# 2022–23 V-League (South Korea)

The 2022–23 V-League season is the 19th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season run from 22 October 2022 to 7 April 2023.

## Teams
### 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 |
| Seoul Woori Card Wibee | Seoul | Jangchung Gymnasium | 4,507 |
| Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm | Suwon | Suwon Gymnasium | 4,317 |

### 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 | 5,158 |
| Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders | Incheon | Samsan World Gymnasium | 7,140 |
| Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate | Suwon | Suwon Gymnasium | 4,317 |
| Gwangju AI Peppers | Gwangju | Yeomju Gymnasium | 8,500 |

## Season standing procedure

* Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser.
* Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser.
* Standings – Points, matches won, Sets ratio, Points ratio, then 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.

## Regular season

* If the fourth ranked team finishes within three points of the third ranked team, a semi playoff will be held between the two teams to decide who advances to the playoff game.

### League table (Men's)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SR | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Incheon Korean Air Jumbos | 36 | 26 | 10 | 76 | 1.833 | 1.083 | Championship |
| 2 | Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers | 36 | 22 | 14 | 67 | 1.351 | 1.040 | Playoff |
| 3 | Seoul Woori Card Wibee | 36 | 19 | 17 | 56 | 1.000 | 1.021 | Playoff |
| 4 | Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm | 36 | 17 | 19 | 53 | 1.014 | 1.012 |
| 5 | Ansan OKman | 36 | 16 | 20 | 48 | 0.838 | 0.954 |
| 6 | Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars | 36 | 15 | 21 | 42 | 0.734 | 0.946 |
| 7 | Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs | 36 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 0.671 | 0.952 |
Source: League table (Men's)

### League table (Women's)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SR | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders | 36 | 27 | 9 | 82 | 2.114 | 1.109 | Championship |
| 2 | Suwon Hyundai Hillstate | 36 | 24 | 12 | 70 | 1.554 | 1.079 | Playoff |
| 3 | Gimcheon Hi-pass | 36 | 20 | 16 | 60 | 1.149 | 1.015 | Playoff |
| 4 | Daejeon KGC | 36 | 19 | 17 | 56 | 1.000 | 1.009 |
| 5 | GS Caltex Seoul KIXX | 36 | 16 | 20 | 48 | 0.880 | 0.996 |
| 6 | Hwaseong IBK Altos | 36 | 15 | 21 | 48 | 0.803 | 0.972 |
| 7 | Gwangju AI Peppers | 36 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 0.347 | 0.835 |
Source: League table (Women's)

### Results / Fixtures – Men
#### Rounds 1 and 2

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

#### Rounds 3 and 4

| Home \ Away | INC | CHN | ANS | DEJ | SEL | UJB | SUW |
| Incheon Korean Air Jumbos | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Ansan OKman | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Seoul Woori Card Wibee | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 3–1 |
| Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3* | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
* game played at away team's ground

#### Rounds 5 and 6

| Home \ Away | INC | CHN | ANS | DEJ | SEL | UJB | SUW |
| Incheon Korean Air Jumbos | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| Ansan OKman | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3* |
| Seoul Woori Card Wibee | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 3–2 |
| Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | |
* game played at away team's ground

### Results / Fixtures – Women
#### Rounds 1 and 2

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

#### Rounds 3 and 4

| Home \ Away | SEL | DEJ | HWA | INC | GIM | SUW | GWA |
| GS Caltex Seoul KIXX | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3* | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3* |
| Daejeon KGC | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Hwaseong IBK Altos | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Gimcheon Hi-pass | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Suwon Hyundai Hillstate | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 3–0 |
| Gwangju AI Peppers | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
* game played at away team's ground

#### Rounds 5 and 6

| Home \ Away | SEL | DEJ | HWA | INC | GIM | SUW | GWA |
| GS Caltex Seoul KIXX | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Daejeon KGC | 0–3 | | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Hwaseong IBK Altos | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders | 2–3* | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Gimcheon Hi-pass | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Suwon Hyundai Hillstate | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 3–2 |
| Gwangju AI Peppers | 0–3* | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | |
* game played at away team's ground

## Final stage
### Bracket (Men's)

| Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | | | 1 | Incheon Korean Air Jumbos | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |

### Bracket (Women's)

| Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Playoff | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | | 1 | Incheon Heungkuk Pink Spiders | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Suwon Hyundai Hillstate | 1 | 0 | 3 | Gimcheon Hi-pass | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Gimcheon Hi-pass | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |

## Attendance
### Men's teams

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Seoul Woori Card Wibee | 46,593 | 3,273 | 1,608 | 2,589 | +238.0%$^†$ |
| 2 | Cheonan Hyundai Skywalkers | 30,400 | 2,626 | 952 | 1,689 | +105.2%$^†$ |
| 3 | Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars | 28,471 | 2,748 | 834 | 1,582 | +132.3%$^†$ |
| 4 | Ansan Rush & Cash | 25,756 | 2,662 | 612 | 1,431 | +188.5%$^†$ |
| 5 | Incheon Korean Air Jumbos | 23,923 | 2,194 | 685 | 1,329 | +91.5%$^†$ |
| 6 | Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm | 21,251 | 2,374 | 552 | 1,181 | +84.2%$^†$ |
| 7 | Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs | 18,599 | 1,633 | 567 | 1,033 | +89.5%$^†$ |
| | League total | 194,993 | 3,273 | 552 | 1,548 | +133.1%$^†$ |
Source: Notes: Attendances taken from individual match pages and calculated by spreadsheet
* Many games from the previous season had restricted attendance due to COVID protocols.

### Women's teams

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders | 81,708 | 6,110 | 2,822 | 4,539 | +241.0%$^†$ |
| 2 | GS Caltex Seoul KIXX | 48,897 | 3,331 | 1,517 | 2,717 | +91.2%$^†$ |
| 3 | Suwon Hyundai Hillstate | 42,517 | 3,791 | 996 | 2,342 | +76.1%$^†$ |
| 4 | Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass | 40,727 | 4,375 | 982 | 2,263 | +66.0%$^†$ |
| 5 | Daejeon KGC | 34,973 | 3,374 | 859 | 1,943 | +58.2%$^†$ |
| 6 | Hwaseong IBK Altos | 33,111 | 3,709 | 1,013 | 1,840 | +32.0%$^†$ |
| 7 | Gwangju AI Peppers | 32,613 | 3,000 | 786 | 1,812 | +38.0%$^†$ |
| | League total | 314,816 | 6,110 | 786 | 2,494 | +86.1%$^†$ |
Source: Notes: Attendances taken from individual match pages and calculated by spreadsheet
* Many games from the previous season had restricted attendance due to COVID protocols.