Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino

The Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino (LVSM) is a men's professional volleyball league in Puerto Rico. The competitions are organized by the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation (Federación Puertorriqueña de Voleibol, FPV).

History

Volleyball arrived in Puerto Rico with the firstdespués de la llegada de los estadounidenses a la Isla, by way of the la Young Men’s Christian Association or YMCA. Se it spread across the island thanks to american teachers. The sport was slowly incorporated into the Puerto Rican culture until it became one of the most popular.

The Federación Puertorriqueña de Voleibol (FPV) established a professional men's volleyball league. In its first season, held in 1958, 10 teams participated: Santurce, Hato Rey, Army, Aguada, Ciales, Guayama, Ponce, Yauco, Naranjito y Río Piedras. Naranjito were crowned the champions facing Río Piedras in the finals.[1]

League Champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up	MVP
1998	Changos de Naranjito	Rebeldes de Moca	Template:Flagicon
1999	Caribes de San Sebastian	Changos de Naranjito	Template:Flagicon
2000	Rebeldes de Moca	Changos de Naranjito	Template:Flagicon
2001	Changos de Naranjito	Caribes de San Sebastian	Template:Flagicon
2002	Patriotas de Lares	Changos de Naranjito	Template:Flagicon
2003	Changos de Naranjito	Playeros de San Juan	Template:Flagicon
2004	Changos de Naranjito	Plataneros de Corozal	Template:Flagicon Iván Contreras
2005	Changos de Naranjito	Caribes de San Sebastián	Template:Flagicon Brook Billings
2006	Changos de Naranjito	Gigantes de Adjuntas	Template:Flagicon Fabricio Dias
2007	Changos de Naranjito	Caribes de San Sebastián	Template:Flagicon Jeff Ptak
2008	Plataneros de Corozal	Patriotas de Lares	Template:Flagicon David McKienzie
2009–2010	Plataneros de Corozal	Mets de Guaynabo	Template:Flagicon Casey Patterson
2010–2011	Gigantes de Carolina	Plataneros de Corozal	Template:Flagicon José Rivera
2011–2012	Cariduros de Fajardo	Patriotas de Lares	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Leyva
2012–2013	Capitanes de Arecibo	Mets de Guaynabo	Template:Flagicon Luis Feñito Rodriguez
2013–2014	Mets de Guaynabo	Capitanes de Arecibo	Template:Flagicon Pablo Guzmán
2014	Capitanes de Arecibo	Mets de Guaynabo	Template:Flagicon David Menéndez
2015	Mets de Guaynabo	Gigantes de Carolina	Template:Flagicon Juan Vázquez
2016–2017	Mets de Guaynabo	Caribes de San Sebastián	Template:Flagicon Ángel Pérez
2017	Season Suspended
2018	Mets de Guaynabo	Gigantes de Adjuntas
2019	Mets de Guaynabo	Indios de Mayaguez	Template:Flagicon Inovel Romero
2020	Season Suspended because of COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	Changos de Naranjito	Caribes de San Sebastián
2022	Mets de Guaynabo	Changos de Naranjito	Template:Flagicon Kevin Rodriguez
2023	Caribes de San Sebastián	Changos de Naranjito	Template:Flagicon Pelegrín Vargas
2024	Caribes de San Sebastián	Mets de Guaynabo	Template:Flagicon Pablo Guzmán

References

History of Volleyball in Puerto Rico

External links

• Official website of Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation

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