Matchday 19, January 31, 2016 (2 remaining in regular season)
JTEKT Stings 0-3 Toray Arrows (19-25, 18-25, 26-28)
Matey Kaziyski (JTEKT) 20 (2b), Kazuto Takahashi (JTEKT) 10 (1a), Shiroh Furuta (JTEKT) 6, Akitomo Kanamaru (JTEKT) 4 (1a), Masatoshi Tatsumi (JTEKT) 3 (1b), Yuki Hirose (JTEKT) 1
Nikola Gjorgiev (Toray) 19 (2b), Yuji Suzuki (Toray) 9 (3b, 1a), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray) 9 (2b), Hidetomo Hoshino (Toray) 8, Haku Lee (Toray) 7, Naonobu Fujii (Toray) 2 (2b)
Suntory Sunbirds 3-2 FC Tokyo (20-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-23, 15-12)
Evandro M Guerra (Suntory) 24 (2b), Masahiro Yanagida (Suntory) 13 (1b), Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory) 10 (2b), Yu Yamamoto (Suntory) 7 (3b, 2a), Tatsuya Shiota (Suntory) 6 (1b), Kohta Yamamura (Suntory) 6 (2b), Yoshifumi Suzuki (Suntory) 2 (1b)
Sergio Luiz Felix Junior (FC Tokyo) 29 (1b), Masashi Okazaki (FC Tokyo) 16 (2b), Wataru Okumura (FC Tokyo) 11 (1b, 1a), Shohei Yamamoto (FC Tokyo) 10 (1b, 4a), Hideoki Etoh (FC Tokyo) 7 (3b), Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo) 2 (1b)
Panasonic Panthers 3-2 Toyota Gosei Trefuerza (19-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-15, 18-16)
Kunihiro Shimizu (Panasonic) 28, Dante Guimaraes Santos do Amaral (Panasonic) 18 (1b), Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic) 16 (3b), Sohgo Watanabe (Panasonic) 10, Shinya Yamazoe (Panasonic) 8 (3b), Hideomi Fukatasu (Panasonic) 3 (1b, 1a)
Igor Omrcen (Toyota Gosei) 35 (3a), Takuya Takamatsu (Toyota Gosei) 17 (1b, 1a), Ryota Denda (Toyota Gosei) 11 (2b), Naoya Shiraiwa (Toyota Gosei) 10 (1b, 1a), Hirotaka Kon (Toyota Gosei) 6 (3b), Shohei Uchiyama (Toyota Gosei) 2 (2b)
JT Thunders 3-2 Sakai Blazers (25-18, 31-33, 25-22, 20-25, 15-7)
Leandro Vissotto Neves (JT) 27, Daisuke Yako (JT) 17 (1a), Takuya Yasunaga (JT) 10 (3b, 1a), Yusei Yasui (JT) 8, Akihiro Fukatsu (JT) 4 (3b), Kenta Nakajima (JT) 4 (2b), Yu Koshikawa (JT) 4 (1b), Hitoshi Machino (JT) 2
Milan Pepic (Sakai) 36 (2b, 2a), Kazuyoshi Yokota (Sakai) 11 (4b, 2a), Yusuke “GOTTSU” Ishijima (Sakai) 10 (2b, 3a), Takashi Dekita (Sakai) 9 (2b), Shun Imamura (Sakai) 4 (2a), Yasutaka Itoh (Sakai) 4, Sho Sagawa (Sakai) 1 (1b)
Standings
Position, Team, Match Points, Match Wins, Set Won-Set Lost
1. Toyota Gosei Trefuerza 44, 14, 51-24 * Clinched Final 6 Berth
2. Toray Arrows 39, 13, 49-29 * Clinched Final 6 Berth
3. Panasonic Panthers 30, 10, 37-36 * Clinched Final 6 Berth
4. JTEKT Stings 28, 10, 37-38 * Clinched Final 6 Berth
5. Sakai Blazers 27, 9, 36-39 * Clinched Final 6 Berth
6. JT Thunders 24, 9, 38-41
----- Advance to Final 6-----
7. Suntory Sunbirds 20, 7, 26-43
8. FC Tokyo 16, 4, 25-49
With a win, JT Thunders would clinch the final spot in the Final 6. Toyota is limping to the finish line 3 wins in their last 7 matches (12 points from those matches). One win gets them the #1 seed in the Final 6.