers
width=158Playerwidth=20Aceswidth=20Faultswidth=20Hitswidth=20
2018 Egor Kliuka663850
2019 Egor Kliuka893148
2021 Earvin N'Gapeth481729
2022 Torey DeFalco793854
2023 Mateusz Bieniek863347
2024 Tatsunori Otsuka433542
Best Setters
width=158Playerwidth=20width=20Faultswidth=20width=20
2018 Bruno Rezende25234259
2019 Saeid Marouf713129203
2021 Bruno Rezende401111152
2022 Micah Christenson721178251
2023 Micah Christenson1000156256
2024 Marcin Janusz670133200
Best Diggers
width=158Playerwidth=20Digswidth=20Faultswidth=20Receptionswidth=20
2018 Paweł Zatorski1401630
2019 Saeid Marouf245837
2021 Jani Kovačič184224
2022 Fabio Balaso356344
2023 Tomohiro Yamamoto3513149
2024 Tomohiro Yamamoto2817045
Best Receivers
width=158Playerwidth=20Excellentswidth=20Faultswidth=20width=20
2018 Thales Hoss2444775
2019 Thales Hoss27673106
2021 Klemen Čebulj1722241
2022 Trevor Clevenot3213366
2023 Ran Takahashi1654263
2024 Klemen Čebulj20104171

Individual awards

VNL Dream Team

YearMVPMiddle BlockersSetterOutside SpikersOpposite SpikerLibero
2018 Maxim Mikhaylov[39] Dmitry Muserskiy Kévin Le Roux Benjamin Toniutti Taylor Sander Dmitry Volkov Matt Anderson Jenia Grebennikov
2019 Matt Anderson[40] Ivan Iakovlev Maxwell Holt Micah Christenson Bartosz Bednorz Dmitry Volkov Egor Kliuka Matt Anderson Erik Shoji
2021 Wallace de Souza / Bartosz Kurek[41] Maurício Souza Mateusz Bieniek Fabian Drzyzga Yoandy Leal Michał Kubiak Wallace de Souza / Bartosz Kurek Thales Hoss
2022 Earvin N'Gapeth[42] David Smith Mateusz Bieniek Micah Christenson Trévor Clévenot Earvin N'Gapeth Jean Patry Jenia Grebennikov
2023 Paweł Zatorski[43] Jakub Kochanowski David Smith Micah Christenson Aleksander Śliwka Yūki Ishikawa Łukasz Kaczmarek Paweł Zatorski
2024 Antoine Brizard[44] Jakub Kochanowski Nicolas Le Goff Antoine Brizard Tomasz Fornal Yūki Ishikawa Jean Patry Tomohiro Yamamoto

Team awards

Fair play award

width=80 Yearwidth=140 Team
2018rowspan=3
2019
2021
2022[45]
2023
2024

All-time team records

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Rankwidth=160pxTeamswidth=60pxwidth=50pxWinsLossesPointsSet winsSet lostSet ratioPoints winsPoints lostPoints ratioFinal roundwidth=220pxVNL Best results
1 9874242132411202.008845377261.0946 (2023), (2021), (2019, 2022, 2024)
2 (2)9667291982341341.746856279401.0786 (2022, 2024), (2018), (2021)
3 (1)9463311912201341.642825876681.0776 (2021)
4 (1)9562331852141371.562817176511.0684 (2019, 2022, 2023), (2018)
5 8853351601881401.343752071221.05634th (2022, 2023)
6 (1)8852361431791621.105766375871.0103 (2024), (2023)
7 (1)8343401211611690.953732273590.99515th (2018)
8 (2)534112123133582.293450441221.1092 (2018, 2019)
9 (1)8339441241601630.982730972901.00325th (2023)
10 (2)573720104122901.356486446941.03634th (2021, 2024)
11 8236461071391650.842675569620.97016th (2024)
12 (3)8435491141491700.876718572830.98725th (2019)
13 812655841281910.670685373240.9369th (2018)
14 81206162992070.478644071260.90411th (2018)
15 52173556791190.664429645430.94618th (2022)
16 57104732561510.371429149490.86713th (2018, 2019)
17 5494528501420.352400145500.87913th (2022)
18 248162539590.661213222510.9479th (2024)
19 15213712400.300109512680.86415th (2019)
20 15114611420.262110812670.87516th (2018)
21 12111513340.382102411240.91116th (2024)
Total21 teams696 matches2,627 sets (3.77 pg)117,806 points (169 pg)13 teams 18 medals

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.

