2017–18 Men's Volleyball Thailand League

2017–18 Men's Thailand League
2017–18 Men's Thailand League
League	Thailand League
Duration	September 4, 2016 – March, 2017
Number of games	56 (Regular Season)
Number of teams	8
2017–2018
Season champions	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall (5th title)
Season MVP	Aung Thu
Finals champions	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall
Runners-up	Air Force
Men's Thailand League seasons
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Men's Volleyball Thailand League was the 12th season of the Thai League, the top Thai professional league for association volleyball clubs, since its establishment in 2005. A total of 8 teams competed in the league. The season started on 4 September 2017.^[1]^[2]

Teams[]

Phitsanulok

Nakhon Ratchasima

Bangkok Metro

Bangkok Metro teams
Air Force

Visakha

Locations of the Thailand League 2017–18 teams

Members[]

Men's Thailand League members
Club	Province	2016–17 season
Air Force	Pathum Thani	TL Winners
	Chiang Rai	PL Runners-up
	Bangkok	TL Sixth place
	Khon Kaen	PL Winners
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	Nakhon Ratchasima	TL Runners-up
Diamond Food Phitsanulok	Phitsanulok	TL Fifth place
	Ratchaburi	TL Third place
Visakha	Bangkok	TL Fourth place

Stadiums[]

Men's Thailand League stadiums
Club	Stadium	Capacity
Air Force	BG Sport Hall (Bangkok Glass' home)	4,000
	King Rama IX Stadium (Nakornnont's home)	8,200
	RU Gymnasium (Bangkok's home)	N/A
	Khon Kaen Provincial Gymnasium	4,000
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima	5,100
Diamond Food Phitsanulok	PSRU Indoor Stadium	8,200
	Chonburi Municipal Stadium (Supreme's home)	8,700
	Assumption College Sriracha (Supreme's home)	N/A
	RSU Gymnasium (RSU's home)	4,300
Visakha	RU Gymnasium	4,000

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Men's Thailand League personnel and sponsoring
Team	Head Coach	Team Captain	Colors	Kit manufacturer	Main Sponsor
Air Force	Padejsuk Wannachote			Kela	Singha
	Suthee Sitthi			Grand Sport	Cosmo oil
	Yutthachat Ratthanawongphak			Grand Sport	Kasetsart University
	Suyothin Sangdang			Grand Sport	Cho-Thavee
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	Somboon Sukonthapong	Wanchai Tabwises		Mizuno	The Mall
Visakha	Suthee Sitthi	Kittikun Sriutthawong		Kela
RMUTL Phitsanulok	Takool Nakornthan	Teerasak Nakprasong		Grand Sport
	Theerasak Sukaboon	Montri Vaenpradab		Mizuno

Foreign players[]

Men's Thailand League national foreign players
Team	Player 1	Player 2
Air Force	(AVC)	(AVC)
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	Aung Thu (AVC)	N/A
Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	(CSV)	(CSV)
Visakha Volleyball Club	(AVC)	N/A
	(AVC)	(AVC)
	(AVC)	(AVC)

Tournament format[]

First round: single round-robin.
Second round: single round-robin.

Season standing procedure[]

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied 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

League table[]

Standings[]

	Qualified for the Asian Championship and Super League
	Qualified for the Super League
	Relegated to Division 2

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	13	1	38	40	6	6.667	1123	843	1.332
2	Air Force	12	2	37	39	9	4.333	1135	899	1.263
3	Diamond Food Phitsanulok	11	3	33	36	11	3.273	1132	947	1.195
4	Visakha	7	7	21	22	23	0.957	1015	1015	1.000
6		6	8	16	18	30	0.600	1007	1084	0.929
5		4	10	13	17	31	0.548	1023	1093	0.936
7		2	12	6	10	39	0.256	915	1165	0.785
8		1	13	3	7	41	0.171	851	1155	0.737

Results[]

Home \ Away	AIF				NMA	VSK	RLK
Air Force		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
	0–2		2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1
	0–2	0–2		1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
	0–2	0–2	1–1		0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0		2–0	2–0	2–0
Visakha	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2		0–2	2–0
Diamond Food Phitsanulok	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0		2–0
	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2017. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[]

	Leader
	Relegation to Pro Challenge

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Air Force	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
NK Fitness Samutsakhon	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Diamond Food Phitsanulok	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	3
	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

First leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
4 Nov	18:00		0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	24–26	14–25	19–25	57–76
11 Nov	18:00	Air Force	3–0		25–10	25–13	25–17	75–40
11 Nov	18:00	NK Fitness Samutsakhon	3–0		25–21	25–22	25–21	75–64
12 Nov	18:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0		26–24	25–18	25–23	76–65

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
18 Nov	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	1–3	Air Force	25–16	20–25	21–25	21–25	87–91
18 Nov	18:00		0–3		17–25	20–25	21–25		58–75
19 Nov	15:00		3–1		25–19	23–25	25–16	25–16	98–76
19 Nov	18:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0	NK Fitness Samutsakhon	25–17	25–21	26–24		76–62

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
25 Nov	18:00		1–3	NK Fitness Samutsakhon	19–25	27–25	16–25	25–27	87–102
25 Nov	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0		25–19	25–17	25–15		75–51
26 Nov	15:00	Air Force	3–0		25–22	25–20	25–18		75–60
26 Nov	18:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0		25–21	25–19	25–20		75–60

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Dec	18:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–2	Air Force	25–21	25–18	25–27	19–25	15–11	109–102
2 Dec	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	NK Fitness Samutsakhon	25–23	25–19	26–24			76–66
3 Dec	15:00		1–3		22–25	25–20	12–25	26–28		85–98
3 Dec	18:00		0–3		21–25	18–25	17–25			56–75

Date	Time		Score	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
9 Dec	18:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0	25–16	25–18	25–18		75–52
10 Dec	18:00	NK Fitness Samutsakhon	3–1	26–24	22–25	25–22	25–15	98–86
10 Dec	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	25–15	25–17	25–8		75–40
11 Dec	19:00	Air Force	3–0	25–17	25–15	25–15		75–47

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Dec	18:00		3–1		23–25	25–19	25–15	25–13		98–72
16 Dec	18:00	NK Fitness Samutsakhon	0–3	Air Force	19–25	18–25	11–25			48–75
17 Dec	15:00		3–0		25–23	25–23	25–22			75–68
17 Dec	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–2	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	24–26	25–23	25–23	22–25	15–10	111–107

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
23 Dec	15:00	Air Force	3–1		27–25	21–25	25–13	25–16	98–79
23 Dec	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0		25–17	25–18	25–11		75–46
24 Dec	15:00		0–3	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	16–25	17–25	17–25		50–75
24 Dec	18:00		0–3	NK Fitness Samutsakhon	20–25	22–25	16–25		58–75

Second leg[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
13 Jan	15:00		0–3	Air Force	12–25	18–25	11–25	41–75
13 Jan	15:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0		25–16	25–18	25–22	75–56
14 Jan	15:00	Visakha	3–0		25–16	25–14	25–13	75–43
14 Jan	18:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0		25–23	25–18	25–18	75–59

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Jan	15:00	Air Force	1–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	21–25	14–25	25–23	25–12		85–85
20 Jan	15:00		2–3		22–25	25–22	14–25	25–23	8–15	94–110
21 Jan	15:00		3–2		25–20	11–25	14–25	25–20	15–13	90–103
21 Jan	15:00	Visakha	0–3	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	23–25	19–25	21–25			63–75

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
3 Feb	18:00	Visakha	3–0		25–14	25–20	25–17	75–51
3 Feb	18:00		0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	17–25	19–25	17–25	53–75
4 Feb	15:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0		25–15	25–15	25–19	75–49
4 Feb	15:00	Air Force	3–0		25–12	25–16	25–12	75–40

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
10 Feb	15:00		3–0		25–12	25–19	25–22		75–53
10 Feb	15:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	Visakha	25–19	25–15	25–18		75–52
11 Feb	15:00	Air Force	3–1	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–23	27–25	20–25	25–22	97–95
11 Feb	15:00		3–0		28–26	28–26	25–20		81–72

Date	Time	Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
17 Feb	18:00	0–3	Air Force	19–25	16–25	16–25	51–75
17 Feb	18:00	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	17–25	13–25	12–25	42–75
18 Feb	15:00	0–3	Visakha	22–25	23–25	20–25	65–75
18 Feb	15:00	0–3	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	16–25	19–25	15–25	50–75

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
24 Feb	18:00	Visakha	0–3	Air Force	16–25	23–25	16–25		55–75
24 Feb	18:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0		25–18	25–17	25–13		75–48
25 Feb	18:00		3–1		25–19	21–25	25–23	25–20	96–87
25 Feb	18:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0		25–16	25–16	25–21		75–53

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Mar	18:00		0–3	Air Force	17–25	19–25	13–25			49–75
3 Mar	18:00		3–2	Visakha	25–16	23–25	21–25	25–15	15–13	109–94
4 Mar	15:00	Diamond Food RMUTL Phitsanulok	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	21–25	21–25	20–25			62–75
4 Mar	15:00		2–3		21–25	14–25	25–18	25–21	10–15	95–104

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall
	Air Force
	Diamond Food Phitsanulok
4	Visakha
5
6
7
8

	Qualified for the Asian Championship and Super League
	Qualified for the Super League
	Relegated to Division 2

2017–18 Men's Thailand League
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall 5th title
Champion and Thailand League representative
Team Roster
, , Wanchai Tabwises (c), Yuranan Buadang, Aung Thu, , , , , , , , , Saranchit Charoensuk, , Somporn Wannaprapa, ,
Head Coach

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player

Aung Thu (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Best Opposite Spiker