رقابت ۹ تیم برای جام بیست‌وچهارم لیگ برتر والیبال زنان

بیست و چهارمین دوره مسابقات والیبال قهرمانی باشگاه‌های برتر زنان ایران با حضور ۹ تیم برگزار خواهد شد.

ترجمه انگلیسی

The 24th edition of the Women’s Volleyball Championship for top clubs in Iran will be held with the participation of 9 teams.

The tournament will feature teams such as Paykan Tehran, Saipa Tehran, the national U20 women’s team, Paktong Copper Industry of Rafsanjan, Hooran Yazd, Madakam Net, Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan, Naft Omidiyeh, and Resistance Municipality of Tabriz. The preliminary stage of the competition will take place in a round-robin format, and the top four teams will advance to the playoffs, which will be played in a best-of-three format. By decision of the majority of representatives from the participating teams in the women’s league, this year’s matches will be held at noon on Saturdays and on Tuesdays at 4 PM.

Each team can register up to 20 players, which includes a maximum of 15 senior players, 2 players under 23, 2 junior players, and 1 youth player in the national volleyball federation’s system. In each match, 14 team players can participate, including a maximum of 12 senior players, one under-23 player, and one junior or youth player. If a team does not have an under-23 player, it can use a junior or youth player, and in the absence of either, the coach must deduct from the 14-player roster. Contracts for junior and youth players can be registered for a maximum of 20 players. Each team can use registered players as per Article 17 of the regulations for every match.

The quota for players sent to senior Asian events (2022 to 2024) for each team is a maximum of 5 players (with a maximum of one setter and one libero). Shabnam Alikhani, Mahsa Kadkhoda, Mahsa Saberi, Aitak Salamat, Maedeh Barahani, Reyhaneh Karimi, Pouran Zare, Mohaddeseh Moshtagh, Tahmineh Dargazani, Mona Daris Mahmoudi, Elaheh Pour Saleh, Soudabeh Bagherpour, Zahra Moghani, Zahra Karimi, Mina Ashofteh, Hanieh Mohtashami Pour, Negar Kiani, Fatemeh Amini, Fatemeh Khalili, Asma Saidi, Zahra Rezaei, Fatemeh Einaat, Fatemeh Manzoori, and Negin Shirtari are the 24 players on the national women’s volleyball team roster for the years 2022 to 2024.

Zob Ahan, absent this year, is, however, the most decorated team.

The first championship tournament of Iranian volleyball clubs was held in 2001, during which the team Homa Tehran emerged as the champion. Since the start of these competitions in 2001, the Women’s Premier Volleyball League has continued, with Zob Ahan Isfahan being the most successful team, having won the championship six times. This team also boasts seven runner-up titles and four bronze medals in the Premier League, but they did not participate in this year’s competition.

10 champions of the past twenty-two seasons

In the twenty-two editions of the Women’s Premier League in Iran so far, ten teams have stood on the top podium as champions. In 2019, the Women’s Premier League was left unfinished due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The list of the ten champion teams from past seasons of the Women’s Premier League is as follows:

Homa Tehran (2003, 2001, and 2004), Azad University (2002 and 2014), Zob Ahan Isfahan (2005 to 2009 and 2018), Persepolis (2010), Giti Pasand (2011 and 2012), Gas Tehran (2013 and 2015), Bank Sarmaye (2016), Paykan Tehran (2017 and 2022), Saipa Tehran (2020 and 2023), and Barij Essence Kashan (2021).