FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League statistics

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 eighth edition and as of 2026, most successful team is Poland with 7 medals in total, 3 golds (2023, 2025, 2026), one silver (2021) and 3 bronze medals (2019, 2022, 2024). France won 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) and one bronze medals (2025).^[5]United States has won fourth silvers (2019, 2022, 2023, 2026) and a bronze (2018), while Japan has won a silver (2024) and bronze (2023), Italy has won silver (2025), Slovenia has won bronze medal (2026).^[6]^[7]

Results summary

2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

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.

Preliminary round

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 2019 Nations League

Source: VNL 2018 standings
Notes:

↑ Qualified as hosts

Final round 2018

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	Eliminated in pool play

Source: VNL 2018 finals
(H) Host

Final four

Semi-finals		Final

7 July

France	3
		8 July
United States	2
		France	0
7 July
		Russia	3
Russia	3

Brazil	0
		Third place match

		8 July

		United States	3

		Brazil	0

2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

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

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

Source: VNL 2019 Preliminary Round Standings
Notes:

↑ Qualified as hosts

Final round 2019

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	Eliminated in pool play

Source: VNL 2019 finals
(H) Host

Final four

Semifinals		Final

13 July

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

Brazil	1
		3rd place match

		14 July

		Poland	3

		Brazil	0

2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

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.

Preliminary 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

Source: VNL 2021 standings
(H) Host

Final round 2021

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

Source: VNL 2021 finals

Final four

Semi-finals		Final

26 June

Brazil	3
		27 June
France	0
		Brazil	3
26 June
		Poland	1
Poland	3

Slovenia	0
		Third place match

		27 June

		France	3

		Slovenia	0

Tournament statistics

Matches played : 124
Attendance : 0 no spectators due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

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.^[9]

Preliminary round

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.^[10]

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

Source: VNL 2022 standings
Notes:

↑ Qualified as hosts

Final round 2022

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

Source: VNL 2022 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

20 July

Italy	3
		23 July
Netherlands	1
		Italy	0
21 July
		France	3
France	3
				24 July
Japan	0
				France	3
21 July
				United States	2
Poland	3
		23 July
Iran	2
		Poland	0
20 July
		United States	3	Third place match
United States	3
				24 July
Brazil	1
				Italy	0

				Poland	3

2023 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

^[11]

Preliminary round

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	Final round
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

Source: VNL 2023 Preliminary Phase
Notes:

↑ Qualified as hosts

Final round 2023

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	264	261	1.011	Third place
4	Italy	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	231	218	1.060	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	64	76	0.842
8	France	1	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	99	106	0.934

Source: VNL 2023 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

^[12]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

19 July

United States	3
		22 July
France	2
		United States	3
19 July
		Italy	0
Italy	3
				23 July
Argentina	0
				United States	1
20 July
				Poland	3
Japan	3
		22 July
Slovenia	0
		Japan	1
20 July
		Poland	3	Third place match
Poland	3
				23 July
Brazil	0
				Italy	2

				Japan	3

2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

^[13]

Preliminary round

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.^[14]

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

Source: VNL 2024 – Men's standings
Notes:

↑ Qualified as host

Final round 2024

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

Source: VNL 2024 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

^[15]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

28 June

Slovenia	3
		29 June
Argentina	2
		Slovenia	0
27 June
		Japan	3
Japan	3
				30 June
Canada	0
				Japan	1
27 June
				France	3
Poland	3
		29 June
Brazil	1
		Poland	2
28 June
		France	3	Third place match
Italy	2
				30 June
France	3
				Slovenia	0

				Poland	3

2025 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Source:^[16]

