2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

2019 Men's Nations League
	Chicago, host city of the final round
Tournament details
Host nation	United States
City	Chicago (Final Round)
Dates	31 May – 14 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	21 (in 21 host cities)
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament awards
MVP	Matt Anderson
Best Setter	Micah Christenson
Best OH	Bartosz Bednorz; Dmitry Volkov; Egor Kliuka
Best MB	Ivan Iakovlev; Maxwell Holt
Best OPP	Matt Anderson
Best Libero	Erik Shoji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	130
Attendance	449,809 (3,460 per match)
Official website
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The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams.^[1] The competition was held between May and July 2019 and the final round took place in the Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, United States.^[2]^[3] This was the first edition of the World League or the Nations League to have the final round hosted in North America.

Following the results of the 2018 Nations League and 2018 Challenger Cup, South Korea were replaced by debutants Portugal in this edition.^[4]

Portugal were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and will be replaced by 2019 Challenger Cup winners Slovenia in the 2020 edition.

Russia successfully defended its title, defeating hosts, the United States, in the final.

QualificationEdit

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament.^[1] Portugal replaced South Korea after winning the 2018 Challenger Cup.^[4]

Qualification	Qualifier
Core teams	Argentina
	Brazil
	China
	France
	Germany
	Iran
	Italy
	Japan
	Poland
	Russia
	Serbia
	United States
Challenger teams	Australia
	Bulgaria
	Canada
	Portugal

FormatEdit

Preliminary roundEdit

The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into 4 pools of 4 teams at each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round.^[1] The relegation takes into consideration only the 4 challenger teams. The last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2020 Nations League. The winners of the 2019 Challenger Cup will qualify for the next edition as a challenger team.

Final roundEdit

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in round-robin. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.

Pools compositionEdit

The overview of pools was released on October 23, 2018.^[1]

Preliminary roundEdit

Week 1
Pool 1 China	Pool 2 Argentina	Pool 3 Poland	Pool 4 Serbia
China Germany Iran Italy	Argentina Portugal Canada Bulgaria	Poland United States Brazil Australia	Serbia France Russia Japan
Week 2
Pool 5 China	Pool 6 Russia	Pool 7 Japan	Pool 8 Canada
China Bulgaria Poland France	Russia Italy United States Portugal	Japan Argentina Iran Brazil	Canada Australia Germany Serbia
Week 3
Pool 9 Portugal	Pool 10 Bulgaria	Pool 11 Iran	Pool 12 France
Portugal Brazil China Serbia	Bulgaria Japan Italy Australia	Iran Canada Poland Russia	France Argentina United States Germany
Week 4
Pool 13 United States	Pool 14 Italy	Pool 15 Iran	Pool 16 Brazil
United States Japan China Canada	Italy Argentina Serbia Poland	Iran France Portugal Australia	Brazil Bulgaria Germany Russia
Week 5
Pool 17 Australia	Pool 18 Brazil	Pool 19 Bulgaria	Pool 20 Germany
Australia Argentina China Russia	Brazil Italy Canada France	Bulgaria Iran Serbia United States	Germany Japan Portugal Poland

Final roundEdit

Pool A	Pool B
United States (Hosts)	Brazil (Preliminary Round 1st)
Russia (Preliminary Round 3rd)	Iran (Preliminary Round 2nd)
France (Preliminary Round 4th)	Poland (Preliminary Round 5th)

VenuesEdit

The list of host cities and venues was announced on March 26, 2019.^[5]

Preliminary roundEdit

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4
Jiangmen, China	Mendoza, Argentina	Katowice, Poland	Novi Sad, Serbia
Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium	Aconcagua Arena	Spodek	SPC Vojvodina
Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 6,987

Pool 5	Pool 6	Pool 7	Pool 8
Ningbo, China	Ufa, Russia	Tokyo, Japan	Ottawa, Canada
Beilun Gymnasium	Ufa Arena	Musashino Forest Sports Plaza	TD Place Arena
Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 8,250	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,500

Pool 9	Pool 10	Pool 11	Pool 12
Gondomar, Portugal	Varna, Bulgaria	Urmia, Iran	Cannes, France
Multiusos de Gondomar	Palace of Culture and Sports	Ghadir Arena	Palais des Victoires
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 4,000

