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Montenegrin women's volley league

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)		Herceg Novi
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]
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).
At the same time, than the only professional women's volleyball club from Montenegro – ŽOK Luka Bar participated in Yugoslav First League since 1994. and, after that, in European competitions.[3] Biggest success in Yugoslav First League, Luka Bar achieved on season 2003-2004, when they finished season on the third place.[4]
While Luka Bar played constantly in the First League, ŽOK Rudar played two seasons in Yugoslav Second League (2002-2003, 2003-2004) and ŽOK Podgorica one season (2003-2004).

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 12 national champions' titles. Since the 2016–17 season, the winner of the Montenegrin First League has played in the CEV Women's Champions League.[5]

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 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
2016–17 Luka Bar Galeb Rudar Luka Bar – Galeb 3–0
2017–18 Luka Bar Rudar Galeb Luka Bar – Rudar 3–0
2018–19 Luka Bar Morača Galeb Luka Bar – Morača 3–0
2019–20 Luka Bar Morača Galeb Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic[6]
2020–21 Luka Bar Galeb Morača Luka Bar – Galeb 3–2
2021–22 Galeb Luka Bar Albatros Galeb - Luka Bar 3-0
2022–23 Herceg Novi Galeb Luka Bar Herceg Novi - Galeb 3-0

Sources: [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Titles by team

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
ŽOK Luka Bar
12
4
 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
ŽOK Galeb Bar
3
2
 2009–10, 2010–11, 2021-22
ŽOK Budućnost Podgorica
1
2
 2011–12
ŽOK Herceg Novi
1
-
 2022–23
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 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 22 23
Albatros – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 4 3 4
Akademija – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 5
Budućnost 6 4 5 3 3 1 2 2 6 5 6 6 – 10 9 9 6
Budvanska Rivijera – – – – – 5 6 6 5 6 4 5 – – – – –
Galeb – 5 4 1 1 6 5 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 1 2
Gimnazijalac 7 6 7 6 6 9 7 8 8 9 9 8 5 5 7 10 10
Gorštak – – – – – – – – 9 10 10 – – – – – –
Herceg Novi – – – – – 8 8 – – 7 8 7 – – – – 1
Ibar 4 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Jedinstvo – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 9 5 5 8
Lovćen – – – – – – – – 10 – – – – – – – –
Luka Bar 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
Mediteran – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 8 8 8 9
Mladost – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Morača – – – – 4 3 4 4 2 3 5 4 2 2 3 6 7
Nikšić 5 7 – – – 7 9 7 7 8 7 9 8 7 – – –
Podgorica 2 2 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Rudar 3 3 2 4 5 4 3 5 4 2 3 2 4 4 6 7 –
Sokogym – – 6 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Sutjeska 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

07 = season 2006/07

All-time participants

Since its foundation, 20 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
17
2006–07
2022–23
370
328
42
698
Galeb Bar
16
2007–08
2022–23
309
210
99
519
Rudar Pljevlja
16
2006–07
2021–22
300
169
131
469
Budućnost Podgorica
15
2006–07
2022–23
284
123
161
407
Morača Podgorica
12
2010–11
2022–23
236
135
101
371
Gimnazijalac Kotor
17
2006–07
2022–23
273
55
218
328
Nikšić Nikšić
11
2006–07
2019–20
179
41
138
220
Budvanska Rivijera Budva
7
2011–12
2017–18
118
57
61
175
Herceg Novi Herceg Novi
6
2011–12
2022–23
107
45
62
152
Podgorica Podgorica
4
2006–07
2009–10
79
45
34
124
Albatros Herceg Novi
4
2019–20
2022–23
73
43
30
116
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
5
2018–19
2022–23
81
26
55
107
Mediteran Budva
5
2018–19
2022–23
81
19
62
100
Gorštak Kolašin
3
2014–15
2016–17
54
7
47
61
Akademija Tivat
2
2021–22
2022–23
38
21
17
59
Sokogym Podgorica
2
2008–09
2009–10
34
14
20
48
Ibar Rožaje
2
2006–07
2007–08
34
9
25
43
Lovćen Cetinje
1
2014–15
2014–15
18
2
16
20
Mladost Tivat
1
2009–10
2009–10
18
1
17
19
Sutjeska Nikšić
1
2006–07
2006–07
14
1
13
15

Note: 2 points for win, 1 for defeat

Current season

Season 2023–24 is 18th edition of Montenegrin women's volley league. League have ten participants. League started in October 2023 and will finish in May 2024.

Team Arena Capacity City
Akademija Župa 900 Tivat
Albatros SC Igalo 2,000 Herceg Novi
Budućnost Medical School 1,000 Podgorica
Galeb Topolica 3,000 Bar
Herceg Novi SC Igalo 2,000 Herceg Novi
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
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:[16]

Season Champion Runner-up
2006–07 Galeb Bar Mladost Tivat
2007–08 Rudar 'B' Pljevlja Sokogym Podgorica
2008–09 Mladost Tivat Ibar Rožaje
2009–10 Galeb 'B' Bar Morača Podgorica
2010–11 Nikšić Herceg Novi
2011–12 DNP DNP
2012–13 Galeb 'B' Bar Morača 'B' Podgorica
2013–14 Galeb 'B' Bar Lovćen Cetinje
2014–15 Rudar 'B' Pljevlja Ibar Rožaje
2015–16 Galeb 'B' Bar Luka Bar 'B'
2016–17 Galeb 'B' Bar Ibar Rožaje
2017–18 Galeb 'B' Bar Luka Bar 'B'
2018–19 Luka Bar 'B' Budućnost Podgorica
2019–20 Interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic
2020–21 Akademija Tivat Gorštak Kolašin
2021–22 Herceg Novi Gorštak Kolašin
2022–23 Rudar Pljevlja Tempo Nikšić

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).[17]

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 and ŽOK Herceg Novi are the other teams 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, three Montenegrin clubs have played in CEV competitions.

Team Seasons G W L
ŽOK Luka Bar
7
21
2
19
ŽOK Herceg Novi
2
9
3
6
ŽOK Galeb Bar
2
4
0
4

As of the end of CEV competitions 2023–24 season.

See also

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