Final Game 3 result:
DHL MODENA – SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA 3-2 (23-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-16, 15-13)
DHL MODENA – SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA 3-2 (23-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-16, 15-13) – DHL MODENA: Mossa De Rezende 2, Petric 11, Casadei, Rossini (L), Sartoretti, Ngapeth 29, Nikic 1, Bossi 4, Sens, Saatkamp 11, Vettori 14, Sighinolfi. DNP Donadio, Soli. Coach. Lorenzetti.
SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA: Buti 8, Fromm, Holt 1, De Cecco 3, Kaliberda 6, Giovi (L), Russell 18, Dimitrov 1, Elia, Atanasijevic 21, Fanuli, Birarelli 10. DNP Tzioumakas. Coach. Kovac.
Modena is the new champion. Lorenzetti’s men had the better of Perugia at the tie-break and sealed this final in just three games. This is theirs 12th league title after the ones celebrated in 69/70, 71/72, 73/74, 75/76, 85/86, 86/87, 87/88, 88/89, 94/95, 96/97, 01/02.
This is the third ‘hat-trick’ in history made of SuperCup, Italian Cup and League title. Treviso had done it twice in 2003-04 and 2004-05.
The coaches that have led Modena to those 12 titles are Franco Anderlini (1970, 1972, 1974), Edward Skorek (1976), Julio Velasco (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989), Daniele Bagnoli (1995, 1997 together with Franco Bertoli) and Angelo Lorenzetti (2002 and 2016). This is Lorenzetti’s sixth participation in the playoffs and sixth final.
This is the 11th times in history that the regular season runner-up wins the title: Santal Parma (81/82, 82/83), Maxicono Parma (89/90), Mapier Bologna (84/85), Modena (86/87, 88/89, 14/15), Sisley Treviso (97/98, 00/01), Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (09/10), Lube Banca Marche Macerata (11/12).
In the latest game, Modena showed incredible character to hold off Perugia’s come-backs, even when the visitors seemed to have the control of the game, like in the lightning quick fifth set. Earvn Ngapeth was everywhere on court, he registered a huge 29 points, 3 aces, 2 blocks and was named MVP of the game.
While Matteo Piano, who had been stopped by a back operation, was on the bench with the team for the occasion, in the crowd there was a banner with “We are history” written on it, which President Catia Padrini applauded.
The tie-break had begun with two mistakes from Modena and a block from Perugia that had the visitors 3-0 up. The pressure was huge and Ngapeth sent one out (0-4). When the two teams changed sides, Perugia was dominating 8-3 with an outstanding Atanasijevic. Modena proved patient, though, and Perugia made its own mistakes. Then an ace from Petric made it 9-9 and the PalaPanini went crazy. The Serbian outside hitter was the last one to surrender, he fired in a spike to get within 13-12 and then 14-13 but it is his own serve stuck on the net that sealed the encounter.
Angelo Lorenzetti (coach DHL Modena): “It’s been an amazing victory, this goes to my parents who were here in the PalaPanini arena today, and to my sister, who was watching us from above. The boys have been tremendous, we won against a great Perugia team, they never gave up and they made it hard for us. The team handled the tough moments brilliantly. Winning here in Modena is special, it’s been an unforgettable evening”.
Slobodan Kovac (coach Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “I can only congratulate my players and congratulate Modena, who played at a very high level throughout this final series. I can’t blame my players for anything, they gave everything they had, they played top volleyball but it was not enough. I want to thank our fans, they’ve been amazing, big thank you to them, they really could not have supported us any better”.
DHL MODENA (2nd in Regular season). 32nd Participation, 12th title.
Modena’s first of six consecutive finals was in 1985, when they were beaten by Bologna on the best of three games. But they took revenge on Bologna the following season (3-0). Three more title followed in the next three years, always at the expense of Parma. The latter finally took revenge in 1990. Five years later they won it against Treviso, a match-up that would repeat itself in 1997 (Modena victory), 1999 (Treviso), 2002 (Modena) and 2003 (Treviso). They’d make another appearance in the final in 2015 against Trento but would be defeated in four games.
