2014-2015 Japan V.League Premier League

  • Teams Participating with their foreign players
    Panasonic Panthers, Thiago Soares Alves
    JT Thunders, Leandro Vissotto Neves
    Sakai Blazers, Milan Pepic
    Toray Arrows, Dejan Bojovic
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerz, Igor Omrcen
    Suntory Sunbirds, Evandro M Guerra
    FC Tokyo, Danail Milushev
    JTEKT Stings, Fernando Hernandez Ramos


    The league will use the 3,2,1,0 win points system for the first time.
    Each team plays the other 3 times.

  • Matchday 1


    Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 FC Tokyo (29-27, 25-22, 25-23) Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Suntory) 18 & Dai Tezuka 20 (FC Tokyo)
    JT Thunders 2-3 JTEKT Stings (25-20, 25-17, 22-25, 25-27, 22-24) Yu Kohsikawa (JT) 24, Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 29, & Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 40
    Panasonic Panthers 2-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 23-25, 13-15) Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 22, Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 20 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 37
    Toray Arrows 3-1 Sakai Blazers (25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 25-21) Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 16 & Milan Pepic (Sakai) 19


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Wins-Losses, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Suntory Sunbirds, 3, 3-0
    2. Toray Arrows, 3, 3-1
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 2, 3-2
    4. JTEKT Stings, 2, 3-2
    5. JT Thunders, 1, 2-3
    6. Panasonic Panthers, 1, 2-3
    7. Sakai Blazers, 0, 1-3
    8. FC Tokyo, 0, 0-3
    Tiebreaker after sets ratio is points ratio

  • Matchday 2, November 22, 2014
    Panasonic Panthers 3-1 Toray Arrows (25-22, 26-28, 25-19, 25-17) Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 20, Thiago Soares Alves (Panasonic) 21, Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 20, Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 14 & Tatsuya Setoguchi (Toray) 14
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-2 Sakai Blazers (23-25, 17-25, 32-30, 25-16, 15-13) Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 33, Milan Pepic (Sakai) 26 & Yusuke “GOTTSU” Ishijima (Sakai) 21
    JT Thunders 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-21, 25-22, 25-19) Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 17 & Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 15
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 JTEKT Stings (34-32, 25-22, 25-18) Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Suntory) 17 & Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 14


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Suntory Sunbirds, 6, 2, 6-0
    2. JT Thunders, 4, 1, 5-3
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 4, 2, 6-4
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 4, 1, 5-4
    5. Toray Arrows, 3, 1, 4-4
    6. JTEKT Stings, 2, 1, 3-5
    7. Sakai Blazers, 1, 0, 3-6
    8. FC Tokyo, 0, 0, 0-6
    Tiebreaker after sets ratio is points ratio

  • Matchday 3, November 23, 2014
    Toray Arrows 1-3 JT Thunders (25-20, 23-25, 19-25, 22-25) Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 24 & Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 20
    FC Tokyo 1-3 Panasonic Panthers (20-25, 21-25, 25-19, 20-25) Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 19, Shohei Yamamoto (FC Tokyo) 16 & Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 14
    Suntory Sunbirds 0-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (13-25, 19-25, 21-25) Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 9, Ryosuke Tsubakiyama (Suntory) 9 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 27
    JTEKT Stings 1-3 Sakai Blazers (22-25, 25-19, 18-25, 24-26) Yoshihito Matsumoto (Sakai) 21, Milan Pepic (Sakai) 20 & Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 20


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 7, 3, 9-4
    2. JT Thunders, 7, 2, 8-4
    3. Panasonic Panthers, 7, 2, 8-5
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 6, 2, 6-3
    5. Sakai Blazers, 4, 1, 6-7
    6. Toray Arrows, 3, 1, 5-7
    7. JTEKT Stings, 2, 1, 4-8
    8. FC Tokyo, 0, 0, 1-9
    Tiebreaker after sets ratio is points ratio

  • Matchday 4, November 29, 2014
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 2-3 Toray Arrows (25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 22-25, 12-15), Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 25 & Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 24
    JT Thunders 3-0 Suntory Sunbirds (25-22, 25-22, 25-21), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 11 & Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) 15
    JTEKT Stings 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-22, 25-19, 25-22), Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 14 & Shohei Yamamoto (FC Tokyo) 10
    Sakai Blazers 2-3 Panasonic Panthers (25-19, 25-13, 20-25, 22-25, 12-15), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 24, Yusuke “GOTTSU” Ishijima (Sakai) 20, Milan Pepic (Sakai) 22 & Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai) 20


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 10, 3, 11-4
    2. Panasonic Panthers, 9, 3, 11-7
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 8, 3, 11-7
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 6, 2, 6-6
    5. Toray Arrows, 5, 2, 8-9
    6. JTEKT Stings, 5, 2, 7-8
    7. Sakai Blazers, 5, 1, 8-10
    8. FC Tokyo, 0, 0, 1-12
    Tiebreaker after sets ratio is points ratio

  • Matchday 5, November 30, 2014
    JTEKT Stings 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (22-25, 25-27, 21-25), Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 18 & Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 17
    Sakai Blazers 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-15, 25-19, 25-23), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 21 & Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 13
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-2 JT Thunders (26-28, 25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 15-7), Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 37 & Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 22
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Toray Arrows (25-21, 25-18, 25-19), Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 21 & Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 10


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Panasonic Panthers, 12, 4, 14-7
    2. JT Thunders, 11, 3, 13-7
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 10, 4, 14-9
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 9, 3, 9-6
    5. Sakai Blazers, 8, 2, 11-10
    6. Toray Arrows, 5, 2, 8-12
    7. JTEKT Stings, 5, 2, 7-11
    8. FC Tokyo, 0, 0, 1-15
    Tiebreaker after sets ratio is points ratio

  • Matchday 6, December 20, 2014
    JT Thunders 3-0 Sakai Blazers (25-21, 25-23, 25-20), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 20 & Milan Pepic (Sakai) 12
    Panasonic Panthers 3-2 Suntory Sunbirds (21-25, 16-25, 27-25, 25-20, 15-11), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 34 & Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) 23
    JTEKT Stings 1-3 Toray Arrows (13-25, 25-22, 16-25, 20-25), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 19 & Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 18
    FC Tokyo 2-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (14-25, 25-23, 27-25, 16-25, 6-15), Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 22 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 36


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. Panasonic Panthers, 14, 5, 17-9
    2. JT Thunders, 14, 4, 16-7
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 12, 5, 17-11
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 10, 3, 11-9
    5. Toray Arrows, 8, 3, 11-13
    6. Sakai Blazers, 8, 2, 11-13
    7. JTEKT Stings, 5, 2, 8-14
    8. FC Tokyo, 1, 0, 3-18
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 7, December 21, 2014
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-1 JTEKT Stings (31-33, 25-19, 25-17, 25-19), Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 31 & Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 21
    Panasonic Panthers 0-3 JT Thunders (19-25, 22-25, 19-25), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 15 & Yu Kohsikawa (JT) 17
    Sakai Blazers 0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (22-25, 23-25, 23-25), Yusuke “GOTTSU” Ishijima (Sakai) 14, Milan Pepic (Sakai) 14 & Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 25
    Toray Arrows 1-3 FC Tokyo (25-19, 26-28, 23-25, 23-25), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 16 & Takashi Takenami (FC Tokyo) 22


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 17, 5, 19-7
    2. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 15, 6, 20-12
    3. Panasonic Panthers, 14, 5, 17-12
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 13, 4, 14-9
    5. Toray Arrows, 8, 3, 12-16
    6. Sakai Blazers, 8, 2, 11-16
    7. JTEKT Stings, 5, 2, 9-17
    8. FC Tokyo, 4, 1, 6-19
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio


    League is on break until January 10th

  • Matchday 8, January 10, 2015
    Toray Arrows 3-0 JTEKT Stings (25-23, 27-25, 25-23), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 16 & Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 23
    Panasonic Panthers 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-18), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 22 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 22
    JT Thunders 2-3 Suntory Sunbirds (23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 18-25, 14-16), Yu Kohsikawa (JT) 24, Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 32 & Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 41
    Sakai Blazers 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-19, 25-19, 25-18), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 16 & Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 9


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 18, 5, 21-10
    2. Panasonic Panthers, 17, 6, 20-13
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 15, 6, 21-15
    4. Suntory Sunbirds, 15, 5, 17-11
    5. Toray Arrows, 11, 4, 15-16
    6. Sakai Blazers, 11, 3, 14-16
    7. JTEKT Stings, 5, 2, 9-20
    8. FC Tokyo, 4, 1, 6-22
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 9, January 11, 2015
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-1 Toray Arrows (23-25, 25-22, 28-26, 25-18), Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 30 & Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 14
    JTEKT Stings 3-1 Panasonic Panthers (25-22, 17-25, 30-28, 25-16), Shiroh Furuta (JTEKT) 20 & Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 24
    FC Tokyo 1-3 JT Thunders (23-25, 15-25, 27-25, 20-25), Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 23, Yu Kohsikawa (JT) 20 & Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 27
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Sakai Blazers (25-17, 25-12, 25-17), Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 18 & Milan Pepic (Sakai) 10


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 21, 6, 24-11
    2. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 18, 7, 24-16
    3. Suntory Sunbirds, 18, 6, 20-11
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 17, 6, 21-16
    5. Toray Arrows, 11, 4, 16-19
    6. Sakai Blazers, 11, 3, 14-19
    7. JTEKT Stings, 8, 3, 12-21
    8. FC Tokyo, 4, 1, 7-25
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 10, January 17, 2015
    JTEKT Stings 0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (18-25, 18-25, 18-25), Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 16 & Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 18
    Toray Arrows 2-3 Sakai Blazers (25-21, 22-25, 19-25, 25-18, 10-15), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 25 & Milan Pepic (Sakai) 45
    FC Tokyo 0-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (21-25, 24-26, 19-25), Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 15 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 20
    JT Thunders 3-0 Panasonic Panthers (25-16, 26-24, 25-21), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 22 & Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 21


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 24, 7, 27-11
    2. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 21, 8, 27-16
    3. Suntory Sunbirds, 21, 7, 23-11
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 17, 6, 21-19
    5. Sakai Blazers, 13, 4, 17-21
    6. Toray Arrows, 12, 4, 18-22
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. JTEKT Stings, 8, 3, 12-24
    8. FC Tokyo, 4, 1, 7-28
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 11, January 18, 2015
    Toray Arrows 0-3 FC Tokyo (26-28, 18-25, 24-26), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 12 & Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 20
    JT Thunders 3-0 JTEKT Stings (25-17, 25-15, 25-22), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 20 & Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 24
    Panasonic Panthers 2-3 Suntory Sunbirds (24-26, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 8-15), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 20, Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 21 & Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 40
    Sakai Blazers 2-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (15-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 13-15), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 20 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 38


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 27, 8, 30-11
    2. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 23, 9, 30-18
    3. Suntory Sunbirds, 23, 8, 26-13
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 18, 6, 23-22
    5. Sakai Blazers, 14, 4, 19-24
    6. Toray Arrows, 12, 4, 18-25
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. JTEKT Stings, 8, 3, 12-27
    8. FC Tokyo, 7, 2, 10-28
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 12, January 24, 2015
    JT Thunders 3-0 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-23, 25-22, 25-20), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 18 & Shuzo Yamada (Toyota Gosei) 16
    Panasonic Panthers 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-23, 27-25, 25-21), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 15 & Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo) 14
    JTEKT Stings 3-2 Sakai Blazers (17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-10), Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 25, Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 20 & Milan Pepic (Sakai) 18
    Toray Arrows 1-3 Suntory Sunbirds (23-25, 25-14, 20-25, 28-30), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 28 & Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 36


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 30, 9, 33-11
    2. Suntory Sunbirds, 26, 9, 29-14
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 23, 9, 30-21
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 21, 7, 26-22
    5. Sakai Blazers, 15, 4, 21-27
    6. Toray Arrows, 12, 4, 19-28
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. JTEKT Stings, 10, 4, 15-29
    8. FC Tokyo, 7, 2, 10-31
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 13, January 25, 2015
    JT Thunders 3-2 Sakai Blazers (25-16, 22-25, 25-21, 25-27, 15-13), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 21 & Yuta Matsuoka (Sakai) 27
    JTEKT Stings 3-0 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-19, 25-22, 25-16), Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 17 & Shuzo Yamada (Toyota Gosei) 14
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-2 FC Tokyo (23-25, 23-25, 25-13, 30-28, 19-17), Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 31, Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) 26, Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo) 25 & Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 20
    Panasonic Panthers 3-2 Toray Arrows (22-25, 25-18, 17-25, 25-17, 15-13), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 23 & Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 28


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 32, 10, 36-13
    2. Suntory Sunbirds, 28, 10, 32-16
    3. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 23, 9, 30-24
    4. Panasonic Panthers, 23, 8, 29-24
    5. Sakai Blazers, 16, 4, 23-30
    6. JTEKT Stings, 13, 5, 18-29
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. Toray Arrows, 13, 4, 21-31
    8. FC Tokyo, 8, 2, 12-34
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 14, January 25, 2015
    Panasonic Panthers 3-0 Sakai Blazers (25-22, 25-22, 25-22), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 19, Yoshihito Matsumoto (Sakai) 8, Milan Pepic (Sakai) 8 & Kazuyoshi Yokota (Sakai) 8
    JT Thunders 0-3 Toray Arrows (22-25, 23-25, 19-25), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 15 & Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 12
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 1-3 Suntory Sunbirds (25-19, 22-25, 17-25, 24-26), Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 20 & Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 19
    JTEKT Stings 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-19, 25-22, 25-20), Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 17 & Shohei Yamamoto (FC Tokyo) 8


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 32, 10, 36-16
    2. Suntory Sunbirds, 31, 11, 35-17
    3. Panasonic Panthers, 26, 9, 32-24
    4. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 23, 9, 31-27
    5. JTEKT Stings, 16, 6, 21-29
    6. Toray Arrows, 16, 5, 24-31
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. Sakai Blazers, 16, 4, 23-33
    8. FC Tokyo, 8, 2, 12-37
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio


    7 matches left in the regular season

  • Matchday 15, February 1, 2015
    Sakai Blazers 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (22-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-23), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 22 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 26
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 Panasonic Panthers (25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20), Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 33 & Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 23
    FC Tokyo 2-3 Toray Arrows (17-25, 26-24, 17-25, 31-29, 11-15), Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 24, Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo) 20, Shohei Yamamoto (FC Tokyo) 20, Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 28 & Hidetomo Hoshino (Toray) 23
    JT Thunders 3-0 JTEKT Stings (25-22, 25-21, 25-19), Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 17 & Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 13


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 35, 11, 39-16 *
    2. Suntory Sunbirds, 34, 12, 38-18
    3. Panasonic Panthers, 26, 9, 33-27
    4. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 23, 9, 32-30
    5. Sakai Blazers, 19, 5, 26-34
    6. Toray Arrows, 18, 6, 27-33
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. JTEKT Stings, 16, 6, 21-32
    8. FC Tokyo, 9, 2, 14-40
    * Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Matchday 16, February 7, 2015
    Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 2-3 JTEKT Stings (19-25, 25-18, 15-25, 25-23, 11-15), Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 31, Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 23 & Hiroaki Asano (JTEKT) 21
    Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-17, 25-20, 25-19), Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 23 & Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 16
    Panasonic Panthers 3-2 Toray Arrows (23-25, 16-25, 28-26, 25-20, 15-13), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 33, Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 24 & Yuta Yoneyama (Toray) 20
    Sakai Blazers 1-3 JT Thunders (14-25, 29-27, 15-25, 22-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 17 & Yu Kohsikawa (JT) 20 (6 blocks)


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 38, 12, 42-17 *
    2. Suntory Sunbirds, 37, 13, 41-18 *
    3. Panasonic Panthers, 28, 10, 36-29
    4. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 24, 9, 34-33
    5. Toray Arrows, 19, 6, 29-36
    6. Sakai Blazers, 19, 5, 27-37
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. JTEKT Stings, 18, 7, 24-34
    8. FC Tokyo, 9, 2, 14-43
    * Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio

  • Can you explain me how will work Final Stage with 6 teams?


    There will be three rounds.
    1st Round is called Final 6, Round Robin pool play, one match against each team
    This starts March 1 and ends March 22
    Before the pool play begins, teams will be awarded win points based on their position at the end of the regular season.
    1st = 5
    2nd = 4
    3rd = 3
    4th = 2
    5th = 1
    6th = 0
    Add these to the points won in the pool play matches
    The top 3 teams advance


    The 2nd and 3rd placed teams will battle in a single match called the Final 3
    Winner advances to the Final against the 1st placed team after pool play from the Final 6.

  • Matchday 17, February 8, 2015
    FC Tokyo 1-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-23, 19-25, 16-25, 21-25), Danail Milushev (FC Tokyo) 17 & Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 31
    Panasonic Panthers 0-3 JT Thunders (20-25, 20-25, 21-25), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 15 & Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 18
    Sakai Blazers 1-3 Toray Arrows (25-22, 25-27, 16-25, 17-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 21 & Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 18
    Suntory Sunbirds 1-3 JTEKT Stings (25-23, 23-25, 20-25, 20-25), Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 17 & Fernando Hernandez Ramos (JTEKT) 31


    Standings
    Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
    1. JT Thunders, 41, 13, 45-17 *
    2. Suntory Sunbirds, 37, 13, 42-21 *
    3. Panasonic Panthers, 28, 10, 36-32
    4. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 27, 10, 37-34
    5. Toray Arrows, 22, 7, 32-37
    6. JTEKT Stings, 21, 8, 27-35
    ------Top 6 Teams Make V.Final Stage------
    7. Sakai Blazers, 19, 5, 28-40
    8. FC Tokyo, 9, 2, 15-46
    * Clinched berth in V.Final Stage
    First Tiebreaker is win percentage, then sets ratio, then points ratio