2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual women'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 in between May and June 2021, and the final round took place in Rimini Fiera, Rimini, Italy.[1][2]

2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
Rimini, host city of the all rounds
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
CityRimini
Dates25 May – 25 June
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
MVPUnited States Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Best SetterUnited States Jordyn Poulter
Best OHUnited States Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Brazil Gabriela Guimarães
Best MBTurkey Eda Erdem Dündar
Brazil Carol Gattaz
Best OPPBrazil Tandara Caixeta
Best LiberoUnited States Justine Wong-Orantes
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

United States won their third title in the competition, outlasting Brazil in thrilling four sets on the final.[3] Turkey grabbed the bronze medal after sweeping Japan in three sets.[4] Michelle Bartsch-Hackley from USA claimed her second MVP title 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. 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.[2]

Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Belgium CEV Challenger team 2 2018 2019 7th place (2019)
 Brazil CSV Core team 2 2018 2019 Runners-up (2019)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 0 None None
 China AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 3rd place (2018, 2019)
 Dominican Republic NORCECA Challenger team 2 2018 2019 8th place (2019)
 Germany CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 10th place (2019)
 Italy CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2019)
 Japan AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 9th place (2019)
 Netherlands CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2018)
 Poland CEV Challenger team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2019)
 Russia CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 8th place (2018)
 Serbia CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 5th place (2018)
 South Korea AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 12th place (2018)
 Thailand AVC Core team 2 2018 2019 12th place (2019)
 Turkey CEV Core team 2 2018 2019 Runners-up (2018)
 United States NORCECA Core team 2 2018 2019 Champions (2018, 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] 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.

Venue
All rounds
Rimini, Italy
Rimini Fiera
Capacity: 0

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

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  United States 15 14 1 42 42 7 6.000 1199 931 1.288 Final round
2  Brazil 15 13 2 40 42 10 4.200 1251 954 1.311
3  Japan 15 12 3 33 36 18 2.000 1150 1026 1.121
4  Turkey 15 11 4 30 37 21 1.762 1304 1237 1.054
5  China 15 10 5 30 35 21 1.667 1254 1152 1.089
6  Dominican Republic 15 9 6 29 34 25 1.360 1319 1281 1.030
7  Netherlands 15 9 6 25 30 26 1.154 1265 1219 1.038
8  Russia 15 8 7 24 30 26 1.154 1210 1180 1.025
9  Belgium 15 8 7 19 27 34 0.794 1282 1333 0.962
10  Germany 15 5 10 16 22 32 0.688 1055 1129 0.934
11  Poland 15 5 10 15 24 36 0.667 1309 1335 0.981
12  Italy (H) 15 4 11 16 24 35 0.686 1282 1347 0.952
13  Serbia 15 4 11 14 19 36 0.528 1115 1274 0.875
14  Canada 15 3 12 11 17 39 0.436 1094 1309 0.836
15  South Korea 15 3 12 10 16 40 0.400 1157 1298 0.891
16  Thailand 15 2 13 6 11 40 0.275 983 1224 0.803
Source: VNL 2021 standings
(H) Host

Week 1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 May10.00Netherlands 3–0 Belgium25–2125–1925–18  75–58P2 Report
25 May12.00Turkey 3–2 Serbia25–2118–2525–2322–2516–14106–108P2 Report
25 May13.00Germany 0–3 Russia21–2522–2519–25  62–75P2 Report
25 May15.00Japan 3–0 Thailand25–1525–1725–16  75–48P2 Report
25 May16.00China 3–1 South Korea23–2525–1925–1925–18 98–81P2 Report
25 May18.00Dominican Republic 0–3 United States20–2521–2512–25  53–75P2 Report
25 May19.30Italy 2–3 Poland22–2525–2225–2022–2515–17109–109P2 Report
25 May21.00Brazil 3–1 Canada23–2525–1125–925–14 98–59P2 Report
26 May10.00Netherlands 2–3 Germany25–1818–2530–2823–2512–15108–111P2 Report
26 May12.00Thailand 1–3 South Korea25–1513–2518–2517–25 73–90P2 Report
26 May13.00China 0–3 Japan13–2519–2517–25  49–75P2 Report
26 May15.00Belgium 2–3 Russia25–2325–2119–2519–258–1596–109P2 Report
26 May16.00Serbia 3–1 Poland20–2525–1725–1625–21 95–79P2 Report
26 May18.00Brazil 3–0 Dominican Republic25–2025–1325–17  75–50P2 Report
26 May19.00Turkey 3–0 Italy25–1325–2325–16  75–52P2 Report
26 May21.00United States 3–0 Canada26–2425–1525–10  76–49P2 Report
27 May10.00Germany 3–0 Belgium25–2025–1925–13  75–52P2 Report
27 May12.00Russia 1–3 Netherlands14–2522–2525–2320–25 81–98P2 Report
27 May13.00South Korea 0–3 Japan18–2518–2525–27  61–77P2 Report
27 May15.00Canada 1–3 Dominican Republic17–2524–2630–2816–25 87–104P2 Report
27 May16.00China 3–0 Thailand25–1525–1525–23  75–53P2 Report
27 May18.00Poland 1–3 Turkey23–2527–2523–2520–25 93–100P2 Report
27 May19.30Brazil 1–3 United States17–2519–2525–2322–25 83–98P2 Report
27 May21.00Serbia 3–1 Italy25–1823–2526–2425–20 99–87P2 Report

Week 2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 May10.00Thailand 0–3 Netherlands20–259–2518–25  47–75P2 Report
31 May12.00Belgium 3–2 Dominican Republic31–3319–2525–2025–1615–11115–105P2 Report
31 May13.00China 3–2 Germany20–2519–2527–2525–2115–9106–105P2 Report
31 May15.00Brazil 3–0 Japan25–1525–1925–21  75–55P2 Report
31 May16.00Canada 2–3 Turkey23–2525–1925–2223–2512–15108–106P2Report
31 May18.00South Korea 0–3 Poland15–2520–2522–25  57–75P2 Report
31 May19.30Serbia 0–3 United States20–2516–2512–25  48–75P2 Report
31 May21.00Russia 3–0 Italy26–2425–2327–25  78–72P2 Report
1 Jun10.00Turkey 3–0 Germany25–2025–2025–22  75–62P2 Report
1 Jun12.00Dominican Republic 3–0 South Korea25–2328–2625–18  78–67P2 Report
1 Jun13.00Belgium 3–2 Poland25–1517–2525–1922–2515–12104–96P2 Report
1 Jun15.00Serbia 3–0 Thailand25–1925–2325–23  75–65P2 Report
1 Jun16.00China 2–3 Canada22–2525–2117–2525–1512–15101–101P2 Report
1 Jun18.00United States 3–0 Netherlands25–2225–1525–18  75–55P2 Report
1 Jun19.30Italy 2–3 Japan25–2719–2525–1625–2113–15107–104P2 Report
1 Jun21.00Brazil 3–0 Russia25–2025–1125–18  75–49P2 Report
2 Jun10.00Belgium 3–2 South Korea23–2525–2325–1619–2515–12107–101P2 Report
2 Jun12.00Thailand 0–3 United States17–2514–2516–25  47–75P2 Report
2 Jun13.00Germany 0–3 Canada28–3025–2714–25  67–82P2 Report
2 Jun15.00Japan 3–0 Russia25–2025–2125–21  75–62P2 Report
2 Jun16.00China 0–3 Turkey15–2523–2521–25  59–75P2 Report
2 Jun18.00Poland 1–3 Dominican Republic25–2222–2526–2821–25 94–100P2 Report
2 Jun19.30Netherlands 3–1 Serbia25–2225–1618–2525–21 93–84P2 Report
2 Jun21.00Brazil 3–1 Italy19–2525–1525–1925–19 94–78P2 Report

