2021–22 V-League (South Korea)

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

The 2021–22 V-League season will be the 18th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season is due to start in October 2021. Incheon Korean Air Jumbos are the defending champions for male teams and GS Caltex Seoul KIXX for the female teams. A new team, Gwangju AI Peppers will join the female league from this season.

Teams[]

Men's clubs[]

Daejeon

Location of teams in V-League Men's Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ansan OK Financial Group Okman	Ansan	Sangnoksu Gymnasium	2,700 [1]
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	Cheonan	Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium	5,482 [2]
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000 [3]
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	Uijeongbu	Uijeongbu Gymnasium	6,240 [4]
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	Incheon	Gyeyang Gymnasium	4,270 [5]
Seoul Woori Card Wibee	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507 [6]
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317 [7]

Women's clubs[]

Gimcheon

Location of teams in V-League Women's Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Daejeon KGC	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000 [8]
Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-pass	Gimcheon	Gimcheon Gymnasium	6,000 [9]
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507 [10]
Hwaseong IBK Altos	Hwaseong	Hwaseong Gymnasium	5,152 [11] Archived 2020-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	Incheon	Gyeyang Gymnasium	4,270 [12]
Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317 [13]
Gwangju AI Peppers	Gwangju	Yeomju Gymnasium	8,500 [14]

Season standing procedure[]

Match points
Number of matches won
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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	24	15	9	46	1.514	1.076	Finals
2	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	24	12	12	41	1.109	1.025	Semifinals
3	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	24	11	13	38	1.091	1.031	Semifinals
4	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	24	13	11	36	0.979	0.998
5	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	24	12	12	34	0.979	0.971
6	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	24	10	14	29	0.778	0.942
7	Ansan OKman	24	11	13	28	0.745	0.963

Source: League table (Men's)

League table (Women's)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	24	23	1	68	3.944	1.195	Finals
2	Gimcheon Hi-pass	24	19	5	54	1.933	1.120	Semifinals
3	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	24	15	9	46	1.800	1.084	Semifinals
4	Daejeon KGC	24	12	12	37	1.024	1.011
5	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	24	8	16	25	0.648	0.944
6	Hwaseong IBK Altos	24	5	19	14	0.410	0.889
7	Gwangju AI Peppers	24	2	22	8	0.239	0.809

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: [15]
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: [16]
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	—	25 Feb	10 Feb	16 Mar	1 Feb	8 Mar	20 Feb
Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	4 Feb	—	13 Feb	2 Mar	5 Mar	22 Feb	10 Mar
Ansan OKman	11 Mar	15 Mar	—	6 Feb	18 Feb	2 Feb	30 Jan
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	16 Feb	31 Jan	6 Mar	—	11 Feb	12 Mar	3 Feb
Seoul Woori Card Wibee	1 Mar	28 Jan	23 Feb	9 Mar	—	5 Feb	8 Feb
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	29 Jan	9 Feb	3 Mar*	19 Feb	26 Feb	—	17 Mar
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	4 Mar	17 Feb	27 Feb*	24 Feb	13 Mar	12 Feb	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

= game played at away team's ground

Source: Game Schedule (Men's) Game Schedule

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: [18]
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: [19]
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	—	20 Feb	11 Mar	1 Feb	8 Mar	4 Feb	16 Mar
Daejeon KGC	4 Mar*	—	30 Jan	13 Mar	12 Feb	17 Feb	24 Feb
Hwaseong IBK Altos	10 Feb	27 Feb	—	18 Feb	2 Feb	15 Mar	6 Feb
Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	1 Mar	8 Feb	23 Feb	—	5 Feb	28 Jan	9 Mar**
Gimcheon Hi-pass	29 Jan	17 Mar	3 Mar	26 Feb	—	9 Feb	19 Feb
Swuon Hyundai Hillstate	25 Feb	10 Mar	13 Feb	5 Mar**	22 Feb	—	2 Mar
Gwangju AI Peppers	16 Feb	3 Feb	6 Mar**	11 Feb	12 Mar	31 Jan	—

Updated to match(es) played on all 3rd round matches completed. Source: [20]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

= game played at away team's ground
- = game played at neutral location

Source: Game Schedule (Women's)

Play-offs[]

Bracket (Men's )[]

Semifinals				Finals

1	-


				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

				2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	-	-	-

3	-	-	-

Bracket (Women's)[]

Semifinals				Finals

1	-


				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

				2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	-	-	-

3	-	-	-

Attendance[]

Men's teams[]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	9,853	1,669	-	896	n/a^†
2	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	9,078	1,408	-	757	n/a^†
3	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	7,314	972	-	665	n/a^†
4	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	7,423	1,091	-	619	n/a^†
5	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	7,119	1,038	-	593	n/a^†
6	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	6,660	1,090	-	555	n/a^†
7	Ansan Rush & Cash	3,797	838	-	475	n/a^†
	League total	52,244	1,669	-	652	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 15 January
Source: [21]

Most games this season have been closed door or restricted attendance.

Women's teams[]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Gwangju AI Peppers	16,143	2,422	-	1,468	n/a^†
2	Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	16,089	2,610	-	1,463	n/a^†
3	Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass	15,319	2,998	-	1,393	n/a^†
4	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	13,382	1,712	-	1,338	n/a^†
5	Daejeon KGC	15,655	1,755	-	1,305	n/a^†
6	Hwaseong IBK Altos	14,278	1,657	-	1,298	n/a^†
7	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	15,574	1,786	-	1,298	n/a^†
	League total	106,440	2,998	-	1,366	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 15 January
Source: [22]

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	881
2	Kyle Russell	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	680
3	Leonardo Leyva	Ansan OKman	596
4	Alexandre Ferreira	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	574
5	Daudi Okello	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	462
6	Lincoln Williams	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	446
7	Heo Su-bong	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	435
8	Na Kyeong-buk	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	371
9	Seo Jae-duck	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	332
10	Lim Dong-hyeok	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	325

Women's (Points)[]

^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Katherine Bell	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	644
2	Laetitia Moma Bassoko	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	637
3	Kelsie Payne	Gimcheon Hi-pass	579
4	Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	525
5	Jelena Mladjenović	Daejeon KGC	497
6	Elizabet Inneh Varga	Gwangju AI Peppers	464
7	Yang Hyo-jin	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	398
8	Park Jeong-ah	Gimcheon Hi-pass	326
9	Kang So-hwi	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	302
11	Lee So-young	Daejeon KGC	301

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	-	-
5	-	-
6	-	-

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	-	-
5	-	-
6	-	-

Final standing[]

Men's League[]

Rank	Team
	-
	-
	-
4	-
5	-
6	-
7	-

Women's League[]

Rank	Team
	-
	-
	-
4	-
5	-
6	-
7	-

(in Korean)

References[]

[1] "남자부 선수 기록".

[2] "여자부 선수 기록".

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