Preliminary round

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, the current format has the 18 men's teams competing in pools of 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 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 or relegation
1	Brazil	12	11	1	32	35	11	3.182	1095	998	1.097	Final round
2	Italy	12	10	2	28	33	14	2.357	1100	962	1.143
3	France	12	8	4	24	30	18	1.667	1124	1050	1.070
4	Japan	12	8	4	23	27	17	1.588	1036	977	1.060
5	Poland	12	8	4	23	30	20	1.500	1157	1129	1.025
6	Slovenia	12	7	5	19	22	22	1.000	1002	985	1.017
7	Cuba	12	6	6	20	28	26	1.077	1196	1174	1.019
8	Iran	12	6	6	19	25	24	1.042	1088	1061	1.025
9	Ukraine	12	6	6	18	25	25	1.000	1087	1093	0.995
10	Bulgaria	12	6	6	17	22	23	0.957	993	1033	0.961
11	United States	12	6	6	17	21	24	0.875	1006	1033	0.974
12	Argentina	12	6	6	16	24	26	0.923	1114	1118	0.996
13	Canada	12	5	7	17	23	24	0.958	1064	1057	1.007
14	Germany	12	5	7	17	25	27	0.926	1181	1179	1.002
15	Serbia	12	3	9	10	15	29	0.517	926	1038	0.892
16	Turkey	12	3	9	10	14	28	0.500	945	992	0.953
17	China^[a]	12	3	9	9	12	30	0.400	881	990	0.890	Final round
18	Netherlands	12	1	11	5	11	34	0.324	942	1068	0.882	Excluded from the Nations League

Source: VNL 2025 – Men's standings
Notes:

↑ Qualified as finals' host

Final round 2025

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country China 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	Poland	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	229	180	1.272	Champions
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	247	244	1.012	Runners up
3	Brazil	3	2	1	6	6	5	1.200	268	252	1.063	Third place
4	Slovenia	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	263	279	0.943	Fourth place

5	France	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	84	90	0.933	Eliminated in quarterfinals
6	Japan	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	59	76	0.776
7	Cuba	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	83	95	0.874
8	China (H)	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	87	104	0.837

Source: VNL 2025 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

^[18]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

30 July

Brazil	3
		2 August
China	1
		Brazil	0
31 July
		Poland	3
Japan	0
				3 August
Poland	3
				Poland	3
30 July
				Italy	0
Italy	3
		2 August
Cuba	1
		Italy	3
31 July
		Slovenia	1	Third place match
France	1
				3 August
Slovenia	3
				Brazil	3

				Slovenia	1

2026 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Source:^[19]

Preliminary round

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, the current format has the 18 men's teams competing in pools of 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.^[20]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	Japan	12	12	0	30	36	15	2.400	1183	1074	1.101	Final round
2	Poland	12	10	2	29	34	15	2.267	1164	1051	1.108
3	Slovenia	12	10	2	26	32	17	1.882	1126	1067	1.055
4	Italy	12	8	4	26	30	18	1.667	1093	1040	1.051
5	United States	12	8	4	25	29	16	1.813	1049	960	1.093
6	Turkey	12	8	4	22	28	19	1.474	1054	1020	1.033
7	Ukraine	12	7	5	23	27	20	1.350	1082	1048	1.032
8	Bulgaria	12	7	5	20	24	23	1.043	1063	1039	1.023
9	Brazil	12	7	5	19	23	21	1.095	1017	985	1.032
10	France	12	6	6	16	23	24	0.958	1092	1087	1.005
11	Serbia	12	5	7	16	19	25	0.760	961	1037	0.927
12	Germany	12	5	7	15	23	28	0.821	1133	1162	0.975
13	Belgium	12	4	8	12	17	28	0.607	990	1061	0.933
14	Iran	12	3	9	11	18	30	0.600	1061	1123	0.945
15	Argentina	12	3	9	10	18	31	0.581	1081	1133	0.954
16	Cuba	12	3	9	10	16	29	0.552	963	1035	0.930
17	Canada	12	1	11	10	19	34	0.559	1157	1209	0.957	Excluded from the Nations League
18	China^[a]	12	1	11	4	10	33	0.303	891	1029	0.866	Final round

Source: VNL 2026 – Men's standings
Notes:

↑ Qualified as finals' host

Final round 2026

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country China 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	15	13	2	37	43	18	2.389	1449	1293	1.121	Champions
	United States	15	10	5	31	37	21	1.762	1338	1238	1.081	Runners up
	Slovenia	15	12	3	32	38	21	1.810	1378	1326	1.039	Third place
4	Japan	15	13	2	34	42	22	1.909	1475	1370	1.077	Fourth place

