2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men

The Volleyball 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's was the 26th tournament of the V.League and the highest level men's tournament in Japan, which was held from October 26, 2019 – February 29, 2020.^[1]

2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's
League	V.League Division 1
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	October 26, 2019 – February 29, 2020
Number of games	135 (Regular round) 4 (Final stage)
Number of teams	10
Total attendance	216,564
2019–2020
Season champions	JTEKT Stings
Season MVP	Yuji Nishida
Top scorer	Yuji Nishida
Runners-up	Panasonic Panthers

Clubs

Hirakata

Inazawa

Mishima

Hiroshima

Minoh

Kariya

Sakai

Sumida

Ōita

Takamori

Locations of the 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's clubs

Personnel

2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's Personnel
Club	Head Coach	Captain	Province/City	Colors	Main Sponsor
Suntory Sunbirds	Masaji Ogino	Kentaro Hoshiya	Minoh, Osaka		Suntory
Panasonic Panthers	Mauricio Paes	Hideomi Fukatsu	Hirakata, Osaka		Panasonic
Wolf Dogs Nagoya	Tommi Tiilikainen	Koichiro Koga	Inazawa		Toyoda Machine Works
JTEKT Stings	Shinji Takahashi	Ryuta Homma	Kariya, Aichi		JTEKT
Toray Arrows	Shinoda Ayumu	Hidetomo Hoshino	Mishima, Shizuoka		Toray Industries
JT Thunders	Tine Sattler	Shohei Yamamoto	Hiroshima, Hiroshima		Japan Tobacco
Osaka Blazers Sakai	Gordon Mayforth	Naoya Takano [ja]	Sakai, Osaka		Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
FC Tokyo	Koichiro Shimbo	Yuma Nagatomo	Sumida, Tokyo		Tokyo Gas
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Takashi Ogawa	Kouki Komeda	Oita, Oita		The Oita Bank Ltd.
VC Nagano Tridents	Ahmad Masajedi	Tsubasa Osada	Takamori, Nagano		Jermo Corporation Ltd.

Transfer players

The list of transfer players in the 2019–20 season[2]
Player	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
Japanese players
Tatsuya Fukuzawa	Panasonic Panthers	Paris Volley
Shun Wanabe	JTEKT Stings	Vardar Skopje	[3]
Yuki Hirose	JTEKT Stings	Tsukuba United Sun Gaia [ja]
Yamato Fushimi	Toray Arrows	JTEKT Stings	[4][5]
Shunsuke Watanabe	Toray Arrows	Heitec Volleys Eltmann [de]	[6][5]
Masato Kubota	Daido Steel Red Star [ja]	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	[7]
Shintaro Tajiri	Tokyo Verdy [ja]	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	[8]
Foreign players
Ji Daoshuai	Shandong Volleyball	Suntory Sunbirds	[9]
Chien-Chen Chen	Panasonic Panthers	JT Thunders	[10]
Hung-Min Liu	Diamond Food Saraburi [th]	Panasonic Panthers
Valentin Bratoev	JTEKT Stings	Al Arabi S.C	[11]
Zhen Qin	JTEKT Stings	Shanghai Golden Age
Shuhan Rao	Shanghai Golden Age	JTEKT Stings	[12]
Matey Kaziyski	NBV Verona	JTEKT Stings	[12]
Igor Omrčen	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	OK Split
Hong-Jie Liu	Diamond Food Saraburi [th]	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	[13]
Mitja Gasparini	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	Wolf Dogs Nagoya
Nikola Gjorgiev	Osaka Blazers Sakai	VfB Friedrichshafen
Maurice Torres	Mets de Guaynabo	Osaka Blazers Sakai
Liu Libin	JT Thunders	Beijing BAIC Motor
Jason DeRocco	FC Tokyo	Al Ahly SC
Petar Premović	Kioene Padova	FC Tokyo	[14]
Artem Kiselev	VC Nagano Tridents	Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Patryk Strzeżek	Lindemans Aalst	VC Nagano Tridents
Marck Espejo	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Visakha	[15]
Bryan Bagunas	Philippine Air Force	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	[16]
Yves Mutabazi[a]	Niksar Belediyesi	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	[17]

1. Withdrew due to the injury, replaced by Yakan Guma

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club. Player from Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) nations are exempt from these restrictions.

