2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

International volleyball tournament
2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
Rimini, host city of the all rounds
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
CityRimini
Dates28 May – 27 June
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)Rimini Fiera (in 1 host city)
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place France
Fourth place Slovenia
Tournament awards
MVPBrazil Wallace de Souza
Poland Bartosz Kurek
Best SetterPoland Fabian Drzyzga
Best OHBrazil Yoandy Leal
Poland Michał Kubiak
Best MBBrazil Maurício Souza
Poland Mateusz Bieniek
Best OPPBrazil Wallace de Souza
Poland Bartosz Kurek
Best LiberoBrazil Thales Hoss
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The 2021 version of VNL was scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. The competition was held between May and June 2021, and the final round took place in Rimini Fiera, Rimini, Italy.[1][2]

Brazil claimed their first VNL title after beating Poland in four sets.[3] France swept Slovenia in three sets and grabbed the bronze medal.[4] Both Wallace de Souza from Brazil and Bartosz Kurek from Poland named as MVPs of the tournament.[5]

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. Slovenia as winner of 2019 Challenger Cup earned the right to participate in this tournament replacing Portugal, the last placed challenger team after the 2019 edition. This year there won’t be any promotion or relegation and the 16 participants will also compete in the 2022 edition.[6][7]

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.[8]

Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Argentina CSV Core team 2 2018 2019 7th place (2019)
 Australia AVC Challenger team 2 2018 2019 13th place (2018, 2019)
 Brazil CSV Core team 2 2018 2019 4th place (2018, 2019)
 Bulgaria CEV Challenger team 2 2018 2019 11th place (2018)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 2 2018 2019 7th place (2018)
 China AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 15th place (2018)
 France CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 Runners-up (2018)
 Germany CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 9th place (2018)
 Iran AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2019)
 Italy CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 8th place (2018, 2019)
 Japan AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 10th place (2019)
 Netherlands CEV Challenger team 0 None None
 Poland CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 3rd place (2019)
 Russia CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 Champions (2018, 2019)
 Serbia CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2018)
 Slovenia CEV Challenger team 0 None None
 United States NORCECA Core team 2 2018 2019 Runners-up (2019)

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.[2]

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.

Secure bubble

As to ensure athletes were able to compete and the games were conducted safely, the 2021 VNL was played under a secure bubble. After the game, a total of 2,250 PCR and 7,920 antigen tests were performed and only one registered COVID-19 case was found.[9]

Venue

All matches
Rimini, Italy
Rimini Fiera
Capacity: Unknown

Competition schedule

● Preliminary round ● Final round
Week 1
28–30 May 		Week 2
3–5 Jun 		Week 3
9–11 Jun 		Week 4
15–17 Jun 		Week 5
21–23 Jun 		Week 6
26–27 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

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

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
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
Source: VNL 2021 standings
(H) Host

