2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
[1] 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.[4] Russia won the inaugural edition, defeating the home team in straight sets in the final.[5] Both teams contesting the final had previously won the World League – Russia on three opportunities and France on two.[2] Australia France Iran Japan Argentina Bulgaria China United States Canada Poland Russia South Korea Brazil Germany Italy Serbia Australia Bulgaria Russia Serbia Brazil Japan South Korea United States Argentina Canada Iran Italy China France Germany Poland Australia Canada Germany United States Bulgaria Italy Japan Poland Brazil China Iran Russia Argentina France Serbia South Korea Australia China Italy South Korea Argentina Germany Japan Russia Iran Poland Serbia United States Brazil Bulgaria Canada France Argentina Australia Brazil Poland Canada China Japan Serbia Bulgaria Germany Iran South Korea France Italy Russia United States France (Hosts) Serbia (Preliminary Round 3rd) Brazil (Preliminary Round 4th) Russia (Preliminary Round 1st) United States (Preliminary Round 2nd) Poland (Preliminary Round 5th) The list of host cities and venues was announced on 16 February 2018.[2] 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.