2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

Nanjing, host city of the final round
Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Nanjing (final round)
Dates	21 May – 7 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	21 (in 21 host cities)
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	China
Fourth place	Turkey
Tournament awards
MVP	Andrea Drews
Best Setter	Macris Carneiro
Best OH	Gabriela Guimarães Liu Yanhan
Best MB	Ana Beatriz Corrêa Haleigh Washington
Best OPP	Ebrar Karakurt
Best Libero	Megan Courtney
Tournament statistics
Matches played	130
Attendance	399,575 (3,074 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League
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The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

United States won their second title in the competition, defeating Brazil in five sets on the final, after being 0–2 down. ^{[3] [4]} China defeated Turkey in four sets for the bronze medal. ^{[5] [6]} Andrea Drews from USA was elected the MVP. ^[7]

Following the results of the 2018 Nations League and 2018 Challenger Cup, Argentina was replaced by debutants Bulgaria in this edition. ^[8] 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. ^[9]

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.

Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last
Belgium	CEV	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	13th place (2018)
Brazil	CSV	Core team	1	2018	2018	4th place (2018)
Bulgaria	CEV	Challenger team	0	None		None
China	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	3rd place (2018)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	14th place (2018)
Germany	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	11th place (2018)
Italy	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	7th place (2018)
Japan	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	10th place (2018)
Netherlands	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	5th place (2018)
Poland	CEV	Challenger team	1	2018	2018	9th place (2018)
Russia	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	8th place (2018)
Serbia	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	5th place (2018)
South Korea	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	12th place (2018)
Thailand	AVC	Core team	1	2018	2018	15th place (2019)
Turkey	CEV	Core team	1	2018	2018	Runners-up (2018)
United States	NORCECA	Core team	1	2018	2018	Champions (2018)

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. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

Preliminary round

Week 1
Pool 1 Poland	Pool 2 Bulgaria	Pool 3 Brazil	Pool 4 Serbia
Poland   Italy   Thailand   Germany	Bulgaria   Japan   Belgium   United States	Brazil   Dominican Republic   Russia   China	Serbia   Netherlands   Turkey   South Korea
Week 2
Pool 5 Italy	Pool 6 Turkey	Pool 7 Macau, China	Pool 8 Netherlands
Italy   United States   Dominican Republic   Serbia	Turkey   Germany   Russia   Japan	China   Belgium   Thailand   South Korea	Netherlands   Brazil   Poland   Bulgaria
Week 3
Pool 9 Hong Kong, China	Pool 10 United States	Pool 11 Thailand	Pool 12 Belgium
China   Italy   Japan   Netherlands	United States   South Korea   Germany   Brazil	Thailand   Bulgaria   Dominican Republic   Turkey	Belgium   Serbia   Russia   Poland
Week 4
Pool 13 Italy	Pool 14 Germany	Pool 15 Japan	Pool 16 China
Italy   South Korea   Bulgaria   Russia	Germany   Belgium   Netherlands   Dominican Republic	Japan   Serbia   Thailand   Brazil	China   United States   Poland   Turkey
Week 5
Pool 17 Turkey	Pool 18 China	Pool 19 Russia	Pool 20 South Korea
Turkey   Belgium   Italy   Brazil	China   Germany   Bulgaria   Serbia	Russia   Thailand   Netherlands   United States	South Korea   Japan   Poland   Dominican Republic

Final round

Pool A	Pool B
China (Host),(1)	United States (2)
Italy (4)	Brazil (3)
Turkey (5)	Poland (6)

Venues

The list of host cities and venues was announced on March 26, 2019. ^[10]

Preliminary round

Week 1
Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4
Opole, Poland	Ruse, Bulgaria	Brasília, Brazil	Belgrade, Serbia
Stegu Arena	Arena Ruse	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium	Aleksandar Nikolić 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	Başkent 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
Başkent Volleyball Hall	Beilun Gymnasium	Team Sports Palace	Boryeong Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,600	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 2,742

