2018–19 V.League Division 1 Women's

The Volleyball 2018–19 V.League Division 1 Women's was the 25th tournament year and the 1st top level women's tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League (Japan). It was held from November 3, 2018 – April 13, 2019.

Foreign players
The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club. Player from Southeast Asia nations are exempt from these restrictions.

Season standing procedure

 * 1) The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
 * 2) *Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
 * 3) *Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
 * 4) *Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
 * 5) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: Total number of victories (matches won, matched lost)
 * 6) If teams are still tied after examining points gained and the number of victories, then the results to break the tie will be examined in the following order:
 * 7) *Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on total number of victories, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
 * 8) *Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
 * 9) *If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Western Conference
Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2019. Source: Western Conference Ranking Table V.league Division 1 Women's 2018–19

Eastern Conference
Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2019 Source: Eastern Conference Ranking Table V.league Division 1 Women's 2018–19

Week 1

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Nices Arena, Yurihonjo
 * Venue: Komazawa Gymnasium, Tokyo
 * Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka

Week 2

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Beikomu Total Gymnastics, Amagasaki
 * Venue: Kanazawa City General Gymnasium, Kanazawa

Week 3

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Wing Arena Kariya, Kariya
 * Venue: Ageo Citizen Gymnasium, Ageo
 * Venue: YKK Kurobe Gymnastics, Kurobe

Week 4

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Momotaro Arena, Okayama
 * Venue: Ishikawa Sports Center, Kanazawa
 * Venue: Tsu City Industry and Sports Center, Tsu
 * Venue: Ota City General Gymnasium, Ōta, Tokyo

Week 5

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Ukaruchan Arena, Otsu
 * Venue: Kobe Green Arena, Kobe
 * Venue: Fukaya City General Stadium, Fukaya
 * Venue: Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki

Week 6

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Hitachinaka City General Sports Park Gymnasium, Hitachinaka
 * Venue: Saga Prefecture General Gymnasium, Saga
 * Venue: Hasuda-shi General Citizen Gymnasium, Hasuda

Week 7

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Kurobe-shi General Physical Education Center, Kurobe

Week 8

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Wink Gymnasium, Himeji
 * Venue: Sakura Ward Hall, Saitama
 * Venue: Momotaro Arena, Okayama
 * Venue: Kakogawa Municipal General Gymnasium, Kakogawa

Week 9

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Funabashi Arena, Funabashi
 * Venue: Ishikawa Sports Center, Kanazawa
 * Venue: Saga Prefecture General Gymnasium, Saga

Week 10

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Momotaro Arena, Okayama
 * Venue: Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki

Week 11

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Kobe Green Arena, Kobe
 * Venue: Wing Arena Kariya, Kariya
 * Venue: Ishikawa Sports Center, Kanazawa
 * Venue: Horaiya Koriyama General Gymnasium, Koriyama

Week 12

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Ukaruchan Arena, Otsu
 * Venue: Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki
 * Venue: Kurobe-shi General Physical Education Center, Kurobe

Week 13

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Momotaro Arena, Okayama
 * Venue: Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Ibaraki
 * Venue: Nishio Municipal Gymnasium, Nishio
 * Venue: Ehime Prefecture Budokan, Matsuyama

Week 14

 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
 * Venue: Nippon Steel Sumikin Sakai Gymnasium, Sakai

Standing Procedure

 * 1) Total points (match points of final 8 and the ranking points of regular round)
 * 2) *Ranking points of regular round; From each Conference: 1st place – 6 point, 2nd place – 4 point, 3rd place – 2 point, 4th place – 0 point
 * 3) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The ranking points of regular round
 * 4) If teams are still tied after examining total points and the ranking points of regular round, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
 * 5) *The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match in Final 8 as follows:
 * 6) **Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
 * 7) **Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
 * 8) **Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
 * 9) *Total number of victories in Final 8 (matches won, matched lost)
 * 10) *Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on total number of victories, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
 * 11) *Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
 * 12) *If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * Foluke Akinradewo
 * Best setter
 * Nanami Seki
 * Best Middle Blockers
 * Foluke Akinradewo
 * Sinead Jack
 * Fighting Spirit
 * Jana Kulan
 * Best Outside Hitters
 * Brankica Mihajlovic
 * Jana Kulan
 * Best Opposite Hitter
 * Risa Shinnabe
 * Best libero
 * Mako Kobata
 * Best Newcomer
 * Nanami Seki

Regular round
The statistics of each group follows the vis reports. The statistics include 4 volleyball skills; serve, reception, spike, and block. The table below shows the top 10 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers at the completion of the Regular Round. .