2019 in volleyball
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The following were volleyball-related events during 2019 throughout the world.
Beach volleyball
World and continental beach volleyball events
- June 18–23: 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in
Udon Thani - June 28 – July 7: 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships in
Hamburg- Winners:
Russia (Oleg Stoyanovskiy & Viacheslav Krasilnikov) (m) / 
Canada (Sarah Pavan & Melissa Humana-Paredes) (f)
- Winners:
- September 4–8: 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals in
Rome- Winners: Russia (Oleg Stoyanovskiy & Viacheslav Krasilnikov) (m) / Germany (Laura Ludwig & Margareta Kozuch) (f)
- Winners:
- September 18–22: 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Haiyang- Men: Italy and
Latvia both qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics. - Women: Latvia and
Spain both qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
- Men:
2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
- January 2 – September 8: 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
2019 World Tour Five Star BV events
- July 9–14: Five Star No. 1 in
Gstaad- Winners:
Norway (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / 
United States (April Ross & Alexandra Klineman) (f)
- Winners:
- July 31 – August 4: Five Star No. 2 (final) in
Vienna- Winners: Norway (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / Canada (Sarah Pavan & Melissa Humana-Paredes) (f)
- Winners:
2019 World Tour Four Star BV events
- January 2–6: Four Star No. 1 in
The Hague- Winners: Russia (Viacheslav Krasilnikov & Oleg Stoyanovskiy) (m) /
Brazil (Ana Patricia Silva Ramos & Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva) (f)
- Winners:
- March 11–16: Four Star No. 2 in
Doha (men only)- Winners:
Chile (Marco Grimalt & Esteban Grimalt)
- Winners:
- April 24–28: Four Star No. 3 in Xiamen
- May 15–19: Four Star #4 in Itapema
- Winners: Norway (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / United States (Alexandra Klineman & April Ross) (f)
- Winners:
- May 22–26: Four Star No. 5 in Jinjiang, Fujian
- Winners: Norway (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / United States (Kerri Walsh Jennings & Brooke Sweat) (f)
- Winners:
- May 29 – June 2: Four Star No. 6 in
Ostrava- Winners: Norway (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / Brazil (Ágatha Bednarczuk & Eduarda Santos Lisboa) (f)
- Winners:
- June 12–16: Four Star No. 7 in
Warsaw- Winners: Brazil (Evandro Oliveira & Bruno Oscar Schmidt) (m) /
Australia (Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy) (f)
- Winners:
- July 17–21: Four Star No. 8 in
Espinho- Winners: Brazil (Alison Cerutti & Álvaro Morais Filho) (m) / Russia (Nadezda Makroguzova & Svetlana Kholomina) (f)
- Winners:
- July 24–28: Four Star No. 9 in
Tokyo - August 14–18: Four Star #10 in Moscow
- Winners: Latvia (Aleksandrs Samoilovs & Jānis Šmēdiņš) (m) / Switzerland (Anouk Vergé-Dépré & Joana Heidrich) (f)
- Winners:
- November 13–17: Four Star No. 11 in
Chetumal
2019 World Tour Three Star BV events
- March 6–10: Three Star No. 1 in Sydney
- Winners: Chile (Marco Grimalt & Esteban Grimalt) (m) / Australia (Becchara Palmer & Nicole Laird) (f)
- Winners:
- April 30 – May 4: Three Star No. 2 in
Kuala Lumpur- Winners: Brazil (Alison Cerutti & Álvaro Morais Filho) (m) / Czech Republic (Barbora Hermannová & Markéta Sluková) (f)
- Winners:
- July 17–21: Three Star No. 3 in Edmonton
- Winners: Switzerland (Nico Beeler & Marco Krattiger) (m) / Canada (Sarah Pavan & Melissa Humana-Paredes) (f)
- Winners:
- August 22–25: Three Star No. 4 in Jūrmala (men only)
- Winners: Latvia (Aleksandrs Samoilovs & Jānis Šmēdiņš)
- Winners:
- October 30 – November 3: Three Star No. 5 in Qinzhou
- Winners: Switzerland (Adrian Heidrich & Mirco Gerson) (m) / Germany (Karla Borger & Julia Sude) (f)
- Winners:
2019 World Tour Two Star BV events
- February 21–24: Two Star No. 1 in
Phnom Penh (women only)- Winners:
Greece (Peny Karagkouni & Vassiliki Arvaniti)
- Winners:
- March 21–24: Two Star No. 2 in Siem Reap (men only)
- Winners: Austria (Christoph Dressler & Alexander Huber)
- Winners:
- May 15–19: Two Star No. 3 in
Aydın- Winners: Poland (Maciej Rudol & Jakub Szalankiewicz) (m) / Russia (Maria Voronina & Mariia Bocharova) (f)
- Winners:
- May 30 – June 2: Two Star No. 4 in Nantong (women only)
- Winners: China (WEN Shuhui & WANG Jingzhe)
- Winners:
- June 5–9: Two Star #5 in Nanjing (women only)
- Winners: China (WEN Shuhui & WANG Jingzhe)
- Winners:
- July 4–7: Two Star #6 in Qidong, Jiangsu
- August 22–25: Two Star #7 in Zhongwei (women only)
- Winners: China (WEN Shuhui & WANG Jingzhe)
- Winners:
2019 World Tour One Star BV events
- February 28 – March 3: One Star #1 in
Visakhapatnam- Winners: Germany (Armin Dollinger & Simon Kulzer) (m) / Czech Republic (Martina Bonnerová & Martina Maixnerova) (f)
- Winners:
- March 7–10: One Star #2 in Kg Speu (men only)
- Winners: Russia (Maxim Sivolap & Artem Yarzutkin)
- Winners:
- April 4–7: One Star #3 in Battambang (women only)
- Winners: United States (Lara Dykstra & Cassie House)
- Winners:
- April 8–11: One Star #4 in Satun
- Winners:
Ukraine (Denys Denysenko & Vladyslav Iemelianchyk) (m) / 
Chinese Taipei (Kou Nai-han & LIU Pi-hsin) (f)
- Winners:
- April 11–14: One Star No. 5 in Langkawi
- Winners: Russia (Daniil Kuvichka & Anton Kislytsyn) (m) / United States (Lara Dykstra & Cassie House) (f)
- Winners:
- April 18–21: One Star #6 in
Gothenburg- Winners:
Belarus (Aliaksandr Dziadkou & Pavel Piatrushka) (m) / Netherlands (Emi van Driel & Raïsa Schoon) (f)
- Winners:
- May 9–12: One Star #7 in
Tuần Châu (women only)- Winners: Russia (Ksenia Dabizha & Daria Rudykh)
- Winners:
- May 23–26: One Star #8 in
Boracay - June 6–10: One Star #9 in Baden
- Winners: Austria (Clemens Doppler & Alexander Horst) (m) / Austria (Katharina Schützenhöfer & Lena Plesiutschnig) (f)
- Winners:
- June 14–16: One Star No. 10 in Ios
- July 11–14: One Star #11 in
Daegu (women only)- Winners: Russia (Alexandra Moiseeva & Ekaterina Syrtseva)
- Winners:
- July 12–14: One Star No. 12 in Alba Adriatica (women only)
- Winners: Netherlands (Emi van Driel & Raïsa Schoon)
- Winners:
- July 18–21: One Star #13 in Ulsan (women only)
- Event cancelled.
- July 25–28: One Star No. 14 in Pinarella Di Cervia (men only)
- Winners: Russia (Maksim Hudyakov & Igor Velichko)
- Winners:
- August 1–4: One Star #15 in
Ljubljana - August 1–4: One Star #16 in Malbork (men only)
- Winners: Poland (Michal Kadziola & Marcin Ociepski)
- Winners:
- August 7–11: One Star #17 in
Vaduz- Winners: Austria (Moritz Fabian Kindl & Mathias Seiser) (m) / Netherlands (Emma Piersma & Pleun Ypma) (f)
- Winners:
- August 8–11: One Star #18 in Miguel Pereira
- August 8–11: One Star #19 in
Budapest - August 15–18: One Star #20 in
Knokke-Heist - August 21–24: One Star #21 in
Rubavu District- Winners: Japan (Kensuke Shoji & Masato Kurasaka) (m) / Netherlands (Iris Reinders & Mexime van Driel) (f)
- Winners:
- August 24–27: One Star #22 in
Salalah (men only)- Winners:
Denmark (Daniel Thomsen & Morten Overgaard)
- Winners:
- August 27–31: One Star #23 in
Montpellier (men only)- Winners: Netherlands (Dirk Boehlé & Stefan Boermans)
- Winners:
- August 28 – September 1: One Star #24 in Oslo (men only)
- Winners: Norway (Anders Mol & Nils Gunnar Ringøen)
- Winners:
- October 1–4: One Star No. 25 in
Bandar Torkaman (men only)- Winners: Thailand (Nuttanon Inkiew & Sedtawat Padsawud)
- Winners:
- November 6–9: One Star #26 in
Tel Aviv - November 12–15: Aspire Beach Volleyball Cup (One Star #27) in Doha
Volleyball
FIVB World Championships
- July 12–21: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in León, Guanajuato & Aguascalientes City
- July 18–27: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship in
Manama - August 21–30: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship in
Tunis - September 5–14: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in
Cairo
United States defeated Italy, 3–2 in matches played, to win their first FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship title.- Brazil took third place.
- December 3–8: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in Betim
- December 3–8: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Shaoxing
FIVB World and Challenger Cups
- June 26–30: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup in
Lima- Canada defeated the Czech Republic, 3–2 in matches played, to win their first FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup title.
