2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

International volleyball tournament

Best MB
  • Poland Jakub Kochanowski
  • United States David Smith
Best OPPPoland Łukasz KaczmarekBest LiberoPoland Paweł ZatorskiTournament statisticsMatches played104Attendance318,294 (3,061 per match)Official websiteVolleyball Nations League

The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 6 June to 23 July 2023, and the final round took place in Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Poland.[1][2] Following the results of 2022 Nations League and 2022 Challenger Cup, Australia were replaced by debutants Cuba in this edition.[3] Finals host and home team Poland won their first VNL title after defeating United States in four sets.[4] It was the United States' third silver medal. Japan deafeated Italy in a tie-breaker match and claimed the bronze medal.[5] Paweł Zatorski from Poland named the MVP of the tournament.[6]

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Ten of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other six teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament.[7][8] Cuba replaced Australia after winning the 2022 Challenger Cup.[3]

Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Argentina CSV Core team 4 2018 2022 7th place (2019)
 Brazil CSV Core team 4 2018 2022 Champions (2021)
 Bulgaria CEV Challenger team 4 2018 2022 11th place (2018)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 4 2018 2022 7th place (2018)
 China AVC Challenger team 3 2018 2022 13th place (2022)
 Cuba NORCECA Challenger team 0 None None
 France CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 Champions (2022)
 Germany CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 9th place (2018)
 Iran AVC Core team 4 2018 2022 5th place (2019)
 Italy CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 4th place (2022)
 Japan AVC Core team 4 2018 2022 5th place (2022)
 Netherlands CEV Challenger team 2 2021 2022 8th place (2022)
 Poland CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 Runners-up (2021)
 Serbia CEV Core team 4 2018 2022 5th place (2018)
 Slovenia CEV Challenger team 2 2021 2022 4th place (2021)
 United States NORCECA Core team 4 2018 2022 Runners-up (2019, 2022)

Format

Preliminary round

The format of play is the same as edition 2022. 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.[8]

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.[8]

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, 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 does not finish in the top eight in Preliminary round, they will replace the eighth place team and play as the eighth seed.

Pool composition

The overview of pools was released on 11 November 2022.[1][9]

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Pool 1
Canada 		Pool 2
Japan 		Pool 3
Netherlands 		Pool 4
France 		Pool 5
United States 		Pool 6
Philippines

 Canada
 Cuba
 United States
 Germany
 Argentina
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Brazil

 Japan
 Slovenia
 France
 Poland
 Serbia
 China
 Bulgaria
 Iran

 Netherlands
 United States
 Poland
 Iran
 Italy
 Germany
 Serbia
 China

 France
 Cuba
 Brazil
 Japan
 Slovenia
 Bulgaria
 Argentina
 Canada

 United States
 Iran
 Argentina
 Bulgaria
 France
 Germany
 Serbia
 Cuba

 Japan
 Poland
 China
 Italy
 Slovenia
 Netherlands
 Brazil
 Canada

Venues

Preliminary round

Week 1
Pool 1 Pool 2
Ottawa, Canada Nagoya, Japan
TD Place Arena Nippon Gaishi Hall
Capacity: 9,500 Capacity: 10,000
Week 2
Pool 3 Pool 4
Rotterdam, Netherlands Orléans, France
Rotterdam Ahoy CO'MET Arena
Capacity: 16,426 Capacity: 10,000
Week 3
Pool 5 Pool 6
Anaheim, United States Pasay, Philippines
Anaheim Convention Center SM Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 15,000

Final round

All matches
Gdańsk, Poland
Ergo Arena
Capacity: 11,409

Competition schedule

● Preliminary round ● Final round
Week 1
6–11 Jun 		Week 2
20–25 Jun 		Week 3
4–9 Jul 		Week 4
19–23 Jul
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  United States 12 10 2 31 33 7 4.714 986 871 1.132 Final round
2  Japan 12 10 2 27 31 16 1.938 1109 1034 1.073
3  Poland[a] 12 10 2 25 30 19 1.579 1108 1057 1.048 Final round
4  Italy 12 9 3 26 28 15 1.867 1016 906 1.121 Final round
5  Argentina 12 9 3 26 32 18 1.778 1184 1092 1.084
6  Brazil 12 8 4 25 30 18 1.667 1108 1033 1.073
7  Slovenia 12 8 4 25 27 17 1.588 1036 997 1.039
8  France 12 6 6 18 23 21 1.095 1046 1007 1.039
9  Serbia 12 6 6 16 23 23 1.000 1045 1056 0.990
10  Netherlands 12 5 7 17 22 24 0.917 1028 1054 0.975
11  Germany 12 3 9 10 16 28 0.571 963 1036 0.930
12  Canada 12 3 9 9 15 31 0.484 983 1074 0.915
13  Cuba 12 3 9 8 15 33 0.455 1023 1119 0.914
14  Iran 12 2 10 11 16 31 0.516 995 1073 0.927
15  Bulgaria 12 2 10 8 13 32 0.406 957 1045 0.916
16  China 12 2 10 6 12 33 0.364 941 1074 0.876 2023 Challenger Cup
Source: VNL 2023 Preliminary Phase
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool 1

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jun 16:30 Italy  0–3  Argentina 22–25 23–25 18–25     63–75 P2 Report
6 Jun 20:00 Canada  3–2  Cuba 25–21 26–28 25–21 22–25 15–13 113–108 P2 Report
7 Jun 16:30 United States  3–0  Netherlands 25–19 25–23 25–21     75–63 P2 Report
7 Jun 20:00 Brazil  3–1  Germany 26–24 25–16 19–25 25–15   95–80 P2 Report
8 Jun 11:00 Netherlands  3–0  Cuba 28–26 25–23 25–18     78–67 P2 Report
8 Jun 16:30 Italy  0–3  United States 15–25 18–25 19–25     52–75 P2 Report
8 Jun 20:00 Argentina  2–3  Brazil 25–19 19–25 25–23 23–25 13–15 105–107 P2 Report
9 Jun 11:00 Netherlands  3–0  Germany 25–20 33–31 25–21     83–72 P2 Report
9 Jun 16:30 Italy  3–1  Cuba 25–20 25–19 20–25 25–18   95–82 P2 Report
9 Jun 20:00 Canada  1–3  Argentina 21–25 25–21 21–25 16–25   83–96 P2 Report
10 Jun 13:00 Germany  1–3  Italy 23–25 18–25 27–25 19–25   87–100 P2 Report
10 Jun 16:30 Brazil  2–3  Cuba 16–25 25–22 29–27 22–25 18–20 110–119 P2 Report
10 Jun 20:00 Canada  0–3  United States 22–25 20–25 20–25     62–75 P2 Report
11 Jun 11:00 Argentina  3–2  Netherlands 34–36 25–20 25–17 20–25 15–10 119–108 P2 Report
11 Jun 14:30 United States  1–3  Brazil 19–25 25–21 15–25 21–25   80–96 P2 Report
11 Jun 18:00 Canada  1–3  Germany 25–20 17–25 21–25 21–25   84–95 P2 Report

Pool 2

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jun 16:10 Bulgaria  2–3  China 20–25 25–21 21–25 25–20 9–15 100–106 P2 Report
6 Jun 19:40 Japan  3–0  Iran 25–16 25–22 25–19     75–57 P2 Report
7 Jun 15:00 Slovenia  3–1  Serbia 31–29 19–25 25–20 25–21   100–95 P2 Report
7 Jun 18:00 Poland  3–1  France 25–23 18–25 35–33 25–15   103–96 P2 Report
8 Jun 12:00 Slovenia  0–3  Bulgaria 24–26 23–25 17–25     64–76 P2 Report
8 Jun 15:00 Serbia  3–0  China 34–32 25–16 25–20     84–68 P2 Report
8 Jun 18:00 Poland  3–2  Iran 23–25 23–25 25–21 25–15 15–13 111–99 P2 Report
9 Jun 13:10 China  1–3  France 20–25 25–23 16–25 17–25   78–98 P2 Report
9 Jun 16:10 Poland  3–2  Bulgaria 25–27 25–19 22–25 25–22 15–11 112–104 P2 Report
9 Jun 19:40 Japan  3–1  Serbia 22–25 25–21 25–23 25–20   97–89 P2 Report
10 Jun 12:40 France  1–3  Slovenia 23–25 18–25 25–21 22–25   88–96 P2 Report
10 Jun 15:40 Iran  3–1  China 23–25 25–15 25–20 25–14   98–74 P2 Report
10 Jun 19:10 Japan  3–0  Bulgaria 25–22 25–21 26–24     76–67 P2 Report
11 Jun 12:40 Slovenia  3–0  Iran 25–19 25–23 25–23     75–65 P2 Report
11 Jun 15:40 Serbia  3–0  Poland 25–21 25–19 25–14     75–54 P2 Report
11 Jun 19:10 Japan  3–1  France 25–27 25–22 25–21 25–20   100–90 P2 Report

