2019–20 V.League Division 1 Women's


The Volleyball 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Women's is the 26th tournament year and the 2nd top level women's tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League. It was held from October 12, 2019 – January 26, 2020.

Clubs

Personnel

Conferences

The 2019-20 V.League Division 1 Women will be divided into two conferences of six teams each: Premier and Star.

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club world wide, and one per club from ASEAN nations.

Transfer players

PlayerMoving fromMoving 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 Hisamitsu Springs
Fabiana Claudino Dentil/Praia Clube Hisamitsu Springs
Foluke Akinradewo Hisamitsu SpringsN/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 JT Marvelous
Aki Momii Hachioji-jissen High School JT Marvelous
Tomoyo Fukagaya Tokai University JT Marvelous
Andrea Drews Beylikduzu Voleybol Ihtisas Istanbul JT Marvelous
Sakura Kanda Shujitsu High School JT Marvelous
Brankica Mihajlovic JT Marvelous Fenerbahçe
Wakaba Sugihara Toray Arrows Kurobe AquaFairies
Kaori Mabashi Hitachi Rivale Kurobe AquaFairies
Dindin Santiago Toray Arrows Kurobe AquaFairies
Yuri Umezu Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School 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 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 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 PFU BlueCats
Saki Goya Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School PFU BlueCats
Chatchu-on Moksri PFU BlueCats Nakhon Ratchasima
Koyomi Tominaga Lardini Filottrano Saitama Ageo Medics
Rena Mizusugi Kinrankai High School Toray Arrows
Mayu Ishikawa Shimokitazawa Seitoku Toray Arrows
Hinata Shigihara Furukawa Gakuen High School Toyota Auto Body Queenseis

Stadiums

Schedule

Regular Round begins October 12, 2019 and ends December 29, 2019. 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.
  1. Each team will play twenty-one matches:
  2. *each in-conference rival three times
  3. *each out-of-conference rival once
  4. Regular Season is divided into four legs:
  5. *IC Leg 1: October 12–27, 2019
  6. *IC Leg 2: November 2–17, 2019
  7. *AC Warfare Leg: November 23 – December 8, 2019
  8. *IC Leg 3: December 14–29, 2019
  9. Final Stage begins January 11, 2020 and ends January 26, 2020 :
  10. *Final 8: January 11, 2020 – January 19, 2020
  11. **Challenge 4: January 11, 2020 – January 13, 2020
  12. *Semifinals: January 25, 2020
  13. *Final & 3rd Place Match: January 26, 2020
  14. V1-V2 Promotion-Relegation Matches:
  15. *February 22–23, 2020
  16. Empress' Cup Final Round:
  17. *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:
Beginning with the 2019-20 season teams will be ranked in the Regular Round by:
  1. Teams will be ranked by the number of victories achieved throughout the Regular Round:
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: Total number of points gained per match as follows:
  3. *Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
  4. *Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
  5. *Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
  6. 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:
  7. *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.
  8. *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.
  9. *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:
#TeamWinsLossesPointsSets WSets LSets RatioPoints WPoints LPoints Ratio
1Denso Airybees309919.002471891.31
2Okayama Seagulls216632.002101751.20
3Hisamitsu Springs216632.002091971.06
4NEC Red Rockets216641.502222191.01
5Hitachi Rivale2367100.703833890.98
6 Himeji Victorina0502150.133104120.75

#TeamWinsLossesPointsSets WSets LSets RatioPoints WPoints LPoints Ratio
1Toyota Auto Body Queenseis50151535.004313701.16
2JT Marvelous4191291.334494381.03
3 Saitama Ageo Medics227971.293583461.03
4Toray Arrows227981.123873761.03
5PFU BlueCats1435130.383704240.87
6Kurobe AquaFairies0515150.334314720.91

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:
#TeamWinsLossesPointsSets WSets LSets RatioPoints WPoints LPoints Ratio
1Denso Airybees802424212.006434921.31
2Okayama Seagulls531517111.556365551.15
3NEC Red Rockets531515101.505605710.98
4Hisamitsu Springs35912170.716296530.96
5Hitachi Rivale37912240.507848390.93
6 Himeji Victorina2868240.336327740.82

#TeamWinsLossesPointsSets WSets LSets RatioPoints WPoints LPoints Ratio
1JT Marvelous822226151.739188511.08
2Toyota Auto Body Queenseis822125151.678858441.05
3Toray Arrows722124122.008277291.13
4 Saitama Ageo Medics451419171.128128031.01
5Kurobe AquaFairies19512270.448189060.90
6PFU BlueCats1948280.297358620.85

Inter-Conference Leg

In-Conference Leg 3

Rescheduled Matches

Regular Round Final Standing

#TeamWinsLossesPointsSets WSets LSets RatioPoints WPoints LPoints Ratio
1Denso Airybees1835155202.75175015181.15
2Okayama Seagulls1564550271.85178715941.12
3NEC Red Rockets11103335351.00155015840.98
4Hisamitsu Springs10112835420.83166917360.96
5Hitachi Rivale6152131500.62176318340.96
6 Himeji Victorina3181118540.33144817170.84

#TeamWinsLossesPointsSets WSets LSets RatioPoints WPoints LPoints Ratio
1JT Marvelous1744956242.33183616251.13
2Toray Arrows1474449391.63181416741.08
3Toyota Auto Body Queenseis1473746371.24182917501.05
4 Saitama Ageo Medics1383948301.60181016931.07
5PFU BlueCats4171424550.44159718320.87
6Kurobe AquaFairies120617600.28153918350.84

Regular Round Conference Champions

Final 8

Teams will receive advantage points based on their regular season performance and add the Final 8 results
There will be two groups for the Final 8
Group A
Group B
3 matches in each group
Top 2 teams from each group advance to semifinals. Points will determine final rank
Tiebreakers for Final 8
  1. Wins
  2. Sets ratio
  3. Points ratio
Qualified for Semifinals

Final 8 Group A Round Robin
#TeamPointsWinsLossesSets WSets LSets RatioPoints WPoints LPoints Ratio
1JT Marvelous921641.502282101.09
2Okayama Seagulls621670.862892701.07
3Toyota Auto Body Queenseis612761.172742760.99
4Hisamitsu Springs312680.752753100.89

Final 8 Group B Round Robin

Semi-Final

3rd Place Match

Final

Challenge 4

The teams finishing 5th and 6th in their conference will be placed into the Challenge 4; 5th place teams receive 1 advantage point, 6th place teams receive zero.
A three team round robin takes place over three days. The top two teams stay in V1. The bottom two teams will playoff against V2 1st and 2nd place finishers in the V.Challenge Match:
If the V2 team does not have an S1 license, they will not play the match.

V.Challenge Match

Held 22-23 February 2020
Participating teams: V1 11th and 12th place teams ; V2 1st and 2nd place teams
If either of the V2 teams do not meet the 2020-21V.LEAGUE S1 license requirements, their prospective V.Challenge Match will not be held and the team will remain in V2 while the V1 team remains in V1.
There are no advantage points given. The matches will each be a two match series of 5 set matches. The team with the highest number of wins will be the winner. If the teams split 1–1, Points will be the first tie-breaker
Points are awarded as follows:
Ranking method:
Qualified for V1 2020-2021

The Challenge Match between 11th place V1 finisher PFU BlueCats and 2nd place V2 finisher GSS Tokyo Sunbeams was not contested. The Sunbeams do not meet the V1 license requirements and remain in V.League Division 2. The BlueCats remain in V.League Division 1.

Final Standing

RankClub
JT Marvelous
Okayama Seagulls
Saitama Ageo Medics
4Denso Airybees
5Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
6Toray Arrows
7Hisamitsu Springs
8NEC Red Rockets
9Hitachi Rivale
10Kurobe AquaFairies
11PFU BlueCats
12Himeji Victorina

2019–20 V.League Division 1 Women's Champions
JT Marvelous

Awards

Regular Round


Final Stage