2024-25 DAIDO LIFE SV.LEAGUE MEN Regulations

2. Duration: Regular Season：Saturday, October 12, 2024- Sunday, April 13, 2025
Championship：The third week of April 2025 – Sunday, May 4, 2025

3. Participating Clubs（10 clubs in total）: VOREAS HOKKAIDO, Tokyo Great Bears, VC NAGANO TRIDENTS, TORAY ARROWS SHIZUOKA, JTEKT STINGS AICHI, WOLFDOGS NAGOYA, OSAKA BLUTEON, SUNTORY SUNBIRDS OSAKA, NIPPON STEEL SAKAI BLAZERS, HIROSHIMA THUNDERS

4. Competition Format: Regular Season:
① Each club will play a total of 44 matches in a home-and-away format, with 22 of those matches being home games.
② The top 6 clubs from the regular season will advance to the Championship. The final standings for the clubs 　ranked 7th to 10th will be determined based on the results of the regular season.
③ All matches will be played as best-of-five sets.
Championship:
① The Championship will be conducted in a tournament format. The clubs ranked 3rd to 6th at the end of the regular season will compete in the Quarterfinals. The winners of the Quarterfinals will advance to the Semifinals. The top two clubs from the regular season, along with the winners of the Quarterfinals, will compete in the Semifinals. The winners of the Semifinals will advance to the Finals. There will be no ranking matches for the clubs that lose in the Quarterfinals and Semifinals, and the final rankings for the clubs placed 3rd to 6th will be determined based on their final standings in the regular season.
② All matches, except for the Final, will be hosted by the higher-ranked club from the regular season. In principle, the Quarterfinals and Semifinals will be held between Friday and the following Tuesday.
③ All matches will be played as best-of-five sets.

5. Ranking Criteria: Regular Season (League Matches):
Final rankings will be determined in the following order of priority:
① Winning Percentage = Total Number of Wins ÷ Total Number of Completed Matches
② Total Points Earned from All Completed Matches
Points awarded per match are as follows:
3 Points: Win with a set score of "3-0" or "3-1"
2 Points: Win with a set score of "3-2"
1 Point: Loss with a set score of "2-3"
0 Points: Loss with a set score of "0-3" or "1-3"
③ Set Ratio = Total Number of Sets Won ÷ Total Number of Sets Lost
④ Point Ratio = Total Number of Points Scored ÷ Total Number of Points Conceded
⑤ Head-to-Head Record among Tied Teams (Winning Percentage > Points Earned > Set Ratio > Point Ratio)
⑥ Drawing Lots (Only implemented if deemed necessary by the Board of Directors)
Championship (Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals):
A best-of-three format will be used, with the team winning two out of three matches advancing.
If both teams have one win each, a third match will be played to determine the winner.

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