2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

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2021 Men's Nations League
Rimini banner.jpg
Rimini, host city of the all rounds
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
CityRimini
DatesMay 28 – June 27
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place France
Fourth place Slovenia
Tournament awards
MVPBrazil Wallace de Souza
Poland Bartosz Kurek
Best SetterPoland Fabian Drzyzga
Best OHBrazil Yoandy Leal
Poland Michał Kubiak
Best MBBrazil Maurício Souza
Poland Mateusz Bieniek
Best OPPBrazil Wallace de Souza
Poland Bartosz Kurek
Best LiberoBrazil Thales Hoss
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was originally to be the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The 2021 version of VNL was originally scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. The preliminary round was scheduled to be held during five weeks between May 28 and June 23, 2021. The final round was scheduled for June 26 and 27.[1][2]

The final round was to take place in the United States but it was canceled due to a clash with the U.S. Independence Day.[3] Later FIVB confirmed Turin, Italy, would be the new host for the final round of the 2020 VNL.[4] On March 13, 2020 FIVB decided to postpone the Nations League until after the 2020 Summer Olympics, but after postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021, the FIVB finally canceled the 2020 VNL due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[5] and announced that Italy would host the final round of the 2020 VNL.

Qualification[]

In the 2019 edition sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which could not face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. Slovenia as winner of 2019 Challenger Cup earned the right to participate in this tournament replacing Portugal, the last placed challenger team after the 2019 edition. This year there won’t be any promotion or relegation and the 16 participants will also compete in the 2022 edition.[6]

Qualification Qualifier
Core teams  Argentina
 Brazil
 China[7]

 Netherlands

 France
 Germany
 Iran
 Italy
 Japan
 Poland
 Russia
 Serbia
 United States
Challenger teams  Australia
 Bulgaria
 Canada
 Slovenia

Format[]

Preliminary round[]

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.[2]

Final round[]

The four qualified teams play knock-out round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.

Secure bubble[]

As to ensure athletes were able to compete and the games were conducted safely, the 2021 VNL was played under a secure bubble. After the game, a total of 2,250 PCR and 7,920 antigen tests were performed and only one registered COVID-19 case was found.[8]

Venues[]

All rounds
Rimini, Italy
Rimini Fiera
Capacity: Unknown
Rimini Fiera Sigep 2011.jpg

Competition schedule[]

● Preliminary round ● Final round
Week 1
28–30 May 		Week 2
3–5 Jun 		Week 3
9–11 Jun 		Week 4
15–17 Jun 		Week 5
21–23 Jun 		Week 6
26–27 Jun
24 matches 24 matches 24 matches 24 matches 24 matches 4 matches

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[]

Main article: 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's 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[]

  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Qualified for the Final round

Ranking[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 13 2 38 39 12 3.250 1260 1102 1.143
2  Poland 12 3 37 39 11 3.545 1200 985 1.218
3  Slovenia 12 3 34 40 18 2.222 1342 1222 1.098
4  France 11 4 34 41 22 1.864 1472 1382 1.065
5  Russia 11 4 34 39 21 1.857 1380 1293 1.067
6  Serbia 10 5 28 35 27 1.296 1419 1341 1.058
7  United States 8 7 24 29 24 1.208 1239 1159 1.069
8  Canada 7 8 21 27 26 1.038 1198 1170 1.024
9  Argentina 7 8 20 23 29 0.793 1188 1222 0.972
10  Italy 7 8 19 28 33 0.848 1335 1345 0.993
11  Japan 7 8 19 25 31 0.806 1226 1266 0.968
12  Iran 5 10 18 25 32 0.781 1286 1349 0.953
13  Germany 4 11 14 22 38 0.579 1255 1360 0.923
14  Netherlands 3 12 11 19 40 0.475 1214 1354 0.897
15  Bulgaria 2 13 7 11 41 0.268 1037 1238 0.838
16  Australia 1 14 2 7 44 0.159 980 1243 0.788

