2023 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament Men's is the 71st tournament of Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament. It will be held from 1–6 May 2023.
Qualification
A selection committee was held on February 7, 2023, and the quotas for each category and the participating teams from universities and high schools were announced. There were ten teams in V1, one team in V2, four teams in college, and one team in high school.
Tokyo Great Bears from V.1 and the Champion of V.2 Voreas Hokkaido announced that they would not participate in the tournament this year. As a result, the runner-up of V.2 Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits will take part in the tournament.
Below is the qualified teams:
NamePrevious appearancesCategoryQualified asWolfdogs Nagoya36V.League Division 1No.1 of Regular round of V.LeagueSuntory Sunbirds49No.2 of Regular round of V.LeaguePanasonic Panthers69No.3 of Regular round of V.LeagueOsaka Blazers Sakai69No.4 of Regular round of V.LeagueToray Arrows70No.5 of Regular round of V.LeagueJTEKT Stings21No.6 of Regular round of V.LeagueJT Thunders Hiroshima60No.7 of Regular round of V.LeagueVC Nagano Tridents5No.9 of Regular round of V.LeagueOita Miyoshi Weisse Adler20No.10 of Regular round of V.LeagueFujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits26V.League Division 2The runner-up of V.League Division 2University of Tsukuba20UniversityTokai University26Waseda University13Nippon Sport Science University21Kindai University16Higashiyama High SchoolDebutHigh School
Pools composition
Pool APool BPool CPool DWolfdogs NagoyaSuntory SunbirdsPanasonic PanthersOsaka Blazers SakaiVC Nagano TridentsJT Thunders HiroshimaJTEKT StingsToray ArrowsUniversity of TsukubaOita Miyoshi Weisse AdlerWaseda UniversityTokai UniversityHigashiyama High SchoolNippon Sport Science UniversityFujitsu Kawasaki Red SpiritsKindai University Source:
Venues All MatchesOsaka, JapanOsaka Municipal Central GymnasiumCapacity: 10,000
Preliminary round Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Awards
Most Valuable Player Bartosz Kurek Fighting Spirit Award Dmitry Muserskiy Best Newcomer Award Ryu Yamamoto Best Libero Soshi Fujinaka
Best Six Shuzo Yamada Bartosz Kurek Issei Maeda Alain De Armas Kenya Fujinaka Dmitry Muserskiy
See also 2022–23 V.League Division 1 Men's 2022 Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup
References
External links Official Website in Japanese