The Volleyball 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Women's was the 26th tournament year and the 2nd top level women's tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League (Japan). It was held from October 12, 2019 – January 26, 2020.
Clubs
Personnel 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Women's Personnel Club Head coach Captain City, Prefecture Colors Main SponsorDenso Airybees Yuan Kawakita Yurie Nabeya Nishio, Aichi Denso Himeji Victorina Yoshie Takeshita Sakie Takahashi Himeji, Hyōgo Himeji Victorina Co., Ltd.Hisamitsu Springs Shingo Sakai Yuki Ishii Tosu, Saga Hisamitsu PharmaceuticalHitachi Rivale Asako Tajimi Maiha Haga Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Hitachi Automotive Systems JT Marvelous Tomoko Yoshihara Mako Kobata Osaka, Hyogo Japan Tobacco Ltd. Kurobe AquaFairies Takaya Maruyama Saki Maruyama Kurobe, Toyama Kurobe Corporation NEC Red Rockets Kaneko Takayuki Misaki Yamauchi Kawasaki, Kanagawa NEC Okayama Seagulls Akiyoshi Kawamoto Mizuki Ugajin Okayama Okayama Corporation PFU BlueCats Masayasu Sakamoto Saori Uda Kanazawa, Ishikawa PFU Corporation Saitama Ageo Medics Toshiaki Yoshida Misaki Inoue Ageo, Saitama Ageo Medical Group Toray Arrows Koichiro Kanno Mari Horikawa Ōtsu, Shiga Toray Industries Toyota Auto Body Queenseis Haruya Indo Marina Shichi Kariya, Aichi Toyota Auto Body
Conferences The 2019-20 V.League Division 1 Women will be divided into two conferences of six teams each: Premier and Star. V.League Division 1 Women's 2019-20 Premier Conference Star Conference Hisamitsu Springs (V1 / Champions 2019) Toray Arrows (V1 / 2nd place 2019) Denso Airybees (V1 / 5th place 2019) JT Marvelous (V1 / 3rd place 2019) NEC Red Rockets (V1 / 6th place 2019) Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (V1 / 4th place 2019) Hitachi Rivale (V1 / 8th place 2019) Saitama Ageo Medics (V1 / 7th place 2019) Okayama Seagulls (V1 / 9th place 2019) Kurobe AquaFairies (V1 / 10th place 2019) Himeji Victorina (V2 / Champions 2019) PFU BlueCats (V1 / 11th place 2019)
Foreign players The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club world wide, and one per club from ASEAN nations. V.League Division 1 Women's foreign players 2019-20 Team World ASEAN Saitama Ageo Medics Katarina Barun (CEV) Jaja Santiago (AVC) Denso Airybees Sinead Jack (NORCECA) Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (AVC) Himeji Victorina Ivna Colombo (CSV) Hisamitsu Springs Fabiana Claudino (CSV) Hitachi Rivale Hannah Tapp (NORCECA) JT Marvelous Andrea Drews (NORCECA) Kaewkalaya Kamulthala (AVC) Kurobe AquaFairies Simone Lee (NORCECA) Aleona Denise Santiago Manabat NEC Red Rockets Berenika Tomsia (CEV) Okayama Seagulls PFU BlueCats Jennifer Doris (NORCECA) Thanacha Sooksod (AVC) Toray Arrows Jana Kulan (CEV) Toyota Auto Body Queenseis Neriman Özsoy (CEV)
Transfer players
Player Moving from Moving to Mai Okumura Nakhon Ratchasima Denso Airybees Kotoe Inoue CSM București Denso Airybees Kanami Tashiro CSM București Denso Airybees Nanaka Sakamoto SSC Palmberg Schwerin Denso Airybees Tran Thi Thanh Thuy VTV Bình Điền Long An Denso Airybees Fumika Moriya Hisamitsu Springs Denso Airybees Miki Sakurai Nippon Sport Science University Himeji Victorina Nao Horigome Ryukoku University Himeji Victorina Riho Sadakane Tokai University Himeji Victorina Saki Tanaka Chukyo University Himeji Victorina Arisa Nagano Shoin University Himeji Victorina Mirei Wakita Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences Himeji Victorina Haruka Kojima Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences Himeji Victorina Mutsumi Yasuda NIFS Himeji Victorina Ivna Colombo Vôlei Balneário