2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

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The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the seventh edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. It was held from 11 June to 3 August 2025, with the final round took place at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China.[1][2]

Host nationChina
CityNingbo (final round)
Dates11 June – 3 August
Teams18 (from 4 confederations)
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2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
2025世界男排联赛
Tournament details
Host nationChina
CityNingbo (final round)
Dates11 June – 3 August
Teams18 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Champions Poland (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Slovenia
Tournament awards
MVPPoland Jakub Kochanowski
Best SetterItaly Simone Giannelli
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPPoland Kewin Sasak
Best LiberoBrazil Maique Nascimento
Tournament statistics
Matches played116
Attendance413,916 (3,568 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League
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Following the results of the 2024 Challenger Cup, China made their comeback this edition, while Ukraine made their debut as the top FIVB ranked team.

Poland claimed their second title after defeating Italy in the final.[3] Italy's silver was their first medal in the tournament.[4] Brazil defeated Slovenia in the third place match.[5] Jakub Kochanowski of Poland was named the MVP of the tournament.[6]

Qualification

Starting with this edition of the competition, the league was expanded from 16 to 18 teams. Due to this change of format none of the teams from the previous was relegated. The two additional spots were allocated to China, the winner of the 2024 Challenger Cup,[7] and to Ukraine, the top-ranked non-qualified FIVB team.[8]

More information Country, Confederation ...
Country Confederation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Argentina CSV 6 2018 2024 5th place (2023)
 Brazil CSV 6 2018 2024 Champions (2021)
 Bulgaria CEV 6 2018 2024 11th place (2018)
 Canada NORCECA 6 2018 2024 6th place (2024)
 China AVC 4 2018 2023 13th place (2022)
 Cuba NORCECA 2 2023 2024 9th place (2024)
 France CEV 6 2018 2024 Champions (2022, 2024)
 Germany CEV 6 2018 2024 9th place (2018)
 Iran AVC 6 2018 2024 5th place (2019)
 Italy CEV 6 2018 2024 4th place (2022, 2023)
 Japan AVC 6 2018 2024 Runners-up (2024)
 Netherlands CEV 4 2021 2024 8th place (2022)
 Poland CEV 6 2018 2024 Champions (2023)
 Serbia CEV 6 2018 2024 5th place (2018)
 Slovenia CEV 4 2021 2024 4th place (2021, 2024)
 Turkey CEV 1 2024 16th place (2024)
 Ukraine CEV 0 None Debut
 United States NORCECA 6 2018 2024 Runners-up (2019, 2022, 2023)
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Format

Preliminary round

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, this is the first time that 18 men's teams are competing. Each week, six teams will compete during the pool phase. Each team plays 12 matches during the pool stage. During three weeks, each team plays four times in a table that is set up by an algorithm, with all teams playing 12 times in total at the end of the first phase. The eight best teams advance to the quarter-finals, while the last-placed team loses its place to the highest FIVB-ranked team that did not compete this year. The only country that has already qualified for this phase is China for hosting the finals and if it does not finish the first phase among the top eight, the top seven will qualify with the Chinese team being ranked 8th.[9]

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.[9]

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

Venues

Preliminary round

More information Week 1, Pool 1 ...
Week 1
Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3
Quebec City, Canada Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Xi'an, China
Videotron Centre Maracanãzinho Qujiang Sports Center
Capacity: 18,800 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000
Week 2
Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6
Burgas, Bulgaria Hoffman Estates, United States Belgrade, Serbia
Arena Burgas Now Arena Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 6,100 Capacity: 10,543 Capacity: 18,386
Week 3
Pool 7 Pool 8 Pool 9
Gdańsk, Poland Ljubljana, Slovenia Chiba, Japan
Ergo Arena Arena Stožice Chiba Port Arena
Capacity: 11,409 Capacity: 12,480 Capacity: 7,512
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Final round

More information All matches ...
All matches
Ningbo, China
Beilun Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,000
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Competition schedule

Preliminary round Final round
More information Week 1 11–15 Jun, Week 2 25–29 Jun ...
Week 1
11–15 Jun
Week 2
25–29 Jun
Week 3
16–20 Jul
Week 4
30 Jul – 3 Aug
36 matches 36 matches 36 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, 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

