Yuji-Nishida
The 2020/21 V.League Division 1 Men regular season started with a home victory of the champions JTEKT Stings over the Toray Arrows: 3-1 (14-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-19). Last season’s MVP Yuji Nishida was amazing, pouring in 39 points for the winning side. Yuto Fujinaka added 6 blocks.
Led by Kunihiro Shimizu (19 points) and Ryouhei Iga (71 % reception), the vice-champions Panasonic Panthers downed FC Tokyo in four sets.
Although they had the Pole Bartosz Kurek on a high-level today (29 points, including 6 aces) and having their rivals play without Russian star Dmitriy Muserksiy, the Wolfdogs Nagoya have fallen to the home side of the Suntory Sunbirds (Masashi Kuriyama 24 points): 3-1 (25-19, 32-34, 25-21, 25-21).
Ten teams will play each other four times in the regular season of 36 games. At the end of the regular season, the top three teams will advance to the playoffs. The best team in the regular season advances directly to the “Finals”, while the second-placed and third-placed teams will play in the semifinals.
Ten teams competing in the men’s league and some of the main players:
JTEKT Stings – Japanese superstar and last season’s MVP Yuji Nishida and Felipe Fonteles (BRA)
Panasonic Panthers – Kunihiro Shimizu (JPN) and Michal Kubiak (POL)
Suntory Sunbirds – Masahiro Yanagida (JPN) and Dmitriy Muserskiy (RUS)
JT Thunders Hiroshima – Taishi Onodera (JPN) and Thomas Edgar (AUS)
Sakai Blazers – Takashi Dekita(JPN) and Jhon Wendt (FRA)
Toray Arrows, Haku Lee (JPN), Kentaro Takahashi (JPN) and Krisztian Padar (HUN)
Wolfdogs Nagoya – Bartosz Kurek (POL)
FC Tokyo – Taichiro Koga (JPN)
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler – Takuya Takamatsu (JPN) and Curtis Stockton (AUS)
VC Nagano Tridents – Rivan Nurmulki (INA)
2020/21 V.League Division 1 Men regular season – Round 1:
V-League-Men-Round-1
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