Montenegrin women's volley league

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.

Montenegrin Women's Volleyball First League
SportVolleyball
Founded2006
FounderVolleyball Federation of Montenegro
No. of teams10[1]
Country Montenegro
Continent Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		Luka Bar
Most titlesLuka Bar (10 titles)
TV partner(s)RTCG
Official websiteMontenegrin 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
2006–07Luka BarPodgoricaRudarLuka Bar – Podgorica 3–2
2007–08Luka BarPodgoricaRudarLuka Bar – Podgorica 3–0
2008–09Luka BarRudarPodgoricaLuka Bar – Rudar 3–1
2009–10GalebLuka BarBudućnostGaleb – Luka Bar 3–1
2010–11GalebLuka BarBudućnostGaleb – Luka Bar 3–1
2011–12BudućnostLuka BarMoračaBudućnost – Luka Bar 3–2
2012–13Luka BarBudućnostRudarLuka Bar – Budućnost 3–0
2013–14Luka BarBudućnostGalebLuka Bar – Budućnost 3–0
2014–15Luka BarMoračaGalebLuka Bar – Morača 3–0
2015–16Luka BarRudarMoračaLuka Bar – Rudar 3–0
2016–17Luka BarGalebRudarLuka Bar – Galeb 3–0
2017–18Luka BarRudarGalebLuka Bar – Rudar 3–0
2018–19Luka BarMoračaGalebLuka Bar – Morača 3–0
2019–20Luka BarMoračaGalebCanceled due to the coronavirus pandemic[5]

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

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

Club0708091011121314151617181920
Albatros –––––––––––––6
Budućnost 645331226566–10
Budvanska Rivijera –––––5665645––
Galeb –5411653342333
Gimnazijalac 76766978899855
Gorštak ––––––––91010–––
Herceg Novi –––––88––787––
Ibar 48––––––––––––
Jedinstvo ––––––––––––79
Lovćen ––––––––10–––––
Luka Bar 11122211111111
Mediteran ––––––––––––68
Mladost –––7––––––––––
Morača ––––4344235422
Nikšić 57–––797787987
Podgorica 223–––––––––––
Rudar 33245435423244
Sokogym ––65––––––––––
Sutjeska 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 BarBar
14
2006–07
2019–20
304
278
26
356
RudarPljevlja
14
2006–07
2019–20
266
156
110
312
GalebBar
13
2007–08
2019–20
240
154
86
308
BudućnostPodgorica
13
2006–07
2019–20
232
114
118
228
MoračaPodgorica
10
2010–11
2019–20
182
112
70
224
Budvanska RivijeraBudva
7
2011–12
2017–18
118
57
61
114
PodgoricaPodgorica
4
2006–07
2009–10
79
45
34
90
GimnazijalacKotor
14
2006–07
2019–20
221
44
177
88
NikšićNikšić
11
2006–07
2019–20
179
41
138
82
Herceg NoviHerceg Novi
5
2011–12
2017–18
84
22
62
44
SokogymPodgorica
2
2008–09
2009–10
34
14
20
28
IbarRožaje
2
2006–07
2007–08
34
9
25
18
MediteranBudva
2
2018–19
2019–20
29
8
21
16
GorštakKolašin
3
2014–15
2016–17
54
7
47
14
AlbatrosHerceg Novi
1
2019–20
2019–20
15
7
8
14
JedinstvoBijelo Polje
2
2018–19
2019–20
29
4
25
8
LovćenCetinje
1
2014–15
2014–15
18
2
16
4
MladostTivat
1
2009–10
2009–10
18
1
17
2
SutjeskaNikšić
1
2006–07
2006–07
14
1
13
2

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
Galeb Topolica 3,000 Bar
Gimnazijalac Gymnasium Hall 1,000 Kotor
Jedinstvo SC Nikoljac 3,000 Bijelo Polje
Luka Bar Topolica 3,000 Bar
Morača Medical School 1,000 Podgorica
Mediteran Mediterranean SC 1,500 Budva
Nikšić Nikšić SC 3,000 Nikšić
Rudar Ada SC 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
2006–07Galeb BarMladost Tivat
2007–08Rudar 'B' PljevljaSokogym Podgorica
2008–09Mladost TivatIbar Rožaje
2009–10Galeb 'B' BarMorača Podgorica
2010–11NikšićHerceg Novi
2011–12DNPDNP
2012–13Galeb 'B' BarMorača 'B' Podgorica
2013–14Galeb 'B' BarLovćen Cetinje
2014–15Rudar 'B' PljevljaIbar Rožaje
2015–16Galeb 'B' BarLuka Bar 'B'
2016–17Galeb 'B' BarIbar Rožaje
2017–18Galeb 'B' BarLuka Bar 'B'
2018–19Luka Bar 'B'Budućnost Podgorica

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. ŽOK Galeb 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
ŽOK Galeb Bar
1
2
0
2

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

See also

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