Vicenza Volley was an Italian women's

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club based in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

. It played in the Serie A1 from 1998 until 2009.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Battistolli-Lattebusche Vicenza (1992–1993) * Volley Vicenza (1993–1994) * Barausse Vicenza (1994–1995) * Biasia Volley Vicenza (1995–1996) * Biasia Oyster Vicenza (1996–1997) * Biasia Vicenza (1997–1998) * Cosme Ceis Vicenza (1998–2000) * Minetti Vicenza (2000–2001) * Metodo Minetti Vicenza (2001–2002) * Metodo Infoplus Vicenza (2002–2003) * Minetti Infoplus Vicenza (2003–2007) * Minetti Infoplus Imola (2007–2008) * Minetti Vicenza (2008–2009) * Osmo BPVi Vicenza (2009–2010)

History

It was established 1992 through the merger of two smaller local clubs, Vicenza 3 and Araceli. In the same year, it acquired the rights to participate in the Serie A2 championship from Volley Noventa, a

Noventa Vicentina Noventa Vicentina is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is west of SP247 provincial road. Noventa Vicentina was first inhabited by the Romans in the 1st century AD. Afterward in the early 1500s, the town was ...

-based volleyball club. Vicenza Volley was promoted to Serie A1 in 1998. After winning a European

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and an Italian Super Cup in 2001, the club was relegated to Serie A2 in 2008. Vicenza Volley went bankrupt and on 26 June 2010 ceased all its activities.

Honours

National competitions

Supercoppa italiana di pallavolo maschile

Italian Super Cup: 1 :2001

International competitions

: 1 :2000–01

References

External links

Official websiteClub profile
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