Pool 13	Pool 14	Pool 15	Pool 16
Hoffman Estates, United States	Milan, Italy	Ardabil, Iran	Cuiabá, Brazil
Sears Centre Arena	PalaLido	Rezazadeh Stadium	Ginásio Aecim Tocantins
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 5,420	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 12,000
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Pool 17	Pool 18	Pool 19	Pool 20
Brisbane, Australia	Brasilia, Brazil	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Leipzig, Germany
Queensland State Netball Centre	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium	Kolodruma	Arena Leipzig
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 11,105	Capacity: 6,100	Capacity: 12,000
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Final roundEdit

Chicago, United States
Credit Union 1 Arena
Capacity: 10,000

Competition scheduleEdit

●	Preliminary round	●	Final round

Week 1 31 May – 2 Jun	Week 2 7–9 Jun	Week 3 14–16 Jun	Week 4 21–23 Jun	Week 5 28–30 Jun	Week 6 Rest Week	Week 7 10–14 Jul
24 matches	24 matches	24 matches	24 matches	24 matches		10 matches

Pool standing procedureEdit

Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
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
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.

SquadsEdit

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 roundEdit

	Qualified for the Final round
	Qualified as hosts for the Final round
	Excluded from the 2020 Nations League

RankingEdit

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	14	1	39	44	15	2.933	1408	1218	1.156
2	Iran	12	3	36	38	15	2.533	1276	1173	1.088
3	Russia	12	3	34	37	17	2.176	1284	1164	1.103
4	France	11	4	34	38	18	2.111	1341	1251	1.072
5	Poland	11	4	30	38	25	1.520	1465	1397	1.049
6	United States	9	6	28	32	24	1.333	1317	1258	1.047
7	Argentina	8	7	26	33	26	1.269	1363	1304	1.045
8	Italy	8	7	25	31	25	1.240	1316	1263	1.042
9	Canada	8	7	23	29	29	1.000	1313	1321	0.994
10	Japan	7	8	19	27	32	0.844	1318	1326	0.994
11	Serbia	6	9	17	28	36	0.778	1393	1417	0.983
12	Bulgaria	5	10	13	21	38	0.553	1268	1372	0.924
13	Australia	3	12	13	20	37	0.541	1217	1334	0.912
14	Germany	3	12	12	23	41	0.561	1349	1470	0.918
15	Portugal	2	13	7	12	40	0.300	1095	1268	0.864
16	China	1	14	4	9	42	0.214	1047	1234	0.848

Week 1Edit

Pool 1Edit

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	16:00	Iran	3–1	Italy	20–25	25–23	25–23	25–23		95–94	P2 Report
31 May	20:00	China	2–3	Germany	21–25	21–25	25–19	25–19	11–15	103–103	P2 Report
1 Jun	16:00	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–21	30–28	25–23			80–72	P2 Report
1 Jun	20:00	China	0–3	Iran	22–25	18–25	21–25			61–75	P2 Report
2 Jun	16:00	Germany	0–3	Iran	28–30	27–29	20–25			75–84	P2 Report
2 Jun	20:00	China	0–3	Italy	21–25	13–25	24–26			58–76	P2 Report

Pool 2Edit

All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
31 May	18:10	Canada	1–3	Bulgaria	20–25	24–26	25–19	17–25	86–95	P2 Report
31 May	21:10	Argentina	3–0	Portugal	25–17	25–21	25–21		75–59	P2 Report
1 Jun	18:10	Canada	3–0	Portugal	25–20	25–23	25–16		75–59	P2 Report
1 Jun	21:10	Argentina	3–0	Bulgaria	25–16	25–21	25–23		75–60	P2 Report
2 Jun	16:10	Portugal	3–1	Bulgaria	25–21	19–25	28–26	25–23	97–95	P2 Report
2 Jun	19:10	Argentina	1–3	Canada	21–25	27–29	25–16	24–26	97–96	P2 Report

Pool 3Edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	17:30	United States	0–3	Brazil	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75	P2 Report
31 May	20:30	Poland	3–1	Australia	25–15	24–26	25–21	25–14		99–76	P2 Report
1 Jun	14:00	Brazil	3–2	Australia	32–34	25–16	25–19	27–29	15–13	124–111	P2 Report
1 Jun	17:40	United States	2–3	Poland	25–17	32–34	28–26	23–25	9–15	117–117	P2 Report
2 Jun	14:00	Australia	1–3	United States	25–19	25–27	16–25	16–25		82–96	P2 Report
2 Jun	17:00	Brazil	3–1	Poland	22–25	25–15	25–21	25–17		97–78	P2 Report

