Interestingly, this weekend’s competition programme in the men’s Daido Life SV.League offers five double headers, in each of which a team from the top half of the table will go against a team from the bottom half. The first five matches of the 13t leg will be played on Saturday, January 18, and the second – on Sunday, January 19.
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Five men’s double headers coming up in Japan this weekend
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Published 02:47, 17 Jan 2025
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In what has been selected Games of the Week, table leaders Osaka Bluteon will visit Toray Arrows Shizuoka at the Koryo Arena at 14:05 local time (05:05 UTC) on both competition days. Osaka have a 19-3 win-loss ratio and 57 points, while Toray Arrow are eighth in the current standings on 6-16 and 18.
Wolfdogs Nagoya will host Nagano Tridents at the Entrio on Saturday at 17:05 (08:05) and on Sunday at 16:05 (07:05). Nagoya stand second on 18-6 and 54, while Nagano are second from the bottom, in ninth place on 5-17 and 13. It will be the third double header between these two teams this season. Wolfdogs won all four previous matches in straight sets.
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Defending champions Suntory Sunbirds Osaka will play on the road at Voreas Hokkaido. They will open the SV.League weekend at 13:35 (04:35) on Saturday. The second match at the Hakodate Arena will start at the same time on Sunday. Suntory are running third in the table on 16-6 and 49, while Voreas trail bottom, in 10th place on 2-20 and 10. When the two clubs met in October, Sunbirds took the full six points.
Fourth-placed JTEKT Stings Aichi are also travelling this weekend. Standing on 16-8 and 42, they will play against sixth-placed Hiroshima Thunders, on 10-14 and 29. The Higashi-Hiroshima Athletic Park Gymnasium will stage the two games on Saturday at 14:05 (05:05) and on Sunday at 13:05 (04:05). Aichi and Hiroshima have already played four times this season. JTEKT won the first three encounters, but in the most recent one, Thunders celebrated a five-set victory.
In a clash between the fifth and the seventh in the standings, Tokyo Great Bears will entertain Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers at the Ariake Coliseum. The squad from the capital is on a positive balance of 15-9 and 46, while the visitors are on 7-15 and 24. Saturday’s game will serve off at 15:05 (06:05). The match on Sunday will get underway an hour earlier, at 14:05 (05:05). November’s double header between the two sides resulted in 3-1 and 3-0 victories for Great Bears.
Men’s SV.League 2024-2025 13th leg:
Jan 18, 13:35 local (04:35 UTC): Voreas Hokkaido v Suntory Sunbirds Osaka
Jan 18, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Hiroshima Thunders v JTEKT Stings Aichi
Jan 18, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Toray Arrows Shizuoka v Osaka Bluteon
Jan 18, 15:05 local (06:05 UTC): Tokyo Great Bears v Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers
Jan 18, 17:05 local (08:05 UTC): Wolfdogs Nagoya v Nagano Tridents
Jan 19, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Hiroshima Thunders v JTEKT Stings Aichi
Jan 19, 13:35 local (04:35 UTC): Voreas Hokkaido v Suntory Sunbirds Osaka
Jan 19, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Toray Arrows Shizuoka v Osaka Bluteon
Jan 19, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Tokyo Great Bears v Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers
Jan 19, 16:05 local (07:05 UTC): Wolfdogs Nagoya v Nagano Tridents
