Japan - V.Premier League 2016-2017

  • February 19, 2017, Final 6 Match 2 (Day 1) of 5


    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-0 Sakai Blazers (34-32, 27-25, 25-23)
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 27 (3b), Ryota Denda (Toyota) 10 (3b, 2a), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 9 (1b), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 8 (2b), Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 5 (2a), Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) 1 (1b), Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Toyota) sub 1 (1a), Tetsu Yamachika (Toyota) sub 0, Issei Maeda (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0, Chris Hosonaka (Toyota) sub 0
    Wallace Martins (Sakai) 25 (2a), Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai) 15 (2b, 2a), Naoya Takano (Sakai) 11 (1b), Yoshihito Matsumoto (Sakai) 10 (2b), Takashi Dekita (Sakai) 4 (3b), Sho Sagawa (Sakai) 2 (1b), Yusuke Inoue (Sakai) L, Kazuya Naito (Sakai) sub 0, ,Kentaro Tamaya (Sakai) sub 0, Yasutaka Itoh (Sakai) sub 0, Ryosuke Imatomi (Sakai) sub L


    Toray Arrows 3-0 Panasonic Panthers (25-16, 25-23, 25-20)
    Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray) 22 (1a), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray) 8 (2b, 1a), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 8 (1b, 1a), Haku Lee (Toray) 7 (1a), Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 4 (1b), Naonobu Fujii (Toray) 1 (1b), Satoshi Ide (Toray) L, Shoh Sano (Toray) sub 0
    Michal Kubiak (Panasonic) 14 (1b), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 11, Masayuki Ikeda (Panasonic) 6, Takayuki Tashiro (Panasonic) 2 (1b), Hideomi Fukatasu (Panasonic) 1, Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic) 1 (1b), Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic) L, Takahiro Imamura (Panasonic) sub 8, Masahiro Sekita (Panasonic) sub 0, Shinpei Goda (Panasonic) sub 0


    Final 6 Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 11, 2, 6-0 (2 played)
    ----- Advance Directly to Final -----
    2. Toray Arrows, 10, 2, 6-0 (2 played)
    3. Suntory Sunbirds, 5, 1, 3-1
    ----- Advance to Final 3 (Semifinal) -----
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 3, 0, 0-6 (2 played)
    5. JTEKT Stings, 1, 0, 1-3
    6. Sakai Blazers, 0, 0, 0-6 (2 played)
    If tied on points, higher regular season position is tiebreaker

  • February 25, 2017, Final 6 Match 2 (Day 2) and Match 3 (Day 1) of 5


    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-2 JTEKT Stings (24-26, 20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-11)
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 44 (6b), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 16 (1b), Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 7 (1a), Ryota Denda (Toyota) 6 (1b, 1a), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 5 (1b, 1a), Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) 3 (2b), Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota) sub 1, Tetsu Yamachika (Toyota) sub 0, Issei Maeda (Toyota) sub 0, Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0, Chris Hosonaka (Toyota) sub 0
    Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT) 26 (5a), Kazuto Takahashi (JTEKT) 16 (1b, 3a), Taichi Fukuyama (JTEKT) 10, Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT) 9 (2b, 2a), Shiroh Furuta (JTEKT) 0, Sho Kuboyama (JTEKT) 0, Ryuta Honma (JTEKT) L, Shinichi Seino (JTEKT) sub 14 (1b), Yuki Hirose (JTEKT) sub 2 (2b), Kosuke Matsubara (JTEKT) sub 0


    Toray Arrows 3-2 Suntory Sunbirds (25-21, 25-23, 25-27, 16-25, 15-10)
    Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray) 39 (4a), Haku Lee (Toray) 10 (2b, 2a), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 10 (2b, 1a), Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 8 (1b), Naonobu Fujii (Toray) 3 (2b), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray) 2, Satoshi Ide (Toray) L, Hidetomo Hoshino (Toray) sub 3, Shoh Sano (Toray) sub 0, Yuichiro Komiya (Toray) sub 0
    Yadrian Escobar (Suntory) 42 (1a), Tatsuya Shiota (Suntory) 12 (3b), Kenya Fujinaka (Suntory) 6 (1b), Yoshifumi Suzuki (Suntory) 3 (1b), Taiki Tsuruda (Suntory) 1, Yu Yamamoto (Suntory) 1, Daisuke Sakai (Suntory) L, Masahiro Yanagida (Suntory) sub 7, Kohta Yamamura (Suntory) sub 5 (1a), Takeshi Ogawa (Suntory) sub 0