Preliminary round

Ranking

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  Brazil 12 11 1 32 35 11 3.182 1095 998 1.097 Final round
2  Italy 12 10 2 28 33 14 2.357 1100 962 1.143
3  France 12 8 4 24 30 18 1.667 1124 1050 1.070
4  Japan 12 8 4 23 27 17 1.588 1036 977 1.060
5  Poland 12 8 4 23 30 20 1.500 1157 1129 1.025
6  Slovenia 12 7 5 19 22 22 1.000 1002 985 1.017
7  Cuba 12 6 6 20 28 26 1.077 1196 1174 1.019
8  Iran 12 6 6 19 25 24 1.042 1088 1061 1.025
9  Ukraine 12 6 6 18 25 25 1.000 1087 1093 0.995
10  Bulgaria 12 6 6 17 22 23 0.957 993 1033 0.961
11  United States 12 6 6 17 21 24 0.875 1006 1033 0.974
12  Argentina 12 6 6 16 24 26 0.923 1114 1118 0.996
13  Canada 12 5 7 17 23 24 0.958 1064 1057 1.007
14  Germany 12 5 7 17 25 27 0.926 1181 1179 1.002
15  Serbia 12 3 9 10 15 29 0.517 926 1038 0.892
16  Turkey 12 3 9 10 14 28 0.500 945 992 0.953
17  China[a] 12 3 9 9 12 30 0.400 881 990 0.890 Final round
18  Netherlands 12 1 11 5 11 34 0.324 942 1068 0.882 Excluded from the Nations League
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  1. Qualified as finals' host

Week 1

Pool 1

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun11:00Bulgaria 1–3 Italy16–2525–2219–2519–25 79–97P2 Report
11 Jun16:30Argentina 3–1 France25–2213–2525–2225–19 88–88P2 Report
11 Jun20:00Germany 2–3 Canada25–2319–2525–2123–2511–15103–109P2 Report
12 Jun16:30Germany 2–3 Italy25–2125–2019–2523–2511–15103–106P2 Report
12 Jun20:00Argentina 3–2 Canada25–2221–2514–2525–2215–8100–102P2 Report
13 Jun16:30Bulgaria 3–0 Argentina25–2125–2028–26  78–67P2 Report
13 Jun20:00France 3–1 Italy25–1825–2219–2526–24 95–89P2 Report
14 Jun16:30Canada 2–3 France22–2527–2929–2725–216–15109–117P2 Report
14 Jun20:00Bulgaria 3–2 Germany25–2222–2525–1923–2515–12110–103P2 Report
15 Jun11:00Argentina 1–3 Italy23–2525–1735–3721–25 104–104P2 Report
15 Jun14:30Germany 3–1 France23–2525–1929–2729–27 106–98P2 Report
15 Jun18:00Bulgaria 0–3 Canada24–2623–2519–25  66–76P2 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
11 Jun14:00Ukraine 3–0 United States25–2225–2025–23  75–65P2 Report
11 Jun17:30Brazil 3–0 Iran25–1925–1625–18  75–53P2 Report
11 Jun21:00Slovenia 3–1 Cuba25–2221–2525–1825–15 96–80P2 Report
12 Jun17:30Brazil 2–3 Cuba25–2724–2625–2125–2013–15112–109P2 Report
12 Jun21:00United States 3–2 Iran19–2521–2525–2125–2317–15107–109P2 Report
13 Jun17:30Ukraine 3–2 Cuba25–2220–2525–2017–2515–12102–104P2 Report
13 Jun21:00Iran 2–3 Slovenia25–1723–2518–2525–1812–15103–100P2 Report
14 Jun10:00Ukraine 2–3 Brazil25–1925–1422–2523–2510–15105–98P2 Report
14 Jun13:30United States 1–3 Slovenia22–2525–2725–2023–25 95–97P2 Report
15 Jun10:00Brazil 3–0 Slovenia25–1929–2725–19  79–65P2 Report
15 Jun13:30Ukraine 2–3 Iran30–2820–2525–2221–259–15105–115P2 Report
15 Jun17:00Cuba 1–3 United States22–2518–2525–1823–25 88–93P2 Report
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Pool 3

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun13:30Poland 3–1 Netherlands25–2222–2525–2225–22 97–91P2 Report
11 Jun17:00China 0–3 Japan23–2514–2522–25  59–75P2 Report
11 Jun20:30Serbia 3–1 Turkey12–2525–2225–2325–23 87–93P2 Report
12 Jun17:00China 3–0 Serbia25–2325–2325–20  75–66P2 Report
12 Jun20:30Poland 3–1 Japan27–2525–2218–2539–37 109–109P2 Report
13 Jun17:00Japan 3–0 Serbia25–2025–2326–24  76–67P2 Report
13 Jun20:30Netherlands 3–1 Turkey21–2525–2325–2225–23 96–93P2 Report
14 Jun15:00China 3–1 Netherlands25–1925–2013–2525–17 88–81P2 Report
14 Jun19:00Turkey 0–3 Poland26–2823–2521–25  70–78P2 Report
15 Jun11:30Netherlands 0–3 Japan18–2523–2518–25  59–75P2 Report
15 Jun15:00China 0–3 Turkey22–2521–2520–25  63–75P2 Report
15 Jun19:00Poland 3–0 Serbia25–2125–2025–23  75–64P2 Report
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Week 2

