Pallavolo Scandicci is an Italian professional women's

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

club based in

Scandicci Scandicci () is a ''comune'' (municipality) of c. 50,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence. Scandicci borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Florenc ...

that plays in the Serie A1, known also by its sponsored name Savino del Bene Scandicci

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Savino Del Bene Scandicci (2012–present) * Pallavolo Scandicci (Past)

History

The club was founded in 2012, when the company Savino Del Bene, who has been investing in women's volleyball since 2009, joined the women's first team of Unione Pallavolo Scandicci. The club started at Serie B1 in the 2012–13 season, reaching promotion to Serie A2 by the end of the season. After one season at Serie A2, the club reached the highest Italian league, the Serie A1, in 2014. In 2017/18 and 2018/19 season Italia Serie A1, the team won their best result after they promoted to Serie A1, they finished at third place. In 2022, the club won 2021–22 CEV Women's Challenge Cup champion and promoted to

Women's CEV Cup The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by ...

in 2022/23 season.

Team

''Season 2022–2023''

Current coaching staff

Position Main (Current Season)

Notable Players

Judith Pietersen Judith Pietersen (born 3 July 1989 in Eibergen) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as an opposite. She is a member of the Women's National Team, and competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. She plays for Volley Millenium Brescia. She learned ...

（2015－2016） *

Bahar Toksoy Bahar Toksoy Guidetti (born 6 February 1988) is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays as a middle blocker. She currently plays for Türk Hava Yolları SK. She plays for the Turkish national team. Career Club career With VakıfBank, she won th ...

（2015－2016） *

Floortje Meijners Floortje Meijners (born 16 January 1987 in Oldenzaal, Overijssel) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who plays as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Dutch National Women's Team that won the gold medal at the FIVB World Grand ...

（2016－2017） *

Isabelle Haak Isabelle Haak (born 11 July 1999) is a Swedish volleyball player, who plays as an Opposite (volleyball), opposite for the Italian club Imoco Volley, Imoco Volley Conegliano and the Sweden women's national volleyball team, Swedish national team. ...

（2017－2019） *

Jovana Stevanović Jovana Stevanović (born 30 June 1992) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who won the 2016 Summer Olympics silver medal with the Serbia national team. Until 2022 she played for the Italian club Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio and will play ...

（2018－2020） *

Tatiana Kosheleva Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva (''russian: Татья́на Серге́евна Ко́шелева'', born 23 December 1988) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal a ...

（2019） *

Lonneke Slöetjes Lonneke Slöetjes (born 15 November 1990) is a Dutch volleyball player, who plays as an opposite spiker. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team, Women's National Team. She plays as of 2015 for Vakıfbank Spor Kulüb� ...

（2019－2020） *

Samantha Bricio Samantha Bricio (born November 22, 1994) is a Mexican volleyball professional player, the youngest player to play for the Mexico national team in its history. Bricio played in the 2009 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship (finishing ninth) and ag ...

（2019－2020） *

Agnieszka Kąkolewska Agnieszka Korneluk, née Kąkolewska (born 17 October 1994) is a Polish volleyball player, playing as a middle blocker. She is part of the Poland women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2013 Women's European Volleyball Championship, ...

（2019－2020） *

Magdalena Stysiak Magdalena Stysiak (born 3 December 2000) is a Polish professional volleyball player. She is a part of the Poland women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2019 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2019 FIVB Volleyball Wome ...

（2019－2021） *

Mina Popović Mina Popović ( sr-cyr, Мина Поповић; born 16 September 1994) is a Serbian volleyball player. Club career On club level, Popović ha played for OK Crvena Zvezda, Obiettivo Risarcimento, Volley Bergamo, Azzurra Volley San Casciano and ...

（2020－2021） *

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（2021－2022） * Ana Beatriz Corrêa（2021－2022） *

Louisa Lippmann Louisa-Christin Lippmann (born 23 September 1994) is a German female volleyball player. She plays as an outside hitter or opposite and has over 100 appearances for the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level she currently plays fo ...

（2021－2022） *

Brenda Castillo Brenda Castillo (born June 5, 1992, in San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic and plays as a libero. She was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, while ...

（2021－） *

Haleigh Washington Haleigh Meridian Washington (born September 22, 1995) is an American volleyball player of the United States women's national volleyball team. Washington was an All-American middle blocker for the Penn State women's volleyball team, where she hel ...

（2022－） * Zhu Ting（2022－） * Yao Di（2022－） * Yvon Beliën（2022－） *

Yana Shcherban Yana Valerievna Shcherban (''russian: Яна Валерьевна Щербань'', born 6 September 1989) is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and particip ...

（2022－）

Honours

National competitions

International competitions

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

: 1 :2023 * Challenge Cup trophy

CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup. History * CEV Cup (1980– ...

: 1 :2022

European Record

On 12 April 2023, in the home game of the final match of the 2023 CEV Cup, Savino Del Bene Scandicci made the record of the best score in a CEV Cup final (women's) since the Rally Point System was adopted, with only 41 points lost. Savino Del Bene Scandicci – CSM Volei Alba Blaj 3–0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-11).https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=64046&setN=0 This is also the record of the best score in all European cups' finals.

References

External links

Official website
{{Italian women volleyball league Italian women's volleyball clubs Volleyball clubs established in 2012 2012 establishments in Italy Sport in Tuscany Serie A1 (women's volleyball) clubs