# 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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.
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.
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. Earvin N'Gapeth from France named the MVP of the tournament.

## 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.
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 expelled from the competition. On April 29, FIVB announced that China will replaces Russia for the competition.
| Country | Confederation | Designation | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Confederation | Designation | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| 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.

### 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:
* 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.
* 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.
* 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

* Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
* Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long.
* Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.
* Two time-outs per set are given to all matches in the Finals, one of them can only be called before technical time-out.
* 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.
| Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | 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

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* 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
* 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.

## Preliminary round
### Ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Italy | 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 | Final round |
| 4 | France | 12 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 2.818 | 994 | 826 | 1.203 | Final round |
| 5 | Japan | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 1.611 | 1092 | 997 | 1.095 | Final round |
| 6 | Brazil | 12 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 1.857 | 960 | 881 | 1.090 | Final round |
| 7 | Iran | 12 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 1.158 | 961 | 923 | 1.041 | Final round |
| 8 | Netherlands | 12 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 0.952 | 915 | 932 | 0.982 | Final round |
| 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 |
* ↑ Qualified as hosts

### Week 1
#### Pool 1

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

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

* All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| 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 | China | 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 | Germany | 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

* 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 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

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

* 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 |
| 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

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 20 July | 20 July | | | |
| Italy | 3 | | | |
| Italy | 3 | 23 July | 23 July | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | 23 July | 23 July | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Italy | 0 | |
| 21 July | 21 July | | Italy | 0 | |
| 21 July | 21 July | France | 3 | |
| France | 3 | France | 3 | |
| France | 3 | | | | 24 July | 24 July |
| Japan | 0 | | | | 24 July | 24 July |
| Japan | 0 | | | | France | 3 |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | | | France | 3 |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | | United States | 2 |
| Poland | 3 | | | | United States | 2 |
| Poland | 3 | 23 July | 23 July | | | |
| Iran | 2 | 23 July | 23 July | | | |
| Iran | 2 | Poland | 0 | | | |
| 20 July | 20 July | | Poland | 0 | | | |
| 20 July | 20 July | United States | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| United States | 3 | United States | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| United States | 3 | | | | 24 July | 24 July |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | 24 July | 24 July |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | Italy | 0 |
| | | | | | Poland | 3 |

### 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 | 15–7 | 105–97 | 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 |
| | France |
| | United States |
| | 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 |
* 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

* Most valuable player
    Earvin N'Gapeth (FRA)
* Best setter
    Micah Christenson (USA)
* Best outside spikers
    Trévor Clévenot (FRA)
    Earvin N'Gapeth (FRA)
* Best middle blockers
    Mateusz Bieniek (POL)
    David Smith (USA)
* Best opposite spiker
    Jean Patry (FRA)
* Best libero
    Jenia Grebennikov (FRA)
* Fair play award
    Poland

## Statistics leaders
### Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Attacks | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Nimir Abdel-Aziz | 191 | 10 | 30 | 231 |
| 2 | Amin Esmaeilnezhad | 169 | 11 | 13 | 193 |
| 3 | Yuji Nishida | 156 | 10 | 27 | 193 |
| 4 | Aleksandar Nikolov | 150 | 13 | 9 | 172 |
| 5 | Yūki Ishikawa | 122 | 13 | 29 | 164 |
Best Attackers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | % | Total |
| 1 | Nimir Abdel-Aziz | 191 | 53 | 125 | 51.76 | 369 |
| 2 | Amin Esmaeilnezhad | 169 | 47 | 96 | 54.17 | 312 |
| 3 | Yuji Nishida | 156 | 47 | 70 | 57.14 | 273 |
| 4 | Aleksandar Nikolov | 150 | 43 | 97 | 51.72 | 290 |
| 5 | Jingyin Zhang | 140 | 49 | 73 | 53.44 | 262 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Svetoslav Gotsev | 35 | 38 | 19 | 2.92 | 92 |
| 2 | Flávio Gualberto | 27 | 38 | 56 | 2.25 | 121 |
| 3 | Agustín Loser | 26 | 70 | 53 | 2.17 | 149 |
| 4 | David Smith | 24 | 31 | 44 | 2.00 | 99 |
| 5 | Jan Kozamernik | 22 | 36 | 30 | 1.83 | 88 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Nimir Abdel-Aziz | 30 | 55 | 79 | 2.50 | 164 |
| 2 | Yūki Ishikawa | 29 | 41 | 97 | 2.42 | 167 |
| 3 | Yuji Nishida | 27 | 49 | 72 | 2.25 | 148 |
| 4 | Aaron Russell | 21 | 31 | 101 | 1.75 | 153 |
| 5 | Mateusz Bieniek | 16 | 22 | 75 | 2.00 | 113 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Georgi Seganov | 301 | 8 | 587 | 25.08 | 896 |
| 2 | Bruno Rezende | 299 | 5 | 450 | 24.92 | 754 |
| 3 | Simone Giannelli | 269 | 3 | 577 | 22.42 | 849 |
| 4 | Joshua Tuaniga | 257 | 1 | 345 | 21.42 | 603 |
| 5 | Matías Sánchez | 252 | 0 | 319 | 21.00 | 571 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Santiago Danani | 117 | 52 | 24 | 9.75 | 193 |
| 2 | Tomohiro Yamamoto | 101 | 22 | 20 | 8.42 | 143 |
| 3 | Julian Zenger | 100 | 34 | 39 | 9.09 | 173 |
| 4 | Benjamin Diez | 90 | 17 | 16 | 8.18 | 123 |
| 5 | Robbert Andringa | 72 | 29 | 10 | 6.00 | 111 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | % | Total |
| 1 | Santiago Danani | 87 | 10 | 116 | 40.85 | 213 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Pope | 75 | 23 | 136 | 32.05 | 234 |
| 3 | Julian Zenger | 74 | 15 | 123 | 34.91 | 212 |
| 4 | Tomohiro Yamamoto | 69 | 9 | 87 | 41.82 | 165 |
| 5 | Yūki Ishikawa | 67 | 8 | 112 | 35.83 | 187 |

### Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Attacks | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Jean Patry | 47 | 2 | 3 | 52 |
| 2 | Aaron Russell | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 3 | Torey DeFalco | 35 | 1 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Bartosz Kurek | 33 | 1 | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 31 | 1 | 4 | 36 |
Best Attackers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | % | Total |
| 1 | Jean Patry | 47 | 7 | 23 | 61.04 | 77 |
| 2 | Aaron Russell | 43 | 10 | 22 | 57.33 | 75 |
| 3 | Torey DeFalco | 35 | 12 | 21 | 51.47 | 68 |
| 4 | Bartosz Kurek | 33 | 11 | 33 | 42.86 | 77 |
| 5 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 31 | 7 | 18 | 55.36 | 56 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Avg | Total |
| 1 | David Smith | 8 | 16 | 19 | 2.67 | 43 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Jendryk | 6 | 21 | 13 | 2.00 | 40 |
| 3 | Nicolas Le Goff | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2.00 | 24 |
| 4 | Barthélémy Chinenyeze | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.67 | 17 |
| 5 | Micah Christenson | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1.33 | 14 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Torey DeFalco | 7 | 9 | 38 | 2.33 | 54 |
| 2 | Antoine Brizard | 7 | 7 | 31 | 2.33 | 45 |
| 3 | Jakub Kochanowski | 6 | 8 | 26 | 2.00 | 40 |
| 4 | Bartosz Kurek | 5 | 13 | 20 | 1.67 | 38 |
| 5 | Mateusz Bieniek | 5 | 7 | 28 | 1.67 | 40 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Micah Christenson | 72 | 1 | 178 | 24.00 | 251 |
| 2 | Antoine Brizard | 47 | 1 | 147 | 15.67 | 195 |
| 3 | Simone Giannelli | 39 | 1 | 165 | 13.00 | 205 |
| 4 | Marcin Janusz | 38 | 1 | 167 | 12.67 | 206 |
| 5 | Bruno Rezende | 29 | 0 | 63 | 29.00 | 92 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Avg | Total |
| 1 | Fabio Balaso | 35 | 6 | 3 | 11.67 | 44 |
| 2 | Aaron Russell | 25 | 11 | 2 | 8.33 | 38 |
| 3 | Erik Shoji | 23 | 9 | 2 | 7.67 | 34 |
| 4 | Jenia Grebennikov | 21 | 4 | 4 | 7.00 | 29 |
| 5 | Paweł Zatorski | 21 | 9 | 1 | 7.00 | 31 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | % | Total |
| 1 | Trevor Clevenot | 32 | 1 | 33 | 48.48 | 66 |
| 2 | Erik Shoji | 23 | 4 | 29 | 41.07 | 56 |
| 3 | Aaron Russell | 20 | 4 | 46 | 28.57 | 70 |
| 4 | Kamil Semeniuk | 20 | 1 | 30 | 39.22 | 51 |
| 3 | 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.