The league was proposed to adopt a home and away format as an effort to promote women's volleyball in the region.

[1] SportsCore Event Management and Consultancy, Inc., the Philippine-based organizer of the Philippine Super Liga, along with club leagues from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, was reportedly backing such plans.

By July 2015, only "finishing touches" are yet to be made which includes the mechanics and official name of the tournament.

[5][6] The series returned in 2022 as the ASEAN Grand Prix Women's Volleyball Invitation with a tournament scheduled in Thailand.

[8] In 2024, a new tournament named SEA V.League Challenge was created for the men's division, which includes some other national teams in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore).