2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's

2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's
2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's
League	V.League Division 1
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	Oct 15, 2021 – Apr 17, 2022
Number of games	198 (Regular round); 3 (Final stage)
Number of teams	12
2020–2021 Results
Season champions	Toray Arrows
Top scorer	Jana Kulan
Finals champions	JT Marvelous
Runners-up	Toray Arrows
Finals MVP	Mako Kobata
Women's V.League Division 1 seasons
	← 2020-21 →

The Volleyball 2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's is the 28th volleyball tournament year and includes the 4th top level women's volleyball tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League (Japan) scheduled for October 15, 2021 – April 17, 2022.^[1]^[2]

The V.League Division 1 Women's teams compete in four tournaments each year:

V.Summer League starts the season June 25 – July 4, 2021 and includes teams from and two University selection teams.^[3] This is its 40th tournament year. Its main purpose is the strengthening and training of new and younger players.^[4]
The main V.League Division 1 Women's tournament starts October 15, 2021 and ends April 7, 2021 with a winter break December 6, 2021 to January 7, 2022.
The Empress' Cup Final Round is scheduled for December 10–19, 2021 during the winter break of the main V.League Division 1 Women's tournament.^[5] The Final Round is the culmination of a month's long qualification process where high school, university, business, and club teams participate in Prefectural and Block Round competitions for a chance to play in the Final Round. Sixteen teams will join the V.League Division 1 Women's teams in the Final Round.^[6] ^[7] ^[8] See also Japanese Wikipedia article: Reiwa 3rd Emperor's Cup / Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship (in Japanese) ja:令和3年度天皇杯・皇后杯全日本バレーボール選手権大会
The Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament opens in May every year in Osaka and serves as the final competition of the season.^[9]

Clubs[]

Nishio

Osaka

Ageo

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Locations of the 2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's clubs

Personnel[]

2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's Personnel
Club	Head Coach	Captain	City, Prefecture	Colors	Main Sponsor
Denso Airybees		Fumika Moriya	Nishio, Aichi		Denso
Himeji Victorina			Himeji, Hyōgo
Hisamitsu Springs			Tosu, Saga		Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical
Hitachi Rivale	Asako Tajimi		Hitachinaka, Ibaraki		Hitachi Automotive Systems
JT Marvelous	Tomoko Yoshihara	Mako Kobata	Osaka, Hyogo		Japan Tobacco Ltd.
Kurobe AquaFairies		Sayo Masuda	Kurobe, Toyama		Kurobe AquaFairies
NEC Red Rockets			Kawasaki, Kanagawa		NEC
Okayama Seagulls		Aimi Kawashima	Okayama
PFU BlueCats			Kanazawa, Ishikawa		PFU Limited
Saitama Ageo Medics			Ageo, Saitama
Toray Arrows		^[10]	Ōtsu, Shiga		Toray Industries
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis			Kariya, Aichi		Toyota Auto Body

Foreign players[]

The number of foreign players is restricted to one per club worldwide plus one per club from ASEAN nations.

V.League Division 1 Women's foreign players 2021-22
Team	Worldwide	ASEAN
Denso Airybees	Roslandy Acosta (CSV)	Jarasporn Bundasak (AVC)
Himeji Victorina	Celeste Plak (CEV)	N/A
Hisamitsu Springs	Foluke Akinradewo (NORCECA)	N/A
Hitachi Rivale	(NORCECA)	N/A
JT Marvelous	Andrea Drews (NORCECA)	Thatdao Nuekjang (AVC)
Kurobe AquaFairies	(NORCECA)	Pimpichaya Kokram (AVC)
NEC Red Rockets	(NORCECA)	N/A
Okayama Seagulls		N/A
PFU BlueCats		Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (AVC)
Saitama Ageo Medics	(CSV)	Alyja Daphne Santiago (AVC)
Toray Arrows	Jana Kulan (CEV)	N/A
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Kelsey Robinson (NORCECA)	Hattaya Bamrungsuk (AVC)

Transfer players[]

2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's inbound transfers ^[11]^[12]
Player	Coming from	Coming to
	(ja)	Denso Airybees
	(ja)	Denso Airybees
		Denso Airybees
Roslandy Acosta	PFU BlueCats	Denso Airybees
Jarasporn Bundasak	Diamond Food	Denso Airybees
	Nihon University	Himeji Victorina
	Tokai Mermaids	Himeji Victorina
Celeste Plak	Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor	Himeji Victorina
	University of Tsukuba	Hisamitsu Springs
Riho Ōtake	Denso Airybees	Hisamitsu Springs
	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Hitachi Rivale
	(ja)	Hitachi Rivale
	University of Tsukuba	JT Marvelous
	(ja)	JT Marvelous
	(ja)	JT Marvelous
	Tokai Mermaids	Kurobe AquaFairies
	University of Tsukuba	Kurobe AquaFairies
	Juntendo University	Kurobe AquaFairies
	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	Kurobe AquaFairies
Pimpichaya Kokram	3BB Nakornnont	Kurobe AquaFairies
	Himeji Victorina	Kurobe AquaFairies
	Beach volleyball	Kurobe AquaFairies
	Shoin University	NEC Red Rockets
	University of Tsukuba	NEC Red Rockets
	Nilüfer Belediyespor	NEC Red Rockets
Kotoe Inoue	Denso Airybees	NEC Red Rockets
	(ja)	Okayama Seagulls
	(ja)	Okayama Seagulls
	(ja)	Okayama Seagulls
	Hiroshima Oilers	Okayama Seagulls
	(ja)	PFU BlueCats
	(ja)	PFU BlueCats
	University of Tsukuba	PFU BlueCats
	Denso Airybees	PFU BlueCats
	Juntendo University	PFU BlueCats
	Okayama Seagulls	PFU BlueCats
Yurie Nabeya	Denso Airybees	PFU BlueCats
Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	VTV Bình Điền Long An	PFU BlueCats
	NSSU	Saitama Ageo Medics
	Aoyama Gakuin University	Saitama Ageo Medics
	(ja)	Saitama Ageo Medics
	(ja)	Saitama Ageo Medics
	Sesc/Flamengo	Saitama Ageo Medics
	(ja)	Toray Arrows
	(ja)	Toray Arrows
	Kansai University	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Haruka Kaji	(ja)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
	(ja)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
	(ja)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
	(ja)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
	(ja)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
	(ja)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Kelsey Robinson	Fenerbahçe Opet	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Hattaya Bamrungsuk	Diamond Food VC	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis

Venues[]

Regular Round 2021–2022^[13]

Final Stage 2021–2022

Konohana Arena, Shizuoka

Fukuoka

Gifu

Hitachinaka

Kurobe

Osaka

Nishio

Kyoto

Schedule[]

Regular Round begins October 15, 2021 (Saturday) and ends March 27, 2022 (Sunday). Matches are played every Saturday and Sunday along with a couple Friday Night matches.

Each team will play every other team three times for a total of thirty-three matches
It is not a strict round robin
A theme this season is for each team to host at least one opponent two nights in a row at their home arena
Teams are ranked in the Regular Round by:
- Wins ->Points ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate
The top three teams from the Regular Round will advance to the Final Stage
Ranking of 4th to 12th place will be the ranking of the Regular Round and will be the final ranking. The 11th and 12th placed teams will compete in the V.Challenge Match.

Final Stage begins April 9, 2022 and ends April 17, 2022.

Final 3:
- The 2nd and 3rd ranked teams from the Regular Round will play a one match playoff
- The 2nd ranked team is given a one win advantage
- There are no tie breakers
- If the number of wins is equal a 25 point Golden Set will be played to determine the winner
Final
- The winner of the Final 3 tournament will play the 1st ranked team from the Regular Round in a two match Final
- No advantage points are given
- No tie breakers
- If the number of wins is equal a 25 point Golden Set will be played to determine the winner

V.Challenge Match (V1-V2 Promotion-Relegation Matches): TBD

Season standing procedure[]

The team with the most wins will be ranked highest

Points awarded for a match as follows:

3 points: "3-0" or "3-1" victory
2 points: "3-2" victory
1 point: "2-3" loss
0 points: Lost in "0-3" or "1-3"

If a team abstains for some reason, it will be considered to have lost the game 0-25, 0-25, 0-25

Tie Breakers are as follows:

If two or more teams have the same number of wins, the team with the most points will be ranked higher
If the number of points is also the same, the team with the highest set rate will be ranked higher
If the set rate is also the same, the team with the highest points rate will be ranked higher

Regular round[]

Final standing[]

	Qualified for the Final
	Qualified for the Final 3 playoff
	Will play the V.Challenge Match

2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's Regular Round Final Standing
Rank	Team	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Set Rate	Pts Won	Pts Lost	Pts Rate
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Individual awards[]

2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's Regular Round Individual Awards
Award	Player	Team	Achievement	# of Times
Top Scorer			Total Points
Spike Award			Kill Rate
Block Award			Blocks/set
Serve Award			Serve Effect Rate
Receive Award			Reception Rate

Match results[]

Round 1 October 15–17, 2021

15 October 2021 18:15	Toray Arrows	3−1	Himeji Victorina	Ukaruchan Arena, Otsu Attendance: 767 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(22−25, 25−22, 26−24, 25−21) Report A Report B

16 October 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	1−3	JT Marvelous	Wing Arena Kariya Attendance: 452 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(22−25, 25−21, 18−25, 20−25) Report A Report B

16 October 2021 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3−0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1218 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25−15, 25−19, 25−12) Report A Report B

16 October 2021 13:00	Denso Airybees	3−1	PFU BlueCats	(ja) Attendance: 660 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(23−25, 25−16, 25−21, 25−20) Report A Report B

16 October 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	2−3	Hitachi Rivale	Saga Sunrise Park Attendance: 812 Referees: Junichi Hayashi
	(23−25, 23−25, 25−16, 25−23, 16−18) Report A Report B

16 October 2021 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	2−3	Saitama Ageo Medics	(ja) Attendance: 560 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(30−28, 24−26, 25−23, 13−25, 11−15) Report A Report B

16 October 2021 17:30	Toray Arrows	3−0	Himeji Victorina	Ukaruchan Arena, Otsu Attendance: 496 Referees: Yutaka Moriguchi
	(25−20, 25−17, 25−18) Report A Report B

17 October 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	JT Marvelous	Wing Arena Kariya Attendance: 452 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(16-25, 19-25, 13-25) Report A Report B

17 October 2021 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1201 Referees: Nahoko Watanabe
	(25-23, 25-20, 14-25, 25-17) Report A Report B

17 October 2021 13:00	Denso Airybees	3–0	PFU BlueCats	(ja) Attendance: 630 Referees: Tomohito Castle
	(25-20, 25-23, 25-22) Report A Report B

17 October 2021 12:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	Saga Sunrise Park Attendance: 819 Referees: Seiji Kiuchi
	(25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 25-16) Report A Report B

17 October 2021 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	0–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	(ja) Attendance: 526 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(16-25, 15-25, 22-25) Report A Report B

Round 2 October 23–24, 2021

23 October 2021 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	0–3	Okayama Seagulls	(ja) Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Yutaka Moriguchi
	(18-25, 15-25, 25-27) Report A Report B

23 October 2021 12:00	PFU BlueCats	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Attendance: 375 Referees: Hiroyuki Hara
	(25-13, 25-21, 25-16) Report A Report B

23 October 2021 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	1–3	JT Marvelous	Attendance: 500 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(21-25, 26-28, 25-17, 23-25) Report A Report B

23 October 2021 13:00	Hitachi Rivale	2–3	Himeji Victorina	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Attendance: 559 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-17, 25-20, 23-25, 23-25, 11-15) Report A Report B

23 October 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	Denso Airybees	Green Arena, Kobe Attendance: 800 Referees: Ken Nakayama
	(19-25, 25-22, 28-26, 25-21) Report A Report B

23 October 2021 14:30	Toray Arrows	2–3	NEC Red Rockets	(ja) Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-21, 25-22, 18-25, 16-25, 11-15) Report A Report B

24 October 2021 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	0–3	Okayama Seagulls	(ja) Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(21-25, 13-25, 20-25) Report A Report B

24 October 2021 12:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	0–3	JT Marvelous	Attendance: 600 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(23-25, 18-25, 20-25) Report A Report B

24 October 2021 13:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–2	Himeji Victorina	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Attendance: 420 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-19, 22-25, 23-25, 27-25, 16-14) Report A Report B

24 October 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	Denso Airybees	Green Arena, Kobe Attendance: 750 Referees: Junichi Hayashi
	(25-10, 25-21, 26-28, 25-22) Report A Report B

24 October 2021 14:00	PFU BlueCats	3–1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Attendance: 369 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(17-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-18) Report A Report B

24 October 2021 14:30	Toray Arrows	3–1	NEC Red Rockets	(ja) Attendance: 1,170 Referees: Yutaka Moriguchi
	(25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22) Report A Report B

Round 3 October 30–31, 2021

30 October 2021 12:00	JT Marvelous	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Maruzen Intec Arena, Osaka Attendance: 734 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-19) Report A Report B

30 October 2021 13:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Wing Arena Kariya Attendance: 554 Referees: Tomohito Castle
	(23-25, 20-25, 22-25) Report A Report B

30 October 2021 13:00	Hitachi Rivale	0–3	Denso Airybees	CNA Arena, Akita Attendance: 945 Referees: Atsushi Hattori
	(20-25, 22-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

30 October 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 962 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(19-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-27) Report A Report B

30 October 2021 14:00	PFU BlueCats	3–0	Saitama Ageo Medics	Attendance: 521 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-23, 25-23, 25-20) Report A Report B

30 October 2021 14:30	Okayama Seagulls	0–3	Toray Arrows	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 836 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(26-28 17-25 20-25) Report A Report B

31 October 2021 12:00	JT Marvelous	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Maruzen Intec Arena, Osaka Attendance: 774 Referees: Misato Sato
	(25-15, 25-20, 25-17) Report A Report B

31 October 2021 12:00	Hitachi Rivale	1–3	Denso Airybees	CNA Arena, Akita Attendance: 1,055 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(17-25, 25-21, 27-29, 21-25) Report A Report B

31 October 2021 13:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Wing Arena Kariya Attendance: 585 Referees: Kazuyoshi Yamamoto
	(19-25, 20-25, 28-26, 20-2) Report A Report B

31 October 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 1,148 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-23, 17-25, 19-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

31 October 2021 14:00	PFU BlueCats	0–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	Attendance: 641 Referees: Yutaka Moriguchi
	(25-27, 17-25, 18-25) Report A Report B

31 October 2021 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	Toray Arrows	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 835 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(16-25, 25-22, 20-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

Round 4 November 6–7, 2021

6 November 2021 TBD	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Horaiya Koriyama Gymnasium Attendance: 1,053 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(25-10, 25-19, 25-21) Report A Report B

6 November 2021 12:00	Denso Airybees	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Horaiya Koriyama Gymnasium Attendance: 1,045 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-20, 25-21, 25-18) Report A Report B

6 November 2021 13:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	0–3	PFU BlueCats	Toyama Seibu Sports Center, Tonami Attendance: 745 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(18-25, 24-26, 13-25) Report A Report B

6 November 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	3–2	Okayama Seagulls	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 983 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(25-18, 20-25, 25-17, 29-31, 15-13) Report A Report B

6 November 2021 14:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	0–3	Hisamitsu Springs	(ja) Attendance: 420 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(22-25, 23-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

6 November 2021 15:00	Toray Arrows	0–3	JT Marvelous	(ja Attendance: 1,158 Referees: Yutaka Moriguchi
	(19-25, 16-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

7 November 2021 14:55	NEC Red Rockets	3–2	Hitachi Rivale	Horaiya Koriyama Gymnasium Attendance: 1,115 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-10, 24-26, 25-17, 18-25, 15-12) Report A Report B

7 November 2021 12:00	Denso Airybees	3–1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Horaiya Koriyama Gymnasium Attendance: 1,163 Referees: Misato Sato
	(25-16, 21-25, 25-17, 25-20) Report A Report B

7 November 2021 13:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	1–3	PFU BlueCats	Toyama Seibu Sports Center, Tonami Attendance: 724 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(23-25, 17-25, 25-18, 19-25) Report A Report B

7 November 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	3–0	Okayama Seagulls	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 1,013 Referees: Ryota Kunigami
	(25-22, 25-21, 25-23) Report A Report B

7 November 2021 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Hisamitsu Springs	(ja) Attendance: 500 Referees: Tomohito Castle
	(25-27, 25-21, 25-15, 25-22) Report A Report B

7 November 2021 15:00	Toray Arrows	1–3	JT Marvelous	(ja Attendance: 1,180 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(19-25, 20-25, 25-16, 12-25) Report A Report B

Round 5 November 12–14, 2021

12 November 2021 19:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	Okayama Seagulls	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,435 Referees: Zeda
	(25-20, 25-14, 25-17) Report A Report B

13 November 2021 12:00	Himeji Victorina	1–3	JT Marvelous	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 973 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(20-25, 25-17, 28-30, 25-27) Report A Report B

13 November 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	(ja) Attendance: 512 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(25-19, 25-18, 25-15) Report A Report B

13 November 2021 14:00	PFU BlueCats	1–3	Toray Arrows	Kanazawa City Gymnasium Attendance: 906 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-23, 18-25, 21-25, 20-25) Report A Report B

13 November 2021 14:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	(ja) Attendance: 505 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(27-25, 25-18, 14-25, 25-22) Report A Report B

13 November 2021 15:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–1	Okayama Seagulls	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,526 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-17, 27-29, 25-20, 25-19) Report A Report B

14 November 2021 13:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	(ja) Attendance: 624 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(25-18, 30-28, 25-20) Report A Report B

14 November 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	0–3	JT Marvelous	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 1,388 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(17-25, 13-25, 26-28) Report A Report B

14 November 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	(ja) Attendance: 760 Referees: Seiji Kiuchi
	(28-26, 25-18, 25-19) Report A Report B

14 November 2021 14:00	PFU BlueCats	0–3	Toray Arrows	Kanazawa City Gymnasium Attendance: 1,079 Referees: Misato Sato
	(22-25, 22-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

Round 6 November 20–21, 2021

20 November 2021 13:00	Denso Airybees	1–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	(ja) Attendance: 893 Referees: Taku Masaoka
	(23-25, 26-24, 17-25, 22-25) Report A Report B

21 November 2021 13:00	Denso Airybees	3–2	Saitama Ageo Medics	(ja) Attendance: 786 Referees: Misato Sato
	(26-24, 25-23, 23-25, 18-25, 15-11) Report A Report B

Round 7 November 27–28, 2021

27 November 2021 12:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	Hisamitsu Springs	Konohana Arena, Shizuoka Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-14, 25-16, 25-23) Report A Report B

27 November 2021 13:00	JT Marvelous	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	(ja) Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(25-14, 22-25, 13-25, 19-25) Report A Report B

27 November 2021 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Kawagoe Sports Park, Saitama Attendance: 850 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-19, 25-21, 18-25, 25-16) Report A Report B

27 November 2021 14:00	PFU BlueCats	3–2	Himeji Victorina	(ja) Attendance: 520 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 15-11) Report A Report B

27 November 2021 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	Hitachi Rivale	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 860 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(26-24, 22-25, 20-25, 23-25) Report A Report B

27 November 2021 15:30	Denso Airybees	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	(ja) Attendance: 695 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-16, 25-13, 25-15) Report A Report B

28 November 2021 12:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Kawagoe Sports Park, Saitama Attendance: 950 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(25-21, 25-21, 25-23) Report A Report B

28 November 2021 12:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	Hisamitsu Springs	Konohana Arena, Shizuoka Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-23, 25-22, 25-16) Report A Report B

28 November 2021 13:00	JT Marvelous	3–0	NEC Red Rockets	(ja) Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-19, 25-18, 25-23) Report A Report B

28 November 2021 14:00	PFU BlueCats	3–2	Himeji Victorina	(ja) Attendance: 556 Referees: Yutaka Moriguchi
	(25-14, 25-16, 19-25, 18-25, 15-11) Report A Report B

28 November 2021 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Ryota Kunigami
	(28-26, 25-20, 25-18) Report A Report B

28 November 2021 15:30	Denso Airybees	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	(ja) Attendance: 560 Referees: Akira Homma
	(22-25, 25-17, 25-12, 25-14) Report A Report B

Round 8 December 4–5, 2021

4 December 2021 TBD	Toray Arrows	3–1	Denso Airybees	Deai Dome, Gifu Attendance: 1,043 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(30-28, 21-25, 25-22, 29-27) Report A Report B

4 December 2021 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	(ja) Attendance: 950 Referees: Nobuko Sasaki
	(25-19, 25-20, 25-22) Report A Report B

4 December 2021 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	0–3	PFU BlueCats	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,170 Referees: Nahoko Watanabe
	(21-25, 22-25, 22-25) Report A Report B

4 December 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	2–3	Himeji Victorina	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 763 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23, 12-15) Report A Report B

4 December 2021 14:00	Hitachi Rivale	1–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	Adastria Arena, Mito Attendance: 634 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(18-25, 25-18, 18-25, 23-25) Report A Report B

4 December 2021 14:30	JT Marvelous	3–0	Okayama Seagulls	(ja) Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Yutaka Moriguchi
	(25-17, 26-24, 25-22) Report A Report B

5 December 2021 TBD	Toray Arrows	3–0	Denso Airybees	Deai Dome, Gifu Attendance: 1,140 Referees: Tomohito Castle
	(25-21, 25-19, 25-19) Report A Report B

5 December 2021 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	3–2	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	(ja) Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Naoyuki Nishiyama
	(25-14, 23-25, 25-27, 25-14, 16-14) Report A Report B

5 December 2021 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,424 Referees: Misato Sato
	(25-17, 25-15, 25-23) Report A Report B

5 December 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	Himeji Victorina	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 834 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(26-28, 25-16, 25-15, 25-23) Report A Report B

5 December 2021 14:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–2	Saitama Ageo Medics	Adastria Arena, Mito Attendance: 640 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-23, 27-25, 20-25, 19-25, 15-7) Report A Report B

5 December 2021 14:30	JT Marvelous	3–1	Okayama Seagulls	(ja) Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Nobuko Sasaki
	(25-21, 27-29, 25-20, 25-20) Report A Report B

Winter break December 6, 2021 to January 9, 2022
Empress' Cup Final Round held December 10–19, 2021 (Hisamitsu Springs wins)

Round 9 January 8–9, 2021

8 January 2022 11:00	JT Marvelous	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Hiroshima Green Arena Attendance: 950 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-16, 25-17, 27-25) Report A Report B

9 January 2022 15:00	JT Marvelous	3–2	Hitachi Rivale	Hiroshima Green Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Keiko Tanemoto
	(25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 23-25, 16-14) Report A Report B

Round 10 January 15–16, 2022

15 January 2022 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Toray Arrows	Wing Arena Kariya
	() Report A Report B

15 January 2022 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	v	Hisamitsu Springs	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo
	() Report A Report B

15 January 2022 13:00	Himeji Victorina	v	Denso Airybees	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	() Report A Report B

15 January 2022 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	v	PFU BlueCats	Zip Arena, Okayama
	() Report A Report B

15 January 2022 14:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

16 January 2022 11:30	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Toray Arrows	Wing Arena Kariya
	() Report A Report B

16 January 2022 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	v	Hisamitsu Springs	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo
	() Report A Report B

16 January 2022 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

16 January 2022 13:00	Himeji Victorina	v	Denso Airybees	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	() Report A Report B

16 January 2022 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	v	PFU BlueCats	Zip Arena, Okayama
	() Report A Report B

Round 11 January 22–23, 2022

22 January 2022 12:00	Denso Airybees	v	JT Marvelous	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

22 January 2022 13:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Okayama Seagulls
	() Report A Report B

22 January 2022 13:00	Hitachi Rivale	v	Toray Arrows	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi
	() Report A Report B

22 January 2022 13:00	Himeji Victorina	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	() Report A Report B

22 January 2022 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	v	PFU BlueCats	Kurume Arena, Fukuoka
	() Report A Report B

22 January 2022 14:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	v	NEC Red Rockets	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

23 January 2022 12:00	Denso Airybees	v	JT Marvelous	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

23 January 2022 12:00	Hisamitsu Springs	v	PFU BlueCats	Kurume Arena, Fukuoka
	() Report A Report B

23 January 2022 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	v	NEC Red Rockets	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

23 January 2022 13:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Okayama Seagulls
	() Report A Report B

23 January 2022 13:00	Hitachi Rivale	v	Toray Arrows	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi
	() Report A Report B

23 January 2022 13:00	Himeji Victorina	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	() Report A Report B

Round 12 January 29–30, 2022

29 January 2022 TBD	Hitachi Rivale	v	PFU BlueCats
	() Report A Report B

29 January 2022 TBD	Toray Arrows	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	Ukaruchan Arena
	() Report A Report B

29 January 2022 13:00	JT Marvelous	v	Hisamitsu Springs	Sumiyoshi Sports Center, Osaka
	() Report A Report B

29 January 2022 13:00	Himeji Victorina	v	Saitama Ageo Medics	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	() Report A Report B

29 January 2022 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	v	Denso Airybees	Zip Arena, Okayama
	() Report A Report B

29 January 2022 16:00	NEC Red Rockets	v	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo
	() Report A Report B

30 January 2022 TBD	Hitachi Rivale	v	PFU BlueCats
	() Report A Report B

30 January 2022 TBD	Toray Arrows	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	Ukaruchan Arena
	() Report A Report B

30 January 2022 13:00	JT Marvelous	v	Hisamitsu Springs	Sumiyoshi Sports Center, Osaka
	() Report A Report B

30 January 2022 13:00	Himeji Victorina	v	Saitama Ageo Medics	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	() Report A Report B

30 January 2022 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	v	Denso Airybees	Zip Arena, Okayama
	() Report A Report B

30 January 2022 16:00	NEC Red Rockets	v	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo
	() Report A Report B

Round 13 February 5–6, 2022

5 February 2022 TBD	PFU BlueCats	v	JT Marvelous
	() Report A Report B

5 February 2022 13:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	v	Hitachi Rivale	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

5 February 2022 13:00	Denso Airybees	v	NEC Red Rockets	Horaiya Koriyama Gymnasium
	() Report A Report B

5 February 2022 13:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Himeji Victorina
	() Report A Report B

5 February 2022 14:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	v	Toray Arrows	Muko Citizens Gymnasium, Kyoto
	() Report A Report B

6 February 2022 13:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	v	Hitachi Rivale	(ja)
	() Report A Report B

6 February 2022 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	v	Toray Arrows	Muko Citizens Gymnasium, Kyoto
	() Report A Report B

6 February 2022 13:00	Denso Airybees	v	NEC Red Rockets	Horaiya Koriyama Gymnasium
	() Report A Report B

6 February 2022 13:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Himeji Victorina
	() Report A Report B

6 February 2022 14:00	PFU BlueCats	v	JT Marvelous
	() Report A Report B

Final stage[]

Final 3

Final

Regular Round Champion

Final 3 Winner

Regular Round 2nd Place

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Regular Round 3rd Place

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Final 3 gives an advantage of 1 win to the 2nd place ranked team in the Regular Round.

Match results[]

Final 3

9 April 2022 TBD	Regular Round 2nd Place	v	Regular Round 3rd Place	Konohana Arena, Shizuoka
	()

FINAL

10 April 2022 TBD	Regular Round Winner	v	Final 3 Winner	Konohana Arena, Shizuoka
	()

16 April 2022 TBD	Regular Round Winner	v	Final 3 Winner	TBD
	()

Final ranking[]

Rank	Club



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

	Qualified for the 2022 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's Champions

Team Roster

Awards[]

Regular round[]

Best Scorer

Best Spiker

Best Blocker

Best Server

Best Receiver

V.League Special Award

V.League Distinguished Service Award

Final stage[]

Most Valuable Player

Best Six

Best Libero

Receive Award

Fighting Spirit Award

Best Newcomer Award

Fair Play Award

Director Award

Matsudaira Yasutaka Award

V.Challenge tournament[]

V.Challenge Match Women's tournament held April 9–10, 2022^[14]

V1 11th vs. V2 2nd (two matches)
V1 12th vs. V2 1st (two matches)

If a V2 team does not have an S1 license, they will not play the tournament, and their V1 opponent remains in V1 unchallenged.

Teams with the most wins will qualify for next season's V1 League. In the case of 1 win and 1 loss, the following will be used as tiebreakers:

Points
Set rate
Score rate

Points are awarded as follows:

Conditions	Points awarded
Win by set count "3-0" or "3-1"	3 points
Win by set count "3-2"	2 points
Lose by set count "2-3"	1 point
Lose by set count "1-3" or "0-3"	0 points

	Qualified for

V1 Women's 11th - V2 Women's 2nd

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
2		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Match Results

V1 Women's 12th - V2 Women's 1st

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
2		0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Match Results

All star game[]

References[]

^ "Notice of tournament schedule and battle card decision". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "V1 Men and Women 2021-22 Season dates will be decided. The opening is October 15th". Volleyball Magazine (in Japanese). studio108. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "2021 V.SUMMER LEAGUE special page". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ "2021 V Summer League Women's Tournament Announcement". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Tournament guidebook for officers (in Japanese)" (PDF). Official Website. Japan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "2021 Emperor's Cup - All Japan Volleyball Championship Prefectural Round". Weekend, Happy Life (in Japanese). Takahiro. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "2021 Emperor's Cup - All Japan Volleyball Championship Block Round". Weekend, Happy Life (in Japanese). Takahiro. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "First year of Reiwa Emperor's Cup". Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Black Eagle Flag All Japan Men's and Women's Selection Tournament - OVA". Osaka Volleyball Association Web site. Osaka Volleyball Association. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "お知らせ (Notification)". Toray Arrows Women's Volleyball Club. TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ "Transfers in season 2021/22". Women Volleybox. Volleybox.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "List of additional registered players / staff (women) (in Japanese)". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "Schedule and Results". JVL V.League Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "2021-22 V.LEAGUE V ・ Challenge Match (replacement match)". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "Notice of tournament schedule and battle card decision". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[2] "V1 Men and Women 2021-22 Season dates will be decided. The opening is October 15th". Volleyball Magazine (in Japanese). studio108. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[3] "2021 V.SUMMER LEAGUE special page". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[4] "2021 V Summer League Women's Tournament Announcement". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[5] "Tournament guidebook for officers (in Japanese)" (PDF). Official Website. Japan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[6] "2021 Emperor's Cup - All Japan Volleyball Championship Prefectural Round". Weekend, Happy Life (in Japanese). Takahiro. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[7] "2021 Emperor's Cup - All Japan Volleyball Championship Block Round". Weekend, Happy Life (in Japanese). Takahiro. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[8] "First year of Reiwa Emperor's Cup". Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball Association. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[9] "Black Eagle Flag All Japan Men's and Women's Selection Tournament - OVA". Osaka Volleyball Association Web site. Osaka Volleyball Association. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[10] "お知らせ (Notification)". Toray Arrows Women's Volleyball Club. TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[11] "Transfers in season 2021/22". Women Volleybox. Volleybox.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[12] "List of additional registered players / staff (women) (in Japanese)". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[13] "Schedule and Results". JVL V.League Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[14] "2021-22 V.LEAGUE V ・ Challenge Match (replacement match)". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

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Contents

Clubs[]

Personnel[]

Foreign players[]

Transfer players[]

Venues[]

Schedule[]

Season standing procedure[]

Regular round[]

Final standing[]

Individual awards[]

Match results[]

Final stage[]

Match results[]

Final ranking[]

Awards[]

Regular round[]

Final stage[]

V.Challenge tournament[]

All star game[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]