Japan’s SV.LEAGUE will stage official regular-season matches outside the country for the first time when SAGA Hisamitsu Springs face ALEEZA AICHI in Bangkok on 10 and 11 October, according to the Asian Volleyball Confederation.
The two women’s fixtures are due to be played at Indoor Stadium Huamark as part of the Daido Life SV.LEAGUE Thailand Games Season 2026-27 presented by Hisamitsu. Crucially, they are not exhibition contests: the AVC said both results will count towards the clubs’ regular-season standings.
League standings at stake in Bangkok
The opening match is scheduled for Saturday 10 October at 4.05pm local time, with the second taking place at the same time on Sunday 11 October. Monomax and Monomax Sport TV are set to show both matches live in Thailand, the AVC reported.
Indoor Stadium Huamark will host both fixtures, rather than the teams playing one match in each club’s usual setting. The AVC said the Bangkok double-header is the first occasion on which regular-season SV.LEAGUE matches will be held overseas.
The Thailand Games branding identifies the event as part of the 2026-27 SV.LEAGUE season. With the results included in the standings, each side will be playing for the same competitive outcome as in the rest of its regular-season programme, while doing so at an overseas venue.
The AVC reported that Thailand was selected as SV.LEAGUE’s first overseas market as the competition seeks a stronger connection with Thai volleyball supporters and a broader presence across South-East Asia.
That intention should be viewed as the league’s stated strategy, rather than a guaranteed commercial outcome. What is confirmed is a pair of women’s regular-season fixtures in Bangkok, with the league choosing Thailand for its first official matches outside Japan.
The AVC said SV.LEAGUE vice-chairman Takeshi Kubota had highlighted international expansion as part of the league’s effort to broaden its fan base, commercial reach and media presence beyond Japan. The AVC described the October matches as the first stage of that expansion.
Thai internationals meet on home soil
The matches will also place two Thai national-team players on opposing sides in front of a home audience. ALEEZA AICHI setter Nootsara Tomkom is set to face SAGA Hisamitsu Springs middle blocker Hattaya Bamrungsuk.
According to the AVC, both players have built significant careers in Japan. The AVC said the meeting gives Thai fans an opportunity to see the two Thai players compete against one another in an official SV.LEAGUE fixture.
The player matchup provides a specific local focus within the two-club series. Nootsara will represent ALEEZA AICHI while Hattaya will play for SAGA Hisamitsu Springs, meaning the Thailand-based audience will see the pair on opposite sides across both scheduled matches.
The league had already used the pair in promotional activity in Bangkok during NIPPON HAKU BANGKOK in August, alongside Japanese players Shunsuke Nakamura of Osaka Bluteon and Reon Arao of Voreas Hokkaido, the AVC said.
That activity preceded the confirmed October programme, but the competitive fixtures are distinct from promotional appearances because the AVC said their results will be recorded in the regular-season standings.
Men’s matches also scheduled for 2027
Bangkok is due to host SV.LEAGUE again on 23 and 24 January 2027, when the competition brings its men’s league to Thailand. The AVC said the league will bring its men’s competition to Thailand on 23 and 24 January 2027.
The October event is therefore the first confirmed stage of a wider Bangkok schedule that includes women’s matches this month and men’s competition in January 2027. The AVC’s report presents those dates as part of SV.LEAGUE’s stated overseas development programme.
The immediate focus, however, is on the women’s double-header between SAGA Hisamitsu Springs and ALEEZA AICHI. The two scheduled games will put official SV.LEAGUE regular-season competition in Bangkok for the first time.