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2011–12 Men's Volleyball Serie A1
2011–12 Serie A1 is the 67th season of Italian Championship (Italian Volleyball League) organized under the supervision of Federazione Italiana Pallavolo. Teams Champions *Italian Championship A1: Lube Banca Marche Macerata *Italian Cup A1: Itas Diatec Trentino *Italian Supercup A1: Itas Diatec Trentino European cups qualification *2012–13 CEV Champions League (3): Lube Banca Marche Macerata, Itas Diatec Trentino, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo *2012–13 CEV Cup (1): Andreoli Latina *2012–13 CEV Challenge Cup (1): Copra Elior Piacenza Italian supercup A1 *Venue: PalaRockefeller, Cagliari, Sardinia Italian cup A1 Regular season 1st half Final round Quarterfinals Semifinals *Venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Lazio Final *Venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Lazio Italian championship A1 Regular season Playoffs Quarterfinals =Group A= *Venue: PalaTrento, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol =Group B= *Venue: PalaFontescodella, Macerata, Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Volleyball League
The Lega Pallavolo Serie A is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is ''SuperLega'' (formerly ''Serie A1''). Since the early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players in the world play in Superlega and the overall level of competition is considerably high. Nowadays, the SuperLega is widely considered the best league in the world. Structure As of 2016–17 season, the Italian volleyball championships are parted in this way: *''SuperLega'' (highest level, 12 teams); *''Serie A2'' (second level, 14 teams); *''Serie A3'' (third level, 28 teams); *''Serie B'' (fourth level, 14 teams in 9 rounds); *''Serie C'', organized by regional committees; *''Serie D'', organized by regional committees; *''Prima Divisione'', organized by provincial committees; *''Seconda Divisione'', organized by provincial committees; *''Terza Divisione'', organized by provincial committees. SuperLega SuperLega is the highest level club competition in Italian professional male v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 million. Emilia-Romagna is one of the wealthiest and most developed regions in Europe, with the third highest gross domestic product per capita in Italy. It is also a cultural center, being the home of the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the world. Some of its cities, such as Modena, Parma, Ferrara, and Ravenna, are UNESCO heritage sites. It is a center for food and automobile production (such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati). It has coastal resorts such as Cervia, Cesenatico, and Rimini. In 2018, the Lonely Planet guide named Emilia-Romagna as the best place to see in Europe. Etymology The name ''Emilia-Romagna'' is a legacy of Ancient Rome. ''Emilia'' derives from the ''via Aemilia'', the Roman road connecting Pia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trentino Volley
Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento. It has played in the Italian Volleyball League since 2000. They have 5 titles in the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship, tied with Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro as the most successful men's teams in volleyball history. The team has five wins in the Italian Volleyball League, three in the Italian Cup, three in the Italian Super Cup and three consecutive wins in the CEV Champions League. In the 2010–11 season, the team made history by being the first to win the national, continental and world championship. Trentino Volley is a Joint stock company, and its president is Diego Mosna. The company has a budget of 4,500,000 euros and about 225 employees. The actions of the company was awarded at continental level with the acknowledgment ''Testimonial of the Year'' at the Sport Business Ambitions Awards 2010 and the awarding of the 2010–11 Champions League Final Four, held at PalaOnda, Bolzano. Achievemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PalaFabris
Kioene Arena (formerly known as Palasport San Lazzaro, PalaBernhardsson, PalaNet and PalaFabris) is an indoor sports arena located in Padua, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 3,916 for volleyball and is primarily used for basketball, futsal and handball. It also hosts live concerts. The Forum is the home floor of the professional volleyball team Pallavolo Padova. History The arena opened in 1981. Since then, it has hosted several important sports and musical events. Among them, the 1981–82 FIBA Korać Cup final, 2007–08 UEFA Futsal Cup and 2011–12 UEFA Futsal Cup The 2011–12 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 26th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 11th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format. Teams th Title Holder Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round and the main .... References External linksPalaFabris on Pallavolopadova.comPalaFabris on Padovanet.it Basketball venues in Italy Volleyball venues in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneto
Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is the region's capital while Verona is the largest city. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD. Later, after a Feudalism, feudal period, it was part of the Republic of Venice until 1797. Venice ruled for centuries over one of the largest and richest maritime republics and trade empires in the world. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Venetian Province, former Republic was combined with Lombardy and re-annexed to the Austrian Empire as the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, until that was Italian unification, merged with the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence and of a Plebiscite of Veneto of 1866, plebiscite. Besides Italian language, Italian, most inhabitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padua
Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 207,694 as of 2025. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000. Besides the Bacchiglione, the Brenta River, which once ran through the city, still touches the northern districts. Its agricultural setting is the Venetian Plain. To the city's south west lies the Euganean Hills, Euganaean Hills, which feature in poems by Lucan, Martial, Petrarch, Ugo Foscolo, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Padua has two UNESCO World Heritage List entries: its Botanical Garden of Padua, Botanical Garden, which is the world's oldest, and its 14th-century frescoes, situated in Padua's fourteenth-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sempre Volley
Former Antonveneta Padova is a professional volleyball team of Pallavolo Padova (until 1999 Petrarca Volley, until 2009 Sempre Volley), based in Padua, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League. Since 2009 it is named Pallavolo Padova and it plays Italian SuperLega in 2016–2017, the highest level of Italian volleyball. It won a CEV Cup in 1994. Achievements * CEV Cup / CEV Challenge Cup *: 1994 *: 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993 *: 1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ... * Italian Cup Serie A2 *: 2014 Team ''Team roster – season 2022/2023'' External links Official websiteTeam profileat ''Volleybox.net'' {{Italian Volleyball League Volleyball clubs in Italy Sport in Padua Volleyball clubs established in 1970 1970 establishments in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umbria
Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The regional capital is Perugia. The region is characterized by hills, mountains, valleys and historical towns such as the university centre of Perugia, Assisi (a World Heritage Site associated with Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi), Terni, Norcia, Città di Castello, Gubbio, Spoleto, Orvieto, Todi, Castiglione del Lago, Narni, Amelia, Umbria, Amelia, Spello and other small cities. Geography Umbria is bordered by Tuscany to the west and the north, Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. Partly hilly and mountainous, and partly flat and fertile owing to the valley of the Tiber, its topography includes part of the central Apennine Mountains, Apennines, with the highest point in the region at Monte Vettore on the border of Marche, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Giustino
San Giustino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about northwest of Perugia on the Tiber River. History In ancient Roman times it was a town named ''Meliscianum''. Nearby at Colle Plinio a large elaborate ancient Roman villa that belonged to the Plinys, Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. A. Marzano, Country Villas in Roman Central Italy: Reassessing the Evidence, A Tall Order: Writing the Social History of the Ancient World, J. Aubert et al. Leipzig 2005, p 252 Later history The ''frazione'' of Cospaia was a small independent republic from 1440 until 1826. Monuments * Castello Bufalini Geography Located in north of Umbria, next to the borders with Tuscany and Marche, the municipality borders with Borgo Pace ( PU), Citerna, Città di Castello, Mercatello sul Metauro (PU) and Sansepolcro ( AR). It counts the hamlets (''frazioni'') of Celalba, Cospaia, Selci-Lama and Uselle-Renzetti. International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umbria Volley
Umbria Volley was an Italian volleyball club based in the Umbria Region. The club was founded as ''Pet Company Perugia Volley'' in 2001. Since the season 2001/02 the club plays in the A1 league, the top league in Italy. After the season 2011/12, Umbria Volley was closed down and succeeded by Altotevere Volley. Famous players * Sebastian Świderski(2003-07) * Osvaldo Hernández * Rafael Pascual * Ibán Pérez * Robert Kromm * Goran Vujević * Konstantin Čupković Konstantin Čupković ( sr-Cyrl, Константин Чупковић; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a former member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team, Serbia national team. At the professional clu ... * Nikola Kovačević * Behnam Mahmoudi * Ivan Zaytsev References External linksOfficial site(Italian) Volleyball clubs in Italy Volleyball clubs established in 2001 2001 establishments in Italy {{volleyball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piacenza
Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more than 102,000 inhabitants. Westernmost major city of the region of Emilia-Romagna, it has strong relations with Lombardy, with which it borders, and in particular with Milan. It was defined by Leonardo da Vinci as a "Land of passage" in his Codex Atlanticus, by virtue of its crucial geographical location. This strategic location would influence the history of Piacenza significantly at several times. Piacenza integrates characteristics of the nearby Ligurian and Piedmontese territories added to a prevalent Lombard influence, favored by communications with the nearby metropolis, which attenuate its Emilia (region), Emilian footprint. Piacenza is located at a major crossroads at the intersection of Route E35/A1 between Bologna and Milan, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copra Volley
Volley Piacenza was an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. They played in the Italian Volleyball League. The club ceased to exist in 2018 due to financial problems. Although the club reached the Italian 1st division for the first time only in 2002, after have dominated the Italian 2nd division and winning also the Italian Cup, it has already played 9 finals in Italy, including 5 for the Italian Title(winning only in 2009 versus the strong Trento), 2 for the Italian Cup(won in 2013 and lost in 2006) and 2 for the Italian Supercup (beating Macerata 3–2 in 2009 and losing versus the same team in 2014 again after a tie-break). Piacenza played also a Champion's League final, lost 3–2 in Poland versus Russia's Zenit Kazan, 2 Cev Cup finals (again losing twice) and won 2 other European cups: in 2006 the Top Teams Cup, and in 2013 the Challenge Cup, defeating Ural Ufa from Russia with a 3–0 win in both first and second legs of final, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
