International volleyball tournament
Volleyball competition held in China
2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
The 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League , an annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. 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.
United States won their second title in the competition, defeating Brazil in five sets on the final, after being 0â2 down. China defeated Turkey in four sets for the bronze medal. Andrea Drews from USA was elected the MVP .
Following the results of the 2018 Nations League and 2018 Challenger Cup , Argentina was replaced by debutants Bulgaria in this edition. 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.
Qualification
Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. The other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. Bulgaria replaced Argentina after winning the 2018 Challenger Cup.
Format
Preliminary round
The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into 4 pools of 4 teams at each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round. The relegation takes into consideration only the 4 challenger teams. The last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2020 Nations League . The winners of the Challenger Cup will qualify for the next edition as a challenger team.
Final round
The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in round-robin. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations' League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.
Pool composition
The overview of pools was released on October 23, 2018.
Preliminary round
Final round
Venues
The list of host cities and venues was announced on March 26, 2019.
Preliminary round
Week 1
Pool 1
Pool 2
Pool 3
Pool 4
Opole , Poland
Ruse , Bulgaria
BrasĂlia , Brazil
Belgrade , Serbia
Stegu Arena
Arena Ruse
Nilson Nelson Gymnasium
Aleksandar NikoliÄ 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
BaĆkent 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
BaĆkent Volleyball Hall
Beilun Gymnasium
Team Sports Palace
Boryeong Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,600
Capacity: 8,000
Capacity: 5,000
Capacity: 2,742
Final round
Competition schedule
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Preliminary round
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Final round
Week 1 21â23 May
Week 2 28â30 May
Week 3 4â6 Jun
Week 4 11â13 Jun
Week 5 18â20 Jun
Week 6 Rest Week
Week 7 3â7 Jul
24 matches
24 matches
24 matches
24 matches
24 matches
10 matches
Pool standing procedure
Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
Match won 3â0 or 3â1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
Match won 3â2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0â25, 0â25, 0â25) for the loser
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:
Set 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 set won by the number of all sets lost.
Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set 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 point 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 point 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
China
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
Week 1
Pool 1
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
21 May
17:30
Thailand
3â0
Germany
26â24
25â19
25â22
76â65
P2
21 May
20:30
Poland
2â3
Italy
15â25
22â25
25â18
25â21
15â17
102â106
P2
22 May
17:30
Thailand
0â3
Italy
13â25
17â25
24â26
54â76
P2
22 May
20:30
Poland
3â1
Germany
25â21
23â25
25â23
26â24
99â93
P2
23 May
17:30
Italy
3â0
Germany
25â19
26â24
27â25
78â68
P2
23 May
20:30
Thailand
0â3
Poland
20â25
20â25
13â25
53â75
P2
Pool 2
Pool 3
Pool 4
Week 2
Pool 5
Pool 6
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
28 May
14:30
Russia
0â3
Germany
14â25
21â25
20â25
55â75
P2
28 May
17:30
Turkey
0â3
Japan
23â25
22â25
14â25
59â75
P2
29 May
14:30
Japan
3â1
Russia
25â22
23â25
25â18
26â24
99â89
P2
29 May
17:30
Germany
0â3
Turkey
21â25
16â25
15â25
52â75
P2
30 May
14:30
Japan
3â0
Germany
25â23
25â19
25â17
75â59
P2
30 May
17:30
Turkey
3â0
Russia
25â19
25â21
25â20
75â60
P2
Pool 7
Pool 8
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
28 May
16:30
Bulgaria
1â3
Poland
25â23
21â25
21â25
17â25
84â98
P2
28 May
19:30
Netherlands
2â3
Brazil
25â21
28â30
20â25
25â18
11â15
109â109
P2
29 May
16:30
Poland
3â2
Brazil
25â20
25â22
26â28
18â25
15â9
109â104
P2
29 May
19:30
Netherlands
3â1
Bulgaria
22â25
25â22
25â20
25â19
97â86
P2
30 May
16:30
Poland
3â1
Netherlands
25â13
25â27
25â20
25â15
100â75
P2
30 May
19:30
Brazil
3â0
Bulgaria
25â18
25â23
25â18
75â59
P2
Week 3
Pool 9
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
4 June
17:30
Netherlands
1â3
Italy
13â25
25â22
19â25
16â25
73â97
P2
4 June
20:30
China
3â0
Japan
27â25
25â18
25â21
77â64
P2
5 June
17:30
Italy
3â0
Japan
25â21
25â16
25â22
75â59
P2
5 June
20:30
Netherlands
0â3
China
16â25
19â25
19â25
54â75
P2
6 June
17:30
Japan
3â0
Netherlands
25â17
25â17
25â21
75â55
P2
6 June
20:30
China
3â2
Italy
18â25
22â25
25â23
26â24
15â13
106â110
P2
Pool 10
Pool 11
Pool 12
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
4 June
17:15
Serbia
3â0
Poland
27â25
25â21
25â22
77â68
P2
4 June
20:15
Belgium
3â0
Russia
25â22
25â20
25â22
75â64
P2
5 June
17:15
Russia
1â3
Serbia
25â22
18â25
11â25
22â25
76â97
P2
5 June
20:15
Belgium
1â3
Poland
22â25
25â21
18â25
23â25
88â96
P2
6 June
17:15
Poland
3â2
Russia
25â23
24â26
25â27
25â20
15â9
114â105
P2
6 June
20:15
Belgium
3â0
Serbia
25â21
25â21
25â14
75â56
P2
Week 4
Pool 13
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
11 June
17:00
Russia
3â1
South Korea
25â23
15â25
25â20
25â17
90â85
P2
11 June
20:00
Italy
3â0
Bulgaria
25â19
25â23
25â20
75â62
P2
12 June
17:00
Bulgaria
0â3
Russia
20â25
23â25
16â25
59â75
P2
12 June
20:00
Italy
3â1
South Korea
25â17
25â21
23â25
25â13
98â76
P2
13 June
17:00
South Korea
1â3
Bulgaria
25â20
23â25
19â25
24â26
91â96
P2
13 June
20:00
Italy
3â1
Russia
22â25
25â21
25â15
25-21
97â61
P2
Pool 14
Pool 15
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
11 June
15:40
Serbia
0â3
Thailand
22â25
23â25
21â25
66â75
P2
11 June
19:10
Japan
1â3
Brazil
17â25
19â25
25â20
22â25
83â95
P2
12 June
15:40
Brazil
3â0
Thailand
25â19
25â17
25â21
75â57
P2
12 June
19:10
Japan
3â1
Serbia
19â25
25â14
25â23
25â14
94â76
P2
13 June
15:40
Brazil
3â0
Serbia
25â23
25â21
25â15
75â59
P2
13 June
19:10
Japan
3â0
Thailand
25â22
25â22
25â14
75â58
P2
Pool 16
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
11 June
16:00
United States
0â3
Turkey
15â25
17â25
25â27
57â77
P2
11 June
20:00
China
3â0
Poland
25â12
25â18
25â22
75â52
P2
12 June
16:00
Poland
1â3
United States
25â21
23â25
15â25
11â25
74â96
P2
12 June
20:00
China
3â0
Turkey
26â24
25â19
25â21
76â64
P2
13 June
16:00
Turkey
3â2
Poland
22â25
18â25
25â16
25â20
15â12
105â98
P2
13 June
20:00
China
0â3
United States
17â25
22â25
21â25
60â75
P2
Week 5
Pool 17
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
18 June
16:00
Brazil
3â0
Italy
25â21
25â20
25â23
75â64
P2
18 June
19:00
Turkey
1â3
Belgium
27â25
24â26
21â25
23â25
95â101
P2
19 June
16:00
Belgium
0â3
Brazil
23â25
15â25
18â25
56â75
P2
19 June
19:00
Italy
3â2
Turkey
25â19
17â25
23â25
25â15
16â14
106â98
P2
20 June
16:00
Belgium
3â2
Italy
12â25
25â20
16â25
25â14
15â10
93â94
P2
20 June
19:00
Turkey
3â2
Brazil
25â23
24â26
25â20
23â25
16â14
113â108
P2
Pool 18
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
18 June
16:00
Bulgaria
3â1
Serbia
21â25
25â21
25â17
25â23
96â86
P2
18 June
19:30
China
3â0
Germany
25â19
25â16
25â15
75â50
P2
19 June
16:00
Serbia
1â3
Germany
14â25
20â25
25â23
17â25
76â98
P2
19 June
19:30
China
3â0
Bulgaria
25â18
25â19
25â16
75â53
P2
20 June
16:00
Germany
3â0
Bulgaria
25â21
25â20
25â13
75â54
P2
20 June
19:30
China
3â0
Serbia
25â16
25â17
25â17
75â50
P2
Pool 19
Pool 20
Final round
Pool play
Pool A
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
3
Italy
2
0
2
0
1
6
0.167
143
172
0.831
Source: (H) Host
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
03 Jul
19:30
China
1â3
Turkey
22â25
19â25
25â22
22â25
88â97
P2
04 Jul
19:30
Italy
0â3
Turkey
21â25
15â25
21â25
57â75
P2
05 Jul
19:30
China
3â1
Italy
25â17
25â22
22â25
25â22
97â86
P2
Pool B
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
3
Poland
2
0
2
1
3
6
0.500
180
206
0.874
Source:
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
03 Jul
15:00
United States
3â1
Poland
21â25
25â16
25â15
26â24
97â80
P2
04 Jul
15:00
Brazil
3â2
Poland
22â25
25â21
22â25
25â19
15â10
109â100
P2
05 Jul
15:00
United States
3â1
Brazil
25â18
25â19
20â25
25â21
95â83
P2
Final four
Semifinals
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
06 Jul
15:00
Turkey
0â3
Brazil
23â25
15â25
10â25
48â75
P2
06 Jul
19:30
United States
3â1
China
25â11
15â25
25â17
25â20
90â73
P2
3rd place match
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
07 Jul
14:00
Turkey
1â3
China
23â25
15â25
25â20
21â25
84â95
P2
Final
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
07 Jul
19:30
Brazil
2â3
United States
25â20
25â22
15â25
21â25
13â15
99â107
P2
Final standing
Source: VNL 2019 final standings
14âwoman roster
Jordyn Poulter , TeTori Dixon , Lauren Carlini , Jordan Larson (c ), Andrea Drews , Jordan Thompson , Michelle Bartsch-Hackley , Megan Courtney , Mikaela Foecke , Dana Rettke , Haleigh Washington , Kelsey Robinson , Chiaka Ogbogu , Mary Lake
Head coach
Karch Kiraly
Awards
Annie Drews was the 2019 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player
Statistics leaders
Preliminary round
as of June 20, 2019
Final round
as of July 7, 2019
See also
References
External links