    Panasonic Panthers 2-3 Sakai Blazers (23-25, 25-16, 25-20, 18-25, 13-15)
    Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 20 (3b, 1a), Takahiro Imamura (Panasonic) 19 (1b, 1a), Michal Kubiak (Panasonic) 17 (1b), Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic) 14 (4b, 1a), Hideomi Fukatasu (Panasonic) 2 (1b), Takayuki Tashiro (Panasonic) 0, Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic) L, Shinya Yamazoe (Panasonic) sub 6 (1b, 1a), Tsubasa Hisahara (Panasonic) sub 2 (1b), Masayuki Ikeda (Panasonic) sub 1 (1b), Sohgo Watanabe (Panasonic) sub 0, Masahiro Sekita (Panasonic) sub 0
    Wallace Martins (Sakai) 22 (3b), Naoya Takano (Sakai) 17 (2b), Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai) 13 (1b), Yoshihito Matsumoto (Sakai) 10 (3b, 1a), Takashi Dekita (Sakai) 8 (1b), Sho Sagawa (Sakai) 5 (4b, 1a), Yusuke Inoue (Sakai) L, Kentaro Tamaya (Sakai) sub 1 (1b), Yasutaka Itoh (Sakai) sub 1, Kazuya Naito (Sakai) sub 0, Yuta Matsuoka (Sakai) sub 0, Taisuke Kimura (Sakai) sub 0, Ryosuke Imatomi (Sakai) sub L


    Final 6 Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 13, 3, 9-2 (3 played) *
    ----- Advance Directly to Final -----
    2. Toray Arrows, 12, 3, 9-2 (3 played) *
    3. Suntory Sunbirds, 6, 1, 5-4 (2 played)
    ----- Advance to Final 3 (Semifinal) -----
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 4, 0, 2-9 (3 played)
    5. JTEKT Stings, 2, 0, 3-6 (2 played)
    6. Sakai Blazers, 2, 1, 3-8 (3 played)
    If tied on points, higher regular season position is tiebreaker
    * Clinched Final 3 berth

  • February 26, 2017, Final 6 Match 3 (Day 2) and Match 4 (Day 1) of 5


    Toray Arrows 0-3 JTEKT Stings (21-25, 14-25, 21-25)
    Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray) 22 (1b, 1a), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray) 7 (1b), Haku Lee (Toray) 5 (2b, 1a), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 5, Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 4, Naonobu Fujii (Toray) 0, Satoshi Ide (Toray) L, Shoh Sano (Toray) sub 1, Yuichiro Komiya (Toray) sub 0
    Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 19 (3b, 2a), Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT) 17 (1b), Shinichi Seino (JTEKT) 14, Taichi Fukuyama (JTEKT) 4, Sho Kuboyama (JTEKT) 3 (3b), Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT) 2 (2b), Ryo Kohrogi (JTEKT) L, Ryosuke Hakamaya (JTEKT) sub 0, Yuki Hirose (JTEKT) sub 0


    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (21-25, 20-25, 14-25)
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 15, Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 8, Ryota Denda (Toyota) 6 (1b), Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 3 (1a), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 3, Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) 0, Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Toyota) sub 1, Tetsu Yamachika (Toyota) sub 0, Issei Maeda (Toyota) sub 0, Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0
    Yadrian Escobar (Suntory) 28 (4b), Masahiro Yanagida (Suntory) 10 (2b, 3a), Tatsuya Shiota (Suntory) 7 (3b), Yoshifumi Suzuki (Suntory) 6 (1b), Kenya Fujinaka (Suntory) 1, Yu Yamamoto (Suntory) 0, Daisuke Sakai (Suntory) L, Taiki Tsuruda (Suntory) sub 1 (1b), Shogo Okamoto (Suntory) sub 0, Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) sub 0


    Final 6 Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 13, 3, 9-5 (4 played) *
    ----- Advance Directly to Final -----
    2. Toray Arrows, 12, 3, 9-5 (4 played) *
    3. Suntory Sunbirds, 9, 2, 8-4 (3 played)
    ----- Advance to Final 3 (Semifinal) -----
    4. JTEKT Stings, 5, 0, 6-6 (3 played)
    5. Panasonic Panthers, 4, 0, 2-9 (3 played)
    6. Sakai Blazers, 2, 1, 3-8 (3 played)
    If tied on points, higher regular season position is tiebreaker
    * Clinched Final 3 berth

