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 (CVA). 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 ranked teams of last season. At the end of the season, the winner of Division B against with the last ranked team of Division A to qualify for the Division A of next season.
The both men and women's leagues use the same format.
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. The top six teams of Division A qualify to Playoffs, while the last two ranked teams join the Qualification Playoffs to play against with the top two teams of Division B, the winners qualify to Playoffs.
The teams of Division A divided into two groups and play double round-robin match of home and away games. The top two teams of each group qualify to Semi-Finals, while the last two ranked teams of each group qualify to placement matches.
According to the group result of last stage, The A1 plays against B2, and the B1 plays against A2. Use three games and two wins.
A best-of-five-game system is adopted. The top teams in the first stage, first away game, then two home games, then one away game and one home game.
Main: Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Main: Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
Main: FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
Main: FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship