2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's 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]

2021 Men's Nations League
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
MVP Wallace de Souza
Bartosz Kurek
Best Setter Fabian Drzyzga
Best OH Yoandy Leal
Michał Kubiak
Best MB Maurício Souza
Mateusz Bieniek
Best OPP Wallace de Souza
Bartosz Kurek
Best Libero Thales Hoss
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

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

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

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
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 May10:00France  3–0  Bulgaria 27–2525–2125–23  77–69P2Report
28 May12:00Germany  3–0  Australia 25–1925–1825–16  75–53P2Report
28 May13:00Japan  3–0  Iran 25–1925–2226–24  76–65P2Report
28 May15:00Serbia  3–1  Slovenia 22–2525–1836–3425–18 108–95P2Report
28 May16:00Netherlands  1–3  Russia 19–2522–2525–1820–25 86–93P2Report
28 May18:00United States  3–0  Canada 25–1726–2425–20  76–61P2Report
28 May19:30Poland  3–0  Italy 25–1925–2025–18  75–57P2Report
28 May21:00Brazil  3–0  Argentina 31–2926–2425–16  82–69P2Report
29 May10:00Germany  2–3  France 25–2222–2525–2216–2515–17103–111P2Report
29 May12:00Iran  1–3  Russia 17–2525–2020–2517–25 79–95P2Report
29 May13:00Netherlands  2–3  Japan 25–2225–2322–2517–258–1597–110P2Report
29 May15:00Australia  0–3  Bulgaria 21–2520–2520–25  61–75P2Report
29 May16:00Poland  3–1  Serbia 26–2425–1921–2525–15 97–83P2Report
29 May18:00Italy  0–3  Slovenia 23–2519–2515–25  57–75P2Report
29 May19:30Argentina  0–3  Canada 17–2521–2517–25  55–75P2Report
29 May21:00United States  0–3  Brazil 22–2523–2519–25  64–75P2Report
30 May10:00Australia  1–3  France 26–2825–2014–2523–25 88–98P2Report
30 May12:00Netherlands  0–3  Iran 18–2523–2528–30  69–80P2Report
30 May13:00Germany  3–2  Bulgaria 19–2525–2122–2530–2815–11111–110P2Report
30 May15:00Russia  2–3  Japan 26–2828–2625–2021–2514–16114–115P2Report
30 May16:20United States  3–1  Argentina 23–2525–2125–1525–19 98–80P2Report
30 May18:25Canada  1–3  Brazil 17–2520–2525–2225–27 87–99P2Report
30 May19:30Poland  1–3  Slovenia 22–2525–2319–2523–25 89–98P2Report
30 May21:00Serbia  3–1  Italy 25–2322–2525–2225–18 97–88P2Report

Week 2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jun10:00Germany  2–3  Argentina 19–2525–2325–1723–2513–15105–105P2Report
3 Jun12:00Iran  3–1  Canada 22–2525–2225–2225–22 97–91P2Report
3 Jun13:00Japan  1–3  Serbia 25–1823–2522–2513–25 83–93P2Report
3 Jun15:00Brazil  0–3  France 37–3918–2528–30  83–94P2Report
3 Jun16:00Netherlands  0–3  Slovenia 18–2515–2518–25  51–75P2Report
3 Jun18:00Australia  0–3  Poland 16–2510–2512–25  38–75P2Report
3 Jun19:30Italy  3–2  Bulgaria 25–1920–2525–1323–2515–12108–94P2Report
3 Jun21:00Russia  3–1  United States 25–2225–1917–2525–19 92–85P2Report
4 Jun10:00Argentina  0–3  Slovenia 19–2522–2518–25  59–75P2Report
4 Jun12:00Netherlands  3–2  Germany 25–1823–2525–2023–2515–13111–101P2Report
4 Jun13:00Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–2025–1625–20  75–56P2Report
4 Jun15:00Serbia  3–2  France 22–2524–2625–2225–2315–9111–105P2Report
4 Jun16:00Iran  3–1  Italy 26–2429–2721–2525–22 101–98P2Report
4 Jun18:15Poland  3–0  United States 25–1728–2625–17  78–60P2Report
4 Jun19:30Russia  3–0  Australia 25–1926–2425–21  76–64P2Report
4 Jun21:00Canada  3–0  Bulgaria 28–2625–2325–16  78–65P2Report
5 Jun10:00Netherlands  0–3  Argentina 19–2520–2523–25  62–75P2Report
5 Jun12:00Slovenia  1–3  Germany 25–1920–2521–2520–25 86–94P2Report
5 Jun13:00France  3–2  Japan 21–2525–2224–2625–2115–11110–105P2Report
5 Jun15:00Brazil  3–1  Serbia 23–2525–2325–1525–22 98–85P2Report
5 Jun16:00Russia  1–3  Poland 25–2119–2519–2514–25 77–96P2Report
5 Jun18:00United States  3–0  Australia 25–2325–2025–17  75–60P2Report
5 Jun19:30Bulgaria  0–3  Iran 20–2531–3322–25  73–83P2Report
5 Jun21:00Canada  2–3  Italy 19–2521–2525–2128–2611–15104–112P2Report

Week 3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jun10:00Serbia  3–1  Germany 19–2525–2225–1825–15 94–80P2Report
9 Jun12:00Japan  3–1  Australia 25–1821–2528–2626–24 100–93P2Report
9 Jun13:00France  3–1  Russia 22–2525–1830–2825–19 102–90P2Report
9 Jun15:00Slovenia  3–0  Canada 25–2225–1925–22  75–63P2Report
9 Jun16:30Argentina  0–3  Italy 28–3021–2520–25  69–80P2Report
9 Jun18:00Iran  3–0  United States 25–1925–2325–23  75–65P2Report
9 Jun19:30Poland  3–0  Bulgaria 25–1925–1525–12  75–46P2Report
9 Jun21:00Netherlands  0–3  Brazil 19–2522–2525–27  66–77P2Report
10 Jun10:00Serbia  3–2  Iran 21–2525–1526–2825–2215–8112–98P2Report
10 Jun12:00Russia  3–1  Canada 25–1825–1823–2525–23 98–84P2Report
10 Jun13:00France  2–3  Slovenia 25–1725–1923–2519–259–15101–101P2Report
10 Jun15:00Argentina  3–0  Australia 25–1825–1925–20  75–57P2Report
10 Jun16:00Germany  0–3  United States 12–2518–2527–29  57–79P2Report
10 Jun18:00Bulgaria  0–3  Brazil 16–2522–2512–25  50–75P2Report
10 Jun19:30Japan  3–2  Italy 21–2525–2222–2525–1515–9108–96P2Report
10 Jun21:00Poland  3–0  Netherlands 25–1425–1725–16  75–47P2Report
11 Jun10:00Iran  2–3  Germany 25–2320–2519–2525–1913–15102–107P2Report
11 Jun12:00Slovenia  3–2  Russia 19–2525–2322–2525–2015–8106–101P2Report
11 Jun13:00Japan  1–3  Argentina 32–3016–2518–2521–25 87–105P2Report
11 Jun15:00Netherlands  2–3  Bulgaria 18–2525–1825–1722–2513–15103–100P2Report
11 Jun16:30Australia  0–3  Italy 20–2522–2514–25  56–75P2Report
11 Jun18:00United States  1–3  Serbia 23–2517–2525–1925–27 90–96P2Report
11 Jun19:30Canada  1–3  France 25–2021–2522–2517–25 85–95P2Report
11 Jun21:00Poland  0–3  Brazil 17–2526–2819–25  62–78P2Report

Week 4
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Jun10:00Russia  3–1  Serbia 25–2325–2222–2525–21 97–91P2Report
15 Jun12:00Iran  2–3  Australia 23–2522–2525–2325–1812–15107–106P2Report
15 Jun13:00Argentina  3–1  Bulgaria 25–2016–2525–1825–18 91–81P2Report
15 Jun15:00Japan  3–0  Germany 25–1825–2225–20  75–60P2Report
15 Jun16:30Italy  0–3  United States 15–2518–2521–25  54–75P2Report
15 Jun18:00Canada  0–3  Poland 22–2523–2519–25  64–75P2Report
15 Jun19:30Brazil  3–2  Slovenia 15–2525–2219–2525–1315–1299–97P2Report
15 Jun21:00Netherlands  3–2  France 15–2522–2528–2625–2319–17109–116P2Report
16 Jun10:00Argentina  1–3  Russia 19–2523–2525–2119–25 86–96P2Report
16 Jun12:00Serbia  3–0  Bulgaria 25–2025–1725–17  75–54P2Report
16 Jun13:00Slovenia  3–1  Australia 18–2525–1825–1825–17 93–78P2Report
16 Jun15:00Japan  0–3  Poland 14–2518–2519–25  51–75P2Report
16 Jun16:30Netherlands  1–3  Italy 19–2523–2525–2321–25 88–98P2Report
16 Jun18:00Canada  3–0  Germany 25–1726–2425–21  76–62P2Report
16 Jun19:30United States  1–3  France 23–2525–2229–3122–25 99–103P2Report
16 Jun21:00Iran  1–3  Brazil 19–2525–2319–2521–25 84–98P2Report
17 Jun10:00Argentina  3–0  Serbia 27–2525–2026–24  78–69P2Report
17 Jun12:00Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 17–2522–2517–25  56–75P2Report
17 Jun13:00Japan  0–3  Canada 22–2523–2518–25  63–75P2Report
17 Jun15:00Australia  0–3  Brazil 17–2522–2512–25  51–75P2Report
17 Jun16:00Iran  1–3  Slovenia 25–1420–2519–2530–32 94–96P2Report
17 Jun18:00Netherlands  2–3  United States 25–2117–2525–2315–2513–1595–109P2Report
17 Jun19:30France  2–3  Italy 19–2525–2220–2525–2112–15101–108P2Report
17 Jun21:00Germany  0–3  Poland 22–2519–2520–25  61–75P2Report

