2021–22 V-League (South Korea)

Football league season

V League
Season	2021–22
Dates	October 2021 – April 2022
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The 2021–22 V-League season was the 18th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season ran from October 2021 to April 2022. Incheon Korean Air Jumbos were the defending champions for male teams and GS Caltex Seoul KIXX for the female teams. A new team, Gwangju AI Peppers joined the female league from this season.

Teams

Men's clubs

Suwonclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in V-League Men's Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ansan OK Financial Group Okman	Ansan	Sangnoksu Gymnasium	2,700
Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	Cheonan	Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium	5,482
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	Uijeongbu	Uijeongbu Gymnasium	6,240
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	Incheon	Gyeyang Gymnasium	4,270 Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
Seoul Woori Card Wibee	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317

Women's clubs

Gwangjuclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in V-League Women's Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Daejeon KGC	Daejeon	Chungmu Gymnasium	5,000
Gimcheon Korea Expressway Hi-pass	Gimcheon	Gimcheon Gymnasium	6,000
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium	4,507
Hwaseong IBK Altos	Hwaseong	Hwaseong Gymnasium	5,152 Archived 2020-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	Incheon	Gyeyang Gymnasium	4,270 Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate	Suwon	Suwon Gymnasium	4,317
Gwangju AI Peppers	Gwangju	Yeomju Gymnasium	8,500

Season standing procedure

Match points
Number of matches won
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

If the 4th-placed team finishes within three points of the 3rd placed team, an extra league game is played between these two 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

Regular season

League table (Men's)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	36	24	12	70	1.582	1.077	Finals
2	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	36	19	17	62	1.149	1.028	Semifinals
3	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	36	17	19	59	1.075	1.029	Semifinals
4	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	36	20	16	56	1.058	0.995
5	Ansan OKman	36	17	19	44	0.797	0.975
6	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	36	14	22	44	0.763	0.941
7	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	36	15	21	43	0.775	0.959

Source: League table (Men's)

As Suwon KEPCO finished within three points of Seoul Woori, a play-off was held between the two teams which Suwon won, advancing them to the semi-final play-off game.

League table (Women's)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	31	28	3	82	3.034	1.161	Finals
2	Gimcheon Hi-pass	32	24	8	70	1.854	1.108	Semifinals
3	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	31	20	11	62	1.972	1.102	Semifinals
4	Daejeon KGC	32	15	17	46	0.917	0.990
5	Hwaseong IBK Altos	32	11	21	31	0.634	0.944
6	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	33	10	23	31	0.566	0.922
7	Gwangju AI Peppers	31	3	28	11	0.244	0.812

Source: League table (Women's)

Results / Fixtures - Male

Rounds 1 and 2

Home \ Away	INC	CHN	ANS	DEJ	SEL	UJB	SUW
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	—	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	1–3	1–3
Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	3–2	—	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–3
Ansan OKman	0–3	3–2	—	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–3
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	3–0	3–1	2–3	—	3–2	1–3*	0–3
Seoul Woori Card Wibee	0–3	1–3	0–3	2–3	—	3–2*	3–0
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–3	3–0	—	0–3
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	3–2	3–0	0–3	0–3	1–3	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on -. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

(*) = game played at away team's ground

Rounds 3 and 4

Home \ Away	INC	CHN	ANS	DEJ	SEL	UJB	SUW
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	—	3–0	2–3	2–3	3–0	3–0	3–1
Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	0–3	—	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–3	3–2
Ansan OKman	0–3	2–3	—	3–2	0–3	0–3*	1–3*
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	2–3	0–3	3–0	—	0–3	1–3	3–1
Seoul Woori Card Wibee	3–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	—	1–3	3–0
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	2–3	3–0	2–3	2–3*	1–3*	—	2–3
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	1–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	0–3	1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 5 and 6

Home \ Away	INC	CHN	ANS	DEJ	SEL	UJB	SUW
Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	—	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–3	3–2	3–2
Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	1–3	—	0–3	3–2	2–3	1–3	0–3
Ansan OKman	0–3	1–3	—	3–2	3–2	3–0	3–1
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	0–3	3–0	1–3	—	3–1	0–3	3–1
Seoul Woori Card Wibee	2–3	2–3	3–1	3–0	—	0–3	3–1
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	3–2	3–0	3–1*	0–3	3–2	—	1–3
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	3–1	3–2	3–1*	3–0	1–3	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

(*) = game played at away team's ground

Results / Fixtures - Female

Rounds 1 and 2

Home \ Away	SEL	DEJ	HWA	INC	GIM	SUW	GWA
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	—	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–3	1–3	3–0
Daejeon KGC	3–1	—	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–3	3–0
Hwaseong IBK Altos	0–3	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3
Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	0–3	0–3	0–3	—	1–3*	1–3*	3–1
Gimcheon Hi-pass	0–3	3–0	3–0	3–1	—	0–3	3–0
Swuon Hyundai Hillstate	3–0*	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	—	3–2
Gwangju AI Peppers	0–3	1–3	2–3	1–3	1–3*	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on - all 1st round matches completed. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

