2024-25 DAIDO LIFE SV.LEAGUE WOMEN 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（14 clubs in total）: Aranmare YAMAGATA, DENSO AIRYBEES, Astemo Rivale Ibaraki, GUNMA GREENWINGS, SAITAMA AGEO MEDICS, NEC RED ROCKETS KAWASAKI, KUROBE AQUA FAIRIES, PFU BlueCats ISHIKAWA KAHOKU, QUEENSEIS KARIYA, TORAY ARROWS SHIGA, OSAKA MARVELOUS, VICTORINA HIMEJI, OKAYAMA SEAGULLS, SAGA Hisamitsu Springs

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 8 clubs from the regular season will advance to the Championship. The final standings for the clubs ranked 9th to 14th 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 1st to 8th in the regular season will play in the Quarterfinals based on their rankings at the end of the regular season. The winners of the Quarterfinals will advance to the Semifinals, and the winners of the Semifinals will advance to the Final. There will be no ranking matches for the clubs that lose in the Quarterfinals and Semifinals; the final rankings for the 3rd to 8th clubs will be determined based on the final regular season standings.
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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