Japan - V.League 2011/2012

  • Results from Matchday 18
    JT Thunders 1-3 Sakai Blazers
    Panasonic Panthers 3-2 Toray Arrows
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 FC Tokyo
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler


    Standings after Matchday 18
    Position, Team, Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
    1. Toray Arrows, 16, 50-16 *
    2. Panasonic Panthers, 14, 48-28 *
    3. Sakai Blazers, 12, 40-28 *
    4. FC Tokyo, 8, 34-38 (higher sets ratio)
    5. Suntory Sunbirds, 8, 31-38
    6. JT Thunders, 7, 32-40
    7. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 5, 28-43
    8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 2, 20-52
    * Advancing to Final Round

  • Results from Matchday 19
    Panasonic Panthers 3-2 JT Thunders
    Sakai Blazers 0-3 Toray Arrows
    Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza
    FC Tokyo 1-3 Suntory Sunbirds


    Standings after Matchday 19
    Position, Team, Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
    1. Toray Arrows, 17, 53-16 *
    2. Panasonic Panthers, 15, 51-30 *
    3. Sakai Blazers, 12, 40-31 *
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 9, 34-39
    5. FC Tokyo, 8, 35-41
    6. JT Thunders, 7, 34-43
    7. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 6, 31-44
    8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 2, 21-55
    * Advancing to Final Round

  • Results from Matchday 20
    Sakai Blazers 0-3 Panasonic Panthers
    Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3-0 FC Tokyo
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 JT Thunders
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 Toray Arrows


    Standings after Matchday 20
    Position, Team, Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
    1. Toray Arrows, 18, 56-16 *
    2. Panasonic Panthers, 16, 54-30 *
    3. Sakai Blazers, 12, 40-34 *
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 10, 37-39 *
    5. FC Tokyo, 8, 35-44
    6. JT Thunders, 7, 34-46
    7. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 6, 31-47
    8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 3, 24-55
    * Advancing to Final Round

  • V-League Premier League Semifinal Schedule


    To be played at the Hanamaki City Gymnasium Annex in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture


    Round-Robin Tournament
    Teams are ranked by wins, sets ratio, points ratio


    March 16
    #1 Toray Arrows vs. #4 Suntory Sunbirds
    #2 Panasonic Panthers vs. #3 Sakai Blazers


    March 17
    #1 Toray Arrows vs. #2 Panasonic Panthers
    #3 Sakai Blazers vs. #4 Suntory Sunbirds


    March 18
    #1 Toray Arrows vs. #3 Sakai Blazers
    #2 Panasonic Panthers vs.#4 Suntory Sunbirds


    Top 2 teams play in the Final on March 25th at 16:20.
    Bottom 2 teams play for 3rd place on March 25th at 12:00

  • Results from Matchday 21
    Toray Arrows 3-1 JT Thunders
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-0 Suntory Sunbirds
    FC Tokyo 2-3 Panasonic Panthers
    Sakai Blazers 3-0 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler


    End of Regular Season
    Standings after Matchday 21
    Position, Team, Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
    1. Toray Arrows, 19, 59-17 *
    2. Panasonic Panthers, 17, 57-32 *
    3. Sakai Blazers, 13, 43-34 *
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 10, 37-42 *
    5. FC Tokyo, 8, 37-47
    6. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 7, 34-47 (higher sets ratio)
    7. JT Thunders, 7, 35-49
    8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 3, 24-58
    * Advancing to Final Round

  • Semifinal Schedule


    March 16
    #1 Toray Arrows 3-0 #4 Suntory Sunbirds (25-14, 25-23, 27-25), Andre Nascimento (Suntory) 23 points
    #2 Panasonic Panthers 2-3 #3 Sakai Blazers (22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 12-15), Jean-Patrice Ndaki Mboulet (Sakai) 30 points


    Standings
    1. Toray 1, 3-0
    2. Sakai 1, 3-2
    3. Panasonic 0, 2-3
    4. Suntory 0, 0-3


    March 17
    #1 Toray Arrows vs. #2 Panasonic Panthers
    #3 Sakai Blazers vs. #4 Suntory Sunbirds


    March 18
    #1 Toray Arrows vs. #3 Sakai Blazers
    #2 Panasonic Panthers vs.#4 Suntory Sunbirds

  • Semifinal Schedule


    March 16
    #1 Toray Arrows 3-0 #4 Suntory Sunbirds (25-14, 25-23, 27-25), Andre Nascimento (Suntory) 23 points
    #2 Panasonic Panthers 2-3 #3 Sakai Blazers (22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 12-15), Jean-Patrice Ndaki Mboulet (Sakai) 30 points


    March 17
    #1 Toray Arrows 0-3 #2 Panasonic Panthers (24-26, 19-25, 14-25), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 24 points
    #3 Sakai Blazers 2-3 #4 Suntory Sunbirds (15-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-22, 14-16), Jean-Patrice Ndaki Mboulet (Sakai) 39 points


    Standings
    1. Panasonic 1, 5-3
    2. Sakai 1, 5-5, 0.977 points ratio
    3. Toray 1, 3-3, 0.971 points ratio
    4. Suntory 1, 3-5


    March 18, This was not expected but the winners of the matches advance to the final
    #1 Toray Arrows vs. #3 Sakai Blazers
    #2 Panasonic Panthers vs.#4 Suntory Sunbirds

  • Semifinal Schedule


    March 16
    #1 Toray Arrows 3-0 #4 Suntory Sunbirds (25-14, 25-23, 27-25), Andre Nascimento (Suntory) 23 points
    #2 Panasonic Panthers 2-3 #3 Sakai Blazers (22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 12-15), Jean-Patrice Ndaki Mboulet (Sakai) 30 points


    March 17
    #1 Toray Arrows 0-3 #2 Panasonic Panthers (24-26, 19-25, 14-25), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 24 points
    #3 Sakai Blazers 2-3 #4 Suntory Sunbirds (15-25, 26-24, 25-27, 25-22, 14-16), Jean-Patrice Ndaki Mboulet (Sakai) 39 points


    March 18
    #1 Toray Arrows 3-1 #3 Sakai Blazers (25-14, 25-20, 22-25, 25-15), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 24 points
    #2 Panasonic Panthers 3-1 #4 Suntory Sunbirds (25-20, 26-28, 25-23, 25-20) Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 23 points


    Standings
    1. Panasonic 2, 8-4
    2. Toray 2, 6-4
    3. Sakai 1, 6-8
    4. Suntory 1, 4-8


    Final Round Matches on March 25
    3rd Place: Sakai Blazers vs. Suntory Sunbirds at 12:00 Japan Standard Tiime
    Championship: Panasonic Panthers vs. Toray Arrows at 16:20

  • Challenge Match


    Challenge Match is the promotion-relegation battle the bottom 2 teams from the Premier League face the top 2 teams from the Challenge League.


    Tie breakers
    1. Matches won
    2. Sets won
    3. Points won
    4. Premier league team (if the previous 3 are all the same)


    March 31
    Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler vs. Tsukuba United SunGAIA
    JT Thunders vs. JTEKT Stings


    April 1
    Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler vs. Tsukuba United SunGAIA
    JT Thunders vs. JTEKT Stings

  • Final Round Matches
    3rd Place Match
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 Sakai Blazers (25-20, 18-25, 25-20, 25-13), Jean-Patrice Ndaki Mboulet (Sakai) 25 points


    Championship Match
    Toray Arrows 2-3 Panasonic Panthers (22-25, 24-26, 43-41, 25-20, 11-15), 5 players with over 20 points in the match (I think that is an all-time record)
    Toray
    Yuta Yoneyama 20
    Dejan Bojovic 33
    Panasonic
    Kunihiro Shimizu 26
    Tatsuya Fukuzawa 32
    Thiago Alves 20


    The 3rd set alone took 44 minutes and a 2:31 long match. Panasonic even had 3 match points in the 3rd set in the extra points.


    Panasonic's 3rd VLeague Championship, and their first since the 2009-2010 season

  • I think that you made a mistake. This is the men's posting and Toray finished No. 2. On the women's side they were No. 1. :win:

    I'm sorry. They were No.1 on the women... I'm bad at English because i'm Vietnamese, I want to make friend with everyone to practice my English, sorry ^^

  • Challenge Match


    Challenge Match is the promotion-relegation battle the bottom 2 teams from the Premier League face the top 2 teams from the Challenge League.


    Tie breakers
    1. Matches won
    2. Sets won
    3. Points won
    4. Premier league team (if the previous 3 are all the same)


    March 31
    Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Tsukuba United SunGAIA (26-28, 23-25, 26-24, 22-25), James Nyang'au Ontere (Oita) 36 points
    JT Thunders 3-1 JTEKT Stings (25-23, 19-25, 25-19, 25-22), Ernardo Gomez (JT) 28 points


    April 1
    Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3-0 Tsukuba United SunGAIA (25-20, 25-20, 25-23), Ontere (Oita), 21 points


    Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler beat Tsukuba United SunGAIA on sets won 4-3 and maintain their place in the Premier League


    JT Thunders 3-1 JTEKT Stings (14-25, 16-25, 22-25, 25-22), Gomez (JT) 27 points


    JT Thunders beat JTEKT Stings 2-0 and maintain their place in the Premier League