FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League statistics

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This article gives the summarized final standings of each FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League tournament, an annual competition involving national men's volleyball teams.

After the tournament's eighth edition and as of 2026, most successful team is Poland with 7 medals in total, 3 golds (2023, 2025, 2026), one silver (2021) and 3 bronze medals (2019, 2022, 2024). France won two gold (2022, 2024),[1][2] a silver (2018) and a bronze (2021), Russia has won two golds (2018, 2019)[3][4] Brazil one gold (2021) and one bronze medals (2025).[5]United States has won fourth silvers (2019, 2022, 2023, 2026) and a bronze (2018), while Japan has won a silver (2024) and bronze (2023), Italy has won silver (2025), Slovenia has won bronze medal (2026).[6][7]

Results summary

2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Main article: 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players, which every week's 14-player roster must be selected from. Each country must declare its 14-player roster two days before the start of each week's round-robin competition.

Preliminary round

Main article: 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  France[a] 15 12 3 35 38 16 2.375 1295 1140 1.136 Final round
2  Russia 15 11 4 34 36 14 2.571 1191 1096 1.087 Final round
3  United States 15 11 4 33 37 19 1.947 1294 1183 1.094
4  Serbia 15 11 4 29 33 24 1.375 1289 1255 1.027
5  Brazil 15 10 5 30 34 21 1.619 1280 1213 1.055
6  Poland 15 10 5 29 32 19 1.684 1221 1124 1.086
7  Canada 15 8 7 25 29 24 1.208 1219 1227 0.993
8  Italy 15 8 7 24 30 28 1.071 1315 1296 1.015
9  Germany 15 7 8 23 29 30 0.967 1299 1307 0.994
10  Iran 15 7 8 21 29 30 0.967 1355 1344 1.008
11  Bulgaria 15 6 9 17 26 34 0.765 1288 1351 0.953
12  Japan 15 6 9 15 23 37 0.622 1301 1374 0.947
13  Australia 15 5 10 15 21 35 0.600 1236 1340 0.922
14  Argentina 15 4 11 15 23 34 0.676 1270 1326 0.958
15  China 15 3 12 9 15 39 0.385 1173 1291 0.909
16  South Korea 15 1 14 6 11 42 0.262 1108 1267 0.875 Excluded from 2019 Nations League
Close
Source: VNL 2018 standings
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as hosts

Final round 2018

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 322 261 1.234 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France (H) 4 3 1 7 9 7 1.286 360 333 1.081 Runners up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 4 2 2 7 8 6 1.333 322 321 1.003 Third place
4  Brazil 4 1 3 4 5 9 0.556 305 325 0.938 Fourth place
5  Poland 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 144 175 0.823 Eliminated in
pool play
6  Serbia 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 115 153 0.752
Close
Source: VNL 2018 finals
(H) Host

Final four

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 July
 
 
 France3
 
8 July
 
 United States2
 
 France0
 
7 July
 
 Russia3
 
 Russia3
 
 
 Brazil0
 
Third place match
 
 
8 July
 
 
 United States3
 
 
 Brazil0

2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 25 players, which every week's 14-player roster must be selected from. Each country must declare its 14-player roster two days before the start of each week's round-robin competition.

Preliminary round

Main article: 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  Brazil 15 14 1 39 44 15 2.933 1408 1218 1.156 Final round
2  Iran 15 12 3 36 38 15 2.533 1276 1173 1.088
3  Russia 15 12 3 34 37 17 2.176 1284 1164 1.103
4  France 15 11 4 34 38 18 2.111 1341 1251 1.072
5  Poland 15 11 4 30 38 25 1.520 1465 1397 1.049
6  United States[a] 15 9 6 28 32 24 1.333 1317 1258 1.047 Final round
7  Argentina 15 8 7 26 33 26 1.269 1363 1304 1.045
8  Italy 15 8 7 25 31 25 1.240 1316 1263 1.042
9  Canada 15 8 7 23 29 29 1.000 1313 1321 0.994
10  Japan 15 7 8 19 27 32 0.844 1318 1326 0.994
11  Serbia 15 6 9 17 28 36 0.778 1393 1417 0.983
12  Bulgaria 15 5 10 13 21 38 0.553 1268 1372 0.924
13  Australia 15 3 12 13 20 37 0.541 1217 1334 0.912
14  Germany 15 3 12 12 23 41 0.561 1349 1470 0.918
15  Portugal 15 2 13 7 12 40 0.300 1095 1268 0.864 Excluded from Nations League
16  China 15 1 14 4 9 42 0.214 1047 1234 0.848
Close
Source: VNL 2019 Preliminary Round Standings
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as hosts