Camboriú Himeji Victorina Miyu Nagaoka Imoco Volley Conegliano Hisamitsu Springs Shion Hirayama Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School (ja) Hisamitsu Springs Fabiana Claudino Dentil/Praia Clube Hisamitsu Springs Foluke Akinradewo Hisamitsu Springs N/A Hannah Tapp Zanetti Bergamo Hitachi Rivale Asato Nakamura Kokushikan University Hitachi Rivale Laura Heyrman Hitachi Rivale Saugella Team Monza Yuki Nishikawa Kinrankai High School (ja) JT Marvelous Aki Momii Hachioji-jissen High School (ja) JT Marvelous Tomoyo Fukagaya Tokai University JT Marvelous Andrea Drews Beylikduzu Voleybol Ihtisas Istanbul JT Marvelous Sakura Kanda Shujitsu High School (ja) JT Marvelous Brankica Mihajlovic JT Marvelous Fenerbahçe Wakaba Sugihara Toray Arrows Kurobe AquaFairies Kaori Mabashi Hitachi Rivale Kurobe AquaFairies Aleona Denise Santiago-Manabat Toray Arrows Kurobe AquaFairies Yuri Umezu Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School (ja) Kurobe AquaFairies Ranna Shiraiwa Niigata University of Health and Welfare Kurobe AquaFairies Simone Lee Beylikduzu Voleybol Ihtisas Istanbul Kurobe AquaFairies Freya Aelbrecht Kurobe AquaFairies Türk Hava Yolları SK Haruna Soga Kinrankai High School (ja) NEC Red Rockets Chinami Furuya Shoin University NEC Red Rockets Mio Sato Toyota Auto Body Queenseis NEC Red Rockets Ayumi Yoshida Furukawa Gakuen High School (ja) NEC Red Rockets Yuka Sawada Tohoku Fukushi University NEC Red Rockets Berenika Tomsia Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders NEC Red Rockets Rhamat Alhassan NEC Red Rockets VolAlto Caserta Aoi An Furikawa Miura Gakuen High School Okayama Seagulls Mayu Oikawa Aoyama Gakuin University Okayama Seagulls Mami Miyashita Svedala VBK Okayama Seagulls Sayaka Tsutsui Hisamitsu Springs PFU BlueCats Nanami Wasai Kurobe AquaFairies PFU BlueCats Thanacha Sooksod Supreme Chonburi PFU BlueCats Kanon Sonoda Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School (ja) PFU BlueCats Saki Goya Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School (ja) PFU BlueCats Chatchu-on Moksri PFU BlueCats Nakhon Ratchasima Koyomi Tominaga Lardini Filottrano Saitama Ageo Medics Rena Mizusugi Kinrankai High School (ja) Toray Arrows Mayu Ishikawa Shimokitazawa Seitoku (ja) Toray Arrows Hinata Shigihara Furukawa Gakuen High School (ja) Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Stadiums Regular RoundAdastria Arena, MitoBeikomu Gymnasium, Amagasaki CNA Arena, AkitaEhime Prefecture Budokan, MatsuyamaFukaya Big TurtleGoshogawara Citizen GymnasiumKobe Green ArenaHitachinaka City Gymnasium
Ishikawa Sports Center, Kanazawa Kakogawa Municipal GymnasiumKanazawa City GymnasiumKartz Kawasaki Koriyama GymnasiumKurobe General Sports CenterKurume ArenaMizushima Green Fukuda Park Gymnasium, Kurashiki
Nishio City Gymnasium Ota Ward Gymnasium, TokyoOkazaki Central Gymnasium River Sakura Arena, Hitachi Saga Sunrise Park GymnasiumSaitama Prefecture Budokan, AgeoShiga Prefectural Gymnasium, OtsuShimadzu Arena, KyotoSky Hall Toyota
Sumiyoshi Sports Center, OsakaTakahashi Citizen Gymnasium Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Toyama Seibu Sports Center, TonamiWing Arena Kariya Wink Gymnasium, HimejiYMIT Arena, Kusatsu Zip Arena, OkayamaFinal stageSaitama City Memorial Gymnasium
Funabashi Arena, Chiba
YMIT Arena, Kusatsu
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Schedule Regular Round begins October 12, 2019 (Saturday) and ends December 29, 2019 (Sunday). Matches are played every Saturday and Sunday.
The Empress' Cup Final Round which has usually been contested during the last week of December is scheduled for March 25–29, 2020—after the season is over.
