2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

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The 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the seventh edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. It was held between June and July 2025, and the final round took place at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.[1][2]

Host nationPoland
CityŁódź (final round)
Dates4 June – 27 July
Teams18 (from 4 confederations)
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2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
Tournament details
Host nationPoland
CityŁódź (final round)
Dates4 June – 27 July
Teams18 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Champions Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Poland
Fourth place Japan
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Monica De Gennaro
Best SetterItaly Alessia Orro
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPItaly Paola Egonu
Best LiberoItaly Monica De Gennaro
Tournament statistics
Matches played116
Attendance459,150 (3,958 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League
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Following the results of the 2024 Challenger Cup, Czech Republic make their debut this edition, while Belgium made their comeback as the top FIVB ranked team.

Italy won their third VNL title after defeating Brazil in the final.[3] Poland claimed their third consecutive bronze medal after defeating Japan in the 3rd place match.[4] Monica De Gennaro of Italy was named the MVP of the tournament.[5]

Qualification

In a change of format for this edition, none of the 16 teams that participated in the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League will be relegated, and from 2025 onward the competition will expand to 18 teams. The two extra spots were allocated to the Czech Republic,[6] winner of the 2024 Challenger Cup, and Belgium, per FIVB ranking the highest ranked team that failed to qualify.[7]

More information Country, Confederation ...
Country Confederation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Belgium CEV 4 2018 2022 7th place (2019)
 Brazil CSV 6 2018 2024 Runners-up (2019, 2021, 2022)
 Bulgaria CEV 4 2019 2024 13th place (2023)
 Canada NORCECA 4 2021 2024 10th place (2023, 2024)
 China AVC 6 2018 2024 Runners-up (2023)
 Czech Republic CEV 0 None Debut
 Dominican Republic NORCECA 6 2018 2024 6th place (2021)
 France CEV 1 2024 14th place (2024)
 Germany CEV 6 2018 2024 8th place (2023)
 Italy CEV 6 2018 2024 Champions (2022, 2024)
 Japan AVC 6 2018 2024 Runners-up (2024)
 Netherlands CEV 6 2018 2024 5th place (2018)
 Poland CEV 6 2018 2024 3rd place (2023, 2024)
 Serbia CEV 6 2018 2024 3rd place (2022)
 South Korea AVC 6 2018 2024 12th place (2018)
 Thailand AVC 6 2018 2024 8th place (2022, 2024)
 Turkey CEV 6 2018 2024 Champions (2023)
 United States NORCECA 6 2018 2024 Champions (2018, 2019, 2021)
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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 women's teams are competing. Each week 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Each week each team plays 4 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 8 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 Poland for hosting the finals and if it does not finish the first phase among the top eight, the top seven will qualify with the Polish team being ranked 8th.[8]

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.[8]

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
Ottawa, Canada Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Beijing, China
TD Place Arena Maracanãzinho National Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 8,585 Capacity: 11,850 Capacity: 18,000
Week 2
Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6
Istanbul, Turkey Hong Kong, China Belgrade, Serbia
Sinan Erdem Dome Kai Tak Arena Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 16,457 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 18,386
Week 3
Pool 7 Pool 8 Pool 9
Apeldoorn, Netherlands Arlington, United States Chiba, Japan
Omnisport Apeldoorn College Park Center Chiba Port Arena
Capacity: 2,000 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,512

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Final round

More information All matches ...
All matches[2]
Łódź, Poland
Atlas Arena
Capacity: 13,806
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Competition schedule

Preliminary round Final round
More information Week 1 4–8 Jun, Week 2 18–22 Jun ...
Week 1
4–8 Jun
Week 2
18–22 Jun
Week 3
9–13 Jul
Week 4
23–27 Jul
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  Italy 12 12 0 33 36 7 5.143 1037 822 1.262 Final round
2  Brazil 12 11 1 31 33 11 3.000 1051 906 1.160
3  Japan 12 9 3 27 30 12 2.500 966 858 1.126
4  Poland[a] 12 9 3 27 31 15 2.067 1067 957 1.115 Final round
5  China 12 9 3 24 30 20 1.500 1142 1059 1.078 Final round
6  Turkey 12 8 4 23 28 17 1.647 1025 927 1.106
7  Germany 12 7 5 23 29 22 1.318 1110 1092 1.016
8  United States 12 7 5 20 26 23 1.130 1084 1085 0.999
9  France 12 5 7 17 23 25 0.920 1010 1042 0.969
10  Netherlands 12 5 7 15 19 27 0.704 972 1029 0.945
11  Czech Republic 12 5 7 14 21 26 0.808 1032 1046 0.987
12  Dominican Republic 12 5 7 13 20 27 0.741 1028 1071 0.960
13  Bulgaria 12 4 8 11 19 31 0.613 1001 1142 0.877
14  Belgium 12 4 8 11 15 29 0.517 931 1029 0.905
15  Serbia 12 3 9 14 21 28 0.750 1043 1068 0.977
16  Canada 12 3 9 10 19 33 0.576 1099 1157 0.950
17  Thailand 12 1 11 6 11 34 0.324 948 1059 0.895
18  South Korea 12 1 11 5 11 35 0.314 877 1074 0.817 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
4 Jun11:00Netherlands 0–3 Japan17–2515–2516–25  48–75P2 Report
4 Jun16:00Dominican Republic 3–2 Serbia26–2819–2525–1525–2018–16113–104P2 Report
4 Jun19:30Bulgaria 2–3 Canada18–2512–2525–2325–194–1584–107P2 Report
5 Jun16:00Bulgaria 3–1 Dominican Republic25–2130–3225–1931–29 111–101P2 Report
5 Jun19:30Canada 1–3 Netherlands18–2525–2215–2523–25 81–97P2 Report
6 Jun16:00Dominican Republic 3–2 Netherlands22–2525–1928–2622–2515–13112–108P2 Report
6 Jun19:30Serbia 0–3 Japan19–2521–2513–25  53–75P2 Report
7 Jun16:00Canada 0–3 Japan24–2620–2519–25  63–76P2 Report
7 Jun19:30Bulgaria 3–2 Serbia12–2525–1925–1610–2517–1589–100P2 Report
8 Jun11:00Dominican Republic 0–3 Japan19–2521–259–25  49–75P2 Report
8 Jun14:30Bulgaria 0–3 Netherlands21–2516–2523–25  60–75P2 Report
8 Jun18:00Canada 3–2 Serbia20–2518–2525–2025–1815–12103–100P2 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
4 Jun14:00United States 0–3 Italy13–2513–2528–30  54–80P2 Report
4 Jun17:30Czech Republic 0–3 Brazil21–2520–2517–25  58–75P2 Report
4 Jun21:00South Korea 0–3 Germany17–2515–2521–25  53–75P2 Report
5 Jun17:30Germany 2–3 Italy25–2210–2525–2013–259–1582–107P2 Report
5 Jun21:00United States 0–3 Brazil18–2517–2519–25  54–75P2 Report
6 Jun17:30South Korea 0–3 Italy13–2513–2517–25  43–75P2 Report
6 Jun21:00Czech Republic 3–2 United States23–2520–2525–1725–2027–25120–112P2 Report
7 Jun13:30Germany 2–3 Brazil23–2525–2125–2320–258–15101–109P2 Report
7 Jun17:00South Korea 2–3 Czech Republic25–1717–2525–219–259–1585–103P2 Report
8 Jun10:00Brazil 0–3 Italy22–2518–2527–29  67–79P2 Report
8 Jun13:30Czech Republic 1–3 Germany22–2518–2525–2223–25 88–97P2 Report
8 Jun17:00South Korea 0–3 United States13–2526–2817–25  56–78P2 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
4 Jun11:30France 1–3 Turkey17–2525–2313–2514–25 69–98P2 Report
4 Jun15:00Thailand 0–3 Poland22–2524–2622–25  68–76P2 Report
4 Jun19:30China 3–0 Belgium25–1827–2525–13  77–56P2 Report
5 Jun15:00Belgium 3–1 Thailand25–2225–2324–2625–22 99–93P2 Report
5 Jun19:30China 1–3 Poland22–2525–2019–2521–25 87–95P2 Report
6 Jun15:00France 3–1 Belgium25–2213–2525–1325–19 88–79P2 Report
6 Jun19:30Turkey 3–0 Thailand25–2325–1425–22  75–59P2 Report
7 Jun15:00Turkey 3–2 Poland25–2118–2525–2322–2515–7105–101P2 Report
