2018–19 Men's V-League (South Korea)

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]

2018–19 Men's V-League
LeagueMen's V-League
SportVolleyball
Duration13 October 2018 – 26 March 2019
Number of games36 per team
Number of teams7
TV partner(s)KBS, KBS N Sports, SBS Sports
Regular season
Top seedIncheon Korean Air Jumbos
Season MVPJung Ji-seok (Korean Air)
Top scorerThijs ter Horst (Samsung Fire)
Postseason
  Playoffs runners-upSeoul Woori Card Wibee
Finals
ChampionsCheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
  Runners-upIncheon Korean Air Jumbos
Finals MVPJeon Kwang-in (Hyundai Capital)

Teams
Location of teams in Men's V-League
Club City Stadium Capacity
Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash Ansan Sangnoksu Gymnasium 2,285
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers Cheonan Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium 5,482
Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Daejeon Chungmu Gymnasium 6,000
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos Incheon Gyeyang Gymnasium 4,270
Seoul Woori Card Wibee Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 4,618
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm Suwon Suwon Gymnasium 5,145
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars Uijeongbu Uijeongbu Gymnasium 6,240

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.

  • Semi-playoff (if necessary): 3rd place team vs. 4th place team – Single match
  • Playoffs: 2nd place team vs. 3rd place team or Semi-playoff winners – Best-of-three series
  • Finals: 1st place team vs. Playoffs winners – Best-of-five series

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
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 75 25 11 92 58 1.586 3417 3183 1.074
2 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 70 25 11 85 55 1.545 3245 3048 1.065
3 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 62 20 16 77 62 1.242 3127 3061 1.022
4 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 55 19 17 73 68 1.074 3216 3199 1.005
5 Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 51 17 19 65 72 0.903 3063 3079 0.995
6 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 46 16 20 64 80 0.800 3216 3333 0.965
7 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 19 4 32 40 101 0.396 2917 3298 0.884
Qualified for the Finals
Qualified for the Playoffs

First round
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Oct14:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 0–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 21–2523–2520–25  64–75Report
14 Oct14:00Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 3–1 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 20–2525–1925–2341–39 111–106Report
15 Oct19:00Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 3–1 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 21–2532–3025–1925–21 103–95Report
16 Oct19:01Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 0–3 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 18–2522–2526–28  66–78Report
18 Oct19:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 1–3 Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 20–2525–2319–2520–25 84–98Report
19 Oct19:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 3–1 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 25–1825–2327–2925–14 102–84Report
20 Oct14:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 3–1 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 22–2525–1825–2226–24 98–89Report
21 Oct14:00Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 3–1 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 17–2525–2225–1625–18 92–81Report
22 Oct19:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 0–3 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 23–2517–2519–25  59–75Report
23 Oct19:00Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 3–1 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 23–2525–1925–2225–23 98–89Report
25 Oct19:00Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 3–1 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 25–2025–1531–3325–18 106–86Report
26 Oct19:00Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 0–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 17–2527–2919–25  63–79Report
27 Oct14:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 3–1 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 22–2528–2625–2025–20 100–91Report
28 Oct14:00Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 1–3 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 19–2525–2218–2519–25 81–97Report
29 Oct19:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 0–3 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 23–2522–2523–25  68–75Report
30 Oct19:00Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 0–3 Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 27–2927–2920–25  74–83Report
1 Nov19:00Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 2–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 18–2514–2525–1825–1910–1592–102Report
2 Nov19:00Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 2–3 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 23–2525–2029–2720–258–15105–112Report
3 Nov14:00Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 3–2 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 25–2723–2525–1325–1915–12113–96Report
4 Nov14:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 3–0 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 25–2325–1825–17  75–58Report
5 Nov19:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 3–0 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 28–2625–2025–15  78–61Report

Second round
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Nov19:05Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 3–1 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 26–2825–2225–2125–20 101–91Report
8 Nov19:00Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 2–3 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 19–2525–1825–2320–2514–16103–107Report
9 Nov19:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 2–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 25–2121–2530–289–2516–18101–117Report
10 Nov14:00Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 3–0 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 30–2825–1225–23  80–63Report
11 Nov14:00Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 0–3 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 21–2521–2518–25  60–75Report
12 Nov19:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 3–0 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 29–2725–1425–20  79–61Report
13 Nov19:00Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 3–2 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 23–2515–2525–1825–2315–13103–104Report
15 Nov19:00Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 3–1 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 25–2318–2525–1625–15 93–79Report
16 Nov19:01Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 1–3 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 25–1917–2520–2523–25 85–94Report
17 Nov14:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 3–1 Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 20–2529–2725–2025–15 99–87Report
18 Nov14:00Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 2–3 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 16–2525–2222–2526–2413–15102–111Report
19 Nov19:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 3–1 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 22–2525–1925–2125–21 97–86Report
20 Nov19:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 3–2 Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 25–1925–2222–2523–2515–7110–98Report
22 Nov19:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 2–3 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 25–1825–2119–2517–2513–1599–104Report
23 Nov19:00Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 2–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 25–2015–2533–3525–1913–15111–114Report
24 Nov14:00Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 3–0 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 25–1725–2125–18  75–56Report
25 Nov14:00Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 0–3 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 18–2521–2517–25  56–75Report
26 Nov19:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 3–0 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 27–2525–2025–22  77–67Report
27 Nov19:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 3–2 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 23–2527–2525–2023–2515–12113–107Report
29 Nov19:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 2–3 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 30–2825–1621–2523–2513–15112–109Report
30 Nov19:00Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 1–3 Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 25–1622–2521–2514–25 82–91Report

Third round
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Dec14:00Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 1–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 18–2525–1823–2517–25 83–93Report
2 Dec14:00Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 1–3 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 22–2523–2525–1621–25 91–91Report
3 Dec19:00Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 1–3 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 30–2819–2523–2522–25 94–103Report
4 Dec19:00Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 0–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 23–2521–2519–25  63–75Report
6 Dec19:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 1–3 Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs 23–2525–1722–2522–25 92–92Report
7 Dec19:00Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 0–3 Ansan OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash 13–2520–2517–25  50–75Report
8 Dec14:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 3–0 Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars 25–1625–1925–22  75–57Report

Fourth round

Fifth round

Sixth round

Postseason
 
PlayoffsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos0
 
 
 
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers3
 
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers2
 
 
Seoul Woori Card Wibee0
 

Playoffs
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Mar14:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 3–2 Seoul Woori Card Wibee 20–2525–2125–1223–2516–14109–97Report
18 Mar19:00Seoul Woori Card Wibee 0–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 30–3222–2512–25  64–82Report

Finals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Mar19:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 2–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 32–3018–2525–2322–2510–15107–118Report
24 Mar14:00Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 2–3 Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 25–2722–2525–1325–2113–15110–101Report
26 Mar19:00Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers 3–1 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos 25–2030–3225–1925–20 105–91Report

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

References
  1. "도드람 2018~2019 V-리그 대회개요" (in Korean). KOVO. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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