2019_FIVB_Volleyball_Women's_Nations_League

2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
	Nanjing, host city of the final round
Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Nanjing (final round)
Dates	21 May – 7 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	21 (in 21 host cities)
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	China
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament awards
MVP	Andrea Drews
Best Setter	Macris Carneiro
Best OH	Gabriela Guimarães; Liu Yanhan
Best MB	Ana Beatriz Corrêa; Haleigh Washington
Best OPP	Ebrar Karakurt
Best Libero	Megan Courtney
Tournament statistics
Matches played	130
Attendance	399,575 (3,074 per match)
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2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

International volleyball tournament

The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams.^[1] The competition was held between May and July 2019, and for the second time, the final round took place in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China.^[2]

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United States won their second title in the competition, defeating Brazil in five sets on the final, after being 0–2 down.^[3]^[4] China defeated Turkey in four sets for the bronze medal.^[5]^[6] Andrea Drews from USA was elected the MVP.^[7]

Following the results of the 2018 Nations League and 2018 Challenger Cup, Argentina was replaced by debutants Bulgaria in this edition.^[8] Accordingly, following the results of this edition of the Nations League and the 2019 Challenger Cup, Bulgaria was replaced by newcomers Canada in the 2021 edition.^[9]

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Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Designation	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Belgium	CEV	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	13th place (2018)
Brazil	CSV	Core team	1	2018	2018	4th place (2018)
Bulgaria	CEV	Challenger team	0	None		None
China	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	3rd place (2018)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	14th place (2018)
Germany	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	11th place (2018)
Italy	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	7th place (2018)
Japan	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	10th place (2018)
Netherlands	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	5th place (2018)
Poland	CEV	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	9th place (2018)
Russia	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	8th place (2018)
Serbia	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	5th place (2018)
South Korea	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	12th place (2018)
Thailand	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	15th place (2019)
Turkey	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	Runners-up (2018)
United States	NORCECA	Core team	1	2018	2018	Champions (2018)

Week 1
Pool 1 Poland	Pool 2 Bulgaria	Pool 3 Brazil	Pool 4 Serbia
Poland Italy Thailand Germany	Bulgaria Japan Belgium United States	Brazil Dominican Republic Russia China	Serbia Netherlands Turkey South Korea
Week 2
Pool 5 Italy	Pool 6 Turkey	Pool 7 Macau, China	Pool 8 Netherlands
Italy United States Dominican Republic Serbia	Turkey Germany Russia Japan	China Belgium Thailand South Korea	Netherlands Brazil Poland Bulgaria
Week 3
Pool 9 Hong Kong, China	Pool 10 United States	Pool 11 Thailand	Pool 12 Belgium
China Italy Japan Netherlands	United States South Korea Germany Brazil	Thailand Bulgaria Dominican Republic Turkey	Belgium Serbia Russia Poland
Week 4
Pool 13 Italy	Pool 14 Germany	Pool 15 Japan	Pool 16 China
Italy South Korea Bulgaria Russia	Germany Belgium Netherlands Dominican Republic	Japan Serbia Thailand Brazil	China United States Poland Turkey
Week 5
Pool 17 Turkey	Pool 18 China	Pool 19 Russia	Pool 20 South Korea
Turkey Belgium Italy Brazil	China Germany Bulgaria Serbia	Russia Thailand Netherlands United States	South Korea Japan Poland Dominican Republic

Pool A	Pool B
China (Host),(1)	United States (2)
Italy (4)	Brazil (3)
Turkey (5)	Poland (6)

Week 1
Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4
Opole, Poland	Ruse, Bulgaria	Brasília, Brazil	Belgrade, Serbia
Stegu Arena	Arena Ruse	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Capacity: 3,378	Capacity: 5,100	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 5,878

Week 2
Pool 5	Pool 6	Pool 7	Pool 8
Conegliano, Italy	Ankara, Turkey	Macau, China	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Zoppas Arena	Başkent Volleyball Hall	Macau Forum	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 7,600	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 5,400

