Japan - 2012/2013 Women's Premier V- League

    Matchday 18, February 10, 2013
    JT Marvelous 3-0 Toray Arrows (29-27, 25-20, 25-23), Eva Yaneva (JT) 23 points
    Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 1-3 NEC Red Rockets (25-27, 25-23, 19-25, 21-25), Mari Yamada (Toyota) 17 points, 6 NEC players with 10 points or more
    Okayama Seagulls 1-3 Pioneer Red Wings (26-24, 23-25, 17-25, 20-25), Chaine Staelens (Pioneer) 23 points, Mai Fukuda (Okayama) 22 points and Yuuko Asazu (Pioneer) 21 points
    Denso Airybees 0-3 Hisamitsu Springs (16-25, 18-25, 16-25), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 14 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. NEC Red Rockets, 14, 47-28 * better sets ratio than Hisamitsu
    2. Hisamitsu Springs, 14, 48-29
    3. Okayama Seagulls, 12, 45-28
    4. Toray Arrows, 11, 41-33
    5. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 8, 34-41
    6. Denso Airybees, 6, 29-45
    7. JT Marvelous, 4, 25-45
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 3, 27-47


    No matches next week, February 16-17

    Matchday 19, February 23, 2013
    Okayama Seagulls 1-3 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-20, 27-29, 25-27, 19-25), Kanani Danielson (Toyota) 23 points, Megumi Kurihara (Okayama) and Mari Yamada (Toyota) 21 points
    JT Marvelous 3-2 Hisamitsu Springs (19-25, 25-23, 31-29, 21-25, 15-7), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 25 points and Ai (Yu) Ohtomo (JT) 21 points
    Denso Airybees 2-3 NEC Red Rockets (21-25, 13-25, 26-24, 25-23, 12-15), Yeliz Basa (NEC) 29 points and Ivana Nesovic (Denso) 27 points
    Pioneer Red Wings 2-3 Toray Arrows (25-23, 23-25, 26-24, 18-25, 8-15), Saori Sakoda (Toray) 26 points, Chaine Staelens (Pioneer) 24 points and Yuuko Asazu (Pioneer) 22 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. NEC Red Rockets, 15, 50-30
    2. Hisamitsu Springs, 14, 50-32
    3. Okayama Seagulls, 12, 46-31 * better sets ratio than Toray
    4. Toray Arrows, 12, 44-35
    ------- Top 4 Teams Advance to Semifinal Round -------
    5. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 9, 37-42
    6. Denso Airybees, 6, 31-48
    7. JT Marvelous, 5, 28-47
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 3, 29-50

    Matchday 20, February 24, 2013
    JT Marvelous 3-1 Denso Airybees (34-32, 17-25, 25-19, 37-35), Ivana Nesovic (Denso) 42 points, Chie Yoshizawa (JT) 30 points and Eva Yaneva (JT) 21 points
    Hisamitsu Springs 0-3 NEC Red Rockets (23-25, 20-25, 12-25), Yeliz Basa (NEC) 22 points
    Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 1-3 Pioneer Red Wings (16-25, 26-24, 19-25, 20-25), Chaine Staelens (Pioneer) 25 points and Yuuko Asazu (Pioneer) 21 points
    Okayama Seagulls 2-3 Toray Arrows (25-21, 25-22, 11-25, 20-25, 9-15), Mai Fukuda (Okayama) 22 points and Saori Sakoda (Toray) 21 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. NEC Red Rockets, 16, 53-30
    2. Hisamitsu Springs, 14, 50-35
    3. Toray Arrows, 13, 47-37
    4. Okayama Seagulls, 12, 48-34
    ------- Top 4 Teams Advance to Semifinal Round -------
    5. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 9, 38-45
    6. JT Marvelous, 6, 31-48 * better sets ratio than Denso
    7. Denso Airybees, 6, 32-51
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 4, 32-51

    Quote from NobodyKnows

    brahmin, can you explain me where can I see the player's score in vleague website? I can't identify it in match stats.


    This is the link for Women's individual match stats It will be completely in Japanese.


    Quote from Canter

    how many times will the finalists face each other? just one match or more in the final round?
    (probably more than one...)


    In the Semifinal Round it is round robin, so each of the 4 teams plays 3 matches.
    The Final Round is just 3rd place (3rd vs. 4th after Semifinal Round) and 1st place (1st vs. 2nd after Semifinal Round), one match only for each place.

    Quote from Davido

    Which teams will play the Promotion/Relegation games?


    The bottom two from VLeague Premier and the top two from VLeague Challenge. Two sets of matches (Premier 7 vs. Challenge 2 and Premier 8 vs. Challenge 1), two games, wins, sets won, points ratio to determine who stays or goes down/up.

    Quote from brahmin

    The bottom two from VLeague Premier and the top two from VLeague Challenge. Two sets of matches (Premier 7 vs. Challenge 2 and Premier 8 vs. Challenge 1), two games, wins, sets won, points ratio to determine who stays or goes down/up.

    Do any of the Challenge teams pose a legitimate threat to the Premier teams?

    Quote from TheUSAFAN

    Do any of the Challenge teams pose a legitimate threat to the Premier teams?


    Ageo Medics (14 matches) and Hitachi Rivale (13 matches) are both with 1 loss in the Challenge league. The Challenge league plays 18 matches.


    Rivale has Japanese National Team player Yukiko Ebata and US college star Jennifer Doris, who played at Texas.
    Ageo has a number of players who had played on Premier League teams in the past and Olena Ustymenko who played with Vakifbank Turktelekom last year.


    These two teams are very efficient in spiking. 8 of the top 15 attackers (kills divided by attempts) are from these two teams.
    Hitachi has 3 blockers in the top 15. Ageo has 3 serve receivers in the top 15.


    Hitachi averages 3 blocks a set (#1), Ageo 2.44. (#5)
    Hitachi is #1 in serve receive at 67.2%, Ageo #2 at 63.1%

    Matchday 21, March 2, 2013
    Toray Arrows 3-1 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (25-11, 24-26, 25-19, 25-17), Arisa Takada (Toray) 21 points
    Hisamitsu Springs 3-0 Pioneer Red Wings (31-29, 25-17, 25-18), Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu) 22 points
    Okayama Seagulls 3-0 Denso Airybees (25-19, 25-21, 25-16), Ivana Nesovic (Denso) 16 points
    NEC Red Rockets 3-2 JT Marvelous (25-15, 25-15, 19-25, 23-25, 15-9), Haruyo Shimamura (NEC) and Masami Taniguchi (JT) 19 points


    Standings, wins, sets won-lost
    1. NEC Red Rockets, 17, 56-32 (clinched Semifinal Round berth)
    2. Hisamitsu Springs, 15, 53-35
    3. Toray Arrows, 14, 50-38
    4. Okayama Seagulls, 13, 51-34
    ------- Top 4 Teams Advance to Semifinal Round -------
    5. Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, 9, 39-48
    6. JT Marvelous, 6, 33-51 * better sets ratio than Denso
    7. Denso Airybees, 6, 32-54
    8. Pioneer Red Wings, 4, 32-54

    Quote from voleielite

    Brahmin, is Elisângela a stating 6 player in Hisamitsu? She's playing well? Thanksss ;)


    She has not played in the last two matches.
    She played the 1st 3 of the 5 set match on February 23rd.
    She was not even on the bench (not a possible player in the match) on January 27 and February 2-3, 9-10.
    Played in 1st 3 of the 5 set match on January 26th.
    Last time she played an entire match was January 12th. 7 kills, 3 errors, 29 attempts, 5 blocks

    Quote from brahmin

    She has not played in the last two matches.
    She played the 1st 3 of the 5 set match on February 23rd.
    She was not even on the bench (not a possible player in the match) on January 27 and February 2-3, 9-10.
    Played in 1st 3 of the 5 set match on January 26th.
    Last time she played an entire match was January 12th. 7 kills, 3 errors, 29 attempts, 5 blocks


    Thanks for the info. It seems that she's not playing well :lol: