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

volleyb · Oct 7th 2021

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

TEAMS (based on their ranking last season):

1. SUNTORY SUNBIRDS

2. PANASONIC PANTHERS

3. WOLFDOGS NAGOYA

4. JTEKT STINGS

5. JT THUNDERS

6. TORAY ARROWS

7. OSAKA BLAZERS SAKAI

8. FC TOKYO

9. VC NAGANO TRIDENTS

10. OITA MIYOSHI WEISSE ADLER

Start of the season: October 15, 2021

volleyb · Oct 7th 2021

Foreign Players & Japan National Team 2021 Wide Roster per team:

1. SUNTORY SUNBIRDS

BAROTI, Arpad (HUN) - Opp
PENG, Shikun (CHN) - MB
YANAGIDA, Masahiro - OH
OYA, Masaki - S

2. PANASONIC PANTHERS

KUBIAK, Michal (POL) - OH
SHIMIZU, Kunihiro - Opp
OTAKE, Issei - Opp
YAMAUCHI, Akihiro - MB
FUKATSU, Hideomi - S

3. WOLFDOGS NAGOYA

KUREK, Bartosz (POL) - Opp
TAKANASHI, Kenta - OH
OGAWA, Tomohiro - L

4. JTEKT STINGS

FONTELES, Felipe (BRA) - OH
CHEN, Longhai (CHN) - MB
MIYAURA, Kento - Opp
FUKUYAMA, Taichi - MB

5. JT THUNDERS

EDGAR, Thomas (AUS) - Opp
CHEN, Chien-Chen (TPE) - MB
ONODERA, Taishi - MB

6. TORAY ARROWS

PADAR, Krisztian (HUN) - Opp
TOMITA, Shoma - OH
LEE, Haku - MB
TAKAHASHI, Kentaro - MB
FUJII, Naonobu - S

7. SAKAI BLAZERS

VERNON-EVANS, Sharone (CAN) - Opp
YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro - L

8. FC TOKYO

KVALEN, Jonas (NOR) - OH
ESPEJO, Marck (PHI) - OH
KOGA, Taichiro - L

9. VC NAGANO TRIDENTS

NURMULKI, Rivan (INA) - Opp

10. OITA MIYOSHI WEISSE ADLER

RODRIGUEZ, Emerson (VEN) - Opp
BAGUNAS, Bryan (PHI) - OH

I'll update once rosters are fully official.

volleyb · Oct 12th 2021

WEEK 1 Schedule (Japan time)

October 15 (Fri):

19:00 - JTEKT vs JT

19:30 - VC Nagano vs Toray

October 16 (Sat):

13:00 - Sakai vs Oita Miyoshi

13:00 - Suntory vs FC Tokyo

14:11 - Panasonic vs WD Nagoya

15:30 - VC Nagano vs Toray

18:00 - JTEKT vs JT

October 17 (Sun):

13:00 - Sakai vs Oita Miyoshi

13:00 - Suntory vs FC Tokyo

14:00 - Panasonic vs WD Nagoya

brahmin · Oct 13th 2021

https://vcnagano.jp/info/%e7%9b%a3%e7%9d%a3%e8%a7%a3%e4%bb%bb%e3%81%ae%e3%81%94%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a/

Nagano’s coach just resigned due to some team compliance issues.

wargirls · Oct 13th 2021

Seems like he’s trying to bring some VC Nagano players to his new team from next season

https://www.sanspo.com/article…U77J4KHFKVDNAPHJETKO2E6U/

brahmin · Oct 14th 2021

Quote from wargirls

Seems like he’s trying to bring some VC Nagano players to his new team from next season

https://www.sanspo.com/article…U77J4KHFKVDNAPHJETKO2E6U/

That is pretty shady to do right before the season starts.

volleyb · Oct 15th 2021

GAME DAY!!!

I haven't really checked on the player movements on the locals, or if there are new players, and I'm not even familiar with most of the foreign players this season, so I don't know what to expect.What I'm interested to see so far is JTEKT without Nishida but with Miyaura, Suntory without Muserskiy, what Tillie will do with Panthers.

volleyb · Oct 15th 2021

JT Thunders defeated JTEKT: 25-18, 25-19, 20-25, 25-1

JT: Edgar - 21, Onodera - 11 (8 blocks!)

JTEKT: Miyaura - 23, Fukuyama - 10

Toray Arrows defeated VC Nagano: 25-22, 18-25, 25-16, 25-19

Toray: Padar - 19, Tomita - 16

VC Nagano: Nurmulki - 22, Tozaki - 13

volleyb · Oct 16th 2021

Great match between Panasonic Panthers and Wolfdogs Nagoya. I wouldn't be surprised if this is already a finals preview.

brahmin · Oct 16th 2021

Oita with a surprise over Sakai.

volleyb · Oct 16th 2021

OCTOBER 16 Results

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler defeated Sakai Blazers: 25-19, 25-20, 21-25, 28-26

Oita: Bagunas - 22, Rodriguez - 19

Sakai: Vernon-Evans - 20, Higuchi - 12

Suntory Sunbirds defeated FC Tokyo: 26-24, 25-22, 23-25, 21-25, 15-11

Suntory: Yanagida - 21, Fujinaka - 18

FC Tokyo: Nagatomo - 18, Kvalen - 15

Toray Arrows defeated VC Nagano: 25-17, 25-21, 25-22

Toray: Padar - 12, Tomita - 12

VC Nagano: Nurmulki - 14, Kasari - 8

Wolfdogs Nagoya defeated Panasonic Panthers: 21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 19-17

Nagoya: Kurek - 24, Takanashi - 22

Panthers: Otake - 25, Kubiak - 19

JTEKT Stings defeated JT Thunders: 25-23, 26-24, 20-25, 20-25, 15-11

JTEKT: Miyaura - 30, Fonteles - 22

JT: Edgar - 34, Nakajima - 11, Junya - 11

volleyb · Oct 17th 2021

OCTOBER 17 Results

Sakai Blazers defeated Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler: 25-18, 25-18, 25-18

Sakai: Takano - 17, Vernon-Evans - 12

Oita: Bagunas - 10, Yamada - 10

Suntory Sunbirds defeated FC Tokyo: 23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-12

Suntory: Fujinaka - 23, De Armas - 21

FC Tokyo: Nagatomo - 21, Kvalen - 20

Panasonic Panthers defeated Wolfdogs Nagoya: 25-18, 25-20, 22-25, 25-15

Panthers: Otake - 19, Kubiak - 19

Nagoya: Akito - 20, Kurek - 18

wargirls · Oct 18th 2021

London Olympics gold Muserski (Suntory affiliation) suspended athlete activity due to 2013 doping test results

volleyb · Oct 18th 2021

Quote from wargirls

London Olympics gold Muserski (Suntory affiliation) suspended athlete activity due to 2013 doping test results

"Following the FIVB notice, Sunbirds has decided not to play the player until January 4, 2022. In addition, after November 5, 2021, the athlete will join the practice in accordance with the FIVB notice."

So this means he is still going to play this season, right? Interesting though how this was too late considering the doping test results was in 2013.

brahmin · Oct 18th 2021

Quote from volleyb

"Following the FIVB notice, Sunbirds has decided not to play the player until January 4, 2022. In addition, after November 5, 2021, the athlete will join the practice in accordance with the FIVB notice."

So this means he is still going to play this season, right? Interesting though how this was too late considering the doping test results was in 2013.

hence why Baroti has a contract to January. Team knew about this potentially in advance.

Realista · Oct 20th 2021

Quote from volleyb

So this means he is still going to play this season, right? Interesting though how this was too late considering the doping test results was in 2013.

Yup, it's crazy he won ECH, Champions League, World League twice etc. between positive anti-doping test and ban.

Phoenix · Oct 20th 2021

Quote from Realista

Yup, it's crazy he won ECH, Champions League, World League twice etc. between positive anti-doping test and ban.

Any idea why it's happening just now? the timing is a bit odd and kinda useless I guess.

wargirls · Oct 20th 2021

He took methylhexanamine, the sample is from the 2013 Russian National Championships, no consequences for the teams. (Source)

wargirls · Oct 20th 2021

Btw the suspension is from April 5 to January 4 but he played 6 VNL matches during this time

Realista · Oct 20th 2021

Quote from wargirls

Btw the suspension is from April 5 to January 4 but he played 6 VNL matches during this time

Yup, you may wonder how seriously FIVB is fighting doping giving fake suspension to one of its biggest stars 8 years after the conduct just to allow him to play in a league season, even if period is contrfactual, because he played on early June in Russian NT, so if his suspension runs from June for 9 months, he basically wouldn't be allow to play in a league till March. Some serious bs.

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