Pool 4Edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	17:00	Serbia	1–3	Japan	17–25	12–25	26–24	17–25		72–99	P2 Report
31 May	20:15	France	3–1	Russia	25–19	25–22	20–25	25–23		95–89	P2 Report
1 Jun	16:00	Japan	1–3	Russia	22–25	25–23	19–25	23–25		89–98	P2 Report
1 Jun	19:15	Serbia	1–3	France	12–25	22–25	25–20	20–25		79–95	P2 Report
2 Jun	16:00	Japan	1–3	France	22–25	27–25	19–25	15–25		83–100	P2 Report
2 Jun	19:00	Russia	3–2	Serbia	20–25	26–24	25–23	22–25	15–10	108–107	P2 Report

Week 2Edit

Pool 5Edit

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	16:00	France	3–1	Poland	28–26	25–23	24–26	25–20		102–95	P2 Report
7 Jun	19:30	China	3–0	Bulgaria	26–24	25–20	25–17			76–61	P2 Report
8 Jun	16:00	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	22–25	25–19	27–25	25–20		99–89	P2 Report
8 Jun	19:30	China	0–3	France	16–25	23–25	20–25			59–75	P2 Report
9 Jun	16:00	Bulgaria	3–2	France	18–25	23–25	25–21	25–23	15–11	106–105	P2 Report
9 Jun	19:15	China	0–3	Poland	22–25	13–25	15–25			50–75	P2 Report

Pool 6Edit

All times are Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+05:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
7 Jun	16:00	Italy	3–1	United States	25–23	13–25	25–20	25–23	88–91	P2 Report
7 Jun	19:10	Russia	3–0	Portugal	25–19	25–22	25–20		75–61	P2 Report
8 Jun	16:00	Italy	3–0	Portugal	25–13	25–20	25–11		75–44	P2 Report
8 Jun	19:00	Russia	3–0	United States	25–22	25–19	25–15		75–56	P2 Report
9 Jun	16:00	Portugal	1–3	United States	20–25	25–22	22–25	17–25	84–97	P2 Report
9 Jun	19:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	29–27	25–16	25–18		79–61	P2 Report

Pool 7Edit

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	15:40	Brazil	3–2	Iran	23–25	25–16	21–25	33–31	15–10	117–107	P2 Report
7 Jun	19:10	Japan	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–16	33–31			83–63	P2 Report
8 Jun	15:10	Argentina	1–3	Iran	19–25	25–20	22–25	32–34		98–104	P2 Report
8 Jun	18:40	Japan	0–3	Brazil	22–25	19–25	21–25			62–75	P2 Report
9 Jun	15:10	Argentina	2–3	Brazil	20–25	25–21	28–26	23–25	12–15	108–112	P2 Report
9 Jun	18:40	Japan	0–3	Iran	22–25	21–25	19–25			62–75	P2 Report

Pool 8Edit

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	16:40	Germany	3–2	Serbia	25–20	16–25	26–28	26–24	15–9	108–106	P2 Report
7 Jun	20:06	Canada	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–17	25–18			75–58	P2 Report
8 Jun	16:10	Serbia	3–2	Australia	22–25	14–25	25–21	25–21	15–9	101–101	P2 Report
8 Jun	19:15	Canada	3–2	Germany	23–25	29–27	25–18	23–25	15–12	115–107	P2 Report
9 Jun	13:10	Australia	3–0	Germany	25–20	25–20	25–16			75–56	P2 Report
9 Jun	16:10	Canada	2–3	Serbia	17–25	26–24	21–25	28–26	12–15	104–115	P2 Report

Week 3Edit

Pool 9Edit

All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	18:00	Brazil	2–3	Serbia	25–17	22–25	25–17	20–25	12–15	104–99	P2 Report
14 Jun	21:15	Portugal	3–0	China	25–22	25–17	25–23			75–62	P2 Report
15 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–0	China	25–15	25–18	25–22			75–55	P2 Report
15 Jun	19:00	Portugal	2–3	Serbia	25–21	15–25	22–25	32–30	9–15	103–116	P2 Report
16 Jun	15:00	China	1–3	Serbia	17–25	22–25	27–25	18–25		84–100	P2 Report
16 Jun	18:00	Portugal	0–3	Brazil	19–25	21–25	18–25			58–75	P2 Report