Final round 2019

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia 4 3 1 9 9 5 1.800 327 308 1.062 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States (H) 4 3 1 8 10 6 1.667 365 337 1.083 Runners up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland 4 3 1 8 10 6 1.667 368 348 1.057
4  Brazil 4 1 3 4 7 11 0.636 373 391 0.954 Fourth place
5  Iran 2 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 189 205 0.922 Eliminated in
pool play
6  France 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 140 173 0.809
Close
Source: VNL 2019 finals
(H) Host

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 July
 
 
 Poland1
 
14 July
 
 Russia3
 
 Russia3
 
13 July
 
 United States1
 
 United States3
 
 
 Brazil1
 
3rd place match
 
 
14 July
 
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Brazil0

2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Main article: 2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format. The teams play 3 matches each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top four teams after the preliminary round compete in the final round.

Preliminary round

Main article: 2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 15 13 2 38 39 12 3.250 1260 1102 1.143 Final round
2  Poland 15 12 3 37 39 11 3.545 1200 985 1.218
3  Slovenia 15 12 3 34 40 18 2.222 1342 1222 1.098
4  France 15 11 4 34 41 22 1.864 1472 1382 1.065
5  Russia 15 11 4 34 39 21 1.857 1380 1293 1.067
6  Serbia 15 10 5 28 35 27 1.296 1419 1341 1.058
7  United States 15 8 7 24 29 24 1.208 1239 1159 1.069
8  Canada 15 7 8 21 27 26 1.038 1198 1170 1.024
9  Argentina 15 7 8 20 23 29 0.793 1188 1222 0.972
10  Italy (H) 15 7 8 19 28 33 0.848 1335 1345 0.993
11  Japan 15 7 8 19 25 31 0.806 1226 1266 0.968
12  Iran 15 5 10 18 25 32 0.781 1286 1349 0.953
13  Germany 15 4 11 14 22 38 0.579 1255 1360 0.923
14  Netherlands 15 3 12 11 19 40 0.475 1214 1354 0.897
15  Bulgaria 15 2 13 7 11 41 0.268 1037 1238 0.838
16  Australia 15 1 14 2 7 44 0.159 980 1243 0.788
Close
Source: VNL 2021 standings
(H) Host

Final round 2021

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 172 135 1.274 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 153 163 0.939 Runners up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 132 132 1.000 Third place
4  Slovenia 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 123 150 0.820 Fourth place
Close
Source: VNL 2021 finals

Final four

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June
 
 
 Brazil3
 
27 June
 
 France0
 
 Brazil3
 
26 June
 
 Poland1
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Slovenia0
 
Third place match
 
 
27 June
 
 
 France3
 
 
 Slovenia0

Tournament statistics

2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

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

As there was no promotion or relegation in the 2021 VNL, 15 of the same 16 teams in 2021 are competing in this year's edition.[9]

Preliminary round

Main article: 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

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. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.[10]

More information Pos, Pld ...
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
Close
Source: VNL 2022 standings
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as hosts

Final round 2022

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.

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 3 3 0 8 9 2 4.500 252 212 1.189 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 3 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 265 246 1.077 Runners up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland 3 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 238 231 1.030 Third place
4  Italy (H) 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 212 232 0.914 Fourth place
5  Japan 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 60 76 0.789 Eliminated
in
quarterfinals
6  Brazil 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 87 95 0.916
7  Iran 1 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 97 105 0.924
8  Netherlands 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 82 96 0.854
Close
Source: VNL 2022 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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 Third place match
 
 United States3
 
24 July
 
 Brazil1
 
 Italy0
 
 
 Poland3
 

2023 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Main article: 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

[11]

Preliminary round

Main article: 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The format of play is the same as edition 2022. 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.

