The men's Coppa Italia is the

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domestic Cup of

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. The trophy is organized by

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and reserved to Serie A1 teams. The first edition took place in 1970 and the most successful club is

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, winner of the competition for 17 times.

History and format

The first edition of the trophy was held in 1970 and was won by Canottieri Napoli. Later, Coppa Italia was held discontinuously except for a nine-years streak of back-to-back seasons between 1984–85 and 1992–93. The trophy was resumed regularly starting from 2004–05 season. Since this last inception, the most successful team has been

, which won the Cup for 13 times out of 15 editions. The trophy, as of the 2018–19 season, is contested by all the Serie A1 teams. The participants competes in one or two round-robin qualification stages and then face each other in a

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final round. In the most recent Olympic years (2016 and 2020), the Cup has been restricted to the teams ranked from 1st to 4th place in the first half of the Serie A1

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, due to the clubs' and National teams' overcrowded calendar.

Winners

*1970: Canottieri Napoli *''1971–73: Not held'' *1974: 600px HEX-FFDD00 star White HEX-78D3F7 background

*''1975: Not held'' *1976: RN Florentia *''1977–83: Not held'' *1984–85:

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*1985–86:

*1986–87:

CN Posillipo Circolo Nautico Posillipo is an Italian water polo club from Naples established in 1925. It is one of the most laureated Italian clubs, having won three LEN Euroleague, Euroleague,RN Arenzano *1988–89:

*1989–90: RN Savona *1990–91: RN Savona *1991–92:

*1992–93: RN Savona *''1994–97: Not held'' *1997–98:

*''1999–2004: Not held'' *2004–05: Canottieri Bissolati *2005–06: 600px HEX-FFDD00 star White HEX-78D3F7 background

*2006–07:

*2007–08:

*2008–09:

*2009–10:

*2010–11:

*2011–12:

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*2012–13:

*2013–14:

*2014–15:

*2015–16:

*2016–17:

*2017–18:

*2018–19:

*2019–20: not assigned due to the

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. *2020–21: 600px HEX-FFDD00 star White HEX-78D3F7 background

*2021–22:

*2022–23:

*2023–24:

Titles by Club

References

External links

Italian Federation official website
{{Water polo in Italy Water polo competitions in Italy

History and format

Winners

Titles by Club

See also

References

External links