Brazilian Volleyball Super League (Women)

The Brazilian Volleyball Super League (Portuguese: Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol) is the top level Brazilian professional volleyball competition. It is organized by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. It shares the same name as the men's tournament, and are disputed simultaneously. The number of participating clubs varies every year. The champion team qualifies for the South American Championship.

Brazilian Women's Volleyball Superleague
FormerlyLiga Nacional
Campeonato Brasileiro
SportVolleyball
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
(1994 in its current format)
First season1994/95
CEOAry Graça Filho
AdministratorCBV
No. of teams12
CountryBrazil
ConfederationCSV
Most recent
champion(s)
Minas Tênis Clube (6th title)
(2023-24)
Most titlesRio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube (12 titles)
TV partner(s)Rede Globo
RedeTV!
SporTV
Official websitesuperliga.br

History

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First competitions

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Until the early 1960s, there were only state volleyball competitions in Brazil. A national level competition was inconceivable, because of the geographical distances and lack of transportation infrastructure. Only in 1962 the first national volleyball competition was disputed, the Guarani Trophy of Champion clubs (Portuguese: Troféu Guarani de Clubes Campeões).[1] The competition was disputed two more times, being rename in 1964 to Brazilian Championship of Champion Clubs (Portuguese: Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes Campeões). In 1965 started a three-years hiatus without a national level competition, until the Brazilian Trophy (Portuguese: Taça Brasil) was organized in 1968 with teams from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. It was organized in such format until 1975.

Fully national competition and professionalism

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Only in 1976, the competition was opened to amateur clubs from all Brazilian states, and became truly national. It was renamed to Brazilian Championship (Portuguese: Campeonato Brasileiro) and was held every second year. In 1980 the Brazilian Championship had a major reorganization, becoming an annual competition and allowing professional teams for the first time. The competition's format changed in 1988, and started to follow the northern hemisphere calendar. Also, it was renamed to Brazilian National League (Portuguese: Liga Nacional). The competition was disputed under this format between the seasons 1988-89 and 1993–94.[2]

The foundation of Super League

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There was a last major change in the organization of the competition in the 1994–95 season. Again, it was renamed to Brazilian National Super League (Portuguese: Superliga Nacional). The first champion of the tournament, with the present format, was Leite Moça/Sorocaba.[3]

List of women's champions

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Campeonato Brasileiro

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Year Champion Runner-Up
1976 Fluminense CRB
1978 Flamengo Mackenzie[4]
1980 Flamengo Fluminense
1981 Fluminense Minas
1982 Paulistano Pirelli/Santo André
1983 Supergasbras/Rio de Janeiro Fluminense
1984 Atlântica/Boa Vista Supergasbras/Rio de Janeiro
1985 Supergasbras/Rio de Janeiro Paulistano
1986 Supergasbras/Rio de Janeiro Bradesco/Rio de Janeiro
1987 Lufkin/Rio de Janeiro Supergasbras/Rio de Janeiro

Liga Nacional

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Year Champion Runner-Up
1988–89 Sadia/São Paulo Lufkin/Rio de Janeiro
1989–90 Sadia/São Paulo Supergasbras/Rio de Janeiro
1990–91 Sadia/São Paulo Colgate-Pão de Açúcar/São Caetano
1991–92 Colgate/São Caetano L'acqua di Fiori/Minas
1992–93 L'acqua di Fiori/Minas Colgate/São Caetano
1993–94 Nossa Caixa-Recra/Ribeirão Preto BCN/Guarujá

Superliga

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Year Champion Runner-Up
1994–95 Leite Moça/Sorocaba BCN/Guarujá
1995–96 Leite Moça/Sorocaba BCN/Guarujá
1996–97 Leite Moça/Sorocaba Mizuno-Uniban/São Bernardo do Campo
1997–98 Rexona-Ades/Curitiba Leite Moça/Sorocaba
1998–99 Uniban/São Bernardo do Campo Rexona-Ades/Curitiba
1999–00 Rexona-Ades/Curitiba MRV/Minas
2000–01 Flamengo Vasco da Gama
2001–02 MRV/Minas BCN/Osasco
2002–03 BCN/Osasco MRV/Minas
2003–04 Finasa/Osasco MRV/Minas
2004–05 Finasa/Osasco Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro
2005–06 Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro Finasa/Osasco
2006–07 Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro Finasa/Osasco
2007–08 Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro Finasa/Osasco
2008–09 Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro Finasa/Osasco
2009–10 Sollys/Osasco Unilever/Rio de Janeiro
2010–11 Unilever/Rio de Janeiro Sollys/Osasco
2011–12 Sollys/Osasco Unilever/Rio de Janeiro
2012–13 Unilever/Rio de Janeiro Sollys/Osasco
2013–14 Unilever/Rio de Janeiro SESI-SP
2014–15 Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro Molico/Osasco
2015–16 Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro Dentil/Praia Clube
2016–17 Rexona-Sesc/Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Nestlé/Osasco
2017–18 Dentil/Praia Clube Sesc/Rio de Janeiro
2018–19 Itambé/Minas Dentil/Praia Clube
2019–20
Canceled after the regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
2020–21[6] Itambé/Minas Dentil/Praia Clube
2021–22 Itambé/Minas Dentil/Praia Clube
2022–23 Dentil/Praia Clube Gerdau/Minas
2023–24 Gerdau/Minas Dentil/Praia Clube

Titles by team

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Club Winners Runners-up
Rexona-Ades/Rio de Janeiro 12 (1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) 5 (1999, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018)
Gerdau/Minas 6 (1993, 2002, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024) 6 (1981, 1992, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2023)
Vôlei Nestlé/Osasco 5 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012) 12 (1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Supergasbras/Rio de Janeiro 3 (1983, 1985, 1986) 3 (1984, 1987, 1990)
Sorocaba 3 (1995, 1996, 1997) 1 (1998)
Flamengo 3 (1978, 1980, 2001) 0
Sadia/São Paulo 3 (1989, 1990, 1991) 0
Praia Clube 2 (2018, 2023) 5 (2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Fluminense 2 (1976, 1981) 2 (1980, 1983)
São Caetano 1 (1992) 2 (1991, 1993)
Paulistano 1 (1982) 1 (1985)
Lufkin/Rio de Janeiro 1 (1987) 1 (1989)
São Bernardo do Campo 1 (1999) 1 (1997)
Atlântica 1 (1984) 0
Ribeirão Preto 1 (1994) 0
CRB 0 1 (1976)
Mackenzie 0 1 (1978)
Bradesco/Rio de Janeiro 0 1 (1986)
Vasco 0 1 (2001)
SESI-SP 0 1 (2014)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lista de Clubes Campeões Brasileiros de Voleibol" [List of Brazilian Volleyball Champions] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  2. ^ Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol (2010). "A História da Superliga" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  3. ^ Portal Sol Brilhando (2008). "Campeoes da Superliga" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  4. ^ Ivan Drummond (2008-09-26). "Três décadas de expectativa" [Three decades of expectation] (in Portuguese). Diários Associados - Superesportes. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  5. ^ "Coronavírus: CBV cancela Superliga Feminina de Vôlei; masculina segue paralisada" [Coronavirus: CBV cancels the Women's Volleyball Superliga; Men's remains suspended]. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Minas faz jogo de altos e baixos, vence o Praia Clube no quinto set e fica com o título da Superliga" [Minas had a game of ups and downs, beats Praia Clube at the fifth set and wins the Superleague] (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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Superliga official website (in Portuguese)