2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League is the sixth edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition is currently being held from 21 May to 30 June 2024, with the final round taking place at Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland.[1]

2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Tournament details
Host nationPoland
CityŁódź (final round)
Dates21 May – 30 June 2024
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Attendance287,655 (2,996 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

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

Qualification

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.[3]

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

Preliminary round

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.[4]

Final round

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.[4]

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

The overview of pools was released on 8 December 2023.[5]

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Pool 1
Turkey		 Pool 2
Brazil		 Pool 3
Japan		 Pool 4
Canada		 Pool 5
Slovenia		 Pool 6
Philippines

 Turkey
 Poland
 United States
 Slovenia
 France
 Netherlands
 Canada
 Bulgaria

 Brazil
 Italy
 Argentina
 Japan
 Serbia
 Iran
 Cuba
 Germany

 Japan
 Brazil
 Poland
 Slovenia
 Iran
 Turkey
 Bulgaria
 Germany

 Canada
 Italy
 United States
 France
 Argentina
 Serbia
 Netherlands
 Cuba

 Slovenia
 Poland
 Italy
 Argentina
 Serbia
 Turkey
 Cuba
 Bulgaria

 Japan
 United States
 Brazil
 France
 Iran
 Netherlands
 Germany
 Canada

Venues

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

Competition schedule
●Preliminary round ●Final round
Week 1
21–26 May		 Week 2
4–9 Jun		 Week 3
18–23 Jun		 Week 4
27–30 Jun
32 matches 32 matches 32 matches 8 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, 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
Main article: 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

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[lower-alpha 1] 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:
  1. Qualified as host

Pool 1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May17:00Bulgaria 0–3 France21–2524–2614–25  59–76P2 Report
21 May20:00Turkey 1–3 Canada25–1723–2521–2521–25 90–92P2 Report
22 May17:00Netherlands 2–3 Slovenia33–3122–2525–2021–2525–27126–128P2 Report
22 May20:00United States 0–3 Poland22–2515–2524–26  61–76P2 Report
23 May14:00Slovenia 3–1 France25–1825–2223–2525–21 98–86P2 Report
23 May17:00Canada 1–3 Poland25–1820–2523–2521–25 89–93P2 Report
23 May20:00Turkey 2–3 Netherlands25–1925–2018–2521–259–1598–104P2 Report
24 May14:00Bulgaria 0–3 Canada22–2528–3024–26  74–81P2 Report
24 May17:00France 3–0 United States25–2225–2125–21  75–64P2 Report
24 May20:00Netherlands 0–3 Poland28–3023–2518–25  69–80P2 Report
25 May14:00Slovenia 3–2 Canada22–2525–1825–1821–2515–10108–96P2 Report
25 May17:00Turkey 1–3 France27–2523–2516–2514–25 80–100P2 Report
25 May20:00Bulgaria 3–1 United States25–2125–2021–2525–21 96–87P2 Report
26 May14:00Slovenia 3–0 Poland25–2025–2125–18  75–59P2 Report
26 May17:00Turkey 1–3 United States25–2022–2525–2721–25 93–97P2 Report
26 May20:00Bulgaria 1–3 Netherlands16–2525–2013–2520–25 74–95P2 Report

Pool 2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 May17:30Argentina 1–3 Japan26–2422–2523–2519–25 90–99P2 Report
21 May21:00Cuba 3–1 Brazil25–2327–2925–2125–21 102–94P2 Report
22 May17:30Germany 0–3 Italy21–2518–2523–25  62–75P2 Report
22 May21:00Iran 1–3 Serbia25–2725–1719–2518–25 87–94P2 Report
23 May14:00Cuba 3–1 Germany26–2425–2018–2525–23 94–92P2 Report
23 May17:30Japan 3–0 Serbia25–2025–1625–22  75–58P2 Report
23 May21:00Argentina 2–3 Brazil13–2525–2025–1923–2511–1597–104P2 Report
24 May14:00Cuba 2–3 Japan25–1822–2523–2525–1920–22115–109P2 Report
24 May17:30Iran 0–3 Italy19–2518–2511–25  48–75P2 Report
24 May21:00Serbia 1–3 Brazil21–2520–2525–2222–25 88–97P2 Report
25 May14:00Japan 1–3 Italy25–2316–2517–2517–25 75–98P2 Report
25 May17:30Argentina 3–1 Germany21–2525–1925–2125–21 96–86P2 Report
25 May21:00Cuba 3–1 Iran25–2014–2525–2125–21 89–87P2 Report
26 May10:00Brazil 2–3 Italy25–1715–2525–2217–2513–1595–104P2 Report
26 May14:00Serbia 0–3 Germany21–2520–2520–25  61–75P2 Report
26 May17:30Iran 2–3 Argentina25–2329–3125–2020–2513–15112–114P2 Report

