2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
Rimini, host city of the all rounds
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
CityRimini
Dates28 May – 27 June
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)Rimini Fiera (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 the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The 2021 version of VNL was scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. The competition was held between May and June 2021, and the final round took place in Rimini Fiera, Rimini, Italy.[1][2]

Brazil claimed their first VNL title after beating Poland in four sets.[3] France swept Slovenia in three sets and grabbed the bronze medal.[4] Both Wallace de Souza from Brazil and Bartosz Kurek from Poland named as MVPs of the tournament.[5]

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][7]

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.[8]

Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Argentina CSV Core team 2 2018 2019 7th place (2019)
 Australia AVC Challenger team 2 2018 2019 13th place (2018, 2019)
 Brazil CSV Core team 2 2018 2019 4th place (2018, 2019)
 Bulgaria CEV Challenger team 2 2018 2019 11th place (2018)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 2 2018 2019 7th place (2018)
 China AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 15th place (2018)
 France CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 Runners-up (2018)
 Germany CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 9th place (2018)
 Iran AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2019)
 Italy CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 8th place (2018, 2019)
 Japan AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 10th place (2019)
 Netherlands CEV Challenger team 0 None None
 Poland CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 3rd place (2019)
 Russia CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 Champions (2018, 2019)
 Serbia CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2018)
 Slovenia CEV Challenger team 0 None None
 United States NORCECA Core team 2 2018 2019 Runners-up (2019)

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.[9]

Venue

All matches
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

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

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
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
Source: VNL 2021 standings
(H) Host

Week 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May10:00France 3–0 Bulgaria27–2525–2125–23  77–69P2 Report
28 May12:00Germany 3–0 Australia25–1925–1825–16  75–53P2 Report
28 May13:00Japan 3–0 Iran25–1925–2226–24  76–65P2 Report
28 May15:00Serbia 3–1 Slovenia22–2525–1836–3425–18 108–95P2 Report
28 May16:00Netherlands 1–3 Russia19–2522–2525–1820–25 86–93P2 Report
28 May18:00United States 3–0 Canada25–1726–2425–20  76–61P2 Report
28 May19:30Poland 3–0 Italy25–1925–2025–18  75–57P2 Report
28 May21:00Brazil 3–0 Argentina31–2926–2425–16  82–69P2 Report
29 May10:00Germany 2–3 France25–2222–2525–2216–2515–17103–111P2 Report
29 May12:00Iran 1–3 Russia17–2525–2020–2517–25 79–95P2 Report
29 May13:00Netherlands 2–3 Japan25–2225–2322–2517–258–1597–110P2 Report
29 May15:00Australia 0–3 Bulgaria21–2520–2520–25  61–75P2 Report
29 May16:00Poland 3–1 Serbia26–2425–1921–2525–15 97–83P2 Report
29 May18:00Italy 0–3 Slovenia23–2519–2515–25  57–75P2 Report
29 May19:30Argentina 0–3 Canada17–2521–2517–25  55–75P2 Report
29 May21:00United States 0–3 Brazil22–2523–2519–25  64–75P2 Report
30 May10:00Australia 1–3 France26–2825–2014–2523–25 88–98P2 Report
30 May12:00Netherlands 0–3 Iran18–2523–2528–30  69–80P2 Report
30 May13:00Germany 3–2 Bulgaria19–2525–2122–2530–2815–11111–110P2 Report
30 May15:00Russia 2–3 Japan26–2828–2625–2021–2514–16114–115P2 Report
30 May16:20United States 3–1 Argentina23–2525–2125–1525–19 98–80P2 Report
30 May18:25Canada 1–3 Brazil17–2520–2525–2225–27 87–99P2 Report
30 May19:30Poland 1–3 Slovenia22–2525–2319–2523–25 89–98P2 Report
30 May21:00Serbia 3–1 Italy25–2322–2525–2225–18 97–88P2 Report

