The 2019 season of the Volleyball Nations League   was the second edition of this competition. It began on May 21, 2019 and ended with the final on July 7, 2019. The United States  prevailed against Brazil  in the final and successfully defended their title. China  came in third. The German team  finished tenth after the preliminary round.
mode  
In the preliminary round, 16 teams competed against each other in four-way tournaments for five weeks. Four tournaments were held in parallel every week. The participants were distributed to the tournaments in such a way that everyone played against everyone during the preliminary round. The results of a total of twenty tournaments were added up in a table. The five best teams in the overall ranking qualified for the final round alongside the host.
In the final round, the participants were divided into two groups of three. The two best teams in each group met each other in the semifinals. The winners of the semi-finals reached the final.
Attendees  
The field of participants consisted of twelve seeded core teams and four challengers.
Core teams 
Brazil   Brazil  , People's Republic of China  ,  Germany  ,  Italy  ,  Japan  ,  Netherlands  ,  Russia  ,  Serbia  ,  South Korea  ,  Thailand  ,  Turkey  ,  United States China People's Republic   Germany   Italy   Japan   Netherlands   Russia   Serbia   Korea South   Thailand   Turkey   United States    
 
 
challenger 
Belgium   Belgium  , Bulgaria  ,  Dominican Republic  ,  Poland Bulgaria   Dominican Republic   Poland    
 
 
 
Preliminary round  
First week  
Group 1  in Opole 
 
 
May 21 
Thailand  
Germany 
3-0
 
 
 
Poland 
Italy  
2: 3
 
 
May 22 
Thailand 
Italy  
0: 3
 
 
 
Poland  
Germany 
3: 1
 
 
23. May 
Italy  
Germany 
3-0
 
 
 
Thailand 
Poland  
0: 3
 
 
 
 
Group 2  in Russian 
 
 
May 21 
Belgium 
United States  
0: 3
 
 
 
Bulgaria 
Japan  
1: 3
 
 
May 22 
Japan 
United States  
1: 3
 
 
 
Bulgaria 
Belgium  
2: 3
 
 
23. May 
Belgium  
Japan 
3: 1
 
 
 
United States  
Bulgaria 
3-0
 
 
 
 
  
Group 3  in Brasília 
 
 
May 21 
Dominican R.  
Russia 
3: 1
 
 
 
Brazil  
China 
3-0
 
 
May 22 
China 
Russia  
1: 3
 
 
 
Brazil 
Dominican R.  
1: 3
 
 
23. May 
China  
Dominican R. 
3: 1
 
 
 
Brazil  
Russia 
3-0
 
 
 
 
Group 4  in Belgrade 
 
 
May 21 
South Korea 
Turkey  
0: 3
 
 
 
Serbia  
Netherlands 
3-0
 
 
May 22 
Serbia  
South Korea 
3: 1
 
 
 
Netherlands 
Turkey  
1: 3
 
 
23. May 
Netherlands  
South Korea 
3-0
 
 
 
Turkey  
Serbia 
3-0
 
 
 
 
  
Second week  
Group 5  in Conegliano 
 
 
28th of May 
United States  
Serbia 
3: 1
 
 
 
Serbia  
Dominican R. 
3: 1
 
 
May 29th 
Serbia  
Dominican R. 
3: 1
 
 
 
United States  
Italy 
3: 2
 
 
30th May 
Dominican R.  
United States 
3: 2
 
 
 
Serbia 
Italy  
1: 3
 
 
 
 
Group 6  in Ankara 
 
 
28th of May 
Russia 
Germany  
0: 3
 
 
 
Turkey 
Japan  
0: 3
 
 
May 29th 
Japan  
Russia 
3: 1
 
 
 
Germany 
Turkey  
0: 3
 
 
30th May 
Japan  
Germany 
3-0
 
 
 
Turkey  
Russia 
3-0
 
 
 
 
  
Group 7  in Macau 
 
 
28th of May 
Belgium 
South Korea  
0: 3
 
 
 
China  
Thailand 
3-0
 
 
May 29th 
South Korea 
Thailand  
1: 3
 
 
 
China  
Belgium 
3-0
 
 
30th May 
Belgium  
Thailand 
3-0
 
 
 
China  
South Korea 
3-0
 
 
 
 
Group 8  in Apeldoorn 
 
 
28th of May 
Bulgaria 
Poland  
1: 3
 
 
 
Netherlands 
Brazil  
2: 3
 
 
May 29th 
Poland  
Brazil 
3: 2
 
 
 
Netherlands  
Bulgaria 
3: 1
 
 
30th May 
Poland  
Netherlands 
3: 1
 
 
 
Brazil  
Bulgaria 
3-0
 
 
 
 
  
Third week  
Group 9  in Hong Kong 
 
 
June 4th 
Netherlands 
Italy  
1: 3
 
 
 
China  
Japan 
3-0
 
 
June 5th 
Italy  
Japan 
3-0
 
 
 
Netherlands 
China  
0: 3
 
 
6th of June 
Japan  
Netherlands 
3-0
 
 
 
China  
Italy 
3: 2
 
 
 
 
Group 10  in Lincoln 
 
 
June 4th 
Brazil 
Germany  
2: 3
 
 
 
United States  
South Korea 
3: 1
 
 
June 5th 
South Korea 
Brazil  
0: 3
 
 
 
