Australian Women's Volleyball League Explained

Australian Women's Volleyball League
Current Season:2019–20 Australian Women's Volleyball League
Sport:Volleyball
Founded:1998
Inaugural:1998
Teams:8 (2019–20)
Continent:Oceania
Administrator:AVF
Website:http://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

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.avl.org.au/home/history#past-champions full winners list in the AVF
  2. Web site: Melbourne Vipers recover to win the women's Volleyball Super League in a five set thriller against the Queensland Pirates. volleyballaustralia.org.au. 11 December 2019. .
  3. Web site: Queensland Bring Home the Women's Australian Volleyball League Crown . Volleyball Australia . 6 January 2023 . 4 December 2022.