Week 1[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 10:00 France  3–0  Bulgaria 27–25 25–21 25–23     77–69 P2Report
28 May 12:00 Germany  3–0  Australia 25–19 25–18 25–16     75–53 P2Report
28 May 13:00 Japan  3–0  Iran 25–19 25–22 26–24     76–65 P2Report
28 May 15:00 Serbia  3–1  Slovenia 22–25 25–18 36–34 25–18   108–95 P2Report
28 May 16:00 Netherlands  1–3  Russia 19–25 22–25 25–18 20–25   86–93 P2Report
28 May 18:00 United States  3–0  Canada 25–17 26–24 25–20     76–61 P2Report
28 May 19:30 Poland  3–0  Italy 25–19 25–20 25–18     75–57 P2Report
28 May 21:00 Brazil  3–0  Argentina 31–29 26–24 25–16     82–69 P2Report
29 May 10:00 Germany  2–3  France 25–22 22–25 25–22 16–25 15–17 103–111 P2Report
29 May 12:00 Iran  1–3  Russia 17–25 25–20 20–25 17–25   79–95 P2Report
29 May 13:00 Netherlands  2–3  Japan 25–22 25–23 22–25 17–25 8–15 97–110 P2Report
29 May 15:00 Australia  0–3  Bulgaria 21–25 20–25 20–25     61–75 P2Report
29 May 16:00 Poland  3–1  Serbia 26–24 25–19 21–25 25–15   97–83 P2Report
29 May 18:00 Italy  0–3  Slovenia 23–25 19–25 15–25     57–75 P2Report
29 May 19:30 Argentina  0–3  Canada 17–25 21–25 17–25     55–75 P2Report
29 May 21:00 United States  0–3  Brazil 22–25 23–25 19–25     64–75 P2Report
30 May 10:00 Australia  1–3  France 26–28 25–20 14–25 23–25   88–98 P2Report
30 May 12:00 Netherlands  0–3  Iran 18–25 23–25 28–30     69–80 P2Report
30 May 13:00 Germany  3–2  Bulgaria 19–25 25–21 22–25 30–28 15–11 111–110 P2Report
30 May 15:00 Russia  2–3  Japan 26–28 28–26 25–20 21–25 14–16 114–115 P2Report
30 May 16:20 United States  3–1  Argentina 23–25 25–21 25–15 25–19   98–80 P2Report
30 May 18:25 Canada  1–3  Brazil 17–25 20–25 25–22 25–27   87–99 P2Report
30 May 19:30 Poland  1–3  Slovenia 22–25 25–23 19–25 23–25   89–98 P2Report
30 May 21:00 Serbia  3–1  Italy 25–23 22–25 25–22 25–18   97–88 P2Report

Week 2[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jun 10:00 Germany  2–3  Argentina 19–25 25–23 25–17 23–25 13–15 105–105 P2Report
3 Jun 12:00 Iran  3–1  Canada 22–25 25–22 25–22 25–22   97–91 P2Report
3 Jun 13:00 Japan  1–3  Serbia 25–18 23–25 22–25 13–25   83–93 P2Report
3 Jun 15:00 Brazil  0–3  France 37–39 18–25 28–30     83–94 P2Report
3 Jun 16:00 Netherlands  0–3  Slovenia 18–25 15–25 18–25     51–75 P2Report
3 Jun 18:00 Australia  0–3  Poland 16–25 10–25 12–25     38–75 P2Report
3 Jun 19:30 Italy  3–2  Bulgaria 25–19 20–25 25–13 23–25 15–12 108–94 P2Report
3 Jun 21:00 Russia  3–1  United States 25–22 25–19 17–25 25–19   92–85 P2Report
4 Jun 10:00 Argentina  0–3  Slovenia 19–25 22–25 18–25     59–75 P2Report
4 Jun 12:00 Netherlands  3–2  Germany 25–18 23–25 25–20 23–25 15–13 111–101 P2Report
4 Jun 13:00 Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–20 25–16 25–20     75–56 P2Report
4 Jun 15:00 Serbia  3–2  France 22–25 24–26 25–22 25–23 15–9 111–105 P2Report
4 Jun 16:00 Iran  3–1  Italy 26–24 29–27 21–25 25–22   101–98 P2Report
4 Jun 18:15 Poland  3–0  United States 25–17 28–26 25–17     78–60 P2Report
4 Jun 19:30 Russia  3–0  Australia 25–19 26–24 25–21     76–64 P2Report
4 Jun 21:00 Canada  3–0  Bulgaria 28–26 25–23 25–16     78–65 P2Report
5 Jun 10:00 Netherlands  0–3  Argentina 19–25 20–25 23–25     62–75 P2Report
5 Jun 12:00 Slovenia  1–3  Germany 25–19 20–25 21–25 20–25   86–94 P2Report
5 Jun 13:00 France  3–2  Japan 21–25 25–22 24–26 25–21 15–11 110–105 P2Report
5 Jun 15:00 Brazil  3–1  Serbia 23–25 25–23 25–15 25–22   98–85 P2Report
5 Jun 16:00 Russia  1–3  Poland 25–21 19–25 19–25 14–25   77–96 P2Report
5 Jun 18:00 United States  3–0  Australia 25–23 25–20 25–17     75–60 P2Report
5 Jun 19:30 Bulgaria  0–3  Iran 20–25 31–33 22–25     73–83 P2Report
5 Jun 21:00 Canada  2–3  Italy 19–25 21–25 25–21 28–26 11–15 104–112 P2Report

Week 3[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jun 10:00 Serbia  3–1  Germany 19–25 25–22 25–18 25–15   94–80 P2Report
9 Jun 12:00 Japan  3–1  Australia 25–18 21–25 28–26 26–24   100–93 P2Report
9 Jun 13:00 France  3–1  Russia 22–25 25–18 30–28 25–19   102–90 P2Report
9 Jun 15:00 Slovenia  3–0  Canada 25–22 25–19 25–22     75–63 P2Report
9 Jun 16:30 Argentina  0–3  Italy 28–30 21–25 20–25     69–80 P2Report
9 Jun 18:00 Iran  3–0  United States 25–19 25–23 25–23     75–65 P2Report
9 Jun 19:30 Poland  3–0  Bulgaria 25–19 25–15 25–12     75–46 P2Report
9 Jun 21:00 Netherlands  0–3  Brazil 19–25 22–25 25–27     66–77 P2Report
10 Jun 10:00 Serbia  3–2  Iran 21–25 25–15 26–28 25–22 15–8 112–98 P2Report
10 Jun 12:00 Russia  3–1  Canada 25–18 25–18 23–25 25–23   98–84 P2Report
10 Jun 13:00 France  2–3  Slovenia 25–17 25–19 23–25 19–25 9–15 101–101 P2Report
10 Jun 15:00 Argentina  3–0  Australia 25–18 25–19 25–20     75–57 P2Report
10 Jun 16:00 Germany  0–3  United States 12–25 18–25 27–29     57–79 P2Report
10 Jun 18:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Brazil 16–25 22–25 12–25     50–75 P2Report
10 Jun 19:30 Japan  3–2  Italy 21–25 25–22 22–25 25–15 15–9 108–96 P2Report
10 Jun 21:00 Poland  3–0  Netherlands 25–14 25–17 25–16     75–47 P2Report
11 Jun 10:00 Iran  2–3  Germany 25–23 20–25 19–25 25–19 13–15 102–107 P2Report
11 Jun 12:00 Slovenia  3–2  Russia 19–25 25–23 22–25 25–20 15–8 106–101 P2Report
11 Jun 13:00 Japan  1–3  Argentina 32–30 16–25 18–25 21–25   87–105 P2Report
11 Jun 15:00 Netherlands  2–3  Bulgaria 18–25 25–18 25–17 22–25 13–15 103–100 P2Report
11 Jun 16:30 Australia  0–3  Italy 20–25 22–25 14–25     56–75 P2Report
11 Jun 18:00 United States  1–3  Serbia 23–25 17–25 25–19 25–27   90–96 P2Report
11 Jun 19:30 Canada  1–3  France 25–20 21–25 22–25 17–25   85–95 P2Report
11 Jun 21:00 Poland  0–3  Brazil 17–25 26–28 19–25     62–78 P2Report

