The 2020/21 German Women's Volleyball League season began on October 3, 2020 and ended with the last playoff final game on April 24, 2021. Since the 2019/20 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no defending champion.
Dresdner SC prevailed in the playoff final against Allianz MTV Stuttgart and thus became German champions.
This season the following eleven teams played in the first division:
There was no newcomer. The German youth team VC Olympia Berlin played again this season in the 2. Bundesliga North.
The women's Bundesliga was made up of eleven teams in the 2020/21 season, which initially competed against each other in the two rounds. There was no relegation.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, numerous games had to be postponed to another date.
Since the 2013/14 season, the following rule of points has been in force for the DVV's game operations: three points are awarded for a 3-0 or 3-1 win, two points for a 3-2 win and two points for a 2-3 defeat one point and no point for a 1-3 or 3-0 defeat. In the event of a tie, the number of games won first decides, then the set quotient (division method) and finally the ball point quotient (division method).
The teams in the first eight places qualified for the playoffs. Except for the final (Best-of-Five-Modus) all games were played in Best-of-Three-Modus.