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2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
City	Łódź (final round)
Dates	21 May – 30 June 2024
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Slovenia
Tournament awards
MVP	Antoine Brizard
Best Setter	Antoine Brizard
Best OH	Yūki Ishikawa Tomasz Fornal
Best MB	Nicolas Le Goff Jakub Kochanowski
Best OPP	Jean Patry
Best Libero	Tomohiro Yamamoto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Attendance	356,729 (3,430 per match)
Official website
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The 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the sixth edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 21 May to 30 June 2024, with the final round taking place at the Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland.^[1]

Following the results of the 2023 Nations League and the 2023 Challenger Cup, China were replaced by debutants Turkey in this edition.^[2]

France won their second VNL title after a four-set match against Japan in the final. It was Japan's first silver medal in 47 years. Finals host Poland swept Slovenia in the third place match to bag their third bronze medal.^[3] Antoine Brizard from France was named the MVP of the tournament.^[4]

Qualification[edit]

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Ten of them qualified as core teams, which cannot face relegation, with the other six teams selected as the challenger teams that could be relegated from the tournament. Turkey replaced China after winning the 2023 Challenger Cup. In a change of format for the next edition, none of the current teams will be relegated, and from the year 2025 onwards the competition will expand to 18 teams. The two extra spots will be from the team that wins the 2024 Challenger Cup and the best FIVB ranked team who are not in this year event.^[5]

Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last
Argentina	CSV	Core team	5	2018	2023	5th place (2023)
Brazil	CSV	Core team	5	2018	2023	Champions (2021)
Bulgaria	CEV	Challenger team	5	2018	2023	11th place (2018)
Canada	NORCECA	Challenger team	5	2018	2023	7th place (2018)
Cuba	NORCECA	Challenger team	1	2023		13th place (2023)
France	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	Champions (2022)
Germany	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	9th place (2018)
Iran	AVC	Core team	5	2018	2023	5th place (2019)
Italy	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	4th place (2022, 2023)
Japan	AVC	Core team	5	2018	2023	3rd place (2023)
Netherlands	CEV	Challenger team	3	2021	2023	8th place (2022)
Poland	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	Champions (2023)
Serbia	CEV	Core team	5	2018	2023	5th place (2018)
Slovenia	CEV	Challenger team	3	2021	2023	4th place (2021)
Turkey	CEV	Challenger team	0	None		None
United States	NORCECA	Core team	5	2018	2023	Runners-up (2019, 2022, 2023)

Format[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, the current format has the 16 men's teams competing in pools of 8 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.^[6]

Final round[edit]

The VNL Finals will see the top eight teams 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.^[6]

Final 8 direct elimination formula:

• The first ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the eighth ranked team, the second ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the seventh ranked team, the third ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the sixth ranked team, and the fourth ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the fifth ranked team.
• The national team of the hosting territory of the event will have a guaranteed berth for the Final round. If the host nation team do not finish in the top eight in the Preliminary round, they will replace the eighth place team and play as the eighth seed.

Pool composition[edit]

The overview of pools was released on 8 December 2023.^[7]

Venues[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Week 1
Pool 1	Pool 2
Antalya, Turkey	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Antalya Sports Hall	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 11,800
Week 2
Pool 3	Pool 4
Fukuoka, Japan	Ottawa, Canada
West Japan General Exhibition Center	TD Place Arena
Capacity: 7,900	Capacity: 5,500
Week 3
Pool 5	Pool 6
Ljubljana, Slovenia	Manila, Philippines
Arena Stožice	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 12,480	Capacity: 15,000

Final round[edit]

All matches
Łódź, Poland
Atlas Arena
Capacity: 13,805

Competition schedule[edit]

Pool standing procedure[edit]

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply, with the teams 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, 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 between the tied teams during the Round Robin Phase. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams will be ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Ranking[edit]

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

Week 1[edit]

Pool 1[edit]

• All times are Turkey Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	France	21–25	24–26	14–25			59–76	P2 Report
21 May	20:00	Turkey	1–3	Canada	25–17	23–25	21–25	21–25		90–92	P2 Report
22 May	17:00	Netherlands	2–3	Slovenia	33–31	22–25	25–20	21–25	25–27	126–128	P2 Report
22 May	20:00	United States	0–3	Poland	22–25	15–25	24–26			61–76	P2 Report
23 May	14:00	Slovenia	3–1	France	25–18	25–22	23–25	25–21		98–86	P2 Report
23 May	17:00	Canada	1–3	Poland	25–18	20–25	23–25	21–25		89–93	P2 Report
23 May	20:00	Turkey	2–3	Netherlands	25–19	25–20	18–25	21–25	9–15	98–104	P2 Report
24 May	14:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Canada	22–25	28–30	24–26			74–81	P2 Report
24 May	17:00	France	3–0	United States	25–22	25–21	25–21			75–64	P2 Report
24 May	20:00	Netherlands	0–3	Poland	28–30	23–25	18–25			69–80	P2 Report
25 May	14:00	Slovenia	3–2	Canada	22–25	25–18	25–18	21–25	15–10	108–96	P2 Report
25 May	17:00	Turkey	1–3	France	27–25	23–25	16–25	14–25		80–100	P2 Report
25 May	20:00	Bulgaria	3–1	United States	25–21	25–20	21–25	25–21		96–87	P2 Report
26 May	14:00	Slovenia	3–0	Poland	25–20	25–21	25–18			75–59	P2 Report
26 May	17:00	Turkey	1–3	United States	25–20	22–25	25–27	21–25		93–97	P2 Report
26 May	20:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Netherlands	16–25	25–20	13–25	20–25		74–95	P2 Report

Pool 2[edit]

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	17:30	Argentina	1–3	Japan	26–24	22–25	23–25	19–25		90–99	P2 Report
21 May	21:00	Cuba	3–1	Brazil	25–23	27–29	25–21	25–21		102–94	P2 Report
22 May	17:30	Germany	0–3	Italy	21–25	18–25	23–25			62–75	P2 Report
22 May	21:00	Iran	1–3	Serbia	25–27	25–17	19–25	18–25		87–94	P2 Report
23 May	14:00	Cuba	3–1	Germany	26–24	25–20	18–25	25–23		94–92	P2 Report
23 May	17:30	Japan	3–0	Serbia	25–20	25–16	25–22			75–58	P2 Report
23 May	21:00	Argentina	2–3	Brazil	13–25	25–20	25–19	23–25	11–15	97–104	P2 Report
24 May	14:00	Cuba	2–3	Japan	25–18	22–25	23–25	25–19	20–22	115–109	P2 Report
24 May	17:30	Iran	0–3	Italy	19–25	18–25	11–25			48–75	P2 Report
24 May	21:00	Serbia	1–3	Brazil	21–25	20–25	25–22	22–25		88–97	P2 Report
25 May	14:00	Japan	1–3	Italy	25–23	16–25	17–25	17–25		75–98	P2 Report
25 May	17:30	Argentina	3–1	Germany	21–25	25–19	25–21	25–21		96–86	P2 Report
25 May	21:00	Cuba	3–1	Iran	25–20	14–25	25–21	25–21		89–87	P2 Report
26 May	10:00	Brazil	2–3	Italy	25–17	15–25	25–22	17–25	13–15	95–104	P2 Report
26 May	14:00	Serbia	0–3	Germany	21–25	20–25	20–25			61–75	P2 Report
26 May	17:30	Iran	2–3	Argentina	25–23	29–31	25–20	20–25	13–15	112–114	P2 Report

Week 2[edit]

Pool 3[edit]

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jun	12:00	Germany	0–3	Brazil	15–25	16–25	15–25			46–75	P2 Report
4 Jun	15:30	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	21–25	25–21	25–19	25–18		96–83	P2 Report
4 Jun	19:20	Iran	0–3	Japan	23–25	22–25	17–25			62–75	P2 Report
5 Jun	15:30	Slovenia	3–0	Turkey	25–22	26–24	25–20			76–66	P2 Report
5 Jun	19:20	Germany	2–3	Japan	22–25	25–22	27–25	23–25	8–15	105–112	P2 Report
6 Jun	12:00	Iran	1–3	Brazil	19–25	25–22	16–25	23–25		83–97	P2 Report
6 Jun	15:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Germany	24–26	25–22	16–25	16–25		81–98	P2 Report
6 Jun	19:20	Poland	3–0	Turkey	25–19	25–12	25–19			75–50	P2 Report
7 Jun	12:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Iran	20–25	25–22	25–23	20–25	15–11	105–106	P2 Report
7 Jun	15:30	Brazil	2–3	Slovenia	25–27	25–23	24–26	25–21	12–15	111–112	P2 Report
7 Jun	19:20	Japan	0–3	Poland	17–25	15–25	20–25			52–75	P2 Report
8 Jun	12:00	Turkey	3–1	Iran	22–25	25–23	25–23	27–25		99–96	P2 Report
8 Jun	15:30	Poland	1–3	Brazil	21–25	17–25	25–21	23–25		86–96	P2 Report
8 Jun	19:20	Japan	3–1	Slovenia	25–23	19–25	26–24	25–21		95–93	P2 Report
9 Jun	15:30	Turkey	2–3	Germany	22–25	44–42	23–25	25–19	12–15	126–126	P2 Report
9 Jun	19:20	Bulgaria	0–3	Slovenia	23–25	14–25	21–25			58–75	P2 Report

