The 2021 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. This edition was scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. It was held in between May and June 2021, and the final round took place at the Rimini Fiera in Rimini, Italy.
United States won their third title in the competition, outlasting Brazil in the final. Turkey swept the third place match against Japan. Michelle Bartsch-Hackley claimed her second MVP title of the tournament.
Teams 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. Canada as winner of 2019 Challenger Cup earned the right to participate in this tournament replacing Bulgaria, the last placed challenger team after the 2019 edition.
CountryConfederationDesignationPrevious appearancesPrevious best performanceTotalFirstLastCEVChallenger team2201820197th place (2019)CSVCore team220182019Runners-up (2019)NORCECAChallenger team0NoneDebutAVCCore team2201820193rd place (2018, 2019)NORCECAChallenger team2201820198th place (2019)CEVCore team22018201910th place (2019)CEVCore team2201820195th place (2019)AVCCore team2201820199th place (2019)CEVCore team2201820195th place (2018)CEVChallenger team2201820195th place (2019)CEVCore team2201820198th place (2018)CEVCore team2201820195th place (2018)AVCCore team22018201912th place (2018)AVCCore team22018201912th place (2019)CEVCore team220182019Runners-up (2018)NORCECACore team220182019Champions (2018, 2019)
Squads
Format Preliminary round The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format. The teams play 3 matches each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top four teams after the preliminary round compete in the final round. This year there won't be any promotion or relegation and the 16 participants will also compete in the 2022 edition.
Final round The four qualified teams play knock-out round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations' League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.
Venue All roundsRimini, ItalyRimini FieraCapacity: unknown
Competition schedule ●Preliminary round●Final round
Week 125–27 MayWeek 231 May–2 JunWeek 36–8 JunWeek 412–14 JunWeek 518–20 JunWeek 624–25 Jun24 matches24 matches24 matches24 matches24 matches4 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 All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Ranking
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Final round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516 Source: VNL 2021 final standings
14–woman rosterMicha Hancock, Jordyn Poulter, Justine Wong-Orantes, Jordan Larson (c), Andrea Drews, Jordan Thompson, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Foluke Akinradewo, Haleigh Washington, Kelsey Robinson, Chiaka OgboguHead coachKarch Kiraly
Awards
Most valuable player
Best setter
Best outside hitters
Best middle blockers
Best Opposite
Best libero
Statistics leaders
Preliminary round Statistics leaders correct as of preliminary round.
Best ScorersPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Britt Herbots31412113372 Ebrar Karakurt25021182893 Magdalena Stysiak24522162834 Tandara Caixeta2342552645 Sarina Koga2261117254
Best AttackersPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Britt Herbots3148837040.677722 Ebrar Karakurt2508523843.635733 Magdalena Stysiak24510420244.465514 Tandara Caixeta2346222245.175185 Sarina Koga2266826240.65556
Best BlockersPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Eda Erdem Dündar4662892.711972 Jovana Kocić4367562.871663 Marlies Janssens4044472.861314 Irina Koroleva3862812.531815 Eline Timmerman3779702.47186
Best ServersPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Marlies Janssens23201391.641822 Hanna Orthmann2136821.401393 Camilla Weitzel21391621.402224 Eda Erdem Dündar19181461.121835 Celine Van Gestel18111841.20213
Best SettersPlayerFaults1 Aki Momii39612117524.7515832 Britt Bongaerts3526120723.4715653 Macris Carneiro333694719.5912864 Ilka Van de Vyver292694719.4715475 Cansu Özbay271993215.941212
Best DiggersPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Brenda Castillo250622916.673412 Camila Brait227312113.352793 Simge Şebnem Aköz215481812.652814 Myrthe Schoot193492812.872705 Justine Wong-Orantes192351611.29243
Best ReceiversPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Mayu Ishikawa1791417648.513692 Sarina Koga1571617245.513453 Maria Stenzel1471719441.063584 Lina Alsmeier1382118640.003455 Anne Buijs1372321736.34377
Final round Statistics leaders correct as of final round.
Best ScorersPlayerAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Ebrar Karakurt3871462 Tandara Caixeta3730403 Gabriela Guimarães3321364 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley2541305 Sarina Koga260329
Best AttackersPlayerSpikesFaultsShots1 Ebrar Karakurt3872852.05732 Tandara Caixeta37113544.58833 Gabriela Guimarães3393045.83724 Sarina Koga26113934.21765 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley2573537.3167
Best BlockersPlayerFaultsRebounds1 Ana Carolina da Silva10795.00262 Jordyn Poulter7663.50193 Ebrar Karakurt74113.50224 Carol Gattaz68133.00275 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley4952.0018
Best ServersPlayerAcesFaultsHits1 Sarina Koga30221.50252 Ai Kurogo22221.00263 Andrea Drews2181.00114 Jordan Thompson23121.00175 Eda Erdem Dündar22171.0021
Best SettersPlayerFaults1 Macris Carneiro55315627.502142 Aki Momii48314624.001973 Jordyn Poulter46316223.002114 Cansu Özbay28013714.001655 Kanami Tashiro40162.0020
Best DiggersPlayerDigsFaultsReceptions1 Ai Kurogo285314.00362 Justine Wong-Orantes289414.00413 Camila Brait274213.50334 Gabriela Guimarães245512.00345 Macris Carneiro224211.0028
Best ReceiversPlayerExcellentsFaults1 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley3414244.16772 Mayu Ishikawa2803345.90613 Sarina Koga2732549.09554 İlkin Aydın1911455.88345 Gabriela Guimarães1803136.7349
See also 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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