2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
Tournament details
Host nationTBA
CityTBA (final round)
Dates11 June – 3 August 2024 (2024-06-11 – 2024-08-03)
Teams18 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League will be the seventh edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition will be held from 11 June to 3 August 2025.[1]

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

Qualification

In a change of format for this edition, none of the current teams relegated, and from this year 2025 onwards the competition expanded to 18 teams. The two extra spots were allocated to China, who won the 2024 Challenger Cup,[2] and Ukraine, the non-qualified top FIVB ranked team.[3]

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 5 2021 2024 8th place (2022)
 Poland CEV 5 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, the current format has the 18 men's teams competing in pools of 6 teams during the pool phase. Each team play 12 matches during the pool stage. Eight teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition.[4]

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.[4]

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
TBA TBA TBA
Capacity: Capacity: Capacity:
Week 2
Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6
Burgas, Bulgaria Chicago, United States Belgrade, Serbia
TBA TBA TBA
Capacity: Capacity: Capacity:
Week 3
Pool 7 Pool 8 Pool 9
Gdańsk, Poland Ljubljana, Slovenia Kantō, Japan
TBA TBA TBA
Capacity: Capacity: Capacity:

Final round

All matches
TBA
TBA
Capacity:

Competition schedule

● Preliminary round ● 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.

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Final round
2  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
5  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
6  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
7  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
8  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
9  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
10  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
11  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
12  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
13  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
14  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
15  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
16  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
17  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
18  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: 11 June 2024. Source: VNL 2025 – Men's standings

Week 1

Pool 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun 11:00 Bulgaria  –  Italy – – –        
11 Jun 16:30 Argentina  –  France – – –        
11 Jun 20:00 Germany  –  Canada – – –        
12 Jun 16:30 Germany  –  Italy – – –        
12 Jun 20:00 Argentina  –  Canada – – –        
13 Jun 16:30 Bulgaria  –  Argentina – – –        
13 Jun 20:00 France  –  Italy – – –        
14 Jun 16:30 Canada  –  France – – –        
14 Jun 20:00 Bulgaria  –  Germany – – –        
15 Jun 11:00 Argentina  –  Italy – – –        
15 Jun 14:30 Germany  –  France – – –        
15 Jun 18:00 Bulgaria  –  Canada – – –        

Pool 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun 14:00 Ukraine  –  United States – – –        
11 Jun 17:30 Brazil  –  Iran – – –        
11 Jun 21:00 Slovenia  –  Cuba – – –        
12 Jun 17:30 Brazil  –  Cuba – – –        
12 Jun 21:00 United States  –  Iran – – –        
13 Jun 17:30 Ukraine  –  Cuba – – –        
13 Jun 21:00 Iran  –  Slovenia – – –        
14 Jun 10:00 Ukraine  –  Brazil – – –        
14 Jun 13:30 United States  –  Slovenia – – –        
15 Jun 10:00 Brazil  –  Slovenia – – –        
15 Jun 13:30 Ukraine  –  Iran – – –        
15 Jun 17:00 Cuba  –  United States – – –        

Pool 3

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun 13:30 Poland  –  Netherlands – – –     0–0  
11 Jun 17:00 China  –  Japan – – –     0–0  
11 Jun 20:30 Serbia  –  Turkey – – –     0–0  
12 Jun 17:00 China  –  Serbia – – –     0–0  
12 Jun 20:30 Poland  –  Japan – – –     0–0  
13 Jun 17:00 Japan  –  Serbia – – –     0–0  
13 Jun 20:30 Netherlands  –  Turkey – – –     0–0  
14 Jun 15:00 China  –  Netherlands – – –     0–0  
14 Jun 19:00 Turkey  –  Poland – – –     0–0  
15 Jun 11:30 Netherlands  –  Japan – – –     0–0  
15 Jun 15:00 China  –  Turkey – – –     0–0  
15 Jun 19:00 Poland  –  Serbia – – –     0–0  

Week 2

Pool 4

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun 12:30 Ukraine  –  France – – –        
25 Jun 16:00 Turkey  –  Slovenia – – –        
25 Jun 19:30 Bulgaria  –  Japan – – –        
26 Jun 15:00 France  –  Japan – – –        
26 Jun 18:30 Turkey  –  Ukraine – – –        
27 Jun 16:00 Ukraine  –  Japan – – –        
27 Jun 19:30 Bulgaria  –  Slovenia – – –        
28 Jun 15:30 Slovenia  –  France – – –        
28 Jun 19:00 Bulgaria  –  Turkey – – –        
29 Jun 12:00 Slovenia  –  Japan – – –        
29 Jun 15:30 Turkey  –  France – – –        
29 Jun 19:00 Bulgaria  –  Ukraine – – –        