Pool 3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jun12:00Germany 0–3 Brazil15–2516–2515–25  46–75P2 Report
4 Jun15:30Poland 3–1 Bulgaria21–2525–2125–1925–18 96–83P2 Report
4 Jun19:20Iran 0–3 Japan23–2522–2517–25  62–75P2 Report
5 Jun15:30Slovenia 3–0 Turkey25–2226–2425–20  76–66P2 Report
5 Jun19:20Germany 2–3 Japan22–2525–2227–2523–258–15105–112P2 Report
6 Jun12:00Iran 1–3 Brazil19–2525–2216–2523–25 83–97P2 Report
6 Jun15:30Bulgaria 1–3 Germany24–2625–2216–2516–25 81–98P2 Report
6 Jun19:20Poland 3–0 Turkey25–1925–1225–19  75–50P2 Report
7 Jun12:00Bulgaria 3–2 Iran20–2525–2225–2320–2515–11105–106P2 Report
7 Jun15:30Brazil 2–3 Slovenia25–2725–2324–2625–2112–15111–112P2 Report
7 Jun19:20Japan 0–3 Poland17–2515–2520–25  52–75P2 Report
8 Jun12:00Turkey 3–1 Iran22–2525–2325–2327–25 99–96P2 Report
8 Jun15:30Poland 1–3 Brazil21–2517–2525–2123–25 86–96P2 Report
8 Jun19:20Japan 3–1 Slovenia25–2319–2526–2425–21 95–93P2 Report
9 Jun15:30Turkey 2–3 Germany22–2544–4223–2525–1912–15126–126P2 Report
9 Jun19:20Bulgaria 0–3 Slovenia23–2514–2521–25  58–75P2 Report

Pool 4
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jun16:30Argentina 0–3 United States23–2521–2524–26  68–76P2 Report
4 Jun20:00Canada 3–1 Cuba25–2125–2725–2028–26 103–94P2 Report
5 Jun16:30Serbia 3–0 Netherlands25–1725–2026–24  76–61P2 Report
5 Jun20:00France 3–2 Italy25–2318–2525–2319–2515–10102–106P2 Report
6 Jun11:00Cuba 1–3 Netherlands24–2625–2120–2522–25 91–97P2 Report
6 Jun16:30United States 0–3 Italy23–2524–2620–25  67–76P2 Report
6 Jun20:00Canada 1–3 Argentina18–2525–2221–2520–25 84–97P2 Report
7 Jun11:00Cuba 1–3 Italy21–2525–2219–2513–25 78–97P2 Report
7 Jun16:30France 3–1 Netherlands25–2020–2525–1925–22 95–86P2 Report
7 Jun20:00United States 3–1 Serbia23–2525–1525–2325–14 98–77P2 Report
8 Jun13:00Cuba 3–2 France25–1820–2523–2525–2215–10108–100P2 Report
8 Jun16:30Canada 3–1 United States25–1619–2526–2428–26 98–91P2 Report
8 Jun20:00Serbia 2–3 Argentina26–2818–2525–1825–2213–15107–108P2 Report
9 Jun11:00Italy 3–0 Netherlands25–1825–1525–21  75–54P2 Report
9 Jun14:30Argentina 2–3 France19–2517–2525–2228–269–1598–113P2 Report
9 Jun18:00Canada 1–3 Serbia25–2120–2518–2523–25 86–96P2 Report