Pool 10Edit

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	17:00	Japan	1–3	Italy	25–23	15–25	27–29	21–25		88–102	P2 Report
14 Jun	20:40	Bulgaria	3–2	Australia	20–25	29–27	22–25	25–21	15–13	111–111	P2 Report
15 Jun	17:00	Australia	1–3	Italy	18–25	32–30	18–25	15–25		83–105	P2 Report
15 Jun	20:40	Bulgaria	2–3	Japan	25–22	19–25	25–16	19–25	19–21	107–109	P2 Report
16 Jun	17:00	Japan	3–2	Australia	25–18	25–27	23–25	25–22	17–15	115–107	P2 Report
16 Jun	20:40	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	25–14	25–20	23–25	25–21		98–80	P2 Report

Pool 11Edit

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	15:30	Russia	3–1	Poland	24–26	25–20	25–22	25–19		99–87	P2 Report
14 Jun	18:45	Iran	3–0	Canada	25–15	26–24	25–16			76–55	P2 Report
15 Jun	15:30	Russia	3–1	Canada	25–23	22–25	25–20	25–23		97–91	P2 Report
15 Jun	18:40	Iran	3–2	Poland	25–20	21–25	18–25	25–17	15–8	104–95	P2 Report
16 Jun	15:30	Poland	3–1	Canada	25–20	25–27	25–20	28–26		103–93	P2 Report
16 Jun	18:45	Iran	3–0	Russia	25–20	26–24	25–23			76–67	P2 Report

Pool 12Edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	17:00	United States	3–1	Argentina	25–22	25–19	21–25	25–21		96–87	P2 Report
14 Jun	20:15	France	3–1	Germany	24–26	25–20	25–19	25–20		99–85	P2 Report
15 Jun	17:00	United States	3–1	Germany	25–22	21–25	25–19	25–20		96–86	P2 Report
15 Jun	20:03	France	1–3	Argentina	18–25	17–25	25–19	20–25		80–94	P2 Report
16 Jun	14:00	Argentina	3–2	Germany	25–19	23–25	23–25	25–23	15–10	111–102	P2 Report
16 Jun	17:35	France	1–3	United States	25–23	22–25	26–28	25–27		98–103	P2 Report

Week 4Edit

Pool 13Edit

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	17:00	Canada	3–1	China	25–19	25–23	22–25	25–17		97–84	P2 Report
21 Jun	20:10	United States	3–0	Japan	25–15	25–19	25–19			75–53	P2 Report
22 Jun	14:00	China	0–3	Japan	19–25	20–25	23–25			62–75	P2 Report
22 Jun	19:30	United States	1–3	Canada	22–25	25–22	23–25	17–25		87–97	P2 Report
23 Jun	12:00	Canada	3–2	Japan	25–18	26–24	23–25	21–25	15–13	110–105	P2 Report
23 Jun	16:30	United States	3–0	China	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	P2 Report

Pool 14Edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	17:00	Poland	3–2	Argentina	25–21	25–23	25–27	20–25	19–17	114–113	P2 Report
21 Jun	20:20	Italy	3–0	Serbia	26–24	25–19	25–22			76–65	P2 Report
22 Jun	17:00	Poland	3–2	Serbia	32–30	21–25	25–21	19–25	15–11	112–112	P2 Report
22 Jun	20:10	Italy	1–3	Argentina	22–25	25–23	19–25	19–25		85–98	P2 Report
23 Jun	17:00	Argentina	3–0	Serbia	25–17	25–23	25–18			75–58	P2 Report
23 Jun	20:00	Italy	2–3	Poland	25–23	22–25	25–23	21–25	23–25	116–121	P2 Report

Pool 15Edit

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
21 Jun	15:30	France	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–22	25–22		75–67	P2 Report
21 Jun	18:30	Iran	3–1	Portugal	23–25	27–25	25–17	25–18	100–85	P2 Report
22 Jun	15:30	France	3–0	Portugal	25–23	26–24	25–23		76–70	P2 Report
22 Jun	18:30	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–19	25–19	25–14		75–52	P2 Report
23 Jun	15:30	Portugal	0–3	Australia	23–25	22–25	25–27		70–77	P2 Report
23 Jun	18:30	Iran	0–3	France	18–25	24–26	21–25		63–76	P2 Report

