2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's

2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's
2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's
League	V.League Division 1
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	Oct 17, 2020 – Feb 21, 2021
Number of games	132 (Regular round); 12 (Final stage); 30 (V Cup)
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
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The Volleyball 2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's is the 27th volleyball tournament year and the 3rd top level women's volleyball tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League (Japan). It is held from October 17, 2020 – February 21, 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

On August 4, 2020 the V.League Organization announced measures it has implemented to safeguard athletes, visitors, and related parties against the new coronavirus.^[5]^[6] Venues will be limited to 50% capacity and divided into three zones:

Zone 1: Competition-related area (athletes, referees, etc.)
Zone 2: Tournament management staff & press-related area
Zone 3: Customer area

Visitors will have their body temperature taken before entering and are prohibited from certain forms of support such as loud cheering, using thundersticks, and high-fiving.

The V. League Division 1 Women's V Cup will be held from February 27, 2021 to March 28, 2021. All twelve teams will participate but players who have been invited to the Japan women's national volleyball team will begin early training for the 2021 Olympics and will not participate in the V Cup.

The Empress' Cup Final Round is scheduled for December 11–20, 2020. The Prefecture and Block rounds were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.^[7]

The Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament opens in May every year in Osaka and serves as the final competition of the season.^[8]

Clubs

Locations of the 2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's clubs

Personnel

2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's Personnel
Club	Head Coach	Captain	City, Prefecture	Colors	Main Sponsor
Denso Airybees	Gen Kawakita	Fumika Moriya	Nishio, Aichi		Denso
Himeji Victorina	Kodai Nakaya	Riho Sadakane	Himeji, Hyōgo		Himeji Victorina Co., Ltd.
Hisamitsu Springs	Shingo Sakai	Mana Toe	Tosu, Saga		Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical
Hitachi Rivale	Asako Tajimi	Maiha Haga	Hitachinaka, Ibaraki		Hitachi Automotive Systems
JT Marvelous	Tomoko Yoshihara	Mako Kobata	Osaka, Hyogo		Japan Tobacco Ltd.
Kurobe AquaFairies	Takaya Maruyama	Saki Maruyama	Kurobe, Toyama		Kurobe AquaFairies
NEC Red Rockets	Takayuki Kaneko	Misaki Yamauchi	Kawasaki, Kanagawa		NEC
Okayama Seagulls	Akiyoshi Kawamoto	Aimi Kawashima	Okayama		Okayama Seagulls Co., Ltd.
PFU BlueCats	Masayasu Sakamoto	Ayaka Horiguchi	Kanazawa, Ishikawa		PFU Limited
Saitama Ageo Medics	Antônio Marcos Lerbach	Akane Yamagishi	Ageo, Saitama		Ageo Medical Group
Toray Arrows	Akira Koshiya	Ai Kurogo	Ōtsu, Shiga		Toray Industries
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Haruya Indo	Aya Watanabe	Kariya, Aichi		Toyota Auto Body

Foreign players

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

V.League Division 1 Women's foreign players 2020-21
Team	World wide	ASEAN
Denso Airybees	Kathryn Plummer (NORCECA)	—
Himeji Victorina	Aliona Martiniuc (CEV)	—
Hisamitsu Springs	Foluke Akinradewo (NORCECA)	—
Hitachi Rivale	Hannah Tapp (NORCECA)	—
JT Marvelous	Andrea Drews (NORCECA)	Thatdao Nuekjang (AVC)
Kurobe AquaFairies	Simone Lee (NORCECA)	—
NEC Red Rockets	Neriman Özsoy (CEV)	—
Okayama Seagulls	—	—
PFU BlueCats	Roslandy Acosta (CSV)	Hathairat Jarat (AVC)
Saitama Ageo Medics	Shainah Joseph (NORCECA)	Alyja Daphne Santiago (AVC)
Toray Arrows	Jana Kulan (CEV)	—
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Indre Sorokaite (CEV)	Pornpun Guedpard (AVC)

Transfer players

^[9]^[10]

Player	Moving from	Moving to
Tamaki Matsui	JWCPE	Denso Airybees
Mami Yokota	Tokai Mermaids	Denso Airybees
Satomi Fukudome	Ryukoku University	Denso Airybees
Kathryn Plummer	Saugella Team Monza	Denso Airybees
Shiori Aratani	NEC Red Rockets	Himeji Victorina
Akane Shimizu	Aichi Gakuin University	Himeji Victorina
Akiho Matsumoto	Tokai Mermaids	Himeji Victorina
Moeri Hanai	NSSU	Himeji Victorina
Aliona Martiniuc	Proton-Saratov	Himeji Victorina
Chihiro Sasaki	TWCPE	Himeji Victorina
Nana Magota	Fukuoka University	Himeji Victorina
Moe Kiyota	Bunkyo Gakuin High School (ja)	Himeji Victorina
Kano Miyaji	Shimokitazawa Seitoku (ja)	Himeji Victorina
Misaki Inoue	Saitama Ageo Medics	Hisamitsu Springs
Ayaka Araki	Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School (ja)	Hisamitsu Springs
Yuka Ikeya	NSSU	Hisamitsu Springs
Akari Shirasawa	NIFS	Hisamitsu Springs
Sarina Sakai	Tohoku Fukushi University	Hitachi Rivale
Rui Nonaka	Akita North High School (ja)	Hitachi Rivale
Saori Kamizawa	Furukawa Gakuen High School (ja)	Hitachi Rivale
Keito Saiga	Funabashi High School (ja)	Hitachi Rivale
Nana Sakakibara	Hachiojijissen (ja)	JT Marvelous
Thatdao Nuekjang	Khonkaen Star VC	JT Marvelous
Yukiko Wada	Kyoto Tachibana High School (ja)	JT Marvelous
Yuka Tateishi	Aoyama Gakuin University	Kurobe AquaFairies
Yuka Kosugi	Mukogawa Women's University	Kurobe AquaFairies
Mayuka Tobe	Tohoku Fukushi University	Kurobe AquaFairies
Hinano Michishita	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	Kurobe AquaFairies
Kasumi Nojima	Aoyama Gakuin University	NEC Red Rockets
Moeka Kinoe	University of Tsukuba	NEC Red Rockets
Minami Yasuda	Okazaki Gakuen High School (ja)	NEC Red Rockets
Neriman Özsoy	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	NEC Red Rockets
Uran Kido	Osaka International Takii High School (ja)	Okayama Seagulls
Mei Funada	Matsuyama Shinonome High School (ja)	Okayama Seagulls
Kyoka Seto	Juntendo University	PFU BlueCats
Mari Morita	JWCPE	PFU BlueCats
Natsumi Watabiki	Kurobe AquaFairies	PFU BlueCats
Mana Ishikawa	TED Ankara	PFU BlueCats
Hathairat Jarat	Khonkaen Star VC	PFU BlueCats
Roslandy Acosta	Itambé/Minas	PFU BlueCats
Shainah Joseph	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Saitama Ageo Medics
Mami Uchiseto	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Saitama Ageo Medics
Hazuki Nakamoto	Himeji Victorina	Saitama Ageo Medics
Hiromi Tagawa	Panasonic Bluebells	Saitama Ageo Medics
Ryo Sakamoto	Kyoto Tachibana High School (ja)	Toray Arrows
Kazane Kumai	NSSU	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Saki Inaba	Kyushu Bunka Gakuen High School (ja)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Ayaka Matsumoto	Saitama Ageo Medics	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Pornpun Guedpard	Khonkaen Star VC	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Indre Sorokaite	Imoco Volley Conegliano	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis

Stadiums

Regular round 2020–2021^[11]

Final Stage 2020–2021^[12]

Saitama Prefectural Budokan, Ageo (ja)

Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo

Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi

V Cup 2020–2021^[13]

Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Okazaki
Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo

Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja)
Sanyo Fureai Park, Akaiwa

Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja)
Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium

Toyama Seibu Sports Center, Tonami
Brex Arena, Utsunomiya

Schedule

Regular round begins October 17, 2020 (Saturday) and ends February 21, 2021 (Sunday). Matches are played every Saturday and Sunday.

Each team will play twenty-two matches
Regular Season is a twelve team double round robin:
- Round 1: October 17 to November 28, 2020
- Round 2: December 4 to February 14, 2021

At the end of the regular round, teams are ranked and divided into three groups of four teams each and will compete in the final stage. Teams are ranked in the regular round by: wins -> points -> set percentage -> scoring rate.

(Group 1) 1st–4th place
(Group 2) 5th–8th place
(Group 3) 9th–12th place

Final stage will be held the weekend of February 20–21, 2021 (semi-finals and finals for each group)

Saturday, the 1st and 4th ranked team in each group, and the 2nd and 3rd ranked team in each group, will compete
Sunday, the winners, and the losers, of Saturday's matches will compete for final league ranking
- Group 1 is the semi-finals and final of the League
- Group 2 is jockeying for position (5th–8th) in the final league ranking
- Group 3 is essentially the Challenge 4. Two losing teams will play the V.Challenge match

V Cup
Qualifying round begins February 27, 2021 (Saturday) and ends March 21, 2021 (Sunday)

Teams are divided into two groups
- Group A: JT Marvelous, Okayama Seagulls, Denso Airybees, Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, Hisamitsu Springs, Himeji Victorina
- Group B: Saitama Ageo Medics, Toray Arrows, NEC Red Rockets, Hitachi Rivale, Kurobe AquaFairies, PFU BlueCats
Each group plays a single round robin

Final round will be held the weekend of March 27–28, 2021

Top two teams from each group play a semi-final
Winners will play a final match

V.Challenge match (V1-V2 promotion–relegation matches): TBD

Season standing procedure

Many matches were canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and the number of completed matches varied from team to team so the season standing procedure was changed from "number of matches won" to win rate percentage.^[14]

Tie breakers are as follows:

If two or more teams have the same winning percentage, the team with the highest set rate will be ranked higher.
If the set rate is also the same, the team with the highest scoring rate will be ranked higher.
If the score rate is also the same, the teams are calculated and the top ranks are decided in the order of win rate, set rate, and score rate.

Regular round

Final standing

	Final ranking: 1st–4th place participation
	Final ranking: 5th–8th place participation
	Final ranking: 9th–12th place participation

2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's Regular round Final Standing
Rank	Team	Wins	Losses	Win Rate	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Set Rate
1	Toray Arrows	21	0	100.00	63	11	5.73
2	JT Marvelous	16	4	80.00	52	21	2.48
3	NEC Red Rockets	15	5	75.00	50	23	2.17
4	Denso Airybees	12	7	63.20	44	32	1.38
5	Saitama Ageo Medics	12	8	60.00	41	31	1.32
6	Okayama Seagulls	11	10	52.40	39	40	0.97
7	Hisamitsu Springs	10	11	47.60	40	39	1.03
8	Hitachi Rivale	6	15	28.60	28	53	0.53
9	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	6	15	28.60	24	48	0.50
10	PFU BlueCats	4	13	23.50	18	43	0.42
11	Kurobe AquaFairies	4	16	20.00	24	52	0.46
12	Himeji Victorina	4	17	19.00	26	56	0.46

Individual awards

2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's Regular round Individual Awards
Award	Player	Team	Achievement	# of Times
Top Scorer	Jana Kulan	Toray Arrows	436 Total Points	2nd Time
Spike Award	Haruyo Shimamura	NEC Red Rockets	51.7% Kill Rate	1st Time
Block Award	Foluke Akinradewo Erika Araki	Hisamitsu Springs Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0.81 Blocks/set	2nd Time 2nd Time
Serve Award	Misaki Yamauchi	NEC Red Rockets	15.6% Serve Effect Rate	1st Time
Receive Award	Mako Kobata	JT Marvelous	68.3% Reception Rate	1st Time

Match results

Round 1

Week 1

17 October 2020 12:00	PFU BlueCats	2–3	Kurobe AquaFairies	Matto Park Arena, Hakusan Attendance: 0 Referees: Yui Asai
	(20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 12-15) Report A Report B

17 October 2020 12:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–2	Himeji Victorina	Adastria Mito Arena Attendance: 685 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-16, 22-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-12) Report A Report B

17 October 2020 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	Denso Airybees	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 465 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(25-23, 26-24, 26-24) Report A Report B

17 October 2020 15:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	0–3	Toray Arrows	Matto Park Arena, Hakusan Attendance: 0 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(20-25, 18-25, 14-25) Report A Report B

17 October 2020 16:00	JT Marvelous	3–0	Okayama Seagulls	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 465 Referees: Takeshi Eshita
	(25-20, 25-22, 25-21) Report A Report B

18 October 2020 12:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–2	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Adastria Mito Arena Attendance: 728 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(16-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13) Report A Report B

18 October 2020 12:00	Hisamitsu Springs	1–3	JT Marvelous	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 668 Referees: Junichi Hayashi
	(22-25, 27-25, 19-25, 13-25) Report A Report B

18 October 2020 13:00	PFU BlueCats	0–3	Toray Arrows	Matto Park Arena, Hakusan Attendance: 0 Referees: Atsushi Hattori
	(13-25, 10-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

18 October 2020 15:00	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 668 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(25-19, 19-25, 19-25, 18-25) Report A Report B

18 October 2020 15:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Matto Park Arena, Hakusan Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23) Report A Report B

Week 2

24 October 2020 11:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	Denso Airybees	Yokkaichi City Gymnasium Attendance: 0 Referees: Masato Ono
	(13-25, 20-25, 19-25) Report A Report B

24 October 2020 12:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	2–3	Himeji Victorina	Kuki City Gymnasium Attendance: 0 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 22-25, 15-17) Report A Report B

24 October 2020 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–1	JT Marvelous	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,835 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-18, 25-19, 26-28, 30-28) Report A Report B

24 October 2020 15:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Kuki City Gymnasium Attendance: 0 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-22, 25-21, 25-22) Report A Report B

24 October 2020 15:30	Okayama Seagulls	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,451 Referees: Tatsumi Sawa
	(25-15, 25-17, 25-21) Report A Report B

25 October 2020 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	Toray Arrows	Yokkaichi City Gymnasium Attendance: 0 Referees: Ken Nakayama
	(19-25, 26-28, 17-25) Report A Report B

25 October 2020 12:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	Hisamitsu Springs	Kuki City Gymnasium Attendance: 0 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-22, 25-15 ,25-19) Report A Report B

25 October 2020 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,425 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-20, 25-22, 25-19) Report A Report B

Week 3

31 October 2020 12:00	Denso Airybees	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Koriyama Gymnasium Attendance: 900 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-15, 25-11, 25-21) Report A Report B

31 October 2020 13:00	Himeji Victorina	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 728 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(19-25, 25-19, 19-25, 9-25) Report A Report B

31 October 2020 13:05	Okayama Seagulls	3–1	Saitama Ageo Medics	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 950 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-17, 14-25, 25-16, 25-15) Report A Report B

31 October 2020 15:30	JT Marvelous	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 800 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(25-18, 27-25, 25-21) Report A Report B

31 October 2020 16:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	NEC Red Rockets	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 450 Referees: Kazuyoshi Yamamoto
	(25-16, 25-22, 25-22) Report A Report B

01 November 2020 13:00	Denso Airybees	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Koriyama Gymnasium Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Atsushi Hattori
	(25-11, 25-22, 25-17) Report A Report B

01 November 2020 13:00	Himeji Victorina	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 670 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(27-29, 27-25, 22-25, 26-28) Report A Report B

01 November 2020 13:00	Okayama Seagulls	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Ryota Kunigami
	(25-19, 27-29, 25-19, 25-13) Report A Report B

01 November 2020 15:30	JT Marvelous	3–0	Saitama Ageo Medics	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 750 Referees: Keiko Tanemoto
	(25-21, 25-21, 25-22) Report A Report B

01 November 2020 16:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 350 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(21-25, 20-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

Week 4

07 November 2020 12:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Masato Ono
	(25-14, 25-23, 26-28, 25-17) Report A Report B

07 November 2020 13:00	JT Marvelous	3–2	Denso Airybees	Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 460 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-19, 24-26, 25-18, 18-25, 15-11) Report A Report B

07 November 2020 15:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Takeshi Eshita
	(25-10, 25-20, 25-18) Report A Report B

07 November 2020 15:00	Toray Arrows	3–1	Hisamitsu Springs	Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu Attendance: 826 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-19, 23-25, 25-17, 25-22) Report A Report B

07 November 2020 16:00	Okayama Seagulls	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 240 Referees: Tatsumi Sawa
	(25-16, 25-23, 25-23) Report A Report B

08 November 2020 11:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Junichi Hayashi
	(29-27, 25-21, 25-11 ) Report A Report B

08 November 2020 13:00	JT Marvelous	3–1	Himeji Victorina	Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 450 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(19-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-16 ) Report A Report B

08 November 2020 14:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Masao Ono
	(17-25, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25) Report A Report B

08 November 2020 15:00	Toray Arrows	3–2	Hitachi Rivale	Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu Attendance: 824 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-21, 19-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-9) Report A Report B

08 November 2020 15:30	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	Denso Airybees	Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 250 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(23-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-27) Report A Report B

Week 5

14 November 2020 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	3–2	Hisamitsu Springs	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja) Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-13) Report A Report B

14 November 2020 13:00	Denso Airybees	2–3	Toray Arrows	Nishio City Gymnasium (ja) Attendance: 930 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(19-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-21, 13-15) Report A Report B

14 November 2020 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	0–3	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 1,507 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(23-25, 23-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

14 November 2020 16:00	Okayama Seagulls	3–1	PFU BlueCats	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja) Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Atsushi Hattori
	(25-18, 24-26, 25-23, 25-19) Report A Report B

14 November 2020 15:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 1,417 Referees: Masato Ono
	(25-19, 25-19, 25-22) Report A Report B

15 November 2020 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	1–3	JT Marvelous	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja) Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-17, 14-25, 20-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

15 November 2020 13:00	Denso Airybees	3–1	Himeji Victorina	Nishio City Gymnasium (ja) Attendance: 710 Referees: Hiroyuki Hara
	(29-27, 18-25, 26-24, 25-18) Report A Report B

15 November 2020 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 1,437 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(25-16, 25-21, 25-14) Report A Report B

15 November 2020 14:35	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	PFU BlueCats	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja) Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-19, 18-25, 25-15, 25-11) Report A Report B

Week 6

21 November 2020 11:00	Denso Airybees	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Takeshi Eshita
	(25-18, 23-25, 26-24, 25-21) Report A Report B

21 November 2020 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	2–3	Okayama Seagulls	Fukuoka Citizens Gymnasium Attendance: 700 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(25-27, 25-20, 25-18, 22-25, 8-15) Report A Report B

21 November 2020 13:05	Himeji Victorina	0–3	Toray Arrows	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 751 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(16-25, 14-25, 15-25) Report A Report B

21 November 2020 14:00	PFU BlueCats	0–3	JT Marvelous	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Hiroyuki Hara
	(17-25, 10-25, 18-25) Report A Report B

21 November 2020 16:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	Kurobe AquaFairies	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 376 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(16-25, 22-25, 23-25) Report A Report B

22 November 2020 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	0–3	NEC Red Rockets	Fukuoka Citizens Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Masato Ono
	(16-25, 13-25, 15-25) Report A Report B