Week 2

Pool 3

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 13:00 Iran  3–0  Germany 25–23 26–24 25–16     76–63 P2 Report
20 Jun 16:30 United States  3–1  Serbia 22–25 25–19 25–19 25–21   97–84 P2 Report
20 Jun 20:00 Netherlands  3–0  China 25–19 25–22 25–21     75–62 P2 Report
21 Jun 13:00 Iran  0–3  Italy 19–25 16–25 24–26     59–76 P2 Report
21 Jun 16:30 United States  3–0  China 28–26 25–22 25–18     78–66 P2 Report
21 Jun 20:00 Germany  2–3  Poland 21–25 25–22 14–25 25–17 10–15 95–104 P2 Report
22 Jun 13:00 China  0–3  Italy 13–25 19–25 24–26     56–76 P2 Report
22 Jun 16:30 Serbia  3–1  Germany 25–21 20–25 25–23 25–23   95–92 P2 Report
22 Jun 20:00 Netherlands  2–3  Poland 25–22 18–25 25–18 22–25 11–15 101–105 P2 Report
23 Jun 16:30 Iran  0–3  United States 22–25 18–25 23–25     63–75 P2 Report
23 Jun 20:00 Serbia  0–3  Italy 11–25 21–25 20–25     52–75 P2 Report
24 Jun 13:00 Poland  0–3  United States 22–25 18–25 19–25     59–75 P2 Report
24 Jun 17:00 Netherlands  3–2  Iran 16–25 25–16 21–25 25–17 15–10 102–93 P2 Report
24 Jun 20:30 China  3–1  Germany 23–25 25–18 25–19 25–21   98–83 P2 Report
25 Jun 12:30 Italy  1–3  Poland 19–25 26–28 25–18 20–25   90–96 P2 Report
25 Jun 16:00 Netherlands  2–3  Serbia 25–22 21–25 25–21 33–35 9–15 113–118 P2 Report

Pool 4

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 13:00 Japan  3–1  Canada 25–22 25–17 24–26 25–14   99–79 P2 Report
20 Jun 17:00 Argentina  1–3  Slovenia 25–21 21–25 21–25 21–25   88–96 P2 Report
20 Jun 20:30 Brazil  3–0  Bulgaria 25–22 25–17 25–15     75–54 P2 Report
21 Jun 13:00 Japan  3–0  Cuba 25–21 25–16 25–21     75–58 P2 Report
21 Jun 17:00 Slovenia  3–0  Canada 25–23 25–22 25–14     75–59 P2 Report
21 Jun 20:30 Argentina  3–1  France 22–25 26–24 25–21 25–20   98–90 P2 Report
22 Jun 13:00 Japan  3–2  Brazil 25–23 25–21 18–25 22–25 18–16 108–110 P2 Report
22 Jun 17:00 Canada  3–1  Bulgaria 22–25 25–23 25–22 25–20   97–90 P2 Report
22 Jun 20:30 Slovenia  3–1  Cuba 22–25 25–15 25–16 25–19   97–75 P2 Report
23 Jun 16:30 Argentina  3–0  Bulgaria 25–18 25–21 25–22     75–61 P2 Report
23 Jun 20:30 France  3–0  Cuba 25–18 25–20 25–20     75–58 P2 Report
24 Jun 13:00 Japan  3–2  Argentina 25–18 25–22 31–33 22–25 15–12 118–110 P2 Report
24 Jun 17:00 Brazil  3–1  Slovenia 23–25 25–21 26–24 25–21   99–91 P2 Report
24 Jun 20:30 Canada  0–3  France 17–25 21–25 21–25     59–75 P2 Report
25 Jun 13:00 Bulgaria  2–3  Cuba 25–23 19–25 20–25 25–16 16–18 105–107 P2 Report
25 Jun 17:00 Brazil  3–1  France 25–20 26–24 19–25 25–23   95–92 P2 Report

Week 3

Pool 5

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 13:00 Argentina  3–1  Serbia 19–25 25–16 25–19 25–18   94–78 P2 Report
4 Jul 16:30 Iran  0–3  France 18–25 22–25 19–25     59–75 P2 Report
5 Jul 17:00 Germany  3–0  Bulgaria 25–22 25–18 25–22     75–62 P2 Report
5 Jul 20:30 United States  3–0  Cuba 27–25 25–17 25–15     77–57 P2 Report
6 Jul 13:30 Argentina  3–0  Germany 25–23 25–18 25–17     75–58 P2 Report
6 Jul 17:00 Serbia  3–2  Cuba 19–25 25–23 25–21 22–25 15–11 106–105 P2 Report
6 Jul 20:30 Bulgaria  3–2  Iran 21–25 25–21 22–25 25–22 15–11 108–104 P2 Report
7 Jul 13:30 Serbia  1–3  France 25–20 23–25 20–25 26–28   94–98 P2 Report
7 Jul 17:00 Cuba  0–3  Germany 23–25 23–25 22–25     68–75 P2 Report
7 Jul 20:30 United States  2–3  Argentina 18–25 25–23 25–23 41–43 12–15 121–129 P2 Report
8 Jul 13:30 Bulgaria  0–3  Serbia 19–25 22–25 22–25     63–75 P2 Report
8 Jul 17:00 Argentina  3–2  Iran 25–19 28–30 27–29 25–20 15–11 120–109 P2 Report
8 Jul 20:30 United States  3–0  France 25–23 27–25 27–25     79–73 P2 Report
9 Jul 13:30 Cuba  3–2  Iran 25–22 26–28 25–23 28–30 15–10 119–113 P2 Report
9 Jul 17:00 France  3–1  Germany 21–25 25–20 25–22 25–21   96–88 P2 Report
9 Jul 20:30 United States  3–0  Bulgaria 29–27 25–19 25–21     79–67 P2 Report

Pool 6

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 15:00 Brazil  1–3  Italy 25–23 20–25 15–25 21–25   81–98 P2 Report
4 Jul 19:00 Japan  3–2  China 24–26 25–23 21–25 25–23 15–12 110–109 P2 Report
5 Jul 15:00 Canada  1–3  Netherlands 22–25 22–25 25–17 18–25   87–92 P2 Report
5 Jul 19:00 Poland  3–2  Slovenia 29–31 21–25 25–20 25–20 15–13 115–109 P2 Report
6 Jul 11:00 Brazil  3–0  Netherlands 25–21 25–15 25–20     75–56 P2 Report
6 Jul 15:00 Canada  2–3  Italy 14–25 25–23 20–25 25–23 9–15 93–111 P2 Report
6 Jul 19:00 China  1–3  Slovenia 21–25 20–25 26–24 23–25   90–99 P2 Report
7 Jul 11:00 Poland  3–1  Brazil 25–23 22–25 25–21 25–21   97–90 P2 Report
7 Jul 15:00 Slovenia  0–3  Italy 13–25 22–25 17–25     52–75 P2 Report
7 Jul 19:00 Japan  3–1  Netherlands 25–19 26–24 23–25 25–17   99–85 P2 Report
8 Jul 11:00 Brazil  3–0  China 25–19 25–17 25–17     75–53 P2 Report
8 Jul 15:00 Poland  3–0  Canada 25–21 25–23 27–25     77–69 P2 Report
8 Jul 19:00 Japan  1–3  Italy 27–29 26–28 25–23 20–25   98–105 P2 Report
9 Jul 11:00 China  1–3  Canada 25–23 21–25 17–25 18–25   81–98 P2 Report
9 Jul 15:00 Slovenia  3–0  Netherlands 25–20 32–30 25–22     82–72 P2 Report
9 Jul 19:00 Japan  0–3  Poland 17–25 19–25 18–25     54–75 P2 Report

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
19 July
 
 
 United States3
 
22 July
 
 France2
 
 United States3
 
19 July
 
 Italy0
 
 Italy3
 
23 July
 
 Argentina0
 
 United States1
 
20 July
 
 Poland3
 
 Japan3
 
22 July
 
 Slovenia0
 
 Japan1
 
20 July
 
 Poland3 3rd place match
 
 Poland3
 
23 July
 
 Brazil0
 
 Italy2
 
 
 Japan3
 

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Jul 17:00 United States  3–2  France 25–21 25–18 17–25 24–26 15–9 106–99 P2 Report
19 Jul 20:00 Italy  3–0  Argentina 25–17 25–13 25–14     75–44 P2 Report
20 Jul 17:00 Japan  3–0  Slovenia 26–24 25–18 25–22     76–64 P2 Report
20 Jul 20:00 Poland  3–0  Brazil 26–24 25–21 25–20     76–65 P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Jul 17:00 Japan  1–3  Poland 25–19 26–28 17–25 21–25   89–97 P2 Report
22 Jul 20:00 United States  3–0  Italy 25–19 25–18 25–19     75–56 P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jul 17:00 Japan  3–2  Italy 25–18 25–23 17–25 17–25 15–9 99–100 P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jul 20:00 Poland  3–1  United States 25–23 24–26 25–18 25–18   99–85 P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
4  Italy
5  Argentina
6  Brazil
7  Slovenia
8  France
9  Serbia
10  Netherlands
11  Germany
12  Canada
13  Cuba
14  Iran
15  Bulgaria
16  China

