2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

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2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League
Tournament details
Host nationThailand
CityBangkok (final round)
Dates14 May – 23 June 2024
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Poland
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Paola Egonu
Best SetterItaly Alessia Orro
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPItaly Paola Egonu
Best LiberoJapan Manami Kojima [ja]
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Attendance371,655 (3,574 per match)
Official website
Volleyball Nations League

The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the sixth edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, an annual women's international volleyball tournament. The competition was held from 14 May to 23 June 2024 and the final round took place at Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

Following the results of the 2023 Nations League and the 2023 Challenger Cup, Croatia were replaced by debutants France in this edition.[2]

Italy claimed their second VNL title after defeating Japan in a four-set final. Japan took the silver medal, which is their best result in this tournament. Poland retained the bronze medal after defeating Brazil in a five-set 3rd place match.[3] Paola Egonu of Italy named as the MVP of the tournament.[4]

Qualification

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Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Eleven of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other five teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. France replaced Croatia after winning the 2023 Challenger Cup. In a change of format for the next edition, none of current teams will be relegated and from the year 2025 onwards, the competition will consist from 18 teams. The two extra spots will be from the team that wins the 2024 Challenger Cup and the best FIVB ranked team who are not in this year event.[5]

Country Confederation Designation Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Brazil CSV Core team 5 2018 2023 Runners-up (2019, 2021, 2022)
 Bulgaria CEV Challenger team 3 2019 2023 13th place (2023)
 Canada NORCECA Challenger team 3 2021 2023 10th place (2023)
 China AVC Core team 5 2018 2023 Runners-up (2023)
 Dominican Republic NORCECA Challenger team 5 2018 2023 6th place (2021)
 France CEV Challenger team 0 None None
 Germany CEV Core team 5 2018 2023 8th place (2023)
 Italy CEV Core team 5 2018 2023 Champions (2022)
 Japan AVC Core team 5 2018 2023 4th place (2021)
 Netherlands CEV Core team 5 2018 2023 5th place (2018)
 Poland CEV Challenger team 5 2018 2023 3rd place (2023)
 Serbia CEV Core team 5 2018 2023 3rd place (2022)
 South Korea AVC Core team 5 2018 2023 12th place (2018)
 Thailand AVC Core team 5 2018 2023 8th place (2022)
 Turkey CEV Core team 5 2018 2023 Champions (2023)
 United States NORCECA Core team 5 2018 2023 Champions (2018, 2019, 2021)

Format

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Preliminary round

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The format of play is the same as edition 2022's. The new format will see 16 women's teams competing in pools of 8 teams during the pool phase. The participating teams were ranked from 1st to 16th in the FIVB world rankings after the end of the last edition, and each team will play a total of 12 matches during the preliminary round over 3 weeks, against equally strong opponents – 3 matches against teams ranked 1st to 4th, 3 matches against teams ranked 5th to 8th, 3 matches against teams ranked 9th to 12th, and 3 matches against teams ranked 13th to 16th. The eight best teams will then move into the final knockout phase of the competition. However, this rule is only applied if the finals host country advances as part of this group. In this does not happen, the 7 best teams advance.[6]

Final round

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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.[6]

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

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The overview of pools was released on 8 December 2023.[7]

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Pool 1
Turkey
Pool 2
Brazil
Pool 3
Macau, China
Pool 4
United States
Pool 5
Hong Kong, China
Pool 6
Japan

 Turkey
 Italy
 Poland
 Japan
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Bulgaria
 France

 Brazil
 United States
 Serbia
 China
 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Thailand
 South Korea

