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]
2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics [ edit ]
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification or relegation
1
France [ a]
15
12
3
35
38
16
2.375
1295
1140
1.136
Final round
2
Russia
15
11
4
34
36
14
2.571
1191
1096
1.087
Final round
3
United States
15
11
4
33
37
19
1.947
1294
1183
1.094
4
Serbia
15
11
4
29
33
24
1.375
1289
1255
1.027
5
Brazil
15
10
5
30
34
21
1.619
1280
1213
1.055
6
Poland
15
10
5
29
32
19
1.684
1221
1124
1.086
7
Canada
15
8
7
25
29
24
1.208
1219
1227
0.993
8
Italy
15
8
7
24
30
28
1.071
1315
1296
1.015
9
Germany
15
7
8
23
29
30
0.967
1299
1307
0.994
10
Iran
15
7
8
21
29
30
0.967
1355
1344
1.008
11
Bulgaria
15
6
9
17
26
34
0.765
1288
1351
0.953
12
Japan
15
6
9
15
23
37
0.622
1301
1374
0.947
13
Australia
15
5
10
15
21
35
0.600
1236
1340
0.922
14
Argentina
15
4
11
15
23
34
0.676
1270
1326
0.958
15
China
15
3
12
9
15
39
0.385
1173
1291
0.909
16
South Korea
15
1
14
6
11
42
0.262
1108
1267
0.875
Excluded from the 2019 Nations League
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Result
Russia
4
4
0
12
12
1
12.000
322
261
1.234
Champions
France (H)
4
3
1
7
9
7
1.286
360
333
1.081
Runners up
United States
4
2
2
7
8
6
1.333
322
321
1.003
Third place
4
Brazil
4
1
3
4
5
9
0.556
305
325
0.938
Fourth place
5
Poland
2
0
2
0
1
6
0.167
144
175
0.823
Eliminated in pool play
6
Serbia
2
0
2
0
0
6
0.000
115
153
0.752
Tournament statistics [ edit ]
[ 7]
Matches played : 130
Attendance : 494,775 (3,806 per match)
Total sets (preliminary round) : 446
Total sets (final round) : 35
Total sets scored : 481 (3.7 per match)
Total points (preliminary round) : 20,134
Total points (final round) : 1,568
Total points scored : 21,702 (167 per match)
2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics [ edit ]
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification or relegation
1
Brazil
15
14
1
39
44
15
2.933
1408
1218
1.156
Final round
2
Iran
15
12
3
36
38
15
2.533
1276
1173
1.088
3
Russia
15
12
3
34
37
17
2.176
1284
1164
1.103
4
France
15
11
4
34
38
18
2.111
1341
1251
1.072
5
Poland
15
11
4
30
38
25
1.520
1465
1397
1.049
6
United States [ a]
15
9
6
28
32
24
1.333
1317
1258
1.047
Final round
7
Argentina
15
8
7
26
33
26
1.269
1363
1304
1.045
8
Italy
15
8
7
25
31
25
1.240
1316
1263
1.042
9
Canada
15
8
7
23
29
29
1.000
1313
1321
0.994
10
Japan
15
7
8
19
27
32
0.844
1318
1326
0.994
11
Serbia
15
6
9
17
28
36
0.778
1393
1417
0.983
12
Bulgaria
15
5
10
13
21
38
0.553
1268
1372
0.924
13
Australia
15
3
12
13
20
37
0.541
1217
1334
0.912
14
Germany
15
3
12
12
23
41
0.561
1349
1470
0.918
15
Portugal
15
2
13
7
12
40
0.300
1095
1268
0.864
Excluded from the 2020 Volleyball Nations League
16
China
15
1
14
4
9
42
0.214
1047
1234
0.848
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Result
Russia
4
3
1
9
9
5
1.800
327
308
1.062
Champions
United States (H)
4
3
1
8
10
6
1.667
365
337
1.083
Runners up
Poland
4
3
1
8
10
6
1.667
368
348
1.057
4
Brazil
4
1
3
4
7
11
0.636
373
391
0.954
Fourth place
5
Iran
2
0
2
1
3
6
0.500
189
205
0.922
Eliminated in pool play
6
France
2
0
2
0
1
6
0.167
140
173
0.809
Tournament statistics [ edit ]
[ 8]
Matches played : 130
Attendance : 449,809 (3,460 per match)
Total sets (preliminary round) : 460
Total sets (final round) : 40
Total sets scored : 500 (3.85 per match)
Total points (preliminary round) : 20,770