Week 3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jun10.00China 2–3 Belgium25–1725–2725–2321–258–15104–107P2 Report
6 Jun12.00Japan 0–3 Netherlands22–2520–2523–25  65–75P2 Report
6 Jun15.00Turkey 3–1 Thailand23–2525–1225–2025–9 98–66P2 Report
6 Jun15.00Dominican Republic 2–3 Russia18–2525–2120–2525–228–1596–108P2 Report
6 Jun16.00Brazil 3–0 Serbia25–1225–1425–13  75–39P2 Report
6 Jun18.00Canada 2–3 Poland25–2225–2121–2517–257–1595–108P2 Report
6 Jun19.00Italy 3–1 South Korea27–2523–2525–2225–20 100–92P2 Report
6 Jun21.00Germany 0–3 United States23–2513–2513–25  49–75P2 Report
7 Jun10.00Russia 3–1 Thailand25–1418–2525–1425–20 93–73P2 Report
7 Jun12.00Turkey 1–3 Dominican Republic22–2521–2525–2317–25 85–98P2 Report
7 Jun13.00Canada 0–3 Japan16–2515–2515–25  46–75P2 Report
7 Jun15.00China 1–3 Serbia22–2518–2525–2022–25 87–95P2 Report
7 Jun16.00South Korea 0–3 United States16–2512–2514–25  42–75P2 Report
7 Jun18.00Poland 2–3 Netherlands25–2123–2525–2221–259–15103–108P2 Report
7 Jun19.00Germany 0–3 Italy21–2519–2511–25  51–75P2 Report
7 Jun21.00Belgium 0–3 Brazil18–2516–2517–25  51–75P2 Report
8 Jun10.00Thailand 0–3 Dominican Republic16–2517–2523–25  56–75P2 Report
8 Jun12.00Turkey 3–2 Russia25–2222–2525–1818–2515–7105–97P2 Report
8 Jun13.00Canada 0–3 Netherlands19–2512–2521–25  52–75P2 Report
8 Jun15.00Japan 3–2 Poland22–2522–2525–2225–2316–14110–109P2 Report
8 Jun16.00China 3–2 Brazil18–2525–2225–2014–2515–1297–104P2 Report
8 Jun18.00Germany 3–0 South Korea25–1225–2125–22  75–55P2 Report
8 Jun19.00Belgium 3–2 Serbia23–2526–2425–2123–2515–10112–105P2 Report
8 Jun21.00Italy 1–3 United States18–2521–2525–2016–25 80–95P2 Report

Week 4
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Jun10.00Russia 3–0 South Korea25–2325–1725–17  75–57P2 Report
12 Jun12.00Thailand 3–1 Germany24–2625–2125–2125–16 99–84P2 Report
12 Jun13.00Japan 3–1 Turkey25–1725–2017–2525–19 92–81P2 Report
12 Jun15.00United States 3–0 Belgium25–926–2425–20  76–53P2 Report
12 Jun16.00China 3–0 Netherlands25–1225–1833–31  83–61P2 Report
12 Jun18.00Canada 3–1 Serbia25–2122–2525–2125–18 97–85P2 Report
12 Jun19.00Dominican Republic 3–1 Italy25–2125–1922–2526–24 98–89P2 Report
12 Jun21.00Poland 0–3 Brazil22–2520–2523–25  65–75P2 Report
13 Jun10.00Turkey 3–0 Belgium25–2025–1725–19  75–56P2 Report
13 Jun12.00United States 3–0 Japan25–2326–2425–20  76–67P2 Report
13 Jun13.30Italy 2–3 Netherlands21–2528–2625–2021–2510–15105–111P2 Report
13 Jun15.00Dominican Republic 1–3 China14–2520–2525–1922–25 81–94P2 Report
13 Jun16.30Russia 3–0 Canada25–1525–1225–14  75–41P2 Report
13 Jun18.00South Korea 3–1 Serbia25–1323–2525–1325–23 98–74P2 Report
13 Jun19.30Thailand 0–3 Poland23–2515–2520–25  58–75P2 Report
13 Jun21.00Germany 1–3 Brazil25–2217–2521–2522–25 85–97P2 Report
14 Jun10.00Belgium 1–3 Japan25–2322–2521–2521–25 89–98P2 Report
14 Jun12.00Russia 3–0 Serbia25–825–1725–23  75–48P2 Report
14 Jun13.00Netherlands 1–3 Dominican Republic23–2525–2328–3022–25 98–103P2 Report
14 Jun15.00Germany 3–0 Poland25–2325–2025–23  75–66P2 Report
14 Jun16.00China 3–0 Italy25–1925–1125–19  75–49P2 Report
14 Jun18.00South Korea 3–2 Canada15–2525–1827–2925–2021–19113–111P2 Report
14 Jun19.30Brazil 3–0 Thailand25–1125–1425–10  75–35P2 Report
14 Jun21.00United States 3–1 Turkey25–2123–2525–1525–14 98–75P2 Report

Week 5
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Jun10.00Germany 3–0 Serbia25–2325–1625–21  75–60P2 Report
18 Jun12.00Japan 3–2 Dominican Republic18–2524–2625–2225–1515–11107–99P2 Report
18 Jun13.00Thailand 1–3 Belgium23–2524–2625–2315–25 87–99P2 Report
18 Jun15.00South Korea 0–3 Brazil18–2523–2518–25  59–75P2 Report
18 Jun16.00China 3–0 Russia25–1825–2325–16  75–57P2 Report
18 Jun18.00Poland 0–3 United States27–2927–2914–25  68–83P2 Report
18 Jun19.00Canada 0–3 Italy18–2520–2520–25  58–75P2 Report
18 Jun21.00Turkey 3–0 Netherlands27–2525–2025–20  77–65P2 Report
19 Jun10.00Dominican Republic 3–0 Serbia25–1425–2025–18  75–52P2 Report
19 Jun12.00United States 3–1 Russia25–2125–2725–2325–15 100–86P2 Report
19 Jun13.00Japan 3–1 Germany25–2319–2526–2425–15 95–87P2 Report
19 Jun15.00Thailand 3–0 Canada25–1625–1725–17  75–50P2 Report
19 Jun16.00China 3–0 Poland26–2425–2225–16  76–62P2 Report
19 Jun18.00South Korea 1–3 Turkey23–2525–2017–2518–25 83–95P2 Report
19 Jun19.30Brazil 3–0 Netherlands25–1925–1925–20  75–58P2 Report
19 Jun21.00Belgium 3–2 Italy25–1720–2522–2525–1715–10107–94P2 Report
20 Jun10.00Dominican Republic 3–2 Germany25–2125–2214–2525–2715–9104–104P2 Report
20 Jun12.00China 3–0 United States25–1025–2025–17  75–47P2 Report
20 Jun13.00Thailand 1–3 Italy35–3321–2525–2720–25 101–110P2 Report
20 Jun15.00Japan 3–0 Serbia25–1225–2225–15  75–49P2 Report
20 Jun16.00Russia 2–3 Poland17–2525–2016–2525–227–1590–107P2 Report
20 Jun18.00South Korea 2–3 Netherlands20–2525–2318–2525–2212–15100–110P2 Report
20 Jun19.30Belgium 3–0 Canada26–2425–1725–17  76–58P2 Report
20 Jun21.00Brazil 3–1 Turkey25–1825–1625–2725–15 100–76P2 Report

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 Japan25–1525–2329–3125–16 104–85P2 Report
24 Jun19:30United States 3–0 Turkey25–2125–2325–20  75–64P2 Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun16:00Japan 0–3 Turkey19–2516–2517–25  52–75P2 Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun19:30Brazil 1–3 United States28–2623–2523–2521–25 95–101P2 Report

Final standing

Awards
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley was the 2021 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct as of preliminary round.[6]

Final round

Statistics leaders correct as of final round.[7]

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. 12 March 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. "FIVB ANNOUNCES HOST COUNTRIES FOR 2020 VNL". FIVB. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "Incredible USA claim VNL three-peat after battling back against Brazil". FIVB. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. "Turkey emphatically shut out Japan for 2021 Women's VNL bronze". FIVB. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  5. "MVP Michelle Bartsch-Hackley leads Women's VNL Dream Team". FIVB. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. "Women's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  7. "Women's Statistics - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2021". volleyballworld.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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