Pool 5
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jun16:30Bulgaria 3–1 Turkey27–2525–2012–2525–22 89–92P2 Report
18 Jun20:30Slovenia 3–0 Argentina25–2325–2229–27  79–72P2 Report
19 Jun16:30Cuba 2–3 Serbia25–2225–2116–2521–2512–1599–108P2 Report
19 Jun20:30Italy 0–3 Poland22–2521–2522–25  65–75P2 Report
20 Jun13:00Turkey 0–3 Argentina17–2518–2520–25  55–75P2 Report
20 Jun16:30Bulgaria 0–3 Italy25–2720–2521–25  66–77P2 Report
20 Jun20:30Cuba 2–3 Slovenia22–2525–2021–2531–298–15107–114P2 Report
21 Jun13:00Argentina 0–3 Poland19–2518–2522–25  59–75P2 Report
21 Jun16:30Bulgaria 0–3 Cuba18–2520–2518–25  56–75P2 Report
21 Jun20:30Turkey 1–3 Serbia25–2019–2523–2521–25 88–95P2 Report
22 Jun13:00Bulgaria 0–3 Argentina22–2517–2520–25  59–75P2 Report
22 Jun16:30Serbia 2–3 Poland21–2525–2118–2525–2211–15100–108P2 Report
22 Jun20:30Slovenia 3–0 Italy25–1925–2125–19  75–59P2 Report
23 Jun13:00Cuba 0–3 Poland17–2520–2520–25  57–75P2 Report
23 Jun16:30Turkey 1–3 Italy21–2526–2419–2521–25 87–99P2 Report
23 Jun20:30Serbia 2–3 Slovenia13–2527–2514–2525–2212–1591–112P2 Report

Pool 6
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jun17:00Netherlands 1–3 Brazil26–2423–2529–3120–25 98–105P2 Report
18 Jun20:30Canada 3–2 Japan25–2120–2525–1520–2515–10105–96P2 Report
19 Jun15:00Germany 3–1 France25–2325–2725–2025–23 100–93P2 Report
19 Jun19:00Iran 3–2 United States26–2825–2325–1826–2815–13117–110P2 Report
20 Jun11:00Germany 0–3 Canada19–2518–2521–25  58–75P2 Report
20 Jun15:00Iran 3–2 Netherlands25–2222–2525–2120–2515–10107–103P2 Report
20 Jun19:00Brazil 2–3 United States21–2525–1821–2525–229–15101–105P2 Report
21 Jun11:00Iran 0–3 France21–2517–2520–25  58–75P2 Report
21 Jun15:00Canada 3–0 Brazil26–2425–1926–24  77–67P2 Report
21 Jun19:00Netherlands 0–3 Japan18–2519–2520–25  57–75P2 Report
22 Jun11:00Germany 1–3 United States23–2525–2124–2623–25 95–97P2 Report
22 Jun15:00Canada 3–2 Netherlands21–2525–2228–2614–2515–9103–107P2 Report
22 Jun19:00France 2–3 Japan25–1725–1916–2523–2510–1599–101P2 Report
23 Jun11:00Germany 3–0 Iran25–2025–2325–20  75–63P2 Report
23 Jun15:00France 3–2 Brazil25–2327–2913–2525–1918–16108–112P2 Report
23 Jun19:00Japan 3–0 United States25–2025–2325–19  75–62P2 Report

Final round
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
28 June
 
 
 Slovenia
 
29 June
 
 Argentina
 
 
 
27 June
 
 
 
 Japan
 
30 June
 
 Canada
 
 
 
27 June
 
 
 
 Poland
 
29 June
 
 Brazil
 
 
 
28 June
 
 3rd place match
 
 Italy
 
30 June
 
 France
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun17:00Japan – Canada–––  0–0Report
27 Jun20:00Poland – Brazil–––  0–0Report
28 Jun17:00Italy – France–––  0–0Report
28 Jun20:00Slovenia – Argentina–––  0–0Report

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jun17:00 – –––  0–0Report
29 Jun20:00 – –––  0–0Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jun17:00 – –––  0–0Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jun20:00 – –––  0–0Report

Final standing

Awards
  • Most valuable player
  • Best setter
  • Best outside spikers
  • Best middle blocker
  • Best opposite spiker
  • Best libero
  • Fair play team award

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of preliminary round.[6]

See also

Notes
  1. Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.
  2. Best attackers determined by successful spikes.
  3. Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds.
  4. Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits.
  5. Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets.
  6. Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions.
  7. Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions.

References
  1. "VNL Men's Finals going to Łódź in 2024". Volleyball World. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. "Dream come true for Türkiye as they win Challenger Cup 2023". Volleyball World. 30 July 2023. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. Pareja, Marcos Menocal (14 February 2024). "Volleyball Nations League (VNL) to feature 18 teams from 2025". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. "VNL 2024 Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. "VNL 2024 To Take The Elite Of The Sport To Four Continents" (Press release). FIVB. 8 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. "Men's Statistics – 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League". Volleyball World. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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