  • March 4, 2017, Final 6 Match 4 (Day 2) of 5


    Panasonic Panthers 1-3 JTEKT Stings (25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 23-25)
    Michal Kubiak (Panasonic) 21 (1b, 2a), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 19 (1b), Takahiro Imamura (Panasonic) 8, Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic) 5 (1a), Shinya Yamazoe (Panasonic) 1, Hideomi Fukatasu (Panasonic) 0, Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic) L, Tsubasa Hisahara (Panasonic) sub 7 (1b, 1a), Yasunari Kodama (Panasonic) sub 7 (1a), Sohgo Watanabe (Panasonic) sub 3, Masahiro Sekita (Panasonic) sub 2 (1b), Shinpei Goda (Panasonic) sub 0
    Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT) 23 (1b, 4a), Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 21 (1b, 1a), Shinichi Seino (JTEKT) 15 (1a), Taichi Fukuyama (JTEKT) 12 (2b), Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT) 6 (2b, 1a), Sho Kuboyama (JTEKT) 1 (1b), Ryo Kohrogi (JTEKT) L, Shiroh Furuta (JTEKT) sub 0, Kosuke Matsubara (JTEKT) sub 0, Yuki Hirose (JTEKT) sub 0


    Suntory Sunbirds 2-3 Sakai Blazers (25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 24-26, 10-15)
    Yadrian Escobar (Suntory) 37 (2b, 1a), Yoshifumi Suzuki (Suntory) 13 (4b), Tatsuya Shiota (Suntory) 13 (3b), Masahiro Yanagida (Suntory) 8 (1b), Kenya Fujinaka (Suntory) 8 (1b, 1a), Yu Yamamoto (Suntory) 1, Daisuke Sakai (Suntory) L, Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) sub 3, Takeshi Ogawa (Suntory) sub 1 (1a), Kohta Yamamura (Suntory) sub 0, Ken Takahashi (Suntory) sub 0, Shogo Okamoto (Suntory) sub 0
    Wallace Martins (Sakai) 33 (4b), Yoshihito Matsumoto (Sakai) 11 (3b), Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai) 11 (2b), Naoya Takano (Sakai) 9, Takashi Dekita (Sakai) 8 (2b), Sho Sagawa (Sakai) 6 (3b, 1a), Yusuke Inoue (Sakai) L, Kazuya Naito (Sakai) sub 0, Kentaro Tamaya (Sakai) sub 0, Yasutaka Itoh (Sakai) sub 0, Ryosuke Imatomi (Sakai) sub L


    Final 6 Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 13, 3, 9-5 *
    ----- Advance Directly to Finals -----
    2. Toray Arrows, 12, 3, 9-5 *
    3. Suntory Sunbirds, 10, 2, 10-7
    ----- Advance to Final 3 (Semifinal) -----
    4. JTEKT Stings, 8, 2, 9-7
    5. Panasonic Panthers, 4, 0, 3-12
    6. Sakai Blazers, 4, 2, 6-10
    If tied on points, higher regular season position is tiebreaker
    * Clinched Final 3 berth


    Panasonic's injuries have killed them at the end of the season. With Shimizu in, Panasonic were the best team in the league, without not so much.


    Going into Sunday's Final Round for the Final 6, the breakdown for the Final 3 spots and First Place is straight forward.


    Toyota Gosei vs. Toray
    Winner of the match will be in the Finals, but if match goes five and Toray wins, it will not matter as the teams will finish even on points and the first tiebreaker is regular season position and Toyota Gosei finished in 1st. So Toyota would advance to the Finals.
    Toray wins in less than 5 sets, they advance to the Finals.


    Suntory vs. JTEKT
    Only one route is available to JTEKT, win in less than 5 sets. Any other result, Suntory clinches Final 3 berth.
    Suntory cannot finish higher than 2nd due to Toyota already at 13 points.

  • March 5, 2017, Final 6 Match 5 of 5


    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 Toray Arrows (27-29, 13-25, 20-25)
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 21 (1b, 3a), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 8 (1a), Ryota Denda (Toyota) 6 (2b), Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 1 (1a), Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) 1 (1b), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 1, Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Tetsu Yamachika (Toyota) sub 0, Issei Maeda (Toyota) sub 0, Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota) sub 0, Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0
    Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray) 30 (1a), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray) 9 (2b, 1a), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 9 (1b, 2a), Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 6, Haku Lee (Toray) 4 (2b), Naonobu Fujii (Toray) 2 (1b), Satoshi Ide (Toray) L, Shoh Sano (Toray) sub 0, Hidetomo Hoshino (Toray) sub 0, Shunsuke Watanabe (Toray) sub L


    Panasonic Panthers 3-1 Suntory Sunbirds (25-21, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21)
    Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 24 (3b, 1a), Michal Kubiak (Panasonic) 15 (2a), Takahiro Imamura (Panasonic) 13 (1b, 3a), Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic) 10 (6b), Shinya Yamazoe (Panasonic) 5 (2b), Hideomi Fukatasu (Panasonic) 2 (1b), Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic) L, Sohgo Watanabe (Panasonic) sub 1, Masahiro Sekita (Panasonic) sub 0, Masayuki Ikeda (Panasonic) sub 0, Shinpei Goda (Panasonic) sub 0
    Yadrian Escobar (Suntory) 39 (2b), Tatsuya Shiota (Suntory) 11 (4b), Masahiro Yanagida (Suntory) 8 (1b, 1a), Kenya Fujinaka (Suntory) 8 (1b), Yu Yamamoto (Suntory) 3, Yoshifumi Suzuki (Suntory) 2 (1b), Daisuke Sakai (Suntory) L, Kohta Yamamura (Suntory) sub 0, Shogo Okamoto (Suntory) sub 0, Taiki Tsuruda (Suntory) sub 0, Kentaro Hoshiya (Suntory) sub 0, Takeshi Ogawa (Suntory) sub 0


    JTEKT Stings 3-1 Sakai Blazers (18-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-21)
    Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT) 19, Shinichi Seino (JTEKT) 18 (1b), Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 15 (2b), Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT) 10 (4b), Taichi Fukuyama (JTEKT) 9 (2b, 1a), Sho Kuboyama (JTEKT) 1 (1a), Ryo Kohrogi (JTEKT) L, Shiroh Furuta (JTEKT) sub 0, Kosuke Matsubara (JTEKT) sub 0, Yuki Hirose (JTEKT) sub 0
    Wallace Martins (Sakai) 19, Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai) 14 (1b), Naoya Takano (Sakai) 11 (1b), Takashi Dekita (Sakai) 11 (1b), Yoshihito Matsumoto (Sakai) 6 (3b), Sho Sagawa (Sakai) 1 (1b), Yusuke Inoue (Sakai) L, Kazuya Naito (Sakai) sub 0, Kentaro Tamaya (Sakai) sub 0, Yasutaka Itoh (Sakai) sub 0, Ryosuke Imatomi (Sakai) sub L


    Final 6 Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Toray Arrows, 15, 4, 12-5
    ----- Advance Directly to Final -----
    2. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 13, 3, 9-8
    3. JTEKT Stings, 11, 3, 12-8
    ----- Advance to Final 3 (Semifinal) -----
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 10, 2, 11-10
    5. Panasonic Panthers, 7, 1, 6-13
    6. Sakai Blazers, 4, 2, 7-13
    If tied on points, higher regular season position is tiebreaker


    Final 3 Matches played at the Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on March 11th and 12th after the women's matches which start at 13:08 JST (4:08 GMT)
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza vs. JTEKT Stings


    Toyota was 2-1 against JTEKT in the regular season, and beat JTEKT in 5 sets in the Final 6
    Toyota has played poorly in its last two games, both sweeps, and can it get the rest of the offense on track? Omrcen is their focus for scoring, but without some help it hurts them.
    JTEKT is a little more balanced, and this is the first time that JTEKT has gotten this far

  • V-League All Star Game, March 26th, Fukaya Big Turtle Arena in Saitama Prefecture


    Fan Vote Selections:
    S: Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota), Yu Yamamoto (Suntory)
    MB: Ryota Denda (Toyota), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray), Takashi Dekita (Sakai), Haku Lee (Toray)
    OH: Masahiro Yanagida (Suntory), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota), Yu Koshikawa (JT), Kenji Wanaka (FC Tokyo), Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo)
    L: Koichiro Koga (Toyota), Shunsuke Watanabe (Toray)


    V-League Recommendations:
    S: Hideomi Fukatasu (Panasonic), Naonobu Fujii (Toray)
    MB: Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT), Kohta Yamamura (Suntory), Yoshihito Matsumoto (Sakai), Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic)
    OH: Kenya Fujinaka (Suntory), Igor Omrcen (Toyota), Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray), Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT), Yusuke “GOTTSU” Ishijima (Sakai), Daisuke Yako (JT), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic)
    L: Ryuta Honma (JTEKT), Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic)

  • March 11, 2017, Final 3 Match 1 of 2


    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 JTEKT Stings (19-25, 22-25, 16-25)
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 25 (1b, 1a), Ryota Denda (Toyota) 7 (2b, 1a), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 6, Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 4, Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota) 2, Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 1, Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) 0, Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Issei Maeda (Toyota) sub 0, Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0
    Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT) 21 (2b, 2a), Shinichi Seino (JTEKT) 8 (1b, 1a), Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 8 (1b), Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT) 7 (4b, 1a), Taichi Fukuyama (JTEKT) 6 (1a), Sho Kuboyama (JTEKT) 1 (1b), Ryo Kohrogi (JTEKT) L, Shiroh Furuta (JTEKT) sub 0, Shinji Takahashi (JTEKT) sub 0


    JTEKT out blocked Toyota 9-3 and had an 8 point advantage from the service line (5-2 aces, 10-15 service errors)
    Omrcen played good, but he needed help and when the rest of Toyota goes 17/46 with 3 errors , it didn't help. Omrcen by himself was 23/44 with 3 errors.

  • V-League Challenge Matches Match 1 of 2


    FC Tokyo 3-0 Oita Mikoshi Weisse Adler (25-22, 25-21, 25-22)
    Milan Pepic (FC Tokyo) 22 (4b), Yakan Guma (Oita) 20


    JT Thunders 3-1 Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits (25-13, 25-19, 24-26, 25-18)
    Drazen Luburic (JT) 27 (1b), Tsuyoshi Nakagawa (Fujitsu) 18 (1b, 2a)

  • March 12, 2017, Final 3 Match 2 of 2


    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-0 JTEKT Stings (25-18, 25-23, 25-20)
    Toyota ties series 1-1 and forces Golden Set (details below)


    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 29 (4b, 1a), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 8 (1b), Ryota Denda (Toyota) 7 (3b), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 6 (2b), Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 5 (1a), Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) sub 1 (1a), Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0
    Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT) 14 (1a), Shinichi Seino (JTEKT) 8, Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 7, Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT) 6 (1b, 1a), Taichi Fukuyama (JTEKT) 6 (2b), Sho Kuboyama (JTEKT) 2 (1b), Ryo Kohrogi (JTEKT) L
    Shiroh Furuta (JTEKT) sub 0, Shinji Takahashi (JTEKT) sub 0


    Toyota won at the net 6 more kills, 6 more blocks and 1 more ace.


    Golden Set
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 25-22 JTEKT Stings
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza advance to Final vs. Toray Arrows
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 8 (1b), Matey Kaziyshki 8 (3b, 1a)


    In the Golden Set, Toyota kept JTEKT in the match with 6 service errors to 1 for JTEKT. But Toyota won the net battle with 19 kills to 10 for JTEKT.

  • V-League Challenge Matches Match 2 of 2


    JT Thunders 3-0 Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits (25-18, 25-18, 25-21)
    JT Thunders win series on match points 6-0 and remain in Premier League
    Drazen Luburic (JT) 17 (2b), suyoshi Nakagawa (Fujitsu) 18 (2b)


    FC Tokyo 3-1 Oita Mikoshi Weisse Adler (25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20)
    FC Tokyo win series on match points 6-0 and remain in Premier League
    Milan Pepic (FC Tokyo) 31 (3b), Yakan Guma (Oita) 25 (1a)

  • March 18, 2017, Final Match 1 of 2


    Toray Arrows 3-0 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-23, 25-20, 30-28)
    Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray) 19 (2a), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 11 (2b, 4a), Haku Lee (Toray) 10 (2b, 1a), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray) 8 (1b), Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 5, Naonobu Fujii (Toray) 2 (1b, 1a), Satoshi Ide (Toray) L, Shoh Sano (Toray) sub 0, Hidetomo Hoshino (Toray) sub 0
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 23 (2b), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 12 (1b, 2a), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 8 (4b), Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 5, Ryota Denda (Toyota) 4 (1b), Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) 0, Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Issei Maeda (Toyota) sub 0, Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0


    Toyota must win on Sunday to force a 25-point Golden Set


    This match was won a the service line by Toray with 10 more points (+6 aces, -4 errors (fewer))
    Both teams were even spiking and blocking.

  • March 19, 2017, Final Match 2 of 2


    Toray Arrows 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-20, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23)
    Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray) 32 (1b), Haku Lee (Toray) 17 (6b, 1a), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray) 14 (3b), Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 9 (1b, 3a), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 3, Naonobu Fujii (Toray) 3 (1b), Satoshi Ide (Toray) L, Satoshi Umeno (Toray) sub 0, Hidetomo Hoshino (Toray) sub 0
    Igor Omrcen (Toyota) 38 (3b, 2a), Shuzo Yamada (Toyota) 8 (2b), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 10 (1b, 2a), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota) 4 (1a), Ryota Denda (Toyota) 4 (2b), Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota) 0, Koichiro Koga (Toyota) L, Issei Maeda (Toyota) sub 0, Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota) sub 0, Taichi Kawaguchi (Toyota) sub 0


    Toray Arrows win their 3rd title, the first in 8 years


    Toyota has always been focused on Igor, and sometimes he needs his teams help on offense. Today he did not get it. Igor 33/61, rest of Toyota 18/53. Nikola had half of his teams killed, so the rest of his team, picked him up. Plus Toray again won the battle at the net with 12 blocks to 8 for Toyota. Toyota did improve from the service line compared to Saturday being +5 (+1 ace, -4 errors (fewer)).


    I think that Toray were justified winners, beating Toyota 4-2 over the length of the season.

  • List of Award winners
    Championship Manager Award: Atsushi Kobayashi (Toray)
    MVP Award: Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray)
    Fighting Spirit Award: Igor Omrcen (Toyota)
    Best 6: Igor Omrcen (Toyota), Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray), Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray), Ryota Denda (Toyota), Naonobu Fujii (Toray)
    Best Libero: Koichiro Koga (Toyota)
    Best Newcomer: Kenya Fujinaka (Suntory)
    V-League Honor Awards: Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic, 230 matches), Yuta Yoneyama (Toray, 230 matches), Kazuto Takahashi (JTEKT, 230 matches), Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic, 230 matches), Shinji Takahashi (JTEKT, 230 matches), Hideaki Okamoto (Toyota, 230 matches)
    Achievement Award: Yusuke “GOTTSU” Ishijima (Sakai), Yu Koshikawa (JT)

  • I watched some games from the last Asian Club Championship recently and noticed that the Japanese participant was listed as Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza. Sure, this is not a question whose answer would change the world or would enlighten the ignorant volleyball fan, but I still want to know whether this difference to Toyota, as written here in the forum, is no coincidence. Is it just a matter of transcription? I thought that the team was named after the technology company, similarly to Hyundai Capital Skywalkers in Korea, for instance. Is it correct?

  • I watched some games from the last Asian Club Championship recently and noticed that the Japanese participant was listed as Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza. Sure, this is not a question whose answer would change the world or would enlighten the ignorant volleyball fan, but I still want to know whether this difference to Toyota, as written here in the forum, is no coincidence. Is it just a matter of transcription? I thought that the team was named after the technology company, similarly to Hyundai Capital Skywalkers in Korea, for instance. Is it correct?


    Sometimes I just shorten it to Toyota for simplicity. If you are on the men's page it is for Gosei. On the women's page it is Auto Body.


    Toyota has many different divisions in the parent company. JTEKT, Toyota Gosei, Toyota Auto Body and Denso are Toyota Group companies. However their businesses differ.


    JTEKT, steering components
    Toyota Auto Body, minivans, SUV & commercial vehicles
    Denso, automotive systems and spark plugs
    Toyota Gosei, automotive components and parts


    Each team is separate as are the business operations of the business. Does Toyota often buy from these companies, absolutely.


  • I am sorry, I should've made myself more clear. I didn't ask about their businesses, but rather about the name itself. Once it is Toyoda (FIVB, Wikipedia), here it is Toyota. That's what I meant. Thanks for the explanation anyways :)