Source: VNL 2023 final standings

 2023 Men's Nations League champions 

Poland
First title
14–man roster
Jakub Popiwczak, Łukasz Kaczmarek, Bartosz Kurek (c), Wilfredo León, Bartosz Bednorz, Aleksander Śliwka, Grzegorz Łomacz, Jakub Kochanowski, Kamil Semeniuk, Paweł Zatorski, Marcin Janusz, Mateusz Bieniek, Tomasz Fornal, Norbert Huber
Head coach
Nikola Grbić

Awards

Paweł Zatorski
Paweł Zatorski was the 2023 FIVB Nations League Most Valuable Player.

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.[10]

Best Scorers[a]
Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 184 8 25 217
2 Cuba Jesus Herrera Jaime 180 11 21 212
3 Japan Yuki Ishikawa 177 12 16 205
4 China Zhang Jingyin 162 22 17 201
5 Serbia Dražen Luburić 172 7 13 192
Best Attackers[b]
Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 184 66 105 51.83 355
2 Cuba Jesus Herrera Jaime 180 83 87 51.43 350
3 Japan Yuki Ishikawa 177 44 114 52.84 335
4 Serbia Dražen Luburić 172 66 118 48.86 352
5 China Zhang Jingyin 162 60 112 48.50 334

Best Blockers[c]
Player Blocks Faults Rebs Avg Total
1 Argentina Agustín Loser 51 61 44 4.25 156
2 Iran Mohammad Mousavi 35 55 38 2.92 128
3 Cuba Javier Concepción 29 61 49 2.42 139
4 Serbia Petar Krsmanović 29 41 28 2.42 98
5 Serbia Aleksandar Nedeljković 29 43 56 2.42 128
Best Servers[d]
Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total
1 Netherlands Nimir Abdel-Aziz 25 52 101 2.08 179
2 Italy Yuri Romanò 21 39 108 1.75 168
3 Cuba Jesus Herrera Jaime 21 52 123 1.75 196
4 Argentina Luciano Palonsky 19 44 133 1.58 196
5 Slovenia Tine Urnaut 18 34 129 1.50 181

Best Setters[e]
Player Running Faults Still Avg Total
1 Brazil Bruno Rezende 230 6 595 19.17 831
3 United States Micah Christenson 225 3 406 18.75 634
3 Argentina Luciano De Cecco 223 4 505 27.88 732
4 Japan Masahiro Sekita 222 3 709 18.50 934
5 Bulgaria Georgi Seganov 215 6 596 17.92 817
Best Diggers[f]
Player Digs Faults Rept Avg Total
1 Slovenia Jani Kovačič 119 31 15 9.92 165
2 Argentina Santiago Danani 108 58 14 9.00 180
3 Japan Tomohiro Yamamoto 96 30 18 8.00 144
4 France Jenia Grebennikov 93 35 11 11.62 139
5 Netherlands Robbert Andringa 83 35 13 6.92 131

Best Receivers[g]
Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Japan Yuki Ishikawa 61 10 131 30.20 202
2 Germany Moritz Reichert 54 12 127 27.98 193
3 France Kévin Tillie 52 6 90 35.14 148
4 Argentina Santiago Danani 50 5 100 32.26 155
5 Japan Ran Takahashi 47 9 122 26.40 178

Final round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round.[11]

Best Scorers[a]
Player Attacks Blocks Serves Total
1 Japan Yūki Ishikawa 60 5 5 70
2 United States Matthew Anderson 46 0 3 49
3 Poland Łukasz Kaczmarek 40 6 1 47
4 Poland Aleksander Śliwka 37 4 3 44
5 United States Thomas Jaeschke 33 6 2 41
Best Attackers[b]
Player Spikes Faults Shots % Total
1 Japan Yūki Ishikawa 60 12 41 53.10 113
2 United States Matthew Anderson 46 9 29 54.76 84
3 Poland Łukasz Kaczmarek 40 7 21 58.82 68
4 Poland Aleksander Śliwka 37 7 18 59.68 62
5 United States Thomas Jaeschke 33 11 27 46.48 71

