Montenegrin women's volley league

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Montenegrin Women's Volleyball First League
SportVolleyball
Founded2006
FounderVolleyball Federation of Montenegro
No. of teams10[1]
Country Montenegro
ContinentEuropean Union Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		Luka Bar
Most titlesLuka Bar (12 titles)
TV partner(s)RTCG
Official websiteMontenegrin 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 2000–2006 period ŽOK Rudar and ŽOK Podgorica participated.

After independence[]

In 2006, Montenegro split from Serbia. Following that, the First women's volley league of Montenegro was formed as a top national competition. Since founded, Montenegrin League had a various number of participants, from 8 to 10. Except the First League, women's volleyball competitions system in Montenegro including the Second league and Montenegrin Cup. ŽOK Luka Bar, has been the most successful team, winning eight national champions' titles. Since the 2016–17 season, the winner of the Montenegrin First League has played in the CEV Women's Champions League.[4]

Competition format[]

Every season of First League have two parts. During the first, 'regular season', there is a round-robin system in which all clubs play two games against every single opponent. At the end of the 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, the first-placed team is playing against fourth, and second against third. Placement in finals is gained by teams which won two matches. The final-series is played until one opponent gains 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[]

Since the inaugural season (2006/07), three clubs have been the champions of the Montenegrin women's volley league. ŽOK Luka Bar won 11 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 Luka Bar – Podgorica 3–2
2007–08 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Podgorica 3–0
2008–09 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Rudar 3–1
2009–10 Luka Bar Budućnost Galeb – Luka Bar 3–1
2010–11 Luka Bar Budućnost Galeb – Luka Bar 3–1
2011–12 Budućnost Luka Bar Budućnost – Luka Bar 3–2
2012–13 Luka Bar Budućnost Luka Bar – Budućnost 3–0
2013–14 Luka Bar Budućnost Luka Bar – Budućnost 3–0
2014–15 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Morača 3–0
2015–16 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Rudar 3–0
2016–17 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Galeb 3–0
2017–18 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Rudar 3–0
2018–19 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Morača 3–0
2019–20 Luka Bar Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic[5]
2020–21 Luka Bar Luka Bar – Galeb 3–2

Sources: [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Titles by team[]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
ŽOK Luka Bar
12
3
 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
2
2
 2009–10, 2010–11
ŽOK Budućnost Podgorica
1
2
 2011–12
-
3
-
3
-
2

Performances by clubs[]

Final placements[]

Clubs which played every single season in Montenegrin Volley League are ŽOK Luka Bar, AOK Rudar and ŽOK Gimnazijalac. Below is the list of final placements of every club by single season.

Club 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
– – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 4
Budućnost 6 4 5 3 3 1 2 2 6 5 6 6 – 10 9
– – – – – 5 6 6 5 6 4 5 – – –
– 5 4 1 1 6 5 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2
7 6 7 6 6 9 7 8 8 9 9 8 5 5 7
– – – – – – – – 9 10 10 – – – –
– – – – – 8 8 – – 7 8 7 – – –
4 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
– – – – – – – – – – – – 7 9 5
– – – – – – – – 10 – – – – – –
Luka Bar 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
– – – – – – – – – – – – 6 8 8
– – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – –
– – – – 4 3 4 4 2 3 5 4 2 2 3
5 7 – – – 7 9 7 7 8 7 9 8 7 –
2 2 3 – – – – – – – – – – – –
3 3 2 4 5 4 3 5 4 2 3 2 4 4 6
– – 6 5 – – – – – – – – – – –
8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

07 = season 2006/07

All-time participants[]

Since its foundation, 19 clubs have participated. Below is a list of participants with the 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
15
2006–07
2020–21
327
297
30
624
Pljevlja
15
2006–07
2020–21
282
163
119
445
Bar
14
2007–08
2020–21
263
173
90
436
Budućnost Podgorica
13
2006–07
2020–21
248
114
134
362
Podgorica
10
2010–11
2020–21
200
123
77
323
Kotor
15
2006–07
2020–21
237
49
188
286
Nikšić
11
2006–07
2019–20
179
41
138
220
Budva
7
2011–12
2017–18
118
57
61
175
Podgorica
4
2006–07
2009–10
79
45
34
124
Herceg Novi
5
2011–12
2017–18
84
22
62
106
Kolašin
3
2014–15
2016–17
54
7
47
61
Bijelo Polje
3
2018–19
2020–21
45
11
34
56
Budva
3
2018–19
2020–21
45
11
34
56
Herceg Novi
2
2019–20
2020–21
33
17
16
50
Podgorica
2
2008–09
2009–10
34
14
20
48
Rožaje
2
2006–07
2007–08
34
9
25
43
Lovćen Cetinje
1
2014–15
2014–15
18
2
16
20
Tivat
1
2009–10
2009–10
18
1
17
19
Nikšić
1
2006–07
2006–07
14
1
13
15

Note: 2 points for win, 1 for defeat

Current season[]

Season 2018–19 is 13th edition of Montenegrin women's volley league. League have ten participants. League started in October 2018 and will finish in May 2019.

Team Arena Capacity City
Topolica 3,000 Bar
1,000 Kotor
3,000 Bijelo Polje
Luka Bar Topolica 3,000 Bar
1,000 Podgorica
1,500 Budva
3,000 Nikšić
3,000 Pljevlja

Second League[]

Competition was founded at 2006, with first season 2006–07.
At the end of every season, a new member of the First League became a winner of Second Montenegrin League. If winner is the 'B' team (second team) of some club, promotion is gained to next best-placed participant of Second League.
So far, winners of the Montenegrin Second Women Volley League were:[15]

Season Champion Runner-up
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12 DNP DNP
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16 Luka Bar 'B'
2016–17
2017–18 Luka Bar 'B'
2018–19 Luka Bar 'B' Budućnost Podgorica
2019–20 Interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic
2020–21

Season 2019-20 was interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Montenegrin volleyball federation decided that the champions of the Second League were the winners of five groups from the preliminary phase of competition (Ivangrad; Herceg Novi; Akademija; Galeb "B"; Gorštak).[16]

Montenegrin women's volleyball clubs in European competitions[]

Main article: Montenegrin women's volleyball clubs in European competitions

Montenegrin women's volleyball clubs have been participating in the CEV competitions since the 1998–99 season.
The first team which competed in European cups was ŽOK Luka Bar. are the only other team to play in CEV competitions.
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 Montenegrin clubs have played in CEV competitions.

Team Seasons G W L
ŽOK Luka Bar
7
19
2
17
1
2
0
2

As of the end of CEV competitions 2019–20 season.

See also[]

References[]

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  15. ^ "Arhiva".
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