The Russian Women's Volleyball Super League, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Russia. It is organized and administered by the Russian Volleyball Federation.
History The dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991 brought an end to all sports leagues played in the Soviet Union, including the Soviet Women's Volleyball Championship. The national league was created by the Russian Volleyball Federation as a continuation of the Soviet Championships. The 1991–92 inaugural season had the participation of clubs based in the Russian Commonwealth and Yugoslavia. From the second season onwards only clubs based in Russia were allowed to compete.
This is how the League changed its name and structure through time. Years1st Division 2nd Division3rd Division4th Division5th Division 1991–1992 Major League First League – – – 1992–1995 Major League A Major League B First League Second League – 1995–1996 Super League Major League A Major League B First League Second League 1996–2001 Super League Premier League("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones) First League("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones) Second League – 2001–2011 Super League Major League A("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones) Major League B("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones) First League – 2011– Super League Major League A Major League B("Europe" and "Siberia and Far East" zones) – –
Teams The following clubs are competing in the 2020–21 season:
Team Location Venue CapacityDinamo-Ak BarsKazanKazan Volleyball Centre5,000Dinamo KrasnodarKrasnodarPalais des Sports Olympus3,000Dinamo MoscowMoscowDynamo Volleyball Arena3,500Dinamo-MetarChelyabinskMetar-Sport2,500LeningradkaSaint PetersburgSPbGMTU Sports Complex2,000Lokomotiv KaliningradKaliningradAmberarena7,000ProtonBalakovoFOK Zviozdny2,500Uralochka-NTMKYekaterinburgPalace of Sports Yekaterinburg5,000Minchanka MinskMinsk, BelarusSports Palace Uruchye3,000YeniseiKrasnoyarskIvan Yarygin Sports Palace3,300Zarechie OdintsovoOdintsovoVolleyball-Sports Complex2,200SpartaNizhny NovgorodSports Palace North Star800LipetskLipetskSports School of LipetskTulitsaTulaManege of CS Arsenal
Results Season Winner Runner-up Third1991–92Uralochka YekaterinburgMladost ZagrebCSKA Moscow1992–93Uralochka YekaterinburgYunezis YekaterinburgCSKA Moscow1993–94Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUralochka Yekaterinburg II 1994–95Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUralochka Yekaterinburg II 1995–96Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUraltransbank Yekaterinburg 1996–97Uralochka YekaterinburgCSKA MoscowUraltransbank Yekaterinburg1997–98Uralochka YekaterinburgUraltransbank YekaterinburgCSKA Moscow1998–99Uralochka YekaterinburgUraltransbank YekaterinburgFakel Novy Urengoy1999–00Uralochka YekaterinburgUraltransbank YekaterinburgCSKA Moscow2000–01Uralochka YekaterinburgUniversitet BelgorodUraltransbank Yekaterinburg2001–02Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgAeroflot-Malakhit Yekaterinburg Universitet Belgorod2002–03Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgUniversitet BelgorodBalakovskaia AES Balakovo 2003–04Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo Moskovskaya Balakovskaia AES Balakovo 2004–05Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo Moscow Balakovskaia AES Balakovo 2005–06Dinamo Moscow Zarechie Odintsovo Dinamo Moskovskaya 2006–07Dinamo Moscow CSKA MoscowSamorodok Khabarovsk 2007–08Zarechie Odintsovo Dinamo Moscow Uralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg2008–09Dinamo Moscow Zarechie Odintsovo Uralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg2009–10Zarechie Odintsovo Dinamo MoscowDinamo Krasnodar2010–11Dinamo Kazan Dinamo MoscowDinamo Krasnodar2011–12Dinamo Kazan Dinamo MoscowUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg2012–13Dinamo Kazan Dinamo MoscowOmichka Omsk2013–14Dinamo Kazan Dinamo MoscowOmichka Omsk2014–15Dinamo Kazan Dinamo MoscowUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg2015–16Dinamo MoscowUralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo Krasnodar2016–17Dinamo MoscowDinamo Kazan Yenisey Krasnoyarsk2017–18Dinamo MoscowDinamo Kazan Uralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg2018–19Dinamo MoscowLokomotiv Kaliningrad Uralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg2019–20Dinamo Kazan Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Uralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg2020–21Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Dinamo MoscowDinamo Kazan2021–22Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Uralochka NTMK YekaterinburgDinamo Moscow2022–23Dinamo MoscowLokomotiv Kaliningrad Proton Saratov2023–24Dinamo KazanLokomotiv Kaliningrad Leningradka Saint Petersburg2024-25Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Dinamo KazanZarechie Odintsovo Source
Titles by club ClubWinnersRunners-upUralochka NTMK Yekaterinburg14 (1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05)2 (2015–16, 2021–22)Dinamo Moscow8 (2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23)8 (2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15)Dinamo Kazan 7 (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2023–24)3 (2016–17, 2017–18, 2024-2025)Lokomotiv Kaliningrad3 (2020–21, 2021–22, 2024-2025)4 (2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24)Zarechie Odintsovo 2 (2007–08, 2009–10)2 (2005–06, 2008–09)
All-time team records
Various statistics since 2007/2008
(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts) TeamSFirsBestPtsMPWLGFGAdiff1WVC Dynamo Moscow152007/20081st67137030169976381 +5952Uralochka NTMK Ekaterinburg152007/20082nd580366214152776603 +1733Dinamo Kazan132009/20101st57331725661830316 +5144Zarechie Odintsovo152007/20081st543351192159706636 +705Dinamo Krasnodar132009/20103rd468296172124604491 +1136Proton Volleyball Club Balakovo142007/2008 -424314110204457699 -2427Leningradka Saint-Petersburg122007/2008 -35826197164415566 -1518Avtodor-Metar Chelyabinsk132007/2008 -35327974205334688 -3549Omichka Omsk92007/20083rd34822212696450388 +6210Lokomotiv Kaliningrad82007/20082nd2711739875347306 +4111Yenisei Krasnoyarsk82012/20133rd2321646896281336 -5512Torch Novy Urengoi52008/2009 -1761304684203284 -8113Samorodok Khabarovsk52007/20084th1731254877190270 -8014VC Sakhalin42016/2017 -137993861152224 -7215Indesit Lipetsk52007/2008 -1371033469160234 -7416Tyumen Tyumen32011/2012 -100742648120169 -4917Universitet Belgorod32007/2008 -100732746115165 -5018Minchanka Minsk (BLR)42018/2019 -99732647110167 -5719Severstal Cherepovets22011/2012 -6550153568120 -5220Ufimochka UGNTU22012/2013 -5646103652121 -6921Voronezh22014/2015 -464153631113 -8222VC Tulitsa22020/2021 -382810184863 -1523Nizhniy Novgorod32018/2019 -38299204168 -2724Hara Morin Ulan-Ude12013/2014 -32248163358 -2525CSKA Moscow12007/2008 -302010104239 +326Kazanochka Kazan12007/2008 -24204161854 -36
Lyudmila Buldakova award The award for best player of the Super League was created by the Russian Volleyball Federation in 2006 and named after two time Olympic gold medallist Lyudmila Buldakova, a former player who died that year. The winner is voted by the head coaches of the league's teams. SeasonWinnerClub2006–07 Lyubov YagodinaWVC CSKA Moscow2007–08 Lyubov SokolovaZarechie Odintsovo2008–09 Yevgeniya EstesUralochka-NTMK2009–10 Tatiana Kosheleva Zarechie Odintsovo2010–11 Yekaterina GamovaDinamo Kazan2011–12 Angelina GrünDinamo Moscow2012–13 Yekaterina GamovaDinamo Kazan2013–14 Yekaterina GamovaDinamo Kazan2014–15 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow2015–16 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow2016–17 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow2017–18 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow2018–19 Nataliya GoncharovaDinamo Moscow
See also Volleyball in Russia Soviet Women's Volleyball Championship
References
External links Volleyball in Russia Russian League. women.volleybox.net