The Volleyball Nations League 2026 will be held from June 2 to August 2 and will be the eighth edition of the premier annual competition for men's and women's national teams.

Four different nations have triumphed among the men in the first seven editions - Russia (2018, 2019), France (2022, 2024), Poland (2023, 2025) and Brazil (2021) - and national teams from three other countries (USA, Japan and Italy) have also made it to the podium. With six medals (two gold, one silver, three bronze), Poland are the most successful team in the event, followed by the USA (three silver, one bronze) and France (two gold, one silver, one bronze), which have four each.

YearGold medallistsSilver medallistsBronze medallists
2018RussiaFranceUSA
2019RussiaUSAPoland
2021BrazilPolandFrance
2022FranceUSAPoland
2023PolandUSAJapan
2024FranceJapanPoland
2025PolandItalyBrazil
Poland (POL) vs. Italy (ITA) men - Final 1-2 #53718043

Among the women, the USA (2018, 2019, 2021), Italy (2022, 2024, 2025) and Türkiye (2023) have lifted the trophy, while China, Brazil, Serbia, Poland and Japan also earned medals. Leading the ranking of podium appearances are Brazil (four silver), followed by the USA (three gold), Italy (three gold), Türkiye (one gold, one silver, one bronze) and China (one silver, two bronze).

YearGold medallistsSilver medallistsBronze medallists
2018USATürkiyeChina
2019USABrazilChina
2021USABrazilTürkiye
2022ItalyBrazilSerbia
2023TürkiyeChinaPoland
2024ItalyJapanPoland
2025ItalyBrazilJapan
Italy (ITA) vs. Brazil (BRA) women - Final 1-2 #53066352