Each team will play twenty-one matches: each in-conference rival three times (IC—15 matches) each out-of-conference rival once (AC Warfare—6 matches) Regular Season is divided into four legs: IC Leg 1: October 12–27, 2019 IC Leg 2: November 2–17, 2019 AC Warfare Leg: November 23 – December 8, 2019 IC Leg 3: December 14–29, 2019 Final Stage begins January 11, 2020 (Sat) and ends January 26, 2020 (Sun): Final 8: January 11, 2020 (Sat) – January 19, 2020 (Sun) Challenge 4: January 11, 2020 (Sat) – January 13, 2020 (Mon) Semifinals: January 25, 2020 (Sat) Final & 3rd-place match: January 26, 2020 (Sun) V1-V2 Promotion-Relegation Matches: February 22–23, 2020 (Sat–Sun) Empress' Cup Final Round: March 25–29, 2020
Season standing procedure The 2019-20 V.League Season brings new rules for how teams will be ranked for the Regular Round.
Previously teams were ranked by: Points ->Wins ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate
Beginning with the 2019-20 season teams will be ranked in the Regular Round by: Wins ->Points ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate
Teams will be ranked by the number of victories achieved throughout the Regular Round: In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: Total number of points 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 If teams are still tied after examining points gained and the number of victories, then the results to break the tie will be examined 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 Results
In-Conference Leg 1
Standings after Leg 1 Four teams from Premier Conference are 2 matches behind, and two teams from Star Conference are 1 match behind—due to cancelled matches opening weekend. The five cancelled matches have been rescheduled for the end of the season:
Sat 4 Jan 2020: 12:00 Denso v Hisamitsu; 15:00 NEC v Okayama; 14:00 Toray v Saitama Sun 5 Jan 2020: 12:00 Denso v Okayama; 15:00 Hisamitsu v NEC
+ Premier Conference # Team Wins Losses Points Sets W Sets L Sets Ratio Points W Points L Points Ratio 1 Denso Airybees 309919.002471891.31 2 Okayama Seagulls 216632.002101751.20 3 Hisamitsu Springs 2 16632.002091971.06 4 NEC Red Rockets 216641.502222191.01 5 Hitachi Rivale 2367100.703833890.98 6 Himeji Victorina 0502150.133104120.75
+ Star Conference # Team Wins Losses Points Sets W Sets L Sets Ratio Points W Points L Points Ratio 1 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 50151535.004313701.16 2 JT Marvelous 4 1 9 12 91.33 449 438 1.03 3 Saitama Ageo Medics2 2 79 7 1.29 358346 1.03 4 Toray Arrows227981.12387 3761.03 5 PFU BlueCats 1 4 35 13 0.38370 424 0.87 6 Kurobe AquaFairies 0 5 15 15 0.33 431 472 0.91
In-Conference Leg 2
Standings after Leg 2 Four teams from Premier Conference are 2 matches behind, and two teams from Star Conference are 1 match behind—due to cancelled matches opening weekend. The five cancelled matches have been rescheduled for the end of the season:
Sat 4 Jan 2020: 12:00 Denso v Hisamitsu; 15:00 NEC v Okayama; 14:00 Toray v Saitama Sun 5 Jan 2020: 12:00 Denso v Okayama; 15:00 Hisamitsu v NEC
+ Premier Conference # Team Wins Losses Points Sets W Sets L Sets Ratio Points W Points L Points Ratio 1 Denso Airybees 802424212.006434921.31 2 Okayama Seagulls 531517111.556365551.15 3 NEC Red Rockets 531515101.505605710.98 4 Hisamitsu Springs 35912170.716296530.96 5 Hitachi Rivale 37912240.507848390.93 6 Himeji Victorina 2868240.336327740.82
+ Star Conference # Team Wins Losses Points Sets W Sets L Sets Ratio Points W Points L Points Ratio 1 JT Marvelous 822226151.739188511.08 2 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis 822125151.678858441.05 3 Toray Arrows7 22124122.00 8277291.13 4 Saitama Ageo Medics451419171.128128031.01 5 Kurobe AquaFairies19512270.448189060.90 6 PFU BlueCats1948280.297358620.85
Inter-Conference Leg
In-Conference Leg 3
Rescheduled Matches
Regular Round Final Standing Qualified for Final 8