Austrian Women's Volley League

The Austrian Volley League Women (AVL), formerly known as the Women VolleyLeague (WVL), is the 1st women's volleyball league in Austria and it is a part of the Austrian Volleyball Association. It is organized as an Independent association since 2002.[2][3]

Austrian Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019–20 Austrian Women's Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Founded1953
First season1953
AdministratorÖVV
No. of teams10[1] (2019–20)
Country Austria
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
ASKÖ Linz-Steg (1st title)
Most titlesVB NÖ Sokol (46 titles)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to2nd League
Domestic cup(s)Austrian Cup
Austrian Super Cup
International cup(s)CEV Champions League
CEV Cup
CEV Challenge Cup
Official websitehttp://www.volleyleague.at/

League Mode

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The Austrian Volley League for Women is divided into the following phases

  • Main passage
  • Master playoff
  • Relegation
  • U21 competition

The Main passage has a maximum of ten participants, including the two volleyball teams participating in the Central European Volleyball League (Central European Volleyball Zonal Association (MEVZA), play in a main round placement mode for the qualification of the play-off-Phase.

Master play-offs

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The quarter-finals and semi-finals take place in the best of five mode. The team with the better placement in the main round has the home advantage in the first game, then it changes with every game. The final takes place in the best of seven mode game.

A special feature of the Austrian Volley League is that the losers teams in the quarter-finals play for placement from 5 to 8 place.

The losers in the semi-finals also play for the Third place. All games for 3rd to 8th place will be played in best of three mode.

Round of Expectations

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The last four teams of the main round play in the Austrian Volley League for Women an Expectations Round between each other with two teams remain in the 1st Tier and two teams descending to the 2nd League.

Relegation

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In the relegation, teams from the Expectations Round, 2. Bundesliga North and South meet.

Under-21 competition

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In a weekend tournament, a maximum of ten teams play the Austrian championship title in this class.

List of Champions

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Years Champions
1953 TJ Sokol V Wien
1954 TJ Sokol V Wien
1955 TJ Sokol V Wien
1956 TJ Sokol V Wien
1957 TJ Sokol V Wien
1958 TJ Sokol V Wien
1959 TJ Sokol V Wien
1960 ÖMV Olympia Wien
1961 SK Slovan-Olympia Wien
1962 SK Slovan-Olympia Wien
1963 SK Slovan-Olympia Wien
1964 SK Slovan-Olympia Wien
1965 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1966 SK Slovan-Olympia Wien
1967 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1968 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1969 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1970 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1971 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1972 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1973 Post SV Wien
1974 Post SV Wien
1975 Post SV Wien
1976 Post SV Wien
Years Champions
1977 Post SV Wien
1978 Post SV Wien
1979 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1980 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1981 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1982 SC ÖMV Blau-Gelb Wien
1983 TJ Sokol V Wien
1984 Post SV Wien
1985 Post SV Wien
1986 SG Innsbrucker AC/TV
1987 Post SV Wien
1988 Post SV Wien
1989 Post SV Wien-P.S.K.
1990 Post SV Wien-P.S.K.
1991 Post SV Wien-Teleges
1992 Post SV Wien-Teleges
1993 SG UVC/Wüstenrot Salzburg
1994 Post SV Wien-Teleges
1995 Post SV Wien-Gulet
1996 Post SV Wien-Gulet
1997 Post SV Wien-Gulet
1998 Fujitsu-Post SV Wien
1999 Fujitsu-Post SV Wien
2000 Post SV-Telekom Austria
Years Champions
2001 Post SV Wien
2002 SG SV Schwechat/PSV Telekom
2003 SG SV Schwechat/PSV Kuoni
2004 SG SV Schwechat/PSV Kuoni
2005 SG SV Schwechat/PSV Kuoni
2006 SG SV Schwechat/Post SV
2007 SG SV Schwechat/Post SV
2008 SG SV Schwechat/Post SV
2009 SG SV Schwechat/Post SV
2010 SG SVS Post
2011 SG SVS Post
2012 SG SVS Post
2013 SG SVS Post
2014 SG SVS Post
2015 SG SVS Post
2016 SG SVS Post
2017 SG VB NÖ Sokol/Post
2018 UVC Holding Graz
2019 ASKÖ Linz-Steg
2020 ASKÖ Linz-Steg
2021 ASKÖ Linz-Steg
2022 ASKÖ Linz-Steg
2023
2024

References

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  1. ^ "oevv volleynet information". Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  2. ^ "volleynet past champions". Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  3. ^ League history in sports123.com Retrieved 2020-06-06
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