Current season, competition or edition: 2022–23 | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 1996 |
Inaugural season | 1996 |
No. of teams | 5 Teams |
Country | Malta |
Continent | Europe |
Domestic cup(s) | Maltese Cup Maltese Super Cup |
International cup(s) | CEV Champions League CEV Cup CEV Challenge Cup |
Official website | http://www.maltavolleyball.org |
The Maltese First Division Women's Volleyball Championship [1] is the most important national Volleyball competition organized by the Maltese Volleyball Association (MVA) among women in Malta since the year 1996. [2]
The first of the season 5 teams plays a preliminary round-robin tournament home and away, in which the top 4 teams in the ranking table will advance to the Semis, in the Semifinals every two teams will play each other in best of three matches series and then in the final as well best of three matches will decide the champion. [3]
Years | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
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1996 | |||
1997 | PlayVolley | ||
1998 | |||
1999 | PlayVolley | ||
2000 | |||
2001 | PlayVolley | ||
2002 | PlayVolley | ||
2003 | PlayVolley | ||
2004 | Paola Hibs | PlayVolley | |
2005 | Paola Hibs | PlayVolley | |
2006 | Paola Hibs | PlayVolley | |
2007 | Paola Hibs | PlayVolley | X-Sel Volley |
2008 | Paola Hibs | X-Sel Volley | PlayVolley (blue) |
2009 | Paola Hibs | Fleur-de-Lys | PlayVolley (blue) |
2010 | Paola Hibs | Flyers Depiro | Fleur-de-Lys |
2011 | Paola Hibs Candy | Flyers Depiro | PlayVolley |
2012 | Paola Hibs Candy | Fleur-de-Lys | Flyers Depiro |
2013 | Paola Hibs Candy | Flyers | FDL Office Group |
2014 | FDL Office Group | Toyota Playvolley | Flyers |
2015 | Fleur-De-Lys | Flyers | Paola Hibs |
2016 | Balzan Flyers Crosscraft | Paola | Fleur de Lys Twistees |
2017 | Balzan Flyers | Fleur de Lys | Paola Volley |
2018 | Fleur de Lys Royal Panda | Balzan Flyers Crosscraft | Paola Volley |
2019 | Fleur de Lys Royal Panda | Balzan Flyers | Sliema Kavallieri |
2020 | Competition Cancelled | ||
2021 | Phoenix SC [4] | ||
2022 | Falcons VC | Phoenix SC | Balzan Flyers |
2023 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
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