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V.League (Japan)

{{short description|Top-level professional volleyball league in Japan}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = J.V League

| current_season = 2024–25 V.League Division 1 Men's

| current_season2 = 2024–25 V.League Division 1 Women's

| logo = V.League Japan logo.png

| pixels =

| caption =

| upcoming_season =

| sport = Volleyball

| founded = {{start date and age|1994}}

| fame =

| motto =

| teams = Men: 18
Women: 11

| country = Japan

| champion = Men: Suntory Sunbirds
Women: NEC Red Rockets

| champ_season = 2023–24

| most_champs = Men: Shin Nihon Steel (16)
(later; Osaka Blazers Sakai)
Women: Hitachi (17)

| inaugural =

| folded =

| related_comps = SV.League

| website = {{url|https://www.svleague.jp/|vleague.jp}}
({{URL|https://www.svleague.jp/ja/v_men/|Men}} {{URL|https://www.svleague.jp/ja/v_women/|Women}})

| singles =

| ceo =

| most successful club =

| TV = V.TV by Easy sports

| last_season =

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The V.League ({{Langx|ja|Vリーグ}}) is a top-level professional volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994.

The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball League Organization. The league was called V.Premier League before the reform took place in 2018. The SV.League succeeded the V.League as the premier volleyball tournament in Japan in 2024.

History

=V.League=

In 2016, the Japan Volleyball League Organization, which hosts Premier League, held a press conference in Tokyo and announced plans to create a new league and aim for professionalization. They plan to recruit participating teams by the end of November and aim to start in the fall of 2018.{{Cite web |title=バレーボールリーグ機構 新リーグとプロ化を構想を発表 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex スポーツ |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2016/09/20/kiji/K20160920013391780.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=Vリーグを世界のトップリーグへ 「Vリーグの未来構想」について |url=https://vleague.jp/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構}}

This project to create a new league was called NEW BORN V.LEAGUE. The new league was named V.League. The new V.League aims to promote the "sports business" of volleyball by realizing a system of "earning through sports and returning the profits to sports" without being bound by conventional concepts. In addition, the V.League aims to further enhance the value of volleyball, push volleyball up to Japan's top arena sports, connect with the world, and become the world's best volleyball league.{{Cite web |title=2018/19シーズン 新リーグ名称・ロゴデザイン決定のお知らせ 記者会見を開催！ |url=https://vleague.jp/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構}}

=Creation of SV.League=

The Japan Volleyball League Organization would create the SV.League as the newest top-flight volleyball organization Japan placing it above the V.League.{{Cite web |last=只木信昭 |date=2023-02-15 |title=２０２４年発足の新Ｖリーグ構想を説明 ３０年をメドに世界最高峰リーグ目指す／バレー |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20230215-HZFZ2KXDL5DALFEEX2YMRGSWCA/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=サンスポ |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=【バレー】Vリーグ機構が新リーグ構想を発表。世界最高峰を目指す「S-V.LEAGUE」を新設（バレーボールマガジン） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/064414a51baeb4f52989116ca9ebbecddaca545d |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}}

For teams that do not wish to join the SV.League, both men's and women's leagues will be unified into one division under the name of V.League. The East-West Conference system will be introduced.{{Cite web |title=バレーVリーグ再編成「SVリーグ」来年10月発足「世界最高峰のリーグになるチャンスある」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex スポーツ |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2023/04/27/kiji/20230427s00070000027000c.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}

Clubs (2024-2025 season)

The League currently consists of the following member clubs:

=Men's<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svleague.jp/ja/v_men/team/list|title = 一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構}}</ref>=

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; font-size:100%; text-align:left"

! Region

! Team

rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| East

|Hokkaido Yellow Stars

Tsukuba United Sun GAIA
Reve's Tochigi
Saitama Azalea
Chiba Zelva
Tokyo Verdy
Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits
Nagano GaRons
rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| West

|Aisin Tealmare Hekinan

Daido Steel Chita Red Star
Veertien Mie
Kinki Club Sfida
Kubota Spears Osaka
Kinden Trinity Blitz
Hyogo Delfino
Nara Dreamers
Fukuoka Winning Spirits
Fragolad Kagoshima

