Japan - V.League Premier 2012/2013

    Quote from Kaziyski

    Hello bramin can you tell me how Omrčen did in Japan? Season is over for him and JT? Can you provide me with his detailed stats? Thanks in advance


    Igor Omrcen stats
    2nd in points scored with 561 points (488 kills, 39 blocks, 34 aces) in 104 sets
    6th in kills per set at 4.69
    2nd in serving efficiency at 17.1% (11 no-touch aces x 100 + 23 touches aces * .8 + 142 tough serves x .25) / 380 serves attempted

    Semifinal Round Schedule


    Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture


    Matchday 1, March 29
    (1) Suntory Sunbirds 2-3 (4) Toray Arrows (22-25, 22-25, 27-25, 25-23, 9-15)
    Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 33 points, Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 25 points (8 blocks) and Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory) 21 points
    (2) Panasonic Panthers 2-3 (3) Sakai Blazers (21-25, 33-31, 19-25, 25-20, 13-15)
    Milan Pepic (Sakai) 28 points, Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 27 points, Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 26 points and Yuusuke Ishijima (Sakai) 22 points


    Matchday 2, March 30
    (1) Suntory Sunbirds 1-3 (2) Panasonic Panthers (23-25, 25-20, 16-25, 19-25)
    Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 20 points and Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory) 20 points
    (3) Sakai Blazers 2-3 (4) Toray Arrows (21-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-27, 9-15)
    Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 39 points (5 blocks), Tatsunori Kakuda (Toray) 25 points and Milan Pepic (Sakai) 24 points (5 blocks)


    Matchday 3, March 31
    (1) Suntory Sunbirds 0-3 (3) Sakai Blazers (21-25, 23-25, 18-25)
    Milan Pepic (Sakai) 25 points
    (2) Panasonic Panthers 3-1 (4) Toray Arrows (25-22, 17-25, 25-23, 25-22)
    Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 29 points and Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 23 points


    Standings, Win, Sets Won-Sets Lost
    1. Sakai Blazers, 2, 8-5
    2. Panasonic Panthers, 2, 8-5
    3. Toray Arrows, 2, 7-7
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 0, 3-9


    Rules, Round Robin Play
    Teams are ranked by:
    1. Matches won
    2. Sets ratio
    3. Points ratio


    Championship Match April 14th
    Sakai Blazers vs. Panasonic Panthers


    3rd Place Match April 14th
    Toray Arrows vs. Suntory Sunbirds

    V. Challenge Match


    April 6-7 at Hadano City Gymnasium, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture


    April 6 matches
    (V-League Premier 8) Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3-0 (V-League Challenge 1) JTEKT Stings (25-23, 26-24, 25-18)
    Michael Chemos (Oita) 22 points and Jean Patrice Ndaki Mboulet (JTEKT) 10 points, Takashi Ogawa (Oita) 5 blocks as a setter
    (V-League Premier 7) FC Tokyo 3-2 (V-League Challenge 2) Tsukuba United SunGAIA (24-26, 22-25, 25-18, 25-12, 16-14)
    Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 31 points, Takashi Dekita (Tsukuba) 21 points and Kazu Maeda (FC Tokyo) 20 points


    Rules:
    1. Matches Won
    2. Sets Ratio
    3. Points Ratio
    4. If 1, 2 & 3 are the same, the Premier League team remains in the Premier League


    If Oita wins 1 set they will remain in the Premier League
    FC Tokyo can lose in 5 sets because they have a 17 point advantage over Tsukuba, but if Tsukuba wins in 3 or 4 sets they will win on sets ratio

    JTEKT 3-0 Oita (25-19, 25-22, 25-22)
    Series split 1-1, sets split 3-3
    Points scored JTEKT 140, Oita 131
    JTEKT is promoted to Premier League


    FC Tokyo 3-1 Tsukuba (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-22)
    FC Tokyo wins both matches and stays in Premier League

    Final Round, April 14
    3rd Place Match
    Toray Arrows 3-0 Suntory Sunbirds (25-22, 26-24, 25-16)
    Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 21 points, Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) 13 points, Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 13 points (4 blocks)
    14 blocks for Toray and only 7 for Suntory
    Toray only had 3 hitting errors (excluding blocks) compared to 9 for Suntory.


    Championship Match
    Panasonic Panthers 1-3 Sakai Blazers (25-21, 24-26, 20-25, 19-25)
    Milan Pepic (Sakai) 27 points (4 blocks), Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 23 points, Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 22 points and Yuusuke Ishijima (Sakai) 20 points
    Sakai had 15 blocks to 7 for Panasonic. Kazuyoshi Yokota (Sakai) with 7 blocks.
    Panasonic could not put their serves in play with 14 errors, compared to Sakai with 5.
    Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) did not play in the final, he was injured in a match in the beginning of March.
    Sakai's first title since the 2010-2011 season.


    Now the Awards


    MVP
    Milan Pepic (Sakai), 1st time winner


    Fighting Spirit
    Shinji Kawamura (Panasonic), 1st time winner


    Leading Scorer
    Milan Pepic (Sakai), 624 points, 1st time winner


    Best Spiker (Kills/Attempts)
    Hirotaka Kon (Toyota), 58.2%, 1st time winner


    Best Blocker
    Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray), 1.05, 5th time winner


    Best Server
    Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic),1st time winner


    Best Serve Receiver
    Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic), 77.1%, 2nd time winner


    Receive Award (I'm still trying to figure out what it means)
    Yuta Yoneyama (Toray), 2nd time winner


    Best 6 Players
    Milan Pepic (Sakai), 1st time winner
    Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic), 3rd time winner
    Kazuyoshi Yokota (Sakai), 1st time winner
    Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory), 5th time winner
    Hirotaka Kon (Toyota), 1st time winner
    Shun Imamura (Sakai), 2nd time winner


    Best Libero
    Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic), 4th time winner


    Best Rookie
    Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai)


    Special Award
    Daisuke Usami (Panasonic), announced his retirement in November 2012
    Takahiro Yamamoto (Panasonic), announced his retirement in January 2013

    Japan-South Korea V.League Top Match (Champions of Both Leagues)


    April 21, Sendai, JAPAN (Xebio Arena)
    Sakai Blazers 3-2 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs (27-25, 20-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-13)


    Leonardo Martinez (Samsung) 59 points, Milan Pepic (Sakai) 28 points and Yuusuke Ishijima (Sakai) 20 points


    Martinez sets a world record for points in a match in the loss.


    Stats Page

    Quote from YavorD

    Was the game official? I mean, part of a tournament or something? Because otherwise this achievement is great, but of no use :)


    Yes, it was a official match. Both the KOVO and JVA have had this agreement to have the two champions play against each other. In the past it had been like a best of 3 or best of 5. However this year it was only a single match.