2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball 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.

2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

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
Volleyball Nations League
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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 finals hosts, the United States, in the final. Poland claimed the bronze after sweeping Brazil in three straight sets. Matt Anderson from United States named the MVP of the tournament.

Qualification

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]

Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last
Argentina	CSV	Core team	1	2018	2018	14th place (2018)
Australia	AVC	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	13th place (2018)
Brazil	CSV	Core team	1	2018	2018	4th place (2018)
Bulgaria	CEV	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	11th place (2018)
Canada	NORCECA	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	7th place (2018)
China	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	15th place (2018)
France	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	Runners-up (2018)
Germany	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	9th place (2018)
Iran	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	10th place (2018)
Italy	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	8th place (2018)
Japan	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	12th place (2018)
Poland	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	5th place (2018)
Portugal	CEV	Challenger team	0	None		None
Russia	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	Champions (2018)
Serbia	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	5th place (2018)
United States	NORCECA	Core team	1	2018	2018	3rd place (2018)

Format

Preliminary round

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

Final round

The six qualified teams played in 2 pools of 3 teams in a round-robin format. The top 2 teams of each pool qualified for the semifinals. The pool winners played against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advanced to compete for the Volleyball Nations League title. The losers faced each other in the third place match.

Pools composition

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

Preliminary round

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 round

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

Venues

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

Preliminary round

Week 1
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
Week 2
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
Week 3
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
Week 4
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
Week 5
Pool 17	Pool 18	Pool 19	Pool 20
Brisbane, Australia	Brasília, 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

Final round

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

Competition schedule

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Preliminary round

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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 procedure

To determine the pools standings, the following criteria is applied:^[6]

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker applied: The teams were 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. Where teams were still tied after an examination of the number of their victories and points gained, then the FIVB examined the results to break the tie in the following order:
   • Sets quotient: if two or more teams were tied on the number of points gained, they were ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all sets won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: where the tie persisted based on the sets quotient, the teams were ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • Where the tie persisted based on the points quotient, the tie was broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. Where the tie in points quotient was between three or more teams, these teams were ranked taking into consideration only the matches the teams in question were involved in.

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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

Ranking

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 2020 Nations League
16	China	15	1	14	4	9	42	0.214	1047	1234	0.848

Source: VNL 2019 Preliminary Round Standings
Notes:

1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

• 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 2

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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 3

• 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 4

• 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 2

Pool 5

• 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 6

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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 7

• 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 8

• 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 3

Pool 9

• 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 10

• 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 11

• 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 12

• 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 4

Pool 13

• 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 14

• 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 15

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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 16

• 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 5

Pool 17

• 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 18

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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 19

• 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
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 20

• 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 round

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

Pool play

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	173	142	1.218	Semifinals
2	Russia	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	133	131	1.015
3	France	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	140	173	0.809

Source: VNL 2019 Pool A Standings

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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 B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	5	6	3	2.000	205	188	1.090	Semifinals
2	Brazil	2	1	1	3	5	5	1.000	212	213	0.995
3	Iran	2	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	189	205	0.922

Source: VNL 2019 Pool B Standings

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 four

	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

Semifinals

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 match

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

Final

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 standing

Rank[7] 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 Men's Nations League champions  Russia Second title 14-man roster Dmitry Volkov, Egor Kliuka, Ivan Iakovlev, Viktor Poletaev, Ilyas Kurkaev, Dmitry Kovalev, Fedor Voronkov, Igor Kobzar (c), Denis Zemchenok, Anton Semyshev, Igor Filippov, Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Roman Martynyuk, Valentin Golubev Head coach Tuomas Sammelvuo

Awards

• Most valuable player

   Matt Anderson (USA)

• Best setter

   Micah Christenson (USA)

• Best outside spikers

   Bartosz Bednorz (POL)

   Dmitry Volkov (RUS)

   Egor Kliuka (RUS)

• Best middle blockers

   Ivan Iakovlev (RUS)

   Maxwell Holt (USA)

• Best opposite spiker

   Matt Anderson (USA)

• Best libero

   Erik Shoji (USA)

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.^[8]

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 round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.^[9]

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 Kłos 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 Kłos 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

See also

• 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup