The team of Italy, who took silver, their first ever medal in VNL history, gained three positions in the World Ranking, moving from number five to number two, surpassing Slovenia, USA and France on the way up.
In the process of completing their VNL campaigns, Cuba and Iran climbed two positions each and are currently ranked number 10 and number 13. Cuba made it to the Finals for the first time and took seventh place in the final VNL 2025 standings, while Iran stopped just short of qualifying for Ningbo and took ninth place.
The teams that shifted one spot up the World Ranking each were Japan and Turkiye, who now stand in positions five and 16, respectively. Leaders Poland, eighth-ranked Germany, ninth-ranked Argentina, 11th-ranked Canada and 14th-ranked Ukraine kept their positions from before the start of VNL 2025.
The Netherlands were the VNL team that suffered the deepest dive in the World Ranking. In addition to finishing bottom of the standings, in 18th place, and facing relegation, the Dutch also dropped six positions in the World Ranking, down to number 19 from the 13th position, which they occupied at the start of the competition.
Despite finishing in a prestigious fourth place in the VNL, Slovenia suffered a descent of three positions down the chart, from number four to number seven. So did 12th-placed USA – from number three to number six. France, who took fifth place in this year’s VNL, fell two spots down the ranking to number four. Serbia, who ended up in 16th place, also dropped two positions down to number 12. After hosting the VNL Finals in Ningbo, China occupied eighth place in the final standings, shifting a spot down in the World Ranking, to number 25.