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  United States 12 10 2 31 33 7 4.714 986 871 1.132 Final round
2  Japan 12 10 2 27 31 16 1.938 1109 1034 1.073
3  Poland[a] 12 10 2 25 30 19 1.579 1108 1057 1.048 Final round
4  Italy 12 9 3 26 28 15 1.867 1016 906 1.121 Final round
5  Argentina 12 9 3 26 32 18 1.778 1184 1092 1.084
6  Brazil 12 8 4 25 30 18 1.667 1108 1033 1.073
7  Slovenia 12 8 4 25 27 17 1.588 1036 997 1.039
8  France 12 6 6 18 23 21 1.095 1046 1007 1.039
9  Serbia 12 6 6 16 23 23 1.000 1045 1056 0.990
10  Netherlands 12 5 7 17 22 24 0.917 1028 1054 0.975
11  Germany 12 3 9 10 16 28 0.571 963 1036 0.930
12  Canada 12 3 9 9 15 31 0.484 983 1074 0.915
13  Cuba 12 3 9 8 15 33 0.455 1023 1119 0.914
14  Iran 12 2 10 11 16 31 0.516 995 1073 0.927
15  Bulgaria 12 2 10 8 13 32 0.406 957 1045 0.916
16  China 12 2 10 6 12 33 0.364 941 1074 0.876 2023 Challenger Cup
Close
Source: VNL 2023 Preliminary Phase
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as hosts

Final round 2023

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

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland (H) 3 3 0 9 9 2 4.500 272 239 1.138 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 3 2 1 5 7 5 1.400 266 254 1.047 Runners up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 3 2 1 5 7 5 1.400 264 261 1.011 Third place
4  Italy 3 1 2 4 5 6 0.833 231 218 1.060 Fourth place
5  Argentina 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 44 75 0.587 Eliminated
in
quarterfinals
6  Brazil 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 65 76 0.855
7  Slovenia 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 64 76 0.842
8  France 1 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 99 106 0.934
Close
Source: VNL 2023 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

[12]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 July
 
 
 United States3
 
22 July
 
 France2
 
 United States3
 
19 July
 
 Italy0
 
 Italy3
 
23 July
 
 Argentina0
 
 United States1
 
20 July
 
 Poland3
 
 Japan3
 
22 July
 
 Slovenia0
 
 Japan1
 
20 July
 
 Poland3 Third place match
 
 Poland3
 
23 July
 
 Brazil0
 
 Italy2
 
 
 Japan3
 

2024 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Main article: 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

[13]

Preliminary round

Main article: 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The format of play is the same as the 2022 edition. The new format 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.[14]

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Slovenia 12 11 1 28 34 14 2.429 1145 1026 1.116 Final round
2  Poland[a] 12 10 2 29 31 10 3.100 973 856 1.137 Final round
3  Italy 12 9 3 27 29 14 2.071 1006 884 1.138 Final round
4  Japan 12 9 3 25 30 17 1.765 1039 1019 1.020
5  Canada 12 8 4 23 29 19 1.526 1089 1071 1.017
6  France 12 8 4 23 30 20 1.500 1122 1070 1.049
7  Brazil 12 6 6 21 27 24 1.125 1154 1106 1.043
8  Argentina 12 6 6 18 23 24 0.958 1049 1049 1.000
9  Cuba 12 5 7 17 24 26 0.923 1109 1132 0.980
10  Serbia 12 5 7 17 23 26 0.885 1051 1094 0.961
11  Germany 12 5 7 15 20 25 0.800 1018 1048 0.971
12  United States 12 5 7 15 19 26 0.731 1015 1047 0.969
13  Netherlands 12 3 9 11 17 31 0.548 1057 1107 0.955
14  Bulgaria 12 3 9 8 12 31 0.387 900 1033 0.871
15  Iran 12 2 10 6 14 34 0.412 1026 1111 0.923
16  Turkey 12 1 11 5 13 34 0.382 1024 1124 0.911
Close
Source: VNL 2024 – Men's standings
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as host

