The 2025-26 SV.League Men's is the second tournament of the SV.League which scheduled from October 24, 2025 to May 17, 2026.

Osaka Bluteon beats Suntory Sunbirds Osaka in the 3rd final match to claim their first championship title. Yuji Nishida was named the Championship MVP while Dmitry Musersky was awarded Regular Season MVP.

Clubs 2025-26 SV.League Men's ClubHead CoachCaptainCity, PrefectureColorsAffiliation Voreas Hokkaido Edo Klein Kota Ikeda Asahikawa, Hokkaido Voreas Tokyo Great Bears Kasper Vuorinen Taichiro Koga Koto, Tokyo Nature LabVC Nagano Tridents Shinji Kawamura Koga Iida Takamori, Nagano VC Nagano Create Sports Toray Arrows Shizuoka Yuta Abe Yuto Fujinaka Mishima, Shizuoka Toray Industries JTEKT Stings Aichi Shimbo Koichiro Kazuyuki Takahashi Kariya, Aichi JTEKT Corporation Wolfdogs Nagoya Valerio Baldovin Kenta Ichikawa Inazawa, Aichi Toyoda Gosei Osaka Bluteon Tuomas Sammelvuo Yuji Nishida Hirakata, Osaka Panasonic Corporation Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Olivier Lecat Ran Takahashi Minoh, Osaka Suntory HoldingsNippon Steel Sakai Blazers Takeshi Kitajima Yutaro Takemoto Sakai, Osaka Nippon Steel Corporation Hiroshima Thunders Carlos Javier Weber Yudai Arai Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan Tobacco

Transfer players 2025–26 SV.League Men's Inbound TransfersPlayerComing fromComing to Märt Tammearu Barkom-Każany Lwów Voreas Hokkaido Taisei Deguchi Hokkaido Yellow Stars Voreas Hokkaido Shota Hamada Busan OK Savings Bank OKman Voreas Hokkaido Hikaru Someno Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Voreas Hokkaido Takumi Kunikyo Nihon University Voreas Hokkaido Hyuga Matsushita Hokusho University Voreas Hokkaido Youse Sakiyama Shuri High School Voreas Hokkaido Go Murayama JTEKT Stings Aichi Tokyo Great Bears Jan Kozamernik Itas Trentino Tokyo Great Bears Luciano Vicentín Jastrzębski Węgiel Tokyo Great Bears Wataru Taniguchi AONS Milon Tokyo Great Bears Bartosz Kurek ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Tokyo Great Bears Yusaku Takashima Nihon University Tokyo Great Bears Ranmaru Kondo Meiji University Tokyo Great Bears Yoshihiko Matsumoto Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers VC Nagano Tridents Shinjo Akahoshi Hokkaido Yellow Stars VC Nagano Tridents Matthew Neaves SWD Powervolleys Düren VC Nagano Tridents Oskar Kjerstein Madsen VK Lvi Praha VC Nagano Tridents Farhan Halim Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi VC Nagano Tridents Yusuke Hoshina Chiba DOT VC Nagano Tridents Kanze Chiba Senshu University VC Nagano Tridents Keiichiro Fujisawa Tokyo Gakugei University VC Nagano Tridents Tomoya Ishizaka Juntendo University VC Nagano Tridents Kirill Klets Zenit Kazan Toray Arrows Shizuoka Taylor Averill MINT Vero Volley Monza Toray Arrows Shizuoka Julio César Cárdenas Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Toray Arrows Shizuoka Takumi Mawatari Fukuoka University Toray Arrows Shizuoka Hiroaki Maki University of Tsukuba Toray Arrows Shizuoka Shuto Kawaguchi Hiroshima Thunders JTEKT Stings Aichi Issei Maeda Hiroshima Thunders JTEKT Stings Aichi Stephen Boyer Asseco Resovia Rzeszów JTEKT Stings Aichi Kenya Fujinaka Suntory Sunbirds Osaka JTEKT Stings Aichi Yao-Kai Lu Chiang Taichung Win Streak JTEKT Stings Aichi Mitsuki Demizu Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences JTEKT Stings Aichi Kento Miyaura JTEKT Stings Aichi Wolfdogs Nagoya Shunichiro Sato Hurrikaani Loimaa Wolfdogs Nagoya Shinnosuke Hayasaka VC Nagano Tridents Wolfdogs Nagoya Norbert Huber Jastrzębski Węgiel Wolfdogs Nagoya Timothée Carle Jastrzębski Węgiel Wolfdogs Nagoya Aymen Bouguerra GKS Katowice Wolfdogs Nagoya Ryogo Maeda Waseda University Wolfdogs Nagoya Antoine Brizard Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza Osaka Bluteon Shikun Peng Paris Volley Osaka Bluteon Bryan Bagunas Cignal HD Spikers Osaka Bluteon Ryo Nozoe Daito Bunka University Osaka Bluteon Masahiro Sekita JTEKT Stings Aichi Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Tomohiro Ogawa JTEKT Stings Aichi Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Egor Kliuka Zenit St. Petersburg Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Kenta Takanashi Wolfdogs Nagoya Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers Masaki Oya Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers Tommaso Rinaldi Valsa Group Modena Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers Ulrik Bo Dahl VC Nagano Tridents Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers Matthew Anderson Ziraat Bankkart Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers Tatsuki Minamiguchi Tokai University Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers Yuki Higuchi VC Nagano Tridents Hiroshima Thunders Keigo Nishimoto Toray Arrows Shizuoka Hiroshima Thunders Motoki Eiro Osaka Bluteon Hiroshima Thunders Cooper Robinson UCLA Hiroshima Thunders Daniel Martínez Campos Sada Cruzeiro Hiroshima Thunders Hayato Yamamoto NSSU Hiroshima Thunders

Schedule Regular season The season began on Friday, October 24, 2025, and ended on Sunday, April 19, 2026.

Each club will play a total of 44 matches in a home-and-away format, with 22 of those matches being home games. The top 6 clubs from the regular season will advance to the Championship. The final standings for the clubs ranked 7th to 10th will be determined based on the results of the regular season. All matches will be played as best-of-five sets.

Championship The season began on May 1, 2026, and ended on May 17, 2026.

The Championship will be conducted in a tournament format. The clubs ranked 3rd to 6th at the end of the regular season will compete in the Quarterfinals. The winners of the Quarterfinals will advance to the Semifinals. The top two clubs from the regular season, along with the winners of the Quarterfinals, will compete in the Semifinals. The winners of the Semifinals will advance to the Finals. There will be no ranking matches for the clubs that lose in the Quarterfinals and Semifinals, and the final rankings for the clubs placed 3rd to 6th will be determined based on their final standings in the regular season. All matches, except for the Final, will be hosted by the higher-ranked club from the regular season. All matches will be played as best-of-five sets.

Source: SV.League - Schedule

Season standing procedure Regular season Points awarded per match are as follows:

3 Points: Win with a set score of "3-0" or "3-1" 2 Points: Win with a set score of "3-2" 1 Point: Loss with a set score of "2-3" 0 Points: Loss with a set score of "0-3" or "1-3"

Championship A best-of-three format will be used, with the team winning two out of three matches advancing.

If both teams have one win each, a third match will be played to determine the winner.

Source: SV.League - Regulation

Regular round Qualified for the Final

2025–26 SV.League Men's Regular Round Final StandingRankTeamMatchWinLossPointWin RatioWin SetLoss SetSet Rates 1Suntory Sunbirds Osaka44404 117 0.91 122 31 3.94 2Osaka Bluteon44386 109 0.86 120 42 2.86 3JTEKT Stings Aichi442915 80 0.66 97 73 1.33 4Wolfdogs Nagoya442519 75 0.57 96 74 1.30 5Hiroshima Thunders442123 67 0.48 80 77 1.04 6Tokyo Great Bears442123 67 0.48 85 88 0.97 7Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers441727 51 0.39 72 95 0.76 8Toray Arrows Shizuoka441331 38 0.30 59 110 0.54 9Voreas Hokkaido441133 35 0.25 52 109 0.48 10VC Nagano Tridents44539 22 0.11 36 120 0.30

Source: SV.League Men's - Standings

Final round All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

RankClub Osaka Bluteon Suntory Sunbirds Osaka JTEKT Stings Aichi 4 Wolfdogs Nagoya 5 Hiroshima Thunders 6 Tokyo Great Bears 7 Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers 8 Toray Arrows Shizuoka 9 Voreas Hokkaido 10 VC Nagano Tridents

+ 2025–26 SV.League Men's Champions Team rosterSetter: Shunsuke Nakamura, Antoine Brizard, Ryo Nozoe Libero: Tomohiro Yamamoto, Kotaro Ikeshiro MB: Kotaro Kaneta, Shikun Peng, Akihiro Yamauchi, Keitaro Nishikawa, Larry Evbade-Dan OP: Kunihiro Shimizu, Yuji Nishida, Hiroto Nishiyama OH: Shoma Tomita, Kenyu Nakamoto, Masato Kai, Bryan Bagunas, Miguel Lopez Head Coach Tuomas Sammelvuo

Source: SV.League Men's - Final Standings

Awards AwardsName of the AwardsName of the WinnerTeam NameRecordsClub AwardSV.League ChampionsOsaka Bluteon SV.League Runners-upSuntory Sunbirds Osaka Championship Final Four-TJTEKT Stings Aichi Championship Final Four-BWolfdogs Nagoya Regular Season WinnersSuntory Sunbirds Osaka Best Youth SchemeOsaka Bluteon Best Community Engagement AwardJTEKT Stings Aichi Osaka Bluteon Leaders AwardTop Scorer Stephen Boyer JTEKT Stings Aichi 869 pts. Top Spiker Miguel Lopez Osaka Bluteon 54.4%Top Server Taito Mizumachi Wolfdogs Nagoya 15.0%Top Blocker Norbert Huber Wolfdogs Nagoya 0.68/setTop Serve Receiver Kohei Tonozaki Voreas Hokkaido 53.4%Individual AwardRegular Season MVP Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Best Six Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Ran Takahashi Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Miguel Lopez Osaka Bluteon Norbert Huber Wolfdogs Nagoya Timo Tammemaa Voreas Hokkaido Antoine Brizard Osaka Bluteon Libero of the Year Tomohiro Yamamoto Osaka Bluteon Receiver of the Year Ran Takahashi Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Head Coach of the Year Olivier Lecat Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Championship MVP Yuji Nishida Osaka Bluteon Rookie of the Year Cooper Robinson Hiroshima Thunders Fair Play Prize Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka 5 sheetsMost Impressive Player Antoine Brizard Osaka Bluteon Special Achievement AwardArena of the YearWolfdogs Nagoya Recruit Staff Award Taito Mizumachi Wolfdogs Nagoya Lifetime Achievement Award Naoya Takano Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Kunihiro Shimizu Osaka Bluteon

Source: SV.League Men's - Award

Statistics leaders

Best ScorersPlayerTeamAttacksBlocksServesTotal1 Stephen Boyer JTEKT Stings Aichi 74687368692 Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka67195558213 Bartosz Kurek Tokyo Great Bears 65369217434 Kento Miyaura Wolfdogs Nagoya 60750527095 Tommaso Rinaldi Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers 5704438652

Best AttackersPlayerTeamAttemptsPointsErrors1 Miguel Lopez Osaka Bluteon9895386954.4%2 Ran Takahashi Suntory Sunbirds Osaka 10125407153.4%3 Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka 12596718853.4%4 Torey Defalco JTEKT Stings Aichi10505486952.2%5 Tommaso Rinaldi Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers 11055706851.6%

Best BlockersPlayerTeamSetPointsPer Set1 Norbert Huber Wolfdogs Nagoya142970.682 Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka 143950.663 Timo Tammemaa Voreas Hokkaido 161980.614 Hiromasa Miwa Hiroshima Thunders 156820.535 Stephen Boyer JTEKT Stings Aichi 166870.52

Best ServersPlayerTeamAcesErrorsEffectsAttemptsEffect %1 Taito MizumachiWolfdogs Nagoya 6516227161715.0%2 Märt Tammearu Voreas Hokkaido407824355714.6%3 Ran Takahashi Suntory Sunbirds Osaka5711225867014.0%4 Dmitry Muserskiy Suntory Sunbirds Osaka5513521255513.4%5 Felipe Roque Hiroshima Thunders399724156713.2%

Best ReceiversPlayerTeamPerfectPositiveFailAttemptsPositive %1 Kohei Tonozaki Voreas Hokkaido30618125674353.4%2 Aiki Mori Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers35220930486552.8%3 Shoma Tomita Osaka Bluteon32320630983850.8%4 Ran Takahashi Suntory Sunbirds Osaka25623026875449.2%5 Taishu Takeda Toray Arrows Shizuoka30623133387048.4%

Source: SV.League - Individual Ranking

See also 2025–26 SV.League Women's

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