Week 5
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jun10:00Australia  1–3  Serbia 16–2513–2525–1915–25 69–94P2Report
21 Jun12:00Japan  3–0  Bulgaria 25–2325–1825–14  75–55P2Report
21 Jun13:00France  3–0  Iran 25–2125–2125–19  75–61P2Report
21 Jun15:00Canada  3–0  Netherlands 25–1625–1625–19  75–51P2Report
21 Jun16:30Brazil  3–1  Italy 25–1932–3022–2525–20 104–94P2Report
21 Jun18:00Slovenia  3–2  United States 28–3025–1921–2528–2615–13117–113P2Report
21 Jun19:30Poland  3–0  Argentina 25–2125–2225–18  75–61P2Report
21 Jun21:00Germany  1–3  Russia 18–2518–2525–2315–25 76–98P2Report
22 Jun10:00Canada  3–0  Australia 25–1725–825–20  75–45P2Report
22 Jun12:00Serbia  3–2  Netherlands 25–2121–2525–1821–2517–15109–104P2Report
22 Jun13:00Bulgaria  0–3  United States 19–2524–269–25  52–76P2Report
22 Jun15:00Iran  0–3  Poland 20–2520–2516–25  56–75P2Report
22 Jun16:00Japan  0–3  Slovenia 16–2516–2526–28  58–78P2Report
22 Jun18:00France  3–0  Argentina 26–2425–2125–22  76–67P2Report
22 Jun19:30Brazil  3–0  Germany 25–2125–2125–23  75–65P2Report
22 Jun21:00Russia  3–2  Italy 25–2116–2525–1719–2515–12100–100P2Report
23 Jun10:00Australia  0–3  Netherlands 23–2519–2519–25  61–75P2Report
23 Jun12:00Canada  3–2  Serbia 17–2521–2525–1725–2017–15105–102P2Report
23 Jun13:00United States  3–0  Japan 25–2125–2325–20  75–64P2Report
23 Jun15:00France  3–2  Poland 25–2221–2522–2525–2015–11108–103P2Report
23 Jun16:00Iran  1–3  Argentina 31–3323–2532–3018–25 104–113P2Report
23 Jun18:00Slovenia  3–0  Bulgaria 25–2325–1625–18  75–57P2Report
23 Jun19:30Italy  3–2  Germany 25–1224–2625–2221–2515–13110–98P2Report
23 Jun21:00Brazil  0–3  Russia 21–2526–2820–25  67–78P2Report

Final round
 
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 Jun11:30Brazil  3–0  France 25–2025–1825–19  75–57P2Report
26 Jun15:00Poland  3–0  Slovenia 25–2225–2125–23  75–66P2Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun11:30France  3–0  Slovenia 25–2025–1825–19  75–57P2Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun15:00Brazil  3–1  Poland 22–2525–2325–1625–14 97–78P2Report

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]

Because of Covid-19 restrictions, the game is played without spectators. Total 10,170 Covid-19 tests (including women's side) were conducted to players, referees, officials and staff every four days.[11]

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. "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". IOC. May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. "FIVB statement on participating teams at VNL 2021". FIVB. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  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.
  11. volleyballworld.com. "Looking back: A historic Volleyball Nations League in 2021". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
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