MOJI officially launches University Volleyball League 2026: 36 teams, 24 universities, 60 matches in 3 cities

On September 25, 2026, MOJI held the draw for Liga Voli Mahasiswa 2026, the first university volleyball competition created and owned by a media company in Indonesia. The event brings together 36 teams — 18 men and 18 women — from 24 universities, across three host cities: Yogyakarta, Surabaya, and Jakarta. Sixty matches will be played from October 7 to October 31, 2026. The format is compact: each city hosts six men’s and six women’s teams, split into two pools of three. Venues are GOR UII in Yogyakarta, GOR Unesa in Surabaya, and GOR Pertamina Simprug in Jakarta. Each city holds 20 matches over five days, with four matches per day. Jakarta’s schedule runs earlier — 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, and 17:00 WIB — while the other cities use a 13:00-to-19:00 WIB window. The development prize money per gender is Rp25 million in total: 10 million for the winner, 7.5 million for the runner-up, 5 million for third place, and 2.5 million for fourth. The winner’s share is roughly USD 620, which signals a development grant rather than commercial prize money. The deeper story is structural. MOJI and the streaming platform Vidio form a vertically integrated model: the media owner both creates the event and distributes it, capturing the audience and sponsorship value chain. That is still rare in Southeast Asian volleyball. The three-city design distributes the event beyond Jakarta and broadens the talent pool, but the absence of seedings and historical data means competitive balance cannot be assessed before the tournament. There are genuine risks. A debut edition with a short runway after the September 25 draw may face logistical strains. The lack of a published eligibility framework could trigger disputes. The modest prize money may not match the “national stage” ambition. And without a confirmed second edition, the event could become a one-season media product. What matters most is not the champion. It is whether MOJI announces LVM 2027 as soon as the final ends. If it does, the campus pipeline is real. If not, the bubble of belief will deflate. Watch the viewer data on Vidio, sponsorship renewals, and the future Proliga drafts for signs of lasting impact.