7 Jun19:30China 3–0 France25–1725–1825–11  75–46P2 Report
8 Jun11:30Belgium 0–3 Poland11–2515–2525–27  51–77P2 Report
8 Jun15:00France 1–3 Thailand14–2525–1923–2513–25 75–94P2 Report
8 Jun19:30China 2–3 Turkey25–1920–2531–2926–2812–15114–116P2 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
18 Jun12:30South Korea 3–2 Canada27–2525–1815–2520–2515–13102–106P2 Report
18 Jun16:00Belgium 1–3 Brazil22–2526–2416–2515–25 79–99P2 Report
18 Jun19:30Dominican Republic 0–3 Turkey25–2719–2526–28  70–80P2 Report
19 Jun16:00Belgium 0–3 Dominican Republic14–2518–2525–27  57–77P2 Report
19 Jun19:30Canada 0–3 Turkey16–2518–2524–26  58–76P2 Report
20 Jun16:00South Korea 1–3 Belgium16–2525–2029–3112–25 82–101P2 Report
20 Jun19:30Canada 0–3 Brazil20–2523–2523–25  66–75P2 Report
21 Jun16:00Dominican Republic 0–3 Brazil23–2518–2520–25  61–75P2 Report
21 Jun19:30South Korea 0–3 Turkey11–2513–2517–25  41–75P2 Report
22 Jun12:30Belgium 3–2 Canada22–2525–1321–2525–2218–16111–101P2 Report
22 Jun16:00South Korea 2–3 Dominican Republic25–1917–2525–1920–2514–16101–104P2 Report
22 Jun19:30Turkey 1–3 Brazil18–2525–2323–2515–25 81–98P2 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
18 Jun13:30Bulgaria 1–3 Italy17–2525–2315–2515–25 72–98P2 Report
18 Jun17:00Thailand 2–3 Japan25–1825–2320–2515–2511–1596–106P2 Report
18 Jun20:30Czech Republic 1–3 China27–2925–2315–2522–25 89–102P2 Report
19 Jun17:00Thailand 0–3 Italy19–2520–2518–25  57–75P2 Report
19 Jun20:30Bulgaria 2–3 China21–2525–2215–2526–2414–16101–112P2 Report
20 Jun17:00Bulgaria 0–3 Czech Republic19–2522–2511–25  52–75P2 Report
20 Jun20:30Japan 2–3 Italy23–2525–1615–2525–2017–19105–105P2 Report
21 Jun16:30Czech Republic 3–0 Thailand25–1825–1632–30  82–64P2 Report
21 Jun20:00Japan 1–3 China15–2512–2525–1822–25 74–93P2 Report
22 Jun13:00Bulgaria 3–2 Thailand26–2425–1321–2522–2515–9109–96P2 Report
22 Jun16:30Czech Republic 0–3 Japan22–2517–2520–25  59–75P2 Report
22 Jun20:00China 0–3 Italy21–2530–3211–25  62–82P2 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
18 Jun13:00France 2–3 Germany23–2525–1727–2528–3011–15114–112P2 Report
18 Jun16:30Netherlands 2–3 Poland25–1723–2525–1712–2510–1595–99P2 Report
18 Jun20:00Serbia 2–3 United States22–2520–2525–2225–2211–15103–109P2 Report
19 Jun16:30United States 1–3 Poland25–2020–2517–2518–25 80–95P2 Report
19 Jun20:00Germany 3–1 Serbia25–2023–2525–1725–23 98–85P2 Report
20 Jun16:30France 3–0 Netherlands25–2125–1925–20  75–60P2 Report
20 Jun20:00Germany 0–3 Poland16–2516–2520–25  52–75P2 Report
21 Jun16:30Netherlands 0–3 United States18–2522–2519–25  59–75P2 Report
21 Jun20:00France 3–2 Serbia21–2525–1616–2525–1515–13102–94P2 Report
22 Jun13:00Germany 2–3 Netherlands23–2525–1921–2525–2310–15104–107P2 Report
22 Jun16:30France 2–3 United States22–2524–2625–2025–2113–15109–107P2 Report
22 Jun20:00Serbia 1–3 Poland25–2222–2522–2523–25 92–97P2 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
9 Jul13:00Czech Republic 1–3 Serbia25–2222–2526–2818–25 91–100P2 Report
9 Jul17:00Italy 3–0 Belgium25–1925–1525–18  75–52P2 Report
9 Jul20:30Netherlands 0–3 Turkey19–2516–2521–25  56–75P2 Report
10 Jul17:00Italy 3–0 Serbia25–1726–2425–20  76–61P2 Report
10 Jul20:30Belgium 1–3 Netherlands24–2622–2525–2222–25 93–98P2 Report
11 Jul17:00Belgium 0–3 Serbia24–2619–2516–25  59–76P2 Report
11 Jul20:30Czech Republic 3–1 Turkey25–2225–214–2525–20 79–88P2 Report
12 Jul15:00Czech Republic 2–3 Netherlands23–2525–2325–1419–2510–15102–102P2 Report
