2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League

2020 Men's Volleyball Thailand League
Tournament details
Dates	12 November 2020 – 28 March 2021
Teams	8
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56 (Regular seasons); 4 (Final series)
Official website
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The 2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League is the 16th season of the Men's Volleyball Thailand League, the top Thai professional league for men's volleyball clubs. It was established in 2005 and is also known as Daikin Men's Volleyball Thailand League due to the sponsorship deal with Daikin.^[1] A total of eight teams will compete in the league. The season began on 12 November 2020 and is scheduled to conclude in 2021. This season will be organized by the Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA) instead of Thailand Volleyball Co., Ltd. COVID-19 has spread to Thailand which affects the sporting seasons.^[2]

Teams[edit]

Eight teams compete in the league – the top six teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Pro Challenge. The promoted teams are Samut Prakan VC and Rangsit University. Rangsit University retains its position after relegation in previous season, while Samut Prakan VC reaches a top division for the first time. Samut Prakan VC replaced Opart 369 (relegated after four years in the top division) and this is the comeback of Samut Prakan VC for seven years before play in Thailand league.

Qualified teams[edit]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Thailand League title holders; SL: Supur League title holders).

Qualified teams for 2019–20 Volleyball Thailand League (by entry round)
Regular seasons
Team	From
Air Force (4th)	Bangkok
Diamond Food VC (2nd)	Saraburi
Koh-Kood Cabana (6th)	Bangkok
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall^SL ^TH (1st)	Nakhon Ratchasima
Visakha (4th)	Bangkok
RMUTL Phitsanulok (5th)	Phitsanulok

Pro Challenge
Team	From
Prince	Nonthaburi
Kasetsart University	Bangkok

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team	Round	Manager	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsors
Prince	Pro Challenge	Apinan Pitsanuwannawet	Supachai Sripoom	Yutthana Deeraksa	Sensai	Prince
Prince	Regular	Apinan Pitsanuwannawet	Supachai Sripoom	Yutthana Deeraksa	Sensai	Prince
Diamond Food	Regular	Decha Suwannarak	Somboon Nakpueng	Kittikun Sriutthawong	Grand Sport	Diamond Food, Fine Chef
Air Force	Regular	Sonti Boonrueng	Sonti Boonrueng	Mawin Maneewong	Kela	Singha
Nakhon Ratchasima	Regular	Preecha Mitsungneun	Padejsuk Wannachote	Wanchai Tabwises	FBT	The Mall, CP, 7-Eleven, Kubota, Thai lottery, Koh-Kae, Vana Nava, Adda
Visakha	Regular	Khong Kaido	Kajoinsak Manapornchai	Kitsada Somkane	Grand Sport	Visaka
RMUTL Phitsanulok	Regular	Thakoon Nakorntab	Kampol Sripoll	Amorntep Konhan	Grand Sport	Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University
Kasetsart	Pro Challenge	Srijitta Jaroenrabnopparat	Yutthachai Rattanawongpak	Kongkrit Kruein	Elevator	Kasetsart University
Kasetsart	Regular	Srijitta Jaroenrabnopparat	Yutthachai Rattanawongpak	Kongkrit Kruein	Elevator	Kasetsart University
Koh-Kood Cabana	Regular	Teerasak Sukaboon	Anuchet Damdungrom	Adigun Arun	Mizuno	Kohkood-Cabana, SAU,Asias GS

Squads[edit]

National team players[edit]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Free player 1	Free player 2
Diamond Food	Kittikun Sriutthawong	Jirayu Raksakaew	Kissada Nilsawai	Kantapat Koonmee	Jakraprop Saengsee
RMUTL Phitsanulok				Amorntep Konhan
Nakhon Ratchasima	Saranchit Charoensuk	Kittinon Namkhuntod
Air Force				Mawin Maneewong	Anuchit Pakdeekaew
Prince	Montri Puanglib			Chatmongkhon Paketkaew
Visakha	Kitsada Somkane			Jakkapong Tongklang

Foreign players[edit]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Diamond Food VC	André Queiroz	Luiz Perotto
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	Janitha Surath	Almal Khan