=Women's <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svleague.jp/ja/v_women/team/list|title = 一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構}}</ref>=

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; font-size:100%; text-align:left"

! Teams

Artemis Hokkaido
Ligare Sendai
Tokyo Sunbeams
Shinshu Brilliant Aries
Ja Gifu Rioreina
Breath Hamamatsu
Veertien Mie
Kurashiki Ablaze
Hiroshima Oilers
Kanoa Laulea's Fukuoka
Forest Leaves Kumamoto

Previous winners

=Men=

{{col-begin}}

{{Col-break}}

class="wikitable"style="font-size:95%;"
colspan="2"|Japan Volleyball League
SeasonWinner
1967–68Yahata Steel
1968–69rowspan="3" | Nihon Koukan
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72Matsushita Denki
1972–73Nihon Koukan
1973–74rowspan="4" | Shin Nihon Steel
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78Nihon Koukan
1978–79rowspan="3" | Shin Nihon Steel
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82Fuji Photo Film
1982–83Shin Nihon Steel
1983–84rowspan="5" | Fuji Photo Film
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89rowspan="3" | Shin Nihon Steel
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92NEC Blue Rockets
1992–93Fuji Photo Film
1993–94NEC Blue Rockets

{{Col-break}}

class="wikitable"style="font-size:95%;"
colspan="2"|V League
SeasonWinner
1994–95Suntory Sunbirds
1995–96NEC Blue Rockets
1996–97rowspan="2" | Osaka Blazers Sakai
1997–98
1998–99NEC Blue Rockets
1999-00rowspan="5" | Suntory Sunbirds
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05Toray Arrows
2005–06Osaka Blazers Sakai

{{Col-break}}

class="wikitable"style="font-size:95%;"
colspan="2"|V.Premier League
SeasonWinner
2006–07Suntory Sunbirds
2007–08Panasonic Panthers
2008–09Toray Arrows
2009–10Panasonic Panthers
2010–11Osaka Blazers Sakai
2011–12Panasonic Panthers
2012–13Osaka Blazers Sakai
2013–14Panasonic Panthers
2014–15JT Thunders
2015–16Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
2016–17Toray Arrows
2017–18Panasonic Panthers
{{Col-break}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
colspan="2"|V.League Division 1
SeasonWinner
2018–19Panasonic Panthers
2019–20JTEKT Stings
2020–21rowspan="2" | Suntory Sunbirds
2021–22
2022–23Wolfdogs Nagoya
2023–24Suntory Sunbirds

{{Col-break}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
colspan="2"|SV.League
SeasonWinner
2024–25{{tba}}
{{Col-break}}

{{col-end}}

=Women=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;"
SeasonWinner
1967–68Hitachi Musashi
1968–69Unitika Kaizuka
1969–70Unitika Kaizuka
1970–71Unitika Kaizuka
1971–72Unitika Kaizuka
1972–73Yashika
1973–74Hitachi Musashi
1974–75Hitachi Musashi
1975–76Hitachi
1976–77Hitachi
1977–78Hitachi
1978–79Kanebo
1979–80Unitika
1980–81Unitika
1981–82Hitachi
1982–83Hitachi
1983–84Hitachi
1984–85Hitachi
1985–86Hitachi
1986–87Hitachi
1987–88NEC
1988–89Hitachi
1989–90Ito Yokado
1990–91Hitachi
1991–92Hitachi
1992–93Hitachi
1993–94Hitachi