Week 3
Pool 9	Pool 10	Pool 11	Pool 12
Hong Kong, China	Lincoln, United States	Bangkok, Thailand	Kortrijk, Belgium
Hong Kong Coliseum	Pinnacle Bank Arena	Indoor Stadium Huamark	Lange Munte
Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 15,290	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 1,600

Week 4
Pool 13	Pool 14	Pool 15	Pool 16
Perugia, Italy	Stuttgart, Germany	Tokyo, Japan	Jiangmen, China
PalaEvangelisti	Porsche-Arena	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Jiangmen Sports Hall
Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 8,500

Week 5
Pool 17	Pool 18	Pool 19	Pool 20
Ankara, Turkey	Ningbo, China	Yekaterinburg, Russia	Boryeong, South Korea
Başkent Volleyball Hall	Beilun Gymnasium	Team Sports Palace	Boryeong Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,600	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 2,742

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	China^{[lower-alpha 1]}	15	12	3	35	37	12	3.083	1153	973	1.185	Final round
2	United States	15	12	3	35	39	17	2.294	1283	1137	1.128	Final round
3	Brazil	15	11	4	35	40	16	2.500	1318	1150	1.146
4	Italy	15	11	4	34	39	21	1.857	1375	1233	1.115
5	Turkey	15	11	4	32	36	18	2.000	1259	1109	1.135
6	Poland	15	9	6	26	33	29	1.138	1360	1354	1.004
7	Belgium	15	8	7	22	28	29	0.966	1208	1260	0.959
8	Dominican Republic	15	8	7	21	31	33	0.939	1422	1437	0.990
9	Japan	15	7	8	22	27	27	1.000	1225	1213	1.010
10	Germany	15	7	8	21	24	29	0.828	1169	1180	0.991
11	Netherlands	15	6	9	20	27	30	0.900	1206	1259	0.958
12	Thailand	15	5	10	16	17	33	0.515	1046	1170	0.894
13	Serbia	15	5	10	15	20	33	0.606	1132	1210	0.936
14	Russia	15	3	12	10	16	38	0.421	1112	1283	0.867
15	South Korea	15	3	12	9	16	37	0.432	1092	1222	0.894
16	Bulgaria	15	2	13	7	13	41	0.317	1126	1296	0.869	Excluded from the 2020 Nations League

