2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
City	Bologna (final round)
Dates	7 June – 24 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament awards
MVP	Earvin N'Gapeth
Best Setter	Micah Christenson
Best OH	Trévor Clévenot; Earvin N'Gapeth;
Best MB	Mateusz Bieniek; David Smith;
Best OPP	Jean Patry
Best Libero	Jenia Grebennikov
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Attendance	295,262 (2,839 per match)
Official website
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The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held between 7 June to 24 July 2022, and the final round took place in Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy.^[1]^[2]

Australia were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and will be replaced by 2022 Challenger Cup winners Cuba in the 2023 edition.^[3]

France won their first VNL title after defeating the United States in five sets. It was the United States' second silver medal. Poland won their second bronze medal by sweeping the finals host Italy in straight sets.^[4] Earvin N'Gapeth from France named the MVP of the tournament.^[5]

Qualification

As there was no promotion or relegation in the 2021 VNL,was scheduled for the same 16 teams in 2021 are to compete in this year's edition.^[6]

On 1 March 2022, FIVB declared Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia was expeled from the competition.^[7] On April 29, FIVB announced that China will replaces Russia for the competition.^[8]

Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Designation	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Argentina	CSV	Core team	3	2018	2021	7th place (2019)
Australia	AVC	Challenger team	3	2018	2021	13th place (2018, 2019)
Brazil	CSV	Core team	3	2018	2021	Champions (2021)
Bulgaria	CEV	Challenger team	3	2018	2021	11th place (2018)
Canada	NORCECA	Challenger team	3	2018	2021	7th place (2018)
China	AVC	Challenger team	2	2018	2019	15th place (2018)
France	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	Runners-up (2018)
Germany	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	9th place (2018)
Iran	AVC	Core team	3	2018	2021	5th place (2019)
Italy	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	8th place (2018, 2019)
Japan	AVC	Core team	3	2018	2021	10th place (2019)
Netherlands	CEV	Challenger team	1	2021	2021	15th place (2021)
Poland	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	Runners-up (2021)
Serbia	CEV	Core team	3	2018	2021	5th place (2018)
Slovenia	CEV	Challenger team	1	2021	2021	4th place (2021)
United States	NORCECA	Core team	3	2018	2021	Runners-up (2019)

Format

Preliminary round

In the 2022 tournament, the format of play was changed. The new format will see 16 men's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. Each team plays 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.^[9]

Final round

The VNL Finals will see the seven strongest teams along with the finals host country Italy 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:^[10]

The 1st ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 8th ranked team, the 2nd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 7th ranked team, the 3rd ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 6th ranked team, the 4th ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the 5th ranked team.
The Host Team is placed in 1st position if the team is among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.
The Host Team is placed in 8th position if the team is not among the top 8 teams in the Final Standings after the VNL Preliminary Phase.

Rule changes

Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long.
Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.
Two time-outs per set are given to all matches in the Finals, one of them can only be called before technical time-out.
Live interview is introduced into matches during Set 2 and Set 3 in the Finals. Therefore, the breaks between Set 2 and Set 3 will extend to 5 minutes.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 7 December 2021.^[11]

Week 1		Week 2		Week 3
Pool 1 Brazil	Pool 2 Canada	Pool 3 Philippines	Pool 4 Bulgaria	Pool 5 Japan	Pool 6 Poland
Brazil China United States Slovenia Japan Iran Netherlands Australia	Canada Poland France Serbia Argentina Italy Germany Bulgaria	Japan France China Slovenia Argentina Italy Germany Netherlands	Bulgaria Brazil Poland United States Serbia Canada Iran Australia	Japan Brazil France United States Argentina Canada Germany Australia	Poland China Slovenia Serbia Italy Iran Netherlands Bulgaria

Venues

Preliminary round

Week 1
Pool 1	Pool 2
Brasília, Brazil	Ottawa, Canada
Nilson Nelson Gymnasium	TD Place Arena
Capacity: 11,105	Capacity: 9,500

Week 2
Pool 3	Pool 4
Quezon City, Philippines	Sofia, Bulgaria
Araneta Coliseum	Armeets Arena
Capacity: 16,035	Capacity: 15,373

Week 3
Pool 5	Pool 6
Osaka, Japan	Gdańsk, Poland
Maruzen Intec Arena	Ergo Arena
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 11,409

Final round

All matches
Casalecchio di Reno, Italy
Unipol Arena
Capacity: 11,000

Competition schedule

●	Preliminary round	●	Final round

Week 1 Jun 7–12	Week 2 Jun 21–26	Week 3 Jul 5–10	Week 4 Jul 20–24
32 matches	32 matches	32 matches	8 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 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, 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

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy^[a]	12	10	2	31	32	9	3.556	986	872	1.131	Final round
2	Poland	12	10	2	31	33	10	3.300	1031	898	1.148	Final round
3	United States	12	10	2	27	31	16	1.938	1102	975	1.130
4	France	12	9	3	28	31	11	2.818	994	826	1.203
5	Japan	12	9	3	27	29	18	1.611	1092	997	1.095
6	Brazil	12	8	4	24	26	14	1.857	960	881	1.090
7	Iran	12	7	5	20	22	19	1.158	961	923	1.041
8	Netherlands	12	6	6	17	20	21	0.952	915	932	0.982
9	Argentina	12	5	7	18	24	26	0.923	1110	1117	0.994
10	Slovenia	12	5	7	15	18	24	0.750	917	963	0.952
11	Serbia	12	5	7	14	19	27	0.704	1010	1043	0.968
12	Germany	12	4	8	10	18	29	0.621	969	1103	0.879
13	China	12	3	9	9	14	28	0.500	840	951	0.883
14	Bulgaria	12	2	10	9	16	31	0.516	990	1087	0.911
15	Canada	12	2	10	6	10	33	0.303	887	1022	0.868
16	Australia	12	1	11	2	8	35	0.229	858	1032	0.831	2022 Challenger Cup

Source: VNL 2022 standings
Notes:

^ Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

All times are Brasília time (UTC−03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	18:00	China	1–3	Iran	15–25	25–19	22–25	15–25		77–94	P2 Report
7 Jun	21:00	Slovenia	0–3	United States	19–25	19–25	14–25			52–75	P2 Report
8 Jun	18:00	Japan	3–1	Netherlands	22–25	26–24	25–22	25–17		98–88	P2 Report
8 Jun	21:00	Brazil	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–18	25–21			75–53	P2 Report
9 Jun	15:00	Japan	3–1	China	21–25	25–19	25–19	25–18		96–81	P2 Report
9 Jun	18:00	Netherlands	0–3	United States	12–25	18–25	16–25			46–75	P2 Report
9 Jun	21:00	Brazil	3–1	Slovenia	25–21	21–25	25–20	25–16		96–82	P2 Report
10 Jun	15:00	Netherlands	3–0	Iran	26–24	25–21	25–21			76–66	P2 Report
10 Jun	18:00	Japan	2–3	United States	25–17	15–25	21–25	28–26	9–15	98–108	P2 Report
10 Jun	21:00	Australia	0–3	Slovenia	22–25	20–25	21–25			63–75	P2 Report
11 Jun	15:00	United States	3–1	Brazil	21–25	27–25	25–20	25–20		98–90	P2 Report
11 Jun	18:00	Slovenia	3–1	China	25–15	25–20	18–25	27–25		95–85	P2 Report
11 Jun	21:00	Iran	3–1	Australia	25–14	25–22	18–25	25–15		93–76	P2 Report
12 Jun	10:00	Brazil	0–3	China	23–25	29–31	23–25			75–81	P2 Report
12 Jun	13:00	Iran	0–3	Japan	20–25	14–25	19–25			53–75	P2 Report
12 Jun	16:00	Netherlands	3–0	Australia	25–20	25–15	25–23			75–58	P2 Report

Pool 2

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	16:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Serbia	25–19	19–25	22–25	20–25		86–94	P2 Report
7 Jun	19:30	Canada	0–3	Germany	19–25	20–25	28–30			67–80	P2 Report
8 Jun	16:30	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–21	25–22	25–23			75–66	P2 Report
8 Jun	19:30	France	3–0	Italy	25–22	26–24	25–19			76–65	P2 Report
9 Jun	11:00	Germany	1–3	Argentina	25–18	22–25	17–25	20–25		84–93	P2 Report
9 Jun	16:30	Serbia	1–3	France	25–21	22–25	23–25	23–25		93–96	P2 Report
9 Jun	19:30	Poland	1–3	Italy	25–21	23–25	20–25	20–25		88–96	P2 Report
10 Jun	11:00	Serbia	3–2	Argentina	25–16	25–18	17–25	12–25	15–6	94–90	P2 Report
10 Jun	16:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Germany	20–25	25–22	16–25	25–20	10–15	96–107	P2 Report
10 Jun	19:30	France	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–23	25–21			75–60	P2 Report
11 Jun	13:00	Germany	3–2	Serbia	27–25	25–27	18–25	28–26	18–16	116–119	P2 Report
11 Jun	16:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Poland	19–25	19–25	23–25			61–75	P2 Report
11 Jun	19:00	Canada	0–3	Italy	21–25	18–25	19–25			58–75	P2 Report
12 Jun	11:00	France	1–3	Poland	25–21	22–25	21–25	22–25		90–96	P2 Report
12 Jun	14:00	Argentina	1–3	Italy	20–25	21–25	25–16	28–30		94–96	P2 Report
12 Jun	17:00	Bulgaria	2–3	Canada	18–25	18–25	26–24	25–21	11–15	98–110	P2 Report

Week 2

Pool 3

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	15:00	Slovenia	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	21–25	24–26			62–76	P2 Report
21 Jun	19:00	Argentina	1–3	Japan	25–27	18–25	25–17	16–25		84–94	P2 Report
22 Jun	15:00	^AChina	0–3	France	0–25	0–25	0–25			0–75	Report
22 Jun	19:00	Germany	0–3	Italy	16–25	21–25	22–25			59–75	P2 Report
23 Jun	11:00	France	3–0	Netherlands	25–14	25–23	25–13			75–50	P2 Report
23 Jun	15:00	China	3–0	Germany^B	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0	Report
23 Jun	19:00	Argentina	1–3	Slovenia	20–25	29–27	18–25	17–25		84–102	P2 Report
24 Jun	11:00	Germany	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	29–31	23–25	16–25		93–103	P2 Report
24 Jun	15:00	Argentina	3–1	China	25–22	22–25	25–22	25–22		97–91	P2 Report
24 Jun	19:00	Japan	3–2	Italy	25–20	21–25	24–26	25–19	15–13	110–103	P2 Report
25 Jun	11:00	Argentina	2–3	Netherlands	25–22	23–25	25–20	19–25	13–15	105–107	P2 Report
25 Jun	15:00	Japan	0–3	France	22–25	25–27	16–25			63–77	P2 Report
25 Jun	19:00	Italy	3–0	Slovenia	25–19	25–16	25–21			75–56	P2 Report
26 Jun	11:00	Germany	1–3	France	16–25	19–25	25–19	21–25		81–94	P2 Report
26 Jun	15:00	Japan	3–1	Slovenia	25–21	22–25	25–18	25–19		97–83	P2 Report
26 Jun	19:00	Italy	3–0	China	25–21	25–18	25–19			75–58	P2 Report

