Fixtures

DateRHjemme vs Ude-
03/31 21:30 3 Sada Cruzeiro vs Volei Renata View
04/01 00:00 3 Guarulhos vs Minas Tenis Clube View
04/01 21:30 3 Sesi SP vs Araguari Volei View
04/02 00:00 3 Farma Conde Volei vs Joinville Volei View
04/04 21:30 3 Volei Renata vs Sada Cruzeiro View
04/05 00:00 3 Minas Tenis Clube vs Guarulhos View
04/05 21:30 3 Araguari Volei vs Sesi SP View
04/06 00:00 3 Joinville Volei vs Farma Conde Volei View

Results

Date R Hjemme vs Ude -
03/27 00:00 22 [2] Farma Conde Volei vs Joinville Volei [5] 3-0
03/27 00:00 22 [4] Sesi-Bauru vs Azulim Gabarito/Monte Carmelo [11] 3-0
03/27 00:00 22 [9] Suzano Volei vs Montes Claros [12] 3-1
03/27 00:00 22 [10] Apan vs Sada Cruzeiro [1] 0-3
03/27 00:00 22 [7] Araguari Volei vs Guarulhos [3] 3-0
03/27 00:00 22 [8] Volei Renata vs Minas [6] 2-3
03/22 21:30 21 [4] Guarulhos vs Volei Renata [8] 3-0
03/22 21:30 21 [2] Farma Conde Volei vs Sada Cruzeiro [1] 0-3
03/22 00:30 21 [6] Minas vs Sesi-Bauru [4] 0-3
03/21 22:00 21 [7] Joinville Volei vs Suzano Volei [9] 3-0
03/21 22:00 21 [11] Azulim Gabarito/Monte Carmelo vs Apan [10] 3-1
03/20 21:30 21 [12] Montes Claros vs Araguari Volei [7] 0-3

The Brazilian Volleyball Super League (Portuguese: Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol) is the top level Brazilian professional volleyball competition. It is organized by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. It shares the same name with the women's tournament, and are disputed simultaneously. The number of participating clubs varies every year. The champion team qualifies for the South American Championship. Vôlei Natal, who play at the 10,000-capacity Ginásio Nélio Dias, are the current champions.

History

First competitions

Until the early 1960s, there were only state volleyball competitions in Brazil. A national level competition was inconceivable because of the geographical distances and lack of transportation infrastructure. Only in 1962 the first national volleyball competition was disputed, the Guarani Trophy of Champion clubs (Portuguese: Troféu Guarani de Clubes Campeões). The competition was disputed two more times, being renamed in 1964 to Brazilian Championship of Champion Clubs (Portuguese: Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes Campeões). Between 1965 and 1967 there was a hiatus without a national level competition, until the Brazilian Trophy (Portuguese: Taça Brasil) was organized in 1968 with teams from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The competition was organized in such format until 1975.

Fully national competition and professionalism

Only in 1976, the competition was opened to amateur clubs from all Brazilian states, and became truly national. It was renamed to Brazilian Championship (Portuguese: Campeonato Brasileiro) and was held every second year. In 1980 the Brazilian Championship had a major reorganization, becoming an annual competition and allowing professional teams for the first time. The competition's format changed in 1988, and started to follow the northern hemisphere calendar. Also, it was renamed to Brazilian National League (Portuguese: Liga Nacional). The competition was disputed under this format between the seasons 1988-89 and 1993–94.

The foundation of Super League

There was a last major change in the organization of the competition in the 1994–95 season. Again, it was renamed to Brazilian National Super League (Portuguese: Superliga Nacional). The first champion of the tournament, with the present format, was Frangosul/Ginástica.