Final round

Nanjing, China
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 13,000

Competition schedule

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Preliminary round

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Final round

Week 1 21–23 May	Week 2 28–30 May	Week 3 4–6 Jun	Week 4 11–13 Jun	Week 5 18–20 Jun	Week 6 Rest Week	Week 7 3–7 Jul
24 matches	24 matches	24 matches	24 matches	24 matches		10 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 point 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:
   • 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

Main article: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women'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

Ranking

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

Source: VNL 2019 standings
Notes:

1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

• 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
21 May	17:30	Thailand	3–0	Germany	26–24	25–19	25–22			76–65	P2
21 May	20:30	Poland	2–3	Italy	15–25	22–25	25–18	25–21	15–17	102–106	P2
22 May	17:30	Thailand	0–3	Italy	13–25	17–25	24–26			54–76	P2
22 May	20:30	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–21	23–25	25–23	26–24		99–93	P2
23 May	17:30	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–19	26–24	27–25			78–68	P2
23 May	20:30	Thailand	0–3	Poland	20–25	20–25	13–25			53–75	P2

Pool 2

• 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 May	17:00	Belgium	0–3	United States	23–25	8–25	22–25			53–75	P2
21 May	20:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Japan	23–25	25–21	19–25	23–25		90–96	P2
22 May	17:00	Japan	1–3	United States	21–25	26–24	21–25	20–25		88–99	P2
22 May	20:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Belgium	25–19	25–15	22–25	16–25	13–15	101–99	P2
23 May	17:00	Belgium	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–20	25–23	25–18		97–86	P2
23 May	20:30	United States	3–0	Bulgaria	25–20	25–16	25–21			75–57	P2

Pool 3

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 May	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Russia	25–21	22–25	25–18	28–26		100–90	P2
21 May	20:00	Brazil	3–0	China	25–15	25–21	25–21			75–57	P2
22 May	17:00	China	1–3	Russia	22–25	25–16	16–25	23–25		86–91	P2
22 May	20:00	Brazil	1–3	Dominican Republic	22–25	20–25	25–22	26–28		93–100	P2
23 May	17:00	China	3–1	Dominican Republic	16–25	25–23	25–23	25–23		91–94	P2
23 May	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–15	25–17	25–14			75–46	P2

Pool 4

• 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
21 May	17:00	South Korea	0–3	Turkey	15–25	26–28	19–25			60–78	P2
21 May	20:00	Serbia	3–0	Netherlands	25–15	25–22	25–19			75–56	P2
22 May	17:00	Serbia	3–1	South Korea	15–25	25–18	25–17	25–14		90–74	P2
22 May	20:00	Netherlands	1–3	Turkey	22–25	14–25	25–21	15–25		76–96	P2
23 May	17:00	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–21	25–18			75–57	P2
23 May	20:00	Turkey	3–0	Serbia	25–19	25–23	25–20			75–62	P2

Week 2

Pool 5

• 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
28 May	17:00	United States	3–1	Serbia	23–25	25–16	25–15	25–21		98–77	P2
28 May	20:00	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–18	27–25	18–25	25–20		95–88	P2
29 May	17:00	Serbia	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–17	18–25	25–12	25–19		93–73	P2
29 May	20:00	United States	3–2	Italy	25–22	17–25	23–25	25–19	15–11	105–102	P2
30 May	17:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	United States	25–10	16–25	25–19	19–25	15–11	100–90	P2
30 May	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Italy	27–25	17–25	25–27	23–25		92–102	P2

Pool 6

• All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	14:30	Russia	0–3	Germany	14–25	21–25	20–25			55–75	P2
28 May	17:30	Turkey	0–3	Japan	23–25	22–25	14–25			59–75	P2
29 May	14:30	Japan	3–1	Russia	25–22	23–25	25–18	26–24		99–89	P2
29 May	17:30	Germany	0–3	Turkey	21–25	16–25	15–25			52–75	P2
30 May	14:30	Japan	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–19	25–17			75–59	P2
30 May	17:30	Turkey	3–0	Russia	25–19	25–21	25–20			75–60	P2

