2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

Bologna, host city of the final round
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
Volleyball Nations League
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The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's 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 was 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
			Total	First	Last
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]

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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

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

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Preliminary round

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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

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: 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy [lower-alpha 1]	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:

1. 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	A China	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

Earvin N'Gapeth was the 2022 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player

• 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 2] 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 [lower-alpha 3] 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 [lower-alpha 4] 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 [lower-alpha 5] 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 [lower-alpha 6] 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 [lower-alpha 7] 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 2] 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 [lower-alpha 3] 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 [lower-alpha 4] 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 [lower-alpha 5] 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 [lower-alpha 6] 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 [lower-alpha 7] 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]

See also

• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

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]

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 – official website
• FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022 – official website