2021 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League

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. ==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==

• 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 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. ==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). Semifinals 3rd place match Final ==Final standing==

Source: VNL 2021 final standings ==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. Final round Statistics leaders correct as of final round. ==See also==