Transfers[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Name	Moving from	Moving to
Almal Khan	Al Gharafa S.C	Nakhon Ratchasima
Pattarapon Buoput	Visakha	Air Force
Kitsada Somkane	Visakha	Prince Finance
Sirithep Passadu	Visakha	Prince Finance
Supachai Prajong	Visakha	Prince Finance
Supakorn Jenthaisong	Free agent	Prince Finance
Supachai Rakchan	Free agent	Prince Finance
Phasert Pinkaew	Free agent	RMUTL Phitsanulok
Siwadon Sanhatham	Free agent	RMUTL Phitsanulok
Chaiya Bankammee	Free agent	Koh-Kood Cabana
Peerapan Srilueangnok	Free agent	Koh-Kood Cabana
Jeerapat Budkha	Free agent	Diamond Food
Sorranan Nuampara	Free agent	Diamond Food
Suthipong Donlakkham	Free agent	Diamond Food

Schedule[edit]

Stage	Week	Days	Venue
First leg	1	12–13 December 2020	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	2	19–20 December 2020	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	3	26–27 December 2020	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	4	13–14 February 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	5	17 February 2021,20–21 February 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	6	24 February 2021,27–28 February 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Second leg	7	6–7 March 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	8	10 March 2021,13–14 March 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	9	17 March 2021,20–21 March 2021	Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
	10	27–28 March 2021	MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
Final Series
	11	2–4 April 2021	MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
	12	9–11 April 2021	MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok

Format[edit]

Regular seasons

First leg (Week 1–7): single round-robin; The seventh place and eighth place will relegate to Pro League.
Second leg: (Week 8–14) single round-robin; The top four will advance to Final series.

Final series

First leg (Week 15): single round-robin.
Second leg: (Week 16) single round-robin.

Standing procedure[edit]

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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

Regular seasons – First leg[edit]

First leg table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	7	7	0	20	21	4	5.250	614	513	1.197	Second leg
2	Diamond Food VC	7	6	1	19	20	3	6.667	566	441	1.283
3	Air Force	7	5	2	13	16	11	1.455	593	598	0.992
4	RMUTL Phitsanulok	7	4	3	12	13	10	1.300	546	529	1.032
5	Koh-Kood Cabana	7	3	4	9	10	14	0.714	471	488	0.965
6	Prince	7	2	5	7	10	16	0.625	507	519	0.977
7	Visakha	7	1	6	4	6	18	0.333	431	456	0.945	Relegation to Pro League
8	Kasetsart University	7	0	7	0	1	21	0.048	381	549	0.694	Relegation to Pro League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Positions by week[edit]

	Leader
	Relegation to Pro Challenge

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Team ╲ Round
Air Force	6	5	7	4	3	3
Kasetsart University	7	8	8	8	8	8
Diamond Food VC	1	1	1	1	1	2
Prince	2	4	5	7	5	6
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3	2	2	2	2	1
Visakha	5	6	4	6	7	7
RMUTL Phitsanulok	8	7	6	3	4	4
Koh-Kood Cabana	4	3	3	5	6	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Week 1[edit]

Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 12–13 December 2020

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Dec	09:00	Prince	3–1	Kasetsart University	25–15	21–25	25–17	25–19		96–76
12 Dec	15:00	Visakha	2–3	Koh-Kood Cabana	25–23	21–25	22–25	25–20	14–16	107–109
13 Dec	09:00	Air Force	1–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	16–25	30–28	22–25	19–25		87–103
13 Dec	15:00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	0–3	Diamond Food VC	24–26	22–25	15–25			61–76

Week 2[edit]

Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 19–20 December 2020

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
19 Dec	09:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–1	Prince	25–22	22–25	25–23	25–20	97–90
19 Dec	15:00	Air Force	3–1	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–23	23–25	25–22	25–16	98–86
20 Dec	09:00	Visakha	0–3	Diamond Food VC	15–25	18–25	23–25		56–75
20 Dec	12:00	Koh-Kood Cabana	3–0	Kasetsart University	25–20	25–15	25–13		75–48

Week 3[edit]

Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 26–27 December 2020

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Dec	09:00	Air Force	0–3	Diamond Food VC	18–25	17–25	19–25		54–75
26 Dec	15:00	Koh-Kood Cabana	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	25–27	12–25	20–25		57–77
27 Dec	09:00	Prince	1–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–22	18–25	15–25	23–25	81–97
27 Dec	15:00	Visakha	3–0	Kasetsart University	25–11	25–19	25–13		75–43

Week 4[edit]

Sliding of the competition because Outbreak of coronavirus in Thailand
Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 13–14 February 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
13 Feb*	09:00	Kasetsart University	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	20–25	20–25	16–25	56–75
13 Feb*	15:00	Prince	0–3	Diamond Food VC	18–25	16–25	21–25	55–75
14 Feb*	12:00	Air Force	3–0	Visakha	25–23	25–19	25–18	75–60
14 Feb*	15:00	Koh-Kood Cabana	0–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	22–25	18–25	24–26	64–76

Week 5[edit]

Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Ngamwongwan, Nonthaburi
Dates: 17,20–21 February 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Feb	09:00	Koh-Kood Cabana	2–3	Air Force	23–25	25–16	25–23	21–25	13–15	107–104
17 Feb	15:00	Prince Finance	3–0	Visakha	25–23	29–27	25–23			79–73
20 Feb	09:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	Visakha	25–21	25–20	25–19			75–60
20 Feb	15:00	Prince	2–3	Air Force	25–18	25–17	19–25	23–25	14–16	106–101
21 Feb	09:00	Diamond Food VC	3–0	Koh-Kood Cabana	25–15	26–24	25–20			76–59
21 Feb	12:00	Kasetsart University	0–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	26–28	12–25	15–25			53–78

Week 6[edit]

Venue:Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 24,27–28 February 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Feb	09:00	Kasetsart University	0–3	Diamond Food VC	17–25	14–25	13–25			44–75
24 Feb	15:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–17	25–17	25–16			75–50
27 Feb	09:00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–1	Visakha	25–19	25–20	23–25	25–18		98–82
27 Feb	15:00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–2	Diamond Food VC	18–25	31–29	25–22	23–25	15–13	112–114
28 Feb	09:00	Kasetsart University	0–3	Air Force	18–25	23–25	20–25			61–75
28 Feb	12:00	Prince	0–3	Koh-Kood Cabana	22–25	21–25	18–25			61–75

Regular seasons – Second leg[edit]

Second leg table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Diamond Food VC	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	365	293	1.246	Final series
2	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	232	224	1.036
3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	342	359	0.953
4	Prince	5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	220	264	0.833
5	Air Force	5	1	4	3	6	14	0.429	277	286	0.969	Not passed into Final series
6	Koh-Kood Cabana	5	1	4	3	5	14	0.357	264	274	0.964	Not passed into Final series

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Positions by week[edit]

	Leader
	Not pass to Final 4

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4
Team ╲ Round
Air Force	2	5	5	6
Diamond Food VC	1	1	1	1
Prince	5	6	4	4
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	6	3	2	2
RMUTL Phitsanulok	3	2	3	3
Koh-Kood Cabana	4	4	6	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Week 7[edit]

Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 6–7 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Mar	18.00	Air Force	3–2	Prince	25–21	24–26	23–25	25–20	17–15	114–107
7 Mar	12.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–2	Koh-Kood Cabana	25–21	24–26	25–19	10–25	15–13	99–104
7 Mar	15.00	Diamond Food VC	3–1	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	25–12	25–20	23–25	26–24		99–81

Week 8[edit]

Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 10,13–14 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Mar	18.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–0	Air Force	25–18	25–23	25–22			75–63
13 Mar	12.00	Air Force	2–3	Koh-Kood Cabana	25–16	18–25	25–23	22–25	10–15	100–104
13 Mar	15.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–20	26–24	25–22			76–66
14 Mar	18.00	Diamond Food VC	3–0	Prince	25–17	25–18	25–19			75–54

Week 9[edit]

Venue: Nimitbut Sport Center, Bangkok
Dates: 17,20–21 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Mar	12.00	Diamond Food VC	3–0	Koh-Kood Cabana	25–18	25–18	25–20			75–56
17 Mar	15.00	Prince	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	20–25	22–25	17–25			59–75
20 Mar	18.00	Diamond Food VC	3–2	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–16	25–19	27–29	24–26	15–12	116–102
21 Mar	12.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–1	Air Force	25–23	16–25	25–23	25–22		91–93
21 Mar	15.00	Prince	3–0	Koh-Kood Cabana	25–23	25–17	25–20			75–60

Week 10[edit]

Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
Dates: 27–28 March 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
27 Mar	18.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	Koh-Kood Cabana	25–21	25–17	25–15		75–53
28 Mar	12.00	Prince	1–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–17	16–25	19–25	22–25	82–92
28 Mar	15.00	Diamond Food VC	3–0	Air Force	25–15	25–23	25–18		75–56

Final series[edit]

Final series table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Final result
1	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	6	5	1	16	17	3	5.667	489	420	1.164	Champions
2	Diamond Food VC	6	5	1	14	15	6	2.500	477	391	1.220	Runners-up
3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	6	2	4	4	7	16	0.438	454	525	0.865	Third Place
4	Prince	6	0	6	2	4	18	0.222	429	513	0.836	Fourth Place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Week 11[edit]

Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
Dates: 2–4 April 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Apr	09.00	Diamond Food VC	3–0	Prince	25–19	26–24	25–20			76–63
2 Apr	18.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–23	25–18	25–22			75–63
3 Apr	12.00	Prince	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75
3 Apr	15.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	1–3	Diamond Food VC	26–24	20–25	15–25	19–25		80–99
4 Apr	09.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	3–2	Prince	20–25	25–17	22–25	27–25	15–11	109–103
4 Apr	15.00	Diamond Food VC	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	20–25	16–25	25–27			61–77

Week 12[edit]

Venue: MCC Hall The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok
Dates: 9–11 April 2021

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Apr	09.00	Prince	0–3	Diamond Food VC	23–25	15–25	17–25			55–75
9 Apr	12.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–16	25–19	25–16			75–51
10 Apr	09.00	RMUTL Phitsanulok	0–3	Diamond Food VC	17–25	13–25	18–25			48–75
10 Apr	15.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	3–0	Prince	25–19	25–15	25–20			75–54
11 Apr	09.00	Prince	2–3	RMUTL Phitsanulok	25–17	25–21	17–25	18–25	13–15	98–103
11 Apr	18.00	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall	2–3	Diamond Food VC	20–25	25–20	25–18	19–25	15–11	104–99

Final standing[edit]

Rank	Team
	Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall
	Diamond Food VC
	RMUTL Phitsanulok
4	Prince
5	Air Force
6	Koh-Kood Cabana
7	Visakha
8	Kasetsart University

	Qualified for the Asian Club Championship and Super League
	Qualified for the Super League
	Relegated to Pro Challenge

2020–21 Men's Thailand League

Champion
Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall (7th title)
Team roster
Chanchai Chongfungklang, Wanchai Tabwises (c), Janita Surath, Pongsiri Sawangsri, Yuranan Buadang, Almal Khan, Nantawut Taengkrathok, Anucha Pinsuwan, Thanachot Thongdoung, Kittipong Suksala, Jirawan Thumtong, Tanapat Charoensuk, Jatuphon Dutjamayoon, Chakkrit Chandahuadong, Saranchit Charoensuk, Wutthichai Suksala, Pongpisit Chattongsoo, Boonyarid Wongtorn, Thanat Bumrungpakdee
Head coach
Padejsuk Wannachote

Awards[edit]

Most valuable player

Janita Surath (Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall)

Best Best Scorer

Amorntep Konhan (RMUTL Phitsanulok)

Best outside spiker

Kittikun Sriutthawong (Diamond food)

Wanchai Tabwises (Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall)

Best servers

André Queiroz (Diamond food)

Best middle blocker

Kissada Nilsawai (Diamond food)

Kittipong Suksala (Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall)

Best setter

Narongrit Janpirom (RMUTL Phitsanulok)

Best opposite spiker

Kantapat Koonmee (Diamond food)

Best libero

Tanapat Charoensuk (Nakhon Ratchasima The Mall)

References[edit]

^ "สมาคมลูกยางจับมือไดกิ้น จัดแถลงข่าวเปิดศึกไทยแลนด์ลีก ครั้งที่ 16". siamsport. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ Bodetti, Austin. "Coronavirus Hits Thailand Hard". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

External links[edit]

Official website
2020–21 Men's Volleyball Thailand League on Facebook

[1] "สมาคมลูกยางจับมือไดกิ้น จัดแถลงข่าวเปิดศึกไทยแลนด์ลีก ครั้งที่ 16". siamsport. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[2] Bodetti, Austin. "Coronavirus Hits Thailand Hard". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

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