Pool 4

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	17:00	Australia	1–3	Canada	25–18	26–28	19–25	22–25		92–96	P2 Report
21 Jun	20:00	Iran	0–3	Bulgaria	19–25	23–25	24–26			66–76	P2 Report
22 Jun	17:00	Brazil	1–3	Poland	16–25	25–22	16–25	22–25		79–97	P2 Report
22 Jun	20:00	Serbia	1–3	United States	24–26	25–23	23–25	20–25		92–99	P2 Report
23 Jun	13:30	Poland	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–18	25–16			75–50	P2 Report
23 Jun	16:30	Serbia	0–3	Brazil	18–25	24–26	17–25			59–76	P2 Report
23 Jun	20:00	United States	0–3	Iran	18–25	27–29	25–27			70–81	P2 Report
24 Jun	13:30	Serbia	3–2	Canada	20–25	19–25	25–20	26–24	15–11	105–105	P2 Report
24 Jun	16:30	Iran	0–3	Brazil	28–30	23–25	19–25			70–80	P2 Report
24 Jun	20:00	Australia	3–2	Bulgaria	21–25	25–13	25–22	20–25	17–15	108–100	P2 Report
25 Jun	13:30	Canada	0–3	Iran	21–25	25–27	18–25			64–77	P2 Report
25 Jun	16:30	Poland	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–19	25–14			75–50	P2 Report
25 Jun	20:00	United States	3–1	Bulgaria	25–12	20–25	26–24	25–23		96–84	P2 Report
26 Jun	13:30	Serbia	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–20	25–22			75–59	P2 Report
26 Jun	16:30	United States	1–3	Poland	25–21	23–25	24–26	22–25		94–97	P2 Report
26 Jun	20:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Brazil	21–25	19–25	22–25			62–75	P2 Report

Week 3

Pool 5

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	15:00	United States	3–1	Germany	25–21	25–19	22–25	25–18		97–83	P2 Report
5 Jul	18:00	Canada	1–3	Argentina	21–25	25–23	21–25	23–25		90–98	P2 Report
6 Jul	15:40	Brazil	3–1	Germany	25–27	25–17	25–20	25–19		100–83	P2 Report
6 Jul	19:10	Japan	3–1	Australia	25–18	25–15	23–25	25–19		98–77	P2 Report
7 Jul	12:00	France	2–3	United States	25–15	22–25	25–22	14–25	8–15	94–102	P2 Report
7 Jul	15:00	Germany	3–1	Australia	20–25	25–16	25–21	26–24		96–86	P2 Report
7 Jul	18:00	Canada	0–3	Brazil	18–25	19–25	16–25			53–75	P2 Report
8 Jul	12:40	Argentina	3–1	Australia	21–25	25–23	25–19	25–15		96–82	P2 Report
8 Jul	15:40	France	3–0	Brazil	25–21	25–22	25–21			75–64	P2 Report
8 Jul	19:10	Japan	3–1	Canada	25–20	25–16	22–25	25–20		97–81	P2 Report
9 Jul	12:40	France	1–3	Argentina	22–25	25–23	23–25	19–25		89–98	P2 Report
9 Jul	15:40	Canada	0–3	United States	19–25	15–25	19–25			53–75	P2 Report
9 Jul	19:10	Germany	1–3	Japan	25–23	22–25	20–25	20–25		87–98	P2 Report
10 Jul	12:40	United States	3–2	Argentina	29–27	22–25	20–25	25–13	17–15	113–105	P2 Report
10 Jul	15:40	Australia	0–3	France	16–25	12–25	26–28			54–78	P2 Report
10 Jul	19:10	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–23	25–22			75–68	P2 Report