Week 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 10:00 France  3–0  Bulgaria 27–25 25–21 25–23     77–69 P2 Report
28 May 12:00 Germany  3–0  Australia 25–19 25–18 25–16     75–53 P2 Report
28 May 13:00 Japan  3–0  Iran 25–19 25–22 26–24     76–65 P2 Report
28 May 15:00 Serbia  3–1  Slovenia 22–25 25–18 36–34 25–18   108–95 P2 Report
28 May 16:00 Netherlands  1–3  Russia 19–25 22–25 25–18 20–25   86–93 P2 Report
28 May 18:00 United States  3–0  Canada 25–17 26–24 25–20     76–61 P2 Report
28 May 19:30 Poland  3–0  Italy 25–19 25–20 25–18     75–57 P2 Report
28 May 21:00 Brazil  3–0  Argentina 31–29 26–24 25–16     82–69 P2 Report
29 May 10:00 Germany  2–3  France 25–22 22–25 25–22 16–25 15–17 103–111 P2 Report
29 May 12:00 Iran  1–3  Russia 17–25 25–20 20–25 17–25   79–95 P2 Report
29 May 13:00 Netherlands  2–3  Japan 25–22 25–23 22–25 17–25 8–15 97–110 P2 Report
29 May 15:00 Australia  0–3  Bulgaria 21–25 20–25 20–25     61–75 P2 Report
29 May 16:00 Poland  3–1  Serbia 26–24 25–19 21–25 25–15   97–83 P2 Report
29 May 18:00 Italy  0–3  Slovenia 23–25 19–25 15–25     57–75 P2 Report
29 May 19:30 Argentina  0–3  Canada 17–25 21–25 17–25     55–75 P2 Report
29 May 21:00 United States  0–3  Brazil 22–25 23–25 19–25     64–75 P2 Report
30 May 10:00 Australia  1–3  France 26–28 25–20 14–25 23–25   88–98 P2 Report
30 May 12:00 Netherlands  0–3  Iran 18–25 23–25 28–30     69–80 P2 Report
30 May 13:00 Germany  3–2  Bulgaria 19–25 25–21 22–25 30–28 15–11 111–110 P2 Report
30 May 15:00 Russia  2–3  Japan 26–28 28–26 25–20 21–25 14–16 114–115 P2 Report
30 May 16:20 United States  3–1  Argentina 23–25 25–21 25–15 25–19   98–80 P2 Report
30 May 18:25 Canada  1–3  Brazil 17–25 20–25 25–22 25–27   87–99 P2 Report
30 May 19:30 Poland  1–3  Slovenia 22–25 25–23 19–25 23–25   89–98 P2 Report
30 May 21:00 Serbia  3–1  Italy 25–23 22–25 25–22 25–18   97–88 P2 Report

Week 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Jun 10:00 Germany  2–3  Argentina 19–25 25–23 25–17 23–25 13–15 105–105 P2 Report
3 Jun 12:00 Iran  3–1  Canada 22–25 25–22 25–22 25–22   97–91 P2 Report
3 Jun 13:00 Japan  1–3  Serbia 25–18 23–25 22–25 13–25   83–93 P2 Report
3 Jun 15:00 Brazil  0–3  France 37–39 18–25 28–30     83–94 P2 Report
3 Jun 16:00 Netherlands  0–3  Slovenia 18–25 15–25 18–25     51–75 P2 Report
3 Jun 18:00 Australia  0–3  Poland 16–25 10–25 12–25     38–75 P2 Report
3 Jun 19:30 Italy  3–2  Bulgaria 25–19 20–25 25–13 23–25 15–12 108–94 P2 Report
3 Jun 21:00 Russia  3–1  United States 25–22 25–19 17–25 25–19   92–85 P2 Report
4 Jun 10:00 Argentina  0–3  Slovenia 19–25 22–25 18–25     59–75 P2 Report
4 Jun 12:00 Netherlands  3–2  Germany 25–18 23–25 25–20 23–25 15–13 111–101 P2 Report
4 Jun 13:00 Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–20 25–16 25–20     75–56 P2 Report
4 Jun 15:00 Serbia  3–2  France 22–25 24–26 25–22 25–23 15–9 111–105 P2 Report
4 Jun 16:00 Iran  3–1  Italy 26–24 29–27 21–25 25–22   101–98 P2 Report
4 Jun 18:15 Poland  3–0  United States 25–17 28–26 25–17     78–60 P2 Report
4 Jun 19:30 Russia  3–0  Australia 25–19 26–24 25–21     76–64 P2 Report
4 Jun 21:00 Canada  3–0  Bulgaria 28–26 25–23 25–16     78–65 P2 Report
5 Jun 10:00 Netherlands  0–3  Argentina 19–25 20–25 23–25     62–75 P2 Report
5 Jun 12:00 Slovenia  1–3  Germany 25–19 20–25 21–25 20–25   86–94 P2 Report
5 Jun 13:00 France  3–2  Japan 21–25 25–22 24–26 25–21 15–11 110–105 P2 Report
5 Jun 15:00 Brazil  3–1  Serbia 23–25 25–23 25–15 25–22   98–85 P2 Report
5 Jun 16:00 Russia  1–3  Poland 25–21 19–25 19–25 14–25   77–96 P2 Report
5 Jun 18:00 United States  3–0  Australia 25–23 25–20 25–17     75–60 P2 Report
5 Jun 19:30 Bulgaria  0–3  Iran 20–25 31–33 22–25     73–83 P2 Report
5 Jun 21:00 Canada  2–3  Italy 19–25 21–25 25–21 28–26 11–15 104–112 P2 Report

