Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2020-20201
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Regular Round begins October 17, 2020 (Saturday) and ends February 14, 2021 (Sunday). Matches are played every Saturday and Sunday (Winter Break - December 7, 2020 to January 8, 2021)
- There are no Conferences this year. The Regular Round is a double Round Robin of 12 teams playing each other twice. Twenty-two matches per team for a total of 132 matches. At the end of the Regular Round teams are ranked and will be divided into three groups of four teams each that will compete in the Final Stage. Teams will be ranked in the Regular Round by:
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Wins ->Points ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate
- (Group 1) 1st--4th place
- (Group 2) 5th--8th place
- (Group 3) 9th--12th place
Final Stage is one weekend: February 20-21, 2021 (Semi-Finals and Finals for each group)
- Saturday, the 1st and 4th ranked team in each Group, and the 2nd and 3rd ranked team in each Group, will compete
- Sunday, the winners, and the losers, of Saturday's matches will compete for Final League Ranking
Group 1 is the real Semi-Finals and Final of the League
Group 2 is jockeying for position (5th–8th) in the Final League Ranking
Group 3 is essentially the Challenge 4
V.Challenge Match: TBD (most likely contested after the V Cup --see below)
The bottom two finishers of V1 Group 3 (11th and 12th place in the Final League Ranking) will compete against the top two finishers of V.League Division 2 for promotion/relegation
- V1 11th place team will compete against the V2 2nd place finisher
- V1 12th place team will compete against the V2 1st place finisher
- If either of the V2 teams do not have an S1 License their match will not be held
- No official word yet if these will be two match playoffs like last year
Empress' Cup Final Round is scheduled for December 11–20, 2020. All of the preliminary rounds have been cancelled or postponed so it remains to be seen if there will be a Final Round.
Kurowashiki (Black Eagle Flag) Tournament: TBD (usually 1st week of May)
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2020-21 V.LEAGUE Division 1 Women V Cup
Teams (Members training with the NT will not participate)
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Qualifying round begins February 27, 2021 (Saturday) and ends March 21, 2021 (Sunday)
- Teams are divided into two groups
- Each group plays a single round robin
Final is one weekend March 27-28, 2021
- Top two teams from each group play a semi-final
- Winners will play a Final match
- (Unsure if there will be a 3rd place match)
- (Unsure if imports will participate ... )
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