2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League is the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. 2021 version of VNL originally was scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. The preliminary phase was scheduled to be held in five weeks between May 19 and June 21, 2020.

2021 Women's Nations League
Rimini, host city of the all rounds
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
CityRimini
DatesMay 25 – June 25
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Turkey
Fourth place Japan
Tournament awards
MVP Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Best Setter Jordyn Poulter
Best OH Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Gabriela Guimarães
Best MB Eda Erdem Dündar
Carol Gattaz
Best OPP Tandara Caixeta
Best Libero Justine Wong-Orantes
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

The final phase was scheduled to be held during July 1 to 5,[1] but on March 13, 2020 the FIVB decided to postpone the Nations League until after the 2020 Summer Olympics caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] After that on May 8 the FIVB cancelled the third edition of VNL to next year with retaining both Italy and China as the host nations' for the Finals.[3]

Qualification

In the 2019 edition sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which could not face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. Canada as winner of 2019 Challenger Cup earned the right to participate in this tournament replacing Bulgaria, the last placed challenger team after the 2019 edition.[1]

Qualification Qualifier
Core teams Brazil
 China
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Serbia
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Turkey
 United States
Challenger teams Belgium
 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Poland

Format

Preliminary round

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.[1] This year there won’t be any promotion or relegation and the 16 participants will also compete in the 2022 edition.

Final round

The four qualified teams play knock-out round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations' League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.

Venues
All rounds
Rimini, Italy
Rimini Fiera
Capacity: Unknown

Competition schedule
●Preliminary round ●Final round
Week 1
25–27 May		 Week 2
31 May–2 Jun		 Week 3
6–8 Jun		 Week 4
12–14 Jun		 Week 5
18–20 Jun		 Week 6
24–25 Jun
24 matches 24 matches 24 matches 24 matches 24 matches 4 matches

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: 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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
Qualified for the Final round

Ranking
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 14 1 42 42 7 6.000 1199 931 1.288
2  Brazil 13 2 40 42 10 4.200 1251 954 1.311
3  Japan 12 3 33 36 18 2.000 1150 1026 1.121
4  Turkey 11 4 30 37 21 1.762 1304 1237 1.054
5  China 10 5 30 35 21 1.667 1254 1152 1.089
6  Dominican Republic 9 6 29 34 25 1.360 1319 1281 1.030
7  Netherlands 9 6 25 30 26 1.154 1265 1219 1.038
8  Russia 8 7 24 30 26 1.154 1210 1180 1.025
9  Belgium 8 7 19 27 34 0.794 1282 1333 0.962
10  Germany 5 10 16 22 32 0.688 1055 1129 0.934
11  Poland 5 10 15 24 36 0.667 1309 1335 0.981
12  Italy 4 11 16 24 35 0.686 1282 1347 0.952
13  Serbia 4 11 14 19 36 0.528 1115 1274 0.875
14  Canada 3 12 11 17 39 0.436 1094 1309 0.836
15  South Korea 3 12 10 16 40 0.400 1157 1298 0.891
16  Thailand 2 13 6 11 40 0.275 983 1224 0.803

Week 1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 May10.00Netherlands  3–0  Belgium 25–2125–1925–18  75–58P2Report
25 May12.00Turkey  3–2  Serbia 25–2118–2525–2322–2516–14106–108P2Report
25 May13.00Germany  0–3  Russia 21–2522–2519–25  62–75P2Report
25 May15.00Japan  3–0  Thailand 25–1525–1725–16  75–48P2Report
25 May16.00China  3–1  South Korea 23–2525–1925–1925–18 98–81P2Report
25 May18.00Dominican Republic  0–3  United States 20–2521–2512–25  53–75P2Report
25 May19.30Italy  2–3  Poland 22–2525–2225–2022–2515–17109–109P2Report
25 May21.00Brazil  3–1  Canada 23–2525–1125–925–14 98–59P2Report
26 May10.00Netherlands  2–3  Germany 25–1818–2530–2823–2512–15108–111P2Report
26 May12.00Thailand  1–3  South Korea 25–1513–2518–2517–25 73–90P2Report
26 May13.00China  0–3  Japan 13–2519–2517–25  49–75P2Report
26 May15.00Belgium  2–3  Russia 25–2325–2119–2519–258–1596–109P2Report
26 May16.00Serbia  3–1  Poland 20–2525–1725–1625–21 95–79P2Report
26 May18.00Brazil  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–2025–1325–17  75–50P2Report
26 May19.00Turkey  3–0  Italy 25–1325–2325–16  75–52P2Report
26 May21.00United States  3–0  Canada 26–2425–1525–10  76–49P2Report
27 May10.00Germany  3–0  Belgium 25–2025–1925–13  75–52P2Report
27 May12.00Russia  1–3  Netherlands 14–2522–2525–2320–25 81–98P2Report
27 May13.00South Korea  0–3  Japan 18–2518–2525–27  61–77P2Report
27 May15.00Canada  1–3  Dominican Republic 17–2524–2630–2816–25 87–104P2Report
27 May16.00China  3–0  Thailand 25–1525–1525–23  75–53P2Report
27 May18.00Poland  1–3  Turkey 23–2527–2523–2520–25 93–100P2Report
27 May19.30Brazil  1–3  United States 17–2519–2525–2322–25 83–98P2Report
27 May21.00Serbia  3–1  Italy 25–1823–2526–2425–20 99–87P2Report

Week 2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 May10.00Thailand  0–3  Netherlands 20–259–2518–25  47–75P2Report
31 May12.00Belgium  3–2  Dominican Republic 31–3319–2525–2025–1615–11115–105P2Report
31 May13.00China  3–2  Germany 20–2519–2527–2525–2115–9106–105P2Report
31 May15.00Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–1525–1925–21  75–55P2Report
31 May16.00Canada  2–3  Turkey 23–2525–1925–2223–2512–15108–106P2Report
31 May18.00South Korea  0–3  Poland 15–2520–2522–25  57–75P2Report
31 May19.30Serbia  0–3  United States 20–2516–2512–25  48–75P2Report
31 May21.00Russia  3–0  Italy 26–2425–2327–25  78–72P2Report
1 Jun10.00Turkey  3–0  Germany 25–2025–2025–22  75–62P2Report
1 Jun12.00Dominican Republic  3–0  South Korea 25–2328–2625–18  78–67P2Report
1 Jun13.00Belgium  3–2  Poland 25–1517–2525–1922–2515–12104–96P2Report
1 Jun15.00Serbia  3–0  Thailand 25–1925–2325–23  75–65P2Report
1 Jun16.00China  2–3  Canada 22–2525–2117–2525–1512–15101–101P2Report
1 Jun18.00United States  3–0  Netherlands 25–2225–1525–18  75–55P2Report
1 Jun19.30Italy  2–3  Japan 25–2719–2525–1625–2113–15107–104P2Report
1 Jun21.00Brazil  3–0  Russia 25–2025–1125–18  75–49P2Report
2 Jun10.00Belgium  3–2  South Korea 23–2525–2325–1619–2515–12107–101P2Report
2 Jun12.00Thailand  0–3  United States 17–2514–2516–25  47–75P2Report
2 Jun13.00Germany  0–3  Canada 28–3025–2714–25  67–82P2Report
2 Jun15.00Japan  3–0  Russia 25–2025–2125–21  75–62P2Report
2 Jun16.00China  0–3  Turkey 15–2523–2521–25  59–75P2Report
2 Jun18.00Poland  1–3  Dominican Republic 25–2222–2526–2821–25 94–100P2Report
2 Jun19.30Netherlands  3–1  Serbia 25–2225–1618–2525–21 93–84P2Report
2 Jun21.00Brazil  3–1  Italy 19–2525–1525–1925–19 94–78P2Report

