The Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol 1. Ligi) officially called the Sultans League (Turkish: Sultanlar Ligi), is the highest professional women's
volleyball
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league in
Turkey
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. It is run by the
Turkish Volleyball Federation
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and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 clubs are currently participating in the league. It is often regarded as the best professional women's volleyball league in the
world
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. Its clubs have obtained significant successes in
European
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and other international competitions.
Eczacıbaşı
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are the most successful club, having won 16 championships so far.
It succeeded the former
Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship
The Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol Şampiyonası'') is a defunct volleyball league competition in Turkey, Turkish volleyball, run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation from 1956 to ...
(1956–1984).
2020–21 season
Title holders
Source:
Performance by club
MVP by Edition
* 2007–08 –
* 2008–09 –
* 2009–10 –
* 2010–11 –
* 2011–12 –
* 2012–13 –
* 2013–14 –
* 2014–15 –
* 2015–16 –
* 2016–17 –
* 2017–18 –
* 2018–19 –
* 2019–20 – ''cancelled''
* 2020–21 –
* 2021–22 –
All-time team records
Summary by team since 1977/1978
Podiums by city since 1977/1978
Various statistics since 2009/2010
(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)
See also
** Men's
*
Turkish Men's Volleyball League
The Turkish Men's Volleyball League, officially called the Efe League (Turkish: Efeler Ligi), is the highest professional men's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation. Founded in 1970, the league is considere ...
*
Turkish Men's Volleyball Cup
The Turkish Men's Volleyball Cup ( tr, Kupa Voley Erkekler) is a national cup competition for professional men's volleyball teams in Turkey, organised by the Turkish Volleyball Federation since the 1988–89 season. Between 2003 and 2007, the tou ...
*
Turkish Men's Volleyball Super Cup
** Women's
*Turkish Women's Volleyball League
*
Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
The Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol Türkiye Kupası), is a national cup for professional women's volleyball in Turkey, organized by the Turkish Volleyball Federation since the 1994-95 season. Between 2003 and 2008 ...
*
Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup
The Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup ( tr, Türkiye Voleybol Kadınlar Şampiyonlar Kupası), is the Super Cup competition for professional women's volleyball in Turkey, organized by the Turkish Volleyball Federation since 2009. It is conteste ...
External links
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Turkish Volleyball Federation Türkiye Kadınlar. women.volleybox.net
References
{{Professional Women's Volleyball Leagues
Turkey
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Women's volleyball in Turkey
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
Professional sports leagues in Turkey
Turkish Women's Volleyball League