Pool 7

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	15:30	Belgium	0–3	South Korea	15–25	17–25	21–25			53–75	P2
28 May	19:30	China	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–17	25–9			75–47	P2
29 May	16:30	South Korea	1–3	Thailand	21–25	25–19	19–25	20–25		85–94	P2
29 May	19:30	China	3–0	Belgium	25–16	25–20	25–14			75–50	P2
30 May	16:30	Belgium	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–22	25–23			75–66	P2
30 May	19:30	China	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–12	25–11			75–44	P2

Pool 8

• 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
28 May	16:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Poland	25–23	21–25	21–25	17–25		84–98	P2
28 May	19:30	Netherlands	2–3	Brazil	25–21	28–30	20–25	25–18	11–15	109–109	P2
29 May	16:30	Poland	3–2	Brazil	25–20	25–22	26–28	18–25	15–9	109–104	P2
29 May	19:30	Netherlands	3–1	Bulgaria	22–25	25–22	25–20	25–19		97–86	P2
30 May	16:30	Poland	3–1	Netherlands	25–13	25–27	25–20	25–15		100–75	P2
30 May	19:30	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	25–18	25–23	25–18			75–59	P2

Week 3

Pool 9

• All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 June	17:30	Netherlands	1–3	Italy	13–25	25–22	19–25	16–25		73–97	P2
4 June	20:30	China	3–0	Japan	27–25	25–18	25–21			77–64	P2
5 June	17:30	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–16	25–22			75–59	P2
5 June	20:30	Netherlands	0–3	China	16–25	19–25	19–25			54–75	P2
6 June	17:30	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	25–17	25–17	25–21			75–55	P2
6 June	20:30	China	3–2	Italy	18–25	22–25	25–23	26–24	15–13	106–110	P2

Pool 10

• All times are Central Summer Time (UTC−05:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 June	16:30	Brazil	2–3	Germany	25–21	29–31	25–21	20–25	13–15	112–113	P2
4 June	19:30	United States	3–1	South Korea	19–25	25–15	25–22	25–19		94–81	P2
5 June	16:30	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	17–25	16–25	11–25			44–75	P2
5 June	19:30	United States	3–0	Germany	25–18	25–22	25–18			75–58	P2
6 June	16:30	Germany	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–22	25–16			75–53	P2
6 June	19:30	United States	1–3	Brazil	19–25	17–25	25–22	20–25		81–97	P2

Pool 11

• All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 June	15:05	Dominican Republic	1–3	Turkey	20–25	21–25	26–24	18–25		85–99	P2
4 June	18:05	Thailand	3–1	Bulgaria	25–27	25–20	25–22	25–22		100–91	P2
5 June	15:05	Bulgaria	0–3	Turkey	14–25	9–25	23–25			46–75	P2
5 June	18:05	Thailand	2–3	Dominican Republic	29–31	25–13	28–30	25–20	14–16	121–110	P2
6 June	15:05	Bulgaria	1–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	21–25	31–29	20–25		92–104	P2
6 June	18:05	Thailand	0–3	Turkey	16–25	18–25	13–25			47–75	P2

Pool 12

• 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
4 June	17:15	Serbia	3–0	Poland	27–25	25–21	25–22			77–68	P2
4 June	20:15	Belgium	3–0	Russia	25–22	25–20	25–22			75–64	P2
5 June	17:15	Russia	1–3	Serbia	25–22	18–25	11–25	22–25		76–97	P2
5 June	20:15	Belgium	1–3	Poland	22–25	25–21	18–25	23–25		88–96	P2
6 June	17:15	Poland	3–2	Russia	25–23	24–26	25–27	25–20	15–9	114–105	P2
6 June	20:15	Belgium	3–0	Serbia	25–21	25–21	25–14			75–56	P2

