2018–19 Men's Volleyball Thailand League


The 2018–19 Men's Volleyball Thailand League is the 14th season of the Men's Volleyball Thailand League, the top Thai professional league for men's volleyball clubs. Eight teams competed in the league. The season started on 27 October 2018.
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall are the defending champions, also the reigning asian club champions, while the 2018 Pro Challenge champion will has entered as the promoted team from the 2018 Volleyball Pro Challenge.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted clubs

Promoted from the 2018 Women's Volleyball Pro Challenge
Relegated from the 2017–18 Women's Volleyball Thailand League

Personnel and kits

National team players

Note :
: players who released during second leg transfer window;
: players who registered during second leg transfer window;
→: players who left club after registered during first or second leg.
TeamLegPlayer 1Player 2Player 3
Diamond Food Saraburi1stJirayu RaksakaewKittikun SriutthawongMontri Puanglib
Diamond Food Saraburi2ndJirayu RaksakaewKittikun SriutthawongMontri Puanglib
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall1stKittinon NamkhuntodSaranchit Charoensukrowspan=2
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall2ndKittinon NamkhuntodSaranchit Charoensuk-
Air Force1stKissada Nilsawairowspan=2 rowspan=2
Air Force2ndKissada Nilsawai--
Visakha1stKitsada Somkanerowspan=2 rowspan=2
Visakha2ndKitsada Somkane--

;National team player quotas except from regulation
TeamLegPlayer 1Player 2
Air Force1st Roman Shirov Yosuke Arai
Air Force2nd Roman Shirov Janita Surat
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall1st Douglas Bueno Pablo Femando
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall2nd Douglas Bueno Deepthi Romesh
NK Fitness Samutsakorn1st Daichi Yanagawa rowspan=2
NK Fitness Samutsakorn2nd Daichi Yanagawa -
Diamond Food Saraburi1st Liu Hong-Min Liu Hong-Jie
Diamond Food Saraburi2nd Liu Hong-Min Liu Hong-Jie
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall1st Rodrigo Da sill va Paulo Iuri Lamounier
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall2nd Rodrigo Da sill va Wu Zhai

Format

Regular season

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Finals series

Venues

;Note

Regular season

League table

Head-to-Head results

Positions by round

Results

First leg

All times are Indochina Time.
Week 1 – Chonburi
Week 2 – Nakhon Ratchasima
Week 3 – Bangkok
Week 4 – Bangkok
Week 5 – Bangkok
Week 6 – Khon Kaen
Week 7 – Khon Kaen

Second leg

All times are Indochina Time.
Week 8 – Khon Kaen
Week 9 – Nonthaburi
Week 10 – Nonthaburi
Week 11 – Nakhon Ratchasima
Week 12 – Nakhon Ratchasima
Week 13 – Bangkok
Week 14 – Bangkok

Finals series

All times are Indochina Time.

Final Team

Venue

The final series matches are played at the MCC Hall The Mall Bang Kapi in Bangkok.
Bang KapiBangkok Metropolis
MCC Hall The Mall Bang KapiBangkok Metropolis
Capacity: 10,000Bangkok Metropolis

Semi-finals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

RankTeam
Air Force
Diamond Food Saraburi
Visakha
4Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall
5RMUTL Phitsanulok
6NK Fitness Samutsakorn
7Ratchaburi
8Khonkaen

Qualified for the Asian Championship and Super League
Qualified for the Super League
Relegated to Pro Challenge

Awards

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P5. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers at the completion of the tournament.

Regular season

After Leg 2 Week 1

Best Scorers

Best Spikers

Best Blockers

Best Servers

Best Diggers

Best Setters

Best Receivers