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	17:30	Thailand	3–0	Germany	26–24	25–19	25–22			76–65	P2
21 May	20:30	Poland	2–3	Italy	15–25	22–25	25–18	25–21	15–17	102–106	P2
22 May	17:30	Thailand	0–3	Italy	13–25	17–25	24–26			54–76	P2
22 May	20:30	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–21	23–25	25–23	26–24		99–93	P2
23 May	17:30	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–19	26–24	27–25			78–68	P2
23 May	20:30	Thailand	0–3	Poland	20–25	20–25	13–25			53–75	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	17:00	Belgium	0–3	United States	23–25	8–25	22–25			53–75	P2
21 May	20:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Japan	23–25	25–21	19–25	23–25		90–96	P2
22 May	17:00	Japan	1–3	United States	21–25	26–24	21–25	20–25		88–99	P2
22 May	20:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Belgium	25–19	25–15	22–25	16–25	13–15	101–99	P2
23 May	17:00	Belgium	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–20	25–23	25–18		97–86	P2
23 May	20:30	United States	3–0	Bulgaria	25–20	25–16	25–21			75–57	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
21 May	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Russia	25–21	22–25	25–18	28–26	100–90	P2
21 May	20:00	Brazil	3–0	China	25–15	25–21	25–21		75–57	P2
22 May	17:00	China	1–3	Russia	22–25	25–16	16–25	23–25	86–91	P2
22 May	20:00	Brazil	1–3	Dominican Republic	22–25	20–25	25–22	26–28	93–100	P2
23 May	17:00	China	3–1	Dominican Republic	16–25	25–23	25–23	25–23	91–94	P2
23 May	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–15	25–17	25–14		75–46	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	17:00	United States	3–1	Serbia	23–25	25–16	25–15	25–21		98–77	P2
28 May	20:00	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–18	27–25	18–25	25–20		95–88	P2
29 May	17:00	Serbia	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–17	18–25	25–12	25–19		93–73	P2
29 May	20:00	United States	3–2	Italy	25–22	17–25	23–25	25–19	15–11	105–102	P2
30 May	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	United States	25–10	16–25	25–19	19–25	15–11	100–90	P2
30 May	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Italy	27–25	17–25	25–27	23–25		92–102	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 May	14:30	Russia	0–3	Germany	14–25	21–25	20–25		55–75	P2
28 May	17:30	Turkey	0–3	Japan	23–25	22–25	14–25		59–75	P2
29 May	14:30	Japan	3–1	Russia	25–22	23–25	25–18	26–24	99–89	P2
29 May	17:30	Germany	0–3	Turkey	21–25	16–25	15–25		52–75	P2
30 May	14:30	Japan	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–19	25–17		75–59	P2
30 May	17:30	Turkey	3–0	Russia	25–19	25–21	25–20		75–60	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 May	15:30	Belgium	0–3	South Korea	15–25	17–25	21–25		53–75	P2
28 May	19:30	China	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–17	25–9		75–47	P2
29 May	16:30	South Korea	1–3	Thailand	21–25	25–19	19–25	20–25	85–94	P2
29 May	19:30	China	3–0	Belgium	25–16	25–20	25–14		75–50	P2
30 May	16:30	Belgium	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–22	25–23		75–66	P2
30 May	19:30	China	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–12	25–11		75–44	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 June	17:30	Netherlands	1–3	Italy	13–25	25–22	19–25	16–25		73–97	P2
4 June	20:30	China	3–0	Japan	27–25	25–18	25–21			77–64	P2
5 June	17:30	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–16	25–22			75–59	P2
5 June	20:30	Netherlands	0–3	China	16–25	19–25	19–25			54–75	P2
6 June	17:30	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	P2
6 June	20:30	China	3–2	Italy	18–25	22–25	25–23	26–24	15–13	106–110	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 June	15:05	Dominican Republic	1–3	Turkey	20–25	21–25	26–24	18–25		85–99	P2
4 June	18:05	Thailand	3–1	Bulgaria	25–27	25–20	25–22	25–22		100–91	P2
5 June	15:05	Bulgaria	0–3	Turkey	14–25	9–25	23–25			46–75	P2
5 June	18:05	Thailand	2–3	Dominican Republic	29–31	25–13	28–30	25–20	14–16	121–110	P2
6 June	15:05	Bulgaria	1–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	21–25	31–29	20–25		92–104	P2
6 June	18:05	Thailand	0–3	Turkey	16–25	18–25	13–25			47–75	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 June	17:15	Serbia	3–0	Poland	27–25	25–21	25–22			77–68	P2
4 June	20:15	Belgium	3–0	Russia	25–22	25–20	25–22			75–64	P2
5 June	17:15	Russia	1–3	Serbia	25–22	18–25	11–25	22–25		76–97	P2
5 June	20:15	Belgium	1–3	Poland	22–25	25–21	18–25	23–25		88–96	P2
6 June	17:15	Poland	3–2	Russia	25–23	24–26	25–27	25–20	15–9	114–105	P2
6 June	20:15	Belgium	3–0	Serbia	25–21	25–21	25–14			75–56	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
11 June	17:00	Russia	3–1	South Korea	25–23	15–25	25–20	25–17	90–85	P2
11 June	20:00	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–23	25–20		75–62	P2
12 June	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	20–25	23–25	16–25		59–75	P2
12 June	20:00	Italy	3–1	South Korea	25–17	25–21	23–25	25–13	98–76	P2
13 June	17:00	South Korea	1–3	Bulgaria	25–20	23–25	19–25	24–26	91–96	P2
13 June	20:00	Italy	3–1	Russia	22–25	25–21	25–15	25-21	97–61	P2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	172	145	1.186	Semifinals
2	China (H)	2	1	1	3	4	4	1.000	185	183	1.011	Semifinals
3	Italy	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	143	172	0.831

