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2018–19 Italian Women's Volleyball League
The 2018–19 Serie A1 was the 74th season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to May and was contested by thirteen teams. Format The regular season consists of 26 rounds, where the thirteen 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 championship playoffs and the team finishing 13th is relegated to Serie A2. If the 13th team is Club Italia Crai, the team finishing 12th is relegated. The standings criteria: *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 ... [...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] |
Chieri
Chieri (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont (Italy), located about southeast of Turin, by rail and by road. It borders the following municipalities: Baldissero Torinese, Pavarolo, Montaldo Torinese, Pino Torinese, Arignano, Andezeno, Pecetto Torinese, Riva presso Chieri, Cambiano, Santena, and Poirino. History Pre-Roman Between the Neolithic and the Iron Age, the original inhabitants of this part of the Italian peninsula were the Ligures. The Ligures living in this area of the Po river plain belonged specifically to the Taurini tribe. The location of Chieri is within the Taurini tribe's territory, in the belt of hills which surround Turin. The original settlement was most likely founded by them, being sited on a prominent hill (on which the church of San Giorgio currently stands) and growing to be the geographical focus of the city centre. Its original name would have been Karreum or a variant thereof (e.g. Karreo/Karrea/Carre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azzurra Volley Firenze
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] |
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] |
Centro Pavesi
Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *, a neighborhood of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *Centro, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Centro (São Paulo), the historic downtown of São Paulo, Brazil *, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil Mexico *Centro, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico *Centro, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico *Centro Municipality, Tabasco, Mexico *Centro (borough), Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico * Centro, Yucatán, Mexico *Centro, the historic center of Mexico City, Mexico Elsewhere *Centro Habana, Cuba * Centro, Mandaue, a barangay in the Philippines *Centro Region, Portugal * Centro, Moca, Puerto Rico, a subdivision (also called a ''barrio'') of Moca, Puerto Rico *Centro (Madrid), a district of the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palasport Di San Rocco Castagnaretta
Palasport may refer to: Indoor sports arenas ''(by city)'' * Palasport Del Mauro, Avellino, Italy * Palasport Biella, Biella, Italy * Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy, formerly known as Palasport Casalecchio * Palasport Pianella, Cucciago, Cantù, Italy * Palasport Mario Radi, Cremona, Italy * Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, Italy, formerly known as Palasport * Palasport di Genova, Genoa, Italy * Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio, Mestre, Italy * Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Italy * PalaArgento (Palazzetto dello Sport Mario Argento), Naples, Italy * Kioene Arena, Padua, Italy, formerly known as Palasport San Lazzaro * Palasport Fondo Patti, Palermo, Italy * PalaBigi, Reggio Emilia, Italy, formerly known as Palasport * Palasport Roberta Serradimigni, Sassari, Italy * Palasport Mens Sana, Siena, Italy * Pala Alpitour (Palasport Olimpico), Turin, Italy * PalaRuffini PalaRuffini, formerly known as Palasport di Torino, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Turin, Italy. It is used fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuneo Granda Volley
Cuneo Granda Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Cuneo. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club has competed under the following names: * Granda Volley Cuneo Armando BreBanca (2003–2005) * Armando BreBanca Cuneo (2005–2009) * Armando Edilscavi Cuneo (2009–2012) * Cuneo Granda Volley (2012–2014) * BreBanca S.Bernardo Cuneo (2014–2017) * UBI Banca S.Bernardo Cuneo (2017–2018) * Bosca S.Bernardo Cuneo (2018–2022) * Cuneo Granda S.Bernardo (2022–2023) * Honda Olivero S.Bernardo Cuneo (2023–2024) * Honda Olivero Cuneo (2024–present) History Cuneo Granda Volley was founded in 2003 and started playing in Serie C of the Italian league. In 2005 the club was promoted to Serie B2 where it played until 2009. Then a few seasons in the lower division Serie C followed before Cuneo Granda Volley was promoted to Serie B2 again in 2014. In the following season Cune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PalaGeorge
PalaGeorge is an indoor arena located in Montichiari, Italy, in the province of Brescia. The capacity of the arena is 5,500 people for basketball matches and it opened in 1993. It is home of the Brescia Leonessa team of the Lega Basket Serie A and the volleyball teams Promoball Flero (also known as Metalleghe Montichiari) and Millenium Brescia of the Italian Women's Volleyball League (Series A1 and A2 respectively). It was also the home court of the Pallavolo Gabeca, the volleyball club of the city of Monza Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo .... The arena is dedicated to Jimmy George, the Indian volleyball player who lost his life in a car accident in 1987. In 2016 the arena hosted the 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League Final Four in front of a crowd of 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volley Millenium Brescia
Volley Millenium Brescia is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Brescia and currently playing in the Serie A2. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Millenium Brescia (1999–2017) * Savallese Millenium Brescia (2017–2018) * Banca Valsabbina Millenium Brescia (2018–2022) * Valsabbina Millenium Brescia (2022–present) History The club was established in 1999 and its teams (girls, youth, junior and senior) started participating in local and regional competitions. After a restructure process in 2006, the club adopted a more professional oriented model that allowed the first team to move from regional to national competitions. It reached Serie D (in 2008), Serie C (in 2010), Serie B2 (in 2011) and Serie B1 (in 2013). The club won the 2015–16 Serie B1 promotion playoff and made its debut in the Serie A2 on the following season. Venue The club played its home matches at the PalaMillenium (in Bagnolo Mella) until 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergamo
Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Maggiore, Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps () begin immediately north of the city. With a population of 120,580 as of 2025, Bergamo is the fourth-largest city in Lombardy. Bergamo is the seat of the province of Bergamo, which counts more than 1,115,037 residents as of 2025. The metropolitan area of Bergamo extends beyond the administrative city limits, spanning over a densely urbanized area with slightly fewer than 500,000 inhabitants. The Bergamo metropolitan area is itself part of the broader Milan metropolitan area, home to more than 8 million people. The city of Bergamo is composed of an old walled core, known as ('Upper Town'), nestled within a Parco dei Colli di Bergamo, system of hills, and the modern expansion in the plains below. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