Week 4[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Jun 10:00 Russia  3–1  Serbia 25–23 25–22 22–25 25–21   97–91 P2Report
15 Jun 12:00 Iran  2–3  Australia 23–25 22–25 25–23 25–18 12–15 107–106 P2Report
15 Jun 13:00 Argentina  3–1  Bulgaria 25–20 16–25 25–18 25–18   91–81 P2Report
15 Jun 15:00 Japan  3–0  Germany 25–18 25–22 25–20     75–60 P2Report
15 Jun 16:30 Italy  0–3  United States 15–25 18–25 21–25     54–75 P2Report
15 Jun 18:00 Canada  0–3  Poland 22–25 23–25 19–25     64–75 P2Report
15 Jun 19:30 Brazil  3–2  Slovenia 15–25 25–22 19–25 25–13 15–12 99–97 P2Report
15 Jun 21:00 Netherlands  3–2  France 15–25 22–25 28–26 25–23 19–17 109–116 P2Report
16 Jun 10:00 Argentina  1–3  Russia 19–25 23–25 25–21 19–25   86–96 P2Report
16 Jun 12:00 Serbia  3–0  Bulgaria 25–20 25–17 25–17     75–54 P2Report
16 Jun 13:00 Slovenia  3–1  Australia 18–25 25–18 25–18 25–17   93–78 P2Report
16 Jun 15:00 Japan  0–3  Poland 14–25 18–25 19–25     51–75 P2Report
16 Jun 16:30 Netherlands  1–3  Italy 19–25 23–25 25–23 21–25   88–98 P2Report
16 Jun 18:00 Canada  3–0  Germany 25–17 26–24 25–21     76–62 P2Report
16 Jun 19:30 United States  1–3  France 23–25 25–22 29–31 22–25   99–103 P2Report
16 Jun 21:00 Iran  1–3  Brazil 19–25 25–23 19–25 21–25   84–98 P2Report
17 Jun 10:00 Argentina  3–0  Serbia 27–25 25–20 26–24     78–69 P2Report
17 Jun 12:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 17–25 22–25 17–25     56–75 P2Report
17 Jun 13:00 Japan  0–3  Canada 22–25 23–25 18–25     63–75 P2Report
17 Jun 15:00 Australia  0–3  Brazil 17–25 22–25 12–25     51–75 P2Report
17 Jun 16:00 Iran  1–3  Slovenia 25–14 20–25 19–25 30–32   94–96 P2Report
17 Jun 18:00 Netherlands  2–3  United States 25–21 17–25 25–23 15–25 13–15 95–109 P2Report
17 Jun 19:30 France  2–3  Italy 19–25 25–22 20–25 25–21 12–15 101–108 P2Report
17 Jun 21:00 Germany  0–3  Poland 22–25 19–25 20–25     61–75 P2Report

