# Iranian Women's Volleyball League

The Iranian Women's Volleyball Premier League (Persian: لیگ والیبال زنان ایران) is the highest level of professional women's volleyball league in Iran. The highest level of weome's club league in Iran was founded in 1975 as the Shahbanu Cup which was continued until 1979, but after the Iranian Revolution it was renamed to the First Division. In 2001 the league system was revamped and the Iranian Women's Volleyball Premier League was established.

## History

Women volleyball competitions started before 1950s in Iran. The early competitions were held in academic levels and early clubs such as Taj Tehran, Homa Tehran and PAS Tehran were competing in Women's volleyball league of Tehran province since 1950s. At the same time, championship volleyball matches were also held in Iran, in which the representatives of the provinces faced each other. At the end of the Pahlavi era, in 1975, the women's volleyball club cup at the national level started to be held under the name of the Shahbanu Cup. After the revolution, the cup was renamed to the First Division and later to Premier League.

## Current clubs

* Jahanbin Chahrmahal Bakhtiyari
* Mes Rafsanjan
* Paykan Tehran
* Saipa Tehran
* Sedigh Goftar Varna
* Serik Gonbad
* Toloue Mehr Yazd
* Zob Ahan Isfahan

## League champions
### Shahbanu Cup

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1975 | Homa Tehran | PAS Tehran | Taj Tehran |
| 1976 | Taj Tehran | PAS Tehran | Oghab |
| 1977 | | | |

### First Division

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1992 | | | |
| 1993 | | | |
| 1994 | | | |
| 1995 | Homa Tehran | | |
| 1996 | Kashi Isfahan | Estandard Tehran | Persepolis VC |
| 1997 | | | |
| 1998 | | | |
| 1999 | | | |
| 2000 | Homa Tehran | Sadra Shiraz | Hejabe Tehran |

### Premier League

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Third place |
| 2001 | Homa Tehran | PAS Tehran | |
| 2002 | Azad University | | |
| 2002–03 | Homa Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Azad University |
| 2003–04 | Homa Tehran | | |
| 2005–06 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Homa Tehran | Naft Tehran |
| 2006–07 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Homa Tehran | Bargh Tehran |
| 2007–08 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Saipa Tehran | Azad University |
| 2008–09 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Saipa Tehran | Azad University |
| 2009–10 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Persepolis | Amol Hijab |
| 2010–11 | Persepolis | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Gas Tehran |
| 2011–12 | Giti Pasand Isfahan | Tehran Gas | Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 2012–13 | Giti Pasand Isfahan | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Gas Tehran |
| 2013–14 | Gas Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Azad University |
| 2014–15 | Azad University | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Gas Tehran |
| 2015–16 | Gas Tehran | Azad University | Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 2016–17 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Azad University |
| 2017–18 | Paykan Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Bahnemir Mazandaran |
| 2018–19 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Paykan Tehran | Namino Isfahan |
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | Saipa Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Paykan Tehran |
| 2021–22 | Barij Essence Kashan | Saipa Tehran | Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 2022–23 | Paykan Tehran | Serik Gonbad | Saipa Tehran Zob Ahan Isfahan |
| 2023–24 | Saipa Tehran | Mehrsan Tehran | Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Zob Ahan Isfahan |

## Titles by club

| Team | Winners | Runners-Up | Years Won | Years Runner-Up |
| Zob Ahan Isfahan | 6 | 8 | 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2018–19 | 2002–03, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21 |
| Homa Tehran | 3 | 2 | 2001, 2002–03, 2003–04 | 2005–06, 2006–07 |
| Azad University | 2 | 1 | 2002, 2014–15 | 2015–16 |
| Gas Tehran | 2 | 1 | 2013–14, 2015–16 | 2011–12 |
| Paykan Tehran | 2 | 1 | 2017–18, 2022–23 | 2018–19 |
| Giti Pasand Isfahan | 2 | 0 | 2011–12, 2012–13 | — |
| Persepolis | 1 | 1 | 2010–11 | 2009–10 |
| Saipa Tehran | 1 | 1 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 |
| Barij Essence Kashan | 1 | 0 | 2021–22 | — |
| PAS Tehran | 0 | 1 | — | 2001 |
| Serik Gonbad | 0 | 1 | — | 2022–23 |
| Mehrsan Tehran | 0 | 1 | — | 2023–24 |