Final round 2024

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

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1  France 3 3 0 7 9 5 1.800 309 308 1.003 Champions
2  Japan 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 254 234 1.085 Runners up
3  Poland (H) 3 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 280 253 1.107 Third place
4  Slovenia 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 237 260 0.912 Fourth place
5  Italy 1 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 103 106 0.972 Eliminated
in
quarterfinals
6  Canada 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 66 77 0.857
7  Brazil 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 86 93 0.925
8  Argentina 1 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 101 105 0.962
Close
Source: VNL 2024 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

[15]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 June
 
 
 Slovenia3
 
29 June
 
 Argentina2
 
 Slovenia0
 
27 June
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan3
 
30 June
 
 Canada0
 
 Japan1
 
27 June
 
 France3
 
 Poland3
 
29 June
 
 Brazil1
 
 Poland2
 
28 June
 
 France3 Third place match
 
 Italy2
 
30 June
 
 France3
 
 Slovenia0
 
 
 Poland3
 

2025 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

Source:[16]

Preliminary round

Main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, the current format has the 18 men's teams competing in pools of 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.[17]

More information Pos, Pld ...
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
Close
Source: VNL 2025 – Men's standings
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as finals' host

Final round 2025

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

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1  Poland 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 229 180 1.272 Champions
2  Italy 3 2 1 6 6 5 1.200 247 244 1.012 Runners up
3  Brazil 3 2 1 6 6 5 1.200 268 252 1.063 Third place
4  Slovenia 3 1 2 3 5 7 0.714 263 279 0.943 Fourth place
5  France 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 84 90 0.933 Eliminated
in
quarterfinals
6  Japan 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 59 76 0.776
7  Cuba 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 83 95 0.874
8  China (H) 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 87 104 0.837
Close
Source: VNL 2025 finals
(H) Host

Final eighth

[18]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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 Third place match
 
 France1
 
3 August
 
 Slovenia3
 
 Brazil3
 
 
 Slovenia1
 

2026 FIVB Volleyball Nations League statistics

Squads

Main article: 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

Source:[19]

Preliminary round

Main article: 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, the current format has the 18 men's teams competing in pools of 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.[20]

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  Japan 12 12 0 30 36 15 2.400 1183 1074 1.101 Final round
2  Poland 12 10 2 29 34 15 2.267 1164 1051 1.108
3  Slovenia 12 10 2 26 32 17 1.882 1126 1067 1.055
4  Italy 12 8 4 26 30 18 1.667 1093 1040 1.051
5  United States 12 8 4 25 29 16 1.813 1049 960 1.093
6  Turkey 12 8 4 22 28 19 1.474 1054 1020 1.033
7  Ukraine 12 7 5 23 27 20 1.350 1082 1048 1.032
8  Bulgaria 12 7 5 20 24 23 1.043 1063 1039 1.023
9  Brazil 12 7 5 19 23 21 1.095 1017 985 1.032
10  France 12 6 6 16 23 24 0.958 1092 1087 1.005
11  Serbia 12 5 7 16 19 25 0.760 961 1037 0.927
12  Germany 12 5 7 15 23 28 0.821 1133 1162 0.975
13  Belgium 12 4 8 12 17 28 0.607 990 1061 0.933
14  Iran 12 3 9 11 18 30 0.600 1061 1123 0.945
15  Argentina 12 3 9 10 18 31 0.581 1081 1133 0.954
16  Cuba 12 3 9 10 16 29 0.552 963 1035 0.930
17  Canada 12 1 11 10 19 34 0.559 1157 1209 0.957 Excluded from the Nations League
18  China[a] 12 1 11 4 10 33 0.303 891 1029 0.866 Final round
Close
Source: VNL 2026 – Men's standings
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qualified as finals' host