Week 3

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jun 10:00 Serbia  3–1  Germany 19–25 25–22 25–18 25–15   94–80 P2 Report
9 Jun 12:00 Japan  3–1  Australia 25–18 21–25 28–26 26–24   100–93 P2 Report
9 Jun 13:00 France  3–1  Russia 22–25 25–18 30–28 25–19   102–90 P2 Report
9 Jun 15:00 Slovenia  3–0  Canada 25–22 25–19 25–22     75–63 P2 Report
9 Jun 16:30 Argentina  0–3  Italy 28–30 21–25 20–25     69–80 P2 Report
9 Jun 18:00 Iran  3–0  United States 25–19 25–23 25–23     75–65 P2 Report
9 Jun 19:30 Poland  3–0  Bulgaria 25–19 25–15 25–12     75–46 P2 Report
9 Jun 21:00 Netherlands  0–3  Brazil 19–25 22–25 25–27     66–77 P2 Report
10 Jun 10:00 Serbia  3–2  Iran 21–25 25–15 26–28 25–22 15–8 112–98 P2 Report
10 Jun 12:00 Russia  3–1  Canada 25–18 25–18 23–25 25–23   98–84 P2 Report
10 Jun 13:00 France  2–3  Slovenia 25–17 25–19 23–25 19–25 9–15 101–101 P2 Report
10 Jun 15:00 Argentina  3–0  Australia 25–18 25–19 25–20     75–57 P2 Report
10 Jun 16:00 Germany  0–3  United States 12–25 18–25 27–29     57–79 P2 Report
10 Jun 18:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Brazil 16–25 22–25 12–25     50–75 P2 Report
10 Jun 19:30 Japan  3–2  Italy 21–25 25–22 22–25 25–15 15–9 108–96 P2 Report
10 Jun 21:00 Poland  3–0  Netherlands 25–14 25–17 25–16     75–47 P2 Report
11 Jun 10:00 Iran  2–3  Germany 25–23 20–25 19–25 25–19 13–15 102–107 P2 Report
11 Jun 12:00 Slovenia  3–2  Russia 19–25 25–23 22–25 25–20 15–8 106–101 P2 Report
11 Jun 13:00 Japan  1–3  Argentina 32–30 16–25 18–25 21–25   87–105 P2 Report
11 Jun 15:00 Netherlands  2–3  Bulgaria 18–25 25–18 25–17 22–25 13–15 103–100 P2 Report
11 Jun 16:30 Australia  0–3  Italy 20–25 22–25 14–25     56–75 P2 Report
11 Jun 18:00 United States  1–3  Serbia 23–25 17–25 25–19 25–27   90–96 P2 Report
11 Jun 19:30 Canada  1–3  France 25–20 21–25 22–25 17–25   85–95 P2 Report
11 Jun 21:00 Poland  0–3  Brazil 17–25 26–28 19–25     62–78 P2 Report