Pool 4

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun12:30Ukraine 0–3 France23–2521–2517–25  61–75P2 Report
25 Jun16:00Turkey 0–3 Slovenia16–2522–2518–25  56–75P2 Report
25 Jun19:30Bulgaria 3–0 Japan27–2525–2325–19  77–67P2 Report
26 Jun15:00France 2–3 Japan22–2525–1925–2220–2511–15103–106P2 Report
26 Jun18:30Turkey 0–3 Ukraine11–2522–2521–25  54–75P2 Report
27 Jun15:00Ukraine 3–2 Japan24–2625–1725–1822–2515–13111–99P2 Report
27 Jun19:30Bulgaria 3–1 Slovenia18–2525–2325–2125–22 93–91P2 Report
28 Jun15:30Slovenia 0–3 France23–2527–2923–25  73–79P2 Report
28 Jun19:00Bulgaria 0–3 Turkey20–2520–2521–25  61–75P2 Report
29 Jun12:00Slovenia 0–3 Japan25–2715–2516–25  56–77P2 Report
29 Jun15:30Turkey 0–3 France20–2518–2519–25  57–75P2 Report
29 Jun19:00Bulgaria 1–3 Ukraine25–2019–2524–2622–25 90–96P2 Report
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Pool 5

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun12:30Italy 3–2 Poland25–1723–2521–2525–2015–11109–98P2 Report
25 Jun16:00Canada 0–3 Brazil22–2517–2517–25  56–75P2 Report
25 Jun19:30China 2–3 United States22–2525–2125–1916–2511–1599–105P2 Report
26 Jun16:00Brazil 3–0 China25–2225–1625–23  75–61P2 Report
26 Jun19:30Canada 0–3 United States23–2522–2528–30  73–80P2 Report
27 Jun16:00China 0–3 Italy18–2515–2519–25  52–75P2 Report
27 Jun19:30Canada 2–3 Poland32–3025–1417–2523–2513–15110–109P2 Report
28 Jun16:00Brazil 3–2 Italy25–2221–2533–3117–2515–13111–116P2 Report
28 Jun19:30United States 0–3 Poland20–2521–2522–25  63–75P2 Report
29 Jun12:30China 0–3 Canada23–2520–2523–25  66–75P2 Report
29 Jun16:00Brazil 3–1 Poland25–2125–2121–2528–26 99–93P2 Report
29 Jun19:30United States 0–3 Italy21–2522–2518–25  61–75P2 Report
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Pool 6

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun13:00Germany 1–3 Cuba25–1918–2522–2521–25 86–94P2 Report
25 Jun16:30Netherlands 0–3 Argentina20–2514–2522–25  56–75P2 Report
25 Jun20:00Serbia 1–3 Iran21–2519–2525–2323–25 88–98P2 Report
26 Jun16:30Netherlands 1–3 Germany26–2422–2521–2524–26 93–100P2 Report
26 Jun20:00Serbia 1–3 Cuba25–2222–2516–2516–25 79–97P2 Report
27 Jun16:30Argentina 1–3 Iran21–2525–2222–2522–25 90–97P2 Report
27 Jun20:00Netherlands 1–3 Cuba25–2118–2521–2528–30 92–101P2 Report
28 Jun16:30Germany 3–1 Iran25–2223–2526–2425–22 99–93P2 Report
28 Jun20:00Serbia 1–3 Argentina25–1818–2523–2512–25 78–93P2 Report
29 Jun13:00Iran 3–2 Netherlands25–1922–2521–2525–1915–9108–97P2 Report
29 Jun16:30Cuba 2–3 Argentina25–2323–2521–2525–2111–15105–109P2 Report
29 Jun20:00Germany 3–1 Serbia25–2025–2123–2525–17 98–83P2 Report
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Week 3