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	6	6	2	3.000	192	163	1.178	Semifinals
2	Brazil	2	1	1	2	4	5	0.800	192	195	0.985	Semifinals
3	Poland	2	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	180	206	0.874

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
11 June	15:40	Serbia	0–3	Thailand	22–25	23–25	21–25		66–75	P2
11 June	19:10	Japan	1–3	Brazil	17–25	19–25	25–20	22–25	83–95	P2
12 June	15:40	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–17	25–21		75–57	P2
12 June	19:10	Japan	3–1	Serbia	19–25	25–14	25–23	25–14	94–76	P2
13 June	15:40	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	25–23	25–21	25–15		75–59	P2
13 June	19:10	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–22	25–14		75–58	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 June	16:00	United States	0–3	Turkey	15–25	17–25	25–27			57–77	P2
11 June	20:00	China	3–0	Poland	25–12	25–18	25–22			75–52	P2
12 June	16:00	Poland	1–3	United States	25–21	23–25	15–25	11–25		74–96	P2
12 June	20:00	China	3–0	Turkey	26–24	25–19	25–21			76–64	P2
13 June	16:00	Turkey	3–2	Poland	22–25	18–25	25–16	25–20	15–12	105–98	P2
13 June	20:00	China	0–3	United States	17–25	22–25	21–25			60–75	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–21	25–20	25–23			75–64	P2
18 June	19:00	Turkey	1–3	Belgium	27–25	24–26	21–25	23–25		95–101	P2
19 June	16:00	Belgium	0–3	Brazil	23–25	15–25	18–25			56–75	P2
19 June	19:00	Italy	3–2	Turkey	25–19	17–25	23–25	25–15	16–14	106–98	P2
20 June	16:00	Belgium	3–2	Italy	12–25	25–20	16–25	25–14	15–10	93–94	P2
20 June	19:00	Turkey	3–2	Brazil	25–23	24–26	25–20	23–25	16–14	113–108	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	16:00	Netherlands	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–16			75–54	P2
18 June	19:00	Russia	0–3	United States	23–25	17–25	18–25			58–75	P2
19 June	16:00	Netherlands	2–3	United States	21–25	25–23	25–22	26–28	9–15	106–113	P2
19 June	19:00	Russia	1–3	Thailand	25–19	13–25	17–25	22–25		77–94	P2
20 June	16:00	Thailand	0–3	United States	13–25	20–25	17–25			50–75	P2
20 June	19:00	Russia	0–3	Netherlands	12–25	25–27	17–25			54–77	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
03 Jul	19:30	China	1–3	Turkey	22–25	19–25	25–22	22–25	88–97	P2
04 Jul	19:30	Italy	0–3	Turkey	21–25	15–25	21–25		57–75	P2
05 Jul	19:30	China	3–1	Italy	25–17	25–22	22–25	25–22	97–86	P2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Jul	15:00	United States	3–1	Poland	21–25	25–16	25–15	26–24		97–80	P2
04 Jul	15:00	Brazil	3–2	Poland	22–25	25–21	22–25	25–19	15–10	109–100	P2
05 Jul	15:00	United States	3–1	Brazil	25–18	25–19	20–25	25–21		95–83	P2

Semifinals		Final

6 July

Turkey	0
		7 July
Brazil	3
		Brazil	2
6 July
		United States	3
United States	3

China	1
		3rd place match

		7 July

		Turkey	1

		China	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Jul	15:00	Turkey	0–3	Brazil	23–25	15–25	10–25			48–75	P2
06 Jul	19:30	United States	3–1	China	25–11	15–25	25–17	25–20		90–73	P2

2019_FIVB_Volleyball_Women's_Nations_League

Qualification

Format

Preliminary round

Final round

Pool composition

Preliminary round

Final round

Venues

Preliminary round

Final round

Competition schedule

Pool standing procedure

Squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Week 1

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Week 2

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

Week 3

Pool 9

Pool 10

Pool 11

Pool 12

Week 4

Pool 13

Pool 14

Pool 15

Pool 16

Week 5

Pool 17

Pool 18

Pool 19

Pool 20

Final round

Pool play

Pool A

Pool B

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Final round

See also

References

External links

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