 China
 Italy
 Brazil
 Japan
 Dominican Republic
 Netherlands
 Thailand
 France

 United States
 Turkey
 Poland
 Serbia
 Germany
 Canada
 Bulgaria
 South Korea

 China
 Turkey
 Brazil
 Poland
 Dominican Republic
 Germany
 Thailand
 Bulgaria

 Japan
 United States
 Italy
 Serbia
 Netherlands
 Canada
 France
 South Korea

Venues

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Preliminary round

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Week 1
Pool 1 Pool 2
Antalya, Turkey Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Antalya Sports Hall Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 11,800
Week 2
Pool 3 Pool 4
Macau, China Arlington, Texas, United States
Galaxy Arena College Park Center
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 7,000
Week 3
Pool 5 Pool 6
Hong Kong, China Fukuoka, Japan
Hong Kong Coliseum West Japan General Exhibition Center
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 7,900

Final round

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All matches
Bangkok, Thailand
Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 8,000

Competition schedule

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Preliminary round Final round
Week 1
14–19 May
Week 2
28 May–2 Jun
Week 3
11–16 Jun
Week 4
20–23 Jun
32 matches 32 matches 32 matches 8 matches

Pool standing procedure

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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.

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Ranking

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 12 12 0 34 36 9 4.000 1075 873 1.231 Final round
2  Italy 12 10 2 31 32 10 3.200 1010 812 1.244
3  Poland 12 10 2 30 31 8 3.875 942 838 1.124
4  China 12 9 3 26 29 14 2.071 1000 886 1.129
5  Japan 12 8 4 25 28 16 1.750 1011 909 1.112
6  Turkey 12 8 4 25 29 18 1.611 1060 977 1.085
7  United States 12 7 5 22 27 17 1.588 1018 944 1.078
8  Netherlands 12 7 5 21 24 18 1.333 965 903 1.069
9  Canada 12 7 5 20 24 19 1.263 975 945 1.032
10  Dominican Republic 12 3 9 10 15 29 0.517 956 1029 0.929
11  Serbia 12 3 9 9 16 29 0.552 968 1058 0.915
12  Germany 12 3 9 9 14 28 0.500 907 974 0.931
13  Thailand[a] 12 3 9 7 12 32 0.375 878 1031 0.852 Final round
14  France 12 2 10 8 10 32 0.313 827 993 0.833
15  South Korea 12 2 10 6 8 33 0.242 751 970 0.774
16  Bulgaria 12 2 10 5 11 34 0.324 863 1064 0.811
  1. ^ Qualified as host

Week 1

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Pool 1

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 May 17:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Netherlands 14–25 20–25 22–25     56–75 P2 Report
14 May 20:00 Italy  0–3  Poland 26–28 23–25 21–25     70–78 P2 Report
15 May 17:00 France  0–3  Germany 22–25 14–25 22–25     58–75 P2 Report
15 May 20:00 Japan  3–2  Turkey 25–23 25–21 23–25 20–25 15–11 108–105 P2 Report
16 May 14:00 Germany  1–3  Italy 16–25 16–25 25–21 22–25   79–96 P2 Report
16 May 17:00 Bulgaria  0–3  Japan 13–25 15–25 15–25     43–75 P2 Report
16 May 20:00 Netherlands  1–3  Turkey 14–25 25–23 23–25 18–25   80–98 P2 Report
17 May 14:00 Japan  3–0  Germany 25–21 25–15 25–22     75–58 P2 Report
17 May 17:00 France  0–3  Poland 20–25 16–25 17–25     53–75 P2 Report
17 May 20:00 Italy  3–0  Bulgaria 25–11 25–22 25–19     75–52 P2 Report
18 May 14:00 Poland  3–0  Netherlands 25–20 26–24 25–18     76–62 P2 Report
18 May 17:00 France  3–1  Bulgaria 19–25 25–21 25–11 29–27   98–84 P2 Report
18 May 20:00 Italy  3–1  Turkey 25–27 25–21 25–21 25–19   100–88 P2 Report
19 May 14:00 Germany  1–3  Netherlands 21–25 25–21 23–25 20–25   89–96 P2 Report
19 May 17:00 Poland  3–0  Japan 26–24 25–20 25–23     76–67 P2 Report
19 May 20:00 France  0–3  Turkey 19–25 16–25 19–25     54–75 P2 Report

Pool 2

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 May 17:30 China  3–0  South Korea 25–15 25–16 25–14     75–45 P2 Report
14 May 21:00 Brazil  3–1  Canada 26–24 23–25 26–24 25–12   100–85 P2 Report
15 May 17:30 United States  3–1  Thailand 25–22 19–25 25–12 25–18   94–77 P2 Report
15 May 21:00 Serbia  1–3  Dominican Republic 18–25 17–25 25–21 20–25   80–96 P2 Report
16 May 14:00 Brazil  3–0  South Korea 25–15 25–19 25–17     75–51 P2 Report
16 May 17:30 China  3–1  United States 23–25 25–23 25–22 25–19   98–89 P2 Report
16 May 21:00 Dominican Republic  0–3  Canada 20–25 21–25 22–25     63–75 P2 Report
17 May 14:00 Serbia  3–0  Thailand 25–13 29–27 25–19     79–59 P2 Report
17 May 17:30 China  1–3  Canada 22–25 25–20 23–25 22–25   92–95 P2 Report
17 May 21:00 Brazil  3–1  United States 25–22 25–16 18–25 25–19   93–82 P2 Report
18 May 14:00 Serbia  1–3  China 25–21 15–25 18–25 18–25   76–96 P2 Report
18 May 17:30 South Korea  0–3  Dominican Republic 13–25 19–25 20–25     52–75 P2 Report
18 May 21:00 Thailand  1–3  Canada 21–25 13–25 25–20 17–25   76–95 P2 Report
19 May 10:00 Brazil  3–0  Serbia 25–15 25–19 25–19     75–53 P2 Report
19 May 14:00 United States  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–23 25–20 25–18     75–61 P2 Report
19 May 17:30 Thailand  1–3  South Korea 19–25 25–23 16–25 18–25   78–98 P2 Report

Week 2

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Pool 3

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 16:00 Thailand  3–1  Dominican Republic 25–22 20–25 25–17 26–24   96–88 P2 Report
28 May 19:30 Brazil  3–2  Japan 24–26 26–24 19–25 25–20 15–11 109–106 P2 Report
29 May 16:00 Italy  3–0  France 25–15 25–14 25–14     75–43 P2 Report
29 May 19:30 Netherlands  1–3  China 25–21 23–25 23–25 21–25   92–96 P2 Report
30 May 12:30 Dominican Republic  0–3  Italy 12–25 19–25 21–25     52–75 P2 Report
30 May 16:00 France  0–3  Japan 14–25 18–25 15–25     47–75 P2 Report
30 May 19:30 Brazil  3–1  Netherlands 25–17 20–25 25–20 25–18   95–80 P2 Report
31 May 12:30 France  2–3  Thailand 23–25 21–25 25–23 25–20 7–15 101–108 P2 Report
31 May 16:00 Netherlands  3–1  Dominican Republic 25–17 23–25 25–21 25–17   98–80 P2 Report
31 May 19:30 Japan  3–1  China 25–22 19–25 25–18 25–17   94–82 P2 Report
1 Jun 12:30 Brazil  3–2  Italy 26–24 25–27 18–25 25–19 15–10 109–105 P2 Report
1 Jun 16:00 Dominican Republic  1–3  Japan 20–25 25–23 24–26 23–25   92–99 P2 Report
1 Jun 19:30 Thailand  0–3  China 23–25 17–25 18–25     58–75 P2 Report
2 Jun 12:30 France  0–3  Netherlands 17–25 10–25 21–25     48–75 P2 Report
2 Jun 16:00 Brazil  3–0  Thailand 25–22 25–14 25–17     75–53 P2 Report
2 Jun 19:30 Italy  3–0  China 25–23 25–19 25–16     75–58 P2 Report

Pool 4

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 May 16:00 Poland  3–1  Serbia 25–16 23–25 25–18 25–22   98–81 P2 Report
28 May 19:30 Canada  1–3  United States 22–25 17–25 25–23 20–25   84–98 P2 Report
29 May 11:00 South Korea  2–3  Bulgaria 23–25 25–20 26–24 21–25 13–15 108–109 P2 Report
29 May 14:30 Germany  1–3  Turkey 25–20 20–25 9–25 24–26   78–96 P2 Report
30 May 12:30 South Korea  0–3  Poland 20–25 20–25 10–25     50–75 P2 Report
30 May 16:00 Canada  3–0  Germany 25–20 25–15 25–22     75–57 P2 Report
30 May 19:30 Serbia  1–3  Turkey 18–25 31–33 25–21 21–25   95–104 P2 Report
31 May 13:00 Germany  0–3  Poland 23–25 20–25 21–25     64–75 P2 Report
31 May 16:30 Serbia  3–1  Canada 25–22 21–25 26–24 25–20   97–91 P2 Report
31 May 20:00 Bulgaria  0–3  United States 17–25 22–25 22–25     61–75 P2 Report
1 Jun 13:00 South Korea  0–3  Turkey 20–25 15–25 20–25     55–75 P2 Report
1 Jun 16:30 Poland  3–1  United States 29–27 25–22 20–25 25–23   99–97 P2 Report
1 Jun 20:00 Serbia  3–1  Bulgaria 18–25 25–21 25–17 25–16   93–79 P2 Report
2 Jun 11:30 South Korea  0–3  Canada 15–25 12–25 18–25     45–75 P2 Report
2 Jun 15:00 United States  2–3  Turkey 25–21 20–25 21–25 25–12 12–15 103–98 P2 Report
2 Jun 18:30 Bulgaria  1–3  Germany 19–25 25–21 21–25 11–25   76–96 P2 Report

Week 3

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Pool 5

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun 17:00 Germany  1–3  Dominican Republic 24–26 25–21 21–25 21–25   91–97 P2 Report
11 Jun 20:30 Bulgaria  0–3  China 15–25 12–25 17–25     44–75 P2 Report
12 Jun 17:00 Turkey  3–0  Thailand 25–17 25–17 25–17     75–51 P2 Report
12 Jun 20:30 Brazil  3–1  Poland 22–25 25–17 25–17 25–16   97–75 P2 Report
13 Jun 13:30 Bulgaria  2–3  Thailand 23–25 25–22 18–25 25–22 10–15 101–109 P2 Report
13 Jun 17:00 Germany  1–3  Brazil 20–25 22–25 25–21 24–26   91–97 P2 Report
13 Jun 20:30 Dominican Republic  1–3  Turkey 25–17 15–25 17–25 18–25   75–92 P2 Report
14 Jun 13:30 Bulgaria  0–3  Brazil 11–25 11–25 23–25     45–75 P2 Report
14 Jun 17:00 Dominican Republic  0–3  Poland 31–33 20–25 16–25     67–83 P2 Report
14 Jun 20:30 China  3–0  Germany 25–19 25–17 25–18     75–54 P2 Report
15 Jun 13:30 Dominican Republic  2–3  Bulgaria 26–24 23–25 22–25 26–24 13–15 110–113 P2 Report
15 Jun 17:00 Poland  3–0  Thailand 25–15 25–23 25–17     75–55 P2 Report
15 Jun 20:30 China  3–2  Turkey 21–25 17–25 25–21 25–23 15–13 103–107 P2 Report
16 Jun 13:30 Germany  3–0  Thailand 25–17 25–21 25–20     75–58 P2 Report
16 Jun 17:00 Turkey  0–3  Brazil 14–25 14–25 19–25     47–75 P2 Report
16 Jun 20:30 China  3–0  Poland 25–23 25–15 25–19     75–57 P2 Report