The list of 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's Foreign Players
Club	Player	From AVC
Suntory Sunbirds	Dmitry Muserskiy (CEV)	Ji Daoshuai
Panasonic Panthers	Michał Kubiak (CEV)	Hung-Min Liu
Wolf Dogs Nagoya	Mitja Gasparini (CEV)	Hong-Jie Liu
JTEKT Stings	Matey Kaziyski (CEV)	Rao Shuhan
Toray Arrows	Antonin Rouzier (CEV)	Aung Thu
JT Thunders	–	Chien-Chen Chen Thomas Edgar
Osaka Blazers Sakai	Maurice Torres (NORCECA)	–
FC Tokyo	Petar Premović (CEV)	–
VC Nagano Tridents	Patryk Strzeżek (CEV)	–
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Yakan Guma (CAVB)	Bryan Bagunas

Withdrawn and retired players

The list of withdrawn and retired players that officially announced the withdrawal or retirement since April 2019 to February 2020.^[18]

The list of withdrawn and retired players in the 2019–20 season
Date	Player	2019–20 Club	Note	Ref.
7 May 2019	Yuta Abe	Toray Arrows	Retired from being Player-coach. Transferred to full time coach assistant.	[19][20]
31 May 2019	Tatsuya Yoneyama	Suntory Sunbirds	Retired	[21][22]
31 May 2019	HIdeaki Okamoto	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	Retired
3 June 2019	Masayuki Ikeda	Panasonic Panthers	Retired	[23]
5 June 2019	Shinichi Seino	JTEKT Stings	Retired	[24]
5 June 2019	Kosuke Matsubara	JTEKT Stings	Retired	[24]
3 July 2019	Shohei Nose	FC Tokyo	Withdrew, due to the injury	[25]
19 July 2019	Naoto Tomita	FC Tokyo	Withdrew, due to the injury	[26]
13 September 2019	Yuma Nagamoto [ja]	FC Tokyo	Withdrew, due to the injury	[27][28]
2 December 2019	Hiroki Fujita	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Withdrew	[29]
6 January 2020	Tomoya Tsujiguchi	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Withdrew	[30]
20 February 2020	Tomoya Tsujiguchi	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Retired	[31]
20 February 2020	Hiroki Fujita	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Retired	[31]

Informal players

An informal player is a trainee who came in the team and has not registered as V.League player yet. Mostly, the player still is in the last year of university or high school.

The list of Japanese informal players in the 2019–20 season
Club	Player	University / High school	Ref.
Suntory Sunbirds	Hiroki Nishida	Hosei University	[32]
Suntory Sunbirds	Yuito Takahashi	University of Tsukuba	[32]
Suntory Sunbirds	Tatsuki Kashiwada	Senshu University	[32]
Toray Arrows	Shoma Tomita	Chuo University
Toray Arrows	Hiroki Ozawa	University of Tsukuba
Toray Arrows	Takumi Yamaguchi	University of Tsukuba
Osaka Blazers Sakai	Tomohiro Horie	Waseda University
FC Tokyo	Tetsuya Muto	Waseda University	[33]
FC Tokyo	Koga Matsuda	Fukuoka University	[33]
VC Nagano Tridents	Ryusuke Nakamura	Juntendo University	[34]
VC Nagano Tridents	Tatsuki Ito	Tokai University	[34]
VC Nagano Tridents	Yudai Kawahigashi	Nippon Sport Science University	[34]
VC Nagano Tridents	Taihei Hazama	University of Toyama	[34]
VC Nagano Tridents	Masaya Kado	Juntendo University	[34]

Squads

Main article: 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's squads

Season standing procedure

1. The teams will be ranked by the total number of victories (matches won, matched lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: the most point gained per match as follows:
3. The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
4. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • 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.
   • 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.
   • 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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Panasonic Panthers	27	24	3	70	73	21	3.476	2304	2023	1.139	Final Game
2	JTEKT Stings	27	23	4	65	71	29	2.448	2311	2061	1.121	Final Stage
3	JT Thunders	27	21	6	62	68	26	2.615	2219	1934	1.147
4	Suntory Sunbirds	27	18	9	55	60	35	1.714	2242	2071	1.083
5	Osaka Blazers Sakai	27	15	12	44	55	44	1.250	2250	2175	1.034
6	Toray Arrows	27	12	15	38	51	57	0.895	2361	2408	0.980
7	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	27	10	17	32	46	57	0.807	2289	2320	0.987
8	FC Tokyo	27	6	21	16	28	73	0.384	2117	2376	0.891
9	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	27	3	24	14	22	73	0.301	1924	2278	0.845
10	VC Nagano Tridents	27	3	24	9	17	76	0.224	1878	2249	0.835

Source: Ranking Table V.league Division 1 Men's 2019–20

Leg 1

Week 1

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Shimabara	Nagoya	Matsumoto
Shimabara Reconstruction Arena	Takeda Teva Ocean Arena	Matsumoto City Gymnasium
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler JT Thunders Toray Arrows Osaka Blazers Sakai	Wolf Dogs Nagoya Suntory Sunbirds JTEKT Stings FC Tokyo	VC Nagano Tridents Panasonic Panthers

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Oct	12:00	Toray Arrows	3–2	Osaka Blazers Sakai	16–25	26–24	25–18	22–25	15–12	104–104	Report Stats
26 Oct	13:05	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	0–3	Suntory Sunbirds	23–25	19–25	24–26			66–76	Report Stats
26 Oct	14:00	VC Nagano Tridents	0–3	Panasonic Panthers	23–25	17–25	19–25			59–75	Report Stats
26 Oct	15:20	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	0–3	JT Thunders	20–25	19–25	18–25			57–75	Report Stats
26 Oct	15:30	JTEKT Stings	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–16	25–19	25–16			75–51	Report Stats
27 Oct	12:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	Report Stats
27 Oct	12:05	JT Thunders	3–0	Toray Arrows	25–20	25–19	25–21			75–60	Report Stats
27 Oct	14:30	Suntory Sunbirds	1–3	JTEKT Stings	25–23	23–25	21–25	26–28		95–101	Report Stats
27 Oct	15:00	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	0–3	Osaka Blazers Sakai	23–25	24–26	18–25			65–76	Report Stats

Week 2

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Fukuyama	Fukui	Tajimi
Fukuyama City Midoricho Park Indoor Stadium [ja]	Fukui Prefectural Gymnasium	Tajimi City Gymnasium [ja]
JT Thunders FC Tokyo Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Blazers Sakai	Panasonic Panthers Toray Arrows Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler VC Nagano Tridents	Wolf Dogs Nagoya JTEKT Stings

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Nov	13:00	JT Thunders	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–17	25–15	25–20			75–52	Report Stats
2 Nov	13:05	Panasonic Panthers	3–1	Toray Arrows	25–22	21–25	25–20	31–29		102–96	Report Stats
2 Nov	14:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	0–3	JTEKT Stings	19–25	13–25	22–25			54–75	Report Stats
2 Nov	16:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–1	Osaka Blazers Sakai	23–25	25–23	25–20	25–21		98–89	Report Stats
2 Nov	16:15	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–20	25–23	25–16			75–59	Report Stats
3 Nov	12:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–20	25–21	25–16			75–57	Report Stats
3 Nov	13:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–1	FC Tokyo	19–25	25–20	25–18	25–19		94–82	Report Stats
3 Nov	15:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–16	25–12	25–22	25–20		100–70	Report Stats
3 Nov	16:05	JT Thunders	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds	25–19	25–14	26–24			76–57	Report Stats

Week 3

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Kitakyushu	Sumida	Ehime
Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium	Sumida City Gymnasium	Ehime Prefecture Budokan
Osaka Blazers Sakai Wolf Dogs Nagoya JT Thunders JTEKT Stings	FC Tokyo Panasonic Panthers Suntory Sunbirds VC Nagano Tridents	Toray Arrows Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	12:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	1–3	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	23–25	22–25	25–22	24–26		94–98	Report Stats
9 Nov	13:00	FC Tokyo	1–3	Panasonic Panthers	21–25	25–23	18–25	24–26		88–99	Report Stats
9 Nov	15:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–15	25–15	25–20			75–50	Report Stats
9 Nov	15:10	JT Thunders	1–3	JTEKT Stings	18–25	25–23	23–25	23–25		89–98	Report Stats
9 Nov	16:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–20	25–20	25–21			75–61	Report Stats
10 Nov	12:00	FC Tokyo	1–3	VC Nagano Tridents	22–25	24–26	25–21	24–26		95–98	Report Stats
10 Nov	12:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	1–3	JTEKT Stings	25–23	21–25	21–25	18–25		85–98	Report Stats
10 Nov	15:00	Panasonic Panthers	1–3	Suntory Sunbirds	18–25	23–25	28–26	18–25		87–101	Report Stats
10 Nov	15:00	JT Thunders	3–1	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	25–23	27–25	21–25	25–22		98–95	Report Stats

Week 4

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Matsumoto	Shizuoka	Sendai
Matsumoto City Gymnasium	Konohana Arena	Kamei Arena Sendai
Panasonic Panthers JT Thunders VC Nagano Tridents Osaka Blazers Sakai	Toray Arrows Wolf Dogs Nagoya JTEKT Stings Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Suntory Sunbirds FC Tokyo

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Nov	12:05	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	JT Thunders	25–21	25–22	25–22			75–65	Report Stats
16 Nov	13:00	Toray Arrows	1–3	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	25–22	21–25	19–25	21–25		86–97	Report Stats
16 Nov	15:30	VC Nagano Tridents	0–3	Osaka Blazers Sakai	21–25	18–25	24–26	12–15		75–91	Report Stats
16 Nov	16:00	JTEKT Stings	3–1	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–21	26–24	21–25	25–19		97–89	Report Stats
16 Nov	17:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	FC Tokyo	28–26	25–20	25–17			78–63	Report Stats
17 Nov	11:30	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Osaka Blazers Sakai	25–20	25–19	25–21			75–60	Report Stats
17 Nov	12:00	Toray Arrows	0–3	JTEKT Stings	21–25	15–25	18–25			54–75	Report Stats
17 Nov	15:00	VC Nagano Tridents	0–3	JT Thunders	18–25	18–25	23–25			59–75	Report Stats
17 Nov	15:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–18	25–14	25–16			75–48	Report Stats

Week 5

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Kariya	Sakai	Ōta
Wing Arena Kariya	Sakai City Kanaoka Park Gymnasium	Ota City General Gymnasium
Wolf Dogs Nagoya VC Nagano Tridents JTEKT Stings Panasonic Panthers	Osaka Blazers Sakai JT Thunders	Suntory Sunbirds Toray Arrows FC Tokyo Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Nov	12:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–18	25–19	25–16			75–53	Report Stats
23 Nov	13:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	2–3	JT Thunders	25–21	25–23	21–25	18–25	8–15	97–109	Report Stats
23 Nov	13:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–1	Toray Arrows	23–25	25–19	25–23	25–19		98–86	Report Stats
23 Nov	15:00	JTEKT Stings	0–3	Panasonic Panthers	17–25	21–25	19–25			57–75	Report Stats
23 Nov	16:00	FC Tokyo	3–2	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–21	25–16	20–25	23–25	15–12	108–99	Report Stats
24 Nov	12:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–12	25–19	31–29			81–60	Report Stats
24 Nov	12:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	1–3	Panasonic Panthers	25–16	21–25	22–25	20–25		88–91	Report Stats
23 Nov	15:00	JTEKT Stings	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–16	25–16	25–16			75–48	Report Stats
23 Nov	15:00	Toray Arrows	3–2	FC Tokyo	25–22	21–25	21–25	25–20	15–9	107–101	Report Stats

Leg 2

Week 1

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Kure	Ina	Komaki
Kure City General Gymnasium	ELECOM Logitech Arena	Park Arena Komaki
JT Thunders FC Tokyo Toray Arrows JTEKT Stings	VC Nagano Tridents Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Wolf Dogs Nagoya Osaka Blazers Sakai Panasonic Panthers Suntory Sunbirds

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Nov	12:00	JT Thunders	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–20	25–16	25–16			75–52	Report Stats
30 Nov	13:00	VC Nagano Tridents	3–1	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–23	22–25	25–13	25–23		97–84	Report Stats
30 Nov	13:05	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	1–3	Osaka Blazers Sakai	25–19	16–25	18–25	18–25		77–94	Report Stats
30 Nov	14:30	Toray Arrows	2–3	JTEKT Stings	21–25	25–22	25–23	20–25	13–15	104–110	Report Stats
30 Nov	15:55	Panasonic Panthers	3–1	Suntory Sunbirds	25–22	25–21	17–25	25–17		92–85	Report Stats
1 Dec	11:30	JTEKT Stings	3–1	FC Tokyo	21–25	25–18	25–20	29–27		100–90	Report Stats
1 Dec	12:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	0–3	Suntory Sunbirds	23–25	16–25	27–29			66–79	Report Stats
1 Dec	14:00	JT Thunders	3–2	Toray Arrows	19–25	25–16	28–30	25–17	15–12	112–100	Report Stats
1 Dec	14:30	Panasonic Panthers	3–1	Osaka Blazers Sakai	23–25	25–16	25–15	33–31		106–87	Report Stats

Week 2

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Matsumoto	Wakayama	Tokyo
Matsumoto City Gymnasium	Wakayama Big Whale	Komazawa Gymnasium
JTEKT Stings Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler VC Nagano Tridents JT Thunders	Osaka Blazers Sakai Suntory Sunbirds	FC Tokyo Panasonic Panthers Toray Arrows Wolf Dogs Nagoya

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	12:00	JTEKT Stings	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–16	25–21	25–18			75–55	Report Stats
7 Dec	13:05	Osaka Blazers Sakai	1–3	Suntory Sunbirds	25–27	22–25	25–23	31–33		103–108	Report Stats
7 Dec	13:05	FC Tokyo	1–3	Panasonic Panthers	22–25	34–36	39–37	21–25		116–123	Report Stats
7 Dec	15:30	VC Nagano Tridents	0–3	JT Thunders	20–25	20–25	13–25			53–75	Report Stats
7 Dec	16:50	Toray Arrows	3–1	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	25–22	25–21	20–25	25–18		95–86	Report Stats
8 Dec	11:30	JT Thunders	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–13	25–14	25–16			75–43	Report Stats
8 Dec	12:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–2	Toray Arrows	20–25	25–16	25–21	22–25	15–12	107–99	Report Stats
8 Dec	15:00	VC Nagano Tridents	0–3	JTEKT Stings	16–25	21–25	17–25			54–75	Report Stats
8 Dec	15:15	FC Tokyo	3–2	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	20–25	25–21	25–20	20–25	15–7	105–98	Report Stats

Week 3

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Beppu	Tokushima	Hirakata
Beppu B-con Plaza	Asty Tokushima	Panasonic Arena
FC Tokyo VC Nagano Tridents Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Toray Arrows	JTEKT Stings Suntory Sunbirds JT Thunders Osaka Blazers Sakai	Wolf Dogs Nagoya Panasonic Panthers

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Dec	12:00	FC Tokyo	3–1	VC Nagano Tridents	25–19	25–18	19–25	25–23		94–85	Report Stats
14 Dec	13:00	JTEKT Stings	3–2	Suntory Sunbirds	25–15	25–20	11–25	20–25	17–15	98–100	Report Stats
14 Dec	14:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	25–17	25–21	25–18			75–56	Report Stats
14 Dec	15:00	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	0–3	Toray Arrows	28–30	18–25	22–25			68–80	Report Stats
14 Dec	16:10	JT Thunders	3–0	Osaka Blazers Sakai	25–16	25–23	25–19			75–58	Report Stats
15 Dec	12:00	Toray Arrows	3–1	VC Nagano Tridents	25–21	25–20	23–25	25–20		98–86	Report Stats
15 Dec	13:00	JTEKT Stings	3–0	Osaka Blazers Sakai	25–20	27–25	25–19			77–64	Report Stats
15 Dec	15:00	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–23	25–22	25–18			75–63	Report Stats
15 Dec	16:00	JT Thunders	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57	Report Stats

Week 4

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Hiroshima	Mishima	Nagoya
Higashi Hiroshima Athletic Park Gymnasium	Mishima City Gymnasium	Takeda Teva Ocean Arena
JTEKT Stings JT Thunders	Toray Arrows Osaka Blazers Sakai Suntory Sunbirds FC Tokyo	Wolf Dogs Nagoya VC Nagano Tridents Panasonic Panthers Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Dec	13:00	JT Thunders	2–3	JTEKT Stings	19–25	25–19	23–25	25–21	8–15	100–105	Report Stats
21 Dec	13:00	Toray Arrows	2–3	Osaka Blazers Sakai	25–21	17–25	22–25	25–22	12–15	101–108	Report Stats
21 Dec	13:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–22	25–23	25–21			75–66	Report Stats
21 Dec	15:30	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–17	25–18	25–19			75–54	Report Stats
21 Dec	16:25	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–20	28–26	25–20			78–66	Report Stats
22 Dec	12:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–20	25–20	25–20			75–60	Report Stats
22 Dec	12:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	3–2	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–19	26–28	25–23			76–70	Report Stats
22 Dec	15:00	Toray Arrows	0–3	Suntory Sunbirds	17–25	19–25	24–26			60–76	Report Stats
22 Dec	15:15	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–18	25–16	25–19			75–53	Report Stats

Week 5

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Hiroshima	Kumamoto	Sumida
Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium	Sumida City Gymnasium
JT Thunders Panasonic Panthers Wolf Dogs Nagoya JTEKT Stings	Suntory Sunbirds Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Osaka Blazers Sakai VC Nagano Tridents	Toray Arrows FC Tokyo

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Jan	12:30	JT Thunders	0–3	Panasonic Panthers	23–25	20–25	21–25			64–75	Report Stats
11 Jan	13:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–23	25–17	25–17			75–57	Report Stats
11 Jan	15:00	FC Tokyo	1–3	Toray Arrows	24–26	23–25	25–23	21–25		93–99	Report Stats
11 Jan	15:30	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	2–3	JTEKT Stings	25–18	19–25	26–24	19–25	12–15	101–107	Report Stats
11 Jan	16:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–21	25–16	25–15			75–52	Report Stats
12 Jan	12:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–1	VC Nagano Tridents	25–17	25–23	23–25	25–11		98–76	Report Stats
12 Jan	12:40	JT Thunders	3–1	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	25–22	25–23	21–25	26–24		97–94	Report Stats
12 Jan	15:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–17	26–24	25–15			76–56	Report Stats
12 Jan	15:45	Panasonic Panthers	0–3	JTEKT Stings	20–25	19–25	14–25			53–75	Report Stats

Leg 3

Week 1

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Kashihara	Okinawa	Ichinomiya
JTEKT Arena Nara	Okinawa City Gymnasium	DIADORA Arena
Toray Arrows FC Tokyo JTEKT Stings VC Nagano Tridents	JT Thunders Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Panasonic Panthers Osaka Blazers Sakai	Wolf Dogs Nagoya Suntory Sunbirds

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jan	12:00	Toray Arrows	2–3	FC Tokyo	15–25	25–22	25–18	21–25	12–15	98–105	Report Stats
18 Jan	12:00	JT Thunders	3–1	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–17	22–25	25–18	25–19		97–79	Report Stats
18 Jan	14:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	1–3	Suntory Sunbirds	25–21	18–25	20–25	24–25		87–96	Report Stats
18 Jan	15:00	JTEKT Stings	3–1	FC Tokyo	25–22	21–25	25–17	25–20		96–84	Report Stats
18 Jan	15:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–1	Suntory Sunbirds	25–18	22–25	25–20	25–20		97–83	Report Stats
19 Jan	12:00	FC Tokyo	3–1	VC Nagano Tridents	26–24	23–25	25–17	25–20		99–86	Report Stats
19 Jan	12:00	JT Thunders	3–0	Osaka Blazers Sakai	25–20	25–18	25–20			75–58	Report Stats
19 Jan	15:00	JTEKT Stings	3–0	Toray Arrows	25–14	25–20	25–20			75–54	Report Stats
19 Jan	15:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–21	25–22	26–24			76–67	Report Stats

Week2

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Ōta	Hirakata	Minato-ku
Ota City General Gymnasium	Panasonic Arena	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler Osaka Blazers Sakai	Toray Arrows JT Thunders Panasonic Panthers VC Nagano Tridents	Suntory Sunbirds FC Tokyo JTEKT Stings| Wolf Dogs Nagoya

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jan	19:00	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	0–3	Osaka Blazers Sakai	22–25	22–25	21–25			65–75	Report Stats
25 Jan	12:05	JT Thunders	3–0	Toray Arrows	25–17	25–23	25–20			75–60	Report Stats
25 Jan	13:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–16	25–11	25–12			75–39	Report Stats
25 Jan	15:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–14	27–25	25–18			77–57	Report Stats
25 Jan	16:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	2–3	JTEKT Stings	22–25	12–25	27–25	25–16	10–15	96–106	Report Stats
26 Jan	12:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	JTEKT Stings	25–19	25–15	25–22			75–56	Report Stats
26 Jan	12:00	JT Thunders	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–17	25–23	25–21			75–61	Report Stats
26 Jan	15:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–18	25–23	25–18			75–59	Report Stats
26 Jan	15:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–2	Toray Arrows	28–30	29–27	25–18	19–25	22–20	123–120	Report Stats

Week 3

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Kariya	Shizuoka	Komaki
Wing Arena Kariya	Konohana Arena	Park Arena Komaki
JTEKT Stings FC Tokyo	Toray Arrows Osaka Blazers Sakai Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler VC Nagano Tridents	JT Thunders Panasonic Panthers Suntory Sunbirds Wolf Dogs Nagoya

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jan	19:15	JTEKT Stings	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–18	25–22	25–17			75–57	Report Stats
1 Feb	13:00	Toray Arrowsr	0–3	Osaka Blazers Sakai	21–25	18–25	22–25			61–75	Report Stats
1 Feb	13:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	1–3	JT Thunders	25–20	16–25	22–25	21–25		84–95	Report Stats
1 Feb	15:50	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds	25–18	25–13	30–28			80–59	Report Stats
1 Feb	16:00	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	2–3	VC Nagano Tridents	20–25	18–25	25–23	25–20	10–15	98–108	Report Stats
2 Feb	12:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	1–3	Panasonic Panthers	29–27	19–25	21–25	15–25		84–102	Report Stats
2 Feb	13:00	Toray Arrowsr	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–15	25–23	25–17			75–55	Report Stats
2 Feb	14:50	JT Thunders	1–3	Suntory Sunbirds	25–18	21–25	17–25	17–25		80–93	Report Stats
2 Feb	16:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–0	VC Nagano Tridents	25–18	25–19	25–19			75–56	Report Stats

Week 4

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Sakai	Otsu	Okayama
Sakai City Kanaoka Park Gymnasium	Shiga Prefectural Gymnasium	Zip Arena Okayama
Osaka Blazers Sakai Wolf Dogs Nagoya Suntory Sunbirds Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	Toray Arrows VC Nagano Tridents	JTEKT Stings FC Tokyo JT Thunders Panasonic Panthers

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Feb	12:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–0	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	25–23	25–15	25–21			75–59	Report Stats
8 Feb	13:00	Toray Arrows	3–2	VC Nagano Tridents	25–23	18–25	22–25	25–19	16–14	106–106	Report Stats
8 Feb	13:00	JT Thunders	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–20	25–19	25–16			75–55	Report Stats
8 Feb	15:00	Suntory Sunbirds	1–3	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–21	23–25	19–25	23–25		90–96	Report Stats
8 Feb	16:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	JTEKT Stings	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	Report Stats
9 Feb	12:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–0	Suntory Sunbirds	25–21	25–22	25–16			75–59	Report Stats
9 Feb	13:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–0	FC Tokyo	25–19	25–18	25–22			75–59	Report Stats
9 Feb	15:00	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	3–2	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–17	24–26	19–25	25–14	15–8	108–90	Report Stats
9 Feb	16:00	JT Thunders	1–3	JTEKT Stings	21–25	21–25	25–18	19–25		86–93	Report Stats

Week 5

Stadium

Stadium 1	Stadium 2	Stadium 3
Matsumoto	Kashihara	Okayama
Matsumoto City Gymnasium	JTEKT Arena Nara	Tottori Prefectural Fuse Sports Park Athletics Stadium
Toray Arrows Suntory Sunbirds VC Nagano Tridents Wolf Dogs Nagoya	FC Tokyo Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler JTEKT Stings Osaka Blazers Sakai	JT Thunders Panasonic Panthers

Results

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

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Feb	12:00	Toray Arrows	3–1	Suntory Sunbirds	25–17	25–20	21–25	25–22		96–84	Report Stats
15 Feb	12:00	FC Tokyo	3–2	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–18	26–24	23–25	20–25	15–9	109–101	Report Stats
15 Feb	13:00	JT Thunders	3–0	Panasonic Panthers	25–21	25–19	26–24			76–64	Report Stats
15 Feb	15:05	JTEKT Stings	2–3	Osaka Blazers Sakai	28–26	17–25	19–25	25–20	12–15	101–111	Report Stats
15 Feb	15:30	VC Nagano Tridents	0–3	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	31–33	19–25	18–25			68–83	Report Stats
16 Feb	11:30	Toray Arrows	3–2	Wolf Dogs Nagoya	20–25	26–28	26–24	25–23	15–12	112–112	Report Stats
16 Feb	12:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–2	FC Tokyo	26–24	25–11	19–25	23–25	15–13	108–98	Report Stats
16 Feb	15:05	JTEKT Stings	3–0	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	25–15	28–26	25–18			78–59	Report Stats
16 Feb	15:15	VC Nagano Tridents	1–3	Suntory Sunbirds	25–20	18–25	20–25	17–25		80–95	Report Stats

Final Stage

Game 1 (5th place playoff)

Procedure

The 5th place of Regular Round will compete against the 4th place, the winner will pass to the 4th place playoff

Result

February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) 14:08	Suntory Sunbirds	3-0	Osaka Blazers Sakai	F-pico Arena Fukuyama, Fukuyama Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ono Masato
	(25-19,28-26,26-24) Report Stats

Game 2 (4th place playoff)

Procedure

The winner of Game 1 will compete against the 3rd place of Regular Round, the winner will pass to the Semifinal Round

Result

February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23) 14:08	JT Thunders	1-3	Suntory Sunbirds	F-pico Arena Fukuyama, Fukuyama Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Shingo Yamamoto
	(26-24,11-25,19-25,14-25) Report Stats

Semifinal (3rd place playoff)

Procedure

The winner of Game 2 will compete against the 2nd place of Regular Round, the winner will pass to the Final Round

Result

February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) 14:08	JTEKT Stings	3-1	Suntory Sunbirds	F-pico Arena Fukuyama, Fukuyama Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Shin Muranaka
	(19-25,25-22,25-17,29-27) Report Stats

Final

The final match was held without spectators due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[35]

	Semifinal					Final
						2	Panasonic Panthers	2
	1	JTEKT Stings	3			1	JTEKT Stings	3
	3	Suntory Sunbirds	1

Result

February 29, 2020 (2020-02-29) 17:10	Panasonic Panthers	2-3	JTEKT Stings	Takasaki Arena [ja], Takasaki Attendance: 0 Referees: Shin Muranaka
	(25-17,22-25,22-25,28-26,10-15) Report Stats

Final standing

Rank Team JTEKT Stings Panasonic Panthers Suntory Sunbirds 4 JT Thunders 5 Osaka Blazers Sakai 6 Toray Arrows 7 Wolf Dogs Nagoya 8 FC Tokyo 9 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler 10 VC Nagano Tridents Qualified for the 2020 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's Champions Roster: Yuto Fujinaka Akitomo Kanamura Yamato Fushimi Taichi Fukuyama Rao Shuhan Matey Kaziyski Kouhei Yanagisawa Hiroya Kori Masatoshi Tatsumi Mitsuki Kobayashi Ryosuke Hakamaya Ryo Kohrogi Yuji Nishida Souta Nakane Sho Kuboyama Ryuta Homma (c) Junpei Michii Hiroaki Asano Head coach: Shinji Takahashi

Awards

The list of awards which distributed at the end of the season^[36]

Individual

Most Valuable Player

• Yuji Nishida

Winner Head Coach

• Shinji Takahashi

Fighting-spirit

• Kunihiro Shimizu

Top scorer

• Yuji Nishida

Best Spiker

• Taishi Onodera

Best Blocker

• Taishi Onodera

Best Server

• Yuji Nishida

Best Serve Receiver

• Taiki Tsuruda [ja]

Best Receiver

• Taiki Tsuruda [ja]

Best 6

• Yuji Nishida
• Michał Kubiak
• Dmitry Muserskiy
• Rao Shuhan
• Taishi Onodera
• Hideomi Fukatsu

Best Libero

• Ryuta Homma

Best New Player

• Yuto Fujinaka [ja]

Special Award

V.League Honor Award

The award was distributed to players who participate in 10 seasons or more, 230 games or more. Except for Takeshi Nagano who received 10 or more individual awards.^[36]

• Akitomo Kanamaru [ja]
• Hirotaka Kon [ja]
• Kunihiro Shimizu
• Shohei Uchiyama [ja]
• Takeshi Nagano

See also

• 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Women's