2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

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The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 7 June to 24 July 2022, and the final round took place in Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy.[1][2]

Host nationItaly
CityBologna (final round)
Dates7 June – 24 July
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Quick facts Tournament details, Host nation ...
2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Tournament details
Host nationItaly
CityBologna (final round)
Dates7 June – 24 July
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Poland
Fourth place Italy
Tournament awards
MVPFrance Earvin N'Gapeth
Best SetterUnited States Micah Christenson
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPFrance Jean Patry
Best LiberoFrance Jenia Grebennikov
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Attendance295,262 (2,839 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League
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Australia were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and would therefore be replaced by the 2022 Challenger Cup winners Cuba in the 2023 edition.[3]

France won their first VNL title after defeating the United States in a five-set final. It was the United States' second silver medal in the tournament. Poland won their second bronze medal by defeating the host Italy in straight sets in the third-place match.[4] Earvin N'Gapeth from France was named the MVP of the tournament.[5]

Qualification

As there was no promotion or relegation in the 2021 VNL,was scheduled for the same 16 teams in 2021 are to compete in this year's edition.[6]

On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia was expelled from the competition.[7] On April 29, FIVB announced that China will replaces Russia for the competition.[8]

More information Country, Confederation ...
Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Argentina CSV Core team 3 2018 2021 7th place (2019)
 Australia AVC Challenger team 3 2018 2021 13th place (2018, 2019)
 Brazil CSV Core team 3 2018 2021 Champions (2021)
 Bulgaria CEV Challenger team 3 2018 2021 11th place (2018)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 3 2018 2021 7th place (2018)
 China AVC Challenger team 2 2018 2019 15th place (2018)
 France CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 Runners-up (2018)
 Germany CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 9th place (2018)
 Iran AVC Core team 3 2018 2021 5th place (2019)
 Italy CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 8th place (2018, 2019)
 Japan AVC Core team 3 2018 2021 10th place (2019)
 Netherlands CEV Challenger team 1 2021 2021 15th place (2021)
 Poland CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 Runners-up (2021)
 Serbia CEV Core team 3 2018 2021 5th place (2018)
 Slovenia CEV Challenger team 1 2021 2021 4th place (2021)
 United States NORCECA Core team 3 2018 2021 Runners-up (2019)
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Format

Preliminary round

In the 2022 tournament, the format of play was changed. The new format will see 16 men's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. Each team plays 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.[9]

Final round

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country Italy 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.

Final 8 direct elimination formula:[10]

  1. The 1st ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 8th ranked team, the 2nd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 7th ranked team, the 3rd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 6th ranked team, the 4th ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 5th ranked team.
  2. The Host Team is placed in 1st position if the team is among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.
  3. The Host Team is placed in 8th position if the team is not among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.

Rule changes

  1. Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
  2. Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long.
  3. Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.
  4. Two time-outs per set are given to all matches in the Finals, one of them can only be called before technical time-out.
  5. Live interview is introduced into matches during Set 2 and Set 3 in the Finals. Therefore, the breaks between Set 2 and Set 3 will extend to 5 minutes.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 7 December 2021.[11]

More information Week 1, Week 2 ...
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Pool 1
Brazil		 Pool 2
Canada		 Pool 3
Philippines		 Pool 4
Bulgaria		 Pool 5
Japan		 Pool 6
Poland

 Brazil
 China
 United States
 Slovenia
 Japan
 Iran
 Netherlands
 Australia

 Canada
 Poland
 France
 Serbia
 Argentina
 Italy
 Germany
 Bulgaria

 Japan
 France
 China
 Slovenia
 Argentina
 Italy
 Germany
 Netherlands

 Bulgaria
 Brazil
 Poland
 United States
 Serbia
 Canada
 Iran
 Australia

 Japan
 Brazil
 France
 United States
 Argentina
 Canada
 Germany
 Australia

 Poland
 China
 Slovenia
 Serbia
 Italy
 Iran
 Netherlands
 Bulgaria

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Venues

Preliminary round

More information Week 1, Pool 1 ...
Week 1
Pool 1 Pool 2
Brasília, Brazil Ottawa, Canada
Nilson Nelson Gymnasium TD Place Arena
Capacity: 11,105 Capacity: 9,500
Week 2
Pool 3 Pool 4
Quezon City, Philippines Sofia, Bulgaria
Araneta Coliseum Armeets Arena
Capacity: 16,035 Capacity: 15,373
Week 3
Pool 5 Pool 6
Osaka, Japan Gdańsk, Poland
Maruzen Intec Arena Ergo Arena
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 11,409
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Final round

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All matches
Casalecchio di Reno, Italy
Unipol Arena
Capacity: 11,000
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Competition schedule

●Preliminary round ●Final round
More information Week 1 Jun 7–12, Week 2 Jun 21–26 ...
Week 1
Jun 7–12		 Week 2
Jun 21–26		 Week 3
Jul 5–10		 Week 4
Jul 20–24
32 matches 32 matches 32 matches 8 matches
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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: The teams will be 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, then 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 of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Main article: 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  Italy[a] 12 10 2 31 32 9 3.556 986 872 1.131 Final round
2  Poland 12 10 2 31 33 10 3.300 1031 898 1.148 Final round
3  United States 12 10 2 27 31 16 1.938 1102 975 1.130
4  France 12 9 3 28 31 11 2.818 994 826 1.203
5  Japan 12 9 3 27 29 18 1.611 1092 997 1.095
6  Brazil 12 8 4 24 26 14 1.857 960 881 1.090
7  Iran 12 7 5 20 22 19 1.158 961 923 1.041
8  Netherlands 12 6 6 17 20 21 0.952 915 932 0.982
9  Argentina 12 5 7 18 24 26 0.923 1110 1117 0.994
10  Slovenia 12 5 7 15 18 24 0.750 917 963 0.952
11  Serbia 12 5 7 14 19 27 0.704 1010 1043 0.968
12  Germany 12 4 8 10 18 29 0.621 969 1103 0.879
13  China 12 3 9 9 14 28 0.500 840 951 0.883
14  Bulgaria 12 2 10 9 16 31 0.516 990 1087 0.911
15  Canada 12 2 10 6 10 33 0.303 887 1022 0.868
16  Australia 12 1 11 2 8 35 0.229 858 1032 0.831 2022 Challenger Cup
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Source: VNL 2022 standings
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jun18:00China 1–3 Iran15–2525–1922–2515–25 77–94P2 Report
7 Jun21:00Slovenia 0–3 United States19–2519–2514–25  52–75P2 Report
8 Jun18:00Japan 3–1 Netherlands22–2526–2425–2225–17 98–88P2 Report
8 Jun21:00Brazil 3–0 Australia25–1425–1825–21  75–53P2 Report
9 Jun15:00Japan 3–1 China21–2525–1925–1925–18 96–81P2 Report
9 Jun18:00Netherlands 0–3 United States12–2518–2516–25  46–75P2 Report
9 Jun21:00Brazil 3–1 Slovenia25–2121–2525–2025–16 96–82P2 Report
10 Jun15:00Netherlands 3–0 Iran26–2425–2125–21  76–66P2 Report
10 Jun18:00Japan 2–3 United States25–1715–2521–2528–269–1598–108P2 Report
10 Jun21:00Australia 0–3 Slovenia22–2520–2521–25  63–75P2 Report
11 Jun15:00United States 3–1 Brazil21–2527–2525–2025–20 98–90P2 Report
11 Jun18:00Slovenia 3–1 China25–1525–2018–2527–25 95–85P2 Report
11 Jun21:00Iran 3–1 Australia25–1425–2218–2525–15 93–76P2 Report
12 Jun10:00Brazil 0–3 China23–2529–3123–25  75–81P2 Report
12 Jun13:00Iran 0–3 Japan20–2514–2519–25  53–75P2 Report
12 Jun16:00Netherlands 3–0 Australia25–2025–1525–23  75–58P2 Report
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Pool 2

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jun16:30Bulgaria 1–3 Serbia25–1919–2522–2520–25 86–94P2 Report
7 Jun19:30Canada 0–3 Germany19–2520–2528–30  67–80P2 Report
8 Jun16:30Poland 3–0 Argentina25–2125–2225–23  75–66P2 Report
8 Jun19:30France 3–0 Italy25–2226–2425–19  76–65P2 Report
9 Jun11:00Germany 1–3 Argentina25–1822–2517–2520–25 84–93P2 Report
9 Jun16:30Serbia 1–3 France25–2122–2523–2523–25 93–96P2 Report
9 Jun19:30Poland 1–3 Italy25–2123–2520–2520–25 88–96P2 Report
10 Jun11:00Serbia 3–2 Argentina25–1625–1817–2512–2515–694–90P2 Report
10 Jun16:30Bulgaria 2–3 Germany20–2525–2216–2525–2010–1596–107P2 Report
10 Jun19:30France 3–0 Canada25–1625–2325–21  75–60P2 Report
11 Jun13:00Germany 3–2 Serbia27–2525–2718–2528–2618–16116–119P2 Report
11 Jun16:00Bulgaria 0–3 Poland19–2519–2523–25  61–75P2 Report
11 Jun19:00Canada 0–3 Italy21–2518–2519–25  58–75P2 Report
12 Jun11:00France 1–3 Poland25–2122–2521–2522–25 90–96P2 Report
12 Jun14:00Argentina 1–3 Italy20–2521–2525–1628–30 94–96P2 Report
12 Jun17:00Bulgaria 2–3 Canada18–2518–2526–2425–2111–1598–110P2 Report
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Week 2

