The Gubbio tournament put an end to Piacenza’s four game winning streak in the pre-season. It was defeated twice, first by Verona in the semi-final and then by Città di Castello in the game for third place.
COPRA ARDELIA PIACENZA-CALZEDONIA VERONA 1-3 (24-26, 25-14, 22-25, 17-25)
Copra Ardelia Piacenza: Alletti, Page ne, Marra (L), Le Roux 22, Vermiglio 1, Papi 7, Ter Horst, Mario Jr. (L), Massari 1, Zlatanov 10, Ostapenko 9,Tencati dnp, Kohut 10, Rodrigues Tavares. Coach. Radici.
Calzedonia Verona: Zingel 9, Coscione 3, Pesaresi (L), Gitto 3, Blasi dnp, Gasparini 13, Deroo 9, White 5, Centomo (L), Bellei 4, Borgogno dnp, Sander 13, Anzani 9. Coach. Giani.
Game for third place
Altotevere Città di Castello – Sansepolcro – Copra Ardelia Piacenza 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 28-26)
ALTOTEVERE PALLAVOLO: Corvetta 3, Baroti 4, Randazzo 12, Della Lunga 8, Aganits 7, Mazzone 7, Tosi (L), Kaszap 2, Teppan 15, Dolfo, Maric. Did not play: Franceschini, Lensi (2L). Coach. Montagnani
COPRA ARDELIA PIACENZA: Alletti 6, Page 16, Ter Horst 4, Massari 9, Tencati 6, Rodrigues Tavares 2, Marra (L), Le Roux 4, Ostapenko. Did not play: Vermiglio, Papi, Zlatanov, Kohut. Coach. Radici.
The tournament was won by Verona, who had the better of Modena 3-1 in the final.