Pool 6

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	15–25	20–25	23–25			58–75	P2 Report
5 Jul	20:00	Iran	3–2	Poland	21–25	25–23	25–22	25–27	15–7	111–104	P2 Report
6 Jul	17:00	Netherlands	3–0	China	29–27	25–12	25–13			79–52	P2 Report
6 Jul	20:00	Slovenia	3–0	Serbia	25–15	25–19	25–23			75–57	P2 Report
7 Jul	14:00	Italy	3–1	Iran	25–16	25–27	25–23	25–23		100–89	P2 Report
7 Jul	17:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Slovenia	22–25	25–22	18–25	16–25		81–97	P2 Report
7 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–0	China	26–24	25–16	25–18			76–58	P2 Report
8 Jul	14:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Netherlands	22–25	25–16	25–21	25–21		97–83	P2 Report
8 Jul	17:00	Slovenia	0–3	Iran	24–26	14–25	21–25			59–76	P2 Report
8 Jul	20:00	Italy	3–0	Serbia	25–21	25–14	25–23			75–58	P2 Report
9 Jul	14:00	China	3–1	Bulgaria	26–28	25–23	25–23	25–17		101–91	P2 Report
9 Jul	17:00	Iran	3–0	Serbia	35–33	25–21	25–12			85–66	P2 Report
9 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–23	25–22			75–64	P2 Report
10 Jul	14:00	China	1–3	Serbia	17–25	17–25	25–23	22–25		81–98	P2 Report
10 Jul	17:00	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	26–24	25–21			76–68	P2 Report
10 Jul	20:00	Poland	3–1	Slovenia	25–14	25–23	23–25	25–17		98–79	P2 Report

Final round

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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

20 July

Italy	3
		23 July
Netherlands	1
		Italy	0
21 July
		France	3
France	3
				24 July
Japan	0
				France	3
21 July
				United States	2
Poland	3
		23 July
Iran	2
		Poland	0
20 July
		United States	3	3rd place match
United States	3
				24 July
Brazil	1
				Italy	0

				Poland	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	18:00	United States	3–1	Brazil	20–25	25–22	25–23	25–17		95–87	P2 Report
20 Jul	21:00	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	21–25	25–22	25–13	25–22		96–82	P2 Report
21 Jul	18:00	France	3–0	Japan	26–24	25–16	25–20			76–60	P2 Report
21 Jul	21:00	Poland	3–2	Iran	25–21	24–26	25–18	16–25	15–8	105–98	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	18:00	Poland	0–3	United States	22–25	23–25	13–25			58–75	P2 Report
23 Jul	21:00	Italy	0–3	France	22–25	20–25	15–25			57–75	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	18:00	Italy	0–3	Poland	16–25	23–25	20–25			59–75	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	21:00	France	3–2	United States	25–16	25–19	15–25	21–25	15–10	101–95	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	France
	United States
	Poland
4	Italy
5	Japan
6	Brazil
7	Iran
8	Netherlands
9	Argentina
10	Slovenia
11	Serbia
12	Germany
13	China
14	Bulgaria
15	Canada
16	Australia

Source: VNL 2022 final standings

2022 Men's Nations League champions
France First title

14–man roster

Barthélémy Chinenyeze, Jenia Grebennikov, Jean Patry, Benjamin Toniutti (c), Earvin N'Gapeth, Antoine Brizard, Stéphen Boyer, Nicolas Le Goff, Médéric Henry, Trévor Clévenot, Yacine Louati, Benjamin Diez, Pierre Derouillon, Quentin Jouffroy

Head coach

Andrea Giani

Awards

Most valuable player
Earvin N'Gapeth (FRA)
Best setter
Micah Christenson (USA)
Best outside spikers
Trévor Clévenot (FRA)

Earvin N'Gapeth (FRA)
Best middle blockers
Mateusz Bieniek (POL)

David Smith (USA)
Best opposite spiker
Jean Patry (FRA)
Best libero
Jenia Grebennikov (FRA)

Fair play award
Poland^[12]

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.^[13]

Best Scorers^[a]
	Player	Attacks	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	191	10	30	231
2	Amin Esmaeilnezhad	169	11	13	193
3	Yuji Nishida	156	10	27	193
4	Aleksandar Nikolov	150	13	9	172
5	Yūki Ishikawa	122	13	29	164

Best Attackers^[b]
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	%	Total
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	191	53	125	51.76	369
2	Amin Esmaeilnezhad	169	47	96	54.17	312
3	Yuji Nishida	156	47	70	57.14	273
4	Aleksandar Nikolov	150	43	97	51.72	290
5	Jingyin Zhang	140	49	73	53.44	262

