Australian Volleyball League

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Australian Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Volleyball current event.svg 2022 Australian Volleyball League
Sport Volleyball
Founded 1998
Inaugural season1998
Administrator AVF
No. of teams7 (2022-)
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Continent Oceania
International cup(s) AVC Club Volleyball Championship
Official website http://www.volleyballaustralia.org.au/

The Australian Volleyball League (AVL) is the premier Australian domestic volleyball competition. [1]

Contents

Current clubs

The seven clubs of the 2022 season:

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Locations of the 2020 Australian Volleyball League clubs
TeamLocationArenaCapacity
Adelaide Storm Adelaide Mars Sporting Complex
Canberra Heat Canberra Australian Institute of Sport
Melbourne Vipers [2] St Kilda State Volleyball Centre
NSW Phoenix Sydney Netball Central
Queensland Pirates [3] Brisbane Clayfield College Sports Centre
Tasmanian Echidnas Hobart Moonah Sports Centre
Western Australia Steel [4] [5] Perth Clayfield College Sports Centre

Champions

The complete list of the Australian Volleyball League champions: [6]


Men

YearChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeTeams
2022
Details
Canberra Heat 3–2 Adelaide Storm WA Steel 3–1 Queensland Pirates 7
2021Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019
Details
Queensland Pirates 3–2 Canberra Heat Melbourne Vipers 3–2 UTSSU Shield 6
2018
Details
Queensland Pirates 3–1 Canberra Heat WA Steel 3–0 Adelaide Storm 12
2017
Details
Queensland Pirates 3–0 WA Hornets Canberra Heat 3–1 Adelaide Storm 9
2016
Details
Queensland Pirates 3–0 Canberra Heat VVA Vultures 3–1 Adelaide Storm 9
2015
Details
Canberra Heat 3–0 Queensland Pirates Adelaide Storm 3–2 WA Hornets 8
2014
Details
Queensland Pirates 3–1 Canberra Heat WA Hornets 3–2 VVA Vultures 7
2013
Details
Queensland Pirates 3–1 Canberra Heat AIS 3–1 VVA Vultures 7
2012
Details
AIS 3–2 Queensland Pirates Volleyball Victoria 3–2 Volleyball NSW 9

Women

YearChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeTeams
2022
Details
Queensland Pirates 3–2 WA Steel Melbourne Vipers 3–1 Adelaide Storm 7
2021Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019
Details
Melbourne Vipers 3–2 Queensland Pirates Adelaide Storm 3–2 Canberra Heat 6
2018
Details
Melbourne University Blues 3–0 VA Centre of Excellence Canberra Heat 3–2 WA Steel 11
2017
Details
Melbourne University Blues 3–0 WA Pearls Queensland Pirates 3–2 Sydney Amazons 9
2016
Details
Melbourne University Blues 3–0 Queensland Pirates Sydney Amazons 3–0 WA Pearls 9
2015
Details
Melbourne University Blues 3–2 UTSSU Shield VVA Vultures 3–0 Canberra Heat 8
2014
Details
Melbourne University Blues 3–2 UTSSU Shield Queensland Pirates 3–0 Adelaide Storm 6
2013
Details
Melbourne University Blues 3–1 WA Pearls VVA Vultures 3–0 Queensland Pirates 6
2012
Details
Queensland Pirates 3-1 VVA Vultures WA Pearls ?–? Adelaide Storm 7
2011
Details
WA Pearls 3–0 Adelaide Storm Melbourne University Blues 3–1 UTSSU Shield 5

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References

  1. "History". avl.org.au.
  2. "Melbourne Vipers | Volleyball VictoriaVolleyball Victoria".
  3. "AVL Queensland Pirates". www.vq.org.au.
  4. "Introducing the Volleyball WA Steel". Volleyball WA. 15 August 2018.
  5. "2019 Volleyball WA Steel Teams". Volleyball WA. 20 September 2019.
  6. "History". avl.org.au.