The German Women's volleyball League or in (

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: Volleyball-Bundesliga der Frauen ) is the highest division in German women's

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. The German champion has been determined in this competition since the 1976/77 season.

Current mode

The women's Bundesliga is made up of 11 teams in the 2018/19 season. The last placed teams after the main round descends into the second division . The teams in the first eight places are qualified for the playoffs. Except for the playoff final ( best-of-five mode ), all games were first played in best-of-three mode . In the season 2018/19 the first time the semi-finals in the best-of-five mode was held.

History

The 2019/20 season was canceled on March 12, 2020 due to the

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pandemic before the final round of the main-round. A championship title was not awarded, there were also no relegations. It was the first time in the history of the Volleyball Bundesliga that a season ended prematurely.

Media

Since the 2013/14 season there have been regular live broadcasts on the Internet of the matches of the First Bundesliga. The clubs will contribute 100,000 EUR to the production costs. The transfer of around 40 games is planned. During the main round, a top game is to be broadcast every week. In the

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, a game is to be shown live on every match day.

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has been broadcasting some games on

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television since the 2017/18 season.

Viewers

The record number of spectators in the

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Bundesliga was set on April 30, 2016 by the

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game between

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and

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. 5,392 spectators watched the game in the Stuttgart Porsche Arena, which

won 3–2. In second place in the list of the best of the audience follows the final game of the

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against Bayern Lohhof in the Sindelfingen glass palace in 1987 with 5,000 spectators. In 2005

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played against the

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in front of a crowd of 4,500, third place on the leaderboard.

Strongest Women's League of Germany

Measured by the number of spectators at home games, the

Bundesliga occupies a special position among team sports in Germany. In no other sport is the

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's league stronger than the men's league. Of all professional leagues in Germany, Women's Volleyball Bundesliga has the highest audience average, even ahead of women in football, handball or

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Germany - Women's Division 1 - DVL - Prize list since 1956/1957

Season

2020-21

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All-time team records

Since 1956/57: Since 2015/16: (Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

References

External links

Volleyball Bundesliga

DVV official site

VBL.tv - the Internet TV of the Bundesliga

Dynamic statistics
– Bundesliga database of the Suhler fan club
Perpetual table 2014
(PDF-Datei; 622 KB)
Bundesliga Frau. women.volleybox.net
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