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.

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Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol

Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1965
No. of teams	9 (men) 12 (women)
Country	Peru
Most recent champion(s)	Peerless (10) (men's) Alianza Lima (4) (women's)
Most titles	Peerless (10) (men's) Divino Maestro (12) (women's)
TV partner(s)	CMD
Relegation to	Liga Intermedia de Voleibol
International cup(s)	Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes de Voleibol Femenino (women)
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History

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Prior to the Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol, the Peruvian Volleyball Federation had an inter-club competition known as the "Disunvol".^[1] The Disunvol was dissolved in 2002 following the FIVB's decision to disenroll Peru from all competitions.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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. In this edition, the tournament adopts the commercial name Liga Peruana de Vóley Apuesta Total3, thanks to the sponsorship of the sports betting company Apuesta Total, whose agreement will be in effect until the end of the season. In terms of television broadcasting, the league will no longer be exclusive to Movistar Deportes4. On November 5, 2024, it was announced that Latina Televisión5 will be the new official channel, broadcasting 92 matches on open signal and 120 through its digital platforms6. However, on November 28, Movistar Deportes confirmed that it will continue to offer live broadcasts on its channels and digital media7. This season promises intense emotions with ambitious goals among the participating teams. Alianza Lima will seek its first double championship in the history of the tournament, while Regatas Lima will try to return to the podium and achieve its tenth title. For its part, USMP emerges as a strong contender in the fight for its sixth crown. With these goals at stake, a highly competitive and vibrant edition is expected.

Format

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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 and 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 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship.

Women's Competition

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Ed.	Season	Champion	Runner-up
División Superior de Vóley (DISUNVOL)
1	1965	Divino Maestro
2	1966	Divino Maestro
3	1968	Divino Maestro
4	1970	Divino Maestro
5	1971	Divino Maestro
6	1972	Divino Maestro
7	1973	Divino Maestro
8	1975	Divino Maestro	Deportivo JUCU
9	1976	Divino Maestro
10	1977	Divino Maestro
11	1978	Divino Maestro
12	1979	Deportivo JUCU
13	1980	Power
14	1981	Power
15	1982	Power	Bancoper
16	1983	Power	Bancoper
17	1984	Power
18	1985	Power	Regatas Lima
19	1986	Power
20	1987	Power
21	1988	Power
22	1989	Power
23	1990	Alianza Lima	Regatas Lima
24	1991^[5]	Power	Alianza Lima
25	1992	Alianza Lima	Latino Amisa
26	1993	Alianza Lima	Bancoper
27	1994	Cristal Bancoper	Divino Maestro
28	1995	Sipesa Juventus	Cristal Bancoper
29	1996–97	Regatas Lima	Sipesa Juventus
30	1998–99	Sipesa Juventus	ABC San Felipe
31	2000	ABC San Felipe	Wanka Surco
32	2001	ABC San Felipe	Regatas Lima
Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol
33	2002–03	Regatas Lima	Deportivo Wanka
34	2003–04	Circolo Sportivo Italiano
35	2004–05	Regatas Lima	Géminis
36	2005–06	Regatas Lima	Géminis
37	2006–07	Regatas Lima	Latino Amisa
38	2007–08	Géminis	Regatas Lima
39	2008–09	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	Géminis
40	2009–10	Géminis	Regatas Lima
41	2010–11	Divino Maestro	Géminis
42	2011–12	Géminis	Universidad San Martín
43	2012–13	Universidad César Vallejo	Universidad San Martín
44	2013–14	Universidad San Martín	Sporting Cristal
45	2014–15	Universidad San Martín	Géminis
46	2015–16	Universidad San Martín	Regatas Lima
47	2016–17	Regatas Lima	Universidad San Martín
48	2017–18	Universidad San Martín	Jaamsa
49	2018–19	Universidad San Martín	Circolo Sportivo Italiano
50	2019–20	Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
51	2020–21	Regatas Lima	Alianza Lima
52	2021–22	Regatas Lima	Alianza Lima
53	2022–23	Regatas Lima	Alianza Lima
54	2023–24	Alianza Lima	Universidad San Martín
Liga Peruana de Voley
55	2024–25

Titles by club

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Rank	Club	Titles	Seasons won
1	Divino Maestro	12	1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2010–11
2	Power	11	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991
3	Regatas Lima	9	1996–97, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
4	Universidad San Martín	5	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
5	Alianza Lima	4	1990, 1992, 1993, 2023–24
6	Géminis	3	2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12
7	ABC San Felipe	2	2000, 2001
	Circolo Sportivo Italiano	2	2003–04, 2008–09
	Sipesa Juventus	2	1995, 1998–99
8	Cristal Bancoper	1	1994
	Deportivo JUCU	1	1979
	Universidad César Vallejo	1	2012–13

Copa Nacional de Voley

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Season	Champion	Runner-up
2020^[6]	Jaamsa^[7]	Alianza Lima

Men's Competition