Week 3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jun10.00China  2–3  Belgium 25–1725–2725–2321–258–15104–107P2Report
6 Jun12.00Japan  0–3  Netherlands 22–2520–2523–25  65–75P2Report
6 Jun15.00Turkey  3–1  Thailand 23–2525–1225–2025–9 98–66P2Report
6 Jun15.00Dominican Republic  2–3  Russia 18–2525–2120–2525–228–1596–108P2Report
6 Jun16.00Brazil  3–0  Serbia 25–1225–1425–13  75–39P2Report
6 Jun18.00Canada  2–3  Poland 25–2225–2121–2517–257–1595–108P2Report
6 Jun19.00Italy  3–1  South Korea 27–2523–2525–2225–20 100–92P2Report
6 Jun21.00Germany  0–3  United States 23–2513–2513–25  49–75P2Report
7 Jun10.00Russia  3–1  Thailand 25–1418–2525–1425–20 93–73P2Report
7 Jun12.00Turkey  1–3  Dominican Republic 22–2521–2525–2317–25 85–98P2Report
7 Jun13.00Canada  0–3  Japan 16–2515–2515–25  46–75P2Report
7 Jun15.00China  1–3  Serbia 22–2518–2525–2022–25 87–95P2Report
7 Jun16.00South Korea  0–3  United States 16–2512–2514–25  42–75P2Report
7 Jun18.00Poland  2–3  Netherlands 25–2123–2525–2221–259–15103–108P2Report
7 Jun19.00Germany  0–3  Italy 21–2519–2511–25  51–75P2Report
7 Jun21.00Belgium  0–3  Brazil 18–2516–2517–25  51–75P2Report
8 Jun10.00Thailand  0–3  Dominican Republic 16–2517–2523–25  56–75P2Report
8 Jun12.00Turkey  3–2  Russia 25–2222–2525–1818–2515–7105–97P2Report
8 Jun13.00Canada  0–3  Netherlands 19–2512–2521–25  52–75P2Report
8 Jun15.00Japan  3–2  Poland 22–2522–2525–2225–2316–14110–109P2Report
8 Jun16.00China  3–2  Brazil 18–2525–2225–2014–2515–1297–104P2Report
8 Jun18.00Germany  3–0  South Korea 25–1225–2125–22  75–55P2Report
8 Jun19.00Belgium  3–2  Serbia 23–2526–2425–2123–2515–10112–105P2Report
8 Jun21.00Italy  1–3  United States 18–2521–2525–2016–25 80–95P2Report

Week 4
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jun10.00Russia  3–0  South Korea 25–2325–1725–17  75–57P2Report
12 Jun12.00Thailand  3–1  Germany 24–2625–2125–2125–16 99–84P2Report
12 Jun13.00Japan  3–1  Turkey 25–1725–2017–2525–19 92–81P2Report
12 Jun15.00United States  3–0  Belgium 25–926–2425–20  76–53P2Report
12 Jun16.00China  3–0  Netherlands 25–1225–1833–31  83–61P2Report
12 Jun18.00Canada  3–1  Serbia 25–2122–2525–2125–18 97–85P2Report
12 Jun19.00Dominican Republic  3–1  Italy 25–2125–1922–2526–24 98–89P2Report
12 Jun21.00Poland  0–3  Brazil 22–2520–2523–25  65–75P2Report
13 Jun10.00Turkey  3–0  Belgium 25–2025–1725–19  75–56P2Report
13 Jun12.00United States  3–0  Japan 25–2326–2425–20  76–67P2Report
13 Jun13.30Italy  2–3  Netherlands 21–2528–2625–2021–2510–15105–111P2Report
13 Jun15.00Dominican Republic  1–3  China 14–2520–2525–1922–25 81–94P2Report
13 Jun16.30Russia  3–0  Canada 25–1525–1225–14  75–41P2Report
13 Jun18.00South Korea  3–1  Serbia 25–1323–2525–1325–23 98–74P2Report
13 Jun19.30Thailand  0–3  Poland 23–2515–2520–25  58–75P2Report
13 Jun21.00Germany  1–3  Brazil 25–2217–2521–2522–25 85–97P2Report
14 Jun10.00Belgium  1–3  Japan 25–2322–2521–2521–25 89–98P2Report
14 Jun12.00Russia  3–0  Serbia 25–825–1725–23  75–48P2Report
14 Jun13.00Netherlands  1–3  Dominican Republic 23–2525–2328–3022–25 98–103P2Report
14 Jun15.00Germany  3–0  Poland 25–2325–2025–23  75–66P2Report
14 Jun16.00China  3–0  Italy 25–1925–1125–19  75–49P2Report
14 Jun18.00South Korea  3–2  Canada 15–2525–1827–2925–2021–19113–111P2Report
14 Jun19.30Brazil  3–0  Thailand 25–1125–1425–10  75–35P2Report
14 Jun21.00United States  3–1  Turkey 25–2123–2525–1525–14 98–75P2Report

