SERIE A1 TIM – PLAYOFFS
Trento one win from the final
Itas Diatec Trentino and Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo will meet in semi final game 3 on Saturday night. Two tie-break victories have put Trentino in the driving seat and favourite to go through. The Italian champions need just one more win to go through to the second final of its history. On the other side of the net, Cuneo looks for that little extra they lacked in the first two encounters to get back in the series and have Trento back in Cuneo for game 4.
FORMULA PLAY OFF – Semi finals and final will be played on the best of five games. The best classified team at the end of the regular season will host the first, third and possible fifth game.
SEMI FINALS RESULTS AND FIXTURES
GAME 1
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 3-0 (25-22; 25-15; 25-18)
Itas Diatec Trentino vs Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-2 (25-19; 25-18; 30-32; 21-25; 15-10)
GAME 2
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-2 (20-25; 25-22; 20-25; 28-26; 15-11)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Itas Diatec Trentino 2-3 (23-25; 20-25; 25-13; 25-17; 8-15)
GAME 3
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 0-3 (20-25; 20-25; 19-25)
Saturday 25 April at 6
Itas Diatec Trentino vs Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
GAME 4 (If needed)
Monday 27 April at 8.30
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Lube Banca Marche Macerata LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
Tuesday 28 April at 8.30
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo vs Itas Diatec Trentino
GAME 5 (If needed)
Friday 1 May at 6
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
Itas Diatec Trentino vs Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
2008/09 PLAYOFF DRAW
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1ª – Lube Banca Marche MC | 3 |
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3-0; 3-2; 3-1 |
| Lube Banca Marche Macerata | 1 |
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8ª – Sisley Treviso | 0 |
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| 3-0; 2-3 |
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4ª – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia | 0 |
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1-3; 1-3; 1-3 |
| Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza | 1 |
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5ª – Copra Nordmeccanica PC | 3 |
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2ª – Itas Diatec Trentino | 3 |
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3-2; 3-0; 3-2 |
| Itas Diatec Trentino | 2 |
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7ª – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia | 0 |
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| 3-2; 3-2 |
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3ª – Bre Banca Lannutti CN | 3 |
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2-3; 1-3; 3-1; 3-0; 3-0 |
| Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo | 0 |
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6ª – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca MON | 2 |
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ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO- BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO
(2-0 nella serie)
Quarter finals: Trentino got rid of Vibo Valentia 3-0, while Cuneo had the better of Montichiari 3-2.
In Regular Season: Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Itas Diatec Trentino 3-2. Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-0.
Riad Garcia Pires Ribeiro (Itas Diatec Trentino): “It’s a great first opportunity to seal it and qualify for the final. An important opportunity not only to go through but also to gain a few more days rest before the next series. It’s very nice to be there with a 2-0 advantage but it would be wrong to think it is all done. Cuneo p
