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2017–18 Italian Women's Volleyball League
The 2017–18 Serie A1 was the 73rd season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to May, and was contested by twelve teams. Format The regular season consists of 22 rounds, where the twelve participating teams play each other twice (once home and once away). At the completion of the regular season, the eight best teams advance to the playoffs and the teams finishing in 11th and 12th are relegated to Serie A2. The standings criteria are: *highest number of result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss); *highest number of matches won; *highest set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost); *highest points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points conceded). Teams Regular season League table Results table Fixtures and results * All times are local, Central Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Women's Volleyball League
The Italian Women's Volleyball League Serie A1 (), is the highest women's volleyball league in Italy. It is organized and administered by the Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV). It is considered one of the oldest women's top national leagues in European volleyball, being established in 1946, and its clubs have achieved significant success in the continental European club competitions. History Format The league was originally played in a single round-robin format, with all clubs placed in a single group. As more clubs joined the league, the format changed to an initial stage composed of various groups with clubs advancing to a final group for the title. In 1983 a play-off format was introduced, with all clubs playing a regular season in a single group and the best teams advancing to the play-offs. Teams Teams of the 2024–25 season. Results *Note: Since a play-off format without a third place match was introduced in the 1983–84 season, the column "Third" in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treviso
Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls () or in the historical and monumental center; some 80,000 live in the urban center while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000. The province is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton Group, Benetton, Sisley, Stefanel, Geox, Diadora and Lotto Sport Italia, appliance maker De'Longhi, and bicycle maker Pinarello. Treviso is also known for being the original production area of Prosecco wine and radicchio, and is thought to have been the origin of the popular Italian dessert tiramisù. Names and etymology The first mention of Treviso, albeit indirect, can be found in the third book of the Natural History (Pliny), Naturalis historia by Pliny the Elder, where the «Fluvius Silis ex montibus Tarvisani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAB Volley
SAB Volley was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Legnano. The club played in the Serie A1 in 2017–2018. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * SAB Grima Irge (2015–2016) * SAB Grima Legnano (2016–2017) * SAB Volley Legnano (2017–2018) History The club was based in Gallarate when founded in 2015 and played in group A of the Serie B1 in 2015–16. Ahead of the 2016–17 season, it acquired Neruda Volley licence to play the Serie A2. The club moved its base to Legnano Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Legnano is located in the ... and renew a contract to continue to play at the PalaBorsani for three seasons. The club finished its first Serie A2 season (in 2016–17) in third place during the regular season, qualifying for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Mandela Forum
Nelson Mandela Forum, formerly Palazzetto dello sport di Firenze and Palasport, is an indoor sports arena that is located in Florence, Italy. Inaugurated in 1985, the arena was renamed to Nelson Mandela Forum in 2004. The seating capacity of the arena is 7,500 people for basketball games, and the maximum capacity for rock concerts, with general admission tickets, is 8,262 people. It was the home arena of the Italian basketball club Pool Firenze Basket, before the club's relegation to the minor leagues in 2009. It is the home venue of women's volleyball club Il Bisonte Firenze since 2014. Property The structure is property of the city of Florence and is managed, since 2003, by the Associazione Palasport – Nelson Mandela Forum under a 12-year management agreement. The Nelson Mandela Forum has a formal agreement with the Nelson Mandela Foundation that allows the use of the name of the South African former president. The structure's compound is with of spaces where there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azzurra Volley San Casciano
Azzurra Volley Firenze is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Florence and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Volleyball Arci San Casciano (1975–1986) * Azzurra Volley San Casciano (1986–2004) * Il Bisonte Azzurra Volley San Casciano (2004–2013) * Il Bisonte San Casciano (2013–2014) * Il Bisonte Firenze (2014–present) History Founded in 1975 as , the club originally focused on youth teams. After becoming in 1986, the club start making progress in the lower Italian leagues arriving at Serie B2 and eventually reaching the Serie B1 in 2002. With the team showing good potential, the club search for sponsorship in order to fulfil it. In 2004 with main sponsor found, the club change its name to . In the following years, strong campaigns allow the club to compete for promotion to Serie A2 which was reached in 2012. Two seasons later the club was promoted to Serie A1, as a result, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo
Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo is an Italian volleyball club based in Filottrano which currently plays in the Serie B2. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Atletico San Cristoforo (1971–....) * Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo (....–2014) * Lardini Filottrano (2014–) History In 1971, don Guerriero Giglioni with other young people took a late 1960s team called ("Flame" in English) and decided to form a club called . It remained mainly an amateur club with its teams (men and women from various age groups) playing in local, regional and lower national leagues until the 1980s, when former first team players became part of the club's organizational structure and the focus became more technical and organized. With sponsors support its teams start making progress and achieving promotions in the Italian leagues. The club changed its name to and its main sponsor is local fashion company Lardini Lardini S.r.l. is an Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PalaVerde
Palaverde is an indoor sporting arena located in Villorba near Treviso, Italy. Opened in September 1983 it has been used mainly for basketball and volleyball. History The Palaverde was constructed under the impulsion and with the funding of the Benetton Group. The professional basketball club they owned, Pallacanestro Treviso, had had to play in Padua because the arenas in Treviso, such as the Natatorio sports complex, were not up to the standards of the professional basketball leagues. Tired of the slow progress, if not end, of the municipality's efforts to offer a suitable arena, the Benetton family proceeded to have the arena built. In addition to hosting basketball and volleyball (see tenants), the arena has been the venue for tennis, karate and dancing competitions whilst also hosting a number of major concerts from artists such as Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Cure, Oasis, The Cranberries and Marilyn Manson. It was chosen to host the 2011 Eurocup Finals in April o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imoco Volley Conegliano
Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1. On the global stage, the team is a world champion (current) winning the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship three times (2019, 2022, 2024) and secured two continental Women's CEV Champions League (2021, 2024), the European league. History The club was founded on 15 March 2012, two months after the bankruptcy of the other volleyball team in Conegliano. In April 2012, it acquired a Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1 licence from , that meant the club started playing directly at the highest Italian league. It has been playing under the name since its foundation in 2012. The club won the Serie A1 for the first time in 2015–16, winning the Italian Super Cup a few months later on 8 December 2016. On 5 March 2017, the club won the Coppa Italia for the first time after beating River Volle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PalaRadi
The PalaRadi (officially , formerly known as Palasport Ca' de Somenzi) is an indoor arena located in Cremona, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,519 people and it opened in 1980. It is the home of Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club (sport), club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball ... and Pomì Casalmaggiore of the Women's volleyball Serie A1. The venue capacity was first increased in the eighties to 2,918 spectators, and then to 3,519 after a second renovation in 2009, in which the arena was also renamed after Mario Radi. References Indoor arenas in Italy Basketball venues in Italy Volleyball venues in Italy Buildings and structures in Cremona Sports venues in Lombardy {{Italy-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball Casalmaggiore
Volleyball Casalmaggiore is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Casalmaggiore. The team currently plays in the Italian Women's 2 Volleyball League, Serie A2, Italy's second highest professional league. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * VBC Pallavolo Rosa (2008–2009) * VBC Pomì (2009–2010) * Pomì Casalmaggiore (2010–2019) * VBC Èpiù Casalmaggiore (2020–2021) * VBC Trasporti Pesanti Casalmaggiore (2022–2024) * Volleyball Casalmaggiore (2024–present) History The club was founded in 2008 by the acquisition of a Serie B2 licence from Pallavolo Zevio. The club was named , VBC is the acronym for Volley Ball Casalmaggiore. As the club progressed through the national leagues, the home venue was changed to comply with league regulations and accommodate a larger number of supporters. From the Palazzetto dello Sport Baslenga in Casalmaggiore, the club first moved to PalaFarina in Viadana, Lombardy, Viadana and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
