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Supercoppa Italiana (women's Volleyball)
The Italian Women's Volleyball Super Cup (in Italian: Supercoppa Italiana di pallavolo femminile) is an Italian women's volleyball competition organized since 1996 by the Lega Volley Femminile. The Supercoppa Italiana is played between the winners of the Serie A1 and the Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ... from the previous season. If the winners are the same team it's played between the winner of the Serie A1 and the runner-up of the Coppa Italia. Results Titles by club References External links Italian Volleyball Federation Legavolleyfemminile.it {{Women's Volleyball Cups Volleyball in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus Reggio Calabria
() was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, all perceived as masculine strengths. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as the deity Virtus. Origins The origins of the word can be traced back to the Latin word , "man". The common list of attributes associated with were considered to be particularly masculine strengths. From the early to the later days of the Roman Empire, there appears to have been a development in how the concept was understood. Originally described specifically martial courage, but it eventually grew to be used to describe a range of Roman virtues. It was often divided into different qualities including ( practical wisdom), (justice), ( temperance, self-control), and (courage). This division of virtue as a whole into cardinal virtues is an ongoing project of positive psychology or, in philosophy, virtue ethics, following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Sport
2009 in sports describes the world events in sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 held at Val d'Isère, Savoy, France American football * Super Bowl XLIII – the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 27–23 over the Arizona Cardinals (NFC) **Location: Raymond James Stadium **Attendance: 70,774 **MVP: Santonio Holmes, WR (Pittsburgh) * BCS National Championship Game at Orange Bowl ( 2008 season): ** The Florida Gators won 24-14 over the Oklahoma Sooners in front of a record crowd of 78,468 to win the BCS National Championship * September 20 – The Dallas Cowboys play their first game in the new Cowboys Stadium against the New York Giants and lose 31–33. The game drew an NFL record regular-season crowd of over 105,000. * September 27 – Detroit Lions defeat the Washington Redskins to end a 19-game losing streak dating back to December 2007. This tied the 1942–45 Chicago Cardinals (who suspended independent operations in 1944) and the 1961–62 Oakland Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Sport
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive ''octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written (Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannino Pieralisi Volley
Giannino Pieralisi Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Jesi. It plays home matches at the PalaTriccoli hall. The club played in the Serie A1 and is currently playing in the Serie B1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Vini Monte Schiavo Jesi (1996–2001) * Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi (2001–2010) * Giannino Pieralisi Volley (2010–present) History The club was founded in 1969 and steadily progressed through the lower Italian leagues until reaching the Serie A1 (Italy's top league) in 2001. The club proved competitive in the early 2000s, reaching quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of the Serie A, participated in the CEV Cup (in 2003–04 and 2004–05), the CEV Women's Champions League (in 2006–07 and 2007–08) and won the European CEV Challenge Cup in the following year, defeating Panathinaikos Athens in the final. In July 2010, the club sold its Serie A1 licence to Spes Volley Conegliano an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Sport
2007 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * 2006–07 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway) ** Women's overall season champion: Nicole Hosp (Austria) American football * Super Bowl XLI – the Indianapolis Colts (AFC) won 29–17 over the Chicago Bears (NFC) **Location: Dolphin Stadium **Attendance: 74,512 **MVP: Peyton Manning, QB (Indianapolis) * BCS National Championship Game at 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Fiesta Bowl (2006 NCAA Division I-A football season, 2006 season): ** The Florida Gators won 41–14 over the Ohio State Buckeyes to win the National Championship * December 16 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Baltimore Ravens 22–16 in overtime to claim their only win of the 2007 NFL season. With the Dolphins losing their final two games, they would've suffered an Imperfect season if not for that overtime victory, a year before the Detroit Lions became the first winless team since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robursport Volley Pesaro
Volley Pesaro was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Pesaro. The club won three Italian Serie A1 titles and two international titles. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Fiam ITA Meta Pesaro (2000–2001) * Vitrifrigo Fiam Italia Pesaro (2001–2003) * Scavolini Pesaro (2003–2012) * Robursport Volley Pesaro (2012–2013) * myCicero Pesaro (2013–2017) * myCicero Volley Pesaro (2017–2018) History The club was created in 1967 and made its way from regional tournaments during the 1970s to the national leagues in the 1980s and 1990s. It reached the Serie A1 (highest Italian league) in 2003. Home games took place at the PalaCampanara and success soon followed, with the club winning its first major title, the CEV Challenge Cup in 2005–06. Since then, three successive Serie A1 titles, one Italian Cup, four Italian Supercups and a CEV Cup title were added in just four years. The club also played in five editions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Sport
2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine skiing World Cup ** Men’s overall season champion: Benjamin Raich (Austria) ** Women’s overall season champion: Janica Kostelić (Croatia) American football * Super Bowl XL – the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 21–10 over the Seattle Seahawks (NFC) **Location: Ford Field **Attendance: 68,206 **MVP: Hines Ward, WR (Pittsburgh) * Rose Bowl ( 2005 season): ** The Texas Longhorns won 41–38 over the Southern California Trojans to win the BCS National Championship * March 14 - former San Diego Chargers quarterback Drew Brees signs a 6-year, $60 million deal with the New Orleans Saints after the Miami Dolphins were suggested by medical staff to not sign Brees due to a career-threatening shoulder injury he suffered at the end of the 2005 season. After Brees had immediate success and broke several records in New Orleans, this signing is believed by many as the greatest free agency signing in NFL hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
