The 2020–21 V-League season was the 17th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started in October 2020. Seoul Woori Card Wibee were the first placed male team when the season was cancelled last year and Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate were the first placed female team.
Teams
Men's clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity Ansan OK Financial Group Okman Ansan Sangnoksu Gymnasium2,700 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers Cheonan Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium5,482 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs Daejeon Chungmu Gymnasium5,000 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars Uijeongbu Uijeongbu Gymnasium6,240 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium4,270 Seoul Woori Card Wibee Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium4,507 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm Suwon Suwon Gymnasium4,317
Women's clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity Daejeon KGC Daejeon Chungmu Gymnasium5,000 Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-pass Gimcheon Gimcheon Gymnasium6,000 GS Caltex Seoul KIXX Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium4,507 Hwaseong IBK Altos Hwaseong Hwaseong Gymnasium5,152 Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium4,270 Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate Suwon Suwon Gymnasium4,317
Season standing procedure Match points Number of matches won Sets ratio Points ratio Result of the last match between the tied teams
In the men's league, if the 4th-placed team finishes within three points of the 3rd placed team, an extra league game is played between these two teams.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Regular season
League table (Men's) Team ' Qualification 1 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 36 26 10 76 1.736 1.087 Finals 2 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 36 23 13 67 1.500 1.044 Semi-Finals 3 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 36 19 17 58 1.028 0.997 Quarterfinals 4 Ansan OKman 36 19 17 55 1.000 0.991 5 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 36 18 18 55 0.987 1.009 6 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers 36 15 21 41 0.788 0.966 7 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 36 6 30 26 0.474 0.913
As Ansan were within three points of Uijeongbu, a quarter final play-off game was played, with Ansan winning 3-1.
Source: League table (Men's)
League table (Women's) Team Qualification 1 GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 30 20 10 58 1.542 1.080 Finals 2 Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 30 19 11 56 1.327 1.015 Semifinals 3 Hwaseong IBK Altos 30 14 16 42 0.844 0.964 4 Gimcheon Hi-pass 30 13 17 41 0.906 1.018 5 Daejeon KGC 30 13 17 39 0.857 0.971 6 Suwon Hyundai Hillstate 30 11 19 34 0.757 0.957
Source: League table (Women's)
Results / Fixtures – Male
Rounds 1 and 2
= game played at away team's ground
Rounds 3 and 4
Rounds 5 and 6
= game played at away team's ground
Source: Game Schedule (Men's) Game Schedule
Results / Fixtures – Female
Rounds 1 and 2
= game played at away team's ground
Rounds 3 and 4
= game played at away team's ground
Rounds 5 and 6
Source: Game Schedule (Women's)
Play-offs
Bracket (Men's )
Bracket (Women's)
Attendance
Due to COVID restrictions, most games this season have been played behind closed doors. The games that have allowed an attendance have restricted crowds to only a few hundred.
Top Performers
Men's (Points)
RankPlayerClubPoints 1 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars1147 2 Alexandre Ferreira Seoul Woori Card Wibee903 3 Kyle Russell Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm898 4 Felipe Airton Banderò Ansan OKman851 5 Daudi Okello Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers790 6 Jung Ji-seok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos632 7 Park Chul-woo Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm596 8 Na Kyeong-buk Seoul Woori Card Wibee531 9 Im Dong-hyeok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos506 10 Kim Jeong-ho Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars481
Women's (Points)
RankPlayerClubPoints 1 Valentina Diouf Daejeon KGC963 2 Anna Lazareva Hwaseong IBK Altos867 3 Merete Lutz GS Caltex Seoul KIXX854 4 Kelsie Payne Gimcheon Hi-pass756 5 Hélène Rousseaux Suwon Hyundai Hillstate667 6 Kim Yeon-koung Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders648 7 Park Jeong-ah Gimcheon Hi-pass486 8 Lee Jae-yeong Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders473 9 Yang Hyo-jin Suwon Hyundai Hillstate441 10 Lee So-young GS Caltex Seoul KIXX439
Men's Spike (Attack Efficiency)
RankPlayerClubRate 1 Jung Ji-seok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos55.43% 2 Alexandre Ferreira Seoul Woori Card Wibee54.85% 3 Kim Jeong-ho Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars54.73% 4 Na Gyeong-bok Seoul Woori Card Wibee52.81% 5 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars52.74% 6 Daudi Okello Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers52.19% 7 Im Dong-hyeok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos51.23% 8 Felipe Airton Banderò Ansan OKman50.95% 9 Bartosz Krzysiek Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs50.83% 10 Park Cheol-woo Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm48.64%
Women's Spike (Attack Efficiency)
RankPlayerClubRate 1 Kim Yeon-koung Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders45.92% 2 Merete Lutz GS Caltex Seoul KIXX43.89% 3 Anna Lazareva Hwaseong IBK Altos43.41% 4 Lee So-young GS Caltex Seoul KIXX41.66% 5 Hélène Rousseaux Suwon Hyundai Hillstate41.63% 6 Valentina Diouf Daejeon KGC41.06% 7 Kelsie Payne Gimcheon Hi-pass39.79% 8 Lee Jae-yeong Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders39.32% 9 Park Jeong-ah Gimcheon Hi-pass35.06% 10
Men's Blocking (Blocks per set)
RankPlayerClubBlocks 1 Shin Yung-suk Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm0.67 2 Kim Hong-jeong Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars0.65 3 Park Sang-ha Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs0.64 4 Ha Hyun-yong Seoul Woori Card Wibee0.61 5 Choi Min-ho Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers0.59 6 Jin Sang-heon Ansan OKman0.57 7 Park Won-bin Ansan OKman0.55 8 Jin Ji-wi Incheon Korean Air Jumbos0.51 9 Jung Ji-seok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos0.50 10 Park Jin-woo Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars0.49
Women's Blocking (Blocks per set)
RankPlayerClubBlocks 1 Han Song-yi Daejeon KGC0.70 2 Jung Dae-young Gimcheon Hi-pass0.70 3 Bae Yoo-na Gimcheon Hi-pass0.61 4 Merete Lutz GS Caltex Seoul KIXX0.56 5 Yang Hyo-jin Suwon Hyundai Hillstate0.54 6 Kim Su-ji Hwaseong IBK Altos0.54 7 Valentina Diouf Daejeon KGC0.53 8 Park Eun-jin Daejeon KGC0.50 9 Jeong Ji-yun Suwon Hyundai Hillstate0.50 10 Anna Lazareva Hwaseong IBK Altos0.49
Men's Serving (Aces per set)
RankPlayerClubAces 1 Kyle Russell Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm0.77 2 Jung Ji-seok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos0.54 3 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars0.52 4 Alexandre Ferreira Seoul Woori Card Wibee0.50 5 Heo Su-bong Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers0.45 6 Kim Jeong-ho Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars0.32 7 Felipe Airton Banderò Ansan OKman0.31 8 Hwang Taek-eui Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars0.29 9 Song Myung-geun Ansan OKman0.27 10 Na Gyeong-bok Seoul Woori Card Wibee0.26
Women's Serving (Aces per set)
RankPlayerClubAces 1 Kim Yeon-koung Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders0.28 2 Ko Ui-jeong Daejeon KGC0.27 3 Kim Mi-youn Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders0.27 4 Anna Lazareva Hwaseong IBK Altos0.26 5 An Hye-jin GS Caltex Seoul KIXX0.25 6 Kang So-hwi GS Caltex Seoul KIXX0.24 7 Lee Jae-yeong Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders0.23 8 Merete Lutz GS Caltex Seoul KIXX0.23 9 Mun Jeong-won Gimcheon Hi-pass0.20 10 Cho Song-hwa Hwaseong IBK Altos0.19
Player of the Round
Men's
RoundPlayerClubSource 1 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 2 Kyle Russell Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 3 Alexandre Ferreira Seoul Woori Card Wibee 4 Daudi Okello Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers 5 Alexandre Ferreira Seoul Woori Card Wibee 6 Yosvany Hernandez Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
Women's
RoundPlayerClubSource 1 Kim Yeon-koung Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 2 Merete Lutz GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 3 Valentina Diouf Daejeon KGC 4 Lee Jae-yeong Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 5 Lee So-young GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 6 Anna Lazareva Hwaseong IBK Altos
Final standing
Men's League
RankTeam Incheon Korean Air Jumbos Seoul Woori Card Wibee Ansan OKman4 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars5 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm6 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers7 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs
Women's League
RankTeam GS Caltex Seoul KIXX Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders Hwaseong IBK Altos4 Gimcheon Hi-pass5 Daejeon KGC6 Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
Awards
Women's Regular season
Most valuable player Kim Yeon-koung (Heungkuk Life) Best setter An Hye-jin (GS Caltex) Best outside spikers Kim Yeon-koung (Heungkuk Life) Lee So-young (GS Caltex)
Best middle blockers Yang Hyo-jin (Hyundai Hillstate) Han Song-yi Best opposite spiker Valentina Diouf Best libero Yim Myung-ok
Women's Finals Series Most valuable player Lee So-young (GS Caltex) Merete Lutz (GS Caltex)
Men's Regular season
Most valuable player Jung Ji-seok Best setter Hwang Taek-eui Best outside spikers Jung Ji-seok Alexandre Ferreira
Best middle blockers Shin Yung-suk Ha Hyeon-yong Best opposite spiker Noumory Keita Best libero Oh Jae-seong
Men's Finals Series Most valuable player Jung Ji-seok
Kovo Cup
Preliminary stage
Semifinal
Final
References
External links Official website