Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2021-2022

    Here is the playoff schedule:


    Final 3 Match

    April 9, Toray vs. Hisamitsu

    Best of 2 series, Toray with a 1-0 advantage due to better regular season record

    If Hisamitsu win, 25 point Golden Set is played


    Finals

    April 10. JT Marvelous vs. Final 3 winner

    April 16, JT Marvelous vs. Final 3 winner

    2 match series, only wins count, if tied at 1-1 win each, 25 point Golden Set is played


    Challenge Matches

    April 9 & 10

    Victorina Himeji vs. Gunma Bank Green Wings

    Kurobe Aquafairies vs. Route Inn Brilliant Aries

    2 match series with the following tiebreakers:

    1. Wins

    2. Points (3,2,1,0)

    3. Sets Ratio

    4. Points Ratio

    5. If 1-4 are tied, V1 team is declared the winner as they would be higher ranked position in the league at the end of the regular season

    I never saw this face when she was in University. Saw it a lot with Toyota. She must be excited. Kinda scary though



    Aika Hayashida

    70th Kurowashiki (Black Eagle Flag) Tournament

    (April 30 – May 5)

    2022


    Group A

    Group B

    Group C

    Group D

    Toray

    Okayama

    Toyota

    Kinrankai HS

    SAGA

    PFU

    Kurobe

    NSSU

    NEC

    Hitachi

    Himeji

    Tsukuba

    Saitama

    Denso

    Tokai Mermaids

    Shujitsu HS


    ● Venue:
    Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka (Osaka City Central Gymnasium)


    ● Competitive method:

    Group matches will be 3 sets; tournament matches will be 5 sets; No 3rd place match


    ● Conference Agenda (Japan Standard Time)

    • April 30th (Sat) 10:00 Group match
    • May 1st (Sun) 10:00 Group match
    • May 2nd (Monday) 10:00 Group match
    • May 3rd (Tuesday) 11:00 Quarterfinals
    • May 4th (Wednesday) 11:00 Semifinals
    • May 5th (Thursday) 11:00 Women's final


    SAT 30 Apr 2022SUN 01 May 2022MON 02 May 2022
    10:00 Hitachi – Himeji
    10:00 Denso – Tokai
    12:00 Okayama – Toyota
    12:00 PFU – Kurobe
    14:00 NEC – Tsukuba
    14:00 Saitama – Shujitsu
    16:00 Toray – Kinrankai
    16:00 SAGA – NSSU    		10:00 Hitachi – Tsukuba
    10:00 Denso – Shujitsu
    12:00 Okayama – Kinrankai
    12:00 PFU – NSSU
    14:00 NEC – Himeji
    14:00 Saitama – Tokai
    16:00 Toray – Toyota
    16:00 SAGA – Kurobe    		10:00 Himeji – Tsukuba
    10:00 Tokai – Shujitsu
    12:00 Toyota – Kinrankai
    12:00 Kurobe – NSSU
    14:00 NEC – Hitachi
    14:00 Saitama – Denso
    16:00 Toray – Okayama
    16:00 SAGA – PFU


    • Top two from each group go to the Quarterfinals
    • No JT Marvelous
    • To be VTV or not to be VTV? That is the question
    • Probably no NT members will play, which levels the playing field a bit
    • Krob should be the only foreigner allowed to play
    • Go Toyota
    Quote from avid

    are these senior teams?


    i thought their season was over with. oops.

    It's the closing tournament of the season. All V1 teams except JT (I don't know why), and usually the top-ish 2 Uni and top-ish 2 HS teams

    It's when the retirees say their goodbyes

    Quote from volleyb

    Japan confirmed to be joining the Asian Club Championship on April 24-30 in Kazakhstan, based on an article from AVC when they did the draw lots. Maybe JT Marvelous will be playing there that's why they will not be on this tournament.

    I bet you’re right about that

    Denso Head Coach Gen Kawakita, who signed on to the NT as a Coach, has decided to leave Denso. New HC will be Takeshi Tsuji who apparently used to HC Denso back in 2013


    Denso Source

    VBM Source

    An announcement on the Mainichi Newspapers web site says:


    "The 70th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament, which will be held from April 30th to May 5th, will be delivered LIVE for all games"

    but it doesn't say where :rolll:


    I think that media group is one of the main sponsors of the tournament

    UNIVAS is live streaming both the Kanto and Kansai Spring tournaments this year. Starts at 10:00am Saturday JST


    The top three Kansai teams could maybe beat the bottom three Kanto teams but other than that it's not even close. Still fun volleyball, though. It's Uni-girls :rose:

    Two of the six Kanto League Women's matches tonight have been postponed :( All of the men's matches scheduled for this weekend have been postponed


    Not a great start :white: