The Ljubljana pool of the second competition week in the men’s Volleyball Nations League 2026 started off with a bang!

Over eight thousand spectators in the packed stands in Orleans witnessed a fantastic duel, in which star outside hitter and captain Yuki Ishikawa led Japan in an epic 3-2 (28-30, 19-25, 25-17, 35-33, 15-12) reverse sweep of Sunday’s big game against France.

Poland played their fifth consecutive five-set match in the men’s Volleyball Nations League and achieved their third win in a row...

The last day of matches of the second week of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2026 Preliminary Phase had as many as six five-setters, and Germany were on the right side of one of them to take down the last undefeated team in the tournament on Sunday. Coming from a five-set loss against hosts Türkiye on Saturday, the Europeans finished strong and avoided a second-straight reverse sweep to take down Brazil 3-2 (26-24, 28-26, 15-25, 19-25, 16-14) in Ankara. Read more at [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-nations-league/news/germany-take-undefeated-brazil-down-five-set-thriller?] All Rights Reserved. © 2026 | ayeperez.online

Japan’s star opposite Yuji Nishida hit not one, but two big milestones in the men’s Volleyball Nations League as his team battled it out for a four-set win over Slovenia in Linyi on Sunday to finish the week undefeated in four matches played, while handing their European opponents their first loss of the season...