Australian Women's Volleyball League

Australian Women's Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019–20 Australian Women's Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Founded1998
First season1998
AdministratorAVF
No. of teams8 (2019–20)
Country Australia
ContinentOceania
International cup(s)AVC Club Volleyball Championship
Official websitehttp://www.volleyballaustralia.org.au/

The Australian Volleyball League (AVL) for women is the largest national volleyball competition organized by the Australian Volleyball Federation (AVF) in women's Level and was established in 1998.[1]

History

In the 2019/20 AVL season, 8 teams has participated in the regular season of which 4 has qualified to the final four round : QLD Pirates, Canberra Heat, Melbourne Vipers and Adelaide Storm. The Championship title was won by Melbourne Vipers beating out QLD Pirates in a Single Decisive match with 3 – 2 score.

Winners list

Years Champions Runners-up Third place
1998 Australian Institute of Sport Adelaide Mt Lofty Melbourne Falcons
1999 CIT Canberra Cougars Melbourne Falcons Cenovis Adelaide
2000 Canberra Cougars Queensland Pirates
2001 Melbourne Falcons University of Technology Sydney Mount Lofty
2002 Mt Lofty Centacare Rangers Melbourne Falcons University of Technology Sydney
2003 Western Australia Australian Institute of Sport University of Technology Sydney
2004 Australian Institute of Sport Sydney University Lions Melbourne Falcons
2005 USC Adelaide Lion Canberra Heat Melbourne Falcons
2006 Mt Lofty Rangers Kumho Sydney Lions University of Technology Sydney
2007 Melbourne Monash University Blues UTSSU Centacare Adelaide Rangers
2008 UTSSU University Blues Queensland Pirates
2009 Western Australian Pearls University Blues Volleyball SA
2010 Western Australian Pearls University Blues UTSSU
2011 Western Australian Pearls South Australia University Blues
2012 Queensland Pirates Victorian Volleyball Academy WA Pearls
2013 University Blues WA Pearls Victorian Volleyball Academy
2014 University Blues UTSSU Queensland Pirates
2015 University Blues UTSSU Victorian Volleyball Academy
2016 University Blues Queensland Pirates Sydney Amazons
2017 University Blues WA Pearls Queensland Pirates
2018 University Blues Volleyball Australia Centre of Excellence Canberra Heat
2019 Melbourne Vipers[2] Queensland Pirates Adelaide Storm
2022 Queensland Pirates[3] WA Steel Melbourne Vipers

References

  1. ^ full winners list in the AVF Retrieved 13 May 2020
  2. ^ volleyballaustralia.org.au (11 December 2019). "Melbourne Vipers recover to win the women's Volleyball Super League in a five set thriller against the Queensland Pirates"..
  3. ^ "Queensland Bring Home the Women's Australian Volleyball League Crown". Volleyball Australia. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.