Week 4

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Jun 10:00 Russia  3–1  Serbia 25–23 25–22 22–25 25–21   97–91 P2 Report
15 Jun 12:00 Iran  2–3  Australia 23–25 22–25 25–23 25–18 12–15 107–106 P2 Report
15 Jun 13:00 Argentina  3–1  Bulgaria 25–20 16–25 25–18 25–18   91–81 P2 Report
15 Jun 15:00 Japan  3–0  Germany 25–18 25–22 25–20     75–60 P2 Report
15 Jun 16:30 Italy  0–3  United States 15–25 18–25 21–25     54–75 P2 Report
15 Jun 18:00 Canada  0–3  Poland 22–25 23–25 19–25     64–75 P2 Report
15 Jun 19:30 Brazil  3–2  Slovenia 15–25 25–22 19–25 25–13 15–12 99–97 P2 Report
15 Jun 21:00 Netherlands  3–2  France 15–25 22–25 28–26 25–23 19–17 109–116 P2 Report
16 Jun 10:00 Argentina  1–3  Russia 19–25 23–25 25–21 19–25   86–96 P2 Report
16 Jun 12:00 Serbia  3–0  Bulgaria 25–20 25–17 25–17     75–54 P2 Report
16 Jun 13:00 Slovenia  3–1  Australia 18–25 25–18 25–18 25–17   93–78 P2 Report
16 Jun 15:00 Japan  0–3  Poland 14–25 18–25 19–25     51–75 P2 Report
16 Jun 16:30 Netherlands  1–3  Italy 19–25 23–25 25–23 21–25   88–98 P2 Report
16 Jun 18:00 Canada  3–0  Germany 25–17 26–24 25–21     76–62 P2 Report
16 Jun 19:30 United States  1–3  France 23–25 25–22 29–31 22–25   99–103 P2 Report
16 Jun 21:00 Iran  1–3  Brazil 19–25 25–23 19–25 21–25   84–98 P2 Report
17 Jun 10:00 Argentina  3–0  Serbia 27–25 25–20 26–24     78–69 P2 Report
17 Jun 12:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 17–25 22–25 17–25     56–75 P2 Report
17 Jun 13:00 Japan  0–3  Canada 22–25 23–25 18–25     63–75 P2 Report
17 Jun 15:00 Australia  0–3  Brazil 17–25 22–25 12–25     51–75 P2 Report
17 Jun 16:00 Iran  1–3  Slovenia 25–14 20–25 19–25 30–32   94–96 P2 Report
17 Jun 18:00 Netherlands  2–3  United States 25–21 17–25 25–23 15–25 13–15 95–109 P2 Report
17 Jun 19:30 France  2–3  Italy 19–25 25–22 20–25 25–21 12–15 101–108 P2 Report
17 Jun 21:00 Germany  0–3  Poland 22–25 19–25 20–25     61–75 P2 Report

Week 5

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jun 10:00 Australia  1–3  Serbia 16–25 13–25 25–19 15–25   69–94 P2 Report
21 Jun 12:00 Japan  3–0  Bulgaria 25–23 25–18 25–14     75–55 P2 Report
21 Jun 13:00 France  3–0  Iran 25–21 25–21 25–19     75–61 P2 Report
21 Jun 15:00 Canada  3–0  Netherlands 25–16 25–16 25–19     75–51 P2 Report
21 Jun 16:30 Brazil  3–1  Italy 25–19 32–30 22–25 25–20   104–94 P2 Report
21 Jun 18:00 Slovenia  3–2  United States 28–30 25–19 21–25 28–26 15–13 117–113 P2 Report
21 Jun 19:30 Poland  3–0  Argentina 25–21 25–22 25–18     75–61 P2 Report
21 Jun 21:00 Germany  1–3  Russia 18–25 18–25 25–23 15–25   76–98 P2 Report
22 Jun 10:00 Canada  3–0  Australia 25–17 25–8 25–20     75–45 P2 Report
22 Jun 12:00 Serbia  3–2  Netherlands 25–21 21–25 25–18 21–25 17–15 109–104 P2 Report
22 Jun 13:00 Bulgaria  0–3  United States 19–25 24–26 9–25     52–76 P2 Report
22 Jun 15:00 Iran  0–3  Poland 20–25 20–25 16–25     56–75 P2 Report
22 Jun 16:00 Japan  0–3  Slovenia 16–25 16–25 26–28     58–78 P2 Report
22 Jun 18:00 France  3–0  Argentina 26–24 25–21 25–22     76–67 P2 Report
22 Jun 19:30 Brazil  3–0  Germany 25–21 25–21 25–23     75–65 P2 Report
22 Jun 21:00 Russia  3–2  Italy 25–21 16–25 25–17 19–25 15–12 100–100 P2 Report
23 Jun 10:00 Australia  0–3  Netherlands 23–25 19–25 19–25     61–75 P2 Report
23 Jun 12:00 Canada  3–2  Serbia 17–25 21–25 25–17 25–20 17–15 105–102 P2 Report
23 Jun 13:00 United States  3–0  Japan 25–21 25–23 25–20     75–64 P2 Report
23 Jun 15:00 France  3–2  Poland 25–22 21–25 22–25 25–20 15–11 108–103 P2 Report
23 Jun 16:00 Iran  1–3  Argentina 31–33 23–25 32–30 18–25   104–113 P2 Report
23 Jun 18:00 Slovenia  3–0  Bulgaria 25–23 25–16 25–18     75–57 P2 Report
23 Jun 19:30 Italy  3–2  Germany 25–12 24–26 25–22 21–25 15–13 110–98 P2 Report
23 Jun 21:00 Brazil  0–3  Russia 21–25 26–28 20–25     67–78 P2 Report