22 November 2020 13:00	PFU BlueCats	1–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Yui Asai
	(32-34, 21-25, 25-23, 13-25) Report A Report B

22 November 2020 13:05	Himeji Victorina	2–3	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 782 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(22-25, 25-16, 26-24, 24-26, 12-15) Report A Report B

22 November 2020 16:00	Toray Arrows	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 446 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(25-22, 21-25, 25-14, 25-15) Report A Report B

Week 7

28 November 2020 11:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	3–0	Himeji Victorina	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-22, 26-24, 25-20) Report A Report B

28 November 2020 12:00	Denso Airybees	3–2	NEC Red Rockets	Kitagas Arena, Sapporo (ja) Attendance: 710 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(23-25, 25-20, 25-19, 17-25, 15-13) Report A Report B

28 November 2020 13:35	Okayama Seagulls	0–3	Toray Arrows	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Keiko Tanemoto
	(19-25, 19-25, 20-25) Report A Report B

28 November 2020 14:00	PFU BlueCats	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-20, 28-30, 25-22, 25-22) Report A Report B

28 November 2020 16:00	JT Marvelous	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 900 Referees: Hirokazu Tomita
	(25-21, 25-15, 25-20) Report A Report B

29 November 2020 11:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–2	Kurobe AquaFairies	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Tomoto Shiro
	(25-20, 18-25, 22-25, 25-20, 15-7) Report A Report B

29 November 2020 11:00	Denso Airybees	3–0	Saitama Ageo Medics	Kitagas Arena, Sapporo (ja) Attendance: 510 Referees: Taku Masaoka
	(25-22, 25-19, 27-25) Report A Report B

29 November 2020 13:05	Okayama Seagulls	3–2	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-17, 25-21, 24-26, 25-27, 17-15) Report A Report B

29 November 2020 14:00	PFU BlueCats	3–2	Himeji Victorina	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Masato Ono
	(18-25, 25-16, 18-25, 25-21, 15-12) Report A Report B

29 November 2020 16:00	JT Marvelous	1–3	Toray Arrows	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 850 Referees: Keiko Tanemoto
	(22-25, 27-25, 18-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

Round 2

Week 1

04 December 2020 18:30	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,983 Referees: Ken Nakayama
	(25-18, 28-26, 25-21) Report A Report B

05 December 2020 11:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	PFU BlueCats	CNA Arena, Akita Attendance: 0 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-16, 25-23, 25-18) Report A Report B

05 December 2020 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–1	Denso Airybees	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 2,108 Referees: Tatsumi Sawa
	(16-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-17) Report A Report B

05 December 2020 13:05	Hisamitsu Springs	0–3	JT Marvelous	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 672 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(25-27, 23-25, 23-25) Report A Report B

05 December 2020 14:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	CNA Arena, Akita Attendance: 0 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-20, 25-19, 25-19) Report A Report B

05 December 2020 15:45	Kurobe AquaFairies	1–3	Himeji Victorina	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,651 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-23, 16-25, 11-25, 24-26) Report A Report B

05 December 2020 16:00	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 703 Referees: Junichi Hayashi
	(26-24, 21-25, 22-25, 20-25) Report A Report B

06 December 2020 11:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3–0	PFU BlueCats	CNA Arena, Akita Attendance: 0 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(25-22, 25-12, 25-21) Report A Report B

06 December 2020 12:00	Denso Airybees	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 697 Referees: Tatsudai Sawa
	(25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 25-18) Report A Report B

06 December 2020 12:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	Saitama Ageo Medics	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 697 Referees: Seiji Kiuchi
	(25-22, 21-25, 25-19, 25-20) Report A Report B

06 December 2020 14:00	Hitachi Rivale	1–3	Toray Arrows	CNA Arena, Akita Attendance: 0 Referees: Yui Asai
	(26-24, 15-25, 22-25, 14-25) Report A Report B

06 December 2020 15:05	JT Marvelous	3–0	Okayama Seagulls	Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium Attendance: 739 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(34-32, 25-9, 25-17) Report A Report B

Week 2

09 January 2021 13:30	Okayama Seagulls	v	NEC Red Rockets	Zip Arena, Okayama
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus)^[15] CANCELED

09 January 2021 16:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Himeji Victorina	Zip Arena, Okayama
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus) Rescheduled for Friday 22 January 2021 at 15:00

10 January 2021 13:00	Okayama Seagulls	v	Hitachi Rivale	Zip Arena, Okayama
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus) Rescheduled for Sunday 31 January 2021 at 15:30

10 January 2021 15:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	Zip Arena, Okayama
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus) CANCELED

Week 3

16 January 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	v	Denso Airybees	Wing Arena Kariya
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus)^[16] CANCELED

16 January 2021 12:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Wing Arena Kariya Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-23, 25-18, 25-23) Report A Report B

16 January 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	3–2	Hisamitsu Springs	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 677 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(15-25, 28-30, 25-23, 25-12, 15-11) Report A Report B

16 January 2021 13:05	Okayama Seagulls	0–3	Toray Arrows	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 1080 Referees: Tatsudai Sawa
	(21-25, 16-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

16 January 2021 15:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	PFU BlueCats	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 680 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-17, 27-29, 25-16, 25-20) Report A Report B

16 January 2021 16:15	JT Marvelous	2–3	NEC Red Rockets	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 386 Referees: Taisuke Togawa
	(21-25, 25-19, 28-26, 18-25, 9-15) Report A Report B

17 January 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Wing Arena Kariya Attendance: 0 Referees: Tomoto Shiro
	(24-26, 25-22, 25-20, 25-21) Report A Report B

17 January 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	1–3	JT Marvelous	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 643 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(10-25, 25-18, 19-25, 23-25) Report A Report B

17 January 2021 13:05	Okayama Seagulls	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-9, 25-15, 25-19) Report A Report B

17 January 2021 15:00	Denso Airybees	v	Hitachi Rivale	Wing Arena Kariya
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus) CANCELED

17 January 2021 15:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	0–3	Toray Arrows	Zip Arena, Okayama Attendance: 650 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(23-25, 23-25, 25-27) Report A Report B

17 January 2021 16:00	Hisamitsu Springs	0–3	NEC Red Rockets	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 361 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(22-25, 23-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

Week 4

22 January 2021 15:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Saiden Chemical Arena, Saitama (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-18, 25-22, 27-25) Report A Report B

23 January 2021 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	1–3	Okayama Seagulls	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-23, 12-25, 15-25, 22-25) Report A Report B

23 January 2021 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki Attendance: 1,968 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-27, 25-18, 26-24, 25-19) Report A Report B

23 January 2021 14:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Saiden Chemical Arena, Saitama (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Atsushi Hattori
	(25-23, 25-15, 26-24) Report A Report B

23 January 2021 14:30	Toray Arrows	3–0	Hisamitsu Springs	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-12, 25-22, 25-20) Report A Report B

23 January 2021 15:30	JT Marvelous	v	PFU BlueCats	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus)^[17] CANCELED

24 January 2021 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(20-25, 25-19, 10-25, 18-25 ) Report A Report B

24 January 2021 13:00	NEC Red Rockets	v	PFU BlueCats	Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus) CANCELED

24 January 2021 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Saiden Chemical Arena, Saitama (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-17, 25-18, 25-23) Report A Report B

24 January 2021 14:30	Denso Airybees	v	Toray Arrows	Kurobe General Sports Center (ja)
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus) CANCELED

Week 5

30 January 2021 12:00	Denso Airybees	3–1	Himeji Victorina	Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu Attendance: 0 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(35-33, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22 ) Report A Report B

30 January 2021 12:00	JT Marvelous	v	Saitama Ageo Medics	Ookini Arena, Osaka
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus)^[18] CANCELED

30 January 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	Green Arena, Kobe Attendance: 650 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-23, 28-26, 20-25, 25-23) Report A Report B

30 January 2021 15:00	Toray Arrows	3–2	NEC Red Rockets	Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu Attendance: 0 Referees: Zeda
	(19-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-12) Report A Report B

30 January 2021 16:00	Okayama Seagulls	3–1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Green Arena, Kobe Attendance: 590 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(25-20, 25-22, 21-25, 25-17) Report A Report B

31 January 2021 12:00	Denso Airybees	0–3	PFU BlueCats	Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu Attendance: 0 Referees: Zeda
	(22-25, 23-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

31 January 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Green Arena, Kobe Attendance: 450 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(25-22, 25-22, 25-11) Report A Report B

31 January 2021 13:00	JT Marvelous	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu Attendance: 358 Referees: Tomohito Castle
	(22-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-21) Report A Report B

31 January 2021 15:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu Attendance: 0 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	( 25-20, 25-23, 26-24) Report A Report B

31 January 2021 15:30	Okayama Seagulls	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	Green Arena, Kobe Attendance: 340 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-16, 25-22, 18-25, 25-21) Report A Report B

Week 6

06 February 2021 12:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Denso Airybees	Hitachinaka Sports Facility (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(24-26, 25-23, 25-19, 25-23) Report A Report B

06 February 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	NEC Red Rockets	Sky Hall Toyota Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(17-25, 13-25, 15-25) Report A Report B

06 February 2021 13:00	Himeji Victorina	3–0	Okayama Seagulls	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 557 Referees: Junichi Hayashi
	(25-20, 25-23, 25-14) Report A Report B

06 February 2021 15:00	Hitachi Rivale	0–3	JT Marvelous	Hitachinaka Sports Facility (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(24-26, 19-25, 22-25) Report A Report B

06 February 2021 15:00	Toray Arrows	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Sky Hall Toyota Attendance: 0 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22) Report A Report B

06 February 2021 16:00	Hisamitsu Springs	v	PFU BlueCats	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus)^[19] CANCELED

07 February 2021 12:00	JT Marvelous	3–2	Denso Airybees	Hitachinaka Sports Facility (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-18, 15-9) Report A Report B

07 February 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	Toray Arrows	Sky Hall Toyota Attendance: 0 Referees: Taisuke Togawa
	(22-25, 13-25, 14-25) Report A Report B

07 February 2021 12:00	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji Attendance: 620 Referees: Yasuo Chiyonobu
	(13-25, 22-25, 25-17, 19-25) Report A Report B

07 February 2021 12:00	Himeji Victorina	v	PFU BlueCats	Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus)^[20] CANCELED

07 February 2021 15:00	Hitachi Rivale	0–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	Hitachinaka Sports Facility (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Takeshi Eshita
	(20-25, 18-25, 23-25) Report A Report B

07 February 2021 15:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Sky Hall Toyota Attendance: 0 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-7, 25-19, 25-16) Report A Report B

Week 7

13 February 2021 12:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–2	Himeji Victorina	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(15-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 15-9) Report A Report B

13 February 2021 13:00	JT Marvelous	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki (ja) Attendance: 620 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(25-17, 25-23, 25-21) Report A Report B

13 February 2021 15:00	PFU BlueCats	v	Kurobe AquaFairies	E. Plaza Ishikawa
	(Event is canceled due to coronavirus)^[21] CANCELED

13 February 2021 15:30	Okayama Seagulls	2–3	Denso Airybees	Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki (ja) Attendance: 560 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(23-25, 17-25, 25-15, 25-19, 10-15) Report A Report B

14 February 2021 11:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	NEC Red Rockets	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Taisuke Togawa
	(24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 25-21) Report A Report B

14 February 2021 13:05	JT Marvelous	0–3	Toray Arrows	Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki (ja) Attendance: 871 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(14-25, 20-25, 30-32) Report A Report B

14 February 2021 14:05	PFU BlueCats	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	E. Plaza Ishikawa Attendance: 0 Referees: Ken Nakayama
	(25-16, 18-25, 25-15, 25-18) Report A Report B

14 February 2021 15:30	Denso Airybees	3–2	Hisamitsu Springs	Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki (ja) Attendance: 702 Referees: Junichi Hayashi
	(16-25, 25-22, 22-25, 26-24, 15-9) Report A Report B

Final stage

Final ranking matches: 1st to 4th place held on February 20 and 21, 2021 at Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Semifinals		Final

February 20

Toray Arrows	3
		February 21
Denso Airybees	0
		Toray Arrows	1
February 20
		JT Marvelous	3
JT Marvelous	3

NEC Red Rockets	2
		3rd-place match

		February 21

		Denso Airybees	1

		NEC Red Rockets	3

Match results

20 February 2021 12:30	Toray Arrows	3–0	Denso Airybees	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 829 Referees: Takeshi Eshita
	(25-16, 25-23, 25-20) Report A Report B

20 February 2021 15:00	JT Marvelous	3–2	NEC Red Rockets	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 1,116 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(29-27, 25-21, 23-25, 15-25, 15-12) Report A Report B

21 February 2021 12:30	Denso Airybees	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 651 Referees: Hiroyuki Hara
	(25-19, 14-25, 21-25, 19-25) Report A Report B

21 February 2021 17:00	Toray Arrows	1–3	JT Marvelous	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 836 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-23, 21-25, 21-25, 20-25) Report A Report B

Final ranking matches: 5th-8th held on February 20 and 21, 2021 at Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja).

1st round		5th-place match

February 20

Saitama Ageo Medics	3
		February 21
Hitachi Rivale	1
		Saitama Ageo Medics	3
February 20
		Okayama Seagulls	1
Okayama Seagulls	3

Hisamitsu Springs	0
		7th-place match

		February 21

		Hitachi Rivale	3

		Hisamitsu Springs	2

Match results

20 February 2021 12:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Hitachi Rivale	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 399 Referees: Taisuke Togawa
	(25-23, 21-25, 26-24, 25-14) Report A Report B

20 February 2021 15:30	Okayama Seagulls	3–0	Hisamitsu Springs	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 507 Referees: Yui Asai
	(25-17, 25-19, 25-19) Report A Report B

21 February 2021 12:30	Hitachi Rivale	3–2	Hisamitsu Springs	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 357 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(25-19, 23-25, 14-25, 28-26, 17-15) Report A Report B

21 February 2021 15:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Okayama Seagulls	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 218 Referees: Yui Asai
	(17-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-20) Report A Report B

Final ranking matches: 9th-12th held on February 20 and 21, 2021, in a remote match at Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi.

1st round		9th-place match

February 20

Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	2
		February 21
Himeji Victorina	3
		Himeji Victorina	1
February 20
		PFU BlueCats	3
PFU BlueCats	3

Kurobe AquaFairies	1
		11th-place match

		February 21

		Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3

		Kurobe AquaFairies	1

Match results

20 February 2021 12:30	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	2–3	Himeji Victorina	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(33-35, 25-19, 20-25, 25-19, 10-15) Report A Report B

20 February 2021 15:30	PFU BlueCats	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-10, 22-25, 25-15, 25-19) Report A Report B

21 February 2021 12:30	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Attendance: 0 Referees: Tatsumi Sawa
	(21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-20) Report A Report B

21 February 2021 15:30	Himeji Victorina	1–3	PFU BlueCats	Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Attendance: 0 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(15-25, 25-23, 25-27, 18-25) Report A Report B

Final standing

^[22]^[23]

Rank	Club
	JT Marvelous
	Toray Arrows
	NEC Red Rockets
4	Denso Airybees
5	Saitama Ageo Medics
6	Okayama Seagulls
7	Hitachi Rivale
8	Hisamitsu Springs
9	PFU BlueCats
10	Himeji Victorina
11	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
12	Kurobe AquaFairies

	Qualified for the 2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

2020–21 V.League Division 1 Women's Champions
JT Marvelous

Team roster

Setter: Aki Momii, Mika Shibata

Libero: Mako Kobata, Tomoyo Fukagaya
MB: Aika Akutagawa, Anna Ogawa, Thatdao Nuekjang, Risa Hashimoto, Sakura Kanda, Nana Sakakibara, Marina Takahashi
OP: Andrea Drews
OH: Hickman Jahstice, Kotona Hayashi, Mizuki Tanaka, Yuka Meguro, Yuka Kutsui, Yuki Nishikawa, Yukiko Wada

Head Coach: Tomoko Yoshihara

Awards

Regular round

Best scorer
- Jana Kulan (Toray Arrows)
Best spiker
- Haruyo Shimamura (NEC Red Rockets)
Best blocker
- Foluke Akinradewo (Hisamitsu Springs)
- Erika Araki (Toyota Auto Body Queenseis)
Best server
- Misaki Yamauchi (NEC Red Rockets)
Best receiver
- Mako Kobata (JT Marvelous)
V.League Special Award^[a]
V.League Distinguished Service Award^[b]
- Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu Springs)

^ For playing more than 10 seasons and more than 230 games
^ For being active as a core player for 11 seasons and set a Japanese record (70.0%) in serve receive success rate

Final stage

Most valuable player
- Mako Kobata (JT Marvelous)
Best Six
Best libero
- Mako Kobata (JT Marvelous)
Receive Award
- Kotona Hayashi (JT Marvelous)
Fighting Spirit Award
- Ai Kurogo (Toray Arrows)
Best Newcomer Award
- Mami Yokota (Denso Airybees)
Fair play award
- Mizuki Tanaka (JT Marvelous)
Director Award
- Tomoko Yoshihara (JT Marvelous)
Matsudaira Yasutaka Award
- Tomoko Yoshihara (JT Marvelous)

V Cup

Qualifying round

Twelve teams will be divided into two groups and a round-robin qualifying round will be held.^[24]

Group A: JT Marvelous, Okayama Seagulls, Denso Airybees, Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, Hisamitsu Springs, Himeji Victorina
Group B: Saitama Ageo Medics, Toray Arrows, NEC Red Rockets, Hitachi Rivale, Kurobe AquaFairies, PFU BlueCats

The top two teams of each group (four teams in total) will perform the semifinal. The winners of the semifinals advance to the final, and the losers of the semifinal advance to the bronze-medal match.
The ranking of the teams that do not advance to the final round will be determined by the results of the preliminary round: 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th. There will be no ranking match between group A and group B.
The ranking of the qualifying round will be the team with the most wins.
If there is a variation in the number of games played within the group, the team with the highest winning percentage will be ranked higher.
Tiebreakers are Set Rate, then Points Rate.
In the event of a coronavirus positive person (including) of the participating team, or a refusal to participate due to any circumstances, the result is [0-25, 0-25, 0-25].
If a team abstains for any reason, they will lose [0-25, 0-25, 0-25].

Results of the qualifying round

	Advance to semifinals

Group A
#	Team	Wins	Losses	Points	Win Rate	Sets W	Sets L	Sets Ratio	Points W	Points L	Points Ratio
1	Hisamitsu Springs	5	0	15	1.00	15	4	3.75	461	396	1.16
2	JT Marvelous	4	1	11	0.80	13	8	1.62	483	452	1.07
3	Denso Airybees	3	2	9	0.60	11	6	1.83	405	358	1.13
4	Okayama Seagulls	2	3	5	0.40	8	11	0.73	409	415	0.99
5	Himeji Victorina	1	4	3	0.20	4	12	0.33	328	380	0.86
6	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0	5	2	0.00	5	15	0.33	376	461	0.82

Group B
#	Team	Wins	Losses	Points	Win Rate	Sets W	Sets L	Sets Ratio	Points W	Points L	Points Ratio
1	Saitama Ageo Medics	5	0	15	1.00	15	2	7.50	413	258	1.60
2	NEC Red Rockets	4	1	11	0.80	12	7	1.71	433	335	1.29
3	Hitachi Rivale	3	2	9	0.60	11	8	1.38	421	336	1.25
4	Toray Arrows	2	3	7	0.40	10	9	1.11	400	355	1.13
5	Kurobe AquaFairies	1	4	2	0.20	5	14	0.36	365	447	0.82
6	PFU BlueCats	0	5	1	0.00	2	15	0.13	104	405	0.26

Match results

Week 1

27 February 2021 11:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 0
	(25–0, 25–0, 25–0) Event is canceled due to coronavirus^[25]

27 February 2021 11:00	Denso Airybees	1–3	JT Marvelous	Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Okazaki Attendance: 0 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(17-25, 21-25, 27-25, 23-25) Report A Report B

27 February 2021 12:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–1	Kurobe AquaFairies	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Taisuke Togawa
	(23-25, 25-12, 25-17, 25-23) Report A Report B

27 February 2021 14:00	Okayama Seagulls	3–2	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Okazaki Attendance: 0 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-12, 25-22, 23-25, 18-25, 15-11) Report A Report B

27 February 2021 14:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-19, 25-15, 25-21) Report A Report B

27 February 2021 17:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Okazaki Attendance: 0 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-20, 25-20, 25-22) Report A Report B

28 February 2021 11:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–2	Hitachi Rivale	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 0 Referees: Taisuke Togawa
	(26-28, 20-25, 25-15, 25-21, 17-15) Report A Report B

28 February 2021 12:00	Denso Airybees	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Okazaki Attendance: 0 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-12, 25-10, 26-24) Report A Report B

28 February 2021 13:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Saitama Budokan, Ageo (ja) Attendance: 0
	(25–0, 25–0, 25–0) Event is canceled due to coronavirus

28 February 2021 15:00	Okayama Seagulls	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Okazaki Attendance: 0 Referees: Shin Yamamoto
	(25-16, 25-23, 25-18) Report A Report B

Week 2

6 March 2021 12:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	1–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	Toyama Seibu Sports Center, Tonami Attendance: 620 Referees: Takeshi Eshita
	(16-25, 18-25, 25-20, 23-25) Report A Report B

6 March 2021 13:00	Toray Arrows	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	Brex Arena, Utsunomiya Attendance: 957 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(15-25, 17-25, 25-22, 22-25) Report A Report B

6 March 2021 13:30	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	JT Marvelous	Sanyo Fureai Park, Akaiwa Attendance: 600 Referees: Greg Luo
	(14-25, 25-20, 20-25, 19-25) Report A Report B

6 March 2021 14:30	Denso Airybees	3–0	Himeji Victorina	Toyama Seibu Sports Center, Tonami Attendance: 610 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-20, 25-16, 25-11) Report A Report B

6 March 2021 16:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Sanyo Fureai Park, Akaiwa Attendance: 350 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(26-24, 20-25, 17-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

7 March 2021 13:00	Toray Arrows	2–3	Hitachi Rivale	Brex Arena, Utsunomiya Attendance: 867 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(27-25, 21-25, 14-25, 25-22, 13-15) Report A Report B

7 March 2021 13:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	3–2	PFU BlueCats	Toyama Seibu Sports Center, Tonami Attendance: 760 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(21-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-21, 15-13) Report A Report B

7 March 2021 13:00	Okayama Seagulls	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Sanyo Fureai Park, Akaiwa Attendance: 690 Referees: Masato Ono
	(21-25, 25-16, 17-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

7 March 2021 15:30	JT Marvelous	3–2	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Sanyo Fureai Park, Akaiwa Attendance: 500 Referees: Akira Homma
	(25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 18-25, 15-11) Report A Report B

Week 3

20 March 2021 11:00	Okayama Seagulls	0–3	Denso Airybees	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 678 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-27, 20-25, 21-25) Report A Report B

20 March 2021 12:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–0	NEC Red Rockets	Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 1014 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-16, 25-11, 25-23) Report A Report B

20 March 2021 13:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 0
	(25–0, 25–0, 25–0) Event is canceled due to coronavirus^[26]

20 March 2021 13:00	JT Marvelous	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 723 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-22, 18-25, 21-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

20 March 2021 14:30	Toray Arrows	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 803 Referees: Ono General 小野将人
	(25-19, 25-14, 25-20) Report A Report B

20 March 2021 15:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	0–3	Himeji Victorina	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 752 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(17-25, 16-25, 20-25) Report A Report B

21 March 2021 11:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–0	PFU BlueCats	Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 0
	(25–0, 25–0, 25–0) Event is canceled due to coronavirus

21 March 2021 12:00	Denso Airybees	1–3	Hisamitsu Springs	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 504 Referees: Hiroyuki Hara
	(24-26, 21-25, 25-23, 19-25) Report A Report B

21 March 2021 12:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 831 Referees: Yuka Tsushima
	(25-13, 25-19, 25-16) Report A Report B

21 March 2021 14:30	JT Marvelous	3–1	Himeji Victorina	Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto (ja) Attendance: 684 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(25-22, 30-28, 22-25, 25-12) Report A Report B

21 March 2021 14:30	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–1	Toray Arrows	Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium Attendance: 844 Referees: Yui Asai
	(18-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-14) Report A Report B

Final stage

Held on March 27 and 28, 2021 at Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Semifinals		Final

March 27

Hisamitsu Springs	2
		March 28
NEC Red Rockets	3
		NEC Red Rockets	1
March 27
		Saitama Ageo Medics	3
Saitama Ageo Medics	3

JT Marvelous	2
		3rd-place match

		March 28

		Hisamitsu Springs	3

		JT Marvelous	1

Match results

27 March 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	2–3	NEC Red Rockets	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 850 Referees: Nana Yoshioka
	(25-23, 28-26, 24-26, 15-25, 12-15) Report A Report B

27 March 2021 16:00	Saitama Ageo Medics	3–2	JT Marvelous	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 500 Referees: Toshie Akai
	(25-21, 25-22, 18-25, 18-25, 15-13) Report A Report B

28 March 2021 13:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–1	JT Marvelous	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 750 Referees: Satomi Naito
	(25-21, 18-25, 26-24, 25-14) Report A Report B

28 March 2021 16:00	NEC Red Rockets	1–3	Saitama Ageo Medics	Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(24-26, 25-20, 21-25, 17-25) Report A Report B

