The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The 2021 version of VNL was scheduled to start earlier than the previous edition due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in July. The competition was held in between May and June 2021, and the final round took place in Rimini Fiera, Rimini, Italy.^[1][2]

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2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

Rimini, host city of the all rounds
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
City	Rimini
Dates	25 May – 25 June
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Rimini Fiera (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Best Setter	Jordyn Poulter
Best OH	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley Gabriela Guimarães
Best MB	Eda Erdem Dündar Carol Gattaz
Best OPP	Tandara Caixeta
Best Libero	Justine Wong-Orantes
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
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United States won their third title in the competition, outlasting Brazil in thrilling four sets on the final.^[3] Turkey grabbed the bronze medal after sweeping Japan in three sets.^[4] Michelle Bartsch-Hackley from USA claimed her second MVP title of the tournament.^[5]

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.^[2]

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Country	Confederation	Designation	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
			Total	First	Last
Belgium	CEV	Challenger team	2	2018	2019	7th place (2019)
Brazil	CSV	Core team	2	2018	2019	Runners-up (2019)
Canada	NORCECA	Challenger team	0	None		None
China	AVC	Core team	2	2018	2019	3rd place (2018, 2019)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	Challenger team	2	2018	2019	8th place (2019)
Germany	CEV	Core team	2	2018	2019	10th place (2019)
Italy	CEV	Core team	2	2018	2019	5th place (2019)
Japan	AVC	Core team	2	2018	2019	9th place (2019)
Netherlands	CEV	Core team	2	2018	2019	5th place (2018)
Poland	CEV	Challenger team	2	2018	2019	5th place (2019)
Russia	CEV	Core team	2	2018	2019	8th place (2018)
Serbia	CEV	Core team	2	2018	2019	5th place (2018)
South Korea	AVC	Core team	2	2018	2019	12th place (2018)
Thailand	AVC	Core team	2	2018	2019	12th place (2019)
Turkey	CEV	Core team	2	2018	2019	Runners-up (2018)
United States	NORCECA	Core team	2	2018	2019	Champions (2018, 2019)

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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.

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 25 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.

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

Ranking

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	15	14	1	42	42	7	6.000	1199	931	1.288	Final round
2	Brazil	15	13	2	40	42	10	4.200	1251	954	1.311
3	Japan	15	12	3	33	36	18	2.000	1150	1026	1.121
4	Turkey	15	11	4	30	37	21	1.762	1304	1237	1.054
5	China	15	10	5	30	35	21	1.667	1254	1152	1.089
6	Dominican Republic	15	9	6	29	34	25	1.360	1319	1281	1.030
7	Netherlands	15	9	6	25	30	26	1.154	1265	1219	1.038
8	Russia	15	8	7	24	30	26	1.154	1210	1180	1.025
9	Belgium	15	8	7	19	27	34	0.794	1282	1333	0.962
10	Germany	15	5	10	16	22	32	0.688	1055	1129	0.934
11	Poland	15	5	10	15	24	36	0.667	1309	1335	0.981
12	Italy (H)	15	4	11	16	24	35	0.686	1282	1347	0.952
13	Serbia	15	4	11	14	19	36	0.528	1115	1274	0.875
14	Canada	15	3	12	11	17	39	0.436	1094	1309	0.836
15	South Korea	15	3	12	10	16	40	0.400	1157	1298	0.891
16	Thailand	15	2	13	6	11	40	0.275	983	1224	0.803

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Source: VNL 2021 standings
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Week 1

