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    2007/08 Japan V Premier League FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT

    Participating Teams (4):


    Toray Arrows Denso Airybees Hisamitsu Springs Okayama Gulls


    SEMIFINAL ROUND (08.03.21-23)

    03.21, Friday


    vs 3-1 ( 25-27 25-17 25-23 25-22)
    vs 3-0 ( 25-11 25-23 25-16)


    03.22, Saturday


    vs 2-3 ( 25-23 21-25 25-14 24-26 14-16)
    vs 3-2 ( 20-25 17-25 25-19 25-21 15-10)


    03.23, Sunday

    vs 3-0 ( 25-17 25-22 25-20)
    vs 3-1 (25-20 23-25 25-19 25-18)
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    Standings after Semifinal Round


    1. Toray 3-0
    2. Denso Airybees 2-1
    3. Okayama Sea Gulls 1-2
    4. Hisamitsu Springs 0-3

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    FINAL ROUND (08.04.06)

    Classification 3/4: vs
    Champion Final: vs

    Regular Season INDIVIDUAL AWARDS announced:


    BEST SCORER (pts): PAVLOVA Yelena (HISAMITSU)
    BEST ATTACKER (spike %): ARAKI Erica (TORAY)
    BEST BLOCKER (blos/set): ARAKI Erica (TORAY)
    BEST SERVER (effe %): ITABASHI Megumi (HITACHI)
    BEST RECEIVER (succ %): SANO Yuko (HISAMITSU)


    MVP, Best Newcomer and Volley Spirit award will be announced after Final 4 Tournament....

    Japan Premier V League
    Regular Season, Round 27


    Takefuji Bamboo x Toyota Autobody 1-3 (22-25, 18-25, 28-26, 22-25)
    NEC x Toray 0-3 (22-25, 15-25, 19-25)
    Hisamitsu Spring x Denso Airybees 0-3 (20-25, 17-25, 25-27)
    Hitachi Sawa x Pioneer
    3-2 ( 25-23, 16-25, 28-26, 23-25, 15-11)
    JT Marvelous x Okayama Gulls 0-3 ( 23-25, 23-25, 21-25)
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    JPN V PREMIER LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON FINAL STANDINGS (03.16)Rank Club M.Played M.Won M.Lose (Set Ratio)


    01 Toray 27 23 4
    02 Denso Airybees 27 20 7
    03 Hisamitsu Springs 26 18 9
    04 Okayama Gulls 27 14 13 (55-51)
    -------------------------------------------------> qualified to Final 4 Tournaments
    05 Red Wings Pioneer 27 14 13 (53-53)
    06 NEC Red Rocket 27 13 14

    08 Toyota Queens Autobody 27 12 15 (51-61)
    07 JT Marvelous 27 12 15 (47-59)


    09 Takefuji Bamboo 27 8 19
    10 Hitachi Sawa 27 1 26
    ------------------------------------------------> dropping Zone (Challenge Tournament against top 2 teams from 2007/08 Japan V Challenge League on 2008.04.15/16)

    hey, lothiePG...


    i'v uploaded the match between Toray and Toyota.....u will see de la cruz strike 27 pts for Toray and Joines scored 13 pts (9 spks, 3 blos, 1 sevs) for Toyota Autobody....2 JPN NT players: Araki Erica and Kimura Saori got 16 pts respectively for Toray as well....finally Toray 3-1 over Toyota...


    2008.02.16. Toray 3-1 Toyota Autobody


    coz the video is quite big (approx. 2.0 G), and i dont know how to split it....you need to download it with premium i'm afraid....good luck and enjoy it...

    Japan Premier V League
    Regular Season, Round 26


    NEC Red Rockets x Denso Airybees 1-3 (25-22, 17-25, 16-25, 22-25)
    NEC: Uchida 14, Sugiyama 11, Arita 11, Shin 10
    DEN: Rondon 22, Hosoda 14


    Hisamitsu Springs x Pioneer Red Wings 1-3 (17-25, 25-21, 17-25, 17-25)
    HIS: Pavlova 21, Omura 11
    PIO: Usic 22, Tajimi 13


    JT x Toray 0-3 (19-25, 22-25, 23-25)
    JT: Moreno 21, Horai 8
    TOR: De La Cruz 20, Araki Erica 19

    Toyora Autobody x Hitachi Sawa 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-16)
    TOY: Takahashi 17, Hattori 16
    HIT: Rin 13, Iida 9


