The 2017–18 Serie A1 was the 73rd season of the highest professional

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. 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

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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, CEST ( UTC+02:00) between 14 and 28 October 2017 and

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( UTC+01:00) from 29 October. ;Round 1 ;Round 2 ;Round 3 ;Round 4 ;Round 5 ;Round 6 ;Round 7 ;Round 8 ;Round 9 ;Round 10 ;Round 11 ;Round 12 ;Round 13 ;Round 14 ;Round 15 ;Round 16 ;Round 17 ;Round 18 ;Round 19 ;Round 20 ;Round 21 ;Round 22

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (8) Il Bisonte Firenze

''Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–0.''

(4) Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio vs. (5) Saugella Team Monza

''Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio wins series, 2–1.''

(3)
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 th ...
vs. (6)
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''Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 2–0.''

(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (7) myCicero Volley Pesaro

''Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.''

Semifinals

(1) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (4) Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio

''Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 3–0.''

(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (3)
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 th ...

''Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–0.''

Finals

(1) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (3)
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 th ...

''Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–1.''

Final standings

References

External links

Official website
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