Week 5[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jun 10:00 Australia  1–3  Serbia 16–25 13–25 25–19 15–25   69–94 P2Report
21 Jun 12:00 Japan  3–0  Bulgaria 25–23 25–18 25–14     75–55 P2Report
21 Jun 13:00 France  3–0  Iran 25–21 25–21 25–19     75–61 P2Report
21 Jun 15:00 Canada  3–0  Netherlands 25–16 25–16 25–19     75–51 P2Report
21 Jun 16:30 Brazil  3–1  Italy 25–19 32–30 22–25 25–20   104–94 P2Report
21 Jun 18:00 Slovenia  3–2  United States 28–30 25–19 21–25 28–26 15–13 117–113 P2Report
21 Jun 19:30 Poland  3–0  Argentina 25–21 25–22 25–18     75–61 P2Report
21 Jun 21:00 Germany  1–3  Russia 18–25 18–25 25–23 15–25   76–98 P2Report
22 Jun 10:00 Canada  3–0  Australia 25–17 25–8 25–20     75–45 P2Report
22 Jun 12:00 Serbia  3–2  Netherlands 25–21 21–25 25–18 21–25 17–15 109–104 P2Report
22 Jun 13:00 Bulgaria  0–3  United States 19–25 24–26 9–25     52–76 P2Report
22 Jun 15:00 Iran  0–3  Poland 20–25 20–25 16–25     56–75 P2Report
22 Jun 16:00 Japan  0–3  Slovenia 16–25 16–25 26–28     58–78 P2Report
22 Jun 18:00 France  3–0  Argentina 26–24 25–21 25–22     76–67 P2Report
22 Jun 19:30 Brazil  3–0  Germany 25–21 25–21 25–23     75–65 P2Report
22 Jun 21:00 Russia  3–2  Italy 25–21 16–25 25–17 19–25 15–12 100–100 P2Report
23 Jun 10:00 Australia  0–3  Netherlands 23–25 19–25 19–25     61–75 P2Report
23 Jun 12:00 Canada  3–2  Serbia 17–25 21–25 25–17 25–20 17–15 105–102 P2Report
23 Jun 13:00 United States  3–0  Japan 25–21 25–23 25–20     75–64 P2Report
23 Jun 15:00 France  3–2  Poland 25–22 21–25 22–25 25–20 15–11 108–103 P2Report
23 Jun 16:00 Iran  1–3  Argentina 31–33 23–25 32–30 18–25   104–113 P2Report
23 Jun 18:00 Slovenia  3–0  Bulgaria 25–23 25–16 25–18     75–57 P2Report
23 Jun 19:30 Italy  3–2  Germany 25–12 24–26 25–22 21–25 15–13 110–98 P2Report
23 Jun 21:00 Brazil  0–3  Russia 21–25 26–28 20–25     67–78 P2Report

Final round[]

  • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June
 
 
 Brazil3
 
27 June
 
 France0
 
 Brazil3
 
26 June
 
 Poland1
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Slovenia0
 
3rd place match
 
 
27 June
 
 
 France3
 
 
 Slovenia0

Semifinals[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Jun 11:30 Brazil  3–0  France 25–20 25–18 25–19     75–57 P2Report
26 Jun 15:00 Poland  3–0  Slovenia 25–22 25–21 25–23     75–66 P2Report

3rd place match[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun 11:30 France  3–0  Slovenia 25–20 25–18 25–19     75–57 P2Report

Final[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun 15:00 Brazil  3–1  Poland 22–25 25–23 25–16 25–14   97–78 P2Report

Final standings[]

Awards[]

Statistics leaders[]

Preliminary round[]

Statistics leaders correct as of preliminary round.[9]

Final round[]

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.[10]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).
  2. ^ (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).
  3. ^ (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).
  4. ^ (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).
  5. ^ (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).
  6. ^ (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).
  7. ^ (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).

References[]

  1. ^ "Italy To Host VNL 2021 In Secure Bubble". FIVB. March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "FIVB ANNOUNCES HOST COUNTRIES FOR 2020 VNL". FIVB. September 13, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "VNL2020 - News detail - FIVB opens bidding process for 2020 VNL Men's Finals - Volleyball Nations League 2020". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "News - Turin confirmed to host the 2020 men's VNL Finals". www.fivb.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "FIVB announces changes to events calendar". FIVB. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2021 – Everything you need to know". olympics.com. May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "FIVB statement on participating teams at VNL 2021". FIVB. April 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Successful COVID-19 protocols at VNL Bubble 2021". FIVB. July 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  10. ^ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.

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