Oh, or is it Brazil? That would be more fun
It will depend on the Netherlands vs Serbia later. A Serbia win will lead to Japan vs Brazil, but a Netherlands win will lead to Japan vs Italy.
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NEC Red Rockets Foreign Players this season
- Sylvia Nwakalor (OPP, ITA) --- renewed
- Ciara Debell (OH, USA) --- new
- Mia Schafer (S, USA) --- new
- Lee Dahyeon (MB, KOR) --- new
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NEC Red Rockets Foreign Players this season (Japan SVLeague)
- Sylvia Nwakalor (OPP, ITA) --- renewed
- Ciara Debell (OH, USA) --- new
- Mia Schafer (S, USA) --- new
- Lee Dahyeon (MB, KOR) --- new
This team is losing Yoshino Sato and Yukiko Wada this season.
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Why this time they got to bring 17? Is it host’ privilege?
No. Any team can bring up to 4 reserves per week, they just don't maximize it at times. Some teams register 18 players when they travel.
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Saga Hisamitsu Springs Foreign Players this season (Japan SVLeague)
- Martyna Lukasik (OH, POL) --- new
- Marta Levinska (OP, LVA) --- new
- Hattaya Bamrungsuk (MB, THA) --- renewed
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Saga Hisamitsu Springs Foreign Players this season (Japan SVLeague)
- Martyna Lukasik (OH, POL) --- new
- Marta Levinska (OP, LVA) --- new
- Hattaya Bamrungsuk (MB, THA) --- renewed
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Do you know how many foreigners are allowed on court and in the bench?
No foreign limit in the bench, if I remember it correctly. Starting this season, they can now have 4 foreigners but should be max 3 foreign (exc select Asian countries) from max 2 foreign last season.
The select Asian slot is for players from THA, VIE, KOR, TPE, PHI, INA only.
Max 3 foreign (non select Asian countries) mean, they can do 3+1, but also 1+3, 2+2. They can hire one European and 3 Thai, for example.
All the 4 players in the Gunma list can play at the same time since 4T is Vietnamese.
[For those who also follow SVLeague, please correct if I’m wrong. The rule is changing this season so it’s still confusing
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Gunma Green Wings announced their full roster for next season:
https://gunmagreenwings.jp/2026/07/15074/
Foreign Players:
- Olivia Rozanski (OH, POL) --- renewed
- Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (OH/OP, VIE) --- renewed
- Jovana Stevanovic (MB, SRB) --- new
- Alina Popova (OH, RUS) --- new
They also signed Haruyo Shimamura and Mikoto Shima
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Gunma Green Wings Foreign Players this season (Japan SVLeague)
- Olivia Rozanski (OH, POL) --- renewed
- Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (OH/OP, VIE) --- renewed
- Jovana Stevanovic (MB, SRB) --- new
- Alina Popova (OH, RUS) --- new
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Miiku Iwasawa to LOVB
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Fuka Inoue (L Osaka) and Nanami Asano (MB Denso) signed with Himeji
I kind of expected Fuka Inoue to go to Saitama instead, since they are losing Miiku Iwasawa. Their only libero now is Hikaru Takeno.
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Who will be replacing Shimamura in NEC?
She didn’t play at NEC last season, she played in Korea with Yamada and Kinoe as NEC starters. Kinoe even outperformed Yamada most of the matches iirc. I think with the additional 1 foreign slot, NEC might also get a foreign MB, so it doesn’t make sense for Shimamura to be back at NEC (although I’d pick her over Yamada in terms of current performance, but still).
Meanwhile, Gunma performed over expectations last season then lost almost all their MBs. Dimitrova did not renew, so they will have to get a new foreign MB and Michisita their other starter retired. Shimamura will be a great addition to Gunma
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Gunma Green Wings new transfers:
- Haruyo Shimamura
- Mikoto Shima
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Toray Arrows Shizuoka announced their foreign players:
- Gabi Garcia (OPP, USA)
- Edoardo Caneschi (MB, ITA)
- Skyler Varga (OH, CAN)
- Taylor Averill (MB, USA) - renewed
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I thought there was a rule that couples are not allowed to work together in the same team?
No idea about the rule, but last season, Kyoko Aoyagi and her husband (Assistant Coach) are both in Toray.
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Given Tashiro’s history, I thought she’d want to play overseas again or stick to Toray but idk anymore. Her trajectory is the least predictable.
Her husband also signed to Kurobe, as S&C Coach
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Osaka Marvelous signed the following transfers:
- Kyoko Aoyagi from Toray
- Airi Furukawa from Toray
- Nanase Akahoshi from Aranmare
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It's nice to see Korea earning back some of the World Ranking points they lost from the past VNL seasons.
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Kanami Tashiro transferred to Kurobe
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Kurumi Takama apparently joined Brilliant Aries in the lower division.