Week 4

Pool 13

• 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
11 June	17:00	Russia	3–1	South Korea	25–23	15–25	25–20	25–17		90–85	P2
11 June	20:00	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–23	25–20			75–62	P2
12 June	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	20–25	23–25	16–25			59–75	P2
12 June	20:00	Italy	3–1	South Korea	25–17	25–21	23–25	25–13		98–76	P2
13 June	17:00	South Korea	1–3	Bulgaria	25–20	23–25	19–25	24–26		91–96	P2
13 June	20:00	Italy	3–1	Russia	22–25	25–21	25–15	25-21		97–61	P2

Pool 14

• 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
11 June	17:30	Belgium	3–2	Netherlands	22–25	23–25	25–17	25–19	15–10	110–96	P2
11 June	20:00	Germany	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–19	14–25	25–19	25–21		89–84	P2
12 June	17:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	21–25	19–25			58–75	P2
12 June	20:00	Germany	3–1	Belgium	25–21	25–23	24–26	25–16		99–86	P2
13 June	17:30	Belgium	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–21	22–25	25–21	14–25	11–15	97–107	P2
13 June	20:00	Germany	2–3	Netherlands	25–21	23–25	25–20	13–25	14–16	100–107	P2

Pool 15

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 June	15:40	Serbia	0–3	Thailand	22–25	23–25	21–25			66–75	P2
11 June	19:10	Japan	1–3	Brazil	17–25	19–25	25–20	22–25		83–95	P2
12 June	15:40	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–17	25–21			75–57	P2
12 June	19:10	Japan	3–1	Serbia	19–25	25–14	25–23	25–14		94–76	P2
13 June	15:40	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	25–23	25–21	25–15			75–59	P2
13 June	19:10	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–22	25–14			75–58	P2

Pool 16

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 June	16:00	United States	0–3	Turkey	15–25	17–25	25–27			57–77	P2
11 June	20:00	China	3–0	Poland	25–12	25–18	25–22			75–52	P2
12 June	16:00	Poland	1–3	United States	25–21	23–25	15–25	11–25		74–96	P2
12 June	20:00	China	3–0	Turkey	26–24	25–19	25–21			76–64	P2
13 June	16:00	Turkey	3–2	Poland	22–25	18–25	25–16	25–20	15–12	105–98	P2
13 June	20:00	China	0–3	United States	17–25	22–25	21–25			60–75	P2

Week 5

Pool 17

• All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–21	25–20	25–23			75–64	P2
18 June	19:00	Turkey	1–3	Belgium	27–25	24–26	21–25	23–25		95–101	P2
19 June	16:00	Belgium	0–3	Brazil	23–25	15–25	18–25			56–75	P2
19 June	19:00	Italy	3–2	Turkey	25–19	17–25	23–25	25–15	16–14	106–98	P2
20 June	16:00	Belgium	3–2	Italy	12–25	25–20	16–25	25–14	15–10	93–94	P2
20 June	19:00	Turkey	3–2	Brazil	25–23	24–26	25–20	23–25	16–14	113–108	P2

Pool 18

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	16:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Serbia	21–25	25–21	25–17	25–23		96–86	P2
18 June	19:30	China	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–16	25–15			75–50	P2
19 June	16:00	Serbia	1–3	Germany	14–25	20–25	25–23	17–25		76–98	P2
19 June	19:30	China	3–0	Bulgaria	25–18	25–19	25–16			75–53	P2
20 June	16:00	Germany	3–0	Bulgaria	25–21	25–20	25–13			75–54	P2
20 June	19:30	China	3–0	Serbia	25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	P2

Pool 19

• All times are Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+05:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	16:00	Netherlands	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–16			75–54	P2
18 June	19:00	Russia	0–3	United States	23–25	17–25	18–25			58–75	P2
19 June	16:00	Netherlands	2–3	United States	21–25	25–23	25–22	26–28	9–15	106–113	P2
19 June	19:00	Russia	1–3	Thailand	25–19	13–25	17–25	22–25		77–94	P2
20 June	16:00	Thailand	0–3	United States	13–25	20–25	17–25			50–75	P2
20 June	19:00	Russia	0–3	Netherlands	12–25	25–27	17–25			54–77	P2

Pool 20

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	16:00	Japan	1–3	Poland	23–25	23–25	25–19	22–25		93–94	P2
18 June	19:00	South Korea	1–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	25–20	24–26	28–30		96–101	P2
19 June	16:00	Poland	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–18	25–20	23–25	22–25	17–15	112–103	P2
19 June	19:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–18	25–23			75–59	P2
20 June	16:00	Japan	2–3	Dominican Republic	17–25	23–25	26–24	28–26	10–15	104–115	P2
20 June	19:00	South Korea	3–1	Poland	25–8	22–25	25–20	25–16		97–69	P2

Final round

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

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: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Jul	19:30	China	1–3	Turkey	22–25	19–25	25–22	22–25		88–97	P2
04 Jul	19:30	Italy	0–3	Turkey	21–25	15–25	21–25			57–75	P2
05 Jul	19:30	China	3–1	Italy	25–17	25–22	22–25	25–22		97–86	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: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
03 Jul	15:00	United States	3–1	Poland	21–25	25–16	25–15	26–24		97–80	P2
04 Jul	15:00	Brazil	3–2	Poland	22–25	25–21	22–25	25–19	15–10	109–100	P2
05 Jul	15:00	United States	3–1	Brazil	25–18	25–19	20–25	25–21		95–83	P2

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	6 July
	Turkey	0
					7 July
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	2
	6 July
					United States	3
	United States	3
	China	1
					3rd place match
					7 July
					Turkey	1
					China	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Jul	15:00	Turkey	0–3	Brazil	23–25	15–25	10–25			48–75	P2
06 Jul	19:30	United States	3–1	China	25–11	15–25	25–17	25–20		90–73	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Jul	14:00	Turkey	1–3	China	23–25	15–25	25–20	21–25		84–95	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Jul	19:30	Brazil	2–3	United States	25–20	25–22	15–25	21–25	13–15	99–107	P2

Final standing

Rank Team   United States   Brazil   China 4   Turkey 5   Poland 6   Italy 7   Belgium 8   Dominican Republic 9   Japan 10   Germany 11   Netherlands 12   Thailand 13   Serbia 14   Russia 15   South Korea 16   Bulgaria Source: VNL 2019 final standings

2019 Women's Nations League champions  United States Second title 14–woman 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

• Most valuable player

    Annie Drews  (USA)

• Best setter

    Macris Carneiro  (BRA)

• Best outside hitters

    Gabriela Guimarães  (BRA)

    Liu Yanhan  (CHN)

• Best middle blockers

    Ana Beatriz Corrêa  (BRA)

    Haleigh Washington  (USA)

• Best Opposite

    Ebrar Karakurt  (TUR)

• Best libero

    Megan Courtney  (USA)

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

as of June 20,2019 ^{[update] [11]}

Best Scorers Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Malwina Smarzek 376 34 11 421 2 Ebrar Karakurt 247 21 23 291 3 Gabriela Guimarães 241 29 8 278 4 Brayelin Martínez 235 19 4 258 5 Bethania de la Cruz 185 35 21 241

Best Attackers Player Spikes Faults Shots Total % 1 Andrea Drews 205 68 153 426 48.12 2 Brayelin Martínez 235 46 213 494 47.57 3 Ebrar Karakurt 247 94 197 538 45.91 4 Elena Pietrini 199 63 174 436 45.64 5 Gabriela Guimarães 241 82 227 550 43.82

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Total Avg 1 Maja Aleksić 47 63 85 195 0.89 2 Ana Beatriz Corrêa 51 83 118 252 0.70 3 Mira Todorova 32 81 111 224 0.59 4 Agnieszka Kąkolewska 41 93 96 230 0.58 5 Nasya Dimitrova 31 92 106 229 0.57

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Total Avg 1 Marlies Janssens 24 31 135 190 0.42 2 Juliet Lohuis 24 13 160 197 0.42 3 Zehra Güneş 25 23 193 241 0.37 4 Indre Sorokaite 24 40 115 179 0.36 5 Ebrar Karakurt 23 42 115 180 0.34

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Total Avg 1 Nootsara Tomkom 337 9 796 1142 6.74 2 Miya Sato 316 11 822 1149 5.85 3 Cansu Özbay 351 18 992 1361 5.16 4 Ilka Van de Vyver 292 12 1053 1357 5.12 5 Macris Carneiro 360 10 1004 1374 4.93

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Total Avg 1 Lenka Dürr 186 48 67 301 3.51 2 Zhana Todorova 184 65 73 322 3.41 3 Mako Kobata 173 38 61 272 3.20 4 Larysmer Martínez Caro 174 51 67 292 2.72 5 Celine Van Gestel 153 41 44 238 2.68

Best Receivers Player Excellents Faults Serve Total % 1 Gabriela Guimarães 167 21 283 471 31.00 2 Piyanut Pannoy 71 11 139 221 27.15 3 Léia Silva 99 20 188 307 25.73 4 Mako Kobata 69 15 146 230 23.48 5 Lenka Dürr 74 14 169 257 23.35

Final round

as of July 7,2019 ^{[update] [12]}

Best Scorers Player Spikes Blocks Serves Total 1 Liu Yanhan 69 5 5 79 2 Andrea Drews 69 4 4 77 3 Ebrar Karakurt 65 6 3 74 4 Malwina Smarzek 52 4 0 56 5 Gong Xiangyu 43 8 4 55

Best Attackers Player Spikes Faults Shots Total % 1 Andrea Drews 69 18 45 132 52.27 2 Malwina Smarzek 52 21 36 109 47.71 3 Kelsey Robinson 42 16 34 92 45.65 4 Ebrar Karakurt 65 28 51 144 45.14 5 Meliha İsmailoğlu 35 15 28 78 44.87

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Total Avg 1 Agnieszka Kąkolewska 8 14 14 36 0.89 2 Paola Egonu 6 5 8 19 0.86 3 Zuzanna Efimienko 7 11 6 24 0.78 4 Ana Beatriz Corrêa 13 12 27 52 0.76 5 Kübra Akman 10 9 14 33 0.71

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Total Avg 1 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley 8 5 33 46 0.47 2 Paola Egonu 3 9 12 24 0.43 3 Kübra Akman 6 2 42 50 0.43 4 Liu Xiaotong 6 8 40 54 0.38 5 Zehra Güneş 5 5 33 43 0.36

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Total Avg 1 Lauren Carlini 91 4 276 371 5.35 2 Cansu Özbay 71 4 227 302 5.07 3 Macris Carneiro 70 1 254 325 4,12 4 Yao Di 62 1 271 334 3.88 5 Joanna Wołosz 33 2 180 215 3.67

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Total Avg 1 Simge Şebnem Aköz 52 10 13 75 3.71 2 Megan Courtney 59 12 19 90 3.47 3 Monica De Gennaro 24 6 11 41 3.43 4 Ofelia Malinov 18 1 7 26 2.57 5 Léia Silva 42 5 7 54 2.47

Best Receivers Player Excellents Faults Serve Total % 1 Gabriela Guimarães 30 1 46 77 37.66 2 Lucia Bosetti 11 0 22 33 33.33 3 Meliha İsmailoğlu 42 4 80 126 30.16 4 Megan Courtney 24 3 55 82 25.61 5 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley 17 5 61 83 14.46

See also

• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

References

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External links

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