Pool 16Edit

All times are Amazon Time (UTC−04:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	17:00	Germany	1–3	Russia	25–22	21–25	19–25	14–25		79–97	P2 Report
21 Jun	20:00	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	21–25	25–19	25–14		96–78	P2 Report
22 Jun	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	21–25			61–75	P2 Report
22 Jun	20:00	Brazil	3–2	Germany	20–25	25–18	21–25	25–17	15–13	106–98	P2 Report
23 Jun	17:00	Germany	2–3	Bulgaria	28–26	25–18	23–25	19–25	10–15	105–109	P2 Report
23 Jun	20:20	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–17	25–21	28–26			78–64	P2 Report

Week 5Edit

Pool 17Edit

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:00	China	1–3	Argentina	17–25	25–20	21–25	19–25		82–95	P2 Report
28 Jun	20:00	Australia	0–3	Russia	20–25	15–25	18–25			53–75	P2 Report
29 Jun	16:00	Argentina	2–3	Russia	19–25	25–22	18–25	25–21	11–15	98–108	P2 Report
29 Jun	19:00	Australia	3–1	China	24–26	25–15	25–22	25–18		99–81	P2 Report
30 Jun	13:00	China	0–3	Russia	23–25	23–25	26–28			72–78	P2 Report
30 Jun	16:00	Australia	0–3	Argentina	23–25	18–25	24–26			65–76	P2 Report

Pool 18Edit

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Italy	1–3	Canada	25–15	20–25	22–25	18–25	85–90	P2 Report
28 Jun	20:00	Brazil	3–1	France	23–25	25–18	25–23	25–23	98–89	P2 Report
29 Jun	17:00	France	3–1	Italy	27–25	25–19	21–25	25–20	98–89	P2 Report
29 Jun	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–20	25–19	25–19		75–58	P2 Report
30 Jun	16:00	Canada	0–3	France	22–25	26–28	23–25		71–78	P2 Report
30 Jun	19:00	Brazil	3–1	Italy	26–28	25–22	25–18	25–18	101–86	P2 Report

Pool 19Edit

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:00	Iran	3–1	Serbia	25–23	26–28	25–22	25–19	101–92	P2 Report
28 Jun	20:40	Bulgaria	3–1	United States	21–25	25–19	25–23	25–23	96–90	P2 Report
29 Jun	17:00	United States	3–1	Serbia	14–25	25–20	29–27	26–24	94–96	P2 Report
29 Jun	20:40	Bulgaria	0–3	Iran	23–25	23–25	21–25		67–75	P2 Report
30 Jun	17:00	Iran	0–3	United States	25–27	21–25	20–25		66–77	P2 Report
30 Jun	20:40	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–12	25–18		75–53	P2 Report

Pool 20Edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	17:30	Poland	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–19	27–25	25–20		99–89	P2 Report
28 Jun	20:30	Germany	3–1	Portugal	28–26	20–25	25–10	25–23		98–84	P2 Report
29 Jun	17:30	Germany	1–3	Poland	19–25	25–21	14–25	23–25		81–96	P2 Report
29 Jun	20:30	Portugal	1–3	Japan	20–25	22–25	25–22	20–25		87–97	P2 Report
30 Jun	14:00	Germany	2–3	Japan	17–25	25–23	25–21	18–25	9–15	94–109	P2 Report
30 Jun	17:10	Poland	3–0	Portugal	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59	P2 Report

Final roundEdit

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Pool playEdit

	Qualified for Semifinals

Pool AEdit

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	173	142	1.218
2	Russia	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	133	131	1.015
3	France	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	140	173	0.809

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
10 Jul	19:30	United States	3–1	France	25–16	25–22	23–25	25–21	98–84	P2 Report
11 Jul	20:00	Russia	3–0	France	25–16	25–23	25–17		75–56	P2 Report
12 Jul	20:00	United States	3–0	Russia	25–21	25–17	25–20		75–58	P2 Report

Pool BEdit

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	2	0	5	6	3	2.000	205	188	1.090
2	Brazil	1	1	3	5	5	1.000	212	213	0.995
3	Iran	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	189	205	0.922

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	16:30	Brazil	2–3	Poland	23–25	25–23	21–25	25–21	9–15	103–109	P2 Report
11 Jul	17:00	Iran	1–3	Poland	25–21	18–25	20–25	22–25		85–96	P2 Report
12 Jul	17:00	Brazil	3–2	Iran	25–20	25–23	24–26	20–25	15–10	109–104	P2 Report

