Don't know what happens after Pool play
Crossover quarterfinals. NEC posted it on their website:
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Okamura started out really well. Benched Meso, but she really digressed this year, especially in VTV. I'd bench, or force retire, their #2 OH Maeda if Bytsenko can receive
I'd definitely bench Maeda either. This is on the idea that Donphon will start with Kimura as OHs then Bytsenko as Opp. If Donphon can't break the starting lineup though, they'd be better with Kimura-Bystenko as OHs then Okamura as OPP, benching Maeda.
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NT Trainer Teams is undefined but Himeji isn't one of them. These are the teams with import OPs this season:
Maybe one or two of them play OH? I don't really know many of them. Can Saitama/Kurogo save the day?
Markovic of Saitama is an OPP. I doubt they would convert her to OH. I expect them to have either Sato or Kurogo in the OH slot instead.
Bytsenko of Aranmare is listed at Aranmare's website as OPP. She plays OH/OPP. She's likely play OPP also since it's a better decision to bench Okamura than Kimura in my opinion.
One of Inoue/Chatchuon/Rudiger will likely play OPP. I don't think they'll bench one of them tbh.
I would expect the only teams without a foreign OPP are Astemo with Hawi, PFU with Melissa and Okayama with Yamashiro.
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uhm ... I thought Paintmasters was just a sponsor for the Lady Bulldogs. Or is the Lady Bull Dogs like a NT of Uni Players? Will this Mono team have the same roster that the Bull Dogs had at the recent VTV Cup? Or is it fluid?
Paintmasters was the sponsor of NU Lady Bull Dogs in the VTV Cup, this time their sponsor is Monolith.
Anyone can join the competition 😆 You can send a real club team, a National Team like Vietnam last year, a school team like NU, or actually just any team as long as that’s the registered rep for the slot of the country I guess
Personally, I don’t like that part tbh. Not a fan of countries sending NT (like PHI did also) and other teams. Not a fan also of teams just hiring players specific to this tournament but will not play in their club team anyway for the club season (like in the Men’s). I want it to be just actual winners of the club leagues, but well, we are not there yet. The clubs I assume don’t like to join and the rules don’t say it should be a real club team so not their fault.Great experience for Bella and Aly for their future NT tournaments at least
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Who are the "Monolith Sky Risers" from PHI? And why does Vietnam have three teams competing?
Monolith Sky Risers is the same as National University team / Paintmasters-NU.
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I forgot that Kotoe is still in Thailand. I don't know who her agency is but they should let her play in LOVB next season.
She signed with Nakhon again just to play for AVC Club Championship but she’ll play the club season at LOVB.
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Koga is only NEC's best player ever. Passing it down to her this early is weird. Not even Kurogo during her peak inherited Saori's (or Sakoda for that matter) jersey number and neither did Mayu.
I also wouldn’t like anyone getting the jersey 2 as a longtime NEC and Koga fan tbh. I’m just commenting on the outrage about her statement, when I feel like it’s harmless and more of a goal.
NEC almost always has complete jersey numbers chronologically specially in recent years, so they had a lot of jersey changes every season to fill the missing numbers. If it’s not Yoshino, they would’ve given it to another NEC player. Not a fan of that, but seems like that’s how they do it anyway 🤣
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Here’s the replay of the friendly match between Osaka Marvelous and Pink Spiders (KYK’s team) in case anyone is interested.
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I don’t get the issue either. The context of the statement is about her taking the number 2 jersey for NEC. It’s a decent statement to say she’ll work hard to make a name of herself with that jersey number. It’s not like she said she’s sure to be the ace of the NT or what
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You couldn't ask for more from these two
And it’s a battle for team’s history! A Creamline win will give them the first ever Grand Slam (winning all 3 tournaments in a year), and Cignal win will give them their first ever PVL Championship
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Natalia Lijewska, Aliona Martiniuc and Wimonrat Thanapan to Gunma Green Wings in Japan
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Natalia Lijewska, Aliona Martiniuc and Wimonrat Thanapan to Gunma Green Wings
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This tournament starts today with 8 teams left participating. Some of the teams like Japan's Wolfdogs Nagoya and Taiwan's Taichung Winstreak withdrew from the competition.
French players Jean Patry and Earvin Ngapeth are playing for Jakarta Bhayangkara in this tournament.
Here's the website for the tournament with the roster and schedule:
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where majoy?
probably a form of boycott. The PLDT team also wore black shirts in their warmups in protest of the controversial call and the rejection of their appeal.
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What a strong showing for Creamline considering also they are missing practically their 3 starting wingers who are all past MVPs, this season. Such a deep bench and good system
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still 2 thais
6 Thai players, and another 1 rumored for Gunma who is not yet listed here. I just didn't separate the Asian foreign players. In PFU's case, they got 2.
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