Final Standings Map
Japan - V.League (Division 1, Men) 2021-2022
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Final 3 Match
Suntory Sunbirds with a 1-0 advantage to start the series
Panasonic Panthers 3-2 Suntory Sunbirds 25-19, 19-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-10
Series tied at 1-1, forcing a 25-point Golden Set
Golden Set
Suntory 25-21 Panasonic
Dmitriy Muserskiy with 12 points (10k, 2 a) in the final set'
Finals, Best of 2 series, if tied at 1-1, 25 point Golden Set
Wolfdogs Nagoya vs. Suntory Sunbirds
April 10 & 17
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Challenge Matches
2 match series, with total wins, total points, total sets ratio, and total points ratio as the tiebreakers
April 9
Voreas Hokkaido (V2 1st Place) vs. VC Nagano Tridents (V1 10th Place)
Voreas Hokkaido 3-2 VC Nagano Tridents, 33-31, 19-25, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12
Yu-Sheng Chang (TPE) of Voreas with 43 (40k, 1b, 2a) and Rivan Nurmulki (INA) of Nagano with 33 (30k, 1b, 2a)
Voreas lead series 1-0
Voreas will win series with a win.
VC Nagano will win series with a win in less than 5 sets. 4-2 on points
If Nagano win in 5 sets, series will be tied at 1-1 wins, 3-3 points and 5-5 sets. Nagano will need to outscore Voreas by 2 points or more to stay in V1.
Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits (V2 2nd Place) vs. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (V1 9th Place)
Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits 3-2 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, 25-20. 25-22. 21-25. 19-25. 15-13
Brian Baganas (PHI) with 21 (16k, 5b) for Oita, Mori Yanagaida with 21 (17k, 3b, 1a) for Fujitsu
Fujitsu will win series with a win.
Oita will win series with a win in less than 5 sets. 4-2 on points
If Oita win in 5 sets, series will be tied at 1-1 wins, 3-3 points and 5-5 sets. At present after the first match the teams are tied on points at 105. So if the match does go to Oita in 5 sets, they will need to at least match Fujitsu on points scored to stay in V1. If Fujitsu would score 1 more point in the five set Oita win, Fujitsu would be promoted to V1.
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Challenge Matches
2 match series, with total wins, total points, total sets ratio, and total points ratio as the tiebreakers
April 10
Voreas Hokkaido (V2 1st Place) vs. VC Nagano Tridents (V1 10th Place)
VC Nagano Tridents 3-2 Voreas Hokkaido, 35-37, 25-19, 22-25, 25-14, 15-10
Yu-Sheng Chang (TPE) of Voreas with 33 (29k, 1b, 3a) and Rivan Nurmulki (INA) of Nagano with 23 (18k, 2b, 3a)
Series tied 1-1 win each, 3-3 points each, 5-5 sets won each.
VC Nagano 233 points scored to Voreas Hokkaido's 218
VC Nagano Tridents stay in V1
Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits (V2 2nd Place) vs. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (V1 9th Place)
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 3-1 Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits, 29-27, 25-21, 34-36, 25-19
Brian Baganas (PHI) with 32 (26k, 3b, 3a) for Oita, Mori Yanagaida with 24 (23k, 1a) for Fujitsu
Series tied 1-1 win each, but Oita wins on points 4-2
Oita Miyosh Weisse Adler stay in V1
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Final Series, Game 1, April 10
Wolfdogs Nagoya 3-0 Suntory Sunbirds, 25-19, 28-26, 25-21
Bartosz Kurek (POL) with 20 (19k, 1a) for Nagoya, Dmitriy Muserskiy (RUS) with 21 (19k, 1b, 1a) for Suntory
Kenta Takanashi and Hirota Denda each with 3 aces for Wolfdogs
Wolfdogs lead series 1-0
If Wolfdogs win on April 17th, they will be champions
Suntory must win on April 17th to force a 25-point Golden Set.
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Finals Game 2:
Suntory Sunbirds vs. Wolfdogs Nagoya 3:0
Golden set:Suntory Sunbirds vs. Wolfdogs Nagoya 25-17
Suntory Sunbirds wins the championship for the 2nd consecutive time! -
Best 6:
OH Yanagida (Suntory Sunbirds)
OH Takanashi (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
OP Kurek (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
MB Yamauchi (Panasonic Panthers)
MB Takahashi (Toray Arrows)
S Oya (Suntory Sunbirds)
Best rookies:
OH Otsuka (Panasonic Panthers)
MB Murayama (JTEKT Stings)
Best receiver:OH Shoma (Toray Arrows)
Best libero:
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Looking at the stats. It was almost like Nagoya was still in their pajamas against Suntory.
match 211 blocks for Suntory to 3 for Nagoya. 5 each from the middles
6 service aces for Suntory to 0 for Nagoya. Muserskiy with 3 and Yanagida with 2.
Then throw in 38 kills with 1 hitting error on 55 swings, a hitting ((kills-errors)/swings) percentage of 67.2%, even taking out blocks, the hitting efficiency ((kills-errors-blocks)/swings) is 61.8%. Yanagida was the only Suntory player less than this number at 5 kills (0 errors) on 9 swings.
Only one player for Nagoya past 61.8% hitting efficiency, which was middle Ryota Denda at 4 kills (0 errors) on 6 swings. That’s not a good sign for Nagoya.
Kurek with 20 (19k, 1b) for Nagoya only player in double figures
Muserskiy with 17 (14k, 3a) for Suntory
Haruko Ono 11 (6k, 5b) for Suntory
Shikun Peng 12 (6k, 5b, 1a) for Suntory
Golden Set to 25 pointsNot much changed, other than Kurek did not do much with the sets, 7 kills (1 error) on 19 swings.
Muserskiy with 8 kills (0 errors) in 13 swings.
Suntory with 0 errors, with 1 Nagoya block
Nagoya with 1 error with, 3 Suntory blocks
Suntory’s hitting efficiency 14 kills, 0 errors, 1 block on 21 swings, 61.9%
Wolfdogs 12 kills, 1 errors, 3 blocks on 28 swings, 28.6%, which was an improvement on the 22.4% (36-8-11/76) in the regular match, but still nowhere near what was needed.
Suntory won by 29 points today in four sets, and it wasn’t close. Nagoya may have been propped up by a number of forfeit wins this year, but being 3-1 against Suntory in the regular season and then getting the 3-0 win last week, this was a let down, and a deserved win by the Sunbirds.
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FC Tokyo men’s team has been saved and will change their name to NatureLab and remain in the V1 league from June, after the Kurowashiki (Black Eagle) tournament.
no logo or nickname yet for the team from NatureLab, which makes many grooming products (men and women) that are sold online. -
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I want to know which Shanghai's MB will play for J-TEKT in Season 22/23.
Of course, if J-TEKT didn't use the Asian overseas player, I respect its choice.
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That's a strong lineup. They also have Murayama and Fukuyama in the middle, and Miyaura as an alternate Opp? Wow.
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Yanagida was critizied about his reception ability by Philippe Blain. It will be interesting to see how reception will work out to Yanagida & Urnaut duo.
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FC Tokyo men’s team has been saved and will change their name to NatureLab and remain in the V1 league from June, after the Kurowashiki (Black Eagle) tournament.
no logo or nickname yet for the team from NatureLab, which makes many grooming products (men and women) that are sold online.Tokyo Great Bears.
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Yanagida was critizied about his reception ability by Philippe Blain. It will be interesting to see how reception will work out to Yanagida & Urnaut duo.
I thought he only criticised his blocking ability
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I thought he only criticised his blocking ability
No. His reception ability.
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I just don't see any team getting close to JTEKT this coming season.
Panasonic will have some upgrades, but the quality is a light lower than in the past.
Suntory is going to be so Muserskiy driven, that the rest of the team is just not good enough.
Wolfdogs can compete, but also too Kurek focused.
Toray is probably going to be about the same as last year.
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I just don't see any team getting close to JTEKT this coming season.
Panasonic will have some upgrades, but the quality is a light lower than in the past.
Suntory is going to be so Muserskiy driven, that the rest of the team is just not good enough.
Wolfdogs can compete, but also too Kurek focused.
Toray is probably going to be about the same as last year.
Theoretically, but Sports never is theoretically aka ball is round.
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Theoretically, but Sports never is theoretically aka ball is round.
also foreign player contracts are still waiting. JTEKT’s first team is going to be good, but the bench may not be deep if there are injuries (minus Miyaura).
