The playoffs schedule, on route to the league title 2016, has been made official. The regular season will end on March 6 and the playoffs will take over on March 10 with quarter-final game 1. There will also be the Challenge Cup playoffs, which will guarantee a place in Europe next year. All the league playoff series will be played on the best of five games.
The Challenge Cup playoffs will first interest the team classified from 9th to 12th place. They will meet each other and according to the standings, they will then take on the losers of the league playoff quarter-finals, on the best of three games. Semi-finals and final will follow.
All the playoff games will be live on RAI Sport of the Lega Volley Channel.
FULL SCHEDULE:
LEAGUE, CHALLENGE CUP PLAYOFFS
AND EUROPEAN CUPS
League playoffs, quarter-finals Game 1
Thursday 10 March at 8.30pm
League playoffs quarter-finals Game 2
Sunday 13 March at 6pm
Challenge Cup playoffs, first round
Sunday 13 March t 6pm
Tuesday 15 March: CEV Cup semi-finals first leg
Wednesday 16 March: Champions League playoffs 6 first leg
Wednesday 16 March: Challenge Cup semi-finals first leg
Saturday 19 March: CEV Cup semi-finals return leg
Sunday 20 March: Challenge Cup semi-finals return leg
League playoffs, quarter-finals game 3
Sunday 20 March at 6pm
Challenge Cup playoffs, round 2
Sunday 20 March at 6pm
Legaue playoffs, quarter-finals game 3
Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 March at 8.30pm
Wednesday 23 March: Champions League playoffs 6 return leg
League playoffs, quarter-finals game 4
Sunday 27 March at 6pm
Challenge Cup playoffs, round 3
Sunday 27 March at 6pm
Tuesday 29 March: CEV Cup final first leg
Wednesday 30 March: Challenge Cup final first leg
Saturday 2 April: CEV Cup Final return leg
Sunday 3 April: Challenge Cup final return leg
League playoffs, quarter-finals Game 5
Sunday 3 April at 6pm
League playoffs, quarter-finals Game 5
Wednesday 6 April at 8.30pm
League playoffs, semi-finals Game 1
Saturday 9 April at 8.30pm
Challenge Cup playoffs, quarter-finals Game 1
Sunday 10 April at 6pm
League playoffs, Semi-finals Game 2
Tuesday 12 April at 8.30pm
Saturday 16 April: Champions League semi-finals
Sunday 17 April: Champions League final
Challenge Cup quarter-finals Game 2
Sunday 17 April at 6pm
Challenge Cup playoffs, quarter-finals Game 3
Wednesday 20 April at 6pm
League playoffs, semi-finals Game 3
Thursday 21 April at 8.30pm
League playoffs, Semi-final Game 4
Challenge Cup playoffs, semi-finals Game 1
Sunday 24 April ay 6pm (one live game at 5.15pm)
League playoffs, semi-final Game 5
Wednesday 27 April at 8.30pm (one live game on RAI Sport)
Challenge Cup playoffs, Semi-finals Game 2
Saturday 30 April at 8.30pm
League playoffs, final Game 1
Sunday 1 May at 6.15 pm Live on RAI Sport 1
Challenge Cup playoffs, semi-final Game 3
Wednesday 4 May at 8.30pm
League playoffs, final Game 2
Thursday 5 May at 8.15 pm Live on RAI Sport 1
Challenge Cup playoffs, final Game 1
Saturday 7 May at 8.30pm
League playoffs, final Game 3
Sunday 8 May at 5.15 Live on RAI Sport 1
League playoffs, final Game 4
Wednesday 11 May at 8.30pm Live on RAI Sport 1
Challenge Cup playoffs, final Game 2
Saturday 14 May at 8.30pm
League playoffs, final Game 5
Sunday 15 May at 5.15pm Live on RAI Sport 1
Challenge Cup Playoffs, final Game 3
Tuesday 17 May at 8.30pm