Argentina took third place.- Note: Canada has qualified to compete at the 2020 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.
- July 3–7: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup in Ljubljana
- Slovenia defeated
Cuba, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup title. - Belarus took third place.
- Note: Slovenia has qualified to compete at the 2020 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.
- September 14–29: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan
- Champions: China; Second: United States; Third: Russia
- Champions:
- October 1–15: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup in Japan
- Champions: Brazil; Second: Poland; Third: United States
- Champions:
FIVB Nations League
- May 21 – June 20: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
- July 3–7: Women's VNL Finals in Nanjing
- The United States defeated Brazil, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League title.
- China took third place.
- The
- July 3–7: Women's VNL Finals in
- May 31 – June 30: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
- July 10–14: Men's VNL Finals in Chicago
- Russia defeated the United States, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second consecutive FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League title.
- Poland took third place.
- July 10–14: Men's VNL Finals in
NORCECA
- January 4–6: 2019 Women's NORCECA Caribbean Series in
San Juan (debut event)- Winners:
Dominican Republic; Runner-up: Puerto Rico
- Winners:
- August 31 – September 8: 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Winnipeg
- Cuba defeated the United States, 3–1 in matches played, to win their 16th Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship title.
- Canada took third place.
- October 6–14: 2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in San Juan
- The Dominican Republic defeated the United States, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship title.
- Canada took third place.
- The
CSV
- National teams
- August 28 – September 1: 2019 Women's South American Volleyball Championship in Lima
- September 10–14: 2019 Men's South American Volleyball Championship in Santiago
- Brazil defeated Argentina, 3–2 in matches played, to win their 27th consecutive and 32nd overall Men's South American Volleyball Championship title.
- Chile took third place.
Venezuela took fourth place. - Peru took fifth place.
Colombia took sixth place. - Note 1: Brazil and Argentina both qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
- Note 2: The other four teams here have qualified to compete at the 2020 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament.
- October 24–28: 2019 Girls' U16 South American Volleyball Championship in Lima
- Champions: Chile; Second: Peru; Third:
Paraguay; Fourth: 
Ecuador; Fifth: 
Bolivia
- Champions:
- Club teams
- September 29, 2018 – February 13: 2018–19 Copa Libertadores (finals in Taubaté)
- In the final, Bolívar Volley defeated SESC-RJ, 3–0, to win their 1st title.
- SESI-SP took third place and Funvic Taubaté took fourth place.
- In the final,
- February 19–23: 2019 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship in Belo Horizonte
- Minas Tênis Clube defeated fellow Brazilian team, Dentil Praia, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship title.
- San Lorenzo de Almagro (Vòley Femenino) took third place.
- Note: Minas Tênis Clube has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
- February 26 – March 2: 2019 Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship in Belo Horizonte
- Sada Cruzeiro defeated UPCN San Juan, 3–1 in matches played, to win their fourth consecutive and sixth overall Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship title.
- Club Obras Sanitarias took third place.
- Note: Sada Cruzeiro has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.
2019 Pan-American Volleyball Cup events
- April 24–29: 2019 Boys' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Santo Domingo
- Cuba defeated Mexico, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Boys' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
- The Dominican Republic took third place.
- Note: All teams mentioned here have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.
- May 2–12: 2019 Men's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Tarapoto
- Cuba defeated Canada, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Men's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
- Puerto Rico took third place.
- Note 1: Puerto Rico has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
- Note 2: By rankings alone, Canada has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
- Note 3: Cuba has already qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, from winning the 2018 NORCECA Championship.
- May 11–19: 2019 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Lima
- Cuba defeated the Dominican Republic, 3–2 in matches played, to win their first Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
- Peru took third place.
- Note 1: Cuba has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship.
- Note 2: Both the Dominican Republic and Peru have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship because of their world team rankings.
- May 19–27: 2019 Girls' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Durango City
- Peru defeated Puerto Rico, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Girls' Youth Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
- Mexico took third place.
- Note 1: Both Puerto Rico and Mexico qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.
- Note 2: Peru has already qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship because of their second place finish at the 2018 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship.
- June 14–22: 2019 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Colima City
- July 4–14: 2019 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Trujillo & Chiclayo
- The United States defeated the Dominican Republic, 3–0 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and sixth overall Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title.
- Colombia took third place.
- The
CEV
- National teams
- May 25 – June 22: 2019 Women's European Volleyball League in
Croatia- The Czech Republic defeated Croatia, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second Women's European Volleyball League title.
- Belarus took third place.
- Note: The Czech Republic and Croatia both qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup.
- The
- May 25 – June 23: 2019 Men's European Volleyball League in
Estonia- Turkey defeated Belarus, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Men's European Volleyball League title.