Funnily enough the last league title of 2002 had also been conquered on May 8. Coach Lorenzetti had lined-up Andrea Gardini, the late Vigor Bovolenta in the middle, US setter Lloy Ball, Russian Iakovlev as outside hitter, Andrea Giani on the wing with Luca Cantagallo, while the libero was Damiano Pippi. The giant Russian middle blocker Alexei Kazakov would often come on, while the other spiker was the Dutch Gortzen. At the end of a year punctuated by a long series of injuries, the team eventually had the better of Treviso by winning the tie-break 20-18 of game 4 and avoid Game 5 in Treviso’s PalaVerde.
The city of Modena won a total of 23 league titles out of 71. Twelve were won by the current club, and 11 by the Avia Pervia, (5), Minelli (3) and Villa D’Oro (3).
Number of titles by club
12 league titles
Modena (Panini – Daytona – Pall. Modena) (69/70, 71/72, 73/74, 75/76, 85/86, 86/87, 87/88, 88/89, 94/95, 96/97, 01/02, 15/16)
9 league titles
Volley Treviso (93/94, 95/96, 97/98, 98/99, 00/01, 02/03, 03-04, 04/05, 06/07)
6 league titles
Robur/Porto Ravenna (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 90/91)
5 league titles
Avia Pervia Modena (1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963)
Parma Volley Ball (81/82, 82/83, 89/90, 91/92, 92/93)
Ruini Firenze (63/64, 64/65, 67/68, 70/71, 72/73)
4 league titles
Cus Torino (78/79, 79/80, 80/81, 83/84)
Trentino Volley (07/08, 10/11, 12/13, 14/15)
3 league titles
Minelli Modena (1953, 1954, 1955)
Lube Volley (05/06, 11/12, 13/14)
Villa d’Oro Modena (1956, 1958, 1961)
2 league titles
Ariccia (74/75, 76/77)
Virtus Bologna (65/66, 66/67)
Ferrovieri Parma (1950, 1951)
1 league title
Pallavolo Catania (77/78)
Roma Volley (99/00)
Zinella Bologna (84/85)
Pallavolo Parma (68/69)
Copra Volley Piacenza (08/09)
Piemonte Volley (09/10)
Coach records
8 league titles
Anderlini (1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 62/63, 69/70, 71/72, 73/74)
Bagnoli Daniele (94/95, 96/97*, 97/98, 98/99, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05, 06/07)
5 league titles
Bellagambi (63/64, 64/65, 67/68, 70/71, 72/73)
Costa (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952)
4 league titles
Montali (89/90, 93/94, 95/96, 99/00)
Prandi (78/79, 79/80, 80/81, 83/84)
Stoytchev (07/08, 10/11, 12/13, 14/15)
Velasco (85/86, 86/87, 87/88, 88/89)
3 league titles
Del Chicca (1950, 1951, 68/69)
Giuliani (09/10, 11/12, 13/14)
Leonelli (1953, 1954, 1955)
Lorenzetti (01/02, 08/09, 15/16)
Vignoli (1956, 1958, 1961)
2 league titles
Bebeto (91/92, 92/93)
Federzoni (65/66, 66/67)
Mattioli (74/75, 76/77*)
Piazza Claudio (81/82, 82/83)
1 league title
Bertoli (96/97*)
Ferretti (76/77*)
Lozano (00/01)
Pittera (77/78)
Ricci (90/91)
Skorek (75/76)
Zanetti (84/85)
De Giorgi (05/06)
* Team with two head coaches: in 1996-97, Franco Bertoli took over for half a season at Modena following an accident that occurred to Daniele Bagnoli.