5	Italy	13	8	5	26	30	21	1.429	1157	1115	1.038	Eliminated in quarterfinals
6	Turkey	13	8	5	22	28	22	1.273	1145	1119	1.023
7	Ukraine	13	7	6	23	28	23	1.217	1166	1145	1.018
8	China (H)	13	1	12	4	11	36	0.306	978	1127	0.868

Source: VNL 2026
(H) Host

Final eighth

^[21]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

29 July

Japan	3
		1 August
China	1
		Japan	2
30 July
		United States	3
Italy	0
				2 August
United States	3
				United States	2
29 July
				Poland	3
Slovenia	3
		1 August
Turkey	0
		Slovenia	0
30 July
		Poland	3	Third place match
Poland	3
				2 August
Ukraine	1
				Japan	1

				Slovenia	3

Tournament statistics

Edition	Played	Attendance	Preliminary round Sets	Final round Sets	Total Sets	Preliminary round Points	Final round Points	Total Points	Final Match	Attendance in Final
2018	130	494,775 (3,806 per match)	446	35	481 (3.7 per match)	20,134	1,568	21,702 (167 per match)	France 0–3 Russia	10,164
2019	130	449,809 (3,460 per match)	460	40	500 (3.85 per match)	20,770	1,762	22,532 (173 per match)	United States 1–3 Russia	4,375
2021	124	0^[22] (0 per match)	449	13	462 (3.73 per match)	20,031	580	20,611 (166 per match)	Brazil 3–1 Poland	0
2022	104	295,262 (2,839 per match)	351	30	381 (3.66 per match)	15,622	1,293	16,915 (163 per match)	France 3–2 United States	8,490
2023	104	318,294 (3,061 per match)	366^[23]	30	396 (3.81 per match)	16,528	1,305	17,833 (171.5 per match)	Poland 3–1 United States	10,621
2024	104	356,729 (3,430 per match)	375^[24]	32	407 (3.91 per match)	16,777	1,436	18,213 (175 per match)	Japan 1–3 France	9,966
2025	116	413,916 (3,568 per match)	422^[25]	29	451 (3.89 per match)	18,937	1,320	20,257 (174.6 per match)	Poland 3–0 Italy	7,000
2026	116	399,875 (3,447 per match)	426^[26]	31	457 (3.94 per match)	19,160	1,444	20,604 (177.6 per match)	United States 2–3 Poland	5,865
Total	928	2,728,660 (2,940 per match)	3,295	240	3,535 (3.81 per match)	147,959	10,708	158,667 (171 per match)	24 medals (8 editions completed)	56,481 (7,060 per final)

Table is current through the end of 2026 Nations League.

Medals summary

Volleyball Nations League (2018–present)

Years	VNL Hosts	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Lille	Russia	France	United States
2019	Chicago	Russia	United States	Poland
2021	Rimini	Brazil	Poland	France
2022	Bologna	France	United States	Poland
2023	Gdańsk	Poland	United States	Japan
2024	Łódź	France	Japan	Poland
2025	Ningbo	Poland	Italy	Brazil
2026	Ningbo	Poland	United States	Slovenia

Team participations

Appearance

Team	Preliminary Round			Final Round
Team	App.	First	Last	App.	First	Last
Argentina	8	2018	2026	2	2023	2024
Australia	4	2018	2022	–	–	–
Belgium	1	2026	2026	–	–	–
Brazil	8	2018	2026	7	2018	2025
Bulgaria	8	2018	2026	–	–	–
Canada	8	2018	2026	1	2024	2024
China	6	2018	2026	2	2025	2026
Cuba	4	2023	2026	1	2025	2025
France	8	2018	2026	7	2018	2025
Germany	8	2018	2026	–	–	–
Iran	8	2018	2026	2	2019	2022
Italy	8	2018	2026	5	2022	2026
Japan	8	2018	2026	5	2022	2026
Netherlands	5	2021	2025	1	2022	2022
Poland	8	2018	2026	8	2018	2026
Portugal	1	2019	2019	–	–	–
Russia	3	2018	2021	2	2018	2019
Serbia	8	2018	2026	1	2018	2018
Slovenia	6	2021	2026	5	2021	2026
South Korea	1	2018	2018	–	–	–
Turkey	3	2024	2026	1	2026	2026
Ukraine	2	2025	2026	1	2026	2026
United States	8	2018	2026	5	2018	2026
Table current through the 2026 edition.