Week 5
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jun10.00Germany  3–0  Serbia 25–2325–1625–21  75–60P2Report
18 Jun12.00Japan  3–2  Dominican Republic 18–2524–2625–2225–1515–11107–99P2Report
18 Jun13.00Thailand  1–3  Belgium 23–2524–2625–2315–25 87–99P2Report
18 Jun15.00South Korea  0–3  Brazil 18–2523–2518–25  59–75P2Report
18 Jun16.00China  3–0  Russia 25–1825–2325–16  75–57P2Report
18 Jun18.00Poland  0–3  United States 27–2927–2914–25  68–83P2Report
18 Jun19.00Canada  0–3  Italy 18–2520–2520–25  58–75P2Report
18 Jun21.00Turkey  3–0  Netherlands 27–2525–2025–20  77–65P2Report
19 Jun10.00Dominican Republic  3–0  Serbia 25–1425–2025–18  75–52P2Report
19 Jun12.00United States  3–1  Russia 25–2125–2725–2325–15 100–86P2Report
19 Jun13.00Japan  3–1  Germany 25–2319–2526–2425–15 95–87P2Report
19 Jun15.00Thailand  3–0  Canada 25–1625–1725–17  75–50P2Report
19 Jun16.00China  3–0  Poland 26–2425–2225–16  76–62P2Report
19 Jun18.00South Korea  1–3  Turkey 23–2525–2017–2518–25 83–95P2Report
19 Jun19.30Brazil  3–0  Netherlands 25–1925–1925–20  75–58P2Report
19 Jun21.00Belgium  3–2  Italy 25–1720–2522–2525–1715–10107–94P2Report
20 Jun10.00Dominican Republic  3–2  Germany 25–2125–2214–2525–2715–9104–104P2Report
20 Jun12.00China  3–0  United States 25–1025–2025–17  75–47P2Report
20 Jun13.00Thailand  1–3  Italy 35–3321–2525–2720–25 101–110P2Report
20 Jun15.00Japan  3–0  Serbia 25–1225–2225–15  75–49P2Report
20 Jun16.00Russia  2–3  Poland 17–2525–2016–2525–227–1590–107P2Report
20 Jun18.00South Korea  2–3  Netherlands 20–2525–2318–2525–2212–15100–110P2Report
20 Jun19.30Belgium  3–0  Canada 26–2425–1725–17  76–58P2Report
20 Jun21.00Brazil  3–1  Turkey 25–1825–1625–2725–15 100–76P2Report

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June
 
 
 Brazil3
 
25 June
 
 Japan1
 
 Brazil1
 
24 June
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Turkey0
 
3rd place match
 
 
25 June
 
 
 Japan0
 
 
 Turkey3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun16:00Brazil  3–1  Japan 25–1525–2329–3125–16 104–85P2Report
24 Jun19:30United States  3–0  Turkey 25–2125–2325–20  75–64P2Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun16:00Japan  0–3  Turkey 19–2516–2517–25  52–75P2Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun19:30Brazil  1–3  United States 28–2623–2523–2521–25 95–101P2Report

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct as of preliminary round.[4]

Final round

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.[5]

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).

References
  1. "FIVB ANNOUNCES HOST COUNTRIES FOR 2020 VNL". FIVB. 13 September 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. "FIVB announces changes to events calendar". FIVB. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. "FIVB ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF VNL 2020". FIVB. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. "Women's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  5. "Women's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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