Total points (final round) : 1,762
Total points scored : 22,532 (173 per match)
2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics [ edit ]
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Brazil
15
13
2
38
39
12
3.250
1260
1102
1.143
Final round
2
Poland
15
12
3
37
39
11
3.545
1200
985
1.218
3
Slovenia
15
12
3
34
40
18
2.222
1342
1222
1.098
4
France
15
11
4
34
41
22
1.864
1472
1382
1.065
5
Russia
15
11
4
34
39
21
1.857
1380
1293
1.067
6
Serbia
15
10
5
28
35
27
1.296
1419
1341
1.058
7
United States
15
8
7
24
29
24
1.208
1239
1159
1.069
8
Canada
15
7
8
21
27
26
1.038
1198
1170
1.024
9
Argentina
15
7
8
20
23
29
0.793
1188
1222
0.972
10
Italy (H)
15
7
8
19
28
33
0.848
1335
1345
0.993
11
Japan
15
7
8
19
25
31
0.806
1226
1266
0.968
12
Iran
15
5
10
18
25
32
0.781
1286
1349
0.953
13
Germany
15
4
11
14
22
38
0.579
1255
1360
0.923
14
Netherlands
15
3
12
11
19
40
0.475
1214
1354
0.897
15
Bulgaria
15
2
13
7
11
41
0.268
1037
1238
0.838
16
Australia
15
1
14
2
7
44
0.159
980
1243
0.788
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Result
Brazil
2
2
0
6
6
1
6.000
172
135
1.274
Champions
Poland
2
1
1
3
4
3
1.333
153
163
0.939
Runners up
France
2
1
1
3
3
3
1.000
132
132
1.000
Third place
4
Slovenia
2
0
2
0
0
6
0.000
123
150
0.820
Fourth place
Tournament statistics [ edit ]
Total sets (preliminary round) : 449
Total sets (final round) : 13
Total sets scored : 462 (3.73 per match)
Total points (preliminary round) : 20,031
Total points (final round) : 580
Total points scored : 20,611 (166 per match)
2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics [ edit ]
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]
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]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification or relegation
1
Italy [ a]
12
10
2
31
32
9
3.556
986
872
1.131
Final round
2
Poland
12
10
2
31
33
10
3.300
1031
898
1.148
Final round
3
United States
12
10
2
27
31
16
1.938
1102
975
1.130
4
France
12
9
3
28
31
11
2.818
994
826
1.203
5
Japan
12
9
3
27
29
18
1.611
1092
997
1.095
6
Brazil
12
8
4
24
26
14
1.857
960
881
1.090
7
Iran
12
7
5
20
22
19
1.158
961
923
1.041
8
Netherlands
12
6
6
17
20
21
0.952
915
932
0.982
9
Argentina
12
5
7
18
24
26
0.923
1110
1117
0.994
10
Slovenia
12
5
7
15
18
24
0.750
917
963
0.952
11
Serbia
12
5
7
14
19
27
0.704
1010
1043
0.968
12
Germany
12
4
8
10
18
29
0.621
969
1103
0.879
13
China
12
3
9
9
14
28
0.500
840
951
0.883
14
Bulgaria
12
2
10
9
16
31
0.516
990
1087
0.911
15
Canada
12
2
10
6
10
33
0.303
887
1022
0.868
16
Australia
12
1
11
2
8
35
0.229
858
1032
0.831
2022 Challenger Cup
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Result
France
3
3
0
8
9
2
4.500
252
212
1.189
Champions
United States
3
2
1
7
8
4
2.000
265
246
1.077
Runners up
Poland
3
2
1
5
6
5
1.200
238
231
1.030
Third place
4
Italy (H)
3
1
2
3
3
7
0.429
212
232
0.914
Fourth place
5
Japan
1
0
1
0
0
3
0.000
60
76
0.789
Eliminated in quarterfinals
6
Brazil
1
0
1
0
1
3
0.333
87
95
0.916
7
Iran
1
0
1
1
2
3
0.667
97
105
0.924
8
Netherlands
1
0
1
0
1
3
0.333
82
96
0.854
Tournament statistics [ edit ]
Matches played : 104
Attendance : 295,262 (2,839 per match)
Total sets (preliminary round) : 351
Total sets (final round) : 30
Total sets scored : 381 (3.66 per match)
Total points (preliminary round) : 15,622
Total points (final round) : 1,293
Total points scored : 16,915 (163 per match)
2023 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics [ edit ]
