2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League

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2020 Men's Volleyball Thailand League

Tournament details
Dates	12 November 2020 – 28 March 2021
Teams	8
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56 (Regular seasons) 4 (Final series)
Official website
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The 2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League is the 16th season of the Men's Volleyball Thailand League, the top Thai professional league for men's volleyball clubs. It was established in 2005 and is also known as Daikin Men's Volleyball Thailand League due to the sponsorship deal with Daikin.^[1] A total of eight teams will compete in the league. The season began on 12 November 2020 and is scheduled to conclude in 2021. This season will be organized by the Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA) instead Thailand Volleyball Co.,Ltd. COVID-19 has spread to Thailand which affects the sporting seasons.^[2]

Teams[]

Eight teams compete in the league – the top six teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Pro Challenge. The promoted teams are Samut Prakan VC and Rangsit University. Rangsit University retains its position after relegation in previous season, while Samut Prakan VC reaches a top division for the first time. Samut Prakan VC replaced Opart 369 (relegated after four years in the top division) and this is the comeback of Samut Prakan VC for seven years before play in Thailand league.

Qualified teams[]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Thailand League title holders; SL: Supur League title holders).

Personnel and kits[]

Team	Round	Manager	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsors
Prince	Pro Challenge	Apinan Pitsanuwannawet	Supachai Sripoom	Yutthana Deeraksa	Sensai	Prince
	Regular	Apinan Pitsanuwannawet	Supachai Sripoom	Yutthana Deeraksa	Sensai	Prince
Diamond Food	Regular	Decha Suwannarak	Somboon Nakpueng	Kittikun Sriutthawong	Grand Sport	Diamond Food, Fine Chef
Air Force	Regular	Sonti Boonrueng	Sonti Boonrueng	Mawin Maneewong	Kela	Singha
Nakhon Ratchasima	Regular	Preecha Mitsungneun		Wanchai Tabwises	FBT	The Mall, CP, 7-Eleven, Kubota, Thai lottery, Koh-Kae, Vana Nava, Adda
Visakha	Regular	Khong Kaido	Kajoinsak Manapornchai	Kitsada Somkane	Grand Sport	Visaka
RMUTL Phitsanulok	Regular	Thakoon Nakorntab	Kampol Sripoll	Amorntep Konhan	Grand Sport	Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University
Kasetsart	Pro Challenge	Srijitta Jaroenrabnopparat	Yutthachai Rattanawongpak	Kongkrit Kruein	Elevator	Kasetsart University
	Regular	Srijitta Jaroenrabnopparat	Yutthachai Rattanawongpak	Kongkrit Kruein	Elevator	Kasetsart University
Koh-Kood Cabana	Regular	Teerasak Sukaboon	Anuchet Damdungrom	Adigun Arun	Mizuno	Kohkood-Cabana, ,Asias GS

Squads[]

National team players[]

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Free player 1	Free player 2	Free player 2
Diamond Food	Kittikun Sriutthawong	Jirayu Raksakaew	Kissada Nilsawai	Kantapat Koonmee	Jakraprop Saengsee
RMUTL Phitsanulok				Amorntep Konhan
Nakhon Ratchasima	Saranchit Charoensuk
Air Force				Mawin Maneewong	Anuchit Pakdeekaew
	Montri Puanglib
Visakha	Kitsada Somkane

Foreign players[]

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Diamond Food VC
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall

Transfers[]

Second leg[]

Name	Moving from	Moving to
		Nakhon Ratchasima
	Visakha	Air Force
Kitsada Somkane	Visakha
	Visakha
	Visakha
	Free agent
	Free agent
	Free agent	RMUTL Phitsanulok
	Free agent	RMUTL Phitsanulok
	Free agent
	Free agent
	Free agent
	Free agent
	Free agent

Schedule[]

Stage	Week	Days	Venue
First leg	1	12–13 December 2020	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	2	19–20 December 2020	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	3	26–27 December 2020	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	4	13–14 February 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	5	17 February 2021,20–21 February 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	6	24 February 2021,27–28 February 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Second leg	7	6–7 March 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	8	10 March 2021,13–14 March 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	9	17 March 2021,20–21 March 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	10	27–28 March 2021	MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
Final Series
	11	2–4 April 2021	MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
	12	9–11 April 2021	MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok

Format[]

Regular seasons

• First leg (Week 1–7): single round-robin; The seventh place and eighth place will relegate to Pro League.
• Second leg: (Week 8–14) single round-robin; The top four will advance to Final series.

Final series

• First leg (Week 15): single round-robin.
• Second leg: (Week 16) single round-robin.

Standing procedure[]

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

Regular seasons – First leg[]

First leg table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	7	7	0	20	21	4	5.250	614	513	1.197	Second leg
2		7	6	1	19	20	3	6.667	566	441	1.283
3	Air Force	7	5	2	13	16	11	1.455	593	598	0.992
4	RMUTL Phitsanulok	7	4	3	12	13	10	1.300	546	529	1.032
5		7	3	4	9	10	14	0.714	471	488	0.965
6		7	2	5	7	10	16	0.625	507	519	0.977
7	Visakha	7	1	6	4	6	18	0.333	431	456	0.945	Relegation to Pro League
8		7	0	7	0	1	21	0.048	381	549	0.694

Positions by week[]

	Leader
	Relegation to Pro Challenge

Week 1[]

• Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 12–13 December 2020

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Dec	09:00		3–1		25–15	21–25	25–17	25–19		96–76
12 Dec	15:00	Visakha	2–3		25–23	21–25	22–25	25–20	14–16	107–109
13 Dec	09:00	Air Force	1–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	16–25	30–28	22–25	19–25		87–103
13 Dec	15:00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	0–3		24–26	22–25	15–25			61–76

Week 2[]

• Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 19–20 December 2020

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Dec	09:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–1		25–22	22–25	25–23	25–20		97–90
19 Dec	15:00	Air Force	3–1	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–23	23–25	25–22	25–16		98–86
20 Dec	09:00	Visakha	0–3		15–25	18–25	23–25			56–75
20 Dec	12:00		3–0		25–20	25–15	25–13			75–48

Week 3[]

• Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 26–27 December 2020

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Dec	09:00	Air Force	0–3		18–25	17–25	19–25			54–75
26 Dec	15:00		0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	25–27	12–25	20–25			57–77
27 Dec	09:00		1–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–22	18–25	15–25	23–25		81–97
27 Dec	15:00	Visakha	3–0		25–11	25–19	25–13			75–43

Week 4[]

• Sliding of the competition because Outbreak of coronavirus in Thailand
• Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 13–14 February 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Feb*	09:00		0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	20–25	20–25	16–25			56–75
13 Feb*	15:00		0–3		18–25	16–25	21–25			55–75
14 Feb*	12:00	Air Force	3–0	Visakha	25–23	25–19	25–18			75–60
14 Feb*	15:00		0–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	22–25	18–25	24–26			64–76

Week 5[]

• Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Ngamwongwan, Nonthaburi
• Dates: 17,20–21 February 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Feb	09:00		2–3	Air Force	23–25	25–16	25–23	21–25	13–15	107–104
17 Feb	15:00		3–0	Visakha	25–23	29–27	25–23			79–73
20 Feb	09:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	Visakha	25–21	25–20	25–19			75–60
20 Feb	15:00		2–3	Air Force	25–18	25–17	19–25	23–25	14–16	106–101
21 Feb	09:00		3–0		25–15	26–24	25–20			76–59
21 Feb	12:00		0–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	26–28	12��25	15–25			53–78

Week 6[]

• Venue:Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 24,27–28 February 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Feb	09:00		0–3		17–25	14–25	13–25			44–75
24 Feb	15:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–17	25–17	25–16			75–50
27 Feb	09:00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–1	Visakha	25–19	25–20	23–25	25–18		98–82
27 Feb	15:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–2		18–25	31–29	25–22	23–25	15–13	112–114
28 Feb	09:00		0–3	Air Force	18–25	23–25	20–25			61–75
28 Feb	12:00		0–3		22–25	21–25	18–25			61–75

Regular seasons – Second leg[]

Second leg table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1		5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	365	293	1.246	Final series
2	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	232	224	1.036
3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	342	359	0.953
4		5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	220	264	0.833
5	Air Force	5	1	4	3	6	14	0.429	277	286	0.969	Not passed into Final series
6		5	1	4	3	5	14	0.357	264	274	0.964

Positions by week[]

	Leader
	Not pass to Final 4

Week 7[]

• Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 6–7 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Mar	18.00	Air Force	3–2		25–21	24–26	23–25	25–20	17–15	114–107
7 Mar	12.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–2		25–21	24–26	25–19	10–25	15–13	99–104
7 Mar	15.00		3–1	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	25–12	25–20	23–25	26–24		99–81

Week 8[]

• Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 10,13–14 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Mar	18.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0	Air Force	25–18	25–23	25–22			75–63
13 Mar	12.00	Air Force	2–3		25–16	18–25	25–23	22–25	10–15	100–104
13 Mar	15.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–20	26–24	25–22			76–66
14 Mar	18.00		3–0		25–17	25–18	25–19			75–54

Week 9[]

• Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
• Dates: 17,20–21 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Mar	12.00		3–0		25–18	25–18	25–20			75–56
17 Mar	15.00		0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	20–25	22–25	17–25			59–75
20 Mar	18.00		3–2	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–16	25–19	27–29	24–26	15–12	116–102
21 Mar	12.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–1	Air Force	25–23	16–25	25–23	25–22		91–93
21 Mar	15.00		3–0		25–23	25–17	25–20			75–60

Week 10[]

• Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
• Dates: 27–28 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Mar	18.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0		25–21	25–17	25–15			75–53
28 Mar	12.00		1–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–17	16–25	19–25	22–25		82–92
28 Mar	15.00		3–0	Air Force	25–15	25–23	25–18			75–56

Final series[]

Final series table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Final result
1	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	6	5	1	16	17	3	5.667	489	420	1.164	Champions
2		6	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	477	391	1.220	Runners-up
3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	6	2	4	4	7	16	0.438	454	525	0.865	Third Place
4		6	0	6	2	4	18	0.222	429	513	0.836	Fourth Place

Week 11[]

• Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
• Dates: 2–4 April 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Apr	09.00		3–0		25–19	26–24	25–20			76–63
2 Apr	18.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63
3 Apr	12.00		0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75
3 Apr	15.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	1–3		26–24	20–25	15–25	19–25		80–99
4 Apr	09.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–2		20–25	25–17	22–25	27–25	15–11	109–103
4 Apr	15.00		0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	20–25	16–25	25–27			61–77

Week 12[]

• Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
• Dates: 9–11 April 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Apr	09.00		0–3		23–25	15–25	17–25			55–75
9 Apr	12.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–16	25–19	25–16			75–51
10 Apr	09.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	0–3		17–25	13–25	18–25			48–75
10 Apr	15.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0		25–19	25–15	25–20			75–54
11 Apr	09.00		2–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–17	25–21	17–25	18–25	13–15	98–103
11 Apr	18.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	2–3		20–25	25–20	25–18	19–25	15–11	104–99

Final standing[]