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2015–16 Men's Volleyball Serie A1 ...
2015–16 Serie A1 is the 71st season of the Italian Championship (Italian Volleyball League) organized under the supervision of Federazione Italiana Pallavolo. Squads Regular season Play–offs Quarterfinals (''Best-of-five playoff'') Semifinals (''Best-of-five playoff'') Finals (''Best-of-five playoff'') Final standing References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Men's Volleyball Serie A1 Italian Volleyball League 2015 in Italian sport 2016 in Italian sport Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ... [...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] |
Volley Milano
Volley Milano is an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Milan that plays in Italian Volleyball League, SuperLega. Achievements ; CEV Cup * (×1) 2021–22 CEV Cup, 2022 ; CEV Challenge Cup * (×1) 2023–24 CEV Challenge Cup, 2024 ;Italian Volleyball League, Italian Championship * (×1) 2001 ;:it:Coppa Italia (pallavolo maschile), Coppa Italia * (×1) :it:Coppa Italia 2023-2024 (pallavolo maschile), 2024 History Volley Milano was founded in 1999 following the separation of a part of the corporate group from Volley Gonzaga Milano, Gonzaga Milano from whom it acquires the title sport, starting his racing activities in the 1999–00 season from A2 Series: thanks to the second place in the standings, the team is promoted to Serie A1. In the 2000–01 season so, Volley Milano makes its debut in the maximum Italian division, obtaining at the end of the regular season fourth in the standings and then coming to the championship final series lost against Volley Trevis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Holt
Maxwell Philip Holt (born March 12, 1987) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Beijing BAIC Motor of the Chinese league and the U.S. national team. Holt was a bronze medalist at the 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, and won gold medals in the 2014 World League, 2015 World Cup, and 2023 World Cup. Career National team Holt was a member of the U.S. Junior Men's National Team from 2005–2007. He played in the Four Nations Tournament in 2005, the NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship in 2006, and the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship where the team finished seventh. Holt joined the National Team in 2009, debuting in the Pan American Cup. In September 2013, the U.S. twam, including Holt, won the NORCECA Championship. On July 20, 2014, he won the gold medal in the 2014 World League. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Piano
Matteo Piano (born 24 October 1990) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Revivre Milano. Matteo Piano has a standing reach of 209 cm. He was silver medalist at the 2016 Olympics and the 2015 World Cup, silver medalist at the European Championship 2013, and bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014). Career National team Piano debuted with the Italy men's national volleyball team in 2013. In 2013 Italy, including Piano, won bronze medal of World League. In the same year he achieved silver medal of European Championship. In 2014 he and his Italian teammates won bronze of World League held in Florence, Italy. He was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup. Sporting achievements Clubs National championships * 2014/2015 Italian Cup, with Modena Volley * 2015/2016 Italian Cup, with DHL Modena National team * 2013 FIVB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Le Roux
Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of the late nineteenth century, with Kevin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan N'Gapeth
Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology), tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. They are the largest Anseriformes, waterfowl and are often among the largest Bird flight, flighted birds in their range. There are six living and many extinct species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, although separation sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of bird egg, eggs in each :wikt:clutch, clutch ranges from three to eight. Taxonomy and terminology The genus ''Cygnus'' was introduced in 1764 by the French naturalist François Alexandre Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