Pool 7

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul13:00China 1–3 France25–2222–2523–2517–25 87–97P2 Report
16 Jul16:30Bulgaria 2–3 Cuba25–2316–2525–2325–2713–15104–113P2 Report
16 Jul20:00Iran 2–3 Poland19–2525–2318–2525–218–1595–109P2 Report
17 Jul16:30China 0–3 Iran26–2821–2517–25  64–78P2 Report
17 Jul20:00Cuba 3–1 Poland22–2525–1925–2126–24 98–89P2 Report
18 Jul16:30Cuba 2–3 France25–2015–2525–2321–259–1595–108P2 Report
18 Jul20:00China 0–3 Bulgaria23–2516–2524–26  63–76P2 Report
19 Jul17:00Bulgaria 3–2 Poland17–2525–2225–2327–2915–11109–110P2 Report
19 Jul20:30Iran 0–3 France24–2616–2524–26  64–77P2 Report
20 Jul13:30China 3–2 Cuba20–2525–2315–2525–2219–17104–112P2 Report
20 Jul17:00Bulgaria 0–3 Iran17–2517–2516–25  50–75P2 Report
20 Jul20:30France 2–3 Poland30–3225–2020–2525–2312–15112–115P2 Report
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Pool 8

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul13:00Ukraine 3–2 Netherlands25–2120–2520–2526–2415–13106–108P2 Report
16 Jul16:30Serbia 0–3 Italy15–2514–2516–25  45–75P2 Report
16 Jul20:30Canada 1–3 Slovenia25–2121–2519–2521–25 86–96P2 Report
17 Jul16:30Ukraine 2–3 Italy15–2520–2525–1625–2310–1595–104P2 Report
17 Jul20:30Netherlands 0–3 Slovenia18–2519–2521–25  58–75P2 Report
18 Jul16:30Ukraine 0–3 Serbia22–2519–2517–25  58–75P2 Report
18 Jul20:00Netherlands 0–3 Canada22–2520–2515–25  57–75P2 Report
19 Jul16:30Serbia 3–1 Canada15–2525–2225–1825–22 90–87P2 Report
19 Jul20:30Slovenia 0–3 Italy22–2520–2523–25  65–75P2 Report
20 Jul13:00Ukraine 1–3 Canada21–2527–2529–3121–25 98–106P2 Report
20 Jul16:30Netherlands 0–3 Italy13–2522–2519–25  54–75P2 Report
20 Jul20:30Serbia 2–3 Slovenia21–2525–2325–2318–2515–17104–113P2 Report
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Pool 9

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul12:00Argentina 1–3 Brazil21–2523–2526–2418–25 88–99P2 Report
16 Jul15:30Turkey 0–3 United States24–2621–2527–29  72–80P2 Report
16 Jul19:20Germany 1–3 Japan25–2120–2523–2520–25 88–96P2 Report
17 Jul15:30Turkey 3–1 Germany29–2725–2218–2530–28 102–102P2 Report
17 Jul19:20Argentina 2–3 Japan25–2325–2321–2523–2513–15107–111P2 Report
18 Jul15:30Argentina 1–3 United States23–2525–2020–2523–25 91–95P2 Report
18 Jul19:20Brazil 3–0 Japan25–2125–2328–26  78–70P2 Report
19 Jul15:30Turkey 1–3 Brazil22–2524–2625–2222–25 93–98P2 Report
19 Jul19:30Germany 3–2 United States25–2222–2517–2525–1515–12104–99P2 Report
20 Jul11:00Turkey 2–3 Argentina25–1821–2519–2525–1715–17105–102P2 Report
20 Jul14:30Germany 1–3 Brazil25–2123–2520–2521–25 89–96P2 Report
20 Jul19:20United States 0–3 Japan21–2519–2523–25  63–75P2 Report
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Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
30 July
 
 
 Brazil3
 
2 August
 
 China1
 
 Brazil0
 
31 July
 
 Poland3
 
 Japan0
 
3 August
 
 Poland3
 
 Poland3
 
30 July
 
 Italy0
 
 Italy3
 
2 August
 
 Cuba1
 
 Italy3
 
31 July
 
 Slovenia1 3rd place match
 
 France1
 
3 August
 
 Slovenia3
 
 Brazil3
 
 
 Slovenia1
 

Quarterfinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul15:00Italy 3–1 Cuba25–1825–1920–2525–21 95–83P2 Report
30 Jul19:00Brazil 3–1 China29–3125–1925–1625–21 104–87P2 Report
31 Jul15:00France 1–3 Slovenia22–2525–1519–2518–25 84–90P2 Report
31 Jul19:00Japan 0–3 Poland23–2524–2612–25  59–76P2 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
2 Aug15:00Italy 3–1 Slovenia25–2222–2525–2125–18 97–86P2 Report
2 Aug19:00Brazil 0–3 Poland26–2819–2521–25  66–78P2 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
3 Aug15:00Brazil 3–1 Slovenia23–2525–2025–2325–19 98–87P2 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
3 Aug19:00Poland 3–0 Italy25–2225–1925–14  75–55P2 Report
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Final standing

More information Rank, Team ...
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Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.[11]

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.[12]

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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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.

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