Russian Women's Volleyball Super League

The Russian Women's Volleyball Super League, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Russia. It is organized and administered by the Russian Volleyball Federation.

Russian Women's Volleyball Super League
SportVolleyball
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
No. of teams14
CountryRussia
ConfederationCEV
Most recent
champion(s)
Dynamo Moscow
(8th title)
Most titlesUralochka Ekaterinburg (14 titles)
Relegation toMajor League A
Domestic cup(s)Russian Cup
Russian SuperCup
International cup(s)CEV Champions League
CEV Cup
CEV Challenge Cup
Official websitevolley.ru

History edit

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991 brought an end to all sports leagues played in the Soviet Union, including the Soviet Women's Volleyball Championship. The national league was created by the Russian Volleyball Federation as a continuation of the Soviet Championships. The 1991–92 inaugural season had the participation of clubs based in the Russian Commonwealth and Yugoslavia. From the second season onwards only clubs based in Russia were allowed to compete.[citation needed]

This is how the League changed its name and structure through time.

Years1st Division2nd Division3rd Division4th Division5th Division
1991–1992Major LeagueFirst League
1992–1995Major League AMajor League BFirst LeagueSecond League
1995–1996Super LeagueMajor League AMajor League BFirst LeagueSecond League
1996–2001Super LeaguePremier League
("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones)
First League
("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones)
Second League
2001–2011Super LeagueMajor League A
("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones)
Major League B
("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones)
First League
2011–0000Super LeagueMajor League AMajor League B
("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones)

Teams edit

The following clubs are competing in the 2020–21 season:[1]

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Dinamo-Ak BarsKazanKazan Volleyball Centre5,000
Dinamo KrasnodarKrasnodarPalais des Sports Olympus3,000
Dinamo MoscowMoscowDynamo Volleyball Arena3,500
Dinamo-MetarChelyabinskMetar-Sport2,500
LeningradkaSaint PetersburgSPbGMTU Sports Complex2,000
Lokomotiv KaliningradKaliningradAmberarena7,000
ProtonBalakovoFOK Zviozdny2,500
Uralochka-NTMKYekaterinburgPalace of Sports Yekaterinburg5,000
Minchanka MinskMinsk, BelarusSports Palace Uruchye3,000
YeniseiKrasnoyarskIvan Yarygin Sports Palace3,300
Zarechie OdintsovoOdintsovoVolleyball-Sports Complex2,200
SpartaNizhny NovgorodSports Palace North Star800
LipetskLipetskSports School of Lipetsk
TulitsaTulaManege of CS Arsenal

Results edit

SeasonWinnerRunner-upThird
1991–92Uralochka YekaterinburgMladost ZagrebCSKA Moscow
1992–93Uralochka YekaterinburgYunezis YekaterinburgCSKA Moscow
1993–94Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUralochka Yekaterinburg II
1994–95Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUralochka Yekaterinburg II
1995–96Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUraltransbank Yekaterinburg
1996–97Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUraltransbank Yekaterinburg
1997–98Uralochka YekaterinburgUraltransbank YekaterinburgCSKA Moscow
1998–99Uralochka YekaterinburgUraltransbank YekaterinburgFakel Novy Urengoy
1999–00Uralochka YekaterinburgUraltransbank YekaterinburgCSKA Moscow
2000–01Uralochka YekaterinburgUniversitet BelgorodUraltransbank Yekaterinburg
2001–02Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgAeroflot-Malakhit YekaterinburgUniversitet Belgorod
2002–03Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgUniversitet BelgorodBalakovskaia AES Balakovo
2003–04Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo MoskovskayaBalakovskaia AES Balakovo
2004–05Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo MoscowBalakovskaia AES Balakovo
2005–06Dinamo MoscowZarechie OdintsovoDinamo Moskovskaya
2006–07Dinamo MoscowCSKA MoscowSamorodok Khabarovsk
2007–08Zarechie OdintsovoDinamo MoscowUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg
2008–09Dinamo MoscowZarechie OdintsovoUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg
2009–10Zarechie OdintsovoDinamo MoscowDinamo Krasnodar
2010–11Dinamo KazanDinamo MoscowDinamo Krasnodar
2011–12Dinamo KazanDinamo MoscowUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg
2012–13Dinamo KazanDinamo MoscowOmichka Omsk
2013–14Dinamo KazanDinamo MoscowOmichka Omsk
2014–15Dinamo KazanDinamo MoscowUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg
2015–16Dinamo MoscowUralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo Krasnodar
2016–17Dinamo MoscowDinamo KazanYenisey Krasnoyarsk
2017–18Dinamo MoscowDinamo KazanUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg
2018–19Dinamo MoscowVK Lokomotiv KaliningradUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg
2019–20Dinamo KazanVK Lokomotiv KaliningradUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg
2020–21VK Lokomotiv KaliningradDinamo MoscowDinamo Kazan
2021–22VK Lokomotiv KaliningradUralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo Moscow
2022–23Dinamo MoscowVK Lokomotiv KaliningradProton Saratov
2023–24Dinamo KazanVK Lokomotiv KaliningradLeningradka Saint Petersburg

Source[2]

Titles by club edit

ClubWinnersRunners-up
Uralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg14 (1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05)2 (2015–16, 2021–22)
Dinamo Moscow8 (2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23)8 (2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15)
Dinamo Kazan7 (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2023–24)2 (2016–17, 2017–18)
Lokomotiv Kaliningrad2 (2020–21, 2021–22)4 (2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24)
Zarechie Odintsovo2 (2007–08, 2009–10)2 (2005–06, 2008–09)

All-time team records edit

Various statistics since 2007/2008

(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

TeamSFirsBestPtsMPWLGFGAdiff
1WVC Dynamo Moscow (RUS)152007/20081st67137030169976381+595
2Uralochka NTMK Ekaterinburg (RUS)152007/20082nd580366214152776603+173
3Dinamo Kazan (RUS)132009/20101st57331725661830316+514
4Zarechie Odintsovo (RUS)152007/20081st543351192159706636+70
5Dinamo Krasnodar (RUS)132009/20103rd468296172124604491+113
6Proton Volleyball Club Balakovo (RUS)142007/2008-424314110204457699-242
7Leningradka Saint-Petersburg (RUS)122007/2008-35826197164415566-151
8Avtodor-Metar Chelyabinsk (RUS)132007/2008-35327974205334688-354
9Omichka Omsk (RUS)92007/20083rd34822212696450388+62
10Lokomotiv Kaliningrad (RUS)82007/20082nd2711739875347306+41
11Yenisei Krasnoyarsk (RUS)82012/20133rd2321646896281336-55
12Torch Novy Urengoi (RUS)52008/2009-1761304684203284-81
13Samorodok Khabarovsk (RUS)52007/20084th1731254877190270-80
14VC Sakhalin (RUS)42016/2017-137993861152224-72
15Indesit Lipetsk (RUS)52007/2008-1371033469160234-74
16Tyumen Tyumen (RUS)32011/2012-100742648120169-49
17Universitet Belgorod (RUS)32007/2008-100732746115165-50
18Minchanka Minsk (BLR)42018/2019-99732647110167-57
19Severstal Cherepovets (RUS)22011/2012-6550153568120-52
20Ufimochka UGNTU (RUS)22012/2013-5646103652121-69
21Voronezh (RUS)22014/2015-464153631113-82
22VC Tulitsa (RUS)22020/2021-382810184863-15
23Nizhniy Novgorod (RUS)32018/2019-38299204168-27
24Hara Morin Ulan-Ude (RUS)12013/2014-32248163358-25
25CSKA Moscow (RUS)12007/2008-302010104239+3
26Kazanochka Kazan (RUS)12007/2008-24204161854-36

Lyudmila Buldakova award edit

The award for best player of the Super League was created by the Russian Volleyball Federation in 2006 and named after two time Olympic gold medallist Lyudmila Buldakova, a former player who died that year. The winner is voted by the head coaches of the league's teams.[3][4]

SeasonWinnerClub
2006–07 Lyubov YagodinaWVC CSKA Moscow
2007–08 Lyubov SokolovaZarechie Odintsovo
2008–09 Yevgeniya EstesUralochka-NTMK
2009–10 Tatiana KoshelevaZarechie Odintsovo
2010–11 Yekaterina GamovaDinamo Kazan
2011–12 Angelina GrünDinamo Moscow
2012–13 Yekaterina GamovaDinamo Kazan
2013–14 Yekaterina GamovaDinamo Kazan
2014–15 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow
2015–16 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow
2016–17 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow
2017–18 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow
2018–19 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2021 Superliga". Volleyball Federation of Russia (ВФВ) (in Russian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Volleyball - Russia - Women's Super League : presentation and medal winners". Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Goncharova awarded the best player of Superleague second year in a row". russiavolley.com. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Nataliya Goncharova wins the "Best Player" award third time in a row". russiavolley.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

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