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Japan men’s V.league: Dream start of Panthers in F6, Omrčen’s 40 pts. not enough for Trefuerza to beat champs

by WoV
source: vleague.or.jp; Photo: PICSPORT/panasonic.co.jp

Panasonic Panthers began Final Six stage of the V.Premier League 2017/18 with two wins worth three points to settle at the top of the standings.


Panthers

Panthers

 

Panasonic Panthers scored two three-point worth wins in the Final 6 of the V.Premier League in only two days and now have 11 points (6 points + 5 points according to the tournament rules) at the top of the standings.

After beating defending champions Toray Arrows yesterday by a 3-0, the Panthers prevailed against JTEKT Stings in four sets, partially 25-23, 23-25, 30-28, 25-12, today.

Kunihiro Shimizu and Michał Kubiak collected 22 points apiece for the winning side. The Polish star made 5 aces. Yuji Nishida topped Stings with 25 points. The Bulgarian Matey Kaziyski added 4 aces (20 points).

Toray Arrows beat Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza by a 3-2 but remained the third-placed, one spot below today’s rivals. The Canadian Gavin Schmitt poured in 35 points (3 aces) for the titleholders. The Croatian Igor Omrčen tallied 40 points (4 kill blocks, 3 serves) for Trefuerza.

JAPAN: V Premier League – Final 6, Men

 

05:00

 

 

Panasonic Panthers

3

25

23

30

25

 

 

 

 

JTEKT

1

23

25

28

12

 

 
 

07:00

 

 

Gosei Trefuerza

2

25

25

22

23

13

 

 

 

Toray Arrows

3

22

19

25

25

15

Standings

#

Team

MP

W

L

S

P

1.

Panasonic Panthers

2

2

0

6:1

11

2.

Gosei Trefuerza

2

1

1

5:3

8

3.

Toray Arrows

2

1

1

3:5

5

4.

JT Thunders

1

1

0

3:2

4

5.

Suntory Sunbirds

1

0

1

2:3

2

6.

JTEKT

2

0

2

1:6

0

  • Gosei Trefuerza: +4 pts. (tournament rules)
  • JT Thunders: +2 pts. (tournament rules)
  • Panasonic Panthers: +5 pts. (tournament rules)
  • Suntory Sunbirds: +1 pts. (tournament rules)
  • Toray Arrows: +3 pts. (tournament rules)
 

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