2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. The competition will be held between May and July 2019 and the final round will take place in the Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, United States. This will be the first edition of the World League or the Nations League to have the Final Round hosted in North America.
Following the results of the 2018 Nations League and 2018 Challenger Cup, South Korea were replaced by debutants Portugal in this edition.
Portugal were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and will be replaced by 2019 Challenger Cup winners Slovenia in the 2020 edition.
Russia successfully defended its title, defeating hosts, the United States, in the final.
Qualification
Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. Portugal replaced South Korea after winning the 2018 Challenger Cup.| Qualification | Qualifier |
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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. 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 2019 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.Pools composition
The overview of pools was released on October 23, 2018.Preliminary round
Final round
Venues
The list of host cities and venues was announced on March 26, 2019.Preliminary round
Final round
Competition schedule
| Week 1 31 May – 2 Jun | Week 2 7–9 Jun | Week 3 14–16 Jun | Week 4 21–23 Jun | Week 5 28–30 Jun | Week 6 Rest Week | Week 7 10–14 Jul |
| 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | 10 matches |
Pool standing procedure
- Total number of victories
- 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 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
Week 1
Pool 1
- All times are China Standard Time.
Pool 2
- All times are Argentina Time.
Pool 3
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
Pool 4
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
Week 2
Pool 5
- All times are China Standard Time.
Pool 6
- All times are Yekaterinburg Time.
Pool 7
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Pool 8
- All times are Eastern Daylight Time.
Week 3
Pool 9
- All times are Western European Summer Time.
Pool 10
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time.
Pool 11
- All times are Iran Daylight Time.
Pool 12
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
Week 4
Pool 13
- All times are Central Daylight Time.
Pool 14
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
Pool 15
- All times are Iran Daylight Time.
Pool 16
- All times are Amazon Time.
Week 5
Pool 17
- All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Pool 18
- All times are Brasília Time.
Pool 19
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time.
Pool 20
- All times are Central European Summer Time.
Final round
- All times are Central Daylight Time.
Pool play
Pool A
Pool B
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
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| 2019 Nations League Champions Team roster for the final round:: Russia Second title Team roster for the final round: Dmitry Volkov, Egor Kliuka, Ivan Iakovlev, Victor Poletaev, Ilyas Kurkaev, Dmitry Kovalev, Fedor Voronkov, Igor Kobzar, Denis Zemchenok, Anton Semyshev, Igor Philippov, Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Roman Martynyuk, Valentin Golubev. Head Coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo. |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Setter
- Best Outside Spikers
- Best Middle Blockers
- Best Opposite Spiker
- Best Libero
Statistics leaders