# 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World League in the international calendar. The competition was held between May and July 2018, and the final round took place in the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lille metropolitan area, France.
South Korea were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and were replaced by 2018 Challenger Cup winners Portugal in the 2019 edition.
Russia won the inaugural edition, defeating the home team in straight sets in the final. Both teams contesting the final had previously won the World League – Russia on three opportunities and France on two. United States, which also had won the World League twice, defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal. Maxim Mikhaylov from Russia, who was the World League MVP in 2011, was elected the Most valuable player.

## 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.
| 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 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Australia | AVC | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Brazil | CSV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Bulgaria | CEV | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Canada | NORCECA | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| China | AVC | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| France | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Germany | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Iran | AVC | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Italy | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Japan | AVC | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Poland | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Russia | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| Serbia | CEV | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |
| South Korea | AVC | Challenger team | 0 | None | None | None |
| United States | NORCECA | Core team | 0 | None | None | None |

## 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 2019 Nations League. The winners of the 2018 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 February 16, 2018.

### Preliminary round

Week 1 :
| Pool 1 France | Pool 2 China | Pool 3 Poland | Pool 4 Serbia |
| Australia  France  Iran  Japan | Argentina  Bulgaria  China  United States | Canada  Poland  Russia  South Korea | Brazil  Germany  Italy  Serbia |
| Week 2 |||||
| Pool 5 Bulgaria | Pool 6 Brazil | Pool 7 Argentina | Pool 8 Poland |
| Australia  Bulgaria  Russia  Serbia | Brazil  Japan  South Korea  United States | Argentina  Canada  Iran  Italy | China  France  Germany  Poland |
| Week 3 |||||
| Pool 9 Canada | Pool 10 Japan | Pool 11 Russia | Pool 12 France |
| Australia  Canada  Germany  United States | Bulgaria  Italy  Japan  Poland | Brazil  China  Iran  Russia | Argentina  France  Serbia  South Korea |
| Week 4 |||||
| Pool 13 South Korea | Pool 14 Germany | Pool 15 United States | Pool 16 Bulgaria |
| Australia  China  Italy  South Korea | Argentina  Germany  Japan  Russia | Iran  Poland  Serbia  United States | Brazil  Bulgaria  Canada  France |
| Week 5 |||||
| Pool 17 Australia | Pool 18 China | Pool 19 Iran | Pool 20 Italy |
| Argentina  Australia  Brazil  Poland | Canada  China  Japan  Serbia | Bulgaria  Germany  Iran  South Korea | France  Italy  Russia  United States |

### Final round

| Pool A | Pool B |
| France (Hosts)  Serbia (Preliminary Round 3rd)  Brazil (Preliminary Round 4th) | Russia (Preliminary Round 1st)  United States (Preliminary Round 2nd)  Poland (Preliminary Round 5th) |

## Venues

The list of host cities and venues was announced on 16 February 2018.

### Preliminary round

Week 1 :
| Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 | Pool 4 |
| Rouen, France | Ningbo, China | Katowice (25 May) / Kraków (26–27 May), Poland | Kraljevo, Serbia |
| Kindarena | Beilun Gymnasium | Spodek / Tauron Arena Kraków | Kraljevo Sports Hall |
| Capacity: 5,700 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 11,500 / 15,000 | Capacity: 3,331 |
| Week 2 ||||
| Pool 5 | Pool 6 | Pool 7 | Pool 8 |
| Sofia, Bulgaria | Goiânia, Brazil | San Juan, Argentina | Łódź, Poland |
| Armeets Arena | Goiânia Arena | Estadio Aldo Cantoni | Atlas Arena |
| Capacity: 12,373 | Capacity: 11,333 | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 13,805 |
| Week 3 ||||
| Pool 9 | Pool 10 | Pool 11 | Pool 12 |
| Ottawa, Canada | Osaka, Japan | Ufa, Russia | Aix-en-Provence, France |
| TD Place Arena | Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium | Ufa Arena | Aréna du Pays d'Aix |
| Capacity: 9,500 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 8,250 | Capacity: 6,004 |
| Week 4 ||||
| Pool 13 | Pool 14 | Pool 15 | Pool 16 |
| Seoul, South Korea | Ludwigsburg, Germany | Hoffman Estates, United States | Varna, Bulgaria |
| Jangchung Arena | Arena Ludwigsburg | Sears Centre Arena | Palace of Culture and Sports |
| Capacity: 4,507 | Capacity: 5,325 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |
| Week 5 ||||
| Pool 17 | Pool 18 | Pool 19 | Pool 20 |
| Melbourne, Australia | Jiangmen, China | Tehran, Iran | Modena, Italy |
| Hisense Arena | Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium | Azadi Indoor Stadium | PalaPanini |
| Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 4,968 |

### Final round

* All matches
* Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
* Stade Pierre-Mauroy
* Capacity: 28,010

## Competition schedule

| ● | Preliminary round | ● | Final round |
| Week 1 25–27 May | Week 2 1–3 Jun | Week 3 8–10 Jun | Week 4 15–17 Jun | Week 5 22–24 Jun | Week 6 Rest Week | Week 7 4–8 Jul |
| 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | 24 matches | | 10 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.

## Squads

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players, which every week's 14-player roster must be selected from. Each country must declare its 14-player roster two days before the start of each week's round-robin competition.

## Preliminary round
### Ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | France | 15 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 38 | 16 | 2.375 | 1295 | 1140 | 1.136 | Final round |
| 2 | Russia | 15 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 2.571 | 1191 | 1096 | 1.087 | Final round |
| 3 | United States | 15 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 19 | 1.947 | 1294 | 1183 | 1.094 | Final round |
| 4 | Serbia | 15 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 24 | 1.375 | 1289 | 1255 | 1.027 | Final round |
| 5 | Brazil | 15 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 21 | 1.619 | 1280 | 1213 | 1.055 | Final round |
| 6 | Poland | 15 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 1.684 | 1221 | 1124 | 1.086 | Final round |
| 7 | Canada | 15 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 1.208 | 1219 | 1227 | 0.993 | |
| 8 | Italy | 15 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 1.071 | 1315 | 1296 | 1.015 | |
| 9 | Germany | 15 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 0.967 | 1299 | 1307 | 0.994 | |
| 10 | Iran | 15 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 0.967 | 1355 | 1344 | 1.008 | |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 15 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 34 | 0.765 | 1288 | 1351 | 0.953 | |
| 12 | Japan | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 37 | 0.622 | 1301 | 1374 | 0.947 | |
| 13 | Australia | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 35 | 0.600 | 1236 | 1340 | 0.922 | |
| 14 | Argentina | 15 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 34 | 0.676 | 1270 | 1326 | 0.958 | |
| 15 | China | 15 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 0.385 | 1173 | 1291 | 0.909 | |
| 16 | South Korea | 15 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 0.262 | 1108 | 1267 | 0.875 | Excluded from the 2019 Nations League |
* ↑ Qualified as hosts

### Week 1
#### Pool 1

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 25 May | 17:00 | Australia | 1–3 | Japan | 18–25 | 15–25 | 25–23 | 17–25 | 75–98 | P2 Report |
| 25 May | 20:00 | France | 3–1 | Iran | 25–20 | 24–26 | 25–20 | 25–17 | 99–83 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 17:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Iran | 23–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | 67–75 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 20:00 | France | 3–1 | Japan | 25–16 | 20–25 | 25–20 | 25–22 | 95–83 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 15:00 | Iran | 1–3 | Japan | 22–25 | 28–30 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 98–103 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 18:00 | France | 3–0 | Australia | 25–17 | 25–20 | 36–34 | | 86–71 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 2

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 May | 16:00 | Argentina | 2–3 | United States | 27–25 | 26–24 | 24–26 | 21–25 | 10–15 | 108–115 | P2 Report |
| 25 May | 19:30 | China | 2–3 | Bulgaria | 18–25 | 25–18 | 25–19 | 17–25 | 11–15 | 96–102 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 16:00 | Bulgaria | 1–3 | United States | 19–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 20–25 | | 83–97 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 19:30 | China | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–22 | 25–21 | 25–18 | | | 75–61 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 16:00 | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Argentina | 19–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–22 | | 94–87 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 19:30 | China | 0–3 | United States | 20–25 | 24–26 | 18–25 | | | 62–76 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 3

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 25 May | 16:00 | Poland | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | 75–59 | P2 Report |
| 25 May | 19:00 | Russia | 3–0 | Canada | 26–24 | 25–14 | 25–19 | | 76–57 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 16:00 | Poland | 3–0 | Russia | 25–15 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | 75–61 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 19:00 | Canada | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–19 | | 75–56 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 16:00 | Poland | 3–1 | Canada | 25–21 | 26–24 | 21–25 | 25–17 | 97–87 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 19:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | Russia | 26–28 | 21–25 | 15–25 | | 62–78 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 4

* 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 |
| 25 May | 17:00 | Germany | 1–3 | Italy | 18–25 | 19–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | | 82–98 | P2 Report |
| 25 May | 20:00 | Serbia | 0–3 | Brazil | 22–25 | 22–25 | 24–26 | | | 68–76 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 16:00 | Italy | 3–2 | Brazil | 18–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 24–26 | 15–8 | 107–99 | P2 Report |
| 26 May | 19:00 | Germany | 1–3 | Serbia | 25–19 | 21–25 | 16–25 | 14–25 | | 76–94 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 16:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Germany | 26–24 | 25–23 | 26–24 | | | 77–71 | P2 Report |
| 27 May | 19:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | | 75–55 | P2 Report |

### Week 2
#### Pool 5

* 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 |
| 1 Jun | 17:00 | Australia | 1–3 | Russia | 18–25 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 22–25 | | 84–93 | P2 Report |
| 1 Jun | 20:00 | Bulgaria | 2–3 | Serbia | 17–25 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 14–16 | 102–112 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 17:00 | Russia | 2–3 | Serbia | 25–20 | 23–25 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 12–15 | 108–107 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 20:05 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | Australia | 23–25 | 23–25 | 24–26 | | | 70–76 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 17:00 | Serbia | 3–2 | Australia | 25–23 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 25–27 | 15–9 | 110–103 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 20:00 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | Russia | 17–25 | 15–25 | 21–25 | | | 53–75 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 6

* All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jun | 12:15 | Japan | 2–3 | United States | 25–23 | 25–13 | 18–25 | 20–25 | 10–15 | 98–101 | P2 Report |
| 1 Jun | 15:05 | Brazil | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–59 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 08:35 | Brazil | 3–0 | Japan | 26–24 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | | 76–63 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 11:20 | South Korea | 0–3 | United States | 23–25 | 21–25 | 11–25 | | | 55–75 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 10:05 | South Korea | 2–3 | Japan | 29–27 | 19–25 | 25–16 | 26–28 | 12–15 | 111–111 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 13:20 | Brazil | 3–2 | United States | 21–25 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 25–20 | 20–18 | 111–107 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 7

* All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Jun | 18:10 | Canada | 3–1 | Italy | 22–25 | 27–25 | 25–23 | 25–16 | | 99–89 | P2 Report |
| 1 Jun | 21:10 | Argentina | 2–3 | Iran | 25–21 | 22–25 | 22–25 | 26–24 | 9–15 | 104–110 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 18:10 | Iran | 0–3 | Italy | 23–25 | 18–25 | 20–25 | | | 61–75 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 21:10 | Argentina | 1–3 | Canada | 22–25 | 18–25 | 26–24 | 23–25 | | 89–99 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 16:10 | Iran | 1–3 | Canada | 23–25 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 21–25 | | 91–96 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 19:10 | Argentina | 3–0 | Italy | 25–19 | 33–31 | 25–20 | | | 83–70 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 8

* 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 |
| 1 Jun | 16:00 | Poland | 3–0 | France | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | | 75–61 | P2 Report |
| 1 Jun | 19:00 | China | 1–3 | Germany | 25–23 | 18–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | 86–98 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 16:00 | Poland | 3–0 | China | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | | 75–58 | P2 Report |
| 2 Jun | 19:00 | Germany | 0–3 | France | 21–25 | 18–25 | 23–25 | | | 62–75 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 16:00 | Poland | 1–3 | Germany | 18–25 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 25–27 | | 89–98 | P2 Report |
| 3 Jun | 19:00 | France | 2–3 | China | 25–16 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 25–16 | 13–15 | 106–97 | P2 Report |

### Week 3
#### Pool 9

* All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Jun | 16:40 | Germany | 3–0 | United States | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–13 | | | 75–54 | P2 Report |
| 8 Jun | 19:40 | Canada | 3–0 | Australia | 25–19 | 26–24 | 25–19 | | | 76–62 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 16:10 | United States | 3–1 | Australia | 20–25 | 25–20 | 25–15 | 25–17 | | 95–77 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 19:10 | Canada | 1–3 | Germany | 23–25 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 19–25 | | 89–95 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 13:10 | Australia | 3–2 | Germany | 25–22 | 18–25 | 17–25 | 25–18 | 15–11 | 100–101 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 16:10 | Canada | 1–3 | United States | 25–23 | 13–25 | 19–25 | 20–25 | | 77–98 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 10

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Jun | 15:40 | Italy | 2–3 | Poland | 17–25 | 25–21 | 17–25 | 31–29 | 10–15 | 100–115 | P2 Report |
| 8 Jun | 19:10 | Japan | 0–3 | Bulgaria | 14–25 | 21–25 | 27–29 | | | 62–79 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 12:40 | Italy | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 25–23 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–19 | | 96–86 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 16:10 | Japan | 0–3 | Poland | 16–25 | 21–25 | 20–25 | | | 57–75 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 11:10 | Bulgaria | 1–3 | Poland | 21–25 | 26–24 | 18–25 | 19–25 | | 84–99 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 14:40 | Japan | 3–2 | Italy | 21–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 15–10 | 109–103 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 11

* All times are Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+05:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Jun | 16:30 | China | 0–3 | Iran | 19–25 | 20–25 | 15–25 | | | 54–75 | P2 Report |
| 8 Jun | 19:00 | Russia | 1–3 | Brazil | 21–25 | 20–25 | 27–25 | 18–25 | | 86–100 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 16:30 | Iran | 2–3 | Brazil | 17–25 | 25–23 | 19–25 | 25–21 | 13–15 | 99–109 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 19:00 | Russia | 3–0 | China | 25–23 | 25–23 | 31–29 | | | 81–75 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 16:30 | China | 0–3 | Brazil | 20–25 | 19–25 | 25–27 | | | 64–77 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 19:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Iran | 28–30 | 25–23 | 27–25 | 25–21 | | 105–99 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 12

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 8 Jun | 17:00 | Argentina | 1–3 | Serbia | 25–20 | 23–25 | 15–25 | 22–25 | 85–95 | P2 Report |
| 8 Jun | 20:45 | France | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–22 | | 75–61 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 18:00 | France | 3–1 | Argentina | 25–18 | 25–16 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 98–79 | P2 Report |
| 9 Jun | 21:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | Serbia | 16–25 | 23–25 | 19–25 | | 58–75 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 15:00 | South Korea | 0–3 | Argentina | 20–25 | 23–25 | 24–26 | | 67–76 | P2 Report |
| 10 Jun | 18:00 | France | 3–0 | Serbia | 31–29 | 25–16 | 25–15 | | 81–60 | P2 Report |

### Week 4
#### Pool 13

* All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Jun | 16:00 | China | 1–3 | Italy | 23–25 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 17–25 | | 86–94 | P2 Report |
| 15 Jun | 19:00 | South Korea | 1–3 | Australia | 25–23 | 19–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | 84–98 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 14:00 | South Korea | 2–3 | Italy | 23–25 | 19–25 | 25–22 | 25–22 | 12–15 | 104–109 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 17:00 | Australia | 3–1 | China | 25–27 | 41–39 | 29–27 | 25–21 | | 120–114 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 14:00 | South Korea | 3–0 | China | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–22 | | | 75–64 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 17:00 | Italy | 1–3 | Australia | 25–27 | 25–18 | 19–25 | 23–25 | | 92–95 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 14

* 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 |
| 15 Jun | 18:00 | Germany | 2–3 | Japan | 22–25 | 25–21 | 15–25 | 25–20 | 12–15 | 99–106 | P2 Report |
| 15 Jun | 20:30 | Russia | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–20 | 25–20 | 26–24 | | | 76–64 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 16:00 | Germany | 3–1 | Argentina | 25–19 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 25–22 | | 95–85 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 19:00 | Russia | 3–0 | Japan | 25–16 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | | 75–61 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 12:00 | Argentina | 2–3 | Japan | 24–26 | 25–12 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 11–15 | 108–101 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 15:00 | Germany | 0–3 | Russia | 18–25 | 24–26 | 18–25 | | | 60–76 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 15

* All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Jun | 17:30 | Poland | 0–3 | Iran | 24–26 | 24–26 | 22–25 | | | 70–77 | P2 Report |
| 15 Jun | 20:00 | United States | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–22 | 25–16 | 25–14 | | | 75–52 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 14:00 | Iran | 2–3 | Serbia | 25–21 | 22–25 | 25–27 | 25–20 | 11–15 | 108–108 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 19:30 | United States | 3–0 | Poland | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–58 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 12:00 | Poland | 0–3 | Serbia | 23–25 | 23–25 | 23–25 | | | 69–75 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 17:30 | United States | 3–0 | Iran | 29–27 | 25–20 | 26–24 | | | 80–71 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 16

* 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 |
| 15 Jun | 15:30 | Canada | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–22 | 34–32 | 25–23 | | | 84–77 | P2 Report |
| 15 Jun | 18:30 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | France | 21–25 | 20–25 | 23–25 | | | 64–75 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 15:30 | France | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–19 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | | 75–65 | P2 Report |
| 16 Jun | 18:30 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Canada | 25–22 | 25–19 | 29–27 | | | 79–68 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 15:30 | France | 3–2 | Canada | 25–19 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 24–26 | 16–14 | 112–106 | P2 Report |
| 17 Jun | 18:30 | Bulgaria | 3–2 | Brazil | 25–22 | 19–25 | 25–15 | 18–25 | 15–12 | 102–99 | P2 Report |

### Week 5
#### Pool 17

* All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 22 Jun | 18:40 | Poland | 3–0 | Argentina | 26–24 | 25–20 | 29–27 | | 80–71 | P2 Report |
| 22 Jun | 21:10 | Australia | 0–3 | Brazil | 22–25 | 19–25 | 19–25 | | 60–75 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 17:40 | Australia | 1–3 | Argentina | 20–25 | 19–25 | 25–20 | 21–25 | 85–95 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 20:10 | Brazil | 3–1 | Poland | 25–22 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 98–93 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 12:10 | Brazil | 0–3 | Argentina | 23–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | 66–75 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 15:10 | Australia | 0–3 | Poland | 16–25 | 24–26 | 23–25 | | 63–76 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 18

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 22 Jun | 16:00 | Canada | 0–3 | Serbia | 21–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | | 56–75 | P2 Report |
| 22 Jun | 19:30 | China | 3–1 | Japan | 25–16 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 93–84 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 16:00 | Japan | 1–3 | Serbia | 28–26 | 33–35 | 21–25 | 18–25 | 100–111 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 19:30 | China | 0–3 | Canada | 21–25 | 23–25 | 22–25 | | 66–75 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 16:00 | Japan | 0–3 | Canada | 23–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | | 65–75 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 19:30 | China | 1–3 | Serbia | 21–25 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 15–25 | 83–92 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 19

* All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Jun | 16:00 | Bulgaria | 2–3 | Germany | 25–21 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 13–15 | 108–109 | P2 Report |
| 22 Jun | 19:15 | Iran | 3–1 | South Korea | 27–25 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | 100–95 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 16:00 | Germany | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–23 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–60 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 18:30 | Iran | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 25–22 | 25–15 | 23–25 | 25–14 | | 98–76 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 16:00 | Bulgaria | 3–2 | South Korea | 19–25 | 25–22 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 15–12 | 106–102 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 18:30 | Iran | 3–2 | Germany | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 15–11 | 110–103 | P2 Report |

#### Pool 20

* 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 |
| 22 Jun | 17:30 | United States | 2–3 | France | 21–25 | 25–23 | 28–26 | 20–25 | 12–15 | 106–114 | P2 Report |
| 22 Jun | 20:50 | Italy | 0–3 | Russia | 21–25 | 22–25 | 20–25 | | | 63–75 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 17:30 | United States | 0–3 | Russia | 23–25 | 15–25 | 22–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 Report |
| 23 Jun | 20:30 | Italy | 3–0 | France | 25–21 | 25–22 | 27–25 | | | 77–68 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 17:30 | France | 3–0 | Russia | 25–20 | 25–13 | 25–18 | | | 75–51 | P2 Report |
| 24 Jun | 20:30 | Italy | 0–3 | United States | 23–25 | 17–25 | 27–29 | | | 67–79 | P2 Report |

## Final round

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

### Pool play
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 183 | 159 | 1.151 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 183 | 169 | 1.083 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 115 | 153 | 0.752 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Jul | 20:45 | France | 3–2 | Brazil | 22–25 | 25–20 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 15–13 | 108–105 | P2 Report |
| 5 Jul | 20:45 | Serbia | 0–3 | Brazil | 16–25 | 26–28 | 19–25 | | | 61–78 | P2 Report |
| 6 Jul | 20:45 | France | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–17 | | | 75–54 | P2 Report |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 172 | 147 | 1.170 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 142 | 136 | 1.044 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 144 | 175 | 0.823 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 4 Jul | 18:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Poland | 25–18 | 25–23 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 97–83 | P2 Report |
| 5 Jul | 18:00 | United States | 3–0 | Poland | 28–26 | 25–17 | 25–18 | | 78–61 | P2 Report |
| 6 Jul | 18:00 | Russia | 3–0 | United States | 25–22 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | 75–64 | P2 Report |

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 7 July | 7 July |
| France | 3 |
| France | 3 | 8 July | 8 July |
| United States | 2 | 8 July | 8 July |
| United States | 2 | France | 0 |
| 7 July | 7 July | | France | 0 |
| 7 July | 7 July | Russia | 3 |
| Russia | 3 | Russia | 3 |
| Brazil | 0 | | |
| Brazil | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 8 July | 8 July |
| | | United States | 3 |
| | | Brazil | 0 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jul | 14:00 | France | 3–2 | United States | 25–18 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 24–26 | 15–13 | 112–99 | P2 Report |
| 7 Jul | 17:00 | Russia | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–17 | 25–18 | 25–14 | | | 75–49 | P2 Report |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Jul | 17:00 | United States | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–21 | 28–26 | 28–26 | | | 81–73 | P2 Report |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Jul | 20:45 | France | 0–3 | Russia | 22–25 | 20–25 | 23–25 | | | 65–75 | P2 Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | France |
| | United States |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | Poland |
| 5 | Serbia |
| 7 | Canada |
| 8 | Italy |
| 9 | Germany |
| 10 | Iran |
| 11 | Bulgaria |
| 12 | Japan |
| 13 | Australia |
| 14 | Argentina |
| 15 | China |
| 16 | South Korea |
* 2018 Men's Nations League champions
* Russia First title
* 14-man roster
* Ilya Vlasov, Dmitry Kovalyov, Artem Volvich, Anton Karpukhov, Dmitry Volkov (c), Aleksandr Sokolov, Igor Filippov, Dmitry Muserskiy, Viktor Poletaev, Maxim Mikhaylov, Egor Kliuka, Romanas Shkulyavichus, Igor Kobzar, Aleksey Kabeshov
* Head coach
* Sergey Shlyapnikov

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS)
* Best setter
    Benjamin Toniutti (FRA)
* Best outside spikers
    Taylor Sander (USA)
    Dmitry Volkov (RUS)
* Best middle blockers
    Kévin Le Roux (FRA)
    Dmitry Muserskiy (RUS)
* Best opposite spiker
    Matt Anderson (USA)
* Best libero
    Jenia Grebennikov (FRA)

## Statistics leaders
### Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Spikes | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Jiang Chuan | 242 | 19 | 13 | 274 |
| 2 | Wallace de Souza | 181 | 19 | 16 | 216 |
| 3 | Milad Ebadipour | 166 | 13 | 14 | 193 |
| 4 | Yūji Nishida | 167 | 6 | 14 | 187 |
| 5 | Dmitry Muserskiy | 146 | 25 | 14 | 185 |
Best Attackers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | Total | % |
| 1 | Dmitry Muserskiy | 146 | 15 | 62 | 223 | 65.47 |
| 2 | Jiang Chuan | 242 | 91 | 107 | 440 | 55.00 |
| 3 | Matt Anderson | 136 | 44 | 72 | 252 | 53.97 |
| 4 | Dražen Luburić | 136 | 37 | 86 | 259 | 52.51 |
| 5 | Christian Fromm | 133 | 42 | 83 | 259 | 52.51 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Svetoslav Gotsev | 34 | 69 | 80 | 183 | 0.57 |
| 2 | Agustín Loser | 32 | 80 | 92 | 204 | 0.56 |
| 3 | Ilya Vlasov | 27 | 79 | 60 | 166 | 0.54 |
| 4 | Rao Shuhan | 29 | 54 | 33 | 116 | 0.54 |
| 5 | Jakub Kochanowski | 26 | 45 | 50 | 121 | 0.51 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 17 | 34 | 74 | 125 | 0.31 |
| 2 | Jan Zimmermann | 18 | 25 | 130 | 173 | 0.31 |
| 3 | Matt Anderson | 17 | 44 | 98 | 159 | 0.30 |
| 4 | Wallace de Souza | 16 | 18 | 139 | 173 | 0.29 |
| 5 | Graham Vigrass | 15 | 17 | 158 | 190 | 0.28 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Maximiliano Cavanna | 995 | 5 | 285 | 1285 | 17.46 |
| 2 | Saeid Marouf | 830 | 11 | 323 | 1164 | 14.07 |
| 3 | Igor Kobzar | 669 | 9 | 148 | 826 | 13.38 |
| 4 | TJ Sanders | 679 | 7 | 300 | 986 | 12.81 |
| 5 | Micah Christenson | 694 | 4 | 44 | 742 | 12.39 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Luke Perry | 73 | 0 | 136 | 209 | 1.30 |
| 2 | Maximiliano Cavanna | 68 | 0 | 104 | 172 | 1.19 |
| 3 | Micah Christenson | 65 | 0 | 35 | 100 | 1.16 |
| 4 | Jenia Grebennikov | 60 | 0 | 89 | 149 | 1.11 |
| 5 | Paweł Zatorski | 54 | 12 | 71 | 137 | 1.06 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | Total | % |
| 1 | Paweł Zatorski | 59 | 9 | 137 | 205 | 24.39 |
| 2 | Filippo Lanza | 61 | 12 | 144 | 217 | 22.58 |
| 3 | Tatsuya Fukuzawa | 82 | 15 | 215 | 312 | 21.47 |
| 4 | Tomás López | 63 | 9 | 190 | 262 | 20.61 |
| 5 | Santiago Danani | 91 | 16 | 260 | 367 | 20.44 |

### Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Spikes | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Stéphen Boyer | 64 | 8 | 3 | 75 |
| 2 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 58 | 4 | 5 | 67 |
| 3 | Maxim Mikhaylov | 53 | 5 | 5 | 63 |
| 4 | Wallace de Souza | 59 | 2 | 0 | 61 |
| 5 | Matt Anderson | 46 | 1 | 4 | 51 |
Best Attackers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | Total | % |
| 1 | Bartosz Kurek | 21 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 63.64 |
| 2 | Stéphen Boyer | 64 | 17 | 26 | 107 | 59.81 |
| 3 | Maxim Mikhaylov | 53 | 10 | 26 | 89 | 59.55 |
| 4 | Wallace de Souza | 59 | 20 | 22 | 101 | 58.42 |
| 5 | Marko Ivović | 15 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 55.56 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Lucas Saatkamp | 11 | 16 | 27 | 54 | 0.79 |
| 2 | Egor Kliuka | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 0.69 |
| 3 | Maurício Souza | 9 | 18 | 12 | 39 | 0.64 |
| 4 | Kévin Le Roux | 9 | 22 | 12 | 43 | 0.56 |
| 5 | Dmitry Volkov | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 0.54 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Egor Kliuka | 6 | 6 | 38 | 50 | 0.46 |
| 2 | Thibault Rossard | 7 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 0.44 |
| 3 | Dmitry Volkov | 5 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 0.38 |
| 4 | Maxim Mikhaylov | 5 | 10 | 40 | 55 | 0.38 |
| 5 | Srećko Lisinac | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0.33 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Bruno Rezende | 252 | 3 | 4 | 259 | 18.00 |
| 2 | Dmitry Kovalyov | 226 | 5 | 2 | 233 | 17.38 |
| 3 | Benjamin Toniutti | 276 | 1 | 0 | 277 | 17.25 |
| 4 | Micah Christenson | 238 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 17.00 |
| 5 | Nikola Jovović | 95 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 15.83 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Paweł Zatorski | 14 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 2.00 |
| 2 | Thales Hoss | 26 | 0 | 29 | 55 | 1.86 |
| 3 | Dmitry Volkov | 18 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 1.38 |
| 4 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 20 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 1.25 |
| 5 | Aleksey Kabeshov | 16 | 0 | 16 | 32 | 1.23 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | Total | % |
| 1 | Thales Hoss | 24 | 4 | 47 | 75 | 26.67 |
| 2 | Lucas Lóh | 20 | 5 | 45 | 70 | 21.43 |
| 3 | Taylor Sander | 19 | 4 | 49 | 72 | 20.83 |
| 4 | Jenia Grebennikov | 13 | 2 | 61 | 76 | 14.47 |
| 5 | Earvin N'Gapeth | 18 | 4 | 77 | 99 | 14.14 |