Week 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jun10:00Germany 2–3 Argentina19–2525–2325–1723–2513–15105–105P2 Report
3 Jun12:00Iran 3–1 Canada22–2525–2225–2225–22 97–91P2 Report
3 Jun13:00Japan 1–3 Serbia25–1823–2522–2513–25 83–93P2 Report
3 Jun15:00Brazil 0–3 France37–3918–2528–30  83–94P2 Report
3 Jun16:00Netherlands 0–3 Slovenia18–2515–2518–25  51–75P2 Report
3 Jun18:00Australia 0–3 Poland16–2510–2512–25  38–75P2 Report
3 Jun19:30Italy 3–2 Bulgaria25–1920–2525–1323–2515–12108–94P2 Report
3 Jun21:00Russia 3–1 United States25–2225–1917–2525–19 92–85P2 Report
4 Jun10:00Argentina 0–3 Slovenia19–2522–2518–25  59–75P2 Report
4 Jun12:00Netherlands 3–2 Germany25–1823–2525–2023–2515–13111–101P2 Report
4 Jun13:00Brazil 3–0 Japan25–2025–1625–20  75–56P2 Report
4 Jun15:00Serbia 3–2 France22–2524–2625–2225–2315–9111–105P2 Report
4 Jun16:00Iran 3–1 Italy26–2429–2721–2525–22 101–98P2 Report
4 Jun18:15Poland 3–0 United States25–1728–2625–17  78–60P2 Report
4 Jun19:30Russia 3–0 Australia25–1926–2425–21  76–64P2 Report
4 Jun21:00Canada 3–0 Bulgaria28–2625–2325–16  78–65P2 Report
5 Jun10:00Netherlands 0–3 Argentina19–2520–2523–25  62–75P2 Report
5 Jun12:00Slovenia 1–3 Germany25–1920–2521–2520–25 86–94P2 Report
5 Jun13:00France 3–2 Japan21–2525–2224–2625–2115–11110–105P2 Report
5 Jun15:00Brazil 3–1 Serbia23–2525–2325–1525–22 98–85P2 Report
5 Jun16:00Russia 1–3 Poland25–2119–2519–2514–25 77–96P2 Report
5 Jun18:00United States 3–0 Australia25–2325–2025–17  75–60P2 Report
5 Jun19:30Bulgaria 0–3 Iran20–2531–3322–25  73–83P2 Report
5 Jun21:00Canada 2–3 Italy19–2521–2525–2128–2611–15104–112P2 Report

Week 3

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jun10:00Serbia 3–1 Germany19–2525–2225–1825–15 94–80P2 Report
9 Jun12:00Japan 3–1 Australia25–1821–2528–2626–24 100–93P2 Report
9 Jun13:00France 3–1 Russia22–2525–1830–2825–19 102–90P2 Report
9 Jun15:00Slovenia 3–0 Canada25–2225–1925–22  75–63P2 Report
9 Jun16:30Argentina 0–3 Italy28–3021–2520–25  69–80P2 Report
9 Jun18:00Iran 3–0 United States25–1925–2325–23  75–65P2 Report
9 Jun19:30Poland 3–0 Bulgaria25–1925–1525–12  75–46P2 Report
9 Jun21:00Netherlands 0–3 Brazil19–2522–2525–27  66–77P2 Report
10 Jun10:00Serbia 3–2 Iran21–2525–1526–2825–2215–8112–98P2 Report
10 Jun12:00Russia 3–1 Canada25–1825–1823–2525–23 98–84P2 Report
10 Jun13:00France 2–3 Slovenia25–1725–1923–2519–259–15101–101P2 Report
10 Jun15:00Argentina 3–0 Australia25–1825–1925–20  75–57P2 Report
10 Jun16:00Germany 0–3 United States12–2518–2527–29  57–79P2 Report
10 Jun18:00Bulgaria 0–3 Brazil16–2522–2512–25  50–75P2 Report
10 Jun19:30Japan 3–2 Italy21–2525–2222–2525–1515–9108–96P2 Report
10 Jun21:00Poland 3–0 Netherlands25–1425–1725–16  75–47P2 Report
11 Jun10:00Iran 2–3 Germany25–2320–2519–2525–1913–15102–107P2 Report
11 Jun12:00Slovenia 3–2 Russia19–2525–2322–2525–2015–8106–101P2 Report
11 Jun13:00Japan 1–3 Argentina32–3016–2518–2521–25 87–105P2 Report
11 Jun15:00Netherlands 2–3 Bulgaria18–2525–1825–1722–2513–15103–100P2 Report
11 Jun16:30Australia 0–3 Italy20–2522–2514–25  56–75P2 Report
11 Jun18:00United States 1–3 Serbia23–2517–2525–1925–27 90–96P2 Report
11 Jun19:30Canada 1–3 France25–2021–2522–2517–25 85–95P2 Report
11 Jun21:00Poland 0–3 Brazil17–2526–2819–25  62–78P2 Report

