Hiroshima Thunders locked in the final place for the 2024-25 Daido Life SV.League men’s volleyball playoffs, triumphing in back-to-back away games against Toray Arrows. Needing two wins and hoping for Sakai Blazers to lose, both conditions aligned perfectly. Yudai Arai led the Saturday comeback with 36 points in a thrilling 3-2 win, while Cuban star Oreol Camejo powered a 3-0 sweep on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Osaka’s Bluteon and Suntory Sunbirds remain neck and neck for the top seed. Suntory’s weekend sweep over Bluteon kept their 14-match win streak alive and pushed the race for first to the season’s final week. Ran Takahashi and Yuji Nishida starred in the high-stakes Osaka showdown.
The playoff stage is almost set, with only a few matches left to decide seeding.
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