Montenegrin women's volley league

Montenegrin Women's Volleyball First League
Sport Volleyball
Founded 2006
Founder Volleyball Federation of Montenegro
No. of teams 10[1]
Country  Montenegro
Continent European Union Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		 Luka Bar
Most titles Luka Bar (7 titles)
TV partner(s) RTCG
Official website Montenegrin Volleyball Federation

The Montenegrin Women's Volley League (Montenegrin:Prva crnogorska ženska odbojkaška liga), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Montenegro. It is run by the Montenegrin Volleyball Federation.

History

Before independence

First volleyball competitions for women in Montenegro were organised at first half of 90's. At the time of FR Yugoslavia, Montenegrin Republic Volleyball Federation organised republic league, with first season at 1995.[2]
At the same time, then the only professional women's volleyball club from Montenegro - ŽOK Luka Bar participated in Yugoslav First League and, after that, in European competitions.[3]
Winners of Montenegrin Republic League (1995–2006) were: AOK Rudar Pljevlja (3), ŽOK Podgorica (3), ŽOK Budućnost Podgorica (2), ŽOK Ibar Rožaje (1), ŽOK Nikšić (1) and ŽOK Studentski centar Podgorica (1). While Luka Bar played constantly in the First League, in the few seasons of Yugoslav Second League in the period 2000–2006 participated ŽOK Rudar and ŽOK Podgorica.

After independence

In 2006, Montenegro split from Serbia. Following that, the First women's volley league of Montenegro is formed as a top national competition. Since founded, Montenegrin League had various number of participants, from 8 to 10. Except First League, women volleyball competitions system in Montenegro including Second league and Montenegrin Cup. Until today, most successful club was ŽOK Luka Bar, which won seven national champions' titles and seven Cup winner titles. From the season 2016-17, winner of Montenegrin First League is playing in CEV Women's Champions League.[4]

Competition format

Every season of First League have two parts. During the first, 'regular season', there is round-robin system in which all clubs play two games against every single opponent. At the end of first part, four best-placed teams are playing in the playoffs. Additionally, two worst-placed teams are playing in the playout series.
In the playoffs semifinals, first-placed team is playing against fourth, and second against third. Plecement in finals are gaining teams which won two matches. Final-series is playing until one oponnent gain three wins.

Number of participants

From the season 2006/07, Montenegrin First League had various number of participants on regular season, from 6 to 10.

Champions

From the inaugural season (2006/07), three different clubs were the champions of Montenegrin women's volley league. ŽOK Luka Bar won 7 titles, ŽOK Galeb 2 titles and ŽOK Budućnost 1 title. Below is the list of top-placed teams by every single season.

Titles by seasons

Season Champion Runner-up Third Playoffs final series
2006-07 Luka Bar Podgorica Rudar Luka Bar - Podgorica 3-2
2007-08 Luka Bar Podgorica Rudar Luka Bar - Podgorica 3-0
2008-09 Luka Bar Rudar Podgorica Luka Bar - Rudar 3-1
2009-10 Galeb Luka Bar Budućnost Galeb - Luka Bar 3-1
2010-11 Galeb Luka Bar Budućnost Galeb - Luka Bar 3-1
2011-12 Budućnost Luka Bar Morača Budućnost - Luka Bar 3-2
2012-13 Luka Bar Budućnost Rudar Luka Bar - Budućnost 3-0
2013-14 Luka Bar Budućnost Galeb Luka Bar - Budućnost 3-0
2014-15 Luka Bar Morača Galeb Luka Bar - Morača 3-0
2015-16 Luka Bar Rudar Morača Luka Bar - Rudar 3-0

Sources: [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Titles by team

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
ŽOK Luka Bar
7
3
 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
ŽOK Galeb Bar
2
-
 2009–10, 2010–11
ŽOK Budućnost Podgorica
1
2
 2011–12
ŽOK Podgorica
-
2
AOK Rudar Pljevlja
-
2
ŽOK Morača Podgorica
-
1

All-time participants

Since foundation, in Montenegrin women volley league participated 16 different clubs. Below is a list of participants with number of seasons in the First League and all-time score. Matches from the playoffs series are included.

Club Town Ssn First Last G W L Pts
Luka Bar Bar
10
2006-07
2015-16
226
203
23
406
Rudar Pljevlja
10
2006-07
2015-16
193
108
85
216
Galeb Bar
9
2007-08
2015-16
168
107
61
214
Budućnost Podgorica
10
2006-07
2015-16
183
103
80
206
Morača Podgorica
7
2010-11
2015-16
112
64
48
128
Podgorica Podgorica
4
2006-07
2009-10
79
45
34
90
Budvanska Rivijera Budva
5
2011-12
2015-16
82
36
46
72
Nikšić Nikšić
7
2006-07
2015-16
116
30
86
60
Gimnazijalac Kotor
10
2006-07
2015-16
158
24
134
48
Sokogym Podgorica
2
2008-09
2009-10
34
14
20
28
Herceg Novi Herceg Novi
3
2011-12
2015-16
50
10
40
20
Ibar Rožaje
2
2006-07
2007-08
34
9
25
18
Gorštak Kolašin
2
2014-15
2015-16
36
4
32
8
Lovćen Cetinje
1
2014-15
2014-15
18
2
16
4
Mladost Tivat
1
2009-10
2009-10
18
1
17
2
Sutjeska Nikšić
1
2006-07
2006-07
14
1
13
2

Current season

Season 2016-17 is 11th edition of Montenegrin women's volley league. League have ten participants. League started in October 2016 and will be finished on April 2017.
List of members is same as during the season 2015-16. Podgorica and Bar are the only two towns which have two teams in First league.

Team Arena Capacity City
Budućnost Morača 4,570 Podgorica
Budvanska Rivijera Mediterranean SC 1,500 Budva
Galeb Topolica 2,625 Bar
Gorštak Gorštak SC 2,000 Kolašin
Herceg Novi Igalo SC 2,000 Herceg Novi
Gimnazijalac Gymnasium Hall 1,000 Kotor
Luka Bar Topolica 2,625 Bar
Morača Medical School 1,000 Podgorica
Nikšić Nikšić SC 3,000 Nikšić
Rudar Ada SC 3,000 Pljevlja

Second League

At the end of every season, a new member of the First League became winner of Second Montenegrin League. Competition was founded at 2006, with first season 2006-07. So far, winners of the Montenegrin Second Women Volley League were:[13]

Montenegrin women's volleyball clubs in European competitions

Montenegrin women's volleyball clubs are participating in the CEV competitions since the season 1998-99.
First team which ever competed at the European cups was ŽOK Luka Bar. Except them, in CEV competitions played also ŽOK Galeb.
Montenegrin women's volleyball teams played in Women's CEV Cup and CEV Women's Challenge Cup, and from the season 2016-17 in the qualifiers for CEV Women's Champions League.
During the overall history, two different Montenegrin clubs played in CEV competitions.

Team Seasons G W L
ŽOK Luka Bar
6
13
1
12
ŽOK Galeb Bar
1
2
0
2

As of the end of CEV competitions 2016–17 season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Odbojkaški Savez Crne Gore – Prva liga (Ž)". oscg.me. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  2. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Republickiprvaciipobjednicikupa.pdf
  3. ↑ "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". cev.lu. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  4. ↑ http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/Competition.aspx?ID=968&PID=1500
  5. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona2006-2007.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona2007-2008.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona2008-2009.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona2009-2010.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona2010-2011.pdf
  10. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona2011-2012.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona2012-2013.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Sezona-2013-2014.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.oscg.me/arhiva/
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