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

    hello, brahmin :)


    What do you think about Saori Sakoda and Haruka Miyashita performance in V.league this season?


    They will be chosen for the best 6 or not ?


    i hope Haruka-chan will be chosen for the national team this year. :love:


    Haruka is very young (did not realize that she was going to high school in Osaka, while playing in Okayama for the season) at 18!
    She played in all of the sets this season for Okayama and 13th in blocking at 0.45 blocks per set
    As a setter, I do not look for her when I doing my score updates. Also, the Japanese league does not keep track of setter specific statistics. But they do have their hitting numbers.
    Her team's hitting percentage was .313 (1704-198)/4801
    Back row hitting percentage (included in the total above) was .084 (14-7)/83, they had the fewest back row attempts in the league by 130
    Her front row numbers (1690-191)/4718= .318


    Setters do not score a ton of point, but if they block and serve well, they are very valuable in my mind. Considering she is only 18, I think that she's had a decent season.


    As for Saori Sakoda, I am a huge fan, but for the national team she always comes off the bench. It drives me crazy because from my advanced stats in international matches, she produces very well.


    This past season, Saori was #2 in scoring with 491 points (442 kills, 38 blocks, 11 aces) in 96 sets of play or 5.11 points per set
    To the best that I can find, she got the most sets in the league with 1,093. She took 25% of the teams sets
    Her hitting percentage was .348 (442-61)/1093, the team was .327
    She average 4.60 kills per set which was #1 in the league


    Had a good season and should be on the list at the end of the year, Maybe not the MVP, but top 6 in my mind.

    what do you think is the reason for nec's dramatic improvement? is it because only of yeliz baza or are there other players who made this improvement possible?

    As Brahmin mentioned matches will be played as round-robin tournament. So Nec will play against Seagulls in first day and later on they will play with other teams as well, basically there aren`t a match-up between Nec and Seagulls.

    Hisamitsu Springs - Toray Arrows 3-2 (22-25 25-21 23-25 25-23 15-10) stats
    Best scorers: Miyu Nagaoka 24, Saori Sakoda 26. Good match in block by Iwasaka - 6 and Hirai - 8 blocks, both had more blocks than Toray - 10.

    Gold medal - World League 2013 Prediction Game
    Bronze medal - World League 2012 Prediction Game

    Both games look pretty competitive indeed. If anybody find any related videos about those game, I would be grateful if you share them with me. Cheers
    And are there anyone who watched matches? How were they?

    This year the V.League is really balanced. Maybe Toray Arrows will miss Kimura during the finals... I like all the four teams, but it would be nice to have a new champion team. Probably I'll be supporting NEC Red Rockets.

    Sorry all, I've been out for work and just got back today. NEC had 6 players over 10 points. Basa only started in the 1st and 5th sets, a sub in the 3rd and 4th and scored 13. Mai Yamaguchi had 24 for Okayama.
    Okayama still did not have Megumi Kurihara, so I am guessing that the injury is very serious if she is not playing right now.


    Here are the regular season results for the 4 teams against each other


    NEC vs.
    Hisamitsu 4-0
    Toray 2-2
    Okayama 2-2
    Total (8-4)


    Hisamitsu vs.
    NEC 0-4
    Toray 4-0
    Okayama 3-1
    Total (7-5)


    Toray vs.
    NEC 2-2
    Hisamitsu 0-4
    Okayama 4-0
    Total (6-6)


    Okayama vs.
    NEC 2-2
    Hisamitsu 1-3
    Toray 0-4
    Total (3-9)


    So far Toray lost to Hisamitsu, for the 5th time and NEC beat Okayama in 5 sets, which was a little bit unexpected in my mind.

    Hisamitsu won. Congrats! Hisamitsu key to success in this playoff was their delivery and spikers confidence. Okayama without Megumi suffered a lot. ;( Please, come back next season, Megumi!

    Now, time to a tough match between NEC X Toray. :super: What can I do to watch NHK-BS1? I'd love to see this match. They can't imagine how much fans japanese volley has around the world.

    Semifinal Round Schedule


    Funabashi Arena, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture


    Matchday 1, April 5
    (1) NEC Red Rockets 3-2 (4) Okayama Seagulls (22-25, 22-25, 26-24 , 25-21, 15-10)
    Mai Yamaguchi (Okayama) 24 points and Akiko Uchida (NEC) 17 points, NEC with 6 players over 10 points
    (2) Hisamitsu Springs 3-2 (3) Toray Arrows (22-25 25-21 23-25 25-23 15-10)
    Saori Sakoda (Toray) 26 points, Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 24 points and Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu) 20 points


    Matchday 2, April 6
    (1) NEC Red Rockets 1-3 (2) Hisamitsu Springs (17-25, 14-25, 28-26, 18-25)
    Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 19 points, Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu) 19 points and Sachiko Sugiyama (NEC) 13 points, Nana Iwasaka (Hisamitsu) with 5 blocks
    (3) Toray Arrows 3-1 (4) Okayama Seagulls (25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 25-17)
    Saori Sakoda (Toray) 25 points, Mai Fukkuda (Okayama) 17 points, Erika Araki (Toray) 16 kills on 20 attempts as a middle blocker is amazing and 1 block for a total of 17 points


    Matchday 3, April 7
    (1) NEC Red Rockets vs.(3) Toray Arrows


    (2) Hisamitsu Springs vs. (4) Okayama Seagulls



    Standings, Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost, Points Won-Points Lost
    1. Hisamitsu Springs, 2, 6-3, 211-181 * Advances to the championship match
    2. Toray Arrows, 1, 5-4, 200-186
    3. NEC Red Rockets, 1, 4-5, 187-206
    4. Okayama Seagulls, 0, 3-6, 181-206

    V. Challenge Match


    April 6-7 at Hadano City Gymnasium, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture


    April 6 matches
    (V-League Premier 8) Pioneer Red Wings 3-1 (V-League Challenge 1) Ageo Medical Group Medics (25-20, 23-25, 25-17, 25-17)
    Yuko Asazu (Pioneer) 19 points and Shiho Yoshimura (Ageo) 16 points
    (V-League Premier 7) Denso Airybees 3-1 (V-League Challenge 2) Hitachi Rivale (25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 25-19)
    Ivana Nesovic (Denso) 24 points and Yukiko Ebata (Hitachi) 21 points


    Rules:
    1. Matches Won
    2. Sets Ratio
    3. Points Ratio
    4. If 1, 2 & 3 are the same, the Premier League team remains in the Premier League


    In both matches if Denso and Pioneer go to 5 sets they will stay in the V-League Premier League

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    (1) NEC Red Rockets 1-3 (2) Hisamitsu Springs (17-25, 14-25, 28-26, 18-25)
    Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) 19 points, Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu) 19 points and Sachiko Sugiyama (NEC) 13 points, Nana Iwasaka (Hisamitsu) with 5 blocks

    You forgot about Kanako Hirai from Hisamitsu, who was even better than Iwasaka :) : 18 points - 10/19 kills, 2 aces and 6 blocks

    Gold medal - World League 2013 Prediction Game
    Bronze medal - World League 2012 Prediction Game

    These two days I have been trying to watch the games. Today via apple app of Nico japan, I managed to find match replays. Unfortunately the quality is so low that I barely see the ball. Seems we like we have to wait until somebody upload it toyoutube

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    what is the benefit of finishing the league as leader,if you cant advance to the final ?

    with saori out of toray and the high level players such as bethania, brako etc. playing somewhere else the parity of the leaue becomes more balanced to the point that even 3rd or 4th place teams can get to the finals besides it is a single round robin semis giving a higher chance for an upset.