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June
 
 
 Brazil3
 
27 June
 
 France0
 
 Brazil3
 
26 June
 
 Poland1
 
 Poland3
 
 
 Slovenia0
 
3rd place match
 
 
27 June
 
 
 France3
 
 
 Slovenia0

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Jun 11:30 Brazil  3–0  France 25–20 25–18 25–19     75–57 P2 Report
26 Jun 15:00 Poland  3–0  Slovenia 25–22 25–21 25–23     75–66 P2 Report

Third place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun 11:30 France  3–0  Slovenia 25–20 25–18 25–19     75–57 P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jun 15:00 Brazil  3–1  Poland 22–25 25–23 25–16 25–14   97–78 P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  Slovenia
5  Russia
6  Serbia
7  United States
8  Canada
9  Argentina
10  Italy
11  Japan
12  Iran
13  Germany
14  Netherlands
15  Bulgaria
16  Australia

Source: VNL 2021 final standings

 2021 Men's Nations League champions 

Brazil
1st title
14–man roster
Bruno Rezende (c), Maurício Borges Silva, Fernando Kreling, Wallace de Souza, Yoandy Leal, Isac Santos, Maurício Souza, Douglas Souza, Maique Nascimento, Lucas Saatkamp, Thales Hoss, Ricardo Lucarelli, Alan Souza, Flávio Gualberto
Head coach
Carlos Schwanke

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.[10]

Best Scorers[a]
Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 218 10 36 264
2 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj 183 17 14 215
3 Russia Maksim Mikhaylov 167 17 17 201
4 Serbia Marko Ivović 158 12 20 190
5 Italy Alessandro Michieletto 152 19 10 181
Best Attackers[b]
Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 218 77 113 53.43 408
2 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj 200 56 168 47.17 424
3 Russia Maksim Mikhaylov 167 45 111 51.70 323
4 Serbia Marko Ivović 158 35 111 51.97 304
5 Slovenia Tonček Štern 154 61 97 49.36 312

Best Blockers[c]
Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total
1 Serbia Marko Podraščanin 44 66 51 2.93 161
2 Serbia Petar Krsmanović 32 63 52 2.13 147
3 Iran Mohammad Mousavi 30 50 28 2.14 108
4 France Nicolas Le Goff 28 34 46 1.65 108
5 Germany Tobias Krick 28 43 53 2.00 124
Best Servers[d]
Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 36 55 94 3.00 185
2 Poland Wilfredo León 32 36 69 2.46 137
3 Serbia Marko Ivović 20 35 168 1.33 223
4 Serbia Dražen Luburić 19 44 62 1.27 125
5 Germany Ruben Schott 18 40 120 1.20 178

Best Setters[e]
Player Running Faults Still Avg Total
1 Slovenia Gregor Ropret 407 6 803 23.94 1216
2 Serbia Nikola Jovović 315 5 663 21.00 983
3 Germany Jan Zimmermann 311 10 842 20.73 1163
4 Argentina Luciano De Cecco 286 5 564 19.07 855
5 Brazil Bruno Rezende 282 3 624 16.59 909
Best Diggers[f]
Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total
1 Italy Fabio Balaso 161 48 25 10.73 234
2 Slovenia Jani Kovačič 150 60 7 8.82 217
3 Germany Julian Zenger 141 58 23 9.40 222
4 France Jenia Grebennikov 137 50 19 9.79 206
5 Australia Luke Perry 129 39 14 8.60 182

Best Receivers[g]
Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Serbia Marko Ivović 123 23 161 40.07 307
2 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj 123 21 218 33.98 362
3 Germany Julian Zenger 121 20 190 36.56 331
4 Germany Ruben Schott 113 19 150 40.07 282
5 Slovenia Jani Kovačič 109 18 163 37.59 290

Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.[11]

Best Scorers
Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total
1 Brazil Yoandy Leal 34 1 2 37
2 Brazil Wallace De Souza 29 4 2 35
3 Poland Bartosz Kurek 29 5 0 34
4 Slovenia Tonček Štern 18 3 3 24
5 France Earvin N'Gapeth 18 1 4 23
Best Attackers
Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total
1 Brazil Yoandy Leal 34 5 23 54.84 62
2 Brazil Wallace De Souza 29 9 12 58.00 50
3 Poland Bartosz Kurek 29 6 14 59.18 49
4 Slovenia Tine Urnaut 21 7 10 55.26 38
5 Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli 19 6 13 50.00 38

Best Blockers
Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total
1 Brazil Maurício Souza 9 9 10 4.50 28
2 Poland Bartosz Kurek 5 4 2 2.50 11
3 Brazil Wallace De Souza 4 3 10 2.00 17
4 France Antoine Brizard 4 0 3 2.00 7
5 France Nicolas Le Goff 4 2 4 2.00 10
Best Servers
Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total
1 France Earvin N'Gapeth 4 8 17 2.00 29
2 Poland Wilfredo León 3 5 21 1.50 29
3 Poland Fabian Drzyzga 3 4 21 1.50 28
4 Slovenia Tonček Štern 3 5 15 1.50 23
5 Slovenia Alen Pajenk 3 6 17 1.50 26

Best Setters
Player Running Faults Still Avg Total
1 Brazil Bruno Rezende 40 1 111 20.00 152
2 Poland Fabian Drzyzga 40 0 104 20.00 144
3 Slovenia Gregor Ropret 32 0 94 16.00 126
4 France Antoine Brizard 22 0 56 11.00 78
5 France Benjamin Toniutti 7 0 30 3.50 37
Best Diggers
Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total
1 Slovenia Jani Kovačič 18 4 2 9.00 24
2 Brazil Thales Hoss 16 3 1 8.00 20
3 Poland Paweł Zatorski 16 7 3 8.00 26
4 Brazil Bruno Rezende 15 5 0 7.50 20
5 Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli 15 7 3 7.50 25

Best Receivers
Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj 17 2 22 41.46 41
2 France Earvin N'Gapeth 13 3 28 29.55 44
3 France Trevor Clevenot 13 2 18 39.39 33
4 Poland Paweł Zatorski 13 2 25 32.50 40
5 Brazil Thales Hoss 11 2 11 45.83 24

COVID related

Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the games were played without spectators. A total of 10,170 COVID-19 tests (including women's side) were conducted to players, referees, officials and staff every four days.[12]

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. ^ "Italy To Host VNL 2021 In Secure Bubble". FIVB. March 12, 2021. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "FIVB ANNOUNCES HOST COUNTRIES FOR 2020 VNL". FIVB. September 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Brazil defeat Poland in final to claim their first VNL title". volleyballworld. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Solid France snatch bronze from Slovenia in Men's VNL for second podium appearance". volleyballworld. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Wallace, Kurek share Men's VNL MVP Award". volleyballworld. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2021 – Everything you need to know". IOC. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ "FIVB statement on participating teams at VNL 2021". FIVB. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  8. ^ "FIVB statement on participating teams at VNL 2021". Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  9. ^ "Successful COVID-19 protocols at VNL Bubble 2021". FIVB. July 8, 2021. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Men's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  12. ^ volleyballworld.com. "Looking back: A historic Volleyball Nations League in 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

External links

  • Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
  • FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021 – official website
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