    Takefuji Bamboo x Okayama Gulls 3-1 (25-21, 18-25, 25-20, 25-18 )
    TAK: Nikolic 22, Ishida 20, Shoji 10
    OKA: Kanda 16



    STANDINGS (03.15)


    01 Toray 26 22 4
    02 Denso Airybees 26 19 7
    03 Hisamitsu Springs 26 18 8
    -------------------------------------------------> qualified to Final 4 Tournament

    04 Red Wings Pioneer 26 14 12
    05 NEC Red Rocket 26 13 13
    06 Okayama Gulls 26 13 13
    -------------------------------------------------> with chance to reach Final 4
    07 JT Marvelous 26 12 14
    08 Toyota Queens Autobody 26 11 15
    ------------------------------------------------> safe in V league next season 2008/09
    09 Takefuji Bamboo 26 8 18
    10 Hitachi Sawa 26 0 26
    ------------------------------------------------> dropping Zone

    palyoff top 6 second leg, last match


    Dela Martinus Amstelveen vs Zarechie Odintsovo 3-2 (25-23, 25-15, 20-25, 22-25, 15-10) stats


    my comments:

    Amstelveen was supposed to have a chance to get through by 3-0 over Russian Team, they performed a precise volleyball with quick attack around position 3 and 2 and perfect reception and defense....on the contrary the russian side made too much mistake in the first 2 sets. in the important 3rd set, Amstelveen still led 1-2 points ahead before approaching 20th point, till Kim Staelens made a double hit while setting another quick attack...dutch side went down slightly but Zarechie began counterpunching fiercely in the 4th set. amstelveen couldnt even control the reception flier made more mistake, while Zarechie strenghtened their block over net to acquire the second set win which meant Zarechie was in !!!! the 5th set wouldnt matter at all, Zarechie sent substitutes on court to complete the rest of match...Dutch won the game at home but lost their final oppotunity.....

    Very interesting! Looks like Pavlova is stealing the spotlight :win: good job! c'mon Pavy
    Also I was a bit surprised when I did notice that my favorite player Inoue Kaori is on the list of best attacker despite the fact that she's a middle blocker 8) . Last year, Kira (her nickname) was the best blocker but seems like she will not be able to retain the title this year :huh: Anyway she's doing a good job and bringing Denso Airybees to the runner-up title for the very first time.
    pappi do you have any game of V.League?

    exactly, the foreigners are playing a dominant role on attacking (especially shocked by their ability on score-biting)...lol
    yes i do....i'm planning to upload some to megaload....make sure most of members here can get it soon....

    the WC MVP Gioli is my favourite....she deserves another IECL Champion title...


    i suppose: Perugia will win the champion (all experienced players and dominant over-net....); Murcia 2005 maybe not that lucky but they have reached quite close the title anyway at home; Zarechie Odintsovo and Novara are gonna definitely get their top 4 position after defeating Dutch NT and Zurich respectively, but they are not fluent enough to turn Murcia and Perugia over...

    Players Technical Ranking TOP 10 (updated by 2008.03.09):


    BEST ATTACKERS (spike %)

    1 Araki Erica (Toray) 53.8%
    2 De la Cruz (Toray) 53.0%
    3 Joines (Toyota) 49.6%

    4 Nishiwaki Mariko 49.2%
    5 Inoue Kaori (Denso) 48.6%
    6 Sakino Kumiko (Hisamitsu) 46.5
    7 Pavlova (Hisamitsu) 46.5%
    8 Rondon (Denso) 46.2%
    9 Yano Yoshiko (Denso) 45.4%
    10 Sugiyama Sachiko (NEC) 45.1%


    BEST SCORERS:

    1 Pavlova (Hisamitsu) 671 pts
    2 Moreno (JT) 581 pts
    3 De la Cruz (Toray) 448 pts
    4 Nikolic (Takefuji) 448 pts
    5 Kurihara Megumi (Pioneer) 427 pts
    6 Masami Taniguchi (JT) 420 pts
    7 Rondon (Denso) 403 pts

    8 Tsuzuki Yumiko (Toyota) 401 pts
    9 Takahashi Midori (Toyota) 371 pts
    10 Mori Kazuyo (Okayama) 365 pts


    BEST ATTACKERS (pts/set):


    1 Pavlova (Hisamitsu) 6.15
    2 De la Cruz (Toray) 6.00
    3 Nikolic (Takefuji) 5.19

    4 Moreno (JT) 5.17
    5 Rondon (Denso) 5.15
    6 Kimura Megumi (Pioneer) 3.76
    7 Masami Taniguchi (JT) 3.60
    8 Murata Nadumi (Okayama) 3.43
    9 Kimura Saori (Toray) 3.42
    10 Tsuzuki Yumiko (Toyota) 3.30


    BEST BLOCKERS (blos/set):

    1 Araki Erica (Toray) 1.02
    2 Sugiyama Sachiko (NEC) 0.97
    3 Tajimi Asako (Pioneer) 0.84
    4 Rondon (Denso) 0.82
    5 Inoue Kaori (Denso) 0.79
    6 Shoji Yuki (Pioneer) 0.76
    7 Horai Makiko (JT) 0.66
    8 Yano Yoshiko (Denso) 0.63
    9 Sakino Kumiko (Hisamitsu) 0.61
    10 Rika (Hitachi) 0.61


    BEST SERVERS (Effec.%)

    1 Itabashi Megumi (Hitachi) 16.3%
    2 Takahashi Midori (Toyota) 14.5%
    3 Takaki Rie (JT) 13.7%

    4 Ishida Mizuho (Takefuji) 13.6%
    5 Matsuzaki Sayoko (NEC) 13.5%


    BEST RECEIVERS (Succ.%)

    1 Sano Yuko (Hisamitsu) 80.2%
    2 Yoshida (Pioneer) 74.6%
    3 Narita Ikumi (NEC) 74.6%

    4 Sakurai Yuka (Denso) 74.5%
    5 Kano Miyuki (Hisamitsu) 73.2%

    lasted results updating......


    03.08 Round 24


    Pioneer Red Wings x NEC 1-3 (25-19, 20-25, 20-25, 22-25)
    Toray x Denso Airybees 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 26-24, 25-21)
    Okayama x Toyota Autobody 3-1 (25-20, 24-26, 25-22, 27-25)
    Hitachi Sawa x Takefuji 1-3 (17-25, 18-25, 25-21, 23-25)
    JT x Hisamitsu Springs 2-3 (19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 8-15)



    03.09 Round 25


    Okayama Gulls x Denso Airybees 1-3 (20-25, 25-22, 19-25, 23-25)
    NEC x Toyota Autobody 3-1 (27-25, 20-25, 25-18, 25-13)
    Hisamitsu Springs x Toray 0-3 (15-25, 16-25, 21-25)
    Takefuji x Pioneer Red Wings 2-3 (25-19, 16-25, 25-23, 23-25, 11-15)
    JT x Hitachi Sawa 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-19)



    STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 25


    01 Toray 21-4, 46 pts
    02 Denso Airbees 18-7, 43 pts (63-31)
    03 Hisamitsu Springs 18-7, 43 pts (63-40)
    04 NEC 13-12, 38 pts (56-50)
    05 Okayama Gulls 13-12, 38 pts (51-48 )
    06 Pioneer Red Wings 13-12, 38 pts (48-49)
    07 JT 12-13, 37 pts

    08 Toyota Autobody 10-15, 35 pts
    09 Takefuji Bamboo 7-18, 32 pts
    10 Hitachi Sawa 0-25, 25 pts

    thanks pappi,ı wouldn t know anything about japan s league.there is 9 foreign players?Okayama Gulls does nt have anyone?

    no,Okayama Gulls didnt contract any foreign player this season, but their native players seem more competitive this year....quite interesting...they have only middle blockers with a height of under 180cm, but they can make troubles to other teams with smooth quick attacks and good defense... :super:

    Thank you A LOT for this topic! Brings us a bit more of asian flavour to the site :D
    would be really nice if u could update the results once in a while to keep us all updated... Im really interested in this league and i would love to see a match too :lol:


    Im curious if skowronska will decide to play in japan as well, as she mentioned sth about it...
    If so, what do you think what team would it be?

    yes of course...im gonna update the results and the stats in a minute...


    Kasia would like to play in Japan :heart: , it would be fantastic...i prefer her playing for Pioneer Red Wings, coz this is a very strong team guided by the former USA NT coach Mr Yoshida, and this team won lots of champion titles in Japan League history....most importantly, the Pioneer Team is more like a well organised team with no weak position...many excellent players from Japan NT are working in this group like the top scorer kurihara Megumi, Sasaki Miki, experienced middle blocker Tajimi and rising star shoji Yuki.....


    besides, kasia is a wise and quick attacker with good skills enough to control the loop arc, the speed, the falling point in the air, and i'm sure she can follow the fairly quick rhythm of the teamwork in Pioneer as well...


    btw, i dont think Usic does a good job here...