Panthers
The second seed Thunders failed to provide the same resistance to the No.1 seed Panthers in Game 2 of the 2018-19 V.League Division 1 final the as they did in Game 1 (2-3). Thus, the Japanese championship won’t change its owners as the Panthers won the back-to-back title by beating the Hiroshima side in straight sets at the Musashino-no-mori Sports Plaza in Chōfu, partially 26-24, 25-20, 25-20. For this, the Panthers players will be awarded by the V.League with ¥ 15 million which is about € 118,000.
Pole Michał Kubiak was the best scorer of Game 2 with 23 points and earned the MVP of the Championship award for the second season in a row. The Chinese international Liu Libin noted 12 points for the Thunders.
2018-19 V.League Division 1 finals:
(1) Panasonic Panthers – (2) JT Thunders 3-2 (25-22, 17-25, 23-25, 33-31, 16-14)
(1) Panasonic Panthers – (2) JT Thunders 3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-20)
Individual awards:
Best coach – Shinji Kawamura (Panasonic Panthers)
MVP – Michał Kubiak (POL, Panasonic Panthers)
Fighting-spirit award – Thomas Edgar (AUS, JT Thunders)
Top scorer – Dmitriy Muserskiy (RUS, Suntory Sunbirds)
Best attacker – Dmitriy Muserskiy (RUS, Suntory Sunbirds)
Best blocker – Kenji Shirasawa (Panasonic Panthers)
Best server – Yūji Nishida (JTEKT Stings)
Best serve receiver – Koichiro Koga (Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza)
Best receiver – Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic Panthers)
Best rookies – Issei Ōtake (Panasonic Panthers) and Yūji Nishida (JTEKT Stings)
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