Japan - V.League Premier 2012/2013

Japan - V.League Premier 2012/2013

Regular Season League Rules
Round Robin against the other teams, a total of 28 matches
Top 4 teams advance to Semifinal Round
Tiebreakers:

• Winning percentage in all matches
• Sets ratio in all matches
• Points ratio in all matches
• If tied in all of the above, then same tiebreaker only between the tied teams

Semifinal Round Rules

Round Robin against the other teams, a total of 3 matches
Top 2 teams advance to Final Match, Bottom 2 teams advanced to 3rd Place Match
Tiebreakers:

• Winning percentage in all matches
• Sets ratio in all matches
• Points ratio in all matches
• If tied in all of the above, then same tiebreaker only between the tied teams

Participating Teams in order of last year's finish

Panasonic Panthers

Roster
Foreign Player: Joao Paulo Tavares (BRA)

Toray Arrows

Roster
Foreign Player: Dejan Bojovic (SRB)

Suntory Sunbirds

Roster
Foreign Player: Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (BRA)

Osaka Sakai Blazers

Roster
Foreign Player: Milan Pepic (BIH)

FC Tokyo

Roster
Foreign Player: Miroslav Gradinarov (BUL)

Toyota Gosei Trefuerza

Roster
Foreign Player: Leonardo Mello (BRA)

JT Thunders

Roster
Foreign Player: Igor Omrcen (CRO)

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

Roster
Foreign Player: Michael Kirorio Chemos (KEN)

Matchday 1, November 3, 2012

JT Thunders 1-3 Sakai Blazers (21-25, 25-21, 22-25, 22-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 28 points
FC Tokyo 1-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-18, 19-25, 12-25, 22-25), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 19 points
Panasonic Panthers 2-3 Suntory Sunbirds (25-22, 25-27, 25-17, 22-25, 12-15), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 34 points
Toray Arrows 3-2 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (27-29, 23-25, 25-21, 25-14, 15-13), Michael Chemos (Oita) 29 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Toyota Gosei, 1, 3-1, best points ratio
2. Sakai Blazers, 1, 3-1
3. Toray Arrows, 1, 3-2, best points ratio
4. Suntory Sunbirds, 1, 3-2
5. Panasonic Panthers, 0, 2-3, best points ratio
6. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 0, 2-3
7. JT Thunders, 0, 1-3, best points ratio
8. FC Tokyo, 0, 1-3

Matchday 2, November 4, 2012

Toray Arrows 3-0 Suntory Sunbirds (25-22, 25-12, 25-23), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 18 points
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-0 Sakai Blazers (25-19, 25-19, 25-19), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 23 points
JT Thunders 0-3 FC Tokyo (20-25, 17-25, 23-25), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 17 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-0 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (26-25, 27-25, 25-21), Michael Chemos (Oita) and Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 20 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Toyota Gosei, 2, 6-1, best sets ratio
2. Toray Arrows, 2, 6-2
3. Panasonic Panthers, 1, 5-3, best sets ratio
4. FC Tokyo, 1, 4-3
5. Sakai Blazers, 1, 3-4
6. Suntory Sunbirds, 1, 3-5
7. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 0, 2-6
8. JT Thunders, 0, 1-6

Matchday 3, November 10, 2012

JT Thunders 1-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (18-25, 23-25, 25-22, 21-25), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 34 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-1 Toray Arrows (25-18, 25-22, 20-25, 25-14), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 21 points
Suntory Sunbirds 1-3 Sakai Blazers (22-25, 21-25, 27-25, 20-25), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 36 points and Milan Pepic (Sakai) 38 points
FC Tokyo 3-2 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 20-25, 15-10), Michael Chemos (Oita) 29 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Toyota Gosei, 3, 9-2, best sets ratio
2. Panasonic Panthers, 2, 8-4, best sets ratio
3. Toray Arrows, 2, 7-5, better points ratio
4. FC Tokyo, 2, 7-5
5. Sakai Blazers, 2, 6-5
6. Suntory Sunbirds, 1, 4-8
7. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 0, 4-9
8. JT Thunders, 0, 2-9

Matchday 4, November 11, 2012

Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-1 Toray Arrows (28-26, 25-17, 22-25, 25-23), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 25 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-1 JT Thunders (19-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-19), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 24 points
Sakai Blazers 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-18, 25-19, 25-18), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 18 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (25-21, 25-18, 25-18), Tatsuya Yoneyama (Suntory) 20 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Toyota Gosei, 4, 12-3
2. Panasonic Panthers, 3, 11-5, best sets ratio
3. Sakai Blazers, 3, 9-5
4. Toray Arrows, 2, 8-8, best sets ratio
5. FC Tokyo, 2, 7-8, better points ratio
6. Suntory Sunbirds, 2, 7-8
7. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 0, 4-12, best sets ratio
8. JT Thunders, 0, 3-12

Matchday 5, November 17, 2012

Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-14, 25-20, 25-20), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 21 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (21-25, 25-22, 25-15, 25-23), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 27 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Sakai Blazers (17-25, 28-26, 21-25, 19-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 31 points
JT Thunders 2-3 Toray Arrows (15-25, 25-20, 26-24, 27-29, 13-15), Igor Omrcen (JT) 38 points and Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 34 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost

1. Panasonic Panthers, 4, 14-6, best sets ratio
2. Toyota Gosei, 4, 13-6, 2nd best sets ratio
3. Sakai Blazers, 4, 12-6
4. Suntory Sunbirds, 3, 10-8, best sets ratio
5. Toray Arrows, 3, 11-10
6. FC Tokyo, 2, 7-11
7. JT Thunders, 0, 5-15, best points ratio
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 0, 5-15

Matchday 6, November 18, 2012

Sakai Blazers 3-2 Panasonic Panthers (25-18, 21-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-10), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 28 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 0-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (22-25, 17-25, 12-25), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 16 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 JT Thunders (27-25, 25-23, 25-22), Igor Omrcen (JT) and Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 20 points
Toray Arrows 1-3 FC Tokyo (13-25, 24-26, 25-17, 16-25), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 27 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost

1. Toyota Gosei, 5, 16-6 *better sets ratio
2. Sakai Blazers, 5, 15-8
3. Panasonic Panthers, 4, 16-9 **better sets ratio
4. Suntory Sunbirds, 4, 13-8
5. Toray Arrows, 3, 12-13 ***better sets ratio
6. FC Tokyo, 3, 10-12
7. JT Thunders, 0, 5-18 **** better points ratio
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 0, 5-18[/quote]

Matchday 7, December 1, 2012
Panasonic Panthers 3-1 FC Tokyo (25-15, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) and Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 21 points and Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 20 points
Sakai Blazers 0-3 Toray Arrows (20-25, 23-25, 23-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 24 points
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (21-25, 19-25, 21-25), Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory) 14 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3-1 JT Thunders (26-28, 25-19, 25-17, 25-23), Michael Chemos (Oita) 23 points and Igor Omrcen (JT) 22 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 5, 16-8 *better sets ratio than Panasonic, Toyota and Sakai
2. Panasonic Panthers, 5, 19-10 **better sets ratio than Toyota and Sakai
3. Toyota Gosei, 5, 16-9 ***better sets ratio than Sakai
4. Sakai Blazers, 5, 15-11
5. Toray Arrows, 4, 15-13
6. FC Tokyo, 3, 11-15
7. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 1, 8-19
8. JT Thunders, 0, 6-21

Matchday 8, December 2, 2012
Panasonic Panthers 1-3 Toray Arrows (21-25, 25-14, 22-25, 20-25), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 27 points and Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 26 points
Sakai Blazers 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-10, 27-25, 25-16), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 18 points
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 JT Thunders (22-25, 19-25, 17-25), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 23 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (25-17, 25-21, 26-24), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 18 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 6, 19-8 *better sets ratio than Sakai
2. Sakai Blazers, 6, 18-11
3. Panasonic Panthers, 5, 20-13 **better sets ratio than Toyota and Toray
4. Toyota Gosei, 5, 16-12 ***better sets ratio than Toray
5. Toray Arrows, 5, 18-14
6. FC Tokyo, 3, 11-18
7. JT Thunders, 1, 9-21 ***better sets ratio than Oita
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 1, 8-22

Matchday 9, December 8, 2012
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 2-3 Sakai Blazers (22-25, 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 12-15), Michael Chemos (Oita) 33 points and Milan Pepic (Sakai) 31 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-0 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-19, 25-20, 25-22), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 22 points
Toray Arrows 0-3 JT Thunders (17-25, 22-25, 27-29), Igor Omrcen (JT) 27 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-23, 25-16, 25-23), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 15 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 7, 22-8 *better sets ratio than Sakai
2. Sakai Blazers, 7, 21-13
3. Panasonic Panthers, 6, 23-13
4. Toyota Gosei, 5, 16-15 **better sets ratio than Toray
5. Toray Arrows, 5, 18-17
6. FC Tokyo, 3, 11-21
7. JT Thunders, 2, 12-21
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 1, 10-25

Matchday 10, December 9, 2012
Toray Arrows 3-0 Sakai Blazers (25-22, 25-19, 25-18), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 21 points
JT Thunders 3-1 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (25-19, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20), Igor Omrcen (JT) 24 points and Michael Chemos (Oita) 23 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-1 FC Tokyo (25-20, 27-25, 23-25, 25-16), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 25 points and Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 21 points
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 2-3 Suntory Sunbirds (24-26, 17-25, 25-23, 25-20, 13-15), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) and Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 36 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 8, 25-10
2. Panasonic Panthers, 7, 26-14 *better sets ratio than Sakai
3. Sakai Blazers, 7, 21-16
4. Toray Arrows, 6, 21-17
5. Toyota Gosei, 5, 18-18
6. JT Thunders, 3, 15-22 **better sets ratio than FC Tokyo
7. FC Tokyo, 3, 12-24
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 1, 11-28

League matches are on break until January 12, 2013

Quote from ravens#7

Does anyone know V.Challenge League teams name?

Tsukuba United SunGAIA
JTEKT Stings
Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Foot Fighters
Tokyo Verdy Volleyball Team
Daido Steel Redstar
Hyogo Delfino
Kinden Trinity Blitzs
Kinki Club SFIDA
Toyota Auto SunHawks
Tokyo Toyopet Green Sparkle

Matchday 11, January 12, 2013
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 Sakai Blazers (22-25, 22-25, 22-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 21 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Toray Arrows (25-17, 27-25, 27-25), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 27 points
JT Thunders 2-3 FC Tokyo (21-25, 17-25, 25-21, 25-20, 13-15), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 29 points, Masahiro Hashiba (FC Tokyo) and Daisuke Yako (JT) 20 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-2 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (23-25, 24-26, 26-24, 25-19, 15-11), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 27 points and Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 25 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 9, 28-10
2. Panasonic Panthers, 8, 29-16 *better sets ratio than Sakai
3. Sakai Blazers, 8, 24-16
4. Toray Arrows, 6, 21-20
5. Toyota Gosei, 5, 18-21
6. FC Tokyo, 4, 15-26
7. JT Thunders, 3, 17-25
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 1, 13-31

Matchday 12, January 13, 2013
Suntory Sunbirds 3-2 Sakai Blazers (20-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-12), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 29 points
Toray Arrows 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-18, 25-23, 24-26, 25-18), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 27 points and Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 22 points
JT Thunders 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (17-25, 23-25, 16-25), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 19 points
FC Tokyo 2-3 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (16-25, 25-22, 25-22, 16-25, 12-15), Kazuto Takahashi (Oita) 23 points and Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 20 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 10, 31-12
2. Panasonic Panthers, 9, 32-16
3. Sakai Blazers, 8, 26-19
4. Toray Arrows, 7, 24-21
5. Toyota Gosei, 5, 19-24
6. FC Tokyo, 4, 17-29
7. JT Thunders, 3, 17-28
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 2, 16-33

Matchday 13, January 19, 2013
Panasonic Panthers 0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (16-25, 23-25, 20-25), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 17 points
JT Thunders 0-3 Sakai Blazers (23-25, 15-25, 17-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 19 points
FC Tokyo 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-21, 25-15, 19-25, 25-21), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 24 points and Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 21 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Toray Arrows (20-25, 22-25, 29-27, 23-25), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 24 points and Michael Chemos (Oita) 21 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 11, 34-12
2. Panasonic Panthers, 9, 32-19 * better sets ratio than Sakai
3. Sakai Blazers, 9, 29-19
4. Toray Arrows, 8, 27-22
5. Toyota Gosei, 5, 20-27 ** better sets ratio than FC Tokyo
6. FC Tokyo, 5, 20-30
7. JT Thunders, 3, 17-31
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 2, 17-36

Matchday 14, January 20, 2013
Toray Arrows 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-13, 25-14, 25-21), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 15 points
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-0 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (25-21, 25-15, 25-21), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 17 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 JT Thunders (25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 25-20), Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory) 25 points
Panasonic Panthers 0-3 Sakai Blazers (20-25, 23-25, 24-26), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 22 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 12, 37-13
2. Sakai Blazers, 10, 32-19
3. Panasonic Panthers, 9, 32-22 * better sets ratio than Toray
4. Toray Arrows, 9, 30-22
5. Toyota Gosei, 6, 23-27
6. FC Tokyo, 5, 20-33
7. JT Thunders, 3, 18-34
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 2, 17-39

Matchday 15, January 26, 2013
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-19, 25-22, 25-22), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 16 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3-1 JT Thunders (25-22, 18-25, 25-23, 26-24), Michael Chemos (Oita) 24 points and Daisuke Yako (JT) 21 points
Sakai Blazers 1-3 Toray Arrows (22-25, 24-26, 25-23, 19-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 26 points, Tatsunori Kakuda (Toray) 22 points and Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 21 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 Panasonic Panthers (25-20, 25-21, 20-25, 32-30), Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory) 25 points, Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) and Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 20 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 13, 40-14
2. Sakai Blazers, 10, 33-22 * better sets ratio than Toray
3. Toray Arrows, 10, 33-23
4. Panasonic Panthers, 9, 33-25
5. Toyota Gosei, 7, 26-27
6. FC Tokyo, 5, 20-36
7. JT Thunders, 3, 19-37 ** better sets ratio than Oita
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 3, 20-40