The V.Challenge League is the second-level volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 league for both men and women in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The league started in 1998 as V1 League.
In 2006 the name of V1.League was changed in the V.Challenge League.
The Champion and runner-up team can play the replacement game with lower place teams of V.premier League.

Clubs 2010/11

The League currently consists of the following member clubs:
Men (11 teams)

• JTEKT Stings
• Fujitsu Kawasaki Redspirits
• Tsukuba United Sun Gaia
• Tokyo Verdy
• Daido Steel Red Star
• Kinden TrinityBlitzs
• Tokyo Metropolitan Police
• Hanshin Delfino
• Kinki Club Sfida
• Toyota Motor Sunhawks
• Tokyo Toyopet Greensparkle

Women (12 teams)

• Hitachi Sawa Rivale
  Hitachi Sawa Rivale
  Hitachi Rivale is a women's volleyball team based in Hitachinakacity, Ibaraki, Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League. The owner is Hitachi Automotive Systems.-History:*It was founded in November 1980 as Hitachi Sawa Rivale....
  
  
• Ageo Medics
  Ageo Medics
  Ageo Medics is a women's volleyball team based in Ageo city, Saitama, Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League. The club was founded in 2001.The owner of the team is Ageo Central General Hospital.-History:*It was founded in 2001....
  
  
• Sanyo Redthor
  Sanyo Redthor
  Sanyo Electric Redthor is a women's volleyball team based in Daito city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League. The club was founded in 1962.The owner of the team is Sanyo Electric...
  
  
• Kenshokai RedHearts
  Kenshokai RedHearts
  Kenshokai RedHearts is a women's volleyball team based in Yoshinogawa city & Tokushima city, Tokushima, Japan.It plays in V.Challenge League. The club was founded in 2004...
  
  
• Kurobe AquaFairies
  Kurobe AquaFairies
  Kurobe AquaFairies is a women's volleyball team based in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League. The club was founded in 1998.It is operated by Kurobe city Athletic Association.-History:*It was founded in 1998....
  
  
• Ohno-group Hiroshima Oilers
  Ohno-group Hiroshima Oilers
  Ohno-group Hiroshima Oilers is a women's volleyball team based in Hiroshima, Hiroshima & Fukuyama, Hiroshima , Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League...
  
  
• PFU BlueCats
  PFU BlueCats
  PFU BlueCats is a women's volleyball team based in Kahoku city, Ishikawa, Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League. The club was founded in 1980.The owner of the team is PFU Limited.-History:*It was founded in 1980.*It promoted to V.Challenge League in 2002....
  
  
• Kashiwa Angel Cross
  Kashiwa Angel Cross
  Kashiwa Angel Cross is a women's volleyball team based in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League. The club was founded in 2001.The owner of the team is Tensenkai Medical Corporation.-History:*It was founded in 2001....
  
  
• Forest Leaves Kumamoto
• Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen
  Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen
  Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen is a women's volleyball team based in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Shikoku District , Japan. It plays in V.Challenge League. The club was founded in 2005)...
  
  
• Befco BBstars
• GSS Sunbeams

External links

• http://www.vleague.or.jp/ - V.League and V.Challenge League official website (Japanese)