Pool 5

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun 12:30 Italy  –  Poland – – –        
25 Jun 16:00 Canada  –  Brazil – – –        
25 Jun 19:30 China  –  United States – – –        
26 Jun 16:00 Brazil  –  China – – –        
26 Jun 19:30 Canada  –  United States – – –        
27 Jun 16:00 China  –  Italy – – –        
27 Jun 19:30 Canada  –  Poland – – –        
28 Jun 16:00 Brazil  –  Italy – – –        
28 Jun 19:30 United States  –  Poland – – –        
29 Jun 12:30 China  –  Canada – – –        
29 Jun 16:00 Brazil  –  Poland – – –        
29 Jun 19:30 United States  –  Italy – – –        

Pool 6

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Jun 13:00 Germany  –  Cuba – – –        
25 Jun 16:30 Netherlands  –  Argentina – – –        
25 Jun 20:00 Serbia  –  Iran – – –        
26 Jun 16:30 Netherlands  –  Germany – – –        
26 Jun 20:00 Serbia  –  Cuba – – –        
27 Jun 16:30 Argentina  –  Iran – – –        
27 Jun 20:00 Netherlands  –  Cuba – – –        
28 Jun 16:30 Germany  –  Iran – – –        
28 Jun 20:00 Serbia  –  Argentina – – –        
29 Jun 13:00 Iran  –  Netherlands – – –        
29 Jun 16:30 Cuba  –  Argentina – – –        
29 Jun 20:00 Germany  –  Serbia – – –        

Week 3

Pool 7

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul 13:00 China  –  France – – –        
16 Jul 16:30 Bulgaria  –  Cuba – – –        
16 Jul 20:00 Iran  –  Poland – – –        
17 Jul 16:30 China  –  Iran – – –        
17 Jul 20:00 Cuba  –  Poland – – –        
18 Jul 16:30 Cuba  –  France – – –        
18 Jul 20:00 China  –  Bulgaria – – –        
19 Jul 17:00 Bulgaria  –  Poland – – –        
19 Jul 20:30 Iran  –  France – – –        
20 Jul 13:30 China  –  Cuba – – –        
20 Jul 17:00 Bulgaria  –  Iran – – –        
20 Jul 20:30 France  –  Poland – – –        

Pool 8

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul 13:00 Ukraine  –  Netherlands – – –        
16 Jul 16:30 Serbia  –  Italy – – –        
16 Jul 20:30 Canada  –  Slovenia – – –        
17 Jul 16:30 Ukraine  –  Italy – – –        
17 Jul 20:30 Netherlands  –  Slovenia – – –        
18 Jul 16:30 Ukraine  –  Serbia – – –        
18 Jul 20:00 Netherlands  –  Canada – – –        
19 Jul 16:30 Serbia  –  Canada – – –        
19 Jul 20:30 Slovenia  –  Italy – – –        
20 Jul 13:00 Ukraine  –  Canada – – –        
20 Jul 16:30 Netherlands  –  Italy – – –        
20 Jul 20:30 Serbia  –  Slovenia – – –        

Pool 9

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Jul 19:30 United States  –  Japan – – –        
16 Jul 12:30 Argentina  –  Brazil – – –        
16 Jul 16:00 Turkey  –  United States – – –        
17 Jul 16:00 Germany  –  Japan – – –        
17 Jul 16:00 Turkey  –  Germany – – –        
17 Jul 19:30 Argentina  –  Japan – – –        
18 Jul 16:00 Argentina  –  United States – – –        
18 Jul 19:30 Turkey  –  Brazil – – –        
19 Jul 16:00 Germany  –  United States – – –        
19 Jul 19:30 Brazil  –  Japan – – –        
20 Jul 14:00 Turkey  –  Argentina – – –        
29 Jun 17:30 Germany  –  Brazil – – –        

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
  • Best setter
  • Best outside spikers
  • Best opposite spiker
  • Best middle blockers
  • Best libero


See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Host cities, pools and ticket information revealed for revamped VNL 2025!" (Press release). FIVB. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  2. ^ "China return to the VNL with Challenger Cup gold". Volleyball World. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ Pareja, Marcos Menocal (14 February 2024). "Volleyball Nations League (VNL) to feature 18 teams from 2025". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "VNL 2025 Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.