2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

2025世界男排联赛
Tournament details
Host nation	China
City	Ningbo (final round)
Dates	11 June – 3 August
Teams	18  (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	10  (in 10 host cities)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Slovenia
Tournament awards
MVP	Jakub Kochanowski
Best Setter	Simone Giannelli
Best OH	Wilfredo León Alessandro Michieletto
Best MB	Jan Kozamernik Jakub Kochanowski
Best OPP	Kewin Sasak
Best Libero	Maique Nascimento
Tournament statistics
Matches played	116
Attendance	413,916 (3,568 per match)
Official website
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The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the seventh edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. It was held from 11 June to 3 August 2025, with the final round took place at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China. ^{[1] [2]}

Following the results of the 2024 Challenger Cup, China made their comeback this edition, while Ukraine made their debut as the top FIVB ranked team.

Poland claimed their second title after defeating Italy in the final. ^[3] Italy's silver was their first medal in the tournament. ^[4] Brazil defeated Slovenia in the third place match. ^[5] Jakub Kochanowski of Poland was named the MVP of the tournament. ^[6]

Qualification

Starting with this edition of the competition, the league was expanded from 16 to 18 teams. Due to this change of format none of the teams from the previous was relegated. The two additional spots were allocated to China, the winner of the 2024 Challenger Cup, ^[7] and to Ukraine, the top-ranked non-qualified FIVB team. ^[8]

Country	Confederation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
		Total	First	Last
Argentina	CSV	6	2018	2024	5th place (2023)
Brazil	CSV	6	2018	2024	Champions (2021)
Bulgaria	CEV	6	2018	2024	11th place (2018)
Canada	NORCECA	6	2018	2024	6th place (2024)
China	AVC	4	2018	2023	13th place (2022)
Cuba	NORCECA	2	2023	2024	9th place (2024)
France	CEV	6	2018	2024	Champions (2022, 2024)
Germany	CEV	6	2018	2024	9th place (2018)
Iran	AVC	6	2018	2024	5th place (2019)
Italy	CEV	6	2018	2024	4th place (2022, 2023)
Japan	AVC	6	2018	2024	Runners-up (2024)
Netherlands	CEV	4	2021	2024	8th place (2022)
Poland	CEV	6	2018	2024	Champions (2023)
Serbia	CEV	6	2018	2024	5th place (2018)
Slovenia	CEV	4	2021	2024	4th place (2021, 2024)
Turkey	CEV	1	2024		16th place (2024)
Ukraine	CEV	0	0		None
United States	NORCECA	6	2018	2024	Runners-up (2019, 2022, 2023)

Format

Preliminary round

The format of play is generally the same as in the 2022 edition. However, this is the first time that 18 men's teams are competing. Each week, six teams will compete during the pool phase. Each team plays 12 matches during the pool stage. During three weeks, each team plays four times in a table that is set up by an algorithm, with all teams playing 12 times in total at the end of the first phase. The eight best teams advance to the quarter-finals, while the last-placed team loses its place to the highest FIVB-ranked team that did not compete this year. The only country that has already qualified for this phase is China for hosting the finals and if it does not finish the first phase among the top eight, the top seven will qualify with the Chinese team being ranked 8th. ^[9]

Final round

The VNL Finals will see the top eight teams moving directly to the knockout phase, which will consist of eight matches in total: four quarterfinals, two semi-finals, and the bronze and gold medal matches. ^[9]

Final 8 direct elimination formula:

• The first ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the eighth ranked team, the second ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the seventh ranked team, the third ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the sixth ranked team, and the fourth ranked team will play a quarterfinal match against the fifth ranked team.
• The national team of the hosting territory of the event will have a guaranteed berth for the Final round. If the host nation team do not finish in the top eight in the Preliminary round, they will replace the eighth place team and play as the eighth seed.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 10 December 2024. ^[1]

Week 1			Week 2			Week 3
Pool 1 Canada	Pool 2 Brazil	Pool 3 China	Pool 4 Bulgaria	Pool 5 United States	Pool 6 Serbia	Pool 7 Poland	Pool 8 Slovenia	Pool 9 Japan
Italy   France   Argentina   Canada   Germany   Bulgaria	Slovenia   United States   Brazil   Cuba   Ukraine   Iran	Poland   Japan   Serbia   Netherlands   Turkey   China	Japan   France   Slovenia   Ukraine   Turkey   Bulgaria	Poland   Italy   United States   Brazil   Canada   China	Argentina   Serbia   Germany   Cuba   Netherlands   Iran	Poland   France   Cuba   Iran   Bulgaria   China	Italy   Slovenia   Canada   Serbia   Netherlands   Ukraine	Japan   United States   Brazil   Argentina   Germany   Turkey

Venues

Preliminary round

Week 1
Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3
Quebec City, Canada	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Xi'an, China
Videotron Centre	Maracanãzinho	Qujiang Sports Center
Capacity: 18,800	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 10,000
Week 2
Pool 4	Pool 5	Pool 6
Burgas, Bulgaria	Hoffman Estates, United States	Belgrade, Serbia
Arena Burgas	Now Arena	Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 6,100	Capacity: 10,543	Capacity: 18,386
Week 3
Pool 7	Pool 8	Pool 9
Gdańsk, Poland	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Chiba, Japan
Ergo Arena	Arena Stožice	Chiba Port Arena
Capacity: 11,409	Capacity: 12,480	Capacity: 7,512

Final round

All matches
Ningbo, China
Beilun Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,000

Competition schedule

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Preliminary round

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Final round

Week 1 11–15 Jun	Week 2 25–29 Jun	Week 3 16–20 Jul	Week 4 30 Jul – 3 Aug
36 matches	36 matches	36 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, with the teams ranked by the most points gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • Sets quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all sets won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the sets quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • If the tie persists based on the points quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match between the tied teams during the Round Robin Phase. When the tie in points quotient is between three or more teams, these teams will be ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

Main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	Brazil	12	11	1	32	35	11	3.182	1095	998	1.097	Final round
2	Italy	12	10	2	28	33	14	2.357	1100	962	1.143
3	France	12	8	4	24	30	18	1.667	1124	1050	1.070
4	Japan	12	8	4	23	27	17	1.588	1036	977	1.060
5	Poland	12	8	4	23	30	20	1.500	1157	1129	1.025
6	Slovenia	12	7	5	19	22	22	1.000	1002	985	1.017
7	Cuba	12	6	6	20	28	26	1.077	1196	1174	1.019
8	Iran	12	6	6	19	25	24	1.042	1088	1061	1.025
9	Ukraine	12	6	6	18	25	25	1.000	1087	1093	0.995
10	Bulgaria	12	6	6	17	22	23	0.957	993	1033	0.961
11	United States	12	6	6	17	21	24	0.875	1006	1033	0.974
12	Argentina	12	6	6	16	24	26	0.923	1114	1118	0.996
13	Canada	12	5	7	17	23	24	0.958	1064	1057	1.007
14	Germany	12	5	7	17	25	27	0.926	1181	1179	1.002
15	Serbia	12	3	9	10	15	29	0.517	926	1038	0.892
16	Turkey	12	3	9	10	14	28	0.500	945	992	0.953
17	China [a]	12	3	9	9	12	30	0.400	881	990	0.890	Final round
18	Netherlands	12	1	11	5	11	34	0.324	942	1068	0.882	Relegated from the Nations League

Source: VNL 2025 – Men's standings
Notes:

1. Qualified as finals' host

Week 1

Pool 1

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jun	11:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	16–25	25–22	19–25	19–25		79–97	P2 Report
11 Jun	16:30	Argentina	3–1	France	25–22	13–25	25–22	25–19		88–88	P2 Report
11 Jun	20:00	Germany	2–3	Canada	25–23	19–25	25–21	23–25	11–15	103–109	P2 Report
12 Jun	16:30	Germany	2–3	Italy	25–21	25–20	19–25	23–25	11–15	103–106	P2 Report
12 Jun	20:00	Argentina	3–2	Canada	25–22	21–25	14–25	25–22	15–8	100–102	P2 Report
13 Jun	16:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Argentina	25–21	25–20	28–26			78–67	P2 Report
13 Jun	20:00	France	3–1	Italy	25–18	25–22	19–25	26–24		95–89	P2 Report
14 Jun	16:30	Canada	2–3	France	22–25	27–29	29–27	25–21	6–15	109–117	P2 Report
14 Jun	20:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Germany	25–22	22–25	25–19	23–25	15–12	110–103	P2 Report
15 Jun	11:00	Argentina	1–3	Italy	23–25	25–17	35–37	21–25		104–104	P2 Report
15 Jun	14:30	Germany	3–1	France	23–25	25–19	29–27	29–27		106–98	P2 Report
15 Jun	18:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Canada	24–26	23–25	19–25			66–76	P2 Report

Pool 2

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jun	14:00	Ukraine	3–0	United States	25–22	25–20	25–23			75–65	P2 Report
11 Jun	17:30	Brazil	3–0	Iran	25–19	25–16	25–18			75–53	P2 Report
11 Jun	21:00	Slovenia	3–1	Cuba	25–22	21–25	25–18	25–15		96–80	P2 Report
12 Jun	17:30	Brazil	2–3	Cuba	25–27	24–26	25–21	25–20	13–15	112–109	P2 Report
12 Jun	21:00	United States	3–2	Iran	19–25	21–25	25–21	25–23	17–15	107–109	P2 Report
13 Jun	17:30	Ukraine	3–2	Cuba	25–22	20–25	25–20	17–25	15–12	102–104	P2 Report
13 Jun	21:00	Iran	2–3	Slovenia	25–17	23–25	18–25	25–18	12–15	103–100	P2 Report
14 Jun	10:00	Ukraine	2–3	Brazil	25–19	25–14	22–25	23–25	10–15	105–98	P2 Report
14 Jun	13:30	United States	1–3	Slovenia	22–25	25–27	25–20	23–25		95–97	P2 Report
15 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Slovenia	25–19	29–27	25–19			79–65	P2 Report
15 Jun	13:30	Ukraine	2–3	Iran	30–28	20–25	25–22	21–25	9–15	105–115	P2 Report
15 Jun	17:00	Cuba	1–3	United States	22–25	18–25	25–18	23–25		88–93	P2 Report

Pool 3

• 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 Jun	13:30	Poland	3–1	Netherlands	25–22	22–25	25–22	25–22		97–91	P2 Report
11 Jun	17:00	China	0–3	Japan	23–25	14–25	22–25			59–75	P2 Report
11 Jun	20:30	Serbia	3–1	Turkey	12–25	25–22	25–23	25–23		87–93	P2 Report
12 Jun	17:00	China	3–0	Serbia	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66	P2 Report
12 Jun	20:30	Poland	3–1	Japan	27–25	25–22	18–25	39–37		109–109	P2 Report
13 Jun	17:00	Japan	3–0	Serbia	25–20	25–23	26–24			76–67	P2 Report
13 Jun	20:30	Netherlands	3–1	Turkey	21–25	25–23	25–22	25–23		96–93	P2 Report
14 Jun	15:00	China	3–1	Netherlands	25–19	25–20	13–25	25–17		88–81	P2 Report
14 Jun	19:00	Turkey	0–3	Poland	26–28	23–25	21–25			70–78	P2 Report
15 Jun	11:30	Netherlands	0–3	Japan	18–25	23–25	18–25			59–75	P2 Report
15 Jun	15:00	China	0–3	Turkey	22–25	21–25	20–25			63–75	P2 Report
15 Jun	19:00	Poland	3–0	Serbia	25–21	25–20	25–23			75–64	P2 Report

Week 2

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
25 Jun	12:30	Ukraine	0–3	France	23–25	21–25	17–25			61–75	P2 Report
25 Jun	16:00	Turkey	0–3	Slovenia	16–25	22–25	18–25			56–75	P2 Report
25 Jun	19:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Japan	27–25	25–23	25–19			77–67	P2 Report
26 Jun	15:00	France	2–3	Japan	22–25	25–19	25–22	20–25	11–15	103–106	P2 Report
26 Jun	18:30	Turkey	0–3	Ukraine	11–25	22–25	21–25			54–75	P2 Report
27 Jun	15:00	Ukraine	3–2	Japan	24–26	25–17	25–18	22–25	15–13	111–99	P2 Report
27 Jun	19:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Slovenia	18–25	25–23	25–21	25–22		93–91	P2 Report
28 Jun	15:30	Slovenia	0–3	France	23–25	27–29	23–25			73–79	P2 Report
28 Jun	19:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Turkey	20–25	20–25	21–25			61–75	P2 Report
29 Jun	12:00	Slovenia	0–3	Japan	25–27	15–25	16–25			56–77	P2 Report
29 Jun	15:30	Turkey	0–3	France	20–25	18–25	19–25			57–75	P2 Report
29 Jun	19:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Ukraine	25–20	19–25	24–26	22–25		90–96	P2 Report

Pool 5

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	12:30	Italy	3–2	Poland	25–17	23–25	21–25	25–20	15–11	109–98	P2 Report
25 Jun	16:00	Canada	0–3	Brazil	22–25	17–25	17–25			56–75	P2 Report
25 Jun	19:30	China	2–3	United States	22–25	25–21	25–19	16–25	11–15	99–105	P2 Report
26 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–0	China	25–22	25–16	25–23			75–61	P2 Report
26 Jun	19:30	Canada	0–3	United States	23–25	22–25	28–30			73–80	P2 Report
27 Jun	16:00	China	0–3	Italy	18–25	15–25	19–25			52–75	P2 Report
27 Jun	19:30	Canada	2–3	Poland	32–30	25–14	17–25	23–25	13–15	110–109	P2 Report
28 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–2	Italy	25–22	21–25	33–31	17–25	15–13	111–116	P2 Report
28 Jun	19:30	United States	0–3	Poland	20–25	21–25	22–25			63–75	P2 Report
29 Jun	12:30	China	0–3	Canada	23–25	20–25	23–25			66–75	P2 Report
29 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–1	Poland	25–21	25–21	21–25	28–26		99–93	P2 Report
29 Jun	19:30	United States	0–3	Italy	21–25	22–25	18–25			61–75	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
25 Jun	13:00	Germany	1–3	Cuba	25–19	18–25	22–25	21–25		86–94	P2 Report
25 Jun	16:30	Netherlands	0–3	Argentina	20–25	14–25	22–25			56–75	P2 Report
25 Jun	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Iran	21–25	19–25	25–23	23–25		88–98	P2 Report
26 Jun	16:30	Netherlands	1–3	Germany	26–24	22–25	21–25	24–26		93–100	P2 Report
26 Jun	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Cuba	25–22	22–25	16–25	16–25		79–97	P2 Report
27 Jun	16:30	Argentina	1–3	Iran	21–25	25–22	22–25	22–25		90–97	P2 Report
27 Jun	20:00	Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	25–21	18–25	21–25	28–30		92–101	P2 Report
28 Jun	16:30	Germany	3–1	Iran	25–22	23–25	26–24	25–22		99–93	P2 Report
28 Jun	20:00	Serbia	1–3	Argentina	25–18	18–25	23–25	12–25		78–93	P2 Report
29 Jun	13:00	Iran	3–2	Netherlands	25–19	22–25	21–25	25–19	15–9	108–97	P2 Report
29 Jun	16:30	Cuba	2–3	Argentina	25–23	23–25	21–25	25–21	11–15	105–109	P2 Report
29 Jun	20:00	Germany	3–1	Serbia	25–20	25–21	23–25	25–17		98–83	P2 Report

Week 3

Pool 7

• 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
16 Jul	13:00	China	1–3	France	25–22	22–25	23–25	17–25		87–97	P2 Report
16 Jul	16:30	Bulgaria	2–3	Cuba	25–23	16–25	25–23	25–27	13–15	104–113	P2 Report
16 Jul	20:00	Iran	2–3	Poland	19–25	25–23	18–25	25–21	8–15	95–109	P2 Report
17 Jul	16:30	China	0–3	Iran	26–28	21–25	17–25			64–78	P2 Report
17 Jul	20:00	Cuba	3–1	Poland	22–25	25–19	25–21	26–24		98–89	P2 Report
18 Jul	16:30	Cuba	2–3	France	25–20	15–25	25–23	21–25	9–15	95–108	P2 Report
18 Jul	20:00	China	0–3	Bulgaria	23–25	16–25	24–26			63–76	P2 Report
19 Jul	17:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Poland	17–25	25–22	25–23	27–29	15–11	109–110	P2 Report
19 Jul	20:30	Iran	0–3	France	24–26	16–25	24–26			64–77	P2 Report
20 Jul	13:30	China	3–2	Cuba	20–25	25–23	15–25	25–22	19–17	104–112	P2 Report
20 Jul	17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Iran	17–25	17–25	16–25			50–75	P2 Report
20 Jul	20:30	France	2–3	Poland	30–32	25–20	20–25	25–23	12–15	112–115	P2 Report

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
16 Jul	13:00	Ukraine	3–2	Netherlands	25–21	20–25	20–25	26–24	15–13	106–108	P2 Report
16 Jul	16:30	Serbia	0–3	Italy	15–25	14–25	16–25			45–75	P2 Report
16 Jul	20:30	Canada	1–3	Slovenia	25–21	21–25	19–25	21–25		86–96	P2 Report
17 Jul	16:30	Ukraine	2–3	Italy	15–25	20–25	25–16	25–23	10–15	95–104	P2 Report
17 Jul	20:30	Netherlands	0–3	Slovenia	18–25	19–25	21–25			58–75	P2 Report
18 Jul	16:30	Ukraine	0–3	Serbia	22–25	19–25	17–25			58–75	P2 Report
18 Jul	20:00	Netherlands	0–3	Canada	22–25	20–25	15–25			57–75	P2 Report
19 Jul	16:30	Serbia	3–1	Canada	15–25	25–22	25–18	25–22		90–87	P2 Report
19 Jul	20:30	Slovenia	0–3	Italy	22–25	20–25	23–25			65–75	P2 Report
20 Jul	13:00	Ukraine	1–3	Canada	21–25	27–25	29–31	21–25		98–106	P2 Report
20 Jul	16:30	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	13–25	22–25	19–25			54–75	P2 Report
20 Jul	20:30	Serbia	2–3	Slovenia	21–25	25–23	25–23	18–25	15–17	104–113	P2 Report

Pool 9

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Jul	12:00	Argentina	1–3	Brazil	21–25	23–25	26–24	18–25		88–99	P2 Report
16 Jul	15:30	Turkey	0–3	United States	24–26	21–25	27–29			72–80	P2 Report
16 Jul	19:20	Germany	1–3	Japan	25–21	20–25	23–25	20–25		88–96	P2 Report
17 Jul	15:30	Turkey	3–1	Germany	29–27	25–22	18–25	30–28		102–102	P2 Report
17 Jul	19:20	Argentina	2–3	Japan	25–23	25–23	21–25	23–25	13–15	107–111	P2 Report
18 Jul	15:30	Argentina	1–3	United States	23–25	25–20	20–25	23–25		91–95	P2 Report
18 Jul	19:20	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–23	28–26			78–70	P2 Report
19 Jul	15:30	Turkey	1–3	Brazil	22–25	24–26	25–22	22–25		93–98	P2 Report
19 Jul	19:30	Germany	3–2	United States	25–22	22–25	17–25	25–15	15–12	104–99	P2 Report
20 Jul	11:00	Turkey	2–3	Argentina	25–18	21–25	19–25	25–17	15–17	105–102	P2 Report
20 Jul	14:30	Germany	1–3	Brazil	25–21	23–25	20–25	21–25		89–96	P2 Report
20 Jul	19:20	United States	0–3	Japan	21–25	19–25	23–25			63–75	P2 Report

Final round

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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	30 July
	Brazil	3
					2 August
	China	1
					Brazil	0
	31 July
					Poland	3
	Japan	0
									3 August
	Poland	3
									Poland	3
	30 July
									Italy	0
	Italy	3
					2 August
	Cuba	1
					Italy	3
	31 July
					Slovenia	1			3rd place match
	France	1
									3 August
	Slovenia	3
									Brazil	3
									Slovenia	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	15:00	Italy	3–1	Cuba	25–18	25–19	20–25	25–21		95–83	P2 Report
30 Jul	19:00	Brazil	3–1	China	29–31	25–19	25–16	25–21		104–87	P2 Report
31 Jul	15:00	France	1–3	Slovenia	22–25	25–15	19–25	18–25		84–90	P2 Report
31 Jul	19:00	Japan	0–3	Poland	23–25	24–26	12–25			59–76	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	15:00	Italy	3–1	Slovenia	25–22	22–25	25–21	25–18		97–86	P2 Report
2 Aug	19:00	Brazil	0–3	Poland	26–28	19–25	21–25			66–78	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	15:00	Brazil	3–1	Slovenia	23–25	25–20	25–23	25–19		98–87	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Aug	19:00	Poland	3–0	Italy	25–22	25–19	25–14			75–55	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank [10] Team   Poland   Italy   Brazil 4   Slovenia 5   France 6   Japan 7   Cuba 8   China 9   Iran 10   Ukraine 11   Bulgaria 12   United States 13   Argentina 14   Canada 15   Germany 16   Serbia 17   Turkey 18   Netherlands

2025 Men's Nations League champions  Poland Second title 15–man roster Jakub Popiwczak, Marcin Komenda, Wilfredo León, Bartosz Bednorz, Artur Szalpuk, Jakub Kochanowski (c), Kamil Semeniuk, Maksymilian Granieczny  [ pl ], Tomasz Fornal, Bartłomiej Bołądź, Szymon Jakubiszak, Kewin Sasak, Mateusz Poręba, Jakub Nowak, Jan Firlej Head coach Nikola Grbić

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Jakub Kochanowski

• Best setter

  Simone Giannelli

• Best outside spikers

  Wilfredo León

  Alessandro Michieletto

• Best opposite spiker

  Kewin Sasak

• Best middle blockers

  Jan Kozamernik

  Jakub Kochanowski

• Best libero

  Maique Nascimento

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round . ^[11]

Best Scorers [a] Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Marlon Yant  [ es ] 200 22 15 237 2 Théo Faure 194 10 21 225 3 Filip John  [ de ] 186 7 17 210 4 Aleksandar Nikolov 177 15 16 208 5 Dmytro Yanchuk  [ uk ] 165 7 18 190

Best Attackers [b] Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total 1 Marlon Yant  [ es ] 200 69 144 48.43 413 2 Théo Faure 194 56 149 48.62 399 3 Filip John  [ de ] 186 57 133 49.47 376 4 Aleksandar Nikolov 177 54 124 49.86 355 5 Dmytro Yanchuk  [ uk ] 165 51 133 47.28 349

Best Blockers [c] Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total 1 Yurii Semeniuk 37 55 47 3.08 139 2 Aleksandar Nedeljković 35 66 54 2.92 155 3 Agustín Loser 34 54 59 2.83 147 4 Javier Concepción 31 55 38 2.58 124 5 François Huetz 28 45 54 2.33 127

Best Servers [d] Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total 1 Ramazan Efe Mandıracı  [ tr ] 26 28 110 2.17 164 2 Théo Faure 21 49 170 1.75 240 3 Dmytro Yanchuk  [ uk ] 18 39 121 1.50 178 Morteza Sharifi 18 33 85 1.80 136 Alessandro Michieletto 18 27 91 2.25 136

Best Setters [e] Player Running Faults Still Avg Total 1 Fernando Kreling 392 2 478 32.67 872 2 Matías Sánchez 346 5 556 28.83 907 3 Murat Yenipazar 290 0 632 24.17 922 4 Simone Giannelli 266 4 459 22.17 729 Arshia Behnezhad 266 6 447 22.17 719

Best Diggers [f] Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total 1 Maique Nascimento 101 56 61 8.42 218 2 Oleksandr Boiko  [ uk ] 85 55 41 7.08 181 3 Tomohiro Ogawa 80 28 66 6.67 174 4 Berkay Bayraktar  [ tr ] 78 35 41 6.50 154 5 Tom Koops 75 23 41 6.25 139 Leonard Graven  [ de ] 75 38 36 6.25 149

Best Receivers [g] Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total 1 Tom Koops 106 17 211 31.74 334 2 Maique Nascimento 76 13 149 31.93 238 3 Leonard Graven  [ de ] 73 12 140 32.44 225 4 Oleksandr Boiko  [ uk ] 68 12 185 25.66 265 5 Jeffrey Klok 66 16 162 27.05 244

Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round . ^[12]

Best Scorers [a] Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total 1 Alessandro Michieletto 37 6 7 50 2 Alan Souza 40 4 2 46 3 Rok Možič 37 6 0 43 4 Kewin Sasak 29 6 4 39 5 Tonček Štern 35 1 0 36

Best Attackers [b] Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total 1 Alan Souza 40 13 26 50.63 79 2 Alessandro Michieletto 37 10 33 46.25 80 Rok Možič 37 13 32 45.12 82 4 Tonček Štern 35 13 23 49.30 71 5 Kewin Sasak 29 4 17 58.00 50

Best Blockers [c] Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total 1 Jan Kozamernik 8 9 15 2.67 32 2 Matheus Santos 7 9 11 2.33 27 Jakub Kochanowski 7 6 6 2.33 19 4 Marcin Komenda 6 3 8 2.00 17 Kewin Sasak 6 4 8 2.00 18 Alessandro Michieletto 6 4 6 2.00 16 Uroš Planinšič 6 4 5 2.00 15 Rok Možič 6 14 10 2.00 30

Best Servers [d] Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total 1 Alessandro Michieletto 7 8 30 2.33 45 2 Matheus Santos 5 8 29 1.67 42 Fernando Kreling 5 5 40 1.67 50 4 Kewin Sasak 4 8 30 1.33 42 Simone Giannelli 4 9 40 1.33 53 Kamil Rychlicki 4 9 16 1.33 29

Best Setters [e] Player Running Faults Still Avg Total 1 Fernando Kreling 115 1 133 38.33 249 2 Uroš Planinšič 86 0 138 28.67 224 3 Simone Giannelli 84 0 137 28.00 221 4 Marcin Komenda 63 1 108 21.00 172 5 Antoine Brizard 33 0 43 33.00 76

Best Diggers [f] Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total 1 Alan Souza 20 4 3 6.67 27 2 Jakub Popiwczak 19 5 10 6.33 34 3 Maique Nascimento 18 4 9 6.00 31 Daniele Lavia 18 6 5 6.00 29 Jani Kovačič 18 22 11 6.00 51

Best Receivers [g] Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total 1 Fabio Balaso 22 2 47 30.99 71 2 Jani Kovačič 19 2 41 30.65 62 3 Ricardo Lucarelli 14 2 33 28.57 49 Daniele Lavia 14 4 45 22.22 63 5 Tomasz Fornal 13 2 13 46.43 28 Žiga Štern 13 10 43 19.70 66

See also

• 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
• 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
• 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

Notes

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.

References

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External links

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