United States  
Germany 
3-0
 
 
6th of June 
Germany  
South Korea 
3-0
 
 
 
United States 
Brazil  
1: 3
 
 
 
 
  
Group 11  in Bangkok 
 
 
June 4th 
Dominican R. 
Turkey  
1: 3
 
 
 
Thailand  
Bulgaria 
3: 1
 
 
June 5th 
Bulgaria 
Turkey  
0: 3
 
 
 
Thailand 
Dominican R.  
2: 3
 
 
6th of June 
Bulgaria 
Dominican R.  
1: 3
 
 
 
Thailand 
Turkey  
0: 3
 
 
 
 
Group 12  in Kortrijk 
 
 
June 4th 
Serbia  
Poland 
3-0
 
 
 
Belgium  
Russia 
3-0
 
 
June 5th 
Russia 
Serbia  
1: 3
 
 
 
Belgium 
Poland  
1: 3
 
 
6th of June 
Poland  
Russia 
3: 2
 
 
 
Belgium  
Serbia 
3-0
 
 
 
 
  
Fourth week  
Group 13  in Perugia 
 
 
June 11th 
Russia  
South Korea 
3: 1
 
 
 
Italy  
Bulgaria 
3-0
 
 
June 12 
Bulgaria 
Russia  
0: 3
 
 
 
Italy  
South Korea 
3: 1
 
 
June 13th 
South Korea 
Bulgaria  
1: 3
 
 
 
Italy  
Russia 
3: 1
 
 
 
 
Group 14  in Stuttgart 
 
 
June 11th 
Belgium  
Netherlands 
3: 2
 
 
 
Germany  
Dominican R. 
3: 1
 
 
June 12 
Dominican R. 
Netherlands  
0: 3
 
 
 
Germany  
Belgium 
3: 1
 
 
June 13th 
Belgium 
Dominican R.  
2: 3
 
 
 
Germany 
Netherlands  
2: 3
 
 
 
 
  
Group 15  in Tokyo 
 
 
June 11th 
Serbia 
Thailand  
0: 3
 
 
 
Japan 
Brazil  
1: 3
 
 
June 12 
Brazil  
Thailand 
3-0
 
 
 
Japan  
Serbia 
3: 1
 
 
June 13th 
Brazil  
Serbia 
3-0
 
 
 
Japan  
Thailand 
3-0
 
 
 
 
Group 16  in Jiangmen 
 
 
June 11th 
United States 
Turkey  
0: 3
 
 
 
China  
Poland 
3-0
 
 
June 12 
Poland 
United States  
1: 3
 
 
 
China  
Turkey 
3-0
 
 
June 13th 
Turkey  
Poland 
3: 2
 
 
 
China 
United States  
0: 3
 
 
 
 
  
Fifth week 
 
Group 17  in Ankara 
 
 
18th of June 
Brazil  
Italy 
3-0
 
 
 
Turkey 
Belgium  
1: 3
 
 
June 19th 
Belgium 
Brazil  
0: 3
 
 
 
Italy  
Turkey 
3: 2
 
 
20th June 
Belgium  
Italy 
3: 2
 
 
 
Turkey  
Brazil 
3: 2
 
 
 
 
Group 18  in Ningbo 
 
 
18th of June 
Bulgaria  
Serbia 
3: 1
 
 
 
China  
Germany 
3-0
 
 
June 19th 
Serbia 
Germany  
1: 3
 
 
 
China  
Bulgaria 
3-0
 
 
20th June 
Germany  
Bulgaria 
3-0
 
 
 
China  
Serbia 
3-0
 
 
 
 
  
Group 19  in Yekaterinburg 
 
 
18th of June 
Netherlands  
Thailand 
3-0
 
 
 
Russia 
United States  
0: 3
 
 
June 19th 
Netherlands 
United States  
2: 3
 
 
 
Russia 
Thailand  
1: 3
 
 
20th June 
Thailand 
United States  
0: 3
 
 
 
Russia 
Netherlands  
0: 3
 
 
 
 
Group 20  in Boryeong 
 
 
18th of June 
Japan 
Poland  
1: 3
 
 
 
South Korea 
Dominican R.  
1: 3
 
 
June 19th 
Poland  
Dominican R. 
3: 2
 
 
 
South Korea  
Japan 
3-0
 
 
20th June 
Japan 
Dominican R.  
2: 3
 
 
 
South Korea  
Poland 
3: 1
 
 
 
 
  
Overall rating  
Status: after the fifth week
Final round  
The final round was held from July 3rd to 7th in Nanjing  ( People's Republic of China  ).
 
Group B 
 
 
space 
team 
Victories 
Points 
sentences 
BPQ
 
 
1. 
United States   United States 
 
2 
6th 
6: 2 
1.178
 
 
2. 
Brazil   Brazil 
 
1 
2 
4: 5 
0.985
 
 
3. 
Poland   Poland 
 
0 
1 
3: 6 
0.874
 
 
 
 
  
3rd of July 
China 
Turkey  
1: 3
 
 
July 4th 
Italy 
Turkey  
0: 3
 
 
5th July 
China  
Italy 
3: 1
 
 
 
 
3rd of July 
United States  
Poland 
3: 1
 
 
July 4th 
Brazil  
Poland 
3: 2
 
 
5th July 
United States  
Brazil 
3: 1
 
 
 
 
  
Web links  
Women's Volleyball Nations League
 
 
 
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