User:Phuebi/sandbox
Current season, competition or edition: 2019–20 | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| CEO | Kenji Shimaoka |
| Motto | WE NEVER DROP THE BALL |
| No. of teams | V1 Women: 12, Men: 10 V2 Women: 8, Men: 12 V3 Women: NA, Men: 4 |
| Country |  Japan |
| Most recent champion(s) | Women: V1: JT Marvelous V2: Gunma Bank Green Wings Men: V1: JTEKT Stings V2: Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits V3: Nara Dreamers |
| TV partner(s) | DAZN[1][2] |
| Official website | https://www.vleague.jp |
V.League is the top-level professional volleyball league for women and men in Japan. It consists of three Divisions each for women and men structured hierarchically—Division 1, 2 & 3 (V1, V2 and V3). V1 is the Premier Division.[3][4]
The V.League began in 1994 as successor to twenty-seven seasons of the Japan League.[5] Competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball League (ja) (JVL, or V-League Organization). The JVL is a National Federation member of the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA).[6]
History
[edit]- 1967–1993 - Japan's first volleyball league, the Japan League, began with six men's teams and six women's teams with the goal of building an audience such as the baseball and football leagues had pioneered before it
- 1994–2005 - The vision of the new V-League was to make the organizations, players, and management more professional and self-sufficient as sports entities and participants.[7] It also introduced the participation of foreign players
- 2006–2018 - V.Premier League (V.Challenge Leagues I and II) expanded the league and would focus on developing players to represent Japan on the international stage
- 2018– V.League (Divisions 1, 2, and 3)
Structure
[edit]Current Clubs
[edit]The 2019–20 V.League consists of the following member clubs:
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Previous winners
[edit]- 1967–68 to 1993–94: Japan Volleyball League
- 1994–95 to 2005–06: V.League
- 2006–07 to 2017-18: V.Premier League
- 2018-19 to present: V.League 1