Final standing

#	Team
	Saitama Ageo Medics
	NEC Red Rockets
	Hisamitsu Springs
4	JT Marvelous
5	Denso Airybees
5	Hitachi Rivale
7	Okayama Seagulls
7	Toray Arrows
9	Himeji Victorina
9	Kurobe AquaFairies
11	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
11	PFU BlueCats

V.Challenge Tournament

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

V1/V2 V.Challenge match women's tournament held at Nagaoka Gymnasium on April 3 and 4, 2021.^[27]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	157	124	1.266	2021–22 V1 League
2	Brilliant Aries [ja]	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	124	157	0.790

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match results

3 April 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3–0	Brilliant Aries [ja]	Nagaoka Gymnasium Attendance: 585 Referees: Mikako Masuoka
	(25-16, 25-15, 25-23) Report A Report B

4 April 2021 12:00	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	3–0	Brilliant Aries [ja]	Nagaoka Gymnasium Attendance: 643 Referees: Hiroaki Takahashi
	(25-17, 32-30, 25-23) Report A Report B

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kurobe AquaFairies	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	170	137	1.241	2021–22 V1 League
2	Gunma Bank Green Wings [ja]	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	137	170	0.806

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match results

3 April 2021 15:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	3–0	Gunma Bank Green Wings [ja]	Nagaoka Gymnasium Attendance: 627 Referees: Taisuke Togawa
	(25-14, 25-20, 25-22) Report A Report B

4 April 2021 15:00	Kurobe AquaFairies	3–1	Gunma Bank Green Wings [ja]	Nagaoka Gymnasium Attendance: 652 Referees: Yuka Kitamura
	(20-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-20) Report A Report B

All Star Game

All Star game was not held this year.

References

^ "V-League Organization announces outline for 2020-21 season". 月バレ.COM. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO.,LTD. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "2020-21 V.LEAGUE tournament announcement". JVL Official Web Site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "Tournament requirements". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "V.LEAGUE Division 1's 2020-21 schedule is shortened ..." Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "V-League Organization announces efforts for the 2020-21 season". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ "V.LEAGUE's efforts to give fans a peace of mind when watching the arena". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ "2020 Schedule / Overview - Domestic Tournament". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "Black Eagle Flag All Japan Men's and Women's Selection Tournament - OVA". Osaka Volleyball Association Web site. Osaka Volleyball Association. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "Transfers in season 2020/21". Women Volleybox. Volleybox.net. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Additional registration player/staff (female) list". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Schedule and Results". JVL V.League Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ "2020-21 V.FINAL STAGE women V1" (PDF). JVL Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
^ "2020-21 V.FINAL STAGE women V1" (PDF). JVL Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Notice of change in ranking method". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "About postponement of the tournament ..." JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Notice regarding people infected with the new coronavirus". Denso Airybees / Volleyball / V League / Women. DENSO AIRYBEES. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Decline to participate in the tournament in the area subject to the state of emergency". PFUブルーキャッツオフィシャルサイト Official Web Site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Notice of decline to participate in the match". Saitama Ageo Medics official site. Ageo Medical Group. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Decline to participate in the tournament in the area subject to the state of emergency". PFU BlueCats official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Decline to participate in the tournament in the area subject to the state of emergency". PFU BlueCats official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "About the Kahoku Tournament". Kurobe AquaFairies Official site. KUROBE AQUA FAIRIES. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "2020-21 V.LEAGUE DIVISION1 WOMEN V ・ Final Stage Final Match results Notice". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "JT Marvelous won for the third time in two consecutive years". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "Tournament guidelines". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ "About declining participation in the V Cup qualifying round Ageo tournament". PFU BlueCats Official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ "2020-21 V.LEAGUE DIVISION1 WOMEN V Cup Canceled Match Notice". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "Tournament guidelines 2020-21 V.LEAGUE DIVISION2 WOMEN". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[24] For playing more than 10 seasons and more than 230 games

[25] For being active as a core player for 11 seasons and set a Japanese record (70.0%) in serve receive success rate

[1] "V-League Organization announces outline for 2020-21 season". 月バレ.COM. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO.,LTD. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[2] "2020-21 V.LEAGUE tournament announcement". JVL Official Web Site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[3] "Tournament requirements". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[4] "V.LEAGUE Division 1's 2020-21 schedule is shortened ..." Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[5] "V-League Organization announces efforts for the 2020-21 season". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[6] "V.LEAGUE's efforts to give fans a peace of mind when watching the arena". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[7] "2020 Schedule / Overview - Domestic Tournament". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[8] "Black Eagle Flag All Japan Men's and Women's Selection Tournament - OVA". Osaka Volleyball Association Web site. Osaka Volleyball Association. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[9] "Transfers in season 2020/21". Women Volleybox. Volleybox.net. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[10] "Additional registration player/staff (female) list". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[11] "Schedule and Results". JVL V.League Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[12] "2020-21 V.FINAL STAGE women V1" (PDF). JVL Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[13] "2020-21 V.FINAL STAGE women V1" (PDF). JVL Official site (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[14] "Notice of change in ranking method". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[15] "About postponement of the tournament ..." JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[16] "Notice regarding people infected with the new coronavirus". Denso Airybees / Volleyball / V League / Women. DENSO AIRYBEES. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[17] "Decline to participate in the tournament in the area subject to the state of emergency". PFUブルーキャッツオフィシャルサイト Official Web Site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[18] "Notice of decline to participate in the match". Saitama Ageo Medics official site. Ageo Medical Group. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[19] "Decline to participate in the tournament in the area subject to the state of emergency". PFU BlueCats official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[20] "Decline to participate in the tournament in the area subject to the state of emergency". PFU BlueCats official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[21] "About the Kahoku Tournament". Kurobe AquaFairies Official site. KUROBE AQUA FAIRIES. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[22] "2020-21 V.LEAGUE DIVISION1 WOMEN V ・ Final Stage Final Match results Notice". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[23] "JT Marvelous won for the third time in two consecutive years". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[26] "Tournament guidelines". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[27] "About declining participation in the V Cup qualifying round Ageo tournament". PFU BlueCats Official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[28] "2020-21 V.LEAGUE DIVISION1 WOMEN V Cup Canceled Match Notice". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[29] "Tournament guidelines 2020-21 V.LEAGUE DIVISION2 WOMEN". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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Clubs

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Foreign players

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Stadiums

Schedule

Season standing procedure

Regular round

Final standing

Individual awards

Match results

Round 1

Round 2

Final stage

Final standing

Awards

Regular round

Final stage

V Cup

Qualifying round

Final stage

Final standing

V.Challenge Tournament

All Star Game

See also

References

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