2007/08 Japan Women's Premier V League (Final Round/Videos attached)

i would like to make a brief introduction to make sure everyone here could understand the Japan V League

2007/08 Japan Volleyball Women's Premier League (short for: Japan V league) is the top of volleyball Leagues in Japan, with 10 clubs and more than 300 registered players excluding foreign players. there has been strict restriction on foreign players transfer, as each team can only contract with ONE foreign player in order to introduce super attackers into the League fighting....

Japan V with quite long history is one of the most successful leagues in the world since the ever beginning. this is her 14th tournament now. in the end of 90s, more and more foreign players were intended or invited to play for Japan V, there was an all-time boom during that period....but too many foreign players in court led some more consequences like many young japanese players weren't given enough chance to perform in the game...it gradually became an overwhelming harm to the essential policy of volley sustainable development...by the beginning of 21st century, Japan Volley Asociassion has appealled a limitation on foreign transfer (1 foreign player 1 club became a mandatory regulation widely-followed)

9 Foreign players in Japan V League:

TORAY

DE LA CRUZ De Pena Bethania (DOM)
Shirt Number: 18

Nickname: Betty
1987.05.13
Position: OH
Height: 188cm
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Pioneer Red Wings

Senna USIC (CRO)
Shirt NO: 22

Nickname: Senna
1986.05.14
Height: 191cm
Position: Opposite
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Denso Airybees

RONDON Cindy (DOM)
Shirt NO: 28

1988.12.11
Height: 189cm
Position: MB
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JT

MORENO Pino Kenny (COL)
Shirt NO: 03

1979.1.6
Height: 185cm
Position: OH
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Hisamitsu Springs

PAVLOVA Yelena (KAZ)
Shirt NO: 11

1978.12.12
Height: 186
Position: OH
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NEC

Erin ALDRICH (USA)
Shirt NO: 11

1977.12.27
Height: 185cm
Position: MB
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Takefuji Bamboo

NIKOLIC Jelena (SRB)
Shirt NO: 25

Position: OH
Height: 194cm
1982.04.13
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Toyota AutoBody

JOINES Jennifer (USA)
1982.11.23
Height: 191cm
Position: MB
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Hitachi Sawa

ZHANG Fanghe (CHN)

1985.08.02
Height: 185cm
Position: Opposite
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STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 25

01 Toray 21-4, 46 pts
02 Denso Airbees 18-7, 43 pts (63-31)
03 Hisamitsu Springs 18-7, 43 pts (63-40)
04 NEC 13-12, 38 pts (56-50)
05 Okayama Gulls 13-12, 38 pts (51-48 )
06 Pioneer Red Wings 13-12, 38 pts (48-49)
07 JT 12-13, 37 pts
08 Toyota Autobody 10-15, 35 pts
09 Takefuji Bamboo 7-18, 32 pts
10 Hitachi Sawa 0-25, 25 pts

the 25th round is the second last round in regular season, Toray/Denso/Hisamitsu has qualified to Top 4 Final round tournament because of distinct performances, NEC/Okayama/Pioneer/JT will fight for the last position next round, Takefuji Bamboo and Hitachi Sawa were quite disappointing this season to stay in the dropping zone.....

Kenny Moreno from Colombia spikes in this pix, still have some more for her......

next few pix is about dominican player de la cruz......

erin aldrich from USA....celebrates with her teammates of NEC....

i think you guys know her very well.....she is the key player in Japan NT, the outside hitter SHIN (Miyuki Takehashi), she played for Vicenza in ITA a1 last few seasons...now, aldrich is her mates...

Pavlova from Kazakhstan (Hisamitsu Spring) is trying to spike through the double block from NEC....

Pavlova celebrates with her teammates!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from Nastja

Thank you A LOT for this topic! Brings us a bit more of asian flavour to the site
would be really nice if u could update the results once in a while to keep us all updated... Im really interested in this league and i would love to see a match too

Im curious if skowronska will decide to play in japan as well, as she mentioned sth about it...
If so, what do you think what team would it be?

yes of course...im gonna update the results and the stats in a minute...

Kasia would like to play in Japan , it would be fantastic...i prefer her playing for Pioneer Red Wings, coz this is a very strong team guided by the former USA NT coach Mr Yoshida, and this team won lots of champion titles in Japan League history....most importantly, the Pioneer Team is more like a well organised team with no weak position...many excellent players from Japan NT are working in this group like the top scorer kurihara Megumi, Sasaki Miki, experienced middle blocker Tajimi and rising star shoji Yuki.....

besides, kasia is a wise and quick attacker with good skills enough to control the loop arc, the speed, the falling point in the air, and i'm sure she can follow the fairly quick rhythm of the teamwork in Pioneer as well...

btw, i dont think Usic does a good job here...

Quote from serdar

thanks pappi,ı wouldn t know anything about japan s league.there is 9 foreign players?Okayama Gulls does nt have anyone?

no,Okayama Gulls didnt contract any foreign player this season, but their native players seem more competitive this year....quite interesting...they have only middle blockers with a height of under 180cm, but they can make troubles to other teams with smooth quick attacks and good defense...

lasted results updating......

03.08 Round 24

Pioneer Red Wings x NEC 1-3 (25-19, 20-25, 20-25, 22-25)
Toray x Denso Airybees 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 26-24, 25-21)
Okayama x Toyota Autobody 3-1 (25-20, 24-26, 25-22, 27-25)
Hitachi Sawa x Takefuji 1-3 (17-25, 18-25, 25-21, 23-25)
JT x Hisamitsu Springs 2-3 (19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 8-15)

03.09 Round 25

Okayama Gulls x Denso Airybees 1-3 (20-25, 25-22, 19-25, 23-25)
NEC x Toyota Autobody 3-1 (27-25, 20-25, 25-18, 25-13)
Hisamitsu Springs x Toray 0-3 (15-25, 16-25, 21-25)
Takefuji x Pioneer Red Wings 2-3 (25-19, 16-25, 25-23, 23-25, 11-15)
JT x Hitachi Sawa 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-19)

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 25

01 Toray 21-4, 46 pts
02 Denso Airbees 18-7, 43 pts (63-31)
03 Hisamitsu Springs 18-7, 43 pts (63-40)
04 NEC 13-12, 38 pts (56-50)
05 Okayama Gulls 13-12, 38 pts (51-48 )
06 Pioneer Red Wings 13-12, 38 pts (48-49)
07 JT 12-13, 37 pts
08 Toyota Autobody 10-15, 35 pts
09 Takefuji Bamboo 7-18, 32 pts
10 Hitachi Sawa 0-25, 25 pts

Players Technical Ranking TOP 10 (updated by 2008.03.09):

BEST ATTACKERS (spike %)

1 Araki Erica (Toray) 53.8%
2 De la Cruz (Toray) 53.0%
3 Joines (Toyota) 49.6%
4 Nishiwaki Mariko 49.2%
5 Inoue Kaori (Denso) 48.6%
6 Sakino Kumiko (Hisamitsu) 46.5
7 Pavlova (Hisamitsu) 46.5%
8 Rondon (Denso) 46.2%
9 Yano Yoshiko (Denso) 45.4%
10 Sugiyama Sachiko (NEC) 45.1%

BEST SCORERS:

1 Pavlova (Hisamitsu) 671 pts
2 Moreno (JT) 581 pts
3 De la Cruz (Toray) 448 pts
4 Nikolic (Takefuji) 448 pts
5 Kurihara Megumi (Pioneer) 427 pts
6 Masami Taniguchi (JT) 420 pts
7 Rondon (Denso) 403 pts
8 Tsuzuki Yumiko (Toyota) 401 pts
9 Takahashi Midori (Toyota) 371 pts
10 Mori Kazuyo (Okayama) 365 pts

BEST ATTACKERS (pts/set):

1 Pavlova (Hisamitsu) 6.15
2 De la Cruz (Toray) 6.00
3 Nikolic (Takefuji) 5.19
4 Moreno (JT) 5.17
5 Rondon (Denso) 5.15
6 Kimura Megumi (Pioneer) 3.76
7 Masami Taniguchi (JT) 3.60
8 Murata Nadumi (Okayama) 3.43
9 Kimura Saori (Toray) 3.42
10 Tsuzuki Yumiko (Toyota) 3.30

BEST BLOCKERS (blos/set):

1 Araki Erica (Toray) 1.02
2 Sugiyama Sachiko (NEC) 0.97
3 Tajimi Asako (Pioneer) 0.84
4 Rondon (Denso) 0.82
5 Inoue Kaori (Denso) 0.79
6 Shoji Yuki (Pioneer) 0.76
7 Horai Makiko (JT) 0.66
8 Yano Yoshiko (Denso) 0.63
9 Sakino Kumiko (Hisamitsu) 0.61
10 Rika (Hitachi) 0.61

BEST SERVERS (Effec.%)

1 Itabashi Megumi (Hitachi) 16.3%
2 Takahashi Midori (Toyota) 14.5%
3 Takaki Rie (JT) 13.7%
4 Ishida Mizuho (Takefuji) 13.6%
5 Matsuzaki Sayoko (NEC) 13.5%

BEST RECEIVERS (Succ.%)

1 Sano Yuko (Hisamitsu) 80.2%
2 Yoshida (Pioneer) 74.6%
3 Narita Ikumi (NEC) 74.6%
4 Sakurai Yuka (Denso) 74.5%
5 Kano Miyuki (Hisamitsu) 73.2%

Quote from hotienvu

Very interesting! Looks like Pavlova is stealing the spotlight good job! c'mon Pavy
Also I was a bit surprised when I did notice that my favorite player Inoue Kaori is on the list of best attacker despite the fact that she's a middle blocker . Last year, Kira (her nickname) was the best blocker but seems like she will not be able to retain the title this year Anyway she's doing a good job and bringing Denso Airybees to the runner-up title for the very first time.
pappi do you have any game of V.League?

exactly, the foreigners are playing a dominant role on attacking (especially shocked by their ability on score-biting)...lol
yes i do....i'm planning to upload some to megaload....make sure most of members here can get it soon....

Nikolic with her teammates...........

another one, Takefuji Bamboo vs Toray, Nikolic is concentrating on blocking

Japan Premier V League
Regular Season, Round 26

NEC Red Rockets x Denso Airybees 1-3 (25-22, 17-25, 16-25, 22-25)
NEC: Uchida 14, Sugiyama 11, Arita 11, Shin 10
DEN: Rondon 22, Hosoda 14

Hisamitsu Springs x Pioneer Red Wings 1-3 (17-25, 25-21, 17-25, 17-25)
HIS: Pavlova 21, Omura 11
PIO: Usic 22, Tajimi 13

JT x Toray 0-3 (19-25, 22-25, 23-25)
JT: Moreno 21, Horai 8
TOR: De La Cruz 20, Araki Erica 19

Toyora Autobody x Hitachi Sawa 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-16)
TOY: Takahashi 17, Hattori 16
HIT: Rin 13, Iida 9

Takefuji Bamboo x Okayama Gulls 3-1 (25-21, 18-25, 25-20, 25-18 )
TAK: Nikolic 22, Ishida 20, Shoji 10
OKA: Kanda 16

STANDINGS (03.15)

01 Toray 26 22 4
02 Denso Airybees 26 19 7
03 Hisamitsu Springs 26 18 8
-------------------------------------------------> qualified to Final 4 Tournament
04 Red Wings Pioneer 26 14 12
05 NEC Red Rocket 26 13 13
06 Okayama Gulls 26 13 13
-------------------------------------------------> with chance to reach Final 4
07 JT Marvelous 26 12 14
08 Toyota Queens Autobody 26 11 15
------------------------------------------------> safe in V league next season 2008/09
09 Takefuji Bamboo 26 8 18
10 Hitachi Sawa 26 0 26
------------------------------------------------> dropping Zone

Quote from LothiePG

I like Joines so much
Is she doing a good league? I don't even see her name among the best blockers

she's happy in Japan....she contributed 9 pts (including 2 blos) yesterday.....35 blos in total didnt make her in the top 20 among best blockers...

Quote from LothiePG

Thanks Pappi!
Do you have any video of her team playing?
I want to see her playing sooo much

i‘ve got one match beween Toray and Toyota Autobody.....uploading.....