Draft:2025–26 Iranian Volleyball Super League
The 2025–26 Iranian Volleyball Super League (or Iranian Men's Volleyball Premier League) is scheduled to be the 39th season of the top-tier men's professional volleyball league in Iran. The competition is overseen and organized by the Iranian Volleyball Federation (IRIVF).
The season is officially slated to commence on 18 November 2025 (28 Aban 1404 in the Iranian calendar). Foolad Sirjan Iranian enters the season as the defending champion.
Competition Structure
[edit]The 2025–26 season will feature 14 participating teams and is structured in two main stages:
- Preliminary Round: The fourteen teams will compete against each other in a full double round-robin format, featuring both home and away matches.
- Playoffs (Knockout Stage):
- The top eight teams from the preliminary round will advance to the playoff stage.
- The knockout rounds, including the Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, will be contested in a "best-of-three" series format.
- The Final series will also be held in a "best-of-three" format to determine the champion.
- Crucially, a specific third-place match will be held this season to determine the final third and fourth-place rankings, eliminating the practice of awarding a joint third place.
Participating Teams
[edit]The following 14 teams from across Iran are confirmed to participate in the 2025–26 season:
- Foolad Sirjan (Defending Champion)
- Shahdab Yazd
- Paykan Tehran
- Saipa Tehran
- Shahrdari Urmia
- Sepahan (Isfahan)
- Chadormalu Ardakan
- Tabiat (Eslamshahr)
- Pas Gorgan
- Mes Rafsanjan
- Esteghlal Gonbad
- Mehregan Noor
- Sanatgaran Omid (Tehran)
- Razin Polymer (Tehran)
Preliminary Round Standin Playoffs
[edit]- Quarter-finals: TBD
- Semi-finals: TBD
- Third Place Match: TBD
- Final: TBD
See also
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