Round 21 Results
Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 Toyota Gisei Trefuerza
Sakai Blazers 3-1 FC Tokyo
JT Thunders 1-3 Toray Arrows
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Panasonic Panthers
Standings
Position, team, wins (sets won-lost)
1. Sakai Blazers 17 (56-24)
2. Suntory Sunbirds 16 (51-27)
3. Toray Arrows 12 (47-36)
4. Panasonic Panthers 12 (43-33)
---Top 4 Advance to Semifinal Round----
5. JT Thunders 10 (43-43)
6. Toyota Gisei Trefuerza 9 (36-45)
7. FC Tokyo 6 (27-50)
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 2 (13-58)
Going into the final leg (Four legs of 7 matches)
Some team stats
Top Attacking Team
Panasonic Panthers at 51.0%
Top Blocking Team
Suntory Sunbirds with 3.05 blocks per set
Top Serving Team (Most Aces)
Sakai Blazers with 94 aces
Top Serve Receive Team
Toyota Gisei Trefuerza at 67.6%
Some individual stats
Top Attacking Player
Kunihiro Shimizu at 54.9%
Panasonic Panthers
Most Kills per Set
Ernardo Gomez at 6.32 kills
JT Thunders
Leading Scorer
Ernardo Gomez with 518 kills, 38 blocks, 37 aces, a total of 593 points, 7.23 points per set
JT Thunders
Most Blocks per Set
Takaaki Tomimatsu at 0.82 blocks
Toray Arrows
Most Aces
Ernardo Gomez with 37 aces
JT Thunders
Best Receiver
Kohichiro Koga at 77.7%
Toyota Gisei Trefuerza
Round 22 Results
Sakai Blazers 1-3 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler
Toray Arrows 3-0 Toyota Gisei Trefuerza
FC Tokyo 1-3 Panasonic Panthers
Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 JT Thunders
Standings
Position, team, wins (sets won-lost)
1. Sakai Blazers 17 (57-27) *
2. Suntory Sunbirds 17 (54-28) *
3. Toray Arrows 13 (50-36)
4. Panasonic Panthers 13 (46-34)
---Top 4 Advance to Semifinal Round----
5. JT Thunders 10 (44-46)
6. Toyota Gisei Trefuerza 9 (36-48)
7. FC Tokyo 6 (28-53)
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3 (16-59)
* Clinched Semifinal Round berth
Round 23 Results
Toyota Gisei Trefuerza 1-3 Panasonic Panthers
Suntory Sunbirds 0-3 Toray Arrows
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 0-3 JT Thunders
FC Tokyo 0-3 Sakai Blazers
Standings
Position, team, wins (sets won-lost)
1. Sakai Blazers 18 (60-27) *
2. Suntory Sunbirds 17 (54-31) *
3. Toray Arrows 14 (53-36)
4. Panasonic Panthers 14 (49-35)
---Top 4 Advance to Semifinal Round----
5. JT Thunders 11 (47-46)
6. Toyota Gisei Trefuerza 9 (37-51)
7. FC Tokyo 6 (28-56)
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3 (16-62)
* Clinched Semifinal Round berth
Round 24 Results
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Toray Arrows
Suntory Sunbirds 3-2 Panasonic Panthers
FC Tokyo 1-3 JT Thunders
Sakai Blazers 3-0 Toyota Gisei Trefuerza
Standings
Position, team, wins (sets won-lost)
1. Sakai Blazers 19 (63-27) *
2. Suntory Sunbirds 18 (57-33) *
3. Toray Arrows 15 (56-37)
4. Panasonic Panthers 14 (51-38)
---Top 4 Advance to Semifinal Round----
5. JT Thunders 12 (50-47)
6. Toyota Gisei Trefuerza 9 (37-54)
7. FC Tokyo 6 (29-59)
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3 (17-65)
* Clinched Semifinal Round berth
V-League matches have been cancelled for the weekend of March 12th and 13th. This is due to the massive earthquake in the Sendai area. There were no games scheduled in that area this weekend, but given the circumstances, I can understand the reasoning.
The Board of Directors for the V-League announced on March 14th, that the season would not continue due to the number of lives lost in the earthquake in the Sendai area of Japan. The matches for rounds 25-28 will not be played, nor will the semifinal or final rounds.
The team that was leading at the end of the last played round was the Sakai Blazers and they have been declared the champions for the 2010-2011 Premier League season.
Kunihiro Shimizu is the Best Spiker at 55.6%
Ernardo Gomez is the Best Scorer with 657 points
Takaaki Tomimatsu is the Best Blocker with 0.86 blocks per set
Ernardo Gomez is the Best Server
Kohichiro Koga is the Best Serve Receiver
1. Sakai Blazers 19 (63-27) *
Is it the first the Champion title for the Team?
Is it the first the Champion title for the Team?
Nope this is their fourth championship in the V-League. 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2005-2006 and 2010-2011.
The first two titles were under the name Nippon Steel Blazers, which had won the Japanese League championship 12 times before the V-League was created in 1994.