Players record
9 League titles
Bernardi, Zanetti Gian Franco
8 League titles
Vullo
7 League titles
Bertoli, Cantagalli, Cisolla, Gardini, Tedeschi, Zanetti Paolo
6 League titles
Bracci, Farina, Gravina, Papi, Tencati, Vaccari
5 League titles
Borghi, Cavazzuti, Cavezzali, Dall’Olio, Dametto, Federzoni, Gambi, Gazzi, Giani, Mattioli, Mazzi S., Nencini, Passani, Salemme, Vermiglio
4 League titles
Baccarini, Barone Antonio, Blangè, Birarelli, Fabbri, Fangareggi Maurizio, Giovenzana, Ghiretti, Goldoni, Fei, Kaziyski, Lanfranco, Lorenzetti, Lucchetta Andrea, Mescoli Mauro, Montanari, Montorsi, Morandi Roberto, Nannini, Rebaudengo Piero, Sibani, Tazzari, Tenti
3 League titles
Barbieri Olindo, Bari, Bellini, Borgna, Borelli, Bortolomasi, Braglia, Buzzega, Colaci, Corsano, Cuoghi, Decio, Erricchiello, Fanfani, Fomin, Galigani, Gasparini, Giannellini, Giaroni, Giretto, Governatori, Lecci A., Martelli, Merlo, Monopoli, Morandi E., Parodi, Pilotti, Radicioni, Sabbatini, Saragoni, Scianti, Tofoli, Van De Goor Bas, Vezzani, Zanasi, Zwerver
2 League titles
Adani, Aiello, Angelelli, Babini, Bianchini, Bigoni, Billi, Bonaccini, Boninfante, Bordini, Botti, Bovolenta, Bravi, Burgsthaler, Cappi, Carlao, Carretti Alberto, Casadio Carlo, Casoli, Colasante, Coletti, Corradi, Cremonese, Cuminetti, Dal Zotto, Del Bimbo, Della Lunga, Della Volpe, Desiderio, Dineikin, Di Coste, Djuric, Estasi, Ferramola, Follador, Forghieri, Fortunato, Fratini, Giannelli, Gnudi, Grbic Nikola, Gustavo, Henno, Jeroncic, Juantorena, Kim, Kovar, Lanza, Laraia, Lucchetta Pier Paolo, Magnetto, Mamini, Mantovani, Marchesini, Matteucci, Mazzanti, Mazzucca Dante, Mazzucca Pasquale, Michieletto, Morigi, Nardini, Negri, Nemec, Nikolov Vladimir, Ninfa, Paparoni, Pelissero, Perotti, Pietranera, Pini Giuliano, Pippi Damiano, Pistolesi, Podrascanin, Prati, Quiroga Raul, Rosori, Righi, Sala, Salomone, Santuz, Scardino, Severi, Sintini, Sozza, Squeo, Stankovic, Stokr, Vannucci, Vassallo, Vecchi, Venturi, Vieira de Oliveira, Visentin, Zipoli, Zoppi, Zorzi, Zuppiroli, Zygadlo
1 League title
Abdalla, Agazzi, Albertini, Alessandro, Allegretti, Anderlini, Ariagno, Ariaudo, Arletti, Arnaud, Ball, Ballini, Baranowicz, Barbaro, Barberini, Barbieri Cesare, Bazzani, Bednaruk, Bellagambi, Belletti, Belmonte, Benatti, Bertesi, Berto, Bettelli, Betti, Bevilacqua, Bevini, Biribanti, Bjelica, Bonaveggi, Bonaspetti, Bondi, Bossi, Brandimarte, Bratoev Valentin, Bravo, Buffagni, Bulfon, Bulgarelli, Buzzega G., Campanari, Campani, Caporale, Caricato, Carmagnini, Carretti Leonardo, Casadei, Castagna, Castellano, Cavaliere, Chrtiansky Jr., De Giorgi, Del Chicca, Della Volpe, De Luigi, Dennis, De Palma, De Rezende Mossa Bruno, De Rocco, Di Bernardo, Di Franco, Donadio, Dozzo, Dramis, Dunnes, Durante, Ercole, Exiga, Falasca Guillermo, Fanton, Fazzi, Fedrizzi, Ferrarini G., Ferrari, Ferretti, Ferri, Francini, Frosini, Gabbuggiani, Galli