Osaka Blazers Sakai
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Founded | 1939 | ||
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Ground | Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. | ||
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League | V.League Division 1 | ||
7th place | |||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Osaka Blazers Sakai is a men's professional volleyball team based in Sakai city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in the V.Premier League.
The club was founded in 1939 as part of the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka-based Yawata Steel athletic club which also included football club Yawata Steel F.C.[1] In 1969 the volleyball section split and moved to Sakai.
Honours[]
- Champions (17): 1967-1968 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1982-1983 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1996-1997 1997-1998 2005-2006, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Runners-up (4): 1994-95,1995–96, 2008–09 and 2009–10
- Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship
- Champions (14): 1952 1953 1957 1960 1967 1974 1975 1976 1977 1980 1984 1988 1989 1990
- Runner-up (1): 2007
League results[]
Champion Runner-up
League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | Lose | |
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V.League | 1st (1994–95) | Runner-up | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
2nd (1995–96) | Runner-up | 8 | 21 | 13 | 8 | |
3rd (1996–97) | Champion | 8 | 21 | 14 | 7 | |
4th (1997–98) | Champion | 8 | 21 | 17 | 4 | |
5th (1998–99) | 6th | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 | |
6th (1999-00) | 4th | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3 | |
7th (2000–01) | 5th | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 | |
8th (2001–02) | 3rd | 10 | 18 | 12 | 6 | |
9th (2002–03) | 6th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |
10th (2003–04) | 4th | 8 | 21 | 12 | 9 | |
11th (2004–05) | 6th | 8 | 28 | 11 | 17 | |
12th (2005–06) | Champion | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | |
V・Premier | 2006-07 | 6th | 8 | 28 | 9 | 19 |
2007-08 | 4th | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
2008-09 | Runner-up | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
2009-10 | Runner-up | 8 | 28 | 18 | 10 | |
2010-11 | Champion | 8 | 24 | 19 | 5 | |
2011-12 | 4th | 8 | 21 | 13 | 8 | |
2012-13 | Champion | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | |
2013-14 | 3rd | 8 | 28 | 19 | 9 | |
2014-15 | 4th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |
2015-16 | 6th | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
2016-17 | 6th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |
2017–18 | 7th | 8 | 21 | 7 | 14 | |
V・League Division 1 | 2018–19 | 6th | 10 | 32 | 16 | 16 |
2019–20 | 5th | 10 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
7th | 10 | 36 | 17 | 19 |
References[]
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- V.league (in Japanese)
Categories:
- Japanese volleyball teams
- Volleyball clubs established in 1939
- Sports teams in Osaka Prefecture
- 1939 establishments in Japan