TEHRAN – Iran lost to Serbia 3-1 (27-25, 17-25, 25-19, 25-18) in their opening match of the 2024 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) early Thursday.

Iran’s Meysam Salehi scored 20 points, while Uros Kovačević scored 14 points for Serbia.

Team Melli are scheduled to play Italy on Saturday.

The 2024 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League is the sixth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual men's international volleyball tournament.

The competition is currently held from 21 May to 30 June 2024 and the final round will take place at Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland.

World Ranking Points will be awarded or deducted after each match of the preliminary rounds of the competition and this will be important for some of the teams who haven't qualified for Paris 2024 yet: five additional Olympic quotas will be decided using the FIVB rankings in June 2024.