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Iranian Volleyball Premier League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021–22 Iranian Women's Volleyball Premier League
SportVolleyball
Founded1975 officially
2001 with current format
No. of teams14
CountryIran
Most recent
champion(s)		Paykan Tehran (2nd title)
Most titlesZob Ahan Isfahan (6 titles)
Official websiteVolleyball.ir

The Iranian Women's Volleyball Premier League (Template:Lang-fa) is the highest level of professional women's volleyball league in Iran. The highest level of weome's club league in Iran was founded in 1975 as the Shahbanu Cup which was continued until 1979, but after the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the First Division.[1][2][3] In 2001 the league system was revamped and the Iranian Women's Volleyball Premier League was established.[4]

History

The women's volleyball championship cup of Tehran clubs in 1962 in the hands of Ashraf Vahidian, the captain of the Taj Club, and her teammates.
A scene from the pass game against Taj. The last game of the 1978 Tehran Clubs Championship Cup. PAS Tehran (in blue) won against Taj (in white) and became the runner-up in the tournament.

Women volleyball competitions started before 1950s in Iran. The early competitions were held in academic levels and early clubs such as Taj Tehran, Homa Tehran and PAS Tehran were competing in Women's volleyball league of Tehran province since 1950s. At the same time, championship volleyball matches were also held in Iran, in which the representatives of the provinces faced each other.[5] At the end of the Pahlavi era, in 1975, the women's volleyball club cup at the national level started to be held under the name of the Shahbanu Cup. After the revolution, the cup was renamed to the First Division and later to Premier League.

Current clubs

League champions

Shahbanu Cup

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
1975 Homa Tehran PAS Tehran Taj Tehran
1976 Taj Tehran PAS Tehran Oghab
1977

First Division

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
1992
1993
1994
1995 Homa Tehran
1996 Kashi Isfahan Estandard Tehran Persepolis VC
1997
1998
1999
2000 Homa Tehran Sadra Shiraz Hejabe Tehran

Premier League

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2001 Homa Tehran PAS Tehran
2002 Azad University
2002–03 Homa Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Azad University
2003–04 Homa Tehran
2005–06 Zob Ahan Isfahan Homa Tehran Naft Tehran
2006–07 Zob Ahan Isfahan Homa Tehran Bargh Tehran
2007–08 Zob Ahan Isfahan Saipa Tehran Azad University
2008–09 Zob Ahan Isfahan Saipa Tehran Azad University
2009–10 Zob Ahan Isfahan Persepolis Amol Hijab
2010–11 Persepolis Zob Ahan Isfahan Gas Tehran
2011–12 Giti Pasand Isfahan Tehran Gas Zob Ahan Isfahan
2012–13 Giti Pasand Isfahan Zob Ahan Isfahan Gas Tehran
2013–14 Gas Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Azad University
2014–15 Azad University Zob Ahan Isfahan Gas Tehran
2015–16 Gas Tehran Azad University Zob Ahan Isfahan
2016–17 Sarmayeh Bank Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Azad University
2017–18 Paykan Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Bahnemir Mazandaran
2018–19 Zob Ahan Isfahan Paykan Tehran Namino Isfahan
2019–20 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Saipa Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan Paykan Tehran
2021–22 Barij Essence Kashan Saipa Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan
2022–23 Paykan Tehran Serik Gonbad Saipa Tehran
Zob Ahan Isfahan

Titles by club

Team Winners Runners-Up Years Won Years Runner-Up
Zob Ahan Isfahan 6 8 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2018–19 2002–03, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
Homa Tehran 3 2 2001, 2002–03, 2003–04 2005–06, 2006–07
Azad University 2 1 2002, 2014–15 2015–16
Gas Tehran 2 1 2013–14, 2015–16 2011–12
Paykan Tehran 2 1 2017–18, 2022–23 2018–19
Giti Pasand Isfahan 2 0 2011–12, 2012–13 —
Persepolis 1 1 2010–11 2009–10
Saipa Tehran 1 1 2020–21 2021–22
Barij Essence Kashan 1 0 2021–22 —
PAS Tehran 0 1 — 2001
Serik Gonbad 0 1 — 2022–23

See also

References

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  2. ^ "HAMSHAHRI (Internet Version of Tehran's Persian Daily)". Archived from the original on 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  3. ^ "برنامه رقابتهاي واليبال بانوان كشور". Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  4. ^ "رقابتهای والیبال لیگ برتر بانوان برگزار می‌شود - ایسنا". Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  5. ^ "دنیای ورزش - شماره ٢٦٩ - شنبه ٨ آذر ١٣٥٤ by پیکان جوانان پنجاه و شش - مطبوعاتی آنتیک - Issuu". issuu.com. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
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