2022 Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship

The 2022 Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship was the 16th edition of Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship. The final round of the tournament was held from 9–18 December 2022.^[1][2][3]

令和4年度天皇杯・皇后杯 全日本バレーボール選手権大会
League	Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	9–18 December 2022
Number of teams	Men:26, Women:28 (Final round)
TV partner(s)	NHK BS１(Final match only) NTTSportict
Emperor's Cup
Season champions	JTEKT Stings
Season MVP	Masahiro Yanagida
Empress' Cup
Season champions	NEC Red Rockets
Season MVP	Sarina Koga

JTEKT Stings beat Toray Arrows with straight sets in men's final, winning the title for the second times. NEC Red Rockets won over Toray Arrows with in 4 sets. This was the first time NEC Red Rockets won the title. Masahiro Yanagida and Sarina Koga were chosen to be MVP of this tournament.

Competition summary

Events schedule

• Prefecture round: April – July 2022
• Regional round: September – October 2022
• Final round: 9–11 & 17–18 December 2022

Participant qualification

Teams of junior high school students and above which are validly registered in the 2022 Japan Volleyball Association under "Team Membership and Individual Registration Regulations."

Match balls

• Men: Mikasa V300W
• Women: Molten V5M5000

Competition format

There are three stages in competition: Prefecture round, Regional round and Final round.

Prefecture round:

• A tournament was held to determine one team representing the prefecture that advanced to the regional round for each prefecture.

Regional round:

• A tournament was held for each district block to determined the teams participating in the final round.

Final round

• Knock-out stage
• V1 teams from 2022–2023 V.League directly advanced to the final round.

Venues

1st week of final round (9–11 December)	2nd week of final round (17–18 December)
Tokyo, Japan
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 10,000

Final round

Emperor's Cup

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

10 December

Suntory Sunbirds

3

9 December

University of East Asia

0

University of East Asia

2

11 December

Voreas Hokkaido

0

Suntory Sunbirds

2

9 December

Tokyo Greatbears

3

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

2

10 December

Higashiyama HS

0

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

0

9 December

Tokyo Greatbears

3

Ritsumeikan University

0

17 December

Tokyo Greatbears

2

Tokyo Greatbears

0

Toray Arrows

3

10 December

Osaka Blazers Sakai

3

9 December

Waseda University

0

Aisin Tealmare

0

11 December

Waseda University

2

Osaka Blazers Sakai

1

9 December

Toray Arrows

3

University of Tsukuba

2

10 December

Matsumoto HS

0

University of Tsukuba

0

Toray Arrows

3

18 December

Toray Arrows

0

JTEKT Stings

3

10 December

Panasonic Panthers

3

9 December

Tokai University

2

Higashi Fukuoka HS

0

11 December

Tokai University

2

Panasonic Panthers

1

9 December

JT Thunders Hiroshima

3

Chuo University

2

10 December

Nara Dreamers

0

Chuo University

0

JT Thunders Hiroshima

3

17 December

JT Thunders Hiroshima

2

9 December

JTEKT Stings

3

JTEKT Stings

2

10 December

Sendai University

0

JTEKT Stings

3

9 December

VC Nagano Tridents

1

Sakaide Technical HS

0

11 December

VC Nagano Tridents

2

JTEKT Stings

3

9 December

Wolfdogs Nagoya

1

Veertien Mie

0

10 December

Fukuoka University

2

Fukuoka University

0

Wolfdogs Nagoya

3

Round of 32

Group A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
9 Dec	10:00	University of East Asia	2–0	Voreas Hokkaido	29–27	26–24		56–51
9 Dec	11:30	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	2–0	Higashiyama HS	25–15	25–14		50–29
9 Dec	13:00	Ritsumeikan University	0–2	Tokyo Greatbears	18–25	21–25		39–50
9 Dec	14:30	Aisin Tealmare	0–2	Waseda University	22–25	19–25		41–50
9 Dec	16:00	University of Tsukuba	2–0	Matsumoto HS	25–18	25–20		50–38

Group B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
9 Dec	10:00	Higashi Fukuoka HS	0–2	Tokai University	13–25	23–25		36–50
9 Dec	11:30	JTEKT Stings	2–0	Sendai University	25–21	25–19		50–40
9 Dec	13:00	Sakaide Technical HS	0–2	VC Nagano Tridents	16–25	16–25		32–50
9 Dec	14:30	Veertien Mie	0–2^	Fukuoka University	0–25	0–25		0–50
9 Dec	16:00	Chuo University	2–0	Nara Dreamers	25–16	25–22		50–38

a.^ Veertien Mie withdrew from the competition as the spread of COVID-19 among the team one day before the opening.^[4]

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 10	10:00	Suntory Sunbirds	3–0	University of East Asia	25–10	25–18	26–24			76–52
Dec 10	11:30	Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler	0–3	Tokyo Greatbears	20–25	16–25	18–25			54–75
Dec 10	13:30	Osaka Blazers Sakai	3–0	Waseda University	25–23	25–21	28–26			78–70
Dec 10	14:30	University of Tsukuba	0–3	Toray Arrows	23–25	24–26	17–25			66–77
Dec 10	10:00	Panasonic Panthers	3–2	Tokai University	22–25	25–20	23–25	25–20	15–13	110–103
Dec 10	11:30	Chuo University	0–3	JT Thunders Hiroshima	20–25	18–25	22–25			60–75
Dec 10	13:30	JTEKT Stings	3–1	VC Nagano Tridents	25–18	25–21	23–25	25–18		97–82
Dec 10	14:30	Fukuoka University	0–3	Wolfdogs Nagoya	23–25	24–26	17–25			64–76

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Dec 11	10:00	Suntory Sunbirds	2–3	Tokyo Greatbears	28–26	21–25	19–25	25–22	13–15	106–113
Dec 11	12:00	Panasonic Panthers	1–3	JT Thunders Hiroshima	21–25	25–21	21–25	19–25		86–96
Dec 11	14:00	Osaka Blazers Sakai	1–3	Toray Arrows	21–25	17–25	25–20	17–25		80–95
Dec 11	16:00	JTEKT Stings	3–1	Wolfdogs Nagoya	25–18	22–25	25–18	25–22		97–83

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Dec	15:00	Tokyo Greatbears	0–3	Toray Arrows	23–25	20–25	19–25			62–75	Report
17 Dec	17:00	JT Thunders Hiroshima	2–3	JTEKT Stings	25–20	31–29	25–27	18–25	12–15	111–116	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Dec	16:00	Toray Arrows	0–3	JTEKT Stings	21–25	13–25	17–25			51–75	Report

