Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol

The Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol (Spanish for Senior National Volleyball League) is the top level Peruvian volleyball competition and it is organized by the Peruvian Volleyball Confederation. There are both men's and women's competitions. The number of participating clubs has been 12 per division since the 2011–12 season. The team champions qualify for the men's and women's South American Volleyball Club Championship.

Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol
SportVolleyball
Founded1965
No. of teams9 (men)
12 (women)
Country Peru
Most recent
champion(s)		Peerless (4) (men's)
Universidad San Martín (4) (women's)
Most titlesDeportivo Wanka (6) (men's)
Regatas Lima (women's) (4)
TV partner(s)CMD
Official websiteLNSV at fpv.com.pe/lnsv

History

Although Peru had volleyball competitions prior to 2004, in that year the Federación Peruana de Voleibol, Peru's Volleyball Confederation, organized the first tournament. The original format was heavily criticized due to poor organization from the sponsors and the teams. However, after Telefónica (now Movistar) decided to sponsor the Liga Nacional and change the format to include more teams and make the tournament more competitive, it grew, even becoming the qualifying tournament for Peruvian volleyball clubs to the South American Volleyball Club Championship.

Format

The original format that was used from 2004 to 2007–08 had 12 teams in two pools of 6, each team played once against the other 5 teams in the pool, after the first round matches were played, the 3 top teams from each pool formed a new final pool where the winner was declared champion while the bottom 3 teams from each pool played against each other as the bottom 2 teams from that round lost the category.

After Telefónica Peru joined the organizing comite, the format changed to include teams from clubs from all states in Peru and not just Lima. The competition had two parts, the Apertura and Clausura.

The Apertura was played first, consisted of a Round-Robyn system between 14 to 16 teams, after all matches are played the top 8 teams will move on while the bottom 6 or 8 teams are eliminated, the bottom 2 teams are at risk of losing the category. The top 8 teams will play the quarterfinals as follows: 1° VS 8°, 2° VS 7°, 3° VS 6° and 4° VS 5°. The winners will play the semifinals with the winning team from the 1° VS 8° match against the winner from the 4° VS 5° match, and the other two winning teams will play the other semifinal. The winners from the semifinals play for the first place while the losers play for the third place.

The Clausura was played a few months later, the top 8 teams will compete again in a Round-Robyn system, the top 4 teams will advance to the second round, in case the winning team from the Apertura finishes in 5th to 8th place, they will still advance to the second round with the top 3 teams. The 4 remaining teams will play against each other again, after each team has played the other 3, the ranking determines the semifinals, 1° VS 4° and 2° VS 3° with the winners from each match competing for the Gold medal and the title of Champions of the Season while the losing teams play for the Bronze Medal.

As of the 2011–12 season, the competition uses the Regular Season formula which is 12 teams play two Round-Robyn tournaments, "Home and Away", the top eight teams after both rounds play the quarterfinals as follows: 1° VS 8°, 2° VS 7°, 3° VS 6° and 4° VS 5°. The winners will play the semifinals with the winning team from the 1° VS 8° match against the winner from the 4° VS 5° match, and the other two winning teams will play the other semifinal. The winners from the semifinals play for the first place while the losers play for the third place.

The winning team from the season qualifies for the South American Volleyball Club Championship.

Results

Men's Competition
SeasonChampionRunner-up
2004 Wanka Regatas Lima
2005 Wanka Regatas Lima
2006 Wanka Regatas Lima
2007 Wanka Regatas Lima
2008 Huaquillay Flamenco
2009 Wanka Huaquillay
2010 Peerless[1] Universidad de Lima
2011 Peerless[2] Flamenco
2012 Peerless Flamenco
2013 Peerless Flamenco
2014 Universidad San Martín Peerless
2015 Peerless Universidad San Martín

Women's Competition
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird Place
2002 Regatas Lima
2003 Circolo Sportivo Italiano
2004–05 Regatas Lima
2005–06 Regatas Lima
2006–07 Regatas Lima
2007–08 Géminis Regatas Lima
2008–09 Circolo Sportivo Italiano Deportivo Alianza
2009–10 Géminis Regatas Lima Divino Maestro
2010–11 Divino Maestro Géminis Deportivo Alianza
2011–12 Géminis Universidad San Martín Divino Maestro
2012–13 Universidad César Vallejo Universidad San Martín Sporting Cristal
2013–14 Universidad San Martín Sporting Cristal Universidad César Vallejo
2014–15 Universidad San Martín Géminis Universidad César Vallejo
2015–16 Universidad San Martín Regatas Lima Géminis
2016–17 Regatas Lima Universidad San Martín Géminis
2017–18 Universidad San Martín Jaamsa Regatas Lima
2018–19 Universidad San Martín Circolo Sportivo Italiano Jaamsa

Women's Junior Competition
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird Place
2011 Géminis Alianza Lima Túpac Amaru
2012 Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal Géminis
2013 Géminis Sporting Cristal Alianza Lima
2014 Universidad San Martín Alianza Lima Sporting Cristal
2015 Géminis Universidad San Martín Alianza Lima
2016 Géminis Universidad San Martín Alianza Lima

Girls' Youth Competition
SeasonChampionRunner-upThird Place
2013 Sporting Cristal Géminis Túpac Amaru
2014 Universidad San Martín Alianza Lima Géminis
2015 Géminis Tupac Amaru Universidad César Vallejo
2016 Géminis Universidad César Vallejo Sporting Cristal

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Disunvol

Prior to the Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol, the Peruvian Volleyball Federation had an inter-club competition known as the "Disunvol".[3] The Disunvol was dissolved in 2002 following the FIVB's decision to disenroll Peru from all competitions.[4]

The following is a list of champions in the DISUNVOL era:

SeasonChampionRunner-upThird Place
1965 Divino Maestro
1966 Divino Maestro
1967 Divino Maestro
1968 Divino Maestro
1970 Divino Maestro
1971 Divino Maestro
1972 Divino Maestro
1973 Divino Maestro
1975 Divino Maestro
1976 Divino Maestro
1977 Divino Maestro
1978 Divino Maestro
1979 Deportivo JUCU Cristal Bancoper
1980 Power
1981 Power
1982 Power
1983 Power
1984 Power
1985 Power
1986 Power
1987 Power
1988 Power
1989 Power
1990 Alianza Lima Regatas Lima
1991 Power Alianza Lima
1992 Alianza Lima Latino Amisa Regatas Lima
1993 Alianza Lima Cristal Bancoper
1994 Cristal Bancoper Divino Maestro
1995 Sipesa Cristal Bancoper
1997 Regatas Lima Sipesa
1999 Sipesa ABC San Felipe
2000 ABC San Felipe Wanka Surco
2001 ABC San Felipe

See also

References
  1. CSV: Peerless Nuevo Campeón de la Liga Masculina de Perú (In Spanish)
  2. CSV: Peerless Bi-Campeón (In Spanish)
  3. Voleibol.pe: El Último Campeón de la DISUNVOL Spanish for: "The last DISUNVOL Champions"
  4. Hemeroteca: Hechos que marcaron la desaparición de DISUNVOL (Spanish for: Facts that led to the disappearance of DISUNVOL)
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