2018–19 Men's V-League (South Korea) Explained

2018–19 Men's V-League
League:Men's V-League
Sport:Volleyball
Duration:13 October 2018 – 26 March 2019
No Of Games:36 per team
No Of Teams:7
Tv:KBS, KBS N Sports, SBS Sports
Season:Regular season
Top Seed:Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
Mvp:Jung Ji-seok (Korean Air)
Top Scorer:Thijs ter Horst (Samsung Fire)
Playoffs:Postseason
Conf2:Playoffs
Conf2 Runner-Up:Seoul Woori Card Wibee
Finals:Finals
Finals Champ:Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
Finals Runner-Up:Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
Finals Mvp:Jeon Kwang-in (Hyundai Capital)
Seasonslistnames:Men's V-League
Prevseason Link:2017–18 Men's V-League (South Korea)
Prevseason Year:2017–18
Nextseason Link:2019–20 Men's V-League (South Korea)
Nextseason Year:2019–20

The 2018–19 Men's V-League was the 15th season of the Men's V-League, the highest professional men's volleyball league in South Korea. It is sponsored by Dodram and known as The Dodram 2018–19 Men's V-League for sponsorship purposes. The season started on 13 October 2018 and concluded on 26 March 2019.[1]

Teams

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & CashAnsanSangnoksu Gymnasium2,285
Cheonan Hyundai Capital SkywalkersCheonanYu Gwan-sun Gymnasium5,482
Daejeon Samsung Fire BluefangsDaejeonChungmu Gymnasium6,000
Incheon Korean Air JumbosIncheonGyeyang Gymnasium4,270
Seoul Woori Card WibeeSeoulJangchung Gymnasium4,618
Suwon KEPCO VixtormSuwonSuwon Gymnasium5,145
Uijeongbu KB Insurance StarsUijeongbuUijeongbu Gymnasium6,240

Format

Regular season

Regular season plays a sextuple round-robin (triple home and away matches) and each single round-robin is called a round. Each team plays 36 games in the regular season.

Regular season standing procedure

  1. Match points
  2. Number of matches won
  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

Postseason

The top three teams in the regular season standing will qualify for the postseason. However, if the difference between the 3rd and 4th place team is within three match points, the 4th place team will also qualify. The lowest-qualifying team face off in a stepladder system, where each winners then faces the next-highest team, culminating in the finals against the top-ranked team.

Final standing procedure

  1. Finals winners
  2. Finals losers
  3. Playoffs losers
  4. Regular season 4th place team or Semi-playoff losers
  5. Regular season 5th place team
  6. Regular season 6th place team
  7. Regular season 7th place team

Regular season

Sixth round

Postseason

Finals

Final standing

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1Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
2Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
3Seoul Woori Card Wibee
4Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs
5Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash
6Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
7Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 도드람 2018~2019 V-리그 대회개요 . . Korean . 1 March 2019.