The Brazilian Women's Volleyball Superliga 2020–21 - Serie A was the 26th edition of this competition organized by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation through the National Competitions Unit. It would also be the 42nd edition of the Brazilian Women's Volleyball Championship, the main competition between women's volleyball clubs in Brazil.
Regulation
The qualifying phase of the competition is disputed by twelve teams in two rounds. In each turn, all teams will play each other only once. The games in the second round will be played in the same order as the first, only with the court control reversed.
The top eight clubs qualify for the play-offs. At this stage, a 3-0 or 3–1 victory guarantees three points for the winner and no points for the loser. With a score of 3–2, the winner of the match adds two points and the loser one. The last two placed will be relegated to the Series B 2020.
In the following order the tiebreaker criteria will be: number of wins, sets average, points average; direct confrontation (in the case of a tie between two teams) and last draw. The play-offs will be divided into three phases - quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
In the quarter-finals there will be a cross between the teams with the best technical indexes following the logic: 1st x 8th (A); 2nd x 7th(B); 3rd x 6th (C) and 4th x 5th (D). These will play best of 3 matches (games), with a field command for each and the tiebreaker, if necessary, in the gym of the team with the best technical index of the qualifying phase.
The semi-finals will be disputed by the teams that passed the quarter-finals, following the logic: winner of duel A vs. winner of duel D; winner of duel B x winner of duel C. These will again play best of 3 (games), with a field command for each and the tiebreaker, if necessary, in the gym of the team with the best technical index of the qualifying phase .
The winners qualify for the final, which will be best of 3 games in the first place status of the qualifying round. The third and fourth places were defined by the best technical index of the qualifying phase.
The tournament sets were played up to 25 points with a minimum difference of two points (with the exception of the fifth set, which was won by the team that scored 15 points with at least two points difference). There were technical stops on the 8th and 16th points of the team that reached them first.
Participating teams
Twelve teams dispute the title of the Women's Superliga 2020/2021-Series A. They are: TeamCity Pos. season 2019/20GymCapacityTitlesSESC/Flamengo Rio Rio de Janeiro2º/10º (Superliga A)Hélio Maurício Gym1,00012Curitiba Volleyball Curitiba 8th (Superliga A)Gymnasium of Colégio Positivo 18000Osasco Osasco 3rd (Superliga A)José Liberatti5Praia Clube Uberlândia 2nd (Superliga A)Beach Arena1Pinheiros São Paulo 9th (Superliga A)Henrique Villaboim0São Caetano São Caetano do Sul12th (Superliga A)Lauro Gomes1São José dos Pinhais São José dos Pinhais 4th (Superliga B)Ney Braga Gym1 1001Fluminense Rio de Janeiro 7th (Superliga A)Hebrew Gym2Itambé Minas Belo Horizonte1st (Superliga A)Arena Minas3Brasília Vôlei Brasília 1st (Superliga B)Sesi Taguatinga0SESI Volei Bauru Bauru 4th (Superliga A)Pressure Cooker0São Paulo/Barueri Barueri 6th (Superliga A)José Corrêa0 Grades The São Paulo FC team will partner with Barueri. Pinhais, 4th place inherited the vacancies of Itajaí and ADC Bradesco, respectively 2nd and 3rd place in the Brazilian Women's Volleyball Superliga 2020 - Series B and due to the withdrawal of Valinhos. The FLA and SESC who finished last season 2nd and 10th respectively merged. São Caetano was relegated, but due to the withdrawal of Itajaí, ADC Bradesco and Valinhos it remained in the elite.
Qualifying stage
Rating Win by 3 sets to 0 or 3 to 1: 3 points for the winner; Win by 3 sets to 2: 2 points for the winner and 1 point for the loser. No show, the team loses 2 points. In case of equality on points, the following criteria serve as a tiebreaker: number of victories, set ratio and rally ratio.
(Q) - Teams qualified to the quarter-finals.Teams eliminated and kept for the Series A 2021–22.(R) - Teams relegated to the Series B 2022.
Shift
Location: The teams on the left side of the table play at home.
1st Round
2nd Round
3rd Round
4th Round
5th Round
6th Round
Round 7
8th Round
Round 9
10th Round
Round 11
Return
Location: The teams on the left side of the table play at home.
1st Round
2nd Round
3rd Round
4th Round
5th Round
6th Round
Round 7
8th Round
Round 9
10th Round
Round 11
Playoffs
Playoff matches
Quarter-finals
Location: The teams on the left side of the table play at home.
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Semifinal
Location: The games take place at the CDV in Saquarema.
Game 1
Game 2
End
Location: The games take place at the CDV in Saquarema.
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Awards Superliga 2020/2021Itambé MinasChampion(4th Brazilian title)
Superliga Selection The athletes who stood out individually were
Position Player Team MVP Thaísa Itambé Minas Best Opposite Tandara Osasco 1st Best Outside Hitter Fê Garay Praia Clube 2nd Best Outsited Hitter Pri Daroit Itambé Minas 1st Best Center Thaísa Itambé Minas 2nd Best Center Carol Praia Clube Best Setter Macris Carneiro Itambé Minas Best Libero Camila Brait Osasco Final MVP (VivaVôlei Trophy) Macris Carneiro Itambé Minas Fan Favorite Thaísa Itambé Minas Best Coach Nicola Negro Itambé Minas
Final classification
Position Team rating/downgrade Itambé Minas South American Clubs 2021 Superliga 2021/2022 - Serie A Praia Clube Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A Osasco Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 4 SESI Volei Bauru Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 5 SESC/Rio Flamengo Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 6 São Paulo/Barueri Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 7 Curitiba Vôlei Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 8 Brasília Vôlei Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 9 Pinheiros Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 10 Fluminense Superliga 2021/2022 - Series A 11 São José dos Pinhais Series B 2022 12 São Caetano Series B 2022
Statistics
Highest Scorer
RankPlayerClubTotal 1 Polina Rahimova Sesi/Vôlei Bauru 440 2 Tandara Osasco 409 3 Brayelin Martínez Praia Clube 403 4 Thaísa Itambé Minas 382 5 Ariane Helena Brasília Vôlei 380 6 Ivna Colombo Curitiba Vôlei 374 7 Fê Garay Praia Clube 362 8 Pri Daroit Itambé Minas 320 9 Ana Cristina SESC/Rio Flamengo 318 10 Tifanny Sesi/Vôlei Bauru 312 All points scored | Source: CBV
Best Blocker
RankPlayerClubTotal 1 Thaísa Itambé Minas 111 2 Mayany Osasco 109 3 Carol Praia Clube 81 4 Lorena Viezel São Paulo/Barueri 71 5 Valkyrie Dullius SESC/Rio Flamengo 70 6 Diana São Paulo/Barueri 67 7 Bia Osasco 62 Adenízia Sesi/Vôlei Bauru 62 9 Jineiry Martínez Praia Clube 51 Juciely Barreto SESC/Rio Flamengo 51 Points scored with winning blocks | Source: CBV
Best Servers
RankPlayerClubTotal 1 Polina Rahimova Sesi/Vôlei Bauru 31 2 Pri Daroit Itambé Minas 29 3 Thaísa Itambé Minas 28 4 Claudinha Praia Clube 26 5 Carol Praia Clube 23 Ariane Helena Brasília Vôlei 23 7 Roberta Ratzke Osasco 22 8 Larissa Gongra São José dos Pinhais 21 Tandara Osasco 21 10 Carla Santos São José dos Pinhais 20 Dani Lins Sesi/Vôlei Bauru 20 Points scored in the serve ace | Source: CBV
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