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 May	10.00	Netherlands	3–0	Belgium	25–21	25–19	25–18			75–58	P2 Report
25 May	12.00	Turkey	3–2	Serbia	25–21	18–25	25–23	22–25	16–14	106–108	P2 Report
25 May	13.00	Germany	0–3	Russia	21–25	22–25	19–25			62–75	P2 Report
25 May	15.00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–17	25–16			75–48	P2 Report
25 May	16.00	China	3–1	South Korea	23–25	25–19	25–19	25–18		98–81	P2 Report
25 May	18.00	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	20–25	21–25	12–25			53–75	P2 Report
25 May	19.30	Italy	2–3	Poland	22–25	25–22	25–20	22–25	15–17	109–109	P2 Report
25 May	21.00	Brazil	3–1	Canada	23–25	25–11	25–9	25–14		98–59	P2 Report
26 May	10.00	Netherlands	2–3	Germany	25–18	18–25	30–28	23–25	12–15	108–111	P2 Report
26 May	12.00	Thailand	1–3	South Korea	25–15	13–25	18–25	17–25		73–90	P2 Report
26 May	13.00	China	0–3	Japan	13–25	19–25	17–25			49–75	P2 Report
26 May	15.00	Belgium	2–3	Russia	25–23	25–21	19–25	19–25	8–15	96–109	P2 Report
26 May	16.00	Serbia	3–1	Poland	20–25	25–17	25–16	25–21		95–79	P2 Report
26 May	18.00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–13	25–17			75–50	P2 Report
26 May	19.00	Turkey	3–0	Italy	25–13	25–23	25–16			75–52	P2 Report
26 May	21.00	United States	3–0	Canada	26–24	25–15	25–10			76–49	P2 Report
27 May	10.00	Germany	3–0	Belgium	25–20	25–19	25–13			75–52	P2 Report
27 May	12.00	Russia	1–3	Netherlands	14–25	22–25	25–23	20–25		81–98	P2 Report
27 May	13.00	South Korea	0–3	Japan	18–25	18–25	25–27			61–77	P2 Report
27 May	15.00	Canada	1–3	Dominican Republic	17–25	24–26	30–28	16–25		87–104	P2 Report
27 May	16.00	China	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–15	25–23			75–53	P2 Report
27 May	18.00	Poland	1–3	Turkey	23–25	27–25	23–25	20–25		93–100	P2 Report
27 May	19.30	Brazil	1–3	United States	17–25	19–25	25–23	22–25		83–98	P2 Report
27 May	21.00	Serbia	3–1	Italy	25–18	23–25	26–24	25–20		99–87	P2 Report

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Week 2

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	10.00	Thailand	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	9–25	18–25			47–75	P2 Report
31 May	12.00	Belgium	3–2	Dominican Republic	31–33	19–25	25–20	25–16	15–11	115–105	P2 Report
31 May	13.00	China	3–2	Germany	20–25	19–25	27–25	25–21	15–9	106–105	P2 Report
31 May	15.00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–15	25–19	25–21			75–55	P2 Report
31 May	16.00	Canada	2–3	Turkey	23–25	25–19	25–22	23–25	12–15	108–106	P2Report
31 May	18.00	South Korea	0–3	Poland	15–25	20–25	22–25			57–75	P2 Report
31 May	19.30	Serbia	0–3	United States	20–25	16–25	12–25			48–75	P2 Report
31 May	21.00	Russia	3–0	Italy	26–24	25–23	27–25			78–72	P2 Report
1 Jun	10.00	Turkey	3–0	Germany	25–20	25–20	25–22			75–62	P2 Report
1 Jun	12.00	Dominican Republic	3–0	South Korea	25–23	28–26	25–18			78–67	P2 Report
1 Jun	13.00	Belgium	3–2	Poland	25–15	17–25	25–19	22–25	15–12	104–96	P2 Report
1 Jun	15.00	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–23	25–23			75–65	P2 Report
1 Jun	16.00	China	2–3	Canada	22–25	25–21	17–25	25–15	12–15	101–101	P2 Report
1 Jun	18.00	United States	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–15	25–18			75–55	P2 Report
1 Jun	19.30	Italy	2–3	Japan	25–27	19–25	25–16	25–21	13–15	107–104	P2 Report
1 Jun	21.00	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–20	25–11	25–18			75–49	P2 Report
2 Jun	10.00	Belgium	3–2	South Korea	23–25	25–23	25–16	19–25	15–12	107–101	P2 Report
2 Jun	12.00	Thailand	0–3	United States	17–25	14–25	16–25			47–75	P2 Report
2 Jun	13.00	Germany	0–3	Canada	28–30	25–27	14–25			67–82	P2 Report
2 Jun	15.00	Japan	3–0	Russia	25–20	25–21	25–21			75–62	P2 Report
2 Jun	16.00	China	0–3	Turkey	15–25	23–25	21–25			59–75	P2 Report
2 Jun	18.00	Poland	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–22	22–25	26–28	21–25		94–100	P2 Report
2 Jun	19.30	Netherlands	3–1	Serbia	25–22	25–16	18–25	25–21		93–84	P2 Report
2 Jun	21.00	Brazil	3–1	Italy	19–25	25–15	25–19	25–19		94–78	P2 Report

