2021–22 V-League (South Korea)

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.

V League

Season	2021–22
Dates	October 2021 – April 2022
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Teams

Men's clubs

Ansan

Cheonan

Daejeon

Uijeongbu

Incheon

Seoul

Suwon

Location of teams in V-League Men's Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ansan OK Financial Group Okman	Ansan	Sangnoksu Gymnasium	2,700
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	Cheonan	Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium	5,482
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	Uijeongbu	Uijeongbu Gymnasium	6,240
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	Incheon	Gyeyang Gymnasium	4,270 Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
Seoul Woori Card Wibee	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317

Women's clubs

Daejeon

Gimcheon

Seoul

Hwaseong

Incheon

Suwon

Gwangju

Location of teams in V-League Women's Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Daejeon KGC	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000
Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-pass	Gimcheon	Gimcheon Gymnasium	6,000
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507
Hwaseong IBK Altos	Hwaseong	Hwaseong Gymnasium	5,152 Archived 2020-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	Incheon	Gyeyang Gymnasium	4,270 Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317
Gwangju AI Peppers	Gwangju	Yeomju Gymnasium	8,500

Season standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SR	SPR	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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SR	SPR	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 Home \ Away INC CHN ANS DEJ SEL UJB SUW Incheon Korean Air Jumbos — 3–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers 3–2 — 3–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 2–3 Ansan OKman 0–3 3–2 — 3–1 3–2 3–1 1–3 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 3–0 3–1 2–3 — 3–2 1–3* 0–3 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–3 — 3–2* 3–0 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–3 3–0 — 0–3 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 3–2 3–0 0–3 0–3 1–3 3–1 — Updated to match(es) played on -. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. (*) = game played at away team's ground

Rounds 3 and 4 Home \ Away INC CHN ANS DEJ SEL UJB SUW Incheon Korean Air Jumbos — 3–0 2–3 2–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers 0–3 — 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–3 3–2 Ansan OKman 0–3 2–3 — 3–2 0–3 0–3* 1–3* Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 2–3 0–3 3–0 — 0–3 1–3 3–1 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 3–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 — 1–3 3–0 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 2–3 3–0 2–3 2–3* 1–3* — 2–3 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 1–3 3–1 3–2 3–1 0–3 1–3 — Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 5 and 6 Home \ Away INC CHN ANS DEJ SEL UJB SUW Incheon Korean Air Jumbos — 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–3 3–2 3–2 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers 1–3 — 0–3 3–2 2–3 1–3 0–3 Ansan OKman 0–3 1–3 — 3–2 3–2 3–0 3–1 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 0–3 3–0 1–3 — 3–1 0–3 3–1 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 2–3 2–3 3–1 3–0 — 0–3 3–1 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 3–2 3–0 3–1* 0–3 3–2 — 1–3 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 3–1 3–2 3–1* 3–0 1–3 3–2 — Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. (*) = game played at away team's ground

Results / Fixtures - Female

Rounds 1 and 2 Home \ Away SEL DEJ HWA INC GIM SUW GWA GS Caltex Seoul KIXX — 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–3 1–3 3–0 Daejeon KGC 3–1 — 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–3 3–0 Hwaseong IBK Altos 0–3 1–3 — 1–3 1–3 1–3 1–3 Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 0–3 0–3 0–3 — 1–3* 1–3* 3–1 Gimcheon Hi-pass 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 — 0–3 3–0 Swuon Hyundai Hillstate 3–0* 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 — 3–2 Gwangju AI Peppers 0–3 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–3* 0–3 — Updated to match(es) played on - all 1st round matches completed. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. = game played at away team's ground

Rounds 3 and 4 Home \ Away SEL DEJ HWA INC GIM SUW GWA GS Caltex Seoul KIXX — 3–1* 3–0 3–0 1–3 1–3* 3–0 Daejeon KGC 3–1 — 3–0 1–3 1–3 0–3 3–0 Hwaseong IBK Altos 0–3 3–0 — 0–3 2–3 1–3 3–0 Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 1–3 3–0 2–3 — 1–3 0–3 3–1 Gimcheon Hi-pass 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–1* — 3–2 3–0* Swuon Hyundai Hillstate 3–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 — 3–0 Gwangju AI Peppers 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–3 0–3 0–3 — Updated to match(es) played on all 2nd round matches completed. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. = game played at away team's ground

Rounds 5 and 6 Home \ Away SEL DEJ HWA INC GIM SUW GWA GS Caltex Seoul KIXX — 3–0 - 3–0 - 2–3 - Daejeon KGC - — 2–3 - 1–3 3–2 3–1 Hwaseong IBK Altos 3–0 3–1 — 3–0 3–1 - 3–0 Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 0–3 3–0 3–1 — 1–3 0–3 - Gimcheon Hi-pass 0–3 - - 3–0 — 3–0 3–0 Swuon Hyundai Hillstate - - 3–1 - 3–2 — - Gwangju AI Peppers 0–3 1–3 - 3–1 - 0–3 — Updated to match(es) played on all 3rd round matches completed. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

= game played at away team's ground

Play-offs

Bracket (Men's ) Semifinals Finals                         1 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos   1 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 3 1 3 2 Uijeongbu KB Stars 1 3 2 2 Uijeongbu KB Stars 3 3 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 1

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

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	14,819	1,669	-	823	n/a†
2	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	13,795	1,408	-	766	n/a†
3	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	12,494	1,050	-	694	n/a†
4	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	12,251	1,317	-	681	n/a†
5	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	11,536	1,090	-	641	n/a†
6	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	9,812	1,091	-	545	n/a†
7	Ansan Rush & Cash	8,928	838	-	496	n/a†
	League total	83,635	1,669	-	664	n/a†

Updated to games played on 3 April
Source:

• Many games this season have had restricted attendance due to COVID protocols.

Women's teams

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	19,895	1,712	-	1,421	n/a†
2	Hwaseong IBK Altos	23,696	1,657	-	1,394	n/a†
3	Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass	21,084	3,082	-	1,363	n/a†
4	Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	21,299	2,610	-	1,331	n/a†
5	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	19,950	1,786	-	1,330	n/a†
6	Gwangju AI Peppers	21,000	2,422	-	1,313	n/a†
7	Daejeon KGC	20,880	2,571	-	1,228	n/a†
	League total	148,524	3,082	-	1,340	n/a†

Updated to games played on 26 March
Source:

• Most games this season have been closed door or restricted access.

Top Performers

Men's (Points) [1] Rank Player Club Points 1 Noumory Keita Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 1261 2 Kyle Russell Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 915 3 Leonardo Leyva Ansan OKman 870 4 Alexandre Ferreira Seoul Woori Card Wibee 804 5 Daudi Okello Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 671 6 Lincoln Williams Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 659 7 Heo Su-bong Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers 602 8 Na Kyeong-buk Seoul Woori Card Wibee 568 9 Lim Dong-hyeok Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 419 10 Seo Jae-duck Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 416

Women's (Points) [2] Rank Player Club Points 1 Laetitia Moma Bassoko GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 819 2 Kelsie Payne Gimcheon Hi-pass 775 3 Katherine Bell Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 773 4 Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani Suwon Hyundai Hillstate 674 5 Jelena Mladjenović Daejeon KGC 672 6 Elizabet Inneh Gwangju AI Peppers 598 7 Yang Hyo-jin Suwon Hyundai Hillstate 502 8 Park Jeong-ah Gimcheon Hi-pass 440 9 Kim Hee-jin Hwaseong IBK Altos 398 10 Lee So-young Daejeon KGC 377

Player of the Round

Men's Round Player Club 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 Round Player Club 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 Rank Team Incheon Korean Air Jumbos Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 4 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 5 Ansan OKman 6 Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs 7 Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers

Women's League Rank Team Suwon Hyundai Hillstate Gimcheon Hi-pass GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 4 Daejeon KGC 5 Hwaseong IBK Altos 6 Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders 7 Gwangju AI Peppers

• Women's League postponed and then cancelled in Round 6 due to COVID cases.