Final round 2026

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


More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland 15 13 2 37 43 18 2.389 1449 1293 1.121 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 15 10 5 31 37 21 1.762 1338 1238 1.081 Runners up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Slovenia 15 12 3 32 38 21 1.810 1378 1326 1.039 Third place
4  Japan 15 13 2 34 42 22 1.909 1475 1370 1.077 Fourth place
5  Italy 13 8 5 26 30 21 1.429 1157 1115 1.038 Eliminated
in
quarterfinals
6  Turkey 13 8 5 22 28 22 1.273 1145 1119 1.023
7  Ukraine 13 7 6 23 28 23 1.217 1166 1145 1.018
8  China (H) 13 1 12 4 11 36 0.306 978 1127 0.868
Close
Source: VNL 2026
(H) Host

Final eighth

[21]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 July
 
 
 Japan3
 
1 August
 
 China1
 
 Japan2
 
30 July
 
 United States3
 
 Italy0
 
2 August
 
 United States3
 
 United States2
 
29 July
 
 Poland3
 
 Slovenia3
 
1 August
 
 Turkey0
 
 Slovenia0
 
30 July
 
 Poland3 Third place match
 
 Poland3
 
2 August
 
 Ukraine1
 
 Japan1
 
 
 Slovenia3
 

Tournament statistics

More information Edition, Played ...
Edition Played Attendance Preliminary round
Sets		 Final round
Sets		 Total
Sets		 Preliminary round
Points		 Final round
Points		 Total
Points		 Final Match Attendance
in Final
2018130494,775 (3,806 per match)44635481 (3.7 per match)20,1341,56821,702 (167 per match)France  0–3  Russia10,164
2019130449,809 (3,460 per match)46040500 (3.85 per match)20,7701,76222,532 (173 per match)United States  1–3  Russia4,375
20211240[22] (0 per match)44913462 (3.73 per match)20,03158020,611 (166 per match)Brazil  3–1  Poland0
2022104295,262 (2,839 per match)35130381 (3.66 per match)15,6221,29316,915 (163 per match)France  3–2  United States8,490
2023104318,294 (3,061 per match)366[23]30396 (3.81 per match)16,5281,30517,833 (171.5 per match)Poland  3–1  United States10,621
2024104356,729 (3,430 per match)375[24]32407 (3.91 per match)16,7771,43618,213 (175 per match)Japan  1–3  France9,966
2025116413,916 (3,568 per match)422[25]29451 (3.89 per match)18,9371,32020,257 (174.6 per match)Poland  3–0  Italy7,000
2026116399,875 (3,447 per match)426[26]31457 (3.94 per match)19,1601,44420,604 (177.6 per match)United States  2–3  Poland5,865
Total 9282,728,660
(2,940 per match)		3,2952403,535
(3.81 per match)		147,95910,708158,667
(171 per match)		24 medals
(8 editions completed)		56,481
(7,060 per final)
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Table is current through the end of 2026 Nations League.

Medals summary

More information Rank, Nation ...
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Poland3137
2 France2114
3 Russia2002
4 Brazil1012
5 United States0415
6 Japan0112
7 Italy0101
8 Slovenia0011
Totals (8 entries)88824
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Volleyball Nations League (2018–present)

More information Years, VNL Hosts ...
YearsVNL HostsGoldSilverBronze
2018France Lille Russia France United States
2019United States Chicago Russia United States Poland
2021Italy Rimini Brazil Poland France
2022Italy Bologna France United States Poland
2023Poland Gdańsk Poland United States Japan
2024Poland Łódź France Japan Poland
2025China Ningbo Poland Italy Brazil
2026China Ningbo Poland United States Slovenia
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Team participations

Appearance

More information Team, Preliminary Round ...
Team Preliminary Round Final Round
App. First Last App. First Last
 Argentina820182026220232024
 Australia420182022–––
 Belgium120262026–––
 Brazil820182026720182025
 Bulgaria820182026–––
 Canada820182026120242024
 China620182026220252026
 Cuba420232026120252025
 France820182026720182025
 Germany820182026–––
 Iran820182026220192022
 Italy820182026520222026
 Japan820182026520222026
 Netherlands520212025120222022
 Poland820182026820182026
 Portugal120192019–––
 Russia320182021220182019
 Serbia820182026120182018
 Slovenia620212026520212026
 South Korea120182018–––
 Turkey320242026120262026
 Ukraine220252026120262026
 United States820182026520182026
Table current through the 2026 edition.
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Rankings