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Week 3

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jun	10.00	China	2–3	Belgium	25–17	25–27	25–23	21–25	8–15	104–107	P2 Report
6 Jun	12.00	Japan	0–3	Netherlands	22–25	20–25	23–25			65–75	P2 Report
6 Jun	15.00	Turkey	3–1	Thailand	23–25	25–12	25–20	25–9		98–66	P2 Report
6 Jun	15.00	Dominican Republic	2–3	Russia	18–25	25–21	20–25	25–22	8–15	96–108	P2 Report
6 Jun	16.00	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	25–12	25–14	25–13			75–39	P2 Report
6 Jun	18.00	Canada	2–3	Poland	25–22	25–21	21–25	17–25	7–15	95–108	P2 Report
6 Jun	19.00	Italy	3–1	South Korea	27–25	23–25	25–22	25–20		100–92	P2 Report
6 Jun	21.00	Germany	0–3	United States	23–25	13–25	13–25			49–75	P2 Report
7 Jun	10.00	Russia	3–1	Thailand	25–14	18–25	25–14	25–20		93–73	P2 Report
7 Jun	12.00	Turkey	1–3	Dominican Republic	22–25	21–25	25–23	17–25		85–98	P2 Report
7 Jun	13.00	Canada	0–3	Japan	16–25	15–25	15–25			46–75	P2 Report
7 Jun	15.00	China	1–3	Serbia	22–25	18–25	25–20	22–25		87–95	P2 Report
7 Jun	16.00	South Korea	0–3	United States	16–25	12–25	14–25			42–75	P2 Report
7 Jun	18.00	Poland	2–3	Netherlands	25–21	23–25	25–22	21–25	9–15	103–108	P2 Report
7 Jun	19.00	Germany	0–3	Italy	21–25	19–25	11–25			51–75	P2 Report
7 Jun	21.00	Belgium	0–3	Brazil	18–25	16–25	17–25			51–75	P2 Report
8 Jun	10.00	Thailand	0–3	Dominican Republic	16–25	17–25	23–25			56–75	P2 Report
8 Jun	12.00	Turkey	3–2	Russia	25–22	22–25	25–18	18–25	15–7	105–97	P2 Report
8 Jun	13.00	Canada	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	12–25	21–25			52–75	P2 Report
8 Jun	15.00	Japan	3–2	Poland	22–25	22–25	25–22	25–23	16–14	110–109	P2 Report
8 Jun	16.00	China	3–2	Brazil	18–25	25–22	25–20	14–25	15–12	97–104	P2 Report
8 Jun	18.00	Germany	3–0	South Korea	25–12	25–21	25–22			75–55	P2 Report
8 Jun	19.00	Belgium	3–2	Serbia	23–25	26–24	25–21	23–25	15–10	112–105	P2 Report
8 Jun	21.00	Italy	1–3	United States	18–25	21–25	25–20	16–25		80–95	P2 Report

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Week 4

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jun	10.00	Russia	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–17	25–17			75–57	P2 Report
12 Jun	12.00	Thailand	3–1	Germany	24–26	25–21	25–21	25–16		99–84	P2 Report
12 Jun	13.00	Japan	3–1	Turkey	25–17	25–20	17–25	25–19		92–81	P2 Report
12 Jun	15.00	United States	3–0	Belgium	25–9	26–24	25–20			76–53	P2 Report
12 Jun	16.00	China	3–0	Netherlands	25–12	25–18	33–31			83–61	P2 Report
12 Jun	18.00	Canada	3–1	Serbia	25–21	22–25	25–21	25–18		97–85	P2 Report
12 Jun	19.00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Italy	25–21	25–19	22–25	26–24		98–89	P2 Report
12 Jun	21.00	Poland	0–3	Brazil	22–25	20–25	23–25			65–75	P2 Report
13 Jun	10.00	Turkey	3–0	Belgium	25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56	P2 Report
13 Jun	12.00	United States	3–0	Japan	25–23	26–24	25–20			76–67	P2 Report
13 Jun	13.30	Italy	2–3	Netherlands	21–25	28–26	25–20	21–25	10–15	105–111	P2 Report
13 Jun	15.00	Dominican Republic	1–3	China	14–25	20–25	25–19	22–25		81–94	P2 Report
13 Jun	16.30	Russia	3–0	Canada	25–15	25–12	25–14			75–41	P2 Report
13 Jun	18.00	South Korea	3–1	Serbia	25–13	23–25	25–13	25–23		98–74	P2 Report
13 Jun	19.30	Thailand	0–3	Poland	23–25	15–25	20–25			58–75	P2 Report
13 Jun	21.00	Germany	1–3	Brazil	25–22	17–25	21–25	22–25		85–97	P2 Report
14 Jun	10.00	Belgium	1–3	Japan	25–23	22–25	21–25	21–25		89–98	P2 Report
14 Jun	12.00	Russia	3–0	Serbia	25–8	25–17	25–23			75–48	P2 Report
14 Jun	13.00	Netherlands	1–3	Dominican Republic	23–25	25–23	28–30	22–25		98–103	P2 Report
14 Jun	15.00	Germany	3–0	Poland	25–23	25–20	25–23			75–66	P2 Report
14 Jun	16.00	China	3–0	Italy	25–19	25–11	25–19			75–49	P2 Report
14 Jun	18.00	South Korea	3–2	Canada	15–25	25–18	27–29	25–20	21–19	113–111	P2 Report
14 Jun	19.30	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–11	25–14	25–10			75–35	P2 Report
14 Jun	21.00	United States	3–1	Turkey	25–21	23–25	25–15	25–14		98–75	P2 Report