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;"
SeasonWinner
1994–95Daiei
1995–96Unitika
1996–97NEC Red Rockets
1997–98Daiei
1998–99Toyobo
1999-00NEC Red Rockets
2000–01Toyobo
2001–02Hisamitsu Springs
2002–03NEC Red Rockets
2003–04Pioneer Red Wings
2004–05NEC Red Rockets
2005–06Pioneer Red Wings
2006–07Hisamitsu Springs
2007–08Toray Arrows
2008–09Toray Arrows
2009–10Toray Arrows
2010–11JT Marvelous
2011–12Toray Arrows
2012–13Hisamitsu Springs
2013–14Hisamitsu Springs
2014–15NEC Red Rockets
2015–16Hisamitsu Springs
2016–17NEC Red Rockets
2017–18Hisamitsu Springs
2018–19Hisamitsu Springs
2019–20JT Marvelous
2020–21JT Marvelous
2021–22Hisamitsu Springs
2022–23NEC Red Rockets
2023–24NEC Red Rockets

{{col-end}}

Spectators

Records show from the new born V.League Division 1 from Season 2018/19.

class="wikitable"
style="color:white; background-color:black"|Season

!style="color:white; background-color:black"|Men (Division 1)

!style="color:white; background-color:black"|Women (Division 1)

!style="color:white; background-color:black"|Total

2018/2019{{Cite web |title=第 14 期事業報告 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2018/30_business_report.pdf}}

| 174,516 (avg 2,053 per matchday)

| 185,953 (avg 2,296 per matchday)

| 360,469 10px

2019/2020{{Cite web |title=第 15 期事業報告 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2019/01_business_report.pdf}}

| 216,564 (avg 2,741 per matchday)

| 184,081 (avg 2,301 per matchday)

| 400,645 10px

2020/2021{{Cite web |title=第 16 期事業報告 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2020/01_business_report.pdf}}

| 144,091 (avg 901 per matchday)

| 61,683 (avg 717 per matchday)

| 205,774 10px

2021/2022{{Cite web |title=第 17 期事業報告 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2021/01_business_report.pdf}}

| 138,256 (avg 859 per matchday)

| 109,664 (avg 783 per matchday)

| 247,920 10px

2022/2023{{Cite web |title=第 18 期事業報告 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2022/01_business_report.pdf}}

| 263,221 (avg 1,431 per matchday)

| 197,863 (avg 1,192 per matchday)

| 461,084 10px

2023/2024

| 402,270 (avg 2,180 per matchday)

| 133,993 (avg 964 per matchday)

| TBA

Registered players

Records show from the new born V.League Division 1 from Season 2018/19.

class="wikitable"
style="color:white; background-color:black"|Season

!style="color:white; background-color:black"| {{Tooltip|Men (Division 1)|10 Teams}}

!style="color:white; background-color:black"| {{Tooltip|Women (Division 1)|12Teams}}

align=center

| 2018/2019{{Cite web |title=V. League Report Year 2018 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2018/2018-19report_s.pdf |format=PDF}}

|bgcolor=##007FFF|196

|bgcolor=red|220

align=center

| 2019/2020{{Cite web |title=V. League Report Year 2019 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2019/2019-20_report_s.pdf |format=PDF}}

|bgcolor=##007FFF|203

|bgcolor=red|238

align=center

| 2020/2021{{Cite web |title=V. League Report Year 2020|url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2020/2020-21_report_s.pdf |format=PDF}}

|bgcolor=##007FFF|199

|bgcolor=red|248

align=center

| 2021/2022{{Cite web |title=V. League Report Year 2021 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2021/vleague2021_22.pdf |format=PDF}}

|bgcolor=##007FFF|169

|bgcolor=red|251

align=center

| 2022/2023{{Cite web |title=V. League Report Year 2022 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2022/vleague2022_23.pdf |format=PDF}}

|bgcolor=##007FFF|190

|bgcolor=red|248

align=center

| 2023/2024{{Cite web |title=V. League Report Year 2023 |url=https://vleague.or.jp/user_files/uploads/report/2023/vleague2023_24.pdf |format=PDF}}

|bgcolor=##007FFF|182

|bgcolor=red|235

See also

{{Portal|Volleyball

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.vleague.or.jp}} {{in lang|ja}}
  • [https://women.volleybox.net/women-japan-vleague-division-1-tt185 Japan V.League Division 1. women.volleybox.net] {{in lang|en}}
  • [https://vleague.or.jp/weneverdrop NEW BORN V.LEAGUE] {{in lang|ja}}

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