Hitachi Rivale

Hitachi Rivale
Founded	1980
Ground	Hitachinaka, Ibaraki,; Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Koji Yamanokawa; Akihiko Matsuda
League	V.Premier League
2014-15	5th place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away

Hitachi Rivale (日立リヴァーレ, Hitachi Rivuāre^?) is a women's volleyball team based in Hitachinaka city, Ibaraki, Japan. It plays in V.Premier League. The owner is Hitachi Automotive Systems.

History

It was founded in November 1980 as Hitachi Sawa Rivale.
It promoted to V.League in 1998.
In April 2009, it lost the V.challenge match, so it has been demoted to the V.challenge League next season.
In April 2010, the team name was changed to Hitachi Rivale.
In April 2013, It re-promoted to V. Premier League after beating Denso Airybees.

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	5th (1998–99)	8th	10	18	7	11
	6th (1999–2000)	10th	10	18	3	15
	9th (2002–03)	8th	8	21	3	18
	10th (2003–04)	6th	10	18	7	11
	11th (2004–05)	9th	10	27	7	20
	12th (2005–06)	8th	10	27	10	17
V・Premier	2006-07	9th	10	27	6	21
	2007-08	10th	10	27	1	26
	2008-09	10th	10	27	0	27
V・Challenge	2009-10	Champion	12	16	15	1
	2010-11	Runner-up	12	18	17	1
	2011-12	Champion	12	22	21	1
	2012-13	Runner-up	10	18	17	1
V・Premier	2013-14	6th	8	28	12	16
	2014-15	5th	8	21	7	14

As of October 2015[1]