Chinese Volleyball League (CVL)

Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 Chinese Men's Volleyball Super League 2025–26 Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1996; 30 years ago (1996)
No. of teams	M:14 W:14
Country	China
Continent	AVC (Asia)
Most recent champions	M:Shanghai Bright (2024–2025) W:Jiangsu Zenith Steel (2024–2025)
Most titles	M:Shanghai Bright (18 titles) W:Tianjin Bohai Bank (16 titles)
Broadcasters	CCTV-5, Provincial satellite channels
Official website	www.volleyballchina.com

Chinese Volleyball Super League, often abbreviated toCVL (abbreviation remain unchanged), are the pre-eminent men's and women's professionalvolleyball leagues inChina. It was founded in 1996 as theChinese Volleyball League and is organized by theChinese Volleyball Association (CVA). The league was rebranded to the Chinese Volleyball Super League when it became fully professional in 2017. The champions qualify for theAsian Men's andAsian Volleyball Women's Champions League.

The women's league normally starts in November and ends in March of the following year, while the men's league starts in October and ends in February of the following year, lasting for about four months. The league is divided into four stages: the first two stages normally called as "Regular Season", and the last two stages called as "Playoffs".

The number of teams has increased from 12 to 14 since Season 2017/18, for both men's and women's leagues. Due toCOVID-19, Seasons 2020/21 & 2021/22 shorten the competition to about 2 months, and held at a designated venue.

Start from Season 2024/25, the league is divided into Division A and Division B, Division A are the top eight teams of the league of last season.

• First stage

The first stage is a double round-robin match of home and away games. According to the rankings of last season, divided into two divisions, A and B.

• Second stage

The top four teams from Division A and Division B will advance to the Quarterfinals according to A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2 and A4-B1. Use three games and two wins.

• Third stage (Semi-Finals)

The winner of A1-B4 plays against the winner of A3-B2, and the winner of A2-B3 plays against the winner of A4-B1. Use three games and two wins.

• Fourth stage (Finals)

A best-of-five-game system is adopted. The top teams in the first stage, first away game, then two home games, then one away game and one home game.

Beijing BAIC Motor

Shandong

Shanghai Golden Age

Liaoning

Tianjin

Jiangsu

Henan

Bayi Nanchang

Zhejiang

Fujian

Sichuan

Hubei

Hebei

Guangdong Shenzhen Glorious

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The map of the teams participating in the Chinese Volleyball League^[1]

Season	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place
2024–2025	Shanghai Bright	Hubei Baoding	Tianjin Food Group
2023–2024	Shanghai Bright	Beijing BAIC Motor	Zhejiang
2022–2023	Beijing BAIC Motor	Shanghai Bright	Zhejiang
2021–2022	Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
2020–2021	Beijing BAIC Motor	Shanghai Bright	Jiangsu
2019–2020	Shanghai Golden Age	Jiangsu	Shandong
2018–2019	Shanghai Golden Age	Beijing BAIC Motor	Jiangsu
2017–2018	Shanghai Golden Age	Beijing BAIC Motor	Sichuan
2016–2017	Shanghai Golden Age	Beijing BAIC Motor	Sichuan
2015–2016	Shanghai Golden Age	Beijing BAIC Motor	Shandong
2014–2015	Shanghai Golden Age	Shandong	Beijing BAIC Motor
2013–2014	Beijing BAIC Motor	Shanghai Golden Age	Shandong
2012–2013	Beijing BAIC Motor	Bayi	Henan
2011–2012	Shanghai	Bayi	Liaoning
2010–2011	Shanghai	Jiangsu	Bayi
2009–2010	Shanghai	Bayi	Jiangsu
2008–2009	Shanghai	Henan	Bayi
2007–2008	Shanghai	Liaoning	Henan
2006–2007	Shanghai	Liaoning	Henan
2005–2006	Shanghai	Jiangsu	Bayi
2004–2005	Shanghai	Liaoning	Bayi
2003–2004	Shanghai	Zhejiang	Bayi
2002–2003	Zhejiang	Shanghai	Liaoning
2001–2002	Jiangsu	Zhejiang	Liaoning
2000–2001	Jiangsu	Bayi	Zhejiang
1999–2000	Shanghai	Jiangsu	Bayi
1998–1999	Sichuan	Jiangsu	Chengdu
1997–1998	Sichuan	Jiangsu	Zhejiang
1996–1997	Sichuan	Zhejiang	Liaoning

• 2014–2015 – Cristian Savani (ITA)
• 2015–2016 – Thomas Edgar (AUS)
• 2016–2017 – Jiang Chuan (CHN)
• 2017–2018 – Jiang Chuan (CHN)
• 2022–2023 – Liu Ze (CHN)
• 2023–2024 – Peng Shikun (CHN)
• 2024–2025 – Zhang Zhejia (CHN)

Beijing Arctic Ocean

Shandong Rizhao Steel

Shanghai Bright Ubest

Liaoning Huajin Group

Tianjin Bohai Bank

Jiangsu Zenith Steel

Henan

Guangdong Shenzhen Zhongsai

Zhejiang Jiaxing Xitang Ancient Town

Fujian

Sichuan

Yunnan

Hebei

Jiangxi

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The map of the teams participating in the Chinese Volleyball League^[1]