Best Blockers[c]
Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Avg Total
1 Italy Roberto Russo 9 10 16 3.00 35
2 Italy Gianluca Galassi 7 15 14 2.33 36
3 Poland Wilfredo León 7 7 8 2.33 22
4 United States Maxwell Holt 6 13 15 2.00 34
5 United States Thomas Jaeschke 6 3 2 2.00 11
Best Servers[d]
Player Aces Faults Hits Avg Total
1 Poland Mateusz Bieniek 8 6 33 2.67 47
2 Japan Kento Miyaura 7 7 27 2.33 41
3 Italy Alessandro Michieletto 5 5 35 1.67 45
4 Italy Gianluca Galassi 5 9 22 1.67 36
5 Japan Yūki Ishikawa 5 10 28 1.67 43

Best Setters[e]
Player Running Faults Still Avg Total
1 United States Micah Christenson 100 0 156 33.33 256
2 Italy Simone Giannelli 75 1 151 25.00 227
3 Japan Masahiro Sekita 74 0 203 24.67 277
4 Poland Marcin Janusz 65 1 162 21.67 228
5 France Antoine Brizard 25 0 46 25.00 71
Best Diggers[f]
Player Digs Faults Rept Avg Total
1 Japan Tomohiro Yamamoto 35 13 1 11.67 49
2 Poland Paweł Zatorski 26 8 3 8.67 37
3 United States Thomas Jaeschke 24 8 2 8.00 34
4 United States Erik Shoji 24 16 2 8.00 42
5 Italy Alessandro Michieletto 24 6 2 8.00 32

Best Receivers[g]
Player Excellents Faults Serve % Total
1 Japan Ran Takahashi 16 5 42 25.40 63
2 Italy Fabio Balaso 15 3 35 28.30 53
3 Japan Tomohiro Yamamoto 15 2 36 28.30 53
4 United States Torey Defalco 13 5 42 21.67 60
5 United States Erik Shoji 12 4 34 24.00 50

Controversies

Iran team's visa issues in the United States

After the announcement of the host venues and the games schedule, the president of the Iranian Volleyball Federation sent a letter to the FIVB expressing their concerns about the fact that the Iranian team is scheduled to play their games on the third week of the VNL in the USA territory. They stated that five members of the Iranian national team required further examination and additional documentation for visa issuance. The Iranian authorities also expressed their desire to host the USA's leg instead, or they might boycott the leg by not sending anyone to the USA.[12]

The passports of the Iranian national team members were resubmitted to the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey for a visa issuance. After necessary checks, visas were issued for the 12 players, with only four days left until the start of Week 3 of the VNL. However, five players including Amin Esmaeilnezhad were not granted visas. This situation also happened with the coach of the Iranian national team, Behrouz Ataei, who presented an incomplete documentation. After the second week round in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the rejected five players had to return to Tehran.[13]

After failed negotiations with the American authorities, the FIVB Executive Committee specifically examined the question of the visas for the Iranian team and approved an unprecedented decision. If the United States government does not issue the visas to the key members of the Iranian team, the points of Iran and its opponents in the third week of the games would not be accounted for on the world rankings, but the results of these games would count exclusively for the tournament.[14]

See also

Notes

  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

  1. ^ a b "Volleyball's Best Ready To Grace Venues Across The Globe As Arenas Confirmed For VNL 2023". FIVB. 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ "United States and Poland to host Volleyball Nations League Finals in 2023". Volleyball World. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles". Volleyball World. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Poland claim historic VNL gold in front of their home fans". Volleyball World. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Japan beat the world champions and make it to the VNL podium". Volleyball World. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Zatorksi becomes the first libero to earn the VNL MVP award". Volleyball World. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. ^ volleyballworld.com. "VNL Qualification System". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ^ a b c "VNL 2023 Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Host cities and pools". Volleyball World. 11 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Men's Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2023". volleyballworld. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Men's Finals Statistics – FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2023". volleyballworld. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Negotiation and diplomacy of Davorzani against the actions of the United States of America". volleyball.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Iran is in Anaheim with 12 players and without a coach". volleyball.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Iran agreed with the points of the World Federation in the third week". volleyball.ir (in Persian). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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