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at the top of the Iranian volleyball league system. It was founded in 1975 as the Pasargad Cup, but after the

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it was renamed to the first Division. In 1997 the league system was revamped and the Iranian Super League was established.

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has won the most titles in the new Super League with 12 titles.

History

The first season of a national Iranian volleyball league was held in 1975 with 12 teams competing. In 1976 Esteghlal became the champions for the first time, and they repeated this feat in the following season. In 1979 due to the

the league was canceled. In 1989, the first Hazfi Cup for Iranian volleyball teams was held, in which Esteghlal became the first champions. During this period there was no national league and teams competed in the provincial and local leagues instead. Shortly after the Hazfi Cup, in 1990 the national volleyball league of Iran was restarted by the Iranian Volleyball Federation with 10 teams competing and was called the ''Fajr Cup''. In 2010 the format of the league was changed and 12 teams competed in the league, which was later increased to 14 shortly after and the name was also changed to the ''Iranian Volleyball Super League'' or the ''Iranian Volleyball Premier League''.

Current teams

* Azar Battery Urmia * Foolad Sirjan * Hoorsun Ramsar * Khatam Ardakan * Labanyat Haraz Amol *

* Rahyab Melal Marivan * Saipa Tehran * Sepahan Isfahan * Shahdab Yazd * Shahrdari Gonbad * Shahrdari Qazvin * Shahrdari Urmia * Shahrdari Varamin

League champions

Pasargad Cup

First Division

Super League

Titles by club

Titles by city

Notable foreign players

References

External links

I.R. Iran Volleyball Federation

{{Professional Volleyball Leagues League

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Professional sports leagues in Iran