- The Netherlands took third place.
- Note: Turkey and Belarus both qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup.
- August 23 – September 8: 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Hungary, Poland,
Slovakia, & Turkey - September 13–29: 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship in Belgium, France, Netherlands, & Slovenia
- Club teams
- October 9, 2018 – May 18, 2019: 2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League
- Igor Gorgonzola Novara defeated fellow Italian team, Imoco Volley Conegliano, 3–1 in matches played, to win their first CEV Women's Champions League title.
- October 9, 2018 – May 19, 2019: 2018–19 CEV Champions League
- Cucine Lube Civitanova defeated VC Zenit-Kazan, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second CEV Champions League title.
- November 6, 2018 – March 26, 2019: 2018–19 Men's CEV Cup
- Diatec Trentino defeated Galatasaray İstanbul, 6–2 in matches played over 2 legs, to win their first Men's CEV Cup title.
- November 6, 2018 – March 26, 2019: 2018–19 Women's CEV Cup
- Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio defeated
CSM Volei Alba Blaj, 6–1 in matches played over 2 legs, to win their third Women's CEV Cup title.
- November 6, 2018 – March 27, 2019: 2018–19 CEV Challenge Cup
- Belogorie Belgorod defeated Vero Volley Monza, 5–3 in matches played over 2 legs, to win their first CEV Challenge Cup title.
- November 6, 2018 – March 27, 2019: 2018–19 CEV Women's Challenge Cup
- Saugella Team Monza defeated Aydin BBSK, 6–1 in matches played over 2 legs, to win their first CEV Women's Challenge Cup title.
- League events
- September 27, 2018 ��� March 10, 2019: 2018–19 Women's MEVZA Cup (final four at Olomouc)
- VK UP Olomouc defeated OK Nova KBM Branik, 3–1 in matches played, to win their first Women's MEVZA Cup title.
- September 29, 2018 – March 2, 2019: 2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League (final four at Tartu)
- Bigbank Tartu defeated fellow Estonian team, Saaremaa, 3–2 in matches played, to win their third Baltic Men Volleyball League title.
- Pärnu took third place.
- September 30, 2018 – March 16, 2019: 2018–19 MEVZA Cup (final four at Bleiburg)
- ACH Volley Ljubljana defeated Posojilnica Aich/Dob, 3–0 in matches played, to win their fifth MEVZA Cup title.
- Calcit Volley Kamnik took third place.
- October 6, 2018 – March 17, 2019: 2018–19 Women's Balti Liiga
Alytus defeated Tartu Ülikool, 3–2 in matches played, in the final.- Riga VS took third place.
- February 8–10: NEVZA Club Championships in Ishøj
- Men: 1st.
Polonia London, 2nd. BK Marienlyst, 3rd. Hvidovre VK, 4th. Randaberg VK - Women: 1st. Engelholm VS, 2nd. ToppVolley Norge, 3rd. Brøndby VK, 4th. Oslo Volley
- Men: 1st.
AVC
- National teams
- July 13–21: 2019 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship in Hanoi
- August 3–11: 2019 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship in
Naypyidaw- Chinese Taipei defeated India, 3–1 in matches played, to win their first Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship title.
- Japan took third place.
- August 18–25: 2019 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Seoul
- Japan defeated Thailand, 3–1 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and fifth overall Asian Women's Volleyball Championship title.
- South Korea took third place.
- September 13–21: 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Tehran
- Club teams
- April 18–26: 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship in Taipei
- Shahrdari Varamin VC defeated Panasonic Panthers, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship title.
- Al Rayyan took third place.
- Note: Shahrdari Varamin has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.
- April 27 – May 5: 2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in Tianjin
- Tianjin Bohaibank defeated Generali Supreme Chonburi-E.Tech, 3–1 in matches played, in the final.
- Hisamitsu Springs took third place.
- Note: Tianjin Bohaibank has qualified to compete at the 2020 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
AVA
- January 27 – February 4: 2019 Women's Arab volleyball clubs championship in Cairo
- In the final, CS Sfaxien defeated Al Ahly, 3–0, to win their 1st title.
- In the final,
- February 15–23: 2019 Arab Clubs Championship Tunis
- In the final, Al Rayyan SC defeated ES Tunis, 3–2, to win their 2nd title.
- Police SC Qatar took third place and
MC Alger took fourth place.
- In the final,
CAVB
- National teams
- July 5–15: 2019 Women's African Volleyball Championship in Cairo
- July 19–29: 2019 Men's African Volleyball Championship in Tunis
- Club teams
- March 16–25: 2019 Women's African Clubs Championship in Cairo
- April 1–10: 2019 African Clubs Championship in Cairo
- Al Ahly defeated fellow Egyptian team, Smouha SC, 3–0 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and 14th overall African Clubs Championship title.
Ahli Tripoli took third place.