Pool 6

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Jun 15:30 United States  3–0  France 25–15 26–24 25–20     76–59 P2 Report
11 Jun 19:20 Italy  3–0  Canada 25–16 25–15 25–14     75–45 P2 Report
12 Jun 15:30 Netherlands  3–1  Serbia 25–20 25–21 18–25 25–12   93–78 P2 Report
12 Jun 19:20 South Korea  0–3  Japan 16–25 16–25 23–25     55–75 P2 Report
13 Jun 12:00 Netherlands  0–3  United States 21–25 20–25 22–25     63–75 P2 Report
13 Jun 15:30 France  2–3  South Korea 23–25 25–21 25–17 22–25 13–15 108–103 P2 Report
13 Jun 19:20 Japan  2–3  Canada 25–23 25–22 20–25 21–25 14–16 105–111 P2 Report
14 Jun 12:00 Serbia  1–3  France 22–25 25–22 23–25 21–25   91–97 P2 Report
14 Jun 15:30 Canada  0–3  Netherlands 24–26 16–25 23–25     63–76 P2 Report
14 Jun 19:30 Italy  3–0  South Korea 25–16 25–11 25–13     75–40 P2 Report
15 Jun 12:00 Canada  3–0  France 25–14 25–18 31–29     81–61 P2 Report
15 Jun 15:30 Italy  3–1  United States 25–17 19–25 25–15 25–21   94–78 P2 Report
15 Jun 19:20 Japan  3–0  Serbia 25–22 25–18 25–15     75–55 P2 Report
16 Jun 11:30 Netherlands  3–0  South Korea 25–21 25–11 25–17     75–49 P2 Report
16 Jun 15:00 Serbia  1–3  Italy 20–25 25–20 23–25 22–25   90–95 P2 Report
16 Jun 18:45 Japan  0–3  United States 15–25 18–25 24–26     57–76 P2 Report

Final round

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
20 June
 
 
 Thailand0
 
22 June
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil2
 
20 June
 
 Japan3
 
 China0
 
23 June
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan1
 
21 June
 
 Italy3
 
 Italy3
 
22 June
 
 United States0
 
 Italy3
 
21 June
 
 Poland0 3rd place match
 
 Poland3
 
23 June
 
 Turkey2
 
 Brazil2
 
 
 Poland3
 

Quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 17:00 China  0–3  Japan 21–25 21–25 22–25     64–75 P2 Report
20 Jun 20:30 Thailand  0–3  Brazil 21–25 20–25 23–25     64–75 P2 Report
21 Jun 17:00 Italy  3–0  United States 25–21 25–21 25–23     75–65 P2 Report
21 Jun 20:30 Poland  3–2  Turkey 20–25 25–22 25–20 19–25 15–11 104–103 P2 Report

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Jun 17:00 Italy  3–0  Poland 25–18 25–17 25–12     75–47 P2 Report
22 Jun 20:30 Brazil  2–3  Japan 24–26 25–20 21–25 25–22 12–15 107–108 P2 Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun 17:00 Brazil  2–3  Poland 21–25 28–26 21–25 25–19 9–15 104–110 P2 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun 20:30 Japan  1–3  Italy 17–25 17–25 25–21 20–25   79–96 P2 Report

Final standing

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Awards

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Statistics leaders

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Preliminary round

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Statistics leaders correct as of Week 3 of preliminary round.[8]

Final round

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Statistics leaders correct as of final round.[9]

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  3. ^ "Egonu leads Italy to their second VNL title, Japan settles for historic silver". volleyballworld. 23 June 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Paola Egonu earns yet another MVP award". volleyballworld. 23 June 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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  6. ^ a b "VNL 2024 Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  7. ^ "VNL 2024 To Take The Elite Of The Sport To Four Continents" (Press release). FIVB. 8 December 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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  9. ^ "Women's Finals Statistics – 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League". volleyballworld. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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