Volleyball Nations League 2019 (Men)

The 2019 season of the Volleyball Nations League was the second edition of this competition. It started on May 31, 2019 and ended with the final on July 14, 2019. Russia won the final against the United States and successfully defended its title. Poland took third place. The German team finished 14th after the preliminary round.

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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	Argentina , Brazil , People's Republic of China , Germany , France , Iran , Italy , Japan , Poland , Russia , Serbia , United States
challenger	Australia , Bulgaria , Canada , Portugal

Preliminary round

First week

Group 1 in Jiangmen 31. May Iran Italy 3: 1 China Germany 2: 3 June 1st Italy Germany 3-0 China Iran 0: 3 2th of June Germany Iran 0: 3 China Italy 0: 3

Group 2 in Mendoza 31. May Canada Bulgaria 1: 3 Argentina Portugal 3-0 June 1st Canada Portugal 3-0 Argentina Bulgaria 3-0 2th of June Portugal Bulgaria 3: 1 Argentina Canada 1: 3

Group 3 in Katowice 31. May United States Brazil 0: 3 Poland Australia 3: 1 June 1st Brazil Australia 3: 2 United States Poland 2: 3 2th of June Australia United States 1: 3 Brazil Poland 3: 1

Group 4 in Novi Sad 31. May Serbia Japan 1: 3 France Russia 3: 1 June 1st Japan Russia 1: 3 Serbia France 1: 3 2th of June Japan France 1: 3 Russia Serbia 3: 2

Second week

Group 5 in Ningbo June 7th France Poland 3: 1 China Bulgaria 3-0 8th June Poland Bulgaria 3: 1 China France 0: 3 June 9th Bulgaria France 3: 2 China Poland 0: 3

Group 6 in Ufa June 7th Italy United States 3: 1 Russia Portugal 3-0 8th June Italy Portugal 3-0 Russia United States 3-0 June 9th Portugal United States 1: 3 Russia Italy 3-0

Group 7 in Tokyo June 7th Brazil Iran 3: 2 Japan Argentina 3-0 8th June Argentina Iran 1: 3 Japan Brazil 0: 3 June 9th Argentina Brazil 2: 3 Japan Iran 0: 3

Group 8 in Ottawa June 7th Germany Serbia 3: 2 Canada Australia 3-0 8th June Serbia Australia 3: 2 Canada Germany 3: 2 June 9th Australia Germany 3-0 Canada Serbia 2: 3

Third week

Group 9 in Gondomar 14th June Brazil Serbia 2: 3 Portugal China 3-0 15th June Brazil China 3-0 Portugal Serbia 2: 3 June 16 China Serbia 1: 3 Portugal Brazil 0: 3

Group 10 in Varna 14th June Japan Italy 1: 3 Bulgaria Australia 3: 2 15th June Australia Italy 1: 3 Bulgaria Japan 2: 3 June 16 Japan Australia 3: 2 Italy Bulgaria 3: 1

Group 11 in Urmia 14th June Russia Poland 3: 1 Iran Canada 3-0 15th June Russia Canada 3: 1 Iran Poland 3: 2 June 16 Poland Canada 3: 1 Iran Russia 3-0

Group 12 in Cannes 14th June United States Argentina 3: 1 France Germany 3: 1 15th June United States Germany 3: 1 France Argentina 1: 3 June 16 Argentina Germany 3: 2 France United States 1: 3

Fourth week

Group 13 in Hoffman Estates June 21st Canada China 3: 1 United States Japan 3-0 June 22 China Japan 0: 3 United States Canada 1: 3 23rd June Canada Japan 3: 2 United States China 3-0

Group 14 in Milan June 21st Poland Argentina 3: 2 Italy Serbia 3-0 June 22 Poland Serbia 3: 2 Italy Argentina 1: 3 23rd June Argentina Serbia 3-0 Italy Poland 2: 3

Group 15 in Ardabil June 21st France Australia 3-0 Iran Portugal 3: 1 June 22 France Portugal 3-0 Iran Australia 3-0 23rd June Portugal Australia 0: 3 Iran France 0: 3

Group 16 in Cuiabá June 21st Germany Russia 1: 3 Brazil Bulgaria 3: 1 June 22 Bulgaria Russia 0: 3 Brazil Germany 3: 2 23rd June Germany Bulgaria 2: 3 Brazil Russia 3-0

Fifth week

Group 17 in Brisbane June 28th China Argentina 1: 3 Australia Russia 0: 3 June 29th Argentina Russia 2: 3 Australia China 3: 1 June 30th China Russia 0: 3 Australia Argentina 0: 3

Group 18 in Brasília June 28th Italy Canada 1: 3 Brazil France 3: 1 June 29th France Italy 3: 1 Brazil Canada 3-0 June 30th Canada France 0: 3 Brazil Italy 3: 1

Group 19 in Plovdiv June 28th Iran Serbia 3: 1 Bulgaria United States 3: 1 June 29th United States Serbia 3: 1 Bulgaria Iran 0: 3 June 30th Iran United States 0: 3 Serbia Bulgaria 3-0

Group 20 in Leipzig June 28th Poland Japan 3: 1 Germany Portugal 3: 1 June 29th Germany Poland 1: 3 Portugal Japan 1: 3 June 30th Germany Japan 2: 3 Poland Portugal 3-0

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Brazil	14th	39	44:15	1.155
2.	Iran	12	36	38:15	1.087
3.	Russia	12	34	37:17	1.103
4th	France	11	34	38:18	1.071
5.	Poland	11	30th	38:25	1.048
6th	United States	9	28	32:24	1.046
7th	Argentina	8th	26th	33:26	1.045
8th.	Italy	8th	25th	31:25	1.041
9.	Canada	8th	23	29:29	0.993
10.	Japan	7th	19th	27:32	0.993
11.	Serbia	6th	17th	28:36	0.983
12.	Bulgaria	5	13	21:38	0.924
13.	Australia	3	13	20:37	0.912
14th	Germany	3	12	23:41	0.917
15th	Portugal	2	7th	12:40	0.863
16.	People's Republic of China	1	4th	9:42	0.848

Final round

The final round was held from July 10th to 14th in Chicago ( United States ).

Group A space team Victories Points sentences BPQ 1.  United States 2 6th 6: 1 1.218 2.  Russia 1 3 3: 3 1.015 3.  France 0 0 1: 6 0.809

Group B space team Victories Points sentences BPQ 1.  Poland 2 5 6: 3 1.090 2.  Brazil 1 3 5: 5 0.995 3.  Iran 0 1 3: 6 0.922

10th of July United States France 3: 1 July 11th Russia France 3-0 July 12 United States Russia 3-0

10th of July Brazil Poland 2: 3 July 11th Iran Poland 1: 3 July 12 Brazil Iran 3: 2

	Semifinals				final
	July 13th
	United States	3
	Brazil	2
					July 14th
					United States	1
					Russia	3
					Play for 3rd place
	July 13th				July 14th
	Poland	1			Brazil	0
	Russia	3			Poland	3

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)
• Information from DVV