Season	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place
2024–2025	Jiangsu Zenith Steel	Shanghai Bright Ubest	Liaoning Donggang Strawberry
2023–2024	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Shanghai Bright Ubest	Jiangsu Zenith Steel
2022–2023	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Shanghai Bright Ubest	Shenzhen Zhongsai
2021–2022	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Jiangsu Zenith Steel	Shanghai Bright Ubest
2020–2021	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Jiangsu Zenith Steel	Shanghai Bright Ubest
2019–2020	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Shanghai Bright Ubest	Beijing BAIC Motor
2018–2019	Beijing BAIC Motor	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Shanghai Bright Ubest
2017–2018	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Shanghai Bright Ubest	Jiangsu Zenith Steel
2016–2017	Jiangsu Zenith Steel	Zhejiang Jiashan Rural Commercial Bank	Tianjin Bohai Bank
2015–2016	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Jiangsu Zenith Steel	Shanghai Donghao Lansheng
2014–2015	Bayi (Army) Keming Surface Industry	Shanghai Donghao Lansheng	Jiangsu Zenith Steel
2013–2014	Zhejiang Jiashan Rural Commercial Bank	Tianjin Bohai Bank	Bayi (Army) Keming Surface Industry
2012–2013	Tianjin Bohai Bank[2]	Guangdong Evergrande	Zhejiang New Century
2011–2012	Guangdong Evergrande	Shanghai Guohua Life	Tianjin Bridgestone
2010–2011	Tianjin Bridgestone	Guangdong Evergrande	Shanghai Dunlop
2009–2010	Tianjin Bridgestone	Shanghai Dunlop	Bayi Yiyang
2008–2009	Tianjin Bridgestone	Shanghai Dunlop	Jiangsu ECE
2007–2008	Tianjin Bridgestone	Bayi Yiyang	Shanghai Eastern
2006–2007	Tianjin Bridgestone	Liaoning China Mobile	Jiangsu Yizheng Chemical Fibre
2005–2006	Liaoning China Mobile	Tianjin Bridgestone	Henan
2004–2005	Tianjin Bridgestone	Bayi Yiyang	Zhejiang Yijiai
2003–2004	Tianjin Bridgestone	Bayi Xuezhongfei	Liaoning China Mobile
2002–2003	Tianjin Bridgestone	Bayi Xuezhongfei	Liaoning China Mobile
2001–2002	Bayi Bosideng	Liaoning	Tianjin Bridgestone
2000–2001	Shanghai	Bayi Bosideng	Liaoning
1999–2000	Shanghai	Jiangsu Yizheng Chemical Fibre	Bayi Bosideng
1998–1999	Shanghai	Zhejiang	Sichuan
1997–1998	Shanghai	Jiangsu Yizheng Chemical Fibre	Zhejiang
1996–1997	Shanghai	Jiangsu Yizheng Chemical Fibre	Zhejiang

• 1996-1997 – Wang Yi (CHN)
• 1997-1998 – Zhu Yunying (CHN)
• 1998–1999 – Sun Yue (CHN)
• 1999–2000 – vacant
• 2000–2001 – Ma Suo (CHN)
• 2001–2002 – Zhao Ruirui (CHN)
• 2002–2003 – Zhang Ping (CHN)
• 2003–2004 – Yang Hao (CHN)
• 2004–2005 – Zhou Suhong (CHN)
• 2005–2006 – Yang Hao (CHN)
• 2006–2007 – Liu Yanan (CHN)
• 2007–2008 – Li Juan (CHN)
• 2008–2009 – Yin Na (CHN)
• 2009–2010 – Wei Qiuyue (CHN)
• 2010–2011 – Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
• 2011–2012 – Wei Qiuyue (CHN)
• 2012–2013 – Katarzyna Skowrońska (POL)
• 2013–2014 – Li Jing (CHN)
• 2014–2015 – Hui Ruoqi (CHN)
• 2015–2016 – Zhang Changning (CHN)
• 2016–2017 – Zhang Changning (CHN)
• 2017–2018 – Li Yingying (CHN)
• 2018–2019 – vacant
• 2019–2020 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
• 2020–2021 – Zhu Ting (CHN)
• 2021–2022 – Li Yingying (CHN)
• 2022–2023 – Li Yingying (CHN)
• 2023–2024 – Li Yingying (CHN)
• 2024–2025 – Wu Mengjie (CHN)

Main:Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

Season	Club	Place	Awards
2021	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
2020	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
2019	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
2018	Sichuan	12th	—N/a
2017	Beijing BAIC Motor	6th	—N/a
2016	Shanghai Golden Age	4th	—N/a
2015	Beijing BAIC Motor	5th	—N/a
2014	Beijing BAIC Motor	3rd	Li Runming (Best Setter)
2013	Liaoning	4th	—N/a
2012	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	2nd	Tong Jiahua (Best Libero)
2011	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	3rd	—N/a
2010	Shanghai Tang Dynasty	4th	—N/a

Main:Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship

Main:FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

Main:FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

Season	Club	Place	Awards
2024	Tianjin Bohai Bank	2nd	Li Yingying (Best Outside Spiker) Liu Liwen (Best Libero)
2023	Tianjin Bohai Bank	3rd	Li Yingying (Best Outside Spiker)
2022	did not qualify
2021	did not qualify
2020	cancelled
2019	Guangdong Evergrande Tianjin Bohai Bank	7th 8th	—N/a
2018	Zhejiang	7th	—N/a
2017	did not qualify
2016	did not qualify
2015	did not qualify
2014	did not qualify
2013	Guangdong Evergrande	3rd	Shen Jingsi (Best Setter)
2012	Tianjin Bohai Bank	5th	—N/a
2011	did not qualify
2010	did not qualify

• List of Chinese volleyball players

• Official website(in Chinese)

• Volleyball in China
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• Sports leagues established in 1996
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• Professional sports leagues in China

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