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Week 5

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	10.00	Germany	3–0	Serbia	25–23	25–16	25–21			75–60	P2 Report
18 Jun	12.00	Japan	3–2	Dominican Republic	18–25	24–26	25–22	25–15	15–11	107–99	P2 Report
18 Jun	13.00	Thailand	1–3	Belgium	23–25	24–26	25–23	15–25		87–99	P2 Report
18 Jun	15.00	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	18–25	23–25	18–25			59–75	P2 Report
18 Jun	16.00	China	3–0	Russia	25–18	25–23	25–16			75–57	P2 Report
18 Jun	18.00	Poland	0–3	United States	27–29	27–29	14–25			68–83	P2 Report
18 Jun	19.00	Canada	0–3	Italy	18–25	20–25	20–25			58–75	P2 Report
18 Jun	21.00	Turkey	3–0	Netherlands	27–25	25–20	25–20			77–65	P2 Report
19 Jun	10.00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Serbia	25–14	25–20	25–18			75–52	P2 Report
19 Jun	12.00	United States	3–1	Russia	25–21	25–27	25–23	25–15		100–86	P2 Report
19 Jun	13.00	Japan	3–1	Germany	25–23	19–25	26–24	25–15		95–87	P2 Report
19 Jun	15.00	Thailand	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	P2 Report
19 Jun	16.00	China	3–0	Poland	26–24	25–22	25–16			76–62	P2 Report
19 Jun	18.00	South Korea	1–3	Turkey	23–25	25–20	17–25	18–25		83–95	P2 Report
19 Jun	19.30	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	P2 Report
19 Jun	21.00	Belgium	3–2	Italy	25–17	20–25	22–25	25–17	15–10	107–94	P2 Report
20 Jun	10.00	Dominican Republic	3–2	Germany	25–21	25–22	14–25	25–27	15–9	104–104	P2 Report
20 Jun	12.00	China	3–0	United States	25–10	25–20	25–17			75–47	P2 Report
20 Jun	13.00	Thailand	1–3	Italy	35–33	21–25	25–27	20–25		101–110	P2 Report
20 Jun	15.00	Japan	3–0	Serbia	25–12	25–22	25–15			75–49	P2 Report
20 Jun	16.00	Russia	2–3	Poland	17–25	25–20	16–25	25–22	7–15	90–107	P2 Report
20 Jun	18.00	South Korea	2–3	Netherlands	20–25	25–23	18–25	25–22	12–15	100–110	P2 Report
20 Jun	19.30	Belgium	3–0	Canada	26–24	25–17	25–17			76–58	P2 Report
20 Jun	21.00	Brazil	3–1	Turkey	25–18	25–16	25–27	25–15		100–76	P2 Report

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

	Semifinals				Final
	24 June
	Brazil	3
					25 June
	Japan	1
					Brazil	1
	24 June
					United States	3
	United States	3
	Turkey	0
					3rd place match
					25 June
					Japan	0
					Turkey	3

Semifinals

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–1	Japan	25–15	25–23	29–31	25–16		104–85	P2 Report
24 Jun	19:30	United States	3–0	Turkey	25–21	25–23	25–20			75–64	P2 Report

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3rd place match

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	16:00	Japan	0–3	Turkey	19–25	16–25	17–25			52–75	P2 Report

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Final

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	19:30	Brazil	1–3	United States	28–26	23–25	23–25	21–25		95–101	P2 Report

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