2018–2024

More information Rank, VNL 2018 ...
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2025–present

More information Rank, VNL 2025 ...
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Team performances by season

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • Same position – No movement for challenger teams
  • Rise – Promoted to the next year's VNL
  • Fall – Relegated for challenger teams (2018–2024) / Relegated from VNL (2025–present)
More information Team, 2018 (16) ...
Team 2018 (16) 2019 (16) 2021 (16) 2022 (16) 2023 (16) 2024 (16) 2025 (18) 2026 (18)
G FR RK G FR RK G FR RK G FR RK G FR RK G FR RK FR RK FR RK
 Argentina C P 14 C P 7 C P 9 C P 9 C F 5 C F 8 P 13 P 16
 Australia CH Same position P 13 CH Same position P 13 CH Same position P 16 CH Fall P 16 did not participate
 Belgium did not participate VCC did not participate P 14
 Brazil C F 4 C F 4 C F 1 C F 6 C F 6 C F 7 F 3 P 10
 Bulgaria CH Same position P 11 CH Same position P 12 CH Same position P 15 CH Same position P 14 CH Same position P 15 CH Same position P 14 P 11 P 9
 Canada CH Same position P 7 CH Same position P 9 CH Same position P 8 CH Same position P 15 CH Same position P 12 CH Same position F 6 P 14 P 18 Fall
 China C P 15 C P 16 Withdrew[a] CH Same position P 13 CH Fall P 16 VCC Rise F 8 F 8
 Cuba VCC VCC VCC (canceled) VCC Rise CH Same position P 13 CH Same position P 9 F 7 P 17
 France C F 2 C F 6 C F 3 C F 1 C F 8 C F 1 F 5 P 11
 Germany C P 9 C P 14 C P 13 C P 12 C P 11 C P 11 P 15 P 13
 Iran C P 10 C F 5 C P 12 C F 7 C P 14 C P 15 P 9 P 15
 Italy C P 8 C P 8 C P 10 C F 4 C F 4 C F 5 F 2 F 5
 Japan C P 12 C P 10 C P 11 C F 5 C F 3 C F 2 F 6 F 4
 Netherlands did not participate CH Same position[a] P 14 CH Same position F 8 CH Same position P 10 CH Same position P 13 P 18 Fall did not participate
 Poland C F 5 C F 3 C F 2 C F 3 C F 1 C F 3 F 1 F 1
 Portugal VCC Rise CH Fall P 15 VCC (canceled) did not participate
 Russia C F 1 C F 1 C P 5 Excluded[b][36]
 Serbia C F 5 C P 11 C P 6 C P 11 C P 9 C P 10 P 16 P 12
 Slovenia did not participate VCC Rise CH Same position F 4 CH Same position P 10 CH Same position F 7 CH Same position F 4 F 4 F 3
 South Korea CH Fall P 16 VCC (withdrew) VCC (canceled) VCC did not participate
 Turkey did not participate VCC VCC Rise CH P 16 P 17 F 6
 Ukraine did not participate VCC VCC P 10 F 7
 United States C F 3 C F 2 C P 7 C F 2 C F 2 C P 12 P 12 F 2
Table current through the 2026 edition.
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Debut of national teams

More information Year, Debutants ...
Year Debutants Total
2018  Argentina,  Australia,  Brazil,  Bulgaria,  Canada,  China,  France,  Germany,  Iran,  Italy,  Japan,  Poland,  Russia,  Serbia,  South Korea,  United States 16
2019  Portugal 1
2021  Netherlands,  Slovenia 2
2022 None 0
2023  Cuba 1
2024  Turkey 1
2025  Ukraine 1
2026  Belgium 1
2027  Finland 1
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By top four finishes

More information Rank, Nation ...
Rank Nation Number of
appearances		 Years in
semifinals
1 Poland7(2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
2 United States5(2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026)
3 Brazil4(2018, 2019, 2021, 2025)
 France(2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
 Slovenia(2021, 2024, 2025, 2026)
6 Japan3(2023, 2024, 2026)
 Italy(2022, 2023, 2025)
8 Russia2(2018, 2019)
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Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

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

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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Individual awards

VNL Dream Team

More information Year, MVP ...
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Paweł Zatorski
Paweł Zatorski was the 2023 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player.