Best Blockers^[c]
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Avg	Total
1	Svetoslav Gotsev	35	38	19	2.92	92
2	Flávio Gualberto	27	38	56	2.25	121
3	Agustín Loser	26	70	53	2.17	149
4	David Smith	24	31	44	2.00	99
5	Jan Kozamernik	22	36	30	1.83	88

Best Servers^[d]
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Avg	Total
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	30	55	79	2.50	164
2	Yūki Ishikawa	29	41	97	2.42	167
3	Yuji Nishida	27	49	72	2.25	148
4	Aaron Russell	21	31	101	1.75	153
5	Mateusz Bieniek	16	22	75	2.00	113

Best Setters^[e]
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Avg	Total
1	Georgi Seganov	301	8	587	25.08	896
2	Bruno Rezende	299	5	450	24.92	754
3	Simone Giannelli	269	3	577	22.42	849
4	Joshua Tuaniga	257	1	345	21.42	603
5	Matías Sánchez	252	0	319	21.00	571

Best Diggers^[f]
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Avg	Total
1	Santiago Danani	117	52	24	9.75	193
2	Tomohiro Yamamoto	101	22	20	8.42	143
3	Julian Zenger	100	34	39	9.09	173
4	Benjamin Diez	90	17	16	8.18	123
5	Robbert Andringa	72	29	10	6.00	111

Best Receivers^[g]
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	%	Total
1	Santiago Danani	87	10	116	40.85	213
2	Lorenzo Pope	75	23	136	32.05	234
3	Julian Zenger	74	15	123	34.91	212
4	Tomohiro Yamamoto	69	9	87	41.82	165
5	Yūki Ishikawa	67	8	112	35.83	187

Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.^[14]

Best Scorers^[a]
	Player	Attacks	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Jean Patry	47	2	3	52
2	Aaron Russell	43	0	0	43
3	Torey DeFalco	35	1	7	43
4	Bartosz Kurek	33	1	5	39
5	Earvin N'Gapeth	31	1	4	36

Best Attackers^[b]
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	%	Total
1	Jean Patry	47	7	23	61.04	77
2	Aaron Russell	43	10	22	57.33	75
3	Torey DeFalco	35	12	21	51.47	68
4	Bartosz Kurek	33	11	33	42.86	77
5	Earvin N'Gapeth	31	7	18	55.36	56

Best Blockers^[c]
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Avg	Total
1	David Smith	8	16	19	2.67	43
2	Jeffrey Jendryk	6	21	13	2.00	40
3	Nicolas Le Goff	6	12	6	2.00	24
4	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	5	6	6	1.67	17
5	Micah Christenson	4	6	4	1.33	14

Best Servers^[d]
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Avg	Total
1	Torey DeFalco	7	9	38	2.33	54
2	Antoine Brizard	7	7	31	2.33	45
3	Jakub Kochanowski	6	8	26	2.00	40
4	Bartosz Kurek	5	13	20	1.67	38
5	Mateusz Bieniek	5	7	28	1.67	40

Best Setters^[e]
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Avg	Total
1	Micah Christenson	72	1	178	24.00	251
2	Antoine Brizard	47	1	147	15.67	195
3	Simone Giannelli	39	1	165	13.00	205
4	Marcin Janusz	38	1	167	12.67	206
5	Bruno Rezende	29	0	63	29.00	92

Best Diggers^[f]
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Avg	Total
1	Fabio Balaso	35	6	3	11.67	44
2	Aaron Russell	25	11	2	8.33	38
3	Erik Shoji	23	9	2	7.67	34
4	Jenia Grebennikov	21	4	4	7.00	29
5	Paweł Zatorski	21	9	1	7.00	31

Best Receivers^[g]
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	%	Total
1	Trevor Clevenot	32	1	33	48.48	66
2	Erik Shoji	23	4	29	41.07	56
3	Aaron Russell	20	4	46	28.57	70
4	Kamil Semeniuk	20	1	30	39.22	51
3	Earvin N'Gapeth	19	2	30	37.25	51