= game played at away team's ground

Rounds 3 and 4

Home \ Away	SEL	DEJ	HWA	INC	GIM	SUW	GWA
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	—	3–1*	3–0	3–0	1–3	1–3*	3–0
Daejeon KGC	3–1	—	3–0	1–3	1–3	0–3	3–0
Hwaseong IBK Altos	0–3	3–0	—	0–3	2–3	1–3	3–0
Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	1–3	3–0	2–3	—	1–3	0–3	3–1
Gimcheon Hi-pass	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–1*	—	3–2	3–0*
Swuon Hyundai Hillstate	3–1	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	—	3–0
Gwangju AI Peppers	0–3	0–3	3–0	1–3	0–3	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on all 2nd round matches completed. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

= game played at away team's ground

Rounds 5 and 6

Home \ Away	SEL	DEJ	HWA	INC	GIM	SUW	GWA
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	—	3–0	-	3–0	-	2–3	-
Daejeon KGC	-	—	2–3	-	1–3	3–2	3–1
Hwaseong IBK Altos	3–0	3–1	—	3–0	3–1	-	3–0
Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	0–3	3–0	3–1	—	1–3	0–3	-
Gimcheon Hi-pass	0–3	-	-	3–0	—	3–0	3–0
Swuon Hyundai Hillstate	-	-	3–1	-	3–2	—	-
Gwangju AI Peppers	0–3	1–3	-	3–1	-	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on all 3rd round matches completed. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

= game played at away team's ground

Play-offs

Bracket (Men's )

Semifinals			Finals

1	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos


			1	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	3	1	3

			2	Uijeongbu KB Stars	1	3	2
2	Uijeongbu KB Stars	3

3	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	1

The play-offs were shortened due to COVID, with the semi-final being a one-of game, and the finals reduced to as series of three. The women's play-offs were cancelled entirely and no winner crowned.

Attendance

Men's teams

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	14,819	1,669	-	823	n/a
2	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	13,795	1,408	-	766	n/a
3	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	12,494	1,050	-	694	n/a
4	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	12,251	1,317	-	681	n/a
5	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	11,536	1,090	-	641	n/a
6	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	9,812	1,091	-	545	n/a
7	Ansan Rush & Cash	8,928	838	-	496	n/a
	League total	83,635	1,669	-	664	n/a

Updated to games played on 3 April
Source:

Many games this season have had restricted attendance due to COVID protocols.

Women's teams

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	19,895	1,712	-	1,421	n/a
2	Hwaseong IBK Altos	23,696	1,657	-	1,394	n/a
3	Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass	21,084	3,082	-	1,363	n/a
4	Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders	21,299	2,610	-	1,331	n/a
5	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	19,950	1,786	-	1,330	n/a
6	Gwangju AI Peppers	21,000	2,422	-	1,313	n/a
7	Daejeon KGC	20,880	2,571	-	1,228	n/a
	League total	148,524	3,082	-	1,340	n/a

Updated to games played on 26 March
Source:

Most games this season have been closed door or restricted access.

Top Performers

Men's (Points)

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Noumory Keita	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	1261
2	Kyle Russell	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	915
3	Leonardo Leyva	Ansan OKman	870
4	Alexandre Ferreira	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	804
5	Daudi Okello	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	671
6	Lincoln Williams	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	659
7	Heo Su-bong	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers	602
8	Na Kyeong-buk	Seoul Woori Card Wibee	568
9	Lim Dong-hyeok	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	419
10	Seo Jae-duck	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm	416

Women's (Points)

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Laetitia Moma Bassoko	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX	819
2	Kelsie Payne	Gimcheon Hi-pass	775
3	Katherine Bell	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders	773
4	Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	674
5	Jelena Mladjenović	Daejeon KGC	672
6	Elizabet Inneh	Gwangju AI Peppers	598
7	Yang Hyo-jin	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate	502
8	Park Jeong-ah	Gimcheon Hi-pass	440
9	Kim Hee-jin	Hwaseong IBK Altos	398
10	Lee So-young	Daejeon KGC	377

Player of the Round

Men's

Round	Player	Club
1	Noumory Keita	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
2	Kyle Russell	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs
3	Noumory Keita	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
4	Noumory Keita	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
5	Leonardo Leyva	Ansan OKman
6	Noumory Keita	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars

Women's

Round	Player	Club
1	Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
2	Yang Hyo-jin	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
3	Kelsie Payne	Gimcheon Hi-pass
4	Laetitia Moma Bassoko	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX
5	Laetitia Moma Bassoko	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX
6	-	-

Final standing

Men's League

Rank	Team
	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
	Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm
4	Seoul Woori Card Wibee
5	Ansan OKman
6	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs
7	Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers

Women's League

Rank	Team
	Suwon Hyundai Hillstate
	Gimcheon Hi-pass
	GS Caltex Seoul KIXX
4	Daejeon KGC
5	Hwaseong IBK Altos
6	Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders
7	Gwangju AI Peppers

Women's League postponed and then cancelled in Round 6 due to COVID cases.

References

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Men's	Ansan OK Financial Group Okman Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Incheon Korean Air Jumbos Seoul Woori Card Woori Won Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
Women's	Daejeon CheongKwanJang Red Sparks GS Caltex Seoul Kixx Gwangju AI Peppers Hwaseong IBK Altos Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate
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