Team awards

Fair play award

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team
France 2018 Not awarded
United States 2019
Italy 2021
Italy 2022  Poland[67]
Poland 2023  United States
Poland 2024  Slovenia
China 2025 Not awarded
China 2026
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All-time team records

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More information Rank, Teams‡ ...
Rank Teams‡ Played Wins Losses Points Set wins Set lost Set ratio Points wins Points lost Points ratio Final round VNL Best results
1  Poland (Steady) 128 98 30 282 323 158 2.044 11288 10328 1.093 8 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2023, 2025, 2026)
2  Brazil (Steady) 121 83 38 248 284 171 1.661 10638 9903 1.074 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2021)
3  France (Steady) 121 81 40 238 288 179 1.609 10862 10167 1.068 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2022, 2024)
4  United States (Steady) 122 78 44 233 272 182 1.495 10515 9922 1.060 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2019, 2022, 2023, 2026)
5  Italy (Steady) 116 73 43 220 257 180 1.428 10024 9443 1.062 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2025)
6  Japan (Steady) 116 73 43 200 248 204 1.216 10233 10010 1.022 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2024)
7  Slovenia (Increase2) 87 57 30 158 187 140 1.336 7507 7284 1.031 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2026)
8  Serbia (Decrease1) 107 51 56 147 195 223 0.874 9209 9434 0.976 1 5th (2018)
9  Argentina (Decrease1) 107 48 59 150 202 220 0.918 9504 9541 0.996 2 5th (2023)
10  Iran (Steady) 108 44 64 144 192 224 0.857 9334 9467 0.986 2 5th (2019)
11  Canada (Steady) 106 42 64 134 181 223 0.812 8976 9228 0.973 1 6th (2024)
12  Russia[j][69] (Steady) 53 41 12 123 133 58 2.293 4504 4122 1.109 2 1st place, gold medalist(s) (2018, 2019)
13  Germany (Steady) 105 36 69 116 176 246 0.715 9167 9665 0.948 9th (2018)
14  Bulgaria (Steady) 105 33 72 99 145 253 0.573 8496 9198 0.924 11th (2018, 2025)
15  Netherlands (Steady) 64 18 46 61 90 153 0.588 5238 5611 0.934 1 8th (2022)
16  Cuba (Steady) 49 17 32 55 84 117 0.718 4374 4555 0.960 1 7th (2025)
17  Ukraine (Increase2) 25 13 12 41 53 48 1.104 2253 2238 1.007 1 7th (2026)
18  China (Decrease1) 80 13 67 41 74 211 0.351 5947 6771 0.878 2 8th (2025, 2026)
19  Turkey (Increase1) 37 12 25 37 55 84 0.655 3114 3235 0.963 1 6th (2026)
20  Australia (Decrease2) 57 10 47 32 56 151 0.371 4291 4949 0.867 13th (2018, 2019)
21  Belgium (Steady) 12 4 8 12 17 28 0.607 990 1061 0.933 14th (2026)
22  Portugal (Decrease1) 15 2 13 7 12 40 0.300 1095 1268 0.864 15th (2019)
23  South Korea (Decrease1) 15 1 14 6 11 42 0.262 1108 1267 0.875 16th (2018)
Total 23 teams928 matches3,535 sets (3.81 pg)158,667 points (170.98 pg)17 teams FR24 medals
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  • ‡ (Steady) Change since previous year rankings.
  • Table current through the end of the 2026 Nations League.

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.

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Netherlands replaced China after the decision of the Chinese Volleyball Association to withdraw its national men's team due to financial limitations and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]
  2. [b]
    Russian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  3. [c]
    (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).
  4. [d]
    (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).
  5. [e]
    (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).
  6. [f]
    (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).
  7. [g]
    (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).
  8. [h]
    (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).
  9. [i]
    (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).
  10. [j]
    Russian athletes were banned from competing following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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