2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League

Sixteen teams qualified for the competition. Twelve of them qualified as core teams which cannot face relegation. Other four teams were selected as challenger teams which could be relegated from the tournament. ==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. 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 February 16, 2018. Preliminary round Final round ==Venues==

The list of host cities and venues was announced on 16 February 2018. Preliminary round Final round ==Competition schedule==

• 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. ==Squads==

The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 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. ==Preliminary round==

Ranking Week 1 Pool 1 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 2 • All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool 3 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 4 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Week 2 Pool 5 • All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00). Pool 6 • All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00). Pool 7 • All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00). Pool 8 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Week 3 Pool 9 • All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00). Pool 10 • All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). Pool 11 • All times are Yekaterinburg Time (UTC+05:00). Pool 12 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Week 4 Pool 13 • All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00). Pool 14 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool 15 • All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00). Pool 16 • All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00). Week 5 Pool 17 • All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00). Pool 18 • All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Pool 19 • All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30). Pool 20 • All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). ==Final round==

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). Pool play Pool A Pool B Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final ==Final standing==

• Most valuable player • : • Best setter • : • Best outside spikers • : • : • Best middle blockers • : • : • Best opposite spiker • : • Best libero • : ==Statistics leaders==

Preliminary round Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round. Final round Statistics leaders correct at the end of final round. ==See also==