12 Jul19:00Turkey 2–3 Italy19–2525–2125–2120–2511–15100–107P2 Report
13 Jul12:30Czech Republic 1–3 Belgium25–1923–2517–2521–25 86–94P2 Report
13 Jul16:00Netherlands 0–3 Italy23–2526–2818–25  67–78P2 Report
13 Jul20:00Serbia 3–0 Turkey25–1825–2025–18  75–56P2 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
9 Jul12:30Germany 3–2 Canada24–2625–2023–2525–2315–13112–107P2 Report
9 Jul16:00Dominican Republic 2–3 China22–2525–1725–2222–2513–15107–104P2 Report
9 Jul19:30Thailand 1–3 United States26–2825–2125–2715–25 91–101P2 Report
10 Jul16:00Thailand 0–3 Germany24–2619–2511–25  54–76P2 Report
10 Jul19:30Dominican Republic 1–3 United States25–2319–2516–2520–25 80–98P2 Report
11 Jul16:00Thailand 0–3 Dominican Republic21–2518–2523–25  62–75P2 Report
11 Jul19:30Canada 1–3 China22–2515–2525–2223–25 85–97P2 Report
12 Jul16:00Germany 2–3 China25–2226–2421–2517–2516–18105–114P2 Report
12 Jul19:30Canada 2–3 United States24–2625–2325–2021–2517–19112–113P2 Report
13 Jul11:30Germany 3–1 Dominican Republic25–2025–1321–2525–21 96–79P2 Report
13 Jul15:00Thailand 2–3 Canada25–1723–2528–3025–2313–15114–110P2 Report
13 Jul19:00China 3–2 United States18–2519–2525–2125–1618–16105–103P2 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
9 Jul12:00Bulgaria 1–3 Brazil21–2529–2710–2519–25 79–102P2 Report
9 Jul15:30South Korea 1–3 Poland25–1819–2514–2526–28 84–96P2 Report
9 Jul19:20France 0–3 Japan23–2516–2519–25  58–75P2 Report
10 Jul15:30France 2–3 Brazil25–2321–2525–1721–2511–15103–105P2 Report
10 Jul19:20South Korea 0–3 Japan21–2525–2722–25  68–77P2 Report
11 Jul15:30Bulgaria 1–3 France22–2525–2117–2522–25 86–96P2 Report
11 Jul19:20Poland 1–3 Brazil22–2521–2525–2122–25 90–96P2 Report
12 Jul15:30South Korea 2–3 Bulgaria22–2520–2525–2125–2313–15105–109P2 Report
12 Jul19:20Japan 3–1 Poland25–2123–2525–2325–22 98–91P2 Report
13 Jul11:00South Korea 0–3 France17–2519–2521–25  57–75P2 Report
13 Jul14:30Bulgaria 0–3 Poland13–2519–2517–25  49–75P2 Report
13 Jul19:20Japan 0–3 Brazil17–2518–2520–25  55–75P2 Report
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Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
23 July
 
 
 Italy3
 
26 July
 
 United States0
 
 Italy3
 
23 July
 
 Poland0
 
 Poland3
 
27 July
 
 China2
 
 Italy3
 
24 July
 
 Brazil1
 
 Brazil3
 
26 July
 
 Germany0
 
 Brazil3
 
24 July
 
 Japan2 3rd place match
 
 Japan3
 
27 July
 
 Turkey2
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Japan1
 

Quarterfinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jul16:30Italy 3–0 United States25–2225–2128–26  78–69P2 Report
23 Jul20:00Poland 3–2 China17–2525–2019–2525–1915–12101–101P2 Report
24 Jul16:30Japan 3–2 Turkey25–2116–2525–2022–2515–9103–100P2 Report
24 Jul20:00Brazil 3–0 Germany25–1926–2425–14  76–57P2 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
26 Jul16:00Italy 3–0 Poland25–1825–1625–14  75–48P2 Report
26 Jul20:00Brazil 3–2 Japan23–2525–2125–1819–2515–8107–97P2 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
27 Jul16:00Poland 3–1 Japan25–1524–2625–1625–23 99–80P2 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
27 Jul20:00Italy 3–1 Brazil22–2525–1825–2225–22 97–87P2 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.[10]

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.[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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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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