Final fourEdit

Semifinals		Final

13 July

Poland	1
		14 July
Russia	3
		United States	1
13 July
		Russia	3
United States	3

Brazil	2
		3rd place match

		14 July

		Poland	3

		Brazil	0

SemifinalsEdit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jul	17:00	Poland	1–3	Russia	19–25	26–24	22–25	21–25		88–99	P2 Report
13 Jul	20:00	United States	3–2	Brazil	25–21	17–25	21–25	25–20	15–9	103–100	P2 Report

3rd place matchEdit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	15:00	Poland	3–0	Brazil	25–17	25–23	25–21			75–61	P2 Report

FinalEdit

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	18:00	United States	1–3	Russia	23–25	25–20	21–25	20–25		89–95	P2 Report

Final standingEdit

Rank	Team
	Russia
	United States
	Poland
4	Brazil
5	Iran
6	France
7	Argentina
8	Italy
9	Canada
10	Japan
11	Serbia
12	Bulgaria
13	Australia
14	Germany
15	Portugal
16	China

2019 Nations League Champions Team roster for the final round:: Russia Second title Team roster for the final round: Dmitry Volkov, Egor Kliuka, Ivan Iakovlev, Viktor Poletaev, Ilyas Kurkaev, Dmitry Kovalev, Fedor Voronkov, Igor Kobzar (c), Denis Zemchenok, Anton Semyshev, Igor Philippov, Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Roman Martynyuk, Valentin Golubev. Head Coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo.

AwardsEdit

Most Valuable Player

Matt Anderson

Best Setter

Micah Christenson

Best Outside Spikers

Bartosz Bednorz

Dmitry Volkov

Egor Kliuka

Best Middle Blockers

Ivan Iakovlev

Maxwell Holt

Best Opposite Spiker

Matt Anderson

Best Libero

Erik Shoji

Statistics leadersEdit

Preliminary roundEdit

as of June 30, 2019^[update]^[6]

Best Scorers
	Player	Attacks	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Amir Ghafour	214	21	14	249
2	Yūji Nishida	183	13	23	219
3	Ricardo Lucarelli Souza	173	14	23	210
4	Simon Hirsch	170	21	13	204
5	Yoandy Leal Hidalgo	161	22	19	202

Best Attackers
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	Total	%
1	Bruno Lima	177	50	98	325	54.46
2	Amir Ghafour	214	59	120	393	54.45
3	Ricardo Lucarelli	173	54	91	318	54.40
4	Sharone Vernon-Evans	130	32	82	244	53.28
5	Yūki Ishikawa	170	40	112	322	52.80

Best Blockers
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Total	Avg
1	Graham Vigrass	31	63	65	159	0.53
2	Mohammad Mousavi	32	79	56	167	0.52
3	Ilyas Kurkaev	33	81	73	187	0.49
4	Svetoslav Gotsev	28	55	48	131	0.47
5	Ivan Iakovlev	32	68	48	148	0.47

Best Servers
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Total	Avg
1	Egor Kliuka	28	37	107	172	0.41
2	Yūji Nishida	23	41	124	188	0.39
3	Ricardo Lucarelli Souza	23	33	175	231	0.30
4	Arshdeep Dosanjh	17	29	130	176	0.30
5	Simone Giannelli	16	21	110	147	0.29

Best Setters
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Total	Avg
1	Saeid Marouf	529	17	688	1234	8.53
2	Brett Walsh	443	13	758	1214	7.64
3	Simone Giannelli	358	4	458	820	6.39
4	Arshdeep Dosanjh	308	10	677	995	5.40
5	Jan Zimmermann	336	6	699	1041	5.25

Best Diggers
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Total	Avg
1	Santiago Danani	143	57	45	245	2.42
2	Fabio Balaso	121	35	41	197	2.16
3	Luke Perry	122	46	44	212	2.14
4	Julian Zenger	126	41	61	228	1.97
5	Jenia Grebennikov	118	27	39	184	1.87

Best Receivers
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	Total	%
1	Thales Hoss	104	23	231	358	22.63
2	Alexandre Ferreira	75	17	195	287	20.21
3	Santiago Danani	89	23	229	341	19.35
4	Garrett Muagututia	74	15	228	317	18.61
5	Julian Zenger	73	19	222	314	17.20