Empress' Cup

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

10 December

Hisamitsu Springs

3

9 December

JA Gifu Rioreina

0

Kochi Tech

0

11 December

JA Gifu Rioreina

2

Hisamitsu Springs

3

9 December

PFU BlueCats

0

Okayama Seagulls

2

10 December

Kobe Shinwa

0

Okayama Seagulls

0

9 December

PFU BlueCats

3

Prestige International Aranmare

1

17 December

PFU BlueCats

2

Hisamitsu Springs

1

9 December

NEC Red Rockets

3

Ageo Medics

2

10 December

Breath Hamamatsu

1

Ageo Medics

3

9 December

Kurobe AquaFairies

0

Fukuoka University

0

11 December

Kurobe AquaFairies

2

Ageo Medics

1

9 December

NEC Red Rockets

3

Tokai University

2

10 December

KANOA Laulea's Fukuoka

0

Tokai University

0

NEC Red Rockets

3

18 December

NEC Red Rockets

3

Toray Arrows

1

10 December

Toray Arrows

3

9 December

TWCPE

1

TWCPE

2

11 December

Fukuoka Girasol

0

Toray Arrows

3

9 December

Denso Airybees

0

Victorina Himeji

2

10 December

NUWH

0

Victorina Himeji

0

9 December

Denso Airybees

3

Ohno Hiroshima Oilers

0

17 December

Denso Airybees

2

Toray Arrows

3

9 December

JT Marvelous

1

Hitachi Rivale

2

10 December

Brilliant Aries

0

Hitachi Rivale

3

9 December

Toyota Auto Body Queenseis

1

Ryukoku University

1

11 December

Toyota Auto Body Queenseis

2

Hitachi Rivale

0

9 December

JT Marvelous

3

University of Tsukuba

2

Artemis Hokkaido

0

University of Tsukuba

2

JT Marvelous

3

Round of 32

Group A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
9 Dec	10:00	Kochi Tech	0–2	JA Gifu Rioreina	17–25	12–25		28–50
9 Dec	11:30	Okayama Seagulls	2–0	Kobe Shinwa	25–21	25–19		50–40
9 Dec	13:00	Prestige International Aranmare	1–2	PFU BlueCats	25–20	26–28	6–15	57–63
9 Dec	14:30	Ageo Medics	2–1	Breath Hamamatsu	18–25	25–18	25–21	68–64

Group B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
9 Dec	10:00	Fukuoka University	0–2	Kurobe AquaFairies	17–25	18–25		35–50
9 Dec	11:30	Tokai University	2–0	KANOA Laulea's Fukuoka	25–19	27–25		52–44
9 Dec	13:00	TWCPE	2–0	Fukuoka Girasol	25–16	25–19		50–35
9 Dec	14:30	Victorina Himeji	2–0	NUWH	25–11	25–22		50–33

Group C

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
9 Dec	10:00	Ohno Hiroshima Oilers	0–2	Denso Airybees	16–25	17–25		33–50
9 Dec	11:30	Hitachi Rivale	2–0	Brilliant Aries	25–19	25–11		50–30
9 Dec	13:00	Ryukoku University	1–2	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	23–25	26–24	18–25	67–74
9 Dec	14:30	University of Tsukuba	2–0	Artemis Hokkaido	25–18	25–21		50–39

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Dec	10:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	JA Gifu Rioreina	25–12	25–11	25–21			75–44
10 Dec	12:00	Okayama Seagulls	0–3	PFU BlueCats	25–27	20–25	22–25			67–77
10 Dec	14:00	Ageo Medics	3–0	Kurobe AquaFairies	25–18	25–22	25–15			75–55
10 Dec	16:00	Tokai University	0–3	NEC Red Rockets	17–25	14–25	25–27			58–77
10 Dec	10:00	Toray Arrows	3–1	TWCPE	25–23	22–25	25–17	25—21		97–86
10 Dec	12:00	Victorina Himeji	0–3	Denso Airybees	25–27	22–25	23–25			70–77
10 Dec	14:00	Hitachi Rivale	3–1	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	15–25	25–20	25–11	25–18		90–74
10 Dec	16:00	University of Tsukuba	2–3	JT Marvelous	26–24	22–25	26–24	16–25	10–15	100–113

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Dec	10:00	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	PFU BlueCats	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59
11 Dec	12:00	Toray Arrows	3–0	Denso Airybees	25–22	25–22	25–16			75–60
11 Dec	14:00	Ageo Medics	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	25–23	18–25	14–25	9–25		66–98
11 Dec	16:00	Hitachi Rivale	1–3	JT Marvelous	17–25	23–25	26–24	21–25		87–99

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Dec	11:00	Hisamitsu Springs	1–3	NEC Red Rockets	20–25	21–25	29–27	18–25		88–102
17 Dec	13:00	Toray Arrows	3–1	JT Marvelous	25–19	25–16	15–25	30–28		95–88

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Dec	11:00	NEC Red Rockets	3–1	Toray Arrows	25–14	23–25	25–18	25–23		98–80

See also

• 2022–23 V.League Division 1 Men's
• 2023 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament Men's