Volleyball Nations League

The Volleyball Nations League is a competition for men's and women's national volleyball teams. The first edition took place from May to July 2018. The Nations League is the successor to the Volleyball World League (men) and the Volleyball World Grand Prix (women).

history

In the 1990s, the FIVB World Volleyball Federation established the World League (since 1990) and the World Grand Prix (since 1993) as annual competitions for national teams in addition to world championships and continental tournaments. With the Volleyball Nations League, these two competitions will be replaced by uniform tournaments for men and women. In October 2017, on the occasion of the association's 70th birthday in Paris, the FIVB announced information about the mode and named the participants for the first edition. President Ary Graça Filho spoke of a “key moment for the future of our sport. The Volleyball Nations League is the most important competition in FIVB history and will revolutionize the way volleyball is presented ”. He also announced new forms of marketing and greater involvement of fans.

mode

The mode is the same for men and women. 16 nations compete against each other. Twelve of these sixteen participants are set up as “core teams”. Four teams compete as “challenger teams” and fight against relegation. The preliminary round is played for five weeks in group matches according to the mode of everyone against everyone . Each core team is host at least once and each team plays at least 15 games. The five best teams in the preliminary round and the host will determine the winner in the final round.

Attendees

In the second edition of 2019, the following teams took part in the competition.

	Men	Women
Core teams	Argentina Argentina Brazil Brazil China People's Republic People's Republic of China Germany Germany France France Iran Iran Italy Italy Japan Japan Poland Poland Russia Russia Serbia Serbia United States United States	Brazil Brazil China People's Republic People's Republic of China Germany Germany Italy Italy Japan Japan Netherlands Netherlands Russia Russia Serbia Serbia Korea South South Korea Thailand Thailand Turkey Turkey United States United States
challenger	Australia Australia Bulgaria Bulgaria Canada Canada Poland Poland	Belgium Belgium Bulgaria Bulgaria Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Poland Poland

In the first edition in 2018, the South Korean men (instead of Poland) and the Argentine women (instead of Bulgaria) were among the challengers.

winner

year	Men	Women
2018	Russia Russia	United States United States
2019	Russia Russia	United States United States

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)
Information from the DVV
DVV report on the announcement of the competition
Announcement of the FIVB (English)

Individual evidence

^ FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League. FIVB, October 13, 2017, accessed on October 13, 2017 (English): “This is a pivotal moment in the future of our sport. The Volleyball Nations League is the most important competition in the FIVB's history and will revolutionize how volleyball is presented "

[FIVB-1] FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League. FIVB, October 13, 2017, accessed on October 13, 2017 (English): “This is a pivotal moment in the future of our sport. The Volleyball Nations League is the most important competition in the FIVB's history and will revolutionize how volleyball is presented "