Controversies at the Finals

Athletes and organizations complained about the organization of the Finals including poor facilities of training halls, transportation arrangements and meals arrangement. FIVB later apologized for the incidents and arranged a meeting with national teams' captains.^[15]

Notes

A.^ China forfeited the match on 22 June giving France a 3–0 win due to medical circumstances related to COVID-19.^[16]

B.^ Germany forfeited the match on 23 June giving China a 3–0 win because they refused to play against China even though the Chinese athletes were cleared by local authorities after testing positive for COVID-19.^[17]

^ ^a ^b (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).
^ ^a ^b (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).
^ ^a ^b (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).
^ ^a ^b (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).
^ ^a ^b (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).
^ ^a ^b (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).
^ ^a ^b (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).

References

^ "FIVB Calendar". FIVB. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08.
^ "Volleyball World announces host cities for 2022 Volleyball Nations League". volleyballworld. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles (Both teams earn the right to compete in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League)". volleyballworld. 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ "France win spectacular final to snatch historic VNL gold". volleyballworld. 24 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Earvin Ngapeth earns yet another MVP award". volleyballworld. 24 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "FIVB announces cancellation of Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021". FIVB. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "FIVB declares Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "China men's national team returns to Volleyball Nations League line-up". FIVB. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "New Volleyball Nations League format announced". FIVB. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "VNL 2022 Competition Formula". volleyballworld. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ "Volleyball World announces host cities for 2022 Volleyball Nations League". FIVB. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Preechachan (2023-07-10). "VNL FINALS INTRODUCE GREEN CARDS FOR FAIR PLAY". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
^ "Men's Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022". volleyballworld. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Men's Final Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022". volleyballworld. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13.
^ "Due to numerous complaints about organization of VNL's Final 8, FIVB held meeting with national teams' captains". WorldofVolley. 26 July 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "FIVB and Volleyball World update on COVID-19 protocols at VNL 2022 (Confirmation of cancellation of China vs France men's match)". volleybalworld. 20 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Confirmation of China vs Germany men's match cancellation". volleyballworld. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022 – official website

[table_note_ITA0.5422241541288-12] Qualified as hosts

[Best_scorers-15] (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).

[Best_attackers-16] (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).

[Best_blockers-17] (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).

[Best_servers-18] (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).

[Best_setters-19] (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).

[Best_diggers-20] (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).

[Best_receivers-21] (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).

[1] "FIVB Calendar". FIVB. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08.

[2] "Volleyball World announces host cities for 2022 Volleyball Nations League". volleyballworld. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[3] "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles (Both teams earn the right to compete in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League)". volleyballworld. 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[4] "France win spectacular final to snatch historic VNL gold". volleyballworld. 24 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[5] "Earvin Ngapeth earns yet another MVP award". volleyballworld. 24 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[6] "FIVB announces cancellation of Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021". FIVB. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[Russia_and_Belarus_Suspension-7] "FIVB declares Russia and Belarus not eligible for international and continental competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[8] "China men's national team returns to Volleyball Nations League line-up". FIVB. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[9] "New Volleyball Nations League format announced". FIVB. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[10] "VNL 2022 Competition Formula". volleyballworld. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[11] "Volleyball World announces host cities for 2022 Volleyball Nations League". FIVB. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[13] Preechachan (2023-07-10). "VNL FINALS INTRODUCE GREEN CARDS FOR FAIR PLAY". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-11.

[14] "Men's Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022". volleyballworld. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[22] "Men's Final Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022". volleyballworld. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13.

[23] "Due to numerous complaints about organization of VNL's Final 8, FIVB held meeting with national teams' captains". WorldofVolley. 26 July 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[24] "FIVB and Volleyball World update on COVID-19 protocols at VNL 2022 (Confirmation of cancellation of China vs France men's match)". volleybalworld. 20 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[25] "Confirmation of China vs Germany men's match cancellation". volleyballworld. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

Qualification

Format

Preliminary round

Final round

Rule changes

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

Final round

Controversies at the Finals

See also

Notes

References

External links