[ 12]
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification or relegation
1
United States
12
10
2
31
33
7
4.714
986
871
1.132
Final round
2
Japan
12
10
2
27
31
16
1.938
1109
1034
1.073
3
Poland [ a]
12
10
2
25
30
19
1.579
1108
1057
1.048
Final round
4
Italy
12
9
3
26
28
15
1.867
1016
906
1.121
Final round
5
Argentina
12
9
3
26
32
18
1.778
1184
1092
1.084
6
Brazil
12
8
4
25
30
18
1.667
1108
1033
1.073
7
Slovenia
12
8
4
25
27
17
1.588
1036
997
1.039
8
France
12
6
6
18
23
21
1.095
1046
1007
1.039
9
Serbia
12
6
6
16
23
23
1.000
1045
1056
0.990
10
Netherlands
12
5
7
17
22
24
0.917
1028
1054
0.975
11
Germany
12
3
9
10
16
28
0.571
963
1036
0.930
12
Canada
12
3
9
9
15
31
0.484
983
1074
0.915
13
Cuba
12
3
9
8
15
33
0.455
1023
1119
0.914
14
Iran
12
2
10
11
16
31
0.516
995
1073
0.927
15
Bulgaria
12
2
10
8
13
32
0.406
957
1045
0.916
16
China
12
2
10
6
12
33
0.364
941
1074
0.876
2023 Challenger Cup
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Result
Poland (H)
3
3
0
9
9
2
4.500
272
239
1.138
Champions
United States
3
2
1
5
7
5
1.400
266
254
1.047
Runners up
Japan
3
2
1
5
7
5
1.400
265
240
1.104
Third place
4
Italy
3
1
2
4
5
6
0.833
230
219
1.050
Fourth place
5
Argentina
1
0
1
0
0
3
0.000
44
75
0.587
Eliminated in quarterfinals
6
Brazil
1
0
1
0
0
3
0.000
65
76
0.855
7
Slovenia
1
0
1
0
0
3
0.000
44
76
0.579
8
France
1
0
1
1
2
3
0.667
99
106
0.934
[ 13]
Tournament statistics [ edit ]
[ 14] [ 15]
Matches played : 104
Attendance : 318,294 (3,061 per match)
Total sets (preliminary round) : 366
Total sets (final round) : 30
Total sets scored : 396 (3.81 per match)
Total points (preliminary round) : 16,528
Total points (final round) : 1,305
Total points scored : 17,833 (171 per match)
2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics [ edit ]
[ 16]
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]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Slovenia
12
11
1
28
34
14
2.429
1145
1026
1.116
Final round
2
Poland [ a]
12
10
2
29
31
10
3.100
973
856
1.137
Final round
3
Italy
12
9
3
27
29
14
2.071
1006
884
1.138
Final round
4
Japan
12
9
3
25
30
17
1.765
1039
1019
1.020
5
Canada
12
8
4
23
29
19
1.526
1089
1071
1.017
6
France
12
8
4
23
30
20
1.500
1122
1070
1.049
7
Brazil
12
6
6
21
27
24
1.125
1154
1106
1.043
8
Argentina
12
6
6
18
23
24
0.958
1049
1049
1.000
9
Cuba
12
5
7
17
24
26
0.923
1109
1132
0.980
10
Serbia
12
5
7
17
23
26
0.885
1051
1094
0.961
11
Germany
12
5
7
15
20
25
0.800
1018
1048
0.971
12
United States
12
5
7
15
19
26
0.731
1015
1047
0.969
13
Netherlands
12
3
9
11
17
31
0.548
1057
1107
0.955
14
Bulgaria
12
3
9
8
12
31
0.387
900
1033
0.871
15
Iran
12
2
10
6
14
34
0.412
1026
1111
0.923
16
Turkey
12
1
11
5
13
34
0.382
1024
1124
0.911
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.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Result
1
France
3
3
0
7
9
5
1.800
309
308
1.003
Champions
2
Japan
3
2
1
6
7
3
2.333
254
234
1.085
Runners up
3
Poland (H)
3
2
1
7
8
4
2.000
280
253
1.107
Third place
4
Slovenia
3
1
2
2
3
8
0.375
237
260
0.912
Fourth place
5
Italy
1
0
1
1
2
3
0.667
103
106
0.972
Eliminated in quarterfinals
6
Canada
1
0
1
0
0
3
0.000
66
77
0.857
7
Brazil
1
0
1
0
1
3
0.333
86
93
0.925
8
Argentina
1
0
1
1
2
3
0.667
101
105
0.962
[ 18]
Tournament statistics [ edit ]
[ 19]
Matches played : 104
Attendance : 356,729 (3,430 per match)
Total sets (preliminary round) : 375