Rankings

2018–2024

Rank^[27]	VNL 2018
	Russia
	France
	United States
4	Brazil
5	Poland
5	Serbia
7	Canada
8	Italy
9	Germany
10	Iran
11	Bulgaria
12	Japan
13	Australia
14	Argentina
15	China
16	South Korea

Rank^[28]	VNL 2019
	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

Rank^[29]	VNL 2021
	Brazil
	Poland
	France
4	Slovenia
5	Russia
6	Serbia
7	United States
8	Canada
9	Argentina
10	Italy
11	Japan
12	Iran
13	Germany
14	Netherlands
15	Bulgaria
16	Australia

Rank^[30]	VNL 2022
	France
	United States
	Poland
4	Italy
5	Japan
6	Brazil
7	Iran
8	Netherlands
9	Argentina
10	Slovenia
11	Serbia
12	Germany
13	China
14	Bulgaria
15	Canada
16	Australia

Rank^[31]	VNL 2023
	Poland
	United States
	Japan
4	Italy
5	Argentina
6	Brazil
7	Slovenia
8	France
9	Serbia
10	Netherlands
11	Germany
12	Canada
13	Cuba
14	Iran
15	Bulgaria
16	China

Rank^[32]	VNL 2024
	France
	Japan
	Poland
4	Slovenia
5	Italy
6	Canada
7	Brazil
8	Argentina
9	Cuba
10	Serbia
11	Germany
12	United States
13	Netherlands
14	Bulgaria
15	Iran
16	Turkey

2025–present

Rank^[33]	VNL 2025
	Poland
	Italy
	Brazil
4	Slovenia
5	France
6	Japan
7	Cuba
8	China
9	Iran
10	Ukraine
11	Bulgaria
12	United States
13	Argentina
14	Canada
15	Germany
16	Serbia
17	Turkey
18	Netherlands

Rank^[34]	VNL 2026
	Poland
	United States
	Slovenia
4	Japan
5	Italy
6	Turkey
7	Ukraine
8	China
9	Bulgaria
10	Brazil
11	France
12	Serbia
13	Germany
14	Belgium
15	Iran
16	Argentina
17	Cuba
18	Canada

Team performances by season

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 (2018–2024) / Relegated from VNL (2025–present)

Team	2018 (16)			2019 (16)			2021 (16)			2022 (16)			2023 (16)			2024 (16)			2025 (18)		2026 (18)
Team	G	FR	RK	G	FR	RK	G	FR	RK	G	FR	RK	G	FR	RK	G	FR	RK	FR	RK	FR	RK
Argentina	C	P	14	C	P	7	C	P	9	C	P	9	C	F	5	C	F	8	P	13	P	16
Australia	CH	P	13	CH	P	13	CH	P	16	CH	P	16	did not participate
Belgium	did not participate															VCC			did not participate		P	14
Brazil	C	F	4	C	F	4	C	F	1	C	F	6	C	F	6	C	F	7	F	3	P	10
Bulgaria	CH	P	11	CH	P	12	CH	P	15	CH	P	14	CH	P	15	CH	P	14	P	11	P	9
Canada	CH	P	7	CH	P	9	CH	P	8	CH	P	15	CH	P	12	CH	F	6	P	14	P	18
China	C	P	15	C	P	16	Withdrew^[a]			CH	P	13	CH	P	16	VCC			F	8	F	8
Cuba	VCC			VCC			VCC (canceled)			VCC			CH	P	13	CH	P	9	F	7	P	17
France	C	F	2	C	F	6	C	F	3	C	F	1	C	F	8	C	F	1	F	5	P	11
Germany	C	P	9	C	P	14	C	P	13	C	P	12	C	P	11	C	P	11	P	15	P	13
Iran	C	P	10	C	F	5	C	P	12	C	F	7	C	P	14	C	P	15	P	9	P	15
Italy	C	P	8	C	P	8	C	P	10	C	F	4	C	F	4	C	F	5	F	2	F	5
Japan	C	P	12	C	P	10	C	P	11	C	F	5	C	F	3	C	F	2	F	6	F	4
Netherlands	did not participate						CH ^[a]	P	14	CH	F	8	CH	P	10	CH	P	13	P	18	did not participate
Poland	C	F	5	C	F	3	C	F	2	C	F	3	C	F	1	C	F	3	F	1	F	1
Portugal	VCC			CH	P	15	VCC (canceled)			did not participate
Russia	C	F	1	C	F	1	C	P	5	Excluded^[b]^[36]
Serbia	C	F	5	C	P	11	C	P	6	C	P	11	C	P	9	C	P	10	P	16	P	12
Slovenia	did not participate			VCC			CH	F	4	CH	P	10	CH	F	7	CH	F	4	F	4	F	3
South Korea	CH	P	16	VCC (withdrew)			VCC (canceled)			VCC			did not participate
Turkey	did not participate			VCC			VCC (canceled)			VCC			VCC			CH	P	16	P	17	F	6
Ukraine	did not participate												VCC			VCC			P	10	F	7
United States	C	F	3	C	F	2	C	P	7	C	F	2	C	F	2	C	P	12	P	12	F	2
Table current through the 2026 edition.

Debut of national teams


Year	Debutants	Total
2018	Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, United States	16
2019	Portugal	1
2021	Netherlands, Slovenia	2
2022	None	0
2023	Cuba	1
2024	Turkey	1
2025	Ukraine	1
2026	Belgium	1
2027	Finland	1

By top four finishes

Rank	Nation	Number of appearances	Years in semifinals
1	Poland	7	(2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
2	United States	5	(2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026)
3	Brazil	4	(2018, 2019, 2021, 2025)
	France		(2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
	Slovenia		(2021, 2024, 2025, 2026)
6	Japan	3	(2023, 2024, 2026)
6	Italy	3	(2022, 2023, 2025)
8	Russia	2	(2018, 2019)

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Best Scorers^[c]
	Player	Spikes	Blocks	Serves	Total
2018	Jiang Chuan^[37]	242	19	13	274
2019	Yūji Nishida^[38]	184	13	23	220
2021	Nimir Abdel-Aziz^[39]	218	10	36	264
2022	Nimir Abdel-Aziz^[40]	191	10	30	231
2023	Nimir Abdel-Aziz^[41]	184	8	25	217
2024	Tonček Štern^[42]	265	24	31	320
2025	Marlon Yant^[43]	200	22	15	237
2026	Aleksandar Nikolov^[44]	247	11	20	278

Best Attackers^[d]
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	Total
2018	Dmitry Muserskiy	146	15	62	223
2019	Bruno Lima	177	50	98	325
2021	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	218	77	113	408
2022	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	191	53	125	369
2023	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	184	66	105	355
2024	Tonček Štern	265	68	153	486
2025	Marlon Yant	200	69	144	413
2026	Aleksandar Nikolov	247	77	134	458

Best Blockers^[e]
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Total
2018	Svetoslav Gotsev	34	69	80	183
2019	Graham Vigrass	31	63	65	159
2021	Marko Podraščanin	44	66	51	161
2022	Svetoslav Gotsev	35	38	19	92
2023	Agustín Loser	51	61	44	156
2024	Agustín Loser	34	59	47	140
2025	Yurii Semeniuk	37	55	47	139
2026	Jackson Howe	45	70	75	190

Best Servers^[f]
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Total
2018	Earvin N'Gapeth	17	34	74	125
2019	Egor Kliuka	28	37	107	172
2021	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	36	55	94	185
2022	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	30	55	79	164
2023	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	25	52	101	179
2024	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	40	56	94	190
2025	Ramazan Efe Mandıracı	26	28	110	164
2026	Dmytro Yanchuk	21	35	101	157
2026	Ran Takahashi	21	27	145	193

Best Setters^[g]
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Total
2018	Maximiliano Cavanna	995	5	285	1285
2019	Saeid Marouf	529	17	688	1234
2021	Gregor Ropret	375	6	709	1090
2022	Georgi Seganov	301	8	587	896
2023	Bruno Rezende	230	6	595	831
2024	Gregor Ropret	359	9	831	1199
2025	Fernando Kreling	392	2	478	872
2026	Antoine Brizard	396	5	575	976

Best Diggers^[h]
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Total
2018	Luke Perry	73	0	136	209
2019	Santiago Danani	143	57	45	245
2021	Fabio Balaso	161	48	25	234
2022	Santiago Danani	117	52	24	193
2023	Jani Kovačič	119	31	15	165
2024	Santiago Danani	123	58	7	188
2025	Maique Nascimento	101	56	61	218
2026	Franco Massimino	112	43	48	203

Best Receivers^[i]
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	Total
2018	Paweł Zatorski	59	9	137	205
2019	Thales Hoss	104	23	231	358
2021	Marko Ivović	123	23	161	307
2022	Santiago Danani	87	10	116	213
2023	Yūki Ishikawa	61	10	131	202
2024	Arman Salehi	90	16	164	270
2025	Tom Koops	106	17	211	334
2026	Mathis Henno	93	11	229	333

Final Round

Best Scorers
	Player	Spikes	Blocks	Serves	Total
2018	Stéphen Boyer^[45]	64	8	3	75
2019	Bartosz Bednorz^[46]	65	8	6	79
2021	Yoandy Leal^[47]	34	1	2	37
2022	Jean Patry^[48]	47	2	3	52
2023	Yūki Ishikawa^[49]	60	5	5	70
2024	Yūki Ishikawa^[50]	56	5	3	64
2025	Alessandro Michieletto^[51]	37	6	7	50
2026	Jake Hanes^[52]	51	3	12	66

Best Attackers
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	Total
2018	Bartosz Kurek	21	5	7	33
2019	Taylor Sander	46	10	24	80
2021	Yoandy Leal	34	5	23	62
2022	Jean Patry	47	7	23	77
2023	Yūki Ishikawa	60	12	41	113
2024	Yūki Ishikawa	56	19	30	105
2025	Alan Souza	40	13	26	79
2026	Rok Možič^[53]	53	16	30	99

Best Blockers
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Total
2018	Lucas Saatkamp	11	16	27	54
2019	Maxwell Holt	17	19	17	53
2021	Maurício Souza	9	9	10	28
2022	David Smith	8	16	19	43
2023	Roberto Russo	9	10	16	35
2024	Nicolas Le Goff	13	22	11	46
2025	Jan Kozamernik	8	9	15	32
2026	Bartłomiej Lemański^[54]	10	8	11	29

Best Servers
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Total
2018	Egor Kliuka	6	6	38	50
2019	Egor Kliuka	8	9	31	48
2021	Earvin N'Gapeth	4	8	17	29
2022	Torey DeFalco	7	9	38	54
2023	Mateusz Bieniek	8	6	33	47
2024	Tatsunori Otsuka	4	3	35	42
2025	Alessandro Michieletto	7	8	30	45
2026	Jake Hanes^[55]	12	17	29	58

Best Setters
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Total
2018	Bruno Rezende	252	3	4	259
2019	Saeid Marouf	71	3	129	203
2021	Bruno Rezende	40	1	111	152
2022	Micah Christenson	72	1	178	251
2023	Micah Christenson	100	0	156	256
2024	Marcin Janusz	67	0	133	200
2025	Fernando Kreling	115	1	133	249
2026	Micah Christenson^[56]	102	0	163	265

Best Diggers
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Total
2018	Paweł Zatorski	14	0	16	30
2019	Saeid Marouf	24	5	8	37
2021	Jani Kovačič	18	4	2	24
2022	Fabio Balaso	35	6	3	44
2023	Tomohiro Yamamoto	35	13	1	49
2024	Tomohiro Yamamoto	28	17	0	45
2025	Alan Souza	20	4	3	27
2026	Grega Okroglič^[57]	28	14	11	53
2026	Jakub Popiwczak	28	10	8	46