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: France win spectacular final to snatch historic VNL gold. 24 July 2022 . volleyballworld. 24 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Russia claim first world gold in five years at historical 2018 VNL. 8 July 2018 . FIVB. 8 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Russia golden again with second straight VNL title. 15 July 2019 . FIVB. 15 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Brazil masters of the Men's VNL with striking win over Poland in final. 27 June 2021 . FIVB. 27 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Volleyball World . Previous winners . 30 May 2023 . Volleyball World . en.
  7. Web site: Wallace sets mark to beat in VNL scoring. 10 July 2018 . FIVB. 10 July 2018.
  8. Web site: VNL Finals – Men: Individual stats . 18 July 2019 . . 18 July 2019.
  9. Web site: Italy to host VNL 2021 in secure bubble . 12 March 2021 . . 12 March 2021.
  10. Web site: FIVB announces cancellation of Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021 . 16 April 2021 . . 30 April 2022.
  11. Web site: New Volleyball Nations League format announced . 13 August 2021 . . 30 April 2022.
  12. Web site: VNL 2023 Men's teams . 6 June 2023 . . 6 June 2023.
  13. Web site: VNL 2023 Brackets. 16 July 2023 . FIVB. 16 July 2023.
  14. Web site: 2023 VNL Preliminary – Men: Individual stats . 13 July 2023 . volleyballworld.com . 13 July 2023.
  15. Web site: 2023 VNL Finals – Men: Individual stats . 13 July 2023 . volleyballworld.com . 13 July 2023.
  16. Web site: VNL 2024 Teams . 26 May 2024 . Volleyball World. 26 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526080525/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-nations-league/teams/men/ . live.
  17. Web site: VNL 2024 Competition Formula . volleyballworld.com . 20 January 2024 . 20 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240120055438/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-nations-league/competition/formula . live.
  18. Web site: VNL 2024 Brackets. 26 May 2024 . FIVB. 26 May 2024.
  19. Web site: VNL Finals – Men: Individual stats . 26 May 2024 . volleyballworld.com . 26 May 2024.
  20. Web site: Final Standing. Volleyball World . 8 July 2018. 30 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230730022310/https://en.volleyballworld.com/en/vnl/2018/mensfinals/competition/finalstanding . live.
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  25. Web site: Final Standing. Volleyball World . 30 June 2024. 1 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701055724/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-nations-league/standings/men/#round-f . live.
  26. Web site: Men's Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2018 . volleyballworld.com . 25 June 2018.
  27. Web site: Men's Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2019 . volleyballworld.com . 30 June 2019.
  28. Web site: Men's Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2021 . Volleyball World . 28 May 2021.
  29. Web site: 2021 VNL - Men's Team Stats . Volleyball World . 27 May 2021.
  30. Web site: Men's Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2022 . Volleyball World . 7 June 2022.
  31. Web site: Men's Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2023 . Volleyball World . 6 June 2023.
  32. Web site: Men's Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2024. volleyballworld.com . 2 June 2024.
  33. Web site: Men's Finals Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2018 . volleyballworld.com . 8 July 2018.
  34. Web site: Men's Finals Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2019 . volleyballworld.com . 15 July 2019.
  35. Web site: Men's Finals Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2021. volleyballworld.com . 26 June 2021.
  36. Web site: Men's Finals Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2022 . volleyballworld.com . 16 July 2022.
  37. Web site: Men's Finals Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2023 . volleyballworld.com . 19 July 2023.
  38. Web site: Men's Finals Statistics – FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2024 . volleyballworld.com . 30 June 2024.
  39. Web site: Mikhaylov Leads Star-Studded VNL Dream Team. . 8 July 2018 . 17 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221217134408/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/mikhaylov-leads-star-studded-vnl-dream-team?id=76438 . live.
  40. Web site: Russia Golden Again With Second Straight Men's VNL Title . . 15 July 2019 . 17 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221217134154/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/russia-golden-again-with-second-straight-mens?id=85273 . live.
  41. Web site: Wallace, Kurek share Men's VNL MVP Award . Volleyball World . 27 June 2021. 25 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725125819/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2021/news/wallace-kurek-share-men-s-vnl-mvp-award . live.
  42. Web site: Earvin Ngapeth earns yet another MVP award . Volleyball World . 24 July 2022. 25 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725130434/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/news/earvin-ngapeth-earns-yet-another-mvp-award . live.
  43. Web site: Zatorksi becomes the first libero to earn the VNL MVP award. Volleyball World . 23 July 2023. 25 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725130814/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2023/news/zatorksi-becomes-the-first-libero-to-earn-the-vnl-mvp-award . live.
  44. Web site: MVP Brizard guides France to second VNL gold. Volleyball World . 30 June 2024. 1 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701060451/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-nations-league/news/mvp-brizard-guides-france-to-second-vnl-gold . live.
  45. Web site: Preechachan . 2023-07-10 . VNL FINALS INTRODUCE GREEN CARDS FOR FAIR PLAY . 2023-07-11 . Asian Volleyball Confederation . en-US.
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