2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's
The Volleyball 2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's will be the 25th tournament year and the 1st top level men's tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League. It will be held from October 26, 2018 – April 14, 2019.
Clubs
Personnel
Foreign players
The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club. Player from Asian Volleyball Confederation nations are exempt from these restrictions.Transfer players
Stadiums
Squads
Season standing procedure
- The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
- *Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
- *Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
- *Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
- In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: Total number of victories
- If teams are still tied after examining points gained and the number of victories, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
- *Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on total number of victories, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
- *Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
- *If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Regular round
League table
Standings
Updated to match played on 24 February 2019.Source:
Positions by round
Results by match played
Results table
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Head-to-head results
Leg 1
Week 1
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 2
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 3
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 4
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 5
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Leg 2
Week 1
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 2
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 3
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 4
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 5
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Leg 3
Week 1
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 2
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 3
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 4
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Week 5
Stadium
Results
- All times are Japan Standard Time.
Final stage
Final 6
Standing Procedure
- Total points
- *Ranking points of regular round; 1st place – 5 point, 2nd place – 4 point, 3rd place – 3 point, 4th place – 2 point, 5th place – 1 point, 6th place – 0 point
- In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The ranking points of regular round
- If teams are still tied after examining total points and the ranking points of regular round, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
- *The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match in Final 6 as follows:
- **Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
- **Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
- **Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
- *Total number of victories in Final 6
- *Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on total number of victories, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
- *Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
- *If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Standings
Results
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Final 3
Final
All–Star Game
Final standing
| Rank | Club |
| Panasonic Panthers | |
| JT Thunders | |
| Toray Arrows | |
| 4 | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 5 | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza |
| 6 | Osaka Blazers Sakai |
| 7 | JTEKT Stings |
| 8 | FC Tokyo |
| 9 | Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler |
| 10 | VC Nagano Tridents |
| 2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's Champions |
| Roster: Kunihiro Shimizu, Hideomi Fukatsu, Shinya Yamazoe, Issei Otake, Sogo Watanabe, Kenji Shirasawa, Tsubasa Hisahara, Takahiko Imamura, Akihiro Yamauchi, Masayuki Ikeda, Kazuya Senda, Michal Kubiak, Tatsuya Fukuzawa, Ryouhei Iga, Takeshi Nagano, Chen Chien-Chen, Takahiro Shin, Yasunari Kodama, Yuichiro Komiya Head coach: Shinji Kawamura |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Setter
- Best Middle Blockers
- Best Outside Hitters
- Best Opposite Hitter
- Best Libero
Statistics leaders