Best Receivers
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	Total
2018	Thales Hoss	24	4	47	75
2019	Thales Hoss	27	6	73	106
2021	Klemen Čebulj	17	2	22	41
2022	Trevor Clevenot	32	1	33	66
2023	Ran Takahashi	16	5	42	63
2024	Klemen Čebulj	20	10	41	71
2025	Fabio Balaso	22	2	47	71
2026	Matt Anderson^[58]	16	3	64	83

Individual awards

VNL Dream Team

Year	MVP	Middle Blockers		Setter	Outside Spikers			Opposite Spiker	Libero
2018	Maxim Mikhaylov^[59]	Dmitry Muserskiy	Kévin Le Roux	Benjamin Toniutti	Taylor Sander	Dmitry Volkov	N/a	Matt Anderson	Jenia Grebennikov
2019	Matt Anderson^[60]	Ivan Iakovlev	Maxwell Holt	Micah Christenson	Bartosz Bednorz	Dmitry Volkov (2)	Egor Kliuka	Matt Anderson (2)	Erik Shoji
2021	Wallace de Souza / Bartosz Kurek^[61]	Maurício Souza	Mateusz Bieniek	Fabian Drzyzga	Yoandy Leal	Michał Kubiak	N/a	Wallace de Souza / Bartosz Kurek	Thales Hoss
2022	Earvin N'Gapeth^[62]	David Smith	Mateusz Bieniek (2)	Micah Christenson (2)	Trévor Clévenot	Earvin N'Gapeth		Jean Patry	Jenia Grebennikov (2)
2023	Paweł Zatorski^[63]	Jakub Kochanowski	David Smith (2)	Micah Christenson (3)	Aleksander Śliwka	Yūki Ishikawa		Łukasz Kaczmarek	Paweł Zatorski
2024	Antoine Brizard^[64]	Jakub Kochanowski (2)	Nicolas Le Goff	Antoine Brizard	Tomasz Fornal	Yūki Ishikawa (2)		Jean Patry (2)	Tomohiro Yamamoto
2025	Jakub Kochanowski^[65]	Jakub Kochanowski (3)	Jan Kozamernik	Simone Giannelli	Wilfredo León	Alessandro Michieletto		Kewin Sasak	Maique Nascimento
2026	Tomasz Fornal^[66]	Jackson Howe	N/a	Antoine Brizard	Aleksandar Nikolov	Dmytro Yanchuk	Mathis Henno	N/a	Franco Massimino

Paweł Zatorski was the 2023 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player.

Team awards

Fair play award

Year	Team
2018	Not awarded
2019
2021
2022	Poland^[67]
2023	United States
2024	Slovenia
2025	Not awarded
2026	Not awarded

All-time team records

^[68]

Rank	Teams^‡	Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Set wins	Set lost	Set ratio	Points wins	Points lost	Points ratio	Final round	VNL Best results
1	Poland ()	128	98	30	282	323	158	2.044	11288	10328	1.093	8	(2023, 2025, 2026)
2	Brazil ()	121	83	38	248	284	171	1.661	10638	9903	1.074	7	(2021)
3	France ()	121	81	40	238	288	179	1.609	10862	10167	1.068	7	(2022, 2024)
4	United States ()	122	78	44	233	272	182	1.495	10515	9922	1.060	5	(2019, 2022, 2023, 2026)
5	Italy ()	116	73	43	220	257	180	1.428	10024	9443	1.062	5	(2025)
6	Japan ()	116	73	43	200	248	204	1.216	10233	10010	1.022	5	(2024)
7	Slovenia (2)	87	57	30	158	187	140	1.336	7507	7284	1.031	5	(2026)
8	Serbia (1)	107	51	56	147	195	223	0.874	9209	9434	0.976	1	5th (2018)
9	Argentina (1)	107	48	59	150	202	220	0.918	9504	9541	0.996	2	5th (2023)
10	Iran ()	108	44	64	144	192	224	0.857	9334	9467	0.986	2	5th (2019)
11	Canada ()	106	42	64	134	181	223	0.812	8976	9228	0.973	1	6th (2024)
12	Russia^[j]^[69] ()	53	41	12	123	133	58	2.293	4504	4122	1.109	2	(2018, 2019)
13	Germany ()	105	36	69	116	176	246	0.715	9167	9665	0.948		9th (2018)
14	Bulgaria ()	105	33	72	99	145	253	0.573	8496	9198	0.924		11th (2018, 2025)
15	Netherlands ()	64	18	46	61	90	153	0.588	5238	5611	0.934	1	8th (2022)
16	Cuba ()	49	17	32	55	84	117	0.718	4374	4555	0.960	1	7th (2025)
17	Ukraine (2)	25	13	12	41	53	48	1.104	2253	2238	1.007	1	7th (2026)
18	China (1)	80	13	67	41	74	211	0.351	5947	6771	0.878	2	8th (2025, 2026)
19	Turkey (1)	37	12	25	37	55	84	0.655	3114	3235	0.963	1	6th (2026)
20	Australia (2)	57	10	47	32	56	151	0.371	4291	4949	0.867		13th (2018, 2019)
21	Belgium ()	12	4	8	12	17	28	0.607	990	1061	0.933		14th (2026)
22	Portugal (1)	15	2	13	7	12	40	0.300	1095	1268	0.864		15th (2019)
23	South Korea (1)	15	1	14	6	11	42	0.262	1108	1267	0.875		16th (2018)
Total	23 teams	928 matches				3,535 sets (3.81 pg)			158,667 points (170.98 pg)			17 teams FR	24 medals

^‡ () Change since previous year rankings.
Table current through the end of the 2026 Nations League.

Standing procedure

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.

Notes

1 2 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.^[35]
↑ 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).
↑ Russian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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[table_note_FRA0.37239181733336-8] Qualified as hosts

[table_note_USA0.44315892152635-9] Qualified as hosts

[table_note_ITA0.25149566831603-13] Qualified as hosts

[table_note_POL0.65729901132048-15] Qualified as hosts

[table_note_POL0.70399801465869-19] Qualified as host

[table_note_CHN0.72522826479991-23] Qualified as finals' host

[table_note_CHN0.03941014969694-27] Qualified as finals' host

[vnl2021-43] 1 2 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.^[35]

[44] Russian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[Best_scorers-46] (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).

[Best_attackers-55] (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).

[Best_blockers-56] (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).

[Best_servers-57] (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).

[Best_setters-58] (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).

[Best_diggers-59] (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).

[Best_receivers-60] (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).

[85] Russian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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International men's volleyball
FIVB World Ranking
Worldwide	FIVB Olympic Games World Cup Nations League Defunct World Grand Prix World Cup (until 2019) Olympic Qualification Tournament Challenger Cup World Grand Champions Cup
Africa	CAVB African Nations Championships
Asia and Oceania	AVC AVC Continental Championship AVC Cup Defunct AVC Cup (until 2022)
Europe	CEV EuroVolley European League
North America	NORCECA NORCECA Continental Championship NORCECA Final Six NORCECA Final Four Inter-continental Pan-American Cup Defunct America's Cup Final Four Cup
South America	CSV South American Championship Copa Sudamericana
Multi-sport events	African Games Arab Games Asian Games Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Deaflympics European Games Far Eastern Championship Games Friendship Games Games of the Small States of Europe Goodwill Games Island Games Islamic Solidarity Games Lusofonia Games Mediterranean Games Military World Games Pacific Games Pan American Games SEA Games South American Games South Asian Games World University Games

Results summary

2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2018

Final four

2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2019

Final four

2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2021

Final four

Tournament statistics

2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2022

Final eighth

2023 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2023

Final eighth

2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2024

Final eighth

2025 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2025

Final eighth

2026 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Preliminary round

Final round 2026

Final eighth

Tournament statistics

Medals summary

Volleyball Nations League (2018–present)

Team participations

Appearance

Rankings

2018–2024

2025–present

Team performances by season

Debut of national teams

By top four finishes

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Final Round

Individual awards

VNL Dream Team

Team awards

Fair play award

All-time team records

Standing procedure

See also

Notes

References

External links