Pool 4[edit]

• All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Jun	16:30	Argentina	0–3	United States	23–25	21–25	24–26			68–76	P2 Report
4 Jun	20:00	Canada	3–1	Cuba	25–21	25–27	25–20	28–26		103–94	P2 Report
5 Jun	16:30	Serbia	3–0	Netherlands	25–17	25–20	26–24			76–61	P2 Report
5 Jun	20:00	France	3–2	Italy	25–23	18–25	25–23	19–25	15–10	102–106	P2 Report
6 Jun	11:00	Cuba	1–3	Netherlands	24–26	25–21	20–25	22–25		91–97	P2 Report
6 Jun	16:30	United States	0–3	Italy	23–25	24–26	20–25			67–76	P2 Report
6 Jun	20:00	Canada	1–3	Argentina	18–25	25–22	21–25	20–25		84–97	P2 Report
7 Jun	11:00	Cuba	1–3	Italy	21–25	25–22	19–25	13–25		78–97	P2 Report
7 Jun	16:30	France	3–1	Netherlands	25–20	20–25	25–19	25–22		95–86	P2 Report
7 Jun	20:00	United States	3–1	Serbia	23–25	25–15	25–23	25–14		98–77	P2 Report
8 Jun	13:00	Cuba	3–2	France	25–18	20–25	23–25	25–22	15–10	108–100	P2 Report
8 Jun	16:30	Canada	3–1	United States	25–16	19–25	26–24	28–26		98–91	P2 Report
8 Jun	20:00	Serbia	2–3	Argentina	26–28	18–25	25–18	25–22	13–15	107–108	P2 Report
9 Jun	11:00	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–18	25–15	25–21			75–54	P2 Report
9 Jun	14:30	Argentina	2–3	France	19–25	17–25	25–22	28–26	9–15	98–113	P2 Report
9 Jun	18:00	Canada	1–3	Serbia	25–21	20–25	18–25	23–25		86–96	P2 Report

Week 3[edit]

Pool 5[edit]

• 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
18 Jun	16:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Turkey	27–25	25–20	12–25	25–22		89–92	P2 Report
18 Jun	20:30	Slovenia	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–22	29–27			79–72	P2 Report
19 Jun	16:30	Cuba	2–3	Serbia	25–22	25–21	16–25	21–25	12–15	99–108	P2 Report
19 Jun	20:30	Italy	0–3	Poland	22–25	21–25	22–25			65–75	P2 Report
20 Jun	13:00	Turkey	0–3	Argentina	17–25	18–25	20–25			55–75	P2 Report
20 Jun	16:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	25–27	20–25	21–25			66–77	P2 Report
20 Jun	20:30	Cuba	2–3	Slovenia	22–25	25–20	21–25	31–29	8–15	107–114	P2 Report
21 Jun	13:00	Argentina	0–3	Poland	19–25	18–25	22–25			59–75	P2 Report
21 Jun	16:30	Bulgaria	0–3	Cuba	18–25	20–25	18–25			56–75	P2 Report
21 Jun	20:30	Turkey	1–3	Serbia	25–20	19–25	23–25	21–25		88–95	P2 Report
22 Jun	13:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Argentina	22–25	17–25	20–25			59–75	P2 Report
22 Jun	16:30	Serbia	2–3	Poland	21–25	25–21	18–25	25–22	11–15	100–108	P2 Report
22 Jun	20:30	Slovenia	3–0	Italy	25–19	25–21	25–19			75–59	P2 Report
23 Jun	13:00	Cuba	0–3	Poland	17–25	20–25	20–25			57–75	P2 Report
23 Jun	16:30	Turkey	1–3	Italy	21–25	26–24	19–25	21–25		87–99	P2 Report
23 Jun	20:30	Serbia	2–3	Slovenia	13–25	27–25	14–25	25–22	12–15	91–112	P2 Report

Pool 6[edit]

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	17:00	Netherlands	1–3	Brazil	26–24	23–25	29–31	20–25		98–105	P2 Report
18 Jun	20:30	Canada	3–2	Japan	25–21	20–25	25–15	20–25	15–10	105–96	P2 Report
19 Jun	15:00	Germany	3–1	France	25–23	25–27	25–20	25–23		100–93	P2 Report
19 Jun	19:00	Iran	3–2	United States	26–28	25–23	25–18	26–28	15–13	117–110	P2 Report
20 Jun	11:00	Germany	0–3	Canada	19–25	18–25	21–25			58–75	P2 Report
20 Jun	15:00	Iran	3–2	Netherlands	25–22	22–25	25–21	20–25	15–10	107–103	P2 Report
20 Jun	19:00	Brazil	2–3	United States	21–25	25–18	21–25	25–22	9–15	101–105	P2 Report
21 Jun	11:00	Iran	0–3	France	21–25	17–25	20–25			58–75	P2 Report
21 Jun	15:00	Canada	3–0	Brazil	26–24	25–19	26–24			77–67	P2 Report
21 Jun	19:00	Netherlands	0–3	Japan	18–25	19–25	20–25			57–75	P2 Report
22 Jun	11:00	Germany	1–3	United States	23–25	25–21	24–26	23–25		95–97	P2 Report
22 Jun	15:00	Canada	3–2	Netherlands	21–25	25–22	28–26	14–25	15–9	103–107	P2 Report
22 Jun	19:00	France	2–3	Japan	25–17	25–19	16–25	23–25	10–15	99–101	P2 Report
23 Jun	11:00	Germany	3–0	Iran	25–20	25–23	25–20			75–63	P2 Report
23 Jun	15:00	France	3–2	Brazil	25–23	27–29	13–25	25–19	18–16	108–112	P2 Report
23 Jun	19:00	Japan	3–0	United States	25–20	25–23	25–19			75–62	P2 Report

Final round[edit]

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2:00).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				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			3rd place match
	Italy	2
									30 June
	France	3
									Slovenia	0
									Poland	3

Quarterfinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Jun	17:00	Japan	3–0	Canada	26–24	25–18	26–24			77–66	P2 Report
27 Jun	20:00	Poland	3–1	Brazil	18–25	25–23	25–22	25–16		93–86	P2 Report
28 Jun	17:00	Italy	2–3	France	25–19	20–25	25–22	22–25	11–15	103–106	P2 Report
28 Jun	20:00	Slovenia	3–2	Argentina	19–25	25–17	17–25	29–27	15–7	105–101	P2 Report

Semifinals[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	17:00	Poland	2–3	France	25–22	22–25	23–25	25–20	16–18	111–110	P2 Report
29 Jun	20:00	Slovenia	0–3	Japan	21–25	25–27	29–31			75–83	P2 Report

3rd place match[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jun	17:00	Slovenia	0–3	Poland	24–26	16–25	17–25			57–76	P2 Report

Final[edit]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jun	20:00	Japan	1–3	France	23–25	25–18	23–25	23–25		94–93	P2 Report

Final standing[edit]

Rank Team  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 Source: VNL 2024 final standings

2024 Men's Nations League champions  France Second title 14–man roster Jenia Grebennikov, Jean Patry, Benjamin Toniutti (c), Kévin Tillie, Earvin N'Gapeth, Antoine Brizard, Nicolas Le Goff, Trévor Clévenot, Yacine Louati, Benjamin Diez, Théo Faure, Timothée Carle, Quentin Jouffroy, Joris Seddik Head coach Andrea Giani

Awards[edit]

Statistics leaders[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of preliminary round.^[8]

Best Scorers[a] Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Tonček Štern 265 24 31 320 2 Nimir Abdel-Aziz 235 9 40 284 3 Stephen Maar 194 17 14 225 4 Klemen Čebulj 179 21 18 218 5 Marlon Yant [es] 167 15 14 196

Best Attackers[b] Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total 1 Tonček Štern 265 68 153 54.53 486 2 Nimir Abdel-Aziz 235 81 138 51.76 454 3 Stephen Maar 194 59 150 48.14 403 4 Klemen Čebulj 179 63 149 45.78 391 5 Marlon Yant [es] 167 49 98 53.18 314