2019_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_Nations_League

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

International volleyball tournament


The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams.[1] The competition was held between May and July 2019, and the final round took place in the Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, United States.[2][3] This was the first edition of the World League or the Nations League to have the final round hosted in North America.

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Following the results of the 2018 Nations League and 2018 Challenger Cup, South Korea were replaced by debutants Portugal in this edition.[4]

Portugal were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and will be replaced by 2019 Challenger Cup winners Slovenia in the 2020 edition.

Russia successfully defended its title, defeating finals hosts, the United States, in the final. Poland claimed the bronze after sweeping Brazil in three straight sets. Matt Anderson from United States named the MVP of the tournament.

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament.[1] Portugal replaced South Korea after winning the 2018 Challenger Cup.[4]

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Format

Preliminary round

The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into 4 pools of 4 teams at each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round.[1] The relegation takes into consideration only the 4 challenger teams. The last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2020 Nations League. The winners of the 2019 Challenger Cup will qualify for the next edition as a challenger team.

Final round

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in round-robin. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on October 23, 2018.[1]

Preliminary round

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Final round

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Venues

The list of host cities and venues was announced on 26 March 2019.[5]

Preliminary round

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Final round

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Competition schedule

Preliminary round Final round
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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

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

Ranking

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Source: VNL 2019 standings
Notes:
  1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

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Pool 2

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Pool 3

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Pool 4

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Week 2

Pool 5

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Pool 6

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Pool 7

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Pool 8

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Week 3

Pool 9

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Pool 10

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Pool 11

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Pool 12

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Week 4

Pool 13

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Pool 14

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Pool 15

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Pool 16

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Week 5

Pool 17

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Pool 18

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Pool 19

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Pool 20

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Final round

Pool play

Pool A

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Pool B

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Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 July
 
 
 Poland1
 
14 July
 
 Russia3
 
 United States1
 
13 July
 
 Russia3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Brazil2
 
3rd place match
 
 
14 July
 
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Brazil0

Semifinals

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final standing

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Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.[6]

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Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.[7]

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See also


References

  1. "VNL winners to face world champions in 2019". FIVB. 23 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. "USA to host next three editions of Men's FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals". FIVB. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. "Chicago to Host FIVB Men's VNL Finals". USA Volleyball. 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. "Portugal join world's elite for 2019 Men's VNL". FIVB. 24 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  5. "HostCities - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  7. "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". FIVB.org. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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