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2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

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The 2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball 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]

2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Tournament details
Host nationItaly
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
MVP
Best SetterPoland Fabian Drzyzga
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPP
Best LiberoBrazil Thales Hoss
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

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]

CountryConfederationDesignationPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
 ArgentinaCSVCore team2201820197th place (2019)
 AustraliaAVCChallenger team22018201913th place (2018, 2019)
 BrazilCSVCore team2201820194th place (2018, 2019)
 BulgariaCEVChallenger team22018201911th place (2018)
 CanadaNORCECAChallenger team2201820197th place (2018)
 ChinaAVCCore team22018201915th place (2018)
 FranceCEVCore team220182019Runners-up (2018)
 GermanyCEVCore team2201820199th place (2018)
 IranAVCCore team2201820195th place (2019)
 ItalyCEVCore team2201820198th place (2018, 2019)
 JapanAVCCore team22018201910th place (2019)
 NetherlandsCEVChallenger team0NoneNone
 PolandCEVCore team2201820193rd place (2019)
 RussiaCEVCore team220182019Champions (2018, 2019)
 SerbiaCEVCore team2201820195th place (2018)
 SloveniaCEVChallenger team0NoneNone
 United StatesNORCECACore team220182019Runners-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 matches24 matches24 matches24 matches24 matches4 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

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1  Brazil151323839123.250126011021.143Final round
2  Poland151233739113.54512009851.218
3  Slovenia151233440182.222134212221.098
4  France151143441221.864147213821.065
5  Russia151143439211.857138012931.067
6  Serbia151052835271.296141913411.058
7  United States15872429241.208123911591.069
8  Canada15782127261.038119811701.024
9  Argentina15782023290.793118812220.972
10  Italy (H)15781928330.848133513450.993
11  Japan15781925310.806122612660.968
12  Iran155101825320.781128613490.953
13  Germany154111422380.579125513600.923
14  Netherlands153121119400.475121413540.897
15  Bulgaria15213711410.268103712380.838
16  Australia1511427440.15998012430.788
Source: VNL 2021 standings
(H) Host

Week 1

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
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

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
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

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
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

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
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

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
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

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
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

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
27 Jun11:30France  3–0  Slovenia25–2025–1825–19  75–57P2 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
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]

Best Attackers[b]
PlayerSpikesFaultsShots%Total
1 Nimir Abdel-Aziz2187711353.43408
2 Klemen Čebulj2005616847.17424
3 Maksim Mikhaylov1674511151.70323
4 Marko Ivović1583511151.97304
5 Tonček Štern154619749.36312

Best Servers[d]
PlayerAcesFaultsHitsAvgTotal
1 Nimir Abdel-Aziz3655943.00185
2 Wilfredo León3236692.46137
3 Marko Ivović20351681.33223
4 Dražen Luburić1944621.27125
5 Ruben Schott18401201.20178

Best Diggers[f]
PlayerDigsFaultsReceptionsAvgTotal
1 Fabio Balaso161482510.73234
2 Jani Kovačič1506078.82217
3 Julian Zenger14158239.40222
4 Jenia Grebennikov13750199.79206
5 Luke Perry12939148.60182

Final round

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

Best Attackers
PlayerSpikesFaultsShots%Total
1 Yoandy Leal3452354.8462
2 Wallace De Souza2991258.0050
3 Bartosz Kurek2961459.1849
4 Tine Urnaut2171055.2638
5 Ricardo Lucarelli1961350.0038

Best Servers
PlayerAcesFaultsHitsAvgTotal
1 Earvin N'Gapeth48172.0029
2 Wilfredo León35211.5029
3 Fabian Drzyzga34211.5028
4 Tonček Štern35151.5023
5 Alen Pajenk36171.5026

Best Diggers
PlayerDigsFaultsReceptionsAvgTotal
1 Jani Kovačič18429.0024
2 Thales Hoss16318.0020
3 Paweł Zatorski16738.0026
4 Bruno Rezende15507.5020
5 Ricardo Lucarelli15737.5025

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

References

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