2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

International volleyball tournament
Volleyball competition held in Italy
Best MB
  • Poland Mateusz Bieniek
  • United States David Smith
Best OPPFrance Jean PatryBest LiberoFrance Jenia GrebennikovTournament statisticsMatches played104Attendance295,262 (2,839 per match)Official websiteVolleyball Nations League

The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the fourth edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball 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 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

● Preliminary round ● 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

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification or relegation
1  Italy[a] 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

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

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

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 AChina  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  GermanyB 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

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

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

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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
20 July
 
 
 Italy3
 
23 July
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Italy0
 
21 July
 
 France3
 
 France3
 
24 July
 
 Japan0
 
 France3
 
21 July
 
 United States2
 
 Poland3
 
23 July
 
 Iran2
 
 Poland0
 
20 July
 
 United States3 3rd place match
 
 United States3
 
24 July
 
 Brazil1
 
 Italy0
 
 
 Poland3
 

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Earvin N'Gapeth was the 2022 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.[13]

Best Scorers[a]
Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 191 10 30 231
2 Iran Amin Esmaeilnezhad 169 11 13 193
3 Japan Yuji Nishida 156 10 27 193
4 Bulgaria Aleksandar Nikolov 150 13 9 172
5 Japan Yūki Ishikawa 122 13 29 164
Best Attackers[b]
Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 191 53 125 51.76 369
2 Iran Amin Esmaeilnezhad 169 47 96 54.17 312
3 Japan Yuji Nishida 156 47 70 57.14 273
4 Bulgaria Aleksandar Nikolov 150 43 97 51.72 290
5 China Jingyin Zhang 140 49 73 53.44 262

Best Blockers[c]
Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total
1 Bulgaria Svetoslav Gotsev 35 38 19 2.92 92
2 Brazil Flávio Gualberto 27 38 56 2.25 121
3 Argentina Agustín Loser 26 70 53 2.17 149
4 United States David Smith 24 31 44 2.00 99
5 Slovenia Jan Kozamernik 22 36 30 1.83 88
Best Servers[d]
Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 30 55 79 2.50 164
2 Japan Yūki Ishikawa 29 41 97 2.42 167
3 Japan Yuji Nishida 27 49 72 2.25 148
4 United States Aaron Russell 21 31 101 1.75 153
5 Poland Mateusz Bieniek 16 22 75 2.00 113

Best Setters[e]
Player Running Faults Still Avg Total
1 Bulgaria Georgi Seganov 301 8 587 25.08 896
2 Brazil Bruno Rezende 299 5 450 24.92 754
3 Italy Simone Giannelli 269 3 577 22.42 849
4 United States Joshua Tuaniga 257 1 345 21.42 603
5 Argentina Matías Sánchez 252 0 319 21.00 571
Best Diggers[f]
Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total
1 Argentina Santiago Danani 117 52 24 9.75 193
2 Japan Tomohiro Yamamoto 101 22 20 8.42 143
3 Germany Julian Zenger 100 34 39 9.09 173
4 France Benjamin Diez 90 17 16 8.18 123
5 Netherlands Robbert Andringa 72 29 10 6.00 111

Best Receivers[g]
Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Argentina Santiago Danani 87 10 116 40.85 213
2 Australia Lorenzo Pope 75 23 136 32.05 234
3 Germany Julian Zenger 74 15 123 34.91 212
4 Japan Tomohiro Yamamoto 69 9 87 41.82 165
5 Japan Yūki Ishikawa 67 8 112 35.83 187

Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.[14]

Best Scorers[a]
Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total
1 France Jean Patry 47 2 3 52
2 United States Aaron Russell 43 0 0 43
3 United States Torey DeFalco 35 1 7 43
4 Poland Bartosz Kurek 33 1 5 39
5 France Earvin N'Gapeth 31 1 4 36
Best Attackers[b]
Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total
1 France Jean Patry 47 7 23 61.04 77
2 United States Aaron Russell 43 10 22 57.33 75
3 United States Torey DeFalco 35 12 21 51.47 68
4 Poland Bartosz Kurek 33 11 33 42.86 77
5 France Earvin N'Gapeth 31 7 18 55.36 56

Best Blockers[c]
Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total
1 United States David Smith 8 16 19 2.67 43
2 United States Jeffrey Jendryk 6 21 13 2.00 40
3 France Nicolas Le Goff 6 12 6 2.00 24
4 France Barthélémy Chinenyeze 5 6 6 1.67 17
5 United States Micah Christenson 4 6 4 1.33 14
Best Servers[d]
Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total
1 United States Torey DeFalco 7 9 38 2.33 54
2 France Antoine Brizard 7 7 31 2.33 45
3 Poland Jakub Kochanowski 6 8 26 2.00 40
4 Poland Bartosz Kurek 5 13 20 1.67 38
5 Poland Mateusz Bieniek 5 7 28 1.67 40

Best Setters[e]
Player Running Faults Still Avg Total
1 United States Micah Christenson 72 1 178 24.00 251
2 France Antoine Brizard 47 1 147 15.67 195
3 Italy Simone Giannelli 39 1 165 13.00 205
4 Poland Marcin Janusz 38 1 167 12.67 206
5 Brazil Bruno Rezende 29 0 63 29.00 92
Best Diggers[f]
Player Digs Faults Receptions Avg Total
1 Italy Fabio Balaso 35 6 3 11.67 44
2 United States Aaron Russell 25 11 2 8.33 38
3 United States Erik Shoji 23 9 2 7.67 34
4 France Jenia Grebennikov 21 4 4 7.00 29
5 Poland Paweł Zatorski 21 9 1 7.00 31

Best Receivers[g]
Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 France Trevor Clevenot 32 1 33 48.48 66
2 United States Erik Shoji 23 4 29 41.07 56
3 United States Aaron Russell 20 4 46 28.57 70
4 Poland Kamil Semeniuk 20 1 30 39.22 51
3 France 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

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. ^ a b (Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve).
  2. ^ a b (Best attackers determined by successful spikes).
  3. ^ a b (Best blockers determined by the stuff blocks, faults and rebounds).
  4. ^ a b (Best servers determined by aces, faults and hits).
  5. ^ a b (Best setters determined by running setts, faults and still sets).
  6. ^ a b (Best diggers determined by successful digs, faults and receptions).
  7. ^ a b (Best receivers determined by efficient receptions, faults and serve receptions).

References

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External links

  • Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
  • FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2022 – official website
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