Total sets (final round) : 32
Total sets scored : 407 (3.91 per match)
Total points (preliminary round) : 16,777
Total points (final round) : 1,436
Total points scored : 18,213 (175 per match)
Volleyball Nations League (2018–present)[ edit ]
Team participations [ edit ]
Legend
Core team
Challenger team
Team is currently inactive in the Nations League
Legend
1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
– No movement for challenger teams
– Promoted to the next year's VNL
– Relegated for challenger teams
[ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] [ 34]
[ 35] [ 36] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40]
All-time team records [ edit ]
[ 48]
Core team
Challenger team
Team is currently inactive in the Nations League
Rank
Teams‡
Wins
Losses
Points
Set wins
Set lost
Set ratio
Points wins
Points lost
Points ratio
Final round
VNL Best results
1
Poland ( )
98
74
24
213
241
120
2.008
8453
7726
1.094
6
(2023), (2021), (2019, 2022, 2024)
2
France ( 2)
96
67
29
198
234
134
1.746
8562
7940
1.078
6
(2022, 2024), (2018), (2021)
3
Brazil ( 1)
94
63
31
191
220
134
1.642
8258
7668
1.077
6
(2021)
4
United States ( 1)
95
62
33
185
214
137
1.562
8171
7651
1.068
4
(2019, 2022, 2023), (2018)
5
Italy ( )
88
53
35
160
188
140
1.343
7520
7122
1.056
3
4th (2022, 2023)
6
Japan ( 1)
88
52
36
143
179
162
1.105
7663
7587
1.010
3
(2024), (2023)
7
Serbia ( 1)
83
43
40
121
161
169
0.953
7322
7359
0.995
1
5th (2018)
8
Russia ( 2)
53
41
12
123
133
58
2.293
4504
4122
1.109
2
(2018, 2019)
9
Argentina ( 1)
83
39
44
124
160
163
0.982
7309
7290
1.003
2
5th (2023)
10
Slovenia ( 2)
57
37
20
104
122
90
1.356
4864
4694
1.036
3
4th (2021, 2024)
11
Canada ( )
82
36
46
107
139
165
0.842
6755
6962
0.970
1
6th (2024)
12
Iran ( 3)
84
35
49
114
149
170
0.876
7185
7283
0.987
2
5th (2019)
13
Germany ( )
81
26
55
84
128
191
0.670
6853
7324
0.936
9th (2018)
14
Bulgaria ( )
81
20
61
62
99
207
0.478
6440
7126
0.904
11th (2018)
15
Netherlands ( )
52
17
35
56
79
119
0.664
4296
4543
0.946
1
8th (2022)
16
Australia ( )
57
10
47
32
56
151
0.371
4291
4949
0.867
13th (2018, 2019)
17
China ( )
54
9
45
28
50
142
0.352
4001
4550
0.879
13th (2022)
18
Cuba ( )
24
8
16
25
39
59
0.661
2132
2251
0.947
9th (2024)
19
Portugal ( )
15
2
13
7
12
40
0.300
1095
1268
0.864
15th (2019)
20
South Korea ( )
15
1
14
6
11
42
0.262
1108
1267
0.875
16th (2018)
21
Turkey ( )
12
1
11
5
13
34
0.382
1024
1124
0.911
16th (2024)
Total
21 teams
696 matches
2,627 sets (3.77 pg)
117,806 points (169 pg)
13 teams
18 medals
‡ Change since previous year rankings.
Table current through the end of 2024 edition
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.
^ a b Netherlands replaced China after the decision of the Chinese Volleyball Association to withdraw its national men's team due to financial limitations and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 26]
^ Russian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .
^ (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).
^ (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).
^ (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).
^ (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).
^ (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).
^ (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).
^ (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).
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