Chinese Volleyball Super League

Chinese Volleyball Super League, often abbreviated to CVL, are the pre-eminent men's and women's professional volleyball leagues in China. It was founded in 1996 as the Chinese Volleyball League and is organized by the Chinese Volleyball Association. The league was rebranded to the Chinese Volleyball Super League when it became fully professional in 2017. The champions qualify for the Asian Men's and Asian 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 to COVID-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.

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Format

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.