Final roundEdit

as of July 14, 2019^[update]^[7]

Best Scorers
	Player	Spikes	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Bartosz Bednorz	65	8	6	79
2	Matthew Anderson	50	3	4	57
3	Taylor Sander	46	2	5	53
4	Wallace De Souza	46	4	2	52
5	Ricardo Lucarelli Souza	38	1	10	49

Best Attackers
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	Total	%
1	Taylor Sander	46	10	24	80	57.50
2	Bartosz Bednorz	65	15	44	124	52.24
3	Dmitry Volkov	31	10	20	61	50.82
4	Milad Ebadipour	26	4	23	53	49.06
5	Matthew Anderson	50	19	33	102	49.02

Best Blockers
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Total	Avg
1	Maxwell Holt	17	19	17	53	1.06
2	Ivan Iakovlev	13	17	20	50	0.93
3	Mohammad Mousavi	8	15	16	39	0.89
4	Norbert Huber	14	18	19	51	0.88
5	Karol Klos	13	25	18	56	0.81

Best Servers
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Total	Avg
1	Egor Kliuka	8	9	31	48	0.57
2	Ricardo Lucarelli Souza	10	10	46	56	0.56
3	Bartosz Kwolek	7	9	44	60	0.44
4	Karol Klos	7	9	54	70	0.44
5	Thibault Rossard	3	5	6	14	0.43

Best Setters
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Total	Avg
1	Saeid Marouf	71	3	129	203	7.89
2	Micah Christenson	101	1	191	293	6.31
3	Marcin Komenda	92	2	197	291	5.75
4	Fernando Kreling	79	4	125	208	4.39
5	Igor Kobzar	57	0	159	216	4.07

Best Diggers
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Total	Avg
1	Saeid Marouf	24	5	8	37	2.67
2	Jakub Popiwczak	29	11	12	52	1.81
3	Mohammad Reza Hazratpour	16	6	7	29	1.78
4	Nicolas Rossard	12	5	14	31	1.71
5	Valentin Golubev	24	12	5	41	1.71

Best Receivers
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	Total	%
1	Thales Hoss	27	6	73	106	19.81
2	Erik Shoji	13	2	46	61	18.03
3	Taylor Sander	19	7	48	74	16.22
4	Valentin Golubev	16	5	58	79	13.92
5	Bartosz Kwolek	19	6	88	113	11.50

ReferencesEdit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "VNL winners to face world champions in 2019". FIVB. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ "USA to host next three editions of Men's FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals". FIVB. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Chicago to Host FIVB Men's VNL Finals". USA Volleyball. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Portugal join world's elite for 2019 Men's VNL". FIVB. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
^ "HostCities - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB.org. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB.org. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

External linksEdit

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019 – official website

[format-1] "VNL winners to face world champions in 2019". FIVB. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[2] "USA to host next three editions of Men's FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals". FIVB. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[3] "Chicago to Host FIVB Men's VNL Finals". USA Volleyball. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[challengercup-4] "Portugal join world's elite for 2019 Men's VNL". FIVB. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

[pools2-5] "HostCities - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[6] "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB.org. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[7] "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB.org. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

QualificationEdit

FormatEdit

Preliminary roundEdit

Final roundEdit

Pools compositionEdit

Preliminary roundEdit

Final roundEdit

VenuesEdit

Preliminary roundEdit

Final roundEdit

Competition scheduleEdit

Pool standing procedureEdit

SquadsEdit

Preliminary roundEdit

RankingEdit

Week 1Edit

Pool 1Edit

Pool 2Edit

Pool 3Edit

Pool 4Edit

Week 2Edit

Pool 5Edit

Pool 6Edit

Pool 7Edit

Pool 8Edit

Week 3Edit

Pool 9Edit

Pool 10Edit

Pool 11Edit

Pool 12Edit

Week 4Edit

Pool 13Edit

Pool 14Edit

Pool 15Edit

Pool 16Edit

Week 5Edit

Pool 17Edit

Pool 18Edit

Pool 19Edit

Pool 20Edit

Final roundEdit

Pool playEdit

Pool AEdit

Pool BEdit

Final fourEdit

SemifinalsEdit

3rd place matchEdit

FinalEdit

Final standingEdit

AwardsEdit

Statistics leadersEdit

Preliminary roundEdit

Final roundEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit