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| Premier Conference | Star Conference |
| Hisamitsu Springs (V1/1st) Denso Airybees (V1/5th) NEC Red Rockets (V1/6th) Hitachi Rivale ((V1/8th) Okayama Seagulls (V1/9th) Victorina Himeji (V2/1st) | Toray Arrows (V1/2th) JT Marvelous ((V1/3rd) Toyota Body Queens (V1/4th) Saitama Ageo Medics (V1/7th) Kurobe AquaFairies (V1/10th) PFU BlueCats (V1/11th) |
Regular Round begins October 12, 2019 (Saturday) and ends December 29, 2019 (Sunday). Matches are played every Saturday and Sunday.
The Empress' Cup Final Round which has usually been contested during the last week of December is scheduled for March 25–29, 2020 -- after the season is over.
Each team will play twenty-one matches:
- each in-conference rival three times (IC--15 matches)
- each out-of-conference rival once (AC Warfare--6 matches)
Regular Season is divided into four legs:
- IC Leg 1: October 12–27, 2019
- IC Leg 2: November 2–17, 2019
- AC Warfare Leg: November 23 – December 8, 2019
- IC Leg 3: December 14–29, 2019
Final Stage begins January 11, 2020 (Sat) and ends January 26, 2020 (Sun):
- Final 8: January 11, 2020 (Sat) – January 19, 2020 (Sun)
- Challenge 4: January 11, 2020 (Sat) – January 13, 2020 (Mon)
- Semifinals: January 25, 2020 (Sat)
- Final & 3rd Place Match: January 26, 2020 (Sun)
V1-V2 Promotion-Relegation Matches:
- February 22–23, 2020 (Sat–Sun)
Empress' Cup Final Round:
- March 25–29, 2020
Kurowashiki (Black Eagle Flag) Tournament:
- TBD (usually 1st week of May)
The 2019-20 V.League Season brings new rules for how teams will be ranked.
Previously teams were ranked by:
Points ->Wins ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate
Beginning with the 2019-20 season teams will be ranked by:
Wins ->Points ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate
This is in line with the way FIVB has been doing it since 2015 or so.
Source: https://www.vleague.jp/topics/news_detail/21401
This should speed things up. Challenges have been notoriously slow, often taking 3-4 minutes, which is longer than the break between sets.
Sat 12 Oct 2019
Denso v Hisamitsu CANCELLED
PFU v Kurobe 3–1 25–22 25–18 23–25 25–15
Hitachi v Himeji 3–1 16–25 25–22 25–14 25–18
Toray v Saitama CANCELLED
NEC v Okayama CANCELLED
JT v Toyota 0–3 20–25 23–25 19–25
Sun 13 Oct 2019
Denso v Okayama CANCELLED
JT v Kurobe 3–2 25–20 23–25 25–22 12–25 17–15
Hisamitsu v NEC CANCELLED
PFU v Toyota 0-3 17–25 11–25 19–25
The streets in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, flooded after Typhoon Hagibis made landfall Saturday. Helicopters plucked people from their flooded homes on Sunday as rescue efforts went into full force in wide areas of Japan.
Up to 33 people have died, and at least 19 people are missing.
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/13/769853040/typhoon-death-toll-in-japan-climbs-19-dead-16-missing
Standings at the End of Leg 1 (2019.10.27)
Four teams from Premier Conference are 2 matches behind, and two teams from Star Conference are 1 match behind--due to cancelled matches opening weekend.
The five cancelled matches have been rescheduled for the end of the season:
Sat 4 Jan 2020
12:00 Denso v Hisamitsu
14:00 Toray v Saitama
15:00 NEC v Okayama
Sun 5 2020
12:00 Denso v Okayama
15:00 Hisamitsu v NEC
Standings at the End of Leg 2 (2019.11.17)
Four teams from Premier Conference are 2 matches behind, and two teams from Star Conference are 1 match behind--due to cancelled matches opening weekend.
The five cancelled matches have been rescheduled for the end of the season:
Sat 4 Jan 2020
12:00 Denso v Hisamitsu
14:00 Toray v Saitama
15:00 NEC v Okayama
Sun 5 2020
12:00 Denso v Okayama
15:00 Hisamitsu v NEC