Week 4

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Jun10:00Russia 3–1 Serbia25–2325–2222–2525–21 97–91P2 Report
15 Jun12:00Iran 2–3 Australia23–2522–2525–2325–1812–15107–106P2 Report
15 Jun13:00Argentina 3–1 Bulgaria25–2016–2525–1825–18 91–81P2 Report
15 Jun15:00Japan 3–0 Germany25–1825–2225–20  75–60P2 Report
15 Jun16:30Italy 0–3 United States15–2518–2521–25  54–75P2 Report
15 Jun18:00Canada 0–3 Poland22–2523–2519–25  64–75P2 Report
15 Jun19:30Brazil 3–2 Slovenia15–2525–2219–2525–1315–1299–97P2 Report
15 Jun21:00Netherlands 3–2 France15–2522–2528–2625–2319–17109–116P2 Report
16 Jun10:00Argentina 1–3 Russia19–2523–2525–2119–25 86–96P2 Report
16 Jun12:00Serbia 3–0 Bulgaria25–2025–1725–17  75–54P2 Report
16 Jun13:00Slovenia 3–1 Australia18–2525–1825–1825–17 93–78P2 Report
16 Jun15:00Japan 0–3 Poland14–2518–2519–25  51–75P2 Report
16 Jun16:30Netherlands 1–3 Italy19–2523–2525–2321–25 88–98P2 Report
16 Jun18:00Canada 3–0 Germany25–1726–2425–21  76–62P2 Report
16 Jun19:30United States 1–3 France23–2525–2229–3122–25 99–103P2 Report
16 Jun21:00Iran 1–3 Brazil19–2525–2319–2521–25 84–98P2 Report
17 Jun10:00Argentina 3–0 Serbia27–2525–2026–24  78–69P2 Report
17 Jun12:00Bulgaria 0–3 Russia17–2522–2517–25  56–75P2 Report
17 Jun13:00Japan 0–3 Canada22–2523–2518–25  63–75P2 Report
17 Jun15:00Australia 0–3 Brazil17–2522–2512–25  51–75P2 Report
17 Jun16:00Iran 1–3 Slovenia25–1420–2519–2530–32 94–96P2 Report
17 Jun18:00Netherlands 2–3 United States25–2117–2525–2315–2513–1595–109P2 Report
17 Jun19:30France 2–3 Italy19–2525–2220–2525–2112–15101–108P2 Report
17 Jun21:00Germany 0–3 Poland22–2519–2520–25  61–75P2 Report

Week 5

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jun10:00Australia 1–3 Serbia16–2513–2525–1915–25 69–94P2 Report
21 Jun12:00Japan 3–0 Bulgaria25–2325–1825–14  75–55P2 Report
21 Jun13:00France 3–0 Iran25–2125–2125–19  75–61P2 Report
21 Jun15:00Canada 3–0 Netherlands25–1625–1625–19  75–51P2 Report
21 Jun16:30Brazil 3–1 Italy25–1932–3022–2525–20 104–94P2 Report
21 Jun18:00Slovenia 3–2 United States28–3025–1921–2528–2615–13117–113P2 Report
21 Jun19:30Poland 3–0 Argentina25–2125–2225–18  75–61P2 Report
21 Jun21:00Germany 1–3 Russia18–2518–2525–2315–25 76–98P2 Report
22 Jun10:00Canada 3–0 Australia25–1725–825–20  75–45P2 Report
22 Jun12:00Serbia 3–2 Netherlands25–2121–2525–1821–2517–15109–104P2 Report
22 Jun13:00Bulgaria 0–3 United States19–2524–269–25  52–76P2 Report
22 Jun15:00Iran 0–3 Poland20–2520–2516–25  56–75P2 Report
22 Jun16:00Japan 0–3 Slovenia16–2516–2526–28  58–78P2 Report
22 Jun18:00France 3–0 Argentina26–2425–2125–22  76–67P2 Report
22 Jun19:30Brazil 3–0 Germany25–2125–2125–23  75–65P2 Report
22 Jun21:00Russia 3–2 Italy25–2116–2525–1719–2515–12100–100P2 Report
23 Jun10:00Australia 0–3 Netherlands23–2519–2519–25  61–75P2 Report
23 Jun12:00Canada 3–2 Serbia17–2521–2525–1725–2017–15105–102P2 Report
23 Jun13:00United States 3–0 Japan25–2125–2325–20  75–64P2 Report
23 Jun15:00France 3–2 Poland25–2221–2522–2525–2015–11108–103P2 Report
23 Jun16:00Iran 1–3 Argentina31–3323–2532–3018–25 104–113P2 Report
23 Jun18:00Slovenia 3–0 Bulgaria25–2325–1625–18  75–57P2 Report
23 Jun19:30Italy 3–2 Germany25–1224–2625–2221–2515–13110–98P2 Report
23 Jun21:00Brazil 0–3 Russia21–2526–2820–25  67–78P2 Report

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 France25–2025–1825–19  75–57P2 Report
26 Jun15:00Poland 3–0 Slovenia25–2225–2125–23  75–66P2 Report

Third place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun11:30France 3–0 Slovenia25–2025–1825–19  75–57P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun15:00Brazil 3–1 Poland22–2525–2325–1625–14 97–78P2 Report

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.[10]

Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.[11]

Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the games were played without spectators. A total of 10,170 COVID-19 tests (including women's side) were conducted to players, referees, officials and staff every four days.[12]

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. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "FIVB ANNOUNCES HOST COUNTRIES FOR 2020 VNL". FIVB. September 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Brazil defeat Poland in final to claim their first VNL title". volleyballworld. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Solid France snatch bronze from Slovenia in Men's VNL for second podium appearance". volleyballworld. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wallace, Kurek share Men's VNL MVP Award". volleyballworld. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2021 – Everything you need to know". IOC. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "FIVB statement on participating teams at VNL 2021". FIVB. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "FIVB statement on participating teams at VNL 2021". Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  9. ↑ "Successful COVID-19 protocols at VNL Bubble 2021". FIVB. July 8, 2021. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  12. ↑ volleyballworld.com. "Looking back: A historic Volleyball Nations League in 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
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