2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's

The Volleyball 2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's was the 25th tournament year and the 1st top level men's tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League (Japan). It was held from October 26, 2018 – April 14, 2019.

Clubs

Personnel 2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's Personnel Club Head coach Captain Province/City Colors Main Sponsor Panasonic Panthers Hiroyuki Furuta Hideomi Fukatsu Hirakata, Osaka Panasonic Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza Anders Kristiansson Koichiro Koga Inazawa, Aichi Toyoda Machine Works Toray Arrows Shinoda Ayumu Hidetomo Hoshino Mishima, Shizuoka Toray Industries JT Thunders Veselin Vuković Shohei Yamamoto Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan Tobacco Suntory Sunbirds Daisuke Sakai Kenya Fujinaka Minoh, Osaka Suntory JTEKT Stings Tomoaki Wakayama Hiroaki Asano Kariya, Aichi JTEKTOsaka Blazers Sakai Toru Uesugi Shohei Yamaguchi Sakai, Osaka Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal FC Tokyo Masayasu Sakamoto Yuma Nagatomo Sumida, Tokyo Tokyo Gas Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Kobayashi Naoto Shingo Takayama Oita, Oita The Oita Bank Ltd.VC Nagano Tridents Ahmad Masajedi Isamu Kuriki Takamori, Nagano Jermo Corporation Ltd.

Foreign players The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club. Player from Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) nations are exempt from these restrictions. 2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's Foreign Players Club Player Other Panasonic Panthers Michał Kubiak (CEV) Chen Chien-Chen (AVC) Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza Igor Omrčen (CEV) Toray Arrows Antonin Rouzier (CEV) Aung Thu (AVC) JT Thunders Liu Libin (AVC) Thomas Edgar (AVC) Suntory Sunbirds Dmitry Muserskiy (CEV) JTEKT Stings Valentin Bratoev (CEV) Qin Zhen (AVC) Osaka Blazers Sakai Nikola Gjorgiev (CEV) FC Tokyo Jason DeRocco (NORCECA) Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Yakan Guma (CAVB) Marck Jesus Espejo (AVC) VC Nagano Tridents Artem Kiselev (CEV)

Transfer players Player Moving from Moving to Chen Chien-Chen Voreas Hokkaido Panasonic Panthers Takahiro Shin Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits Panasonic Panthers Yuichiro Komiya Toray Arrows Panasonic Panthers Issei Otake United Volleys Frankfurt Panasonic Panthers Yosuke Arai Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza Air Force Antonin Rouzier Lycée Jean Perrin Toray Arrows Yuta Abe Suntory Sunbirds Toray Arrows Aung Thu Nakhon Ratchasima Toray Arrows Gavin Schmitt Toray Arrows Olympiacos S.C. Shinpei Goda Panasonic Panthers JT Thunders Liu Libin Tourcoing Lille Métropole Volley-Ball JT Thunders Yadrian Escobar Silva Suntory Sunbirds Club Ciudad de Bolívar Dmitry Muserskiy VC Belogorie Suntory Sunbirds Valentin Bratoev CSKA Sofia JTEKT Stings Qin Zhen Tianjin Volleyball JTEKT Stings Ryuta Homma JTEKT Stings Paris Volley Matey Kaziyski JTEKT Stings Stocznia Szczecin Wallace Martins Osaka Blazers Sakai SESI-SP Masahiro Sekita Panasonic Panthers Osaka Blazers Sakai Nikola Gjorgiev ONICO Warszawa Osaka Blazers Sakai Tomohiro Yamamoto FC Tokyo Osaka Blazers Sakai Milan Pepić FC Tokyo GFCA Volley-Ball Ajaccio Jason DeRocco Jastrzębski Węgiel FC Tokyo Matsuo Keisuke Tsukuba United Sun GAIA Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Marck Jesus Espejo Cignal HD Spikers Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Artem Kiselev Kristall Voronezh VC Nagano Tridents

Stadiums Regular Round Leg 1 Leg 2Park Arena KomakiKanaoka Park GymnasiumMatsumoto City GymnasiumOta City General GymnasiumFukui Prefectural GymnasiumKure City General Gymnasium

Wing Arena KariyaSumida City GymnasiumMishima Citizen GymnasiumOsaka Municipal GymnasiumKusanagi General GymnasiumOita Prefectural General StadiumPanasonic ArenaPark Arena KomakiTokushima GymnasiumKomazawa GymnasiumSumida City GymnasiumKitakyushu General Stadium

Okinawa City GymnasiumRose Arena Indoor StadiumHiroshima Prefectural CenterKusanagi General GymnasiumOita Prefectural General StadiumMatsue City General Gymnasium Regular RoundFinal stage Leg 3Wing Arena KariyaKanaoka Park GymnasiumMatsumoto City GymnasiumOta City General GymnasiumKumamoto Prefectural GymnasiumWakayama Prefectural Gymnasium

Panasonic ArenaJTEKT Arena NaraBeppu B-con PlazaMishima Citizen GymnasiumHimi Municipal Sports CenterHigashi-Hiroshima Sports ParkOta City General GymnasiumKusanagi General GymnasiumOsaka Municipal Central GymnasiumKawasaki City Todoroki ArenaTaiyo Yakuhin Ocean ArenaMusashino Forest Sport Plaza

Squads

Season standing procedure The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: Total number of victories (matches won, matched lost) If teams are still tied after examining points gained and the number of victories, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on total number of victories, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Regular round

League table

Standings

Positions by round Leader and qualification to Final 6 Qualification to Final 6 Team ╲ RoundLeg 1Leg 2Leg 3123451234512345Panasonic Panthers111111211111111Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza223644344444443 Toray Arrows455476766567555 JT Thunders744355433323334 Suntory Sunbirds662222122232222 JTEKT Stings336533555655677 Osaka Blazers Sakai877767677776766 FC Tokyo998888888888888 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler101010101010999999999 VC Nagano Tridents589999101010101010101010

Results by match played

Results table

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3

Head-to-head results

Leg 1

Week 1

Stadium Stadium 1Stadium 2Stadium 3ŌtaMatsumotoKomakiOta City General GymnasiumMatsumoto City GymnasiumPark Arena Komaki JT ThundersSuntory Sunbirds Toray ArrowsVC Nagano TridentsPanasonic PanthersOita Miyoshi Weisse Adler FC Tokyo JTEKT StingsOsaka Blazers SakaiToyoda Gosei Trefuerza