Volturno Sporting Club is an Italian water polo club based in the city of

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, Italy.

History

The history of Volturno SC began in November 1981, when a water polo fans group led by the judge Raffaele Sapienza, founded the club and enrolled at water polo championship of Serie D, for the first time in history. The following year the team joins with Pallanuoto Napoli and participates in Serie C. In 1984 Volturno ranked in first place, but noting the title of Pro Salerno, the following year, it participates in the championship of A2. The ''"gialloverde"'' hired the Yugoslav Damir Polic and technical management is entrusted to Renato Notarangelo and they finished in the third place. In 1985 Volturno competed in the first women's water polo championship recognized by the Federazione Italiana Nuoto and the women's team of Volturno, with driving Renato Notarangelo, won the title of Italian Champion. Volturno SC is an association of water polo with extensive experience in Italian and European competitions. The women's team has won seven national titles in a row from 1985 to 1991. Meanwhile the first international victory came in 1992 at the Mediterranean COMEN Cup where Volturno prevailed in the final against Spanish

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. The men's team reached the finals of serie A in the 1993-94 season but lost to the

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from

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. The same season Volturno reached the final of

LEN Euro Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competitio ...

where it faced Racing Roma.

Honours

Men's team

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* ''Runners-up (1)'': 1993-94

LEN Cup Winners' Cup The LEN Cup Winners' Cup was a European water polo club competition organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. National cup winners qualified for the tournament. After 2003, the nationalcup winners qualified for the LEN Euroleague, and the cup ...

* ''Runners-up (1)'': 1991-92

* ''Runners-up (1)'': 1993-94 COMEN Cup * Winners (1): 1992

Women's team

* Winners (7): 1984-85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91 LEN Euro League * ''Semifinalist (1)'': 1987-88

References

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