Pool 3

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jun15:00Slovenia 0–3 Netherlands17–2521–2524–26  62–76P2 Report
21 Jun19:00Argentina 1–3 Japan25–2718–2525–1716–25 84–94P2 Report
22 Jun15:00AChina 0–3 France0–250–250–25  0–75Report
22 Jun19:00Germany 0–3 Italy16–2521–2522–25  59–75P2 Report
23 Jun11:00France 3–0 Netherlands25–1425–2325–13  75–50P2 Report
23 Jun15:00China 3–0 GermanyB25–025–025–0  75–0Report
23 Jun19:00Argentina 1–3 Slovenia20–2529–2718–2517–25 84–102P2 Report
24 Jun11:00Germany 1–3 Netherlands25–2229–3123–2516–25 93–103P2 Report
24 Jun15:00Argentina 3–1 China25–2222–2525–2225–22 97–91P2 Report
24 Jun19:00Japan 3–2 Italy25–2021–2524–2625–1915–13110–103P2 Report
25 Jun11:00Argentina 2–3 Netherlands25–2223–2525–2019–2513–15105–107P2 Report
25 Jun15:00Japan 0–3 France22–2525–2716–25  63–77P2 Report
25 Jun19:00Italy 3–0 Slovenia25–1925–1625–21  75–56P2 Report
26 Jun11:00Germany 1–3 France16–2519–2525–1921–25 81–94P2 Report
26 Jun15:00Japan 3–1 Slovenia25–2122–2525–1825–19 97–83P2 Report
26 Jun19:00Italy 3–0 China25–2125–1825–19  75–58P2 Report
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Pool 4

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jun17:00Australia 1–3 Canada25–1826–2819–2522–25 92–96P2 Report
21 Jun20:00Iran 0–3 Bulgaria19–2523–2524–26  66–76P2 Report
22 Jun17:00Brazil 1–3 Poland16–2525–2216–2522–25 79–97P2 Report
22 Jun20:00Serbia 1–3 United States24–2625–2323–2520–25 92–99P2 Report
23 Jun13:30Poland 3–0 Canada25–1625–1825–16  75–50P2 Report
23 Jun16:30Serbia 0–3 Brazil18–2524–2617–25  59–76P2 Report
23 Jun20:00United States 0–3 Iran18–2527–2925–27  70–81P2 Report
24 Jun13:30Serbia 3–2 Canada20–2519–2525–2026–2415–11105–105P2 Report
24 Jun16:30Iran 0–3 Brazil28–3023–2519–25  70–80P2 Report
24 Jun20:00Australia 3–2 Bulgaria21–2525–1325–2220–2517–15108–100P2 Report
25 Jun13:30Canada 0–3 Iran21–2525–2718–25  64–77P2 Report
25 Jun16:30Poland 3–0 Australia25–1725–1925–14  75–50P2 Report
25 Jun20:00United States 3–1 Bulgaria25–1220–2526–2425–23 96–84P2 Report
26 Jun13:30Serbia 3–0 Australia25–1725–2025–22  75–59P2 Report
26 Jun16:30United States 1–3 Poland25–2123–2524–2622–25 94–97P2 Report
26 Jun20:00Bulgaria 0–3 Brazil21–2519–2522–25  62–75P2 Report
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Week 3

Pool 5

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul15:00United States 3–1 Germany25–2125–1922–2525–18 97–83P2 Report
5 Jul18:00Canada 1–3 Argentina21–2525–2321–2523–25 90–98P2 Report
6 Jul15:40Brazil 3–1 Germany25–2725–1725–2025–19 100–83P2 Report
6 Jul19:10Japan 3–1 Australia25–1825–1523–2525–19 98–77P2 Report
7 Jul12:00France 2–3 United States25–1522–2525–2214–258–1594–102P2 Report
7 Jul15:00Germany 3–1 Australia20–2525–1625–2126–24 96–86P2 Report
7 Jul18:00Canada 0–3 Brazil18–2519–2516–25  53–75P2 Report
8 Jul12:40Argentina 3–1 Australia21–2525–2325–1925–15 96–82P2 Report
8 Jul15:40France 3–0 Brazil25–2125–2225–21  75–64P2 Report
8 Jul19:10Japan 3–1 Canada25–2025–1622–2525–20 97–81P2 Report
9 Jul12:40France 1–3 Argentina22–2525–2323–2519–25 89–98P2 Report
9 Jul15:40Canada 0–3 United States19–2515–2519–25  53–75P2 Report
9 Jul19:10Germany 1–3 Japan25–2322–2520–2520–25 87–98P2 Report
10 Jul12:40United States 3–2 Argentina29–2722–2520–2525–1317–15113–105P2 Report
10 Jul15:40Australia 0–3 France16–2512–2526–28  54–78P2 Report
10 Jul19:10Brazil 3–0 Japan25–2325–2325–22  75–68P2 Report
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Pool 6

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
5 Jul17:00Bulgaria 0–3 Italy15–2520–2523–25  58–75P2 Report
5 Jul20:00Iran 3–2 Poland21–2525–2325–2225–2715–7111–104P2 Report
6 Jul17:00Netherlands 3–0 China29–2725–1225–13  79–52P2 Report
6 Jul20:00Slovenia 3–0 Serbia25–1525–1925–23  75–57P2 Report
7 Jul14:00Italy 3–1 Iran25–1625–2725–2325–23 100–89P2 Report
7 Jul17:00Bulgaria 1–3 Slovenia22–2525–2218–2516–25 81–97P2 Report
7 Jul20:00Poland 3–0 China26–2425–1625–18  76–58P2 Report
8 Jul14:00Bulgaria 3–1 Netherlands22–2525–1625–2125–21 97–83P2 Report
8 Jul17:00Slovenia 0–3 Iran24–2614–2521–25  59–76P2 Report
8 Jul20:00Italy 3–0 Serbia25–2125–1425–23  75–58P2 Report
9 Jul14:00China 3–1 Bulgaria26–2825–2325–2325–17 101–91P2 Report
9 Jul17:00Iran 3–0 Serbia35–3325–2125–12  85–66P2 Report
9 Jul20:00Poland 3–0 Netherlands25–1925–2325–22  75–64P2 Report
10 Jul14:00China 1–3 Serbia17–2517–2525–2322–25 81–98P2 Report
10 Jul17:00Italy 3–0 Netherlands25–2326–2425–21  76–68P2 Report
10 Jul20:00Poland 3–1 Slovenia25–1425–2323–2525–17 98–79P2 Report
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Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
20 July
 
 
 Italy3
 
23 July
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Italy0
 
21 July
 
 France3
 
 France3
 
24 July
 
 Japan0
 
 France3
 
21 July
 
 United States2
 
 Poland3
 
23 July
 
 Iran2
 
 Poland0
 
20 July
 
 United States3 3rd place match
 
 United States3
 
24 July
 
 Brazil1
 
 Italy0
 
 
 Poland3
 

Quarterfinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul18:00United States 3–1 Brazil20–2525–2225–2325–17 95–87P2 Report
20 Jul21:00Italy 3–1 Netherlands21–2525–2225–1325–22 96–82P2 Report
21 Jul18:00France 3–0 Japan26–2425–1625–20  76–60P2 Report
21 Jul21:00Poland 3–2 Iran25–2124–2625–1816–2515–7105–97P2 Report
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Semifinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jul18:00Poland 0–3 United States22–2523–2513–25  58–75P2 Report
23 Jul21:00Italy 0–3 France22–2520–2515–25  57–75P2 Report
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3rd place match

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jul18:00Italy 0–3 Poland16–2523–2520–25  59–75P2 Report
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Final

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jul21:00France 3–2 United States25–1625–1915–2521–2515–10101–95P2 Report
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Final standing

More information Rank, Team ...
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Awards

Earvin N'Gapeth
Earvin N'Gapeth was the 2022 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.[14]

More information Best Scorers, Player ...
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More information Best Blockers, Player ...
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More information Best Setters, Player ...
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More information Best Receivers, Player ...
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Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.[15]

More information Best Scorers, Player ...
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More information Best Blockers, Player ...
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More information Best Setters, Player ...
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More information Best Receivers, Player ...
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Controversies at the Finals

Athletes and organizations complained about the organization of the Finals including poor facilities of training halls, transportation arrangements and meals arrangement. FIVB later apologized for the incidents and arranged a meeting with national teams' captains.[16]

See also

Notes

A.^China forfeited the match on 22 June giving France a 3–0 win due to medical circumstances related to COVID-19.[17]
B.^Germany forfeited the match on 23 June giving China a 3–0 win because they refused to play against China even though the Chinese athletes were cleared by local authorities after testing positive for COVID-19.[18]
  1. [a]
    (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).
  2. [b]
    (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).
  3. [c]
    (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).
  4. [d]
    (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).
  5. [e]
    (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).
  6. [f]
    (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).
  7. [g]
    (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).

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