The 2021–22 V-League season was the 18th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season ran from October 2021 to April 2022. Incheon Korean Air Jumbos were the defending champions for male teams and GS Caltex Seoul KIXX for the female teams. A new team, Gwangju AI Peppers joined the female league from this season.
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 Gwangju AI Peppers Gwangju Yeomju Gymnasium8,500
Season standing procedure Match points Number of matches won Sets ratio Points ratio Result of the last match between the tied teams
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 24 12 70 1.582 1.077 Finals 2 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 36 19 17 62 1.149 1.028 Semifinals 3 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 36 17 19 59 1.075 1.029 4 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 36 20 16 56 1.058 0.995 5 Ansan OKman 36 17 19 44 0.797 0.975 6 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 36 14 22 44 0.763 0.941 7 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers 36 15 21 43 0.775 0.959
Source: League table (Men's)
As Suwon KEPCO finished within three points of Seoul Woori, a play-off was held between the two teams which Suwon won, advancing them to the semi-final play-off game.
League table (Women's) Team Qualification 1 Suwon Hyundai Hillstate 31 28 3 82 3.034 1.161 Finals 2 Gimcheon Hi-pass 32 24 8 70 1.854 1.108 Semifinals 3 GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 31 20 11 62 1.972 1.102 4 Daejeon KGC 32 15 17 46 0.917 0.990 5 Hwaseong IBK Altos 32 11 21 31 0.634 0.944 6 Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 33 10 23 31 0.566 0.922 7 Gwangju AI Peppers 31 3 28 11 0.244 0.812
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
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
= game played at away team's ground
Play-offs
Bracket (Men's )
The play-offs were shortened due to COVID, with the semi-final being a one-of game, and the finals reduced to as series of three. The women's play-offs were cancelled entirely and no winner crowned.
Attendance
Men's teams
Many games this season have had restricted attendance due to COVID protocols.
Women's teams
Most games this season have been closed door or restricted access.
Top Performers
Men's (Points)
RankPlayerClubPoints 1 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars1261 2 Kyle Russell Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs915 3 Leonardo Leyva Ansan OKman870 4 Alexandre Ferreira Seoul Woori Card Wibee804 5 Daudi Okello Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm671 6 Lincoln Williams Incheon Korean Air Jumbos659 7 Heo Su-bong Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers602 8 Na Kyeong-buk Seoul Woori Card Wibee568 9 Lim Dong-hyeok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos419 10 Seo Jae-duck Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm416
Women's (Points)
RankPlayerClubPoints 1 Laetitia Moma Bassoko GS Caltex Seoul KIXX819 2 Kelsie Payne Gimcheon Hi-pass775 3 Katherine Bell Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders773 4 Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani Suwon Hyundai Hillstate674 5 Jelena Mladjenović Daejeon KGC672 6 Elizabet Inneh Gwangju AI Peppers598 7 Yang Hyo-jin Suwon Hyundai Hillstate502 8 Park Jeong-ah Gimcheon Hi-pass440 9 Kim Hee-jin Hwaseong IBK Altos398 10 Lee So-young Daejeon KGC377
Player of the Round
Men's
RoundPlayerClub 1 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 2 Kyle Russell Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 3 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 4 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 5 Leonardo Leyva Ansan OKman 6 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
Women's
RoundPlayerClub 1 Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani Suwon Hyundai Hillstate 2 Yang Hyo-jin Suwon Hyundai Hillstate 3 Kelsie Payne Gimcheon Hi-pass 4 Laetitia Moma Bassoko GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 5 Laetitia Moma Bassoko GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 6 - -
Final standing
Men's League
RankTeam Incheon Korean Air Jumbos Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm4 Seoul Woori Card Wibee5 Ansan OKman 6 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs7 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers
Women's League
RankTeam Suwon Hyundai Hillstate Gimcheon Hi-pass GS Caltex Seoul KIXX4 Daejeon KGC5 Hwaseong IBK Altos 6 Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders7 Gwangju AI Peppers
Women's League postponed and then cancelled in Round 6 due to COVID cases.
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