Japan - V.League Premier 2012/2013

Matchday 16, January 27, 2013
Panasonic Panthers 3-0 Sakai Blazers (26-24, 25-19, 25-19), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 16 points
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (23-25, 20-25, 23-25), Michael Chemos (Oita) 20 points
JT Thunders 3-2 FC Tokyo (21-25, 14-25, 25-20, 25-18, 15-10), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 23 points and Igor Omrcen (JT) 22 points
Toray Arrows 0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (23-25, 22-25, 22-25), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 28 points and Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory) 22 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 14, 43-14
2. Panasonic Panthers, 10, 36-25 * better sets ratio than Sakai and Toray
3. Sakai Blazers, 10, 33-25 ** better sets ratio than Toray
4. Toray Arrows, 10, 33-26
5. Toyota Gosei, 7, 26-30
6. FC Tokyo, 5, 22-39
7. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 4, 23-40 *** better sets ratio than JT
8. JT Thunders, 4, 22-39

Matchday 17, February 2, 2013
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (28-26, 25-16, 25-22), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) and Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) 15 points
JT Thunders 3-1 Sakai Blazers (23-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-23), Igor Omrcen (JT) 32 points and Milan Pepic (Sakai) 29 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Toray Arrows (25-23, 20-25, 19-25, 22-25), Michael Chemos (Oita) 26 points
FC Tokyo 3-1 Panasonic Panthers (25-22, 23-25, 25-19, 38-36), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 35 points and Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 20 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 15, 46-14
2. Toray Arrows, 11, 36-27
3. Panasonic Panthers, 10, 37-28 * better sets ratio than Sakai and Toray
4. Sakai Blazers, 10, 34-28 ** better sets ratio than Toray
5. Toyota Gosei, 7, 26-33
6. FC Tokyo, 6, 25-40
7. JT Thunders, 5, 25-40
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 4, 24-43

Matchday 18, February 3, 2013
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 3-2 JT Thunders (20-25, 26-28, 25-22, 25-22, 15-8), Igor Omrcen (JT) 39 points and Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 32 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Sakai Blazers (25-23, 25-21, 25-20), Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) and Milan Pepic (Sakai) 13 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-20, 29-27, 27-25), Michael Chemos (Oita) 20 points
Toray Arrows 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (21-25, 23-25, 20-25), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 16 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 16, 49-14
2. Panasonic Panthers, 11, 40-28 * better sets ratio than Toray
3. Toray Arrows, 11, 36-30
4. Sakai Blazers, 10, 34-31
5. Toyota Gosei, 8, 29-35
6. FC Tokyo, 6, 25-43
7. JT Thunders, 5, 27-43 ** better points ratio than Oita
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 27-43

Matchday 19, February 16, 2013
FC Tokyo 1-3 Toray Arrows (23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 22-25), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 20 points, 21 blocks by Toray (Takaaki Tomimatsu with 10 blocks) and 25 missed serves by FC Tokyo
JT Thunders 0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (19-25, 19-25, 23-25), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 22 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (18-25, 24-26, 20-25), Michael Chemos (Oita), Kazuto Takahashi (Oita) and Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 14 points
Sakai Blazers 3-0 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-22, 25-19, 28-26), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 25 points and Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 24 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 17, 52-14
2. Panasonic Panthers, 12, 43-28 * better sets ratio than Toray
3. Toray Arrows, 12, 39-31
4. Sakai Blazers, 11, 37-31
5. Toyota Gosei, 8, 29-38
6. FC Tokyo, 6, 26-46
7. JT Thunders, 5, 27-46 ** better points ratio than Oita
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 27-46

Matchday 20, February 17, 2013
FC Tokyo 1-3 Suntory Sunbirds (14-25, 25-23, 16-25, 18-25), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 19 points
JT Thunders 1-3 Toray Arrows (26-24, 21-25, 21-25, 20-25), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 28 points and Igor Omrcen (JT) 25 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 1-3 Sakai Blazers (17-25, 21-25, 35-33, 22-25), Michael Chemos (Oita) 32 points and Milan Pepic (Sakai) 29 points
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 1-3 Panasonic Panthers (16-25, 17-25, 25-21, 22-25), Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 22 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 18, 55-15 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 13, 46-29 * better sets ratio than Toray
3. Toray Arrows, 13, 42-32
4. Sakai Blazers, 12, 40-32
------------- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -------------
5. Toyota Gosei, 8, 30-41
6. FC Tokyo, 6, 27-49
7. JT Thunders, 5, 28-49 ** better points ratio than Oita
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 28-49

Matchday 21, February 23, 2013
Toray Arrows 3-2 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (19-25, 25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 15-12), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 32 points and Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 27 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-16), Yuu Koshikawa (Suntory) 24 points
FC Tokyo 1-3 Sakai Blazers (17-25, 15-25, 25-19, 17-25), Yuusuke Ishijima (Sakai) 20 points (8 blocks) and Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 18 points
JT Thunders 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (21-25, 17-25, 17-25), Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 14 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 19, 58-16 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 14, 49-29 * better sets ratio than Toray
3. Toray Arrows, 14, 45-34
4. Sakai Blazers, 13, 43-33
------------- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -------------
5. Toyota Gosei, 8, 32-44
6. FC Tokyo, 6, 28-52
7. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 29-52 ** better sets ratio than JT
8. JT Thunders, 5, 28-52

Matchday 22, February 24, 2013
Panasonic Panthers 3-1 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (20-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-23), Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 20 points
Suntory Sunbirds 1-3 JT Thunders (18-25, 25-19, 20-25, 18-25), Igor Omrcen (JT) 33 points (8 blocks) and Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 27 points
Toray Arrows 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-16, 25-20, 25-21), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 17 points
Sakai Blazers 1-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (23-25, 20-25, 25-16, 21-25), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 22 points and Milan Pepic (Sakai) 21 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 19, 59-19 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 15, 52-30 * better sets ratio than Toray
3. Toray Arrows, 15, 48-34
4. Sakai Blazers, 13, 44-36
------------- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -------------
5. Toyota Gosei, 9, 35-45
6. JT Thunders, 6, 31-53 ** better sets ratio than FC Tokyo
7. FC Tokyo, 6, 28-55
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 30-55

Matchday 23, March 2, 2013
Toray Arrows 2-3 JT Thunders (21-25, 14-25, 25-16, 25-22, 12-15), Igor Omrcen (JT) 35 points
Sakai Blazers 3-2 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (28-26, 22-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-7), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 36 points and Michael Chemos (Oita) 32 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 Panasonic Panthers (25-17, 28-26, 25-15), Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) and Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 15 points
FC Tokyo 1-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (20-25, 25-21, 25-27, 22-25), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 25 points and Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 21 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 20, 62-19 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 15, 52-33 * better sets ratio than Toray
3. Toray Arrows, 15, 50-37
4. Sakai Blazers, 14, 47-38
------------- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -------------
5. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 10, 38-46
6. JT Thunders, 7, 34-55 ** better sets ratio than FC Tokyo
7. FC Tokyo, 6, 29-58
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 32-58

Matchday 24, March 3, 2013
Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (27-29, 17-25, 20-25), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 21 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-23, 25-21, 25-21), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 19 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 2-3 JT Thunders (23-25, 25-22, 25-21, 21-25, 12-15), Kazuto Takahashi (Oita) 26 points, Michael Chemos (Oita) 25 points and Igor Omrcen (JT) 22 points
Sakai Blazers 3-0 Toray Arrows (27-25, 25-23, 25-23), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 19 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 21, 65-19 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round and #1 seed)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 16, 55-33 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
3. Sakai Blazers, 15, 50-38 * better sets ratio than Toray (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
4. Toray Arrows, 15, 50-40 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
------------- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -------------
5. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 10, 38-49
6. JT Thunders, 8, 37-57
7. FC Tokyo, 6, 29-61
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 34-61

Matchday 25, March 9, 2013
Toray Arrows 3-2 Suntory Sunbirds (22-25, 26-24, 19-25, 27-25, 15-12), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 34 points and Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 30 points
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 0-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (19-25, 18-25, 22-25), Leonardo Melo (Toyota) 19 points
Sakai Blazers 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (21-25, 21-25, 20-25), Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 16 points
JT Thunders 0-3 FC Tokyo (22-25, 16-25, 23-25), Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo) 18 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 21, 67-22 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round and #1 seed)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 17, 58-33 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
3. Toray Arrows, 16, 53-42 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
4. Sakai Blazers, 15, 50-41 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
------------- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -------------
5. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 11, 41-49
6. JT Thunders, 8, 37-60
7. FC Tokyo, 7, 32-61
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 34-64

Matchday 26, March 10, 2013
Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (25-23, 25-20, 20-25, 25-20), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 31 points and Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 24 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-17, 25-21, 25-22), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic) 18 points
Toray Arrows 3-0 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (25-23, 25-17, 25-18), Michael Chemos (Oita) 14 points
JT Thunders 0-3 Sakai Blazers (19-25, 23-25, 19-25), Milan Pepic (Sakai) 15 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 22, 70-23 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round and #1 seed)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 18, 61-33 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
3. Toray Arrows, 17, 56-42 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
4. Sakai Blazers, 16, 53-41 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
------------- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -------------
5. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 11, 42-52
6. JT Thunders, 8, 37-63
7. FC Tokyo, 7, 32-64
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 34-67

Matchday 27, March 16, 2013
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 0-3 FC Tokyo (23-25, 19-25, 23-25), Miroslav Gradinarov (FC Tokyo) 19 points
Sakai Blazers 1-3 Suntory Sunbirds (23-25, 32-30, 27-29, 22-25), Wallace Jansen de Souza Martins (Suntory) 26 points (4 blocks) , Milan Pepic (Sakai) 22 points (5 blocks) and Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai) 20 points (5 blocks)
Toray Arrows 0-3 Panasonic Panthers (23-25, 19-25, 25-27), Dejan Bojovic (Toray) 22 points
JT Thunders 3-1 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (16-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-22), Igor Omrcen (JT) 22 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 23, 73-24 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round and #1 seed)
2. Panasonic Panthers, 19, 64-33 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round and #2 seed)
3. Toray Arrows, 17, 56-45 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
4. Sakai Blazers, 16, 54-44 (clinched spot in Semifinal Round)
----- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -----
5. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 11, 43-55
6. JT Thunders, 9, 40-64
----- Bottom 2 Teams in V. Challenge Match -----
7. FC Tokyo, 8, 35-64
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 34-70

Matchday 28, March 17, 2013
Sakai Blazers 3-0 FC Tokyo (25-22, 25-22, 25-22), Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo) 16 points
Suntory Sunbirds 3-1 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (34-32, 25-18, 23-25, 25-21), Michael Chemos (Oita) 24 points
Panasonic Panthers 3-1 JT Thunders (25-15, 26-24, 22-25, 25-22), Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic) 33 points
Toray Arrows 1-3 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (22-25, 25-23, 22-25, 18-25), Tatsunori Kakuda (Toray) 21 points, Dejan Bojovic (Toray) and Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota) 20 points

Standings, wins, sets won-lost
1. Suntory Sunbirds, 24, 76-25
2. Panasonic Panthers, 20, 67-34
3. Sakai Blazers, 17, 57-44
4. Toray Arrows, 17, 57-48
----- Top 4 Teams make the Semifinal Round -----
5. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza, 12, 46-56
6. JT Thunders, 9, 41-67
----- Bottom 2 Teams in V. Challenge Match -----
7. FC Tokyo, 8, 35-67
8. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 5, 35-73

End of the Regular Season

V-League Challenge League for Men Final Results
Team, Wins, Sets Won-Sets Lost
1. JTEKT Stings, 18, 55-9
2. Tsukuba United SunGAIA, 18, 56-13
-----Top 2 Teams Advance to V. Challenge Match -----
3. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Foot Fighters, 16, 48-27
4. Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits, 14, 48-25
5. Tokyo Verdy, 13, 44-27
6. Daido Steel Red Star, 10, 40-35
7. Kinki Club SFIDA, 6, 28-46
8. Hyogo Delfino, 6, 23-50
9. Kinden Trinity Blitz, 5, 25-46
10. Toyota Motors Sun Hawks, 3, 18-24
11. Tokyo Toyopet, 1, 6-59

Semifinal Round Schedule

Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture

Matchday 1, March 29
(1) Suntory Sunbirds vs. (4) Toray Arrows
(2) Panasonic Panthers vs. (3) Sakai Blazers
Matchday 2, March 30
(1) Suntory Sunbirds vs. (2) Panasonic Panthers
(3) Sakai Blazers vs. (4) Toray Arrows
Matchday 3, March 30
(1) Suntory Sunbirds vs.(3) Sakai Blazers
(2) Panasonic Panthers vs. (4) Toray Arrows

Rules, Round Robin Play
Teams are ranked by:
1. Matches won
2. Sets ratio
3. Points ratio

Top 2 teams advance to 1st Place match, Bottom 2 teams advance to 3rd Place match on April 14th.

V. Challenge Match Schedule

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

(V-League Premier Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler vs. (V-League Challenge 1) JTEKT Stings
(V-League Premier 7) FC Tokyo vs. (V-League Challenge 2) Tsukuba United SunGAIA

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

Player Awards at the end of the Season

Most Points
Milan Pepic (Sakai), 624

Kill Rate (Spikes/Attempts (errors not included))
Hirotaka Kon (Toyota), 58.2%

Blocking
Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray), 1.07 per set

Serving Efficiency [(No-Touch Aces x 100) + (Aces (off player) x 80) + (Effective x 25)/Attempts
Joao Paulo Tavares (Panasonic), 17.6%

Serving Receive
Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic), 77.1%