2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The 2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball 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]

2021 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
City	Rimini
Dates	28 May – 27 June
Teams	16 (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
MVP	Wallace de Souza Bartosz Kurek
Best Setter	Fabian Drzyzga
Best OH	Yoandy Leal Michał Kubiak
Best MB	Maurício Souza Mateusz Bieniek
Best OPP	Wallace de Souza Bartosz Kurek
Best Libero	Thales Hoss
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League
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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

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Preliminary round

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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

Main article: 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men'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

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
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

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	26 June
	Brazil	3
					27 June
	France	0
					Brazil	3
	26 June
					Poland	1
	Poland	3
	Slovenia	0
					3rd place match
					27 June
					France	3
					Slovenia	0

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  Brazil  Poland  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 First 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

• Most Valuable Players

   Wallace de Souza (BRA)

   Bartosz Kurek (POL)

• Best setter

   Fabian Drzyzga (POL)

• Best outside spikers

   Yoandy Leal (BRA)

   Michał Kubiak (POL)

• Best middle blockers

   Maurício Souza (BRA)

   Mateusz Bieniek (POL)

• Best opposite spikers

   Wallace de Souza (BRA)

   Bartosz Kurek (POL)

• Best libero

   Thales Hoss (BRA)

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

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

Best Scorers[a] Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Nimir Abdel-Aziz 218 10 36 264 2 Klemen Čebulj 183 17 14 215 3 Maksim Mikhaylov 167 17 17 201 4 Marko Ivović 158 12 20 190 5 Alessandro Michieletto 152 19 10 181

Best Attackers[b] Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total 1 Nimir Abdel-Aziz 218 77 113 53.43 408 2 Klemen Čebulj 200 56 168 47.17 424 3 Maksim Mikhaylov 167 45 111 51.70 323 4 Marko Ivović 158 35 111 51.97 304 5 Tonček Štern 154 61 97 49.36 312

Best Blockers[c] Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total 1 Marko Podraščanin 44 66 51 2.93 161 2 Petar Krsmanović 32 63 52 2.13 147 3 Mohammad Mousavi 30 50 28 2.14 108 4 Nicolas Le Goff 28 34 46 1.65 108 5 Tobias Krick 28 43 53 2.00 124

Best Servers[d] Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total 1 Nimir Abdel-Aziz 36 55 94 3.00 185 2 Wilfredo León 32 36 69 2.46 137 3 Marko Ivović 20 35 168 1.33 223 4 Dražen Luburić 19 44 62 1.27 125 5 Ruben Schott 18 40 120 1.20 178

Best Setters[e] Player Running Faults Still Avg Total 1 Gregor Ropret 407 6 803 23.94 1216 2 Nikola Jovović 315 5 663 21.00 983 3 Jan Zimmermann 311 10 842 20.73 1163 4 Luciano De Cecco 286 5 564 19.07 855 5 Bruno Rezende 282 3 624 16.59 909

Best Diggers[f] Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total 1 Fabio Balaso 161 48 25 10.73 234 2 Jani Kovačič 150 60 7 8.82 217 3 Julian Zenger 141 58 23 9.40 222 4 Jenia Grebennikov 137 50 19 9.79 206 5 Luke Perry 129 39 14 8.60 182

Best Receivers[g] Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total 1 Marko Ivović 123 23 161 40.07 307 2 Klemen Čebulj 123 21 218 33.98 362 3 Julian Zenger 121 20 190 36.56 331 4 Ruben Schott 113 19 150 40.07 282 5 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 Yoandy Leal 34 1 2 37 2 Wallace De Souza 29 4 2 35 3 Bartosz Kurek 29 5 0 34 4 Tonček Štern 18 3 3 24 5 Earvin N'Gapeth 18 1 4 23

Best Attackers Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total 1 Yoandy Leal 34 5 23 54.84 62 2 Wallace De Souza 29 9 12 58.00 50 3 Bartosz Kurek 29 6 14 59.18 49 4 Tine Urnaut 21 7 10 55.26 38 5 Ricardo Lucarelli 19 6 13 50.00 38

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total 1 Maurício Souza 9 9 10 4.50 28 2 Bartosz Kurek 5 4 2 2.50 11 3 Wallace De Souza 4 3 10 2.00 17 4 Antoine Brizard 4 0 3 2.00 7 5 Nicolas Le Goff 4 2 4 2.00 10

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total 1 Earvin N'Gapeth 4 8 17 2.00 29 2 Wilfredo León 3 5 21 1.50 29 3 Fabian Drzyzga 3 4 21 1.50 28 4 Tonček Štern 3 5 15 1.50 23 5 Alen Pajenk 3 6 17 1.50 26

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Avg Total 1 Bruno Rezende 40 1 111 20.00 152 2 Fabian Drzyzga 40 0 104 20.00 144 3 Gregor Ropret 32 0 94 16.00 126 4 Antoine Brizard 22 0 56 11.00 78 5 Benjamin Toniutti 7 0 30 3.50 37

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total 1 Jani Kovačič 18 4 2 9.00 24 2 Thales Hoss 16 3 1 8.00 20 3 Paweł Zatorski 16 7 3 8.00 26 4 Bruno Rezende 15 5 0 7.50 20 5 Ricardo Lucarelli 15 7 3 7.50 25

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

• 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
• Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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).

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External links

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