MEVZA League

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MEVZA League
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005)
No. of teams6 (2024–25)
CountryAustria
Croatia
Slovakia
Slovenia
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		 Calcit Volley (men's)
Calcit Volley (women's)
(2023–24 season)
Official website mevza.org

The Middle European League or MEVZA League is a regional volleyball league, established in 2005 and contested by the club teams from the Middle European Volleyball Zonal Association (MEVZA). In the men's edition, the most successful team is ACH Volley with thirteen titles. [1] Among women, OTP Banka Branik and Calcit Volley are the most successful with four titles each. [2]

Contents

The competition is a continuation of the Interleague, which was played in the 1990s before merging into the newly established MEVZA League in 2005. [3]

List of seasons (men's)

Finals

SeasonWinnersRunners-up
2005–06 Flag of Austria.svg HotVolleys Vienna Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
2006–07 Flag of Slovenia.svg Autocommerce Bled Flag of Austria.svg HotVolleys Vienna
2007–08 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Bled Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
2008–09 Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley
2009–10 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Bled Flag of Austria.svg HotVolleys Vienna
2010–11 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Bled Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
2011–12 Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley
2012–13 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Austria.svg Posojilnica Aich/Dob
2013–14 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Austria.svg Posojilnica Aich/Dob
2014–15 Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck Flag of Austria.svg Posojilnica Aich/Dob
2015–16 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
2016–17 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck
2017–18 Flag of Austria.svg Posojilnica Aich/Dob Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley
2018–19 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Austria.svg Posojilnica Aich/Dob
2019–20 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Croatia.svg Mladost Zagreb
2020–21 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Slovenia.svg Merkur Maribor
2021–22 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Croatia.svg Mladost Zagreb
2022–23 Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley Ljubljana Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley
2023–24 Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley Flag of Slovenia.svg i-Vent Maribor

Performance by club

ClubTitlesWinning years
Flag of Slovenia.svg ACH Volley 132007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Flag of Austria.svg Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 32009, 2012, 2015
Flag of Austria.svg HotVolleys Vienna 12006
Flag of Austria.svg Posojilnica Aich/Dob 12018
Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley 12024

List of seasons (women's)

Finals

SeasonWinnersRunners-up
2005–06 Flag of Slovakia.svg OMS Senica Flag of Slovakia.svg Slavia Bratislava
2006–07 Flag of Slovakia.svg OMS Senica Flag of Slovenia.svg HIT Nova Gorica
2007–08 Flag of Slovenia.svg HIT Nova Gorica Flag of Austria.svg SVS Post Schwechat
2008–09 Flag of Croatia.svg Rijeka KWSO Flag of Austria.svg SVS Post Schwechat
2009–10 Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik Flag of Croatia.svg Split 1700
2010–11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Modřanská Prostějov Flag of Austria.svg SVS Post Schwechat
2011–12 Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik Flag of Austria.svg SVS Post Schwechat
2012–13 Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik Flag of Austria.svg SVS Post Schwechat
2013–14 Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Kamnik Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik
2014–15 Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volleyball
2015–16 Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley Flag of Hungary.svg Linamar Békéscsabai
2016–17 Flag of Hungary.svg Linamar Békéscsabai Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley
2017–18 Flag of Hungary.svg Linamar Békéscsabai Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Olomouc
2018–19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Olomouc Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik
2019–20 Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik
2020–21Not played
2021–22 Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas Óbuda Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley
2022–23 Flag of Hungary.svg Swietelsky-Békéscsaba Flag of Slovenia.svg Nova KBM Branik
2023–24 Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley Flag of Croatia.svg HAOK Mladost

Performance by club

ClubTitlesWinning years
Flag of Slovenia.svg OTP Banka Branik 42010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Flag of Slovenia.svg Calcit Volley 42014, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Hungary.svg Békéscsabai 32017, 2018, 2023
Flag of Slovakia.svg OMS Senica 22006, 2007
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gorica 12008
Flag of Croatia.svg Rijeka 12009
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Modřanská Prostějov 12011
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Olomouc 12019
Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas Óbuda 12022

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References

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  2. ↑ "Odbojkarice Calcita zmagovalke regionalne lige, Branik tretji" (in Slovenian). Siol. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "History". mevza.org. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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