# 2025 FIVB Men's 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, with the final round to take place at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China.
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, and Ukraine, the non-qualified top FIVB ranked team.
| Country | Confederation | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Confederation | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| 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 | 2024 | 16th place (2024) |
| Ukraine | CEV | 0 | 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.

### 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.
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.
| Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | 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 | TBA | Xi'an Qujiang Sports Center |
| Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: | 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: 4,100 | 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: 4,000

## 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

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* 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
* 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 | — | Final round |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 5 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 6 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 7 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Final round |
| 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 | — | |
* ↑ 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 |
| 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

* All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 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

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 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

* All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 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

* All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 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

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 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

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 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

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 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

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 |
| 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

* Rank
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* 12
* 13
* 14
* 15
* 16
* 17
* 18

## Awards

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