2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total Report
22 Jun 17:30 United States 2-3 France 21-25 25-23 28-26 106-114 P2 Report
22 Jun 20:50 Italy 0-3 Russia 21-25 22-25 20-25 63-75 P2 Report
23 Jun 17:30 United States 0-3 Russia 23-25 15-25 22-25 60-75 P2 Report
23 Jun 20:30 Italy 3-0 France 25-21 25-22 27-25 77-68 P2 Report
24 Jun 17:30 France 3-0 Russia 25-20 25-13 25-18 75-51 P2 Report
24 Jun 20:30 Italy 0-3 United States 23-25 17-25 27-29 67-79 P2 Report
Preliminary round -- Week 5
All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00 ) .
The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, a new annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World League in the international calendar. The competition was held between May and July 2018 and the final round took place in the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lille metropolitan area, France. Russia won the inaugural edition, defeating the home team in straight sets in the final. Both teams contesting the final had previously won the World League - Russia on three opportunities and France on two. United States, which also had won the World League twice, defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal. Maxim Mikhaylov from Russia, who was the World League MVP in 2011, was elected the Most valuable player. South Korea were the last placed challenger team after the preliminary round and were replaced by Challenger Cup winners Portugal in the 2019 edition.