In my efforts to understand this competition (and get the score of last night's JT game) I stumbled on this App called FlashScore. In its "Standings" section they seem to have ranked the teams according to "Sets Won-Sets Lost" exclusively, and state that The Body Queens and Toray Arrows are promoted to the Playoff Semi-finals (NEC promoted to the Finals).
I'm guessing that for the standings Flashscore App show something like this:
Rank, Team, Pts, Match Played, Wins, Losses, Set W-L
1. NEC Red Rockets 12, 5, 4, 1, 12-5
2. Toyota Autobody Queensesis 7, 5, 2, 3, 10-9
3. Toray Arrows 7, 5, 2, 3, 11-12
4. Hitachi Rivale 7, 5, 2, 3, 10-12
5. Hisamitsu Springs 6, 5, 3, 2, 10-12
6. JT Marvelous 6, 5, 2, 3, 9-12
The reason why the FlashScore App is showing that Toyota Autobody Queenseis (I'm guessing that what you meant by The Body Queens) and Toray Arrows making the Final 3 is because it failed to take into account the points each teams in the Final 6 gained from their position in the regular season. Brahmin previously mention:
League gives out match points at the end of the regular season to the Top 6 teams to start the Final 6. So NEC finished first, and started the Final 6 with 5 points. Hisamitsu 4, Hitachi 3, JT 2, Toyota 1, Toray 0.
Now if you add these points to the standing shown above then you get something like the standings at bottom of the match stats provided by Brahmin and what is on the V-League official website http://www.vleague.or.jp/stand…season_id=681&round_id=12.
Final 6 Standings
Rank, Team, Pts, Match Played, Wins, Losses, Set W-L
1. NEC Red Rockets 17, 5, 4, 1, 12-5
2. Hisamitsu Springs 10, 5, 3, 2, 10-12
3. Hitachi Rivale 10, 5, 2, 3, 10-12
4. JT Marvelous 8, 5, 2, 3, 9-12
5. Toyota Auto Body Queensesis 8, 5, 2, 3, 10-9
6. Toray Arrows 7, 5, 2, 3, 11-12
I hope that help.
So, it was the last match for Saori... Wish her all the best in personal life! It's a pity that she won't play for a medal in her last season...but she has been incredible for 15 years!
I still hope she will return for Tokyo 2020... maybe?
We can only hope. I wished I had seen Saori played earlier in her career.