V-Day Sustenium
Winners of the “Create your V-Day spot” competition
The competition launched by the Italian Volleyball League to all the volleyball fans has its winner: the best video to promote the V-Day was the one done by the young Giulia Vaccari from Reggio Emilia, together with Alice Casali, Eleonora Bigliardi and Martina Buchignani. They win a ticket for the league final – V-Day, which will be on Sunday April 22. The video can be seen on the Italian Volleyball League site in the web tv section.
Serie A1 Sustenium
Playoff semi-final game 3
Last call for Macerata and Cuneo in the semi-finals. Game 3 will decide who will go through to meet Trentino in the final, after each team managed to win on the road, first Cuneo before Macerata took revenge.
SEMI-FINAL GAME 3
Wednesday April 18 at 8.30pm
In Osimo
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Live on Rai Sport 1
(Boris-Bartolini)
LEAGUE FINAL
Final (V-Day Sustenium): Sunday April 22 at 5.30pm – Mediolanum Forum Assago (MI)
Group A | |||
1 Itas Diatec Trentino | |||
8 M. Roma Volley | Itas Diatec Trentino 2 | ||
12 Energy Resources San Giustino |
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3-0; 3-0 | Itas Diatec Trentino | ||
Group D |
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4 Sisley Belluno |
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5 Casa Modena | Andreoli Latina 0 |
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9 Andreoli Latina |
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| Italian Champions | ||
Group B |
| 2011/12 | |
2 Lube Banca Marche Macerata |
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7 Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza | Lube Banca Marche Macerata 1 |
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11 Marmi Lanza Verona |
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1-3; 3-2 |
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Group C |
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3 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo |
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6 Copra Elior Piacenza | Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 1 | ||
10 Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia |
Semi-final game 3
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Lube Banca Marche Macerata
(1-1 nella serie)
Past encounters: 67 (36-31 Cuneo).
In the playoffs: 24: 16 semis (9-7 Cuneo), 7 quarters (4-3 Cuneo) and once in the 8th of final (Cuneo won it).
Marko Podrascanin (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “This is the game, we earned it by winning a real battle last Sunday and now we’ll need to make that count with anther performance made of fighting spirit and determination. This will be another very tough game, the mental aspect will have a key role in the clutch time. Each one of us will have to give maximum effort and believe we can make it until the very last play. The V-Day is obviously the most important target of the season”.
Leandro Vissotto (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “In Game 2 in Cuneo we wasted a couple of opportunities to win the game and that was very disappointing. Now it’s 1-1. I am sure we’re ready in our minds to play this game in their house, we understood that we could only reach a certain level by playing as a unit. Motivation will not go amiss, we have already won twice in Macerata and we have what it takes to do it one more time”.
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