The new V.League opened, with the men’s VC Yamanashi making a winning debut by beating SHIZUKA Vikings Atsugi 3-0. Meanwhile, the women’s The Yamanashi Chuo Bank,Ltd. narrowly lost 2-3 to Artemis Hokkaido.
The new corporate league in the domestic V.League opened, with teams from Yamanashi Prefecture playing their first matches. In the men’s East Conference, VC Yamanashi won in straight sets against SHIZUKA Vikings Atsugi.
The match ended 3-0 on sets, with scores of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-12. Yamanashi opened the tournament with a win. In the women’s match, The Yamanashi Chuo Bank,Ltd. faced Artemis Hokkaido in Sapporo and lost 2-3, opening with a defeat.
The tournament determines the rankings through a triple round-robin format. The men’s competition features 16 teams divided between Eastern and Western conferences, while 8 teams take part in the women’s competition, which follows the same round-robin format.