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.

Austrian Volleyball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2019–20 Austrian Women's Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1953
First season	1953
Administrator	ÖVV
No. of teams	10 (2019–20)
Country	Austria
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	ASKÖ Linz-Steg (1st title)
Most titles	VB NÖ Sokol (46 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	2nd League
Domestic cup(s)	Austrian Cup Austrian Super Cup
International cup(s)	CEV Champions League CEV Cup CEV Challenge Cup
Official website	http://www.volleyleague.at/

League Mode

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

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

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

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

Under-21 competition

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

List of Champions

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

External links

• Hall of Fame
• Austrian League. women.volleybox.net
• Austrian Volleyball Association (ÖVV)