2020 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

The 2020 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was originally to be the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament. 2020 version of VNL originally was scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. The preliminary round was scheduled to be held in five weeks between May 22 and June 21, 2020. The final round was scheduled to be held during July 1 to 5, 2020.[1]

2020 Men's Nations League
Tournament details
Host nationCanceled (originally  Italy)
CityCanceled (originally Turin)
DatesCanceled (originally 22 May – 5 July)
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)21 (in 21 host cities)

The final round was supposed to take place in the United States but it got canceled due to a clash with the U.S. Independence Day.[2] Later FIVB confirmed Turin, Italy, is the new host of the final round of 2020 VNL,[3] but on March 13, 2020 FIVB decided to postpone the Nations League until after the 2020 Summer Olympics, but after postponement of 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021, FIVB finally canceled 2020 VNL caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,[4] but announced that Italy, is the host of the final round of 2021 VNL.

Qualification

In the 2019 edition sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which could not face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. Slovenia as winner of 2019 Challenger Cup earned the right to participate in this tournament replacing Portugal, the last placed challenger team after the 2019 edition.[5]

Qualification Qualifier
Core teams  Argentina
 Brazil
 China
 France
 Germany
 Iran
 Italy
 Japan
 Poland
 Russia
 Serbia
 United States
Challenger teams  Australia
 Bulgaria
 Canada
 Slovenia

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.[1] The relegation takes into consideration only the 4 challenger teams. The last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2021 Nations League. The winners of the 2020 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 September 13, 2019[1]

Preliminary round

Week 1
Pool 1
United States
Pool 2
Germany
Pool 3
Poland
Pool 4
China

 United States
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Canada

 Germany
 France
 Australia
 Bulgaria

 Poland
 Serbia
 Italy
 Slovenia

 China
 Iran
 Japan
 Russia

Week 2
Pool 5
Italy
Pool 6
Russia
Pool 7
Brazil
Pool 8
China

 Italy
 Iran
 Canada
 Bulgaria

 Russia
 Poland
 United States
 Australia

 Brazil
 Serbia
 France
 Japan

 China
 Argentina
 Germany
 Slovenia

Week 3
Pool 9
Slovenia
Pool 10
Serbia
Pool 11
Poland
Pool 12
Japan

 Slovenia
 Russia
 France
 Canada

 Serbia
 United States
 Iran
 Germany

 Poland
 China
 Brazil
 Bulgaria

 Japan
 Argentina
 Australia
 Italy

Week 4
Pool 13
Japan
Pool 14
Argentina
Pool 15
Iran
Pool 16
China

 Japan
 Germany
 Poland
 Canada

 Argentina
 Serbia
 Russia
 Bulgaria

 Iran
 Brazil
 Australia
 Slovenia

 China
 United States
 Italy
 France

Week 5
Pool 17
Canada
Pool 18
Brazil
Pool 19
Bulgaria
Pool 20
France

 Canada
 Serbia
 Australia
 China

 Brazil
 Italy
 Germany
 Russia

 Bulgaria
 Japan
 Slovenia
 United States

 France
 Argentina
 Iran
 Poland

Final round

Pool A Pool B

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4
Pittsburgh, United States Leipzig, Germany Kraków, Poland Jiangmen, China
Petersen Events Center Arena Leipzig Tauron Arena Kraków Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity: 12,508 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 8,500
Pool 5 Pool 6 Pool 7 Pool 8
Ancona, Italy Yaroslavl, Russia Brasília, Brazil Ningbo, China
PalaRossini Arena 2000 Nilson Nelson Gymnasium Beilun Gymnasium
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 9,070 Capacity: 11,150 Capacity: 4,000
Pool 9 Pool 10 Pool 11 Pool 12
Ljubljana, Slovenia Kraljevo, Serbia Łódź, Poland Kyoto, Japan
Arena Stožice SC IBAR Atlas Arena Shimadzu Arena Kyoto
Capacity: 12,482 Capacity: 3,350 Capacity: 13,805 Capacity: 5,016
Pool 13 Pool 14 Pool 15 Pool 16
Toyama, Japan San Juan, Argentina Tehran, Iran Tianjin, China
Toyama City Gymnasium Estadio Aldo Cantoni Azadi Indoor Stadium Tianjin Arena
Capacity: 4,650 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000
Pool 17 Pool 18 Pool 19 Pool 20
Calgary, Canada Campo Grande, Brazil Varna, Bulgaria Nancy, France
Winsport Arena Ginásio Poliesportivo Avelino Dos Reis - Guanandizão Palace of Culture and Sports Palais des Sports Jean Weille
Capacity: 3,922 Capacity: 8,240 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,027
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See also

References

  1. "FIVB ANNOUNCES HOST COUNTRIES FOR 2020 VNL". FIVB. September 13, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. "VNL2020 - News detail - FIVB opens bidding process for 2020 VNL Men's Finals - Volleyball Nations League 2020". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  3. "News - Turin confirmed to host the 2020 men's VNL Finals". www.fivb.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. "FIVB announces changes to events calendar". FIVB. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. "Men's VNL Final Six lineup: How it all unfolded". FIVB. June 1, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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