The 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the sixth edition of the

FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League The FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League is an annual international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between ...

, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 21 May to 30 June 2024, with the final round took place at the

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, Poland. Following the results of the 2023 Nations League and the 2023 Challenger Cup,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

were replaced by debutants

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

in this edition.

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

won their second VNL title after a four-set match against

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in the final. It was Japan's first silver medal in 47 years. Finals host

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

swept

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

in the third place match to bag their third bronze medal.

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from France was named the

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of the tournament.

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Ten of them qualified as core teams, which cannot face relegation, with the other six teams selected as the challenger teams that could be relegated from the tournament.

replaced

after winning the 2023 Challenger Cup. In a change of format for the next edition, none of the current teams will be relegated, and from the year 2025 onwards the competition will expand to 18 teams. The two extra spots will be from the team that wins the 2024 Challenger Cup and the best FIVB ranked team who are not in this year event.

Format

Preliminary round

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, the current format has the 16 men's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.

Final round

The VNL Finals will see the top eight teams moving directly to the knockout phase, which will consist of eight matches in total: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals, and the bronze and gold medal matches. Final 8 direct elimination formula: * The first ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the eighth ranked team, the second ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the seventh ranked team, the third ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the sixth ranked team, and the fourth ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the fifth ranked team. * The national team of the hosting territory of the event will have a guaranteed berth for the Final round. If the host nation team do not finish in the top eight in the Preliminary round, they will replace the eighth place team and play as the eighth seed.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 8 December 2023.

Venues

Preliminary round

Final round

Competition schedule

Pool standing procedure

# Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) # In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply, with the teams 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 # If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, 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 between the tied teams during the Round Robin Phase. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams will be ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Week 1

Pool 1

* All times are Turkey Standard Time ( UTC+03:00).

Pool 2

* All times are

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( UTC−03:00).

Week 2

Pool 3

* All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

Pool 4

*All times are

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( UTC−04:00).

Week 3

Pool 5

* All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool 6

* All times are

Philippine Standard Time Philippine Standard Time (PST or PhST; ), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines. The country only uses a single time zone, at an UTC offset, offset of UTC+08:00, but has used dayligh ...

( UTC+08:00).

Final round

* All times are

( UTC+2:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

''Source
VNL 2024 final standings
'

Awards

*Most valuable player *: *Best setter *: *Best outside spikers *: *: *Best middle blocker *: *: *Best opposite spiker *: *Best libero *: *Fair play team award *:

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

''Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of

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.''

Notes

References

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball FIVB

FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2024
– official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball, Nations League, Men, 2024

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Qualification

Format

Preliminary round

Final round

Pool composition

Venues

Preliminary round

Final round

Competition schedule

Pool standing procedure

Squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Week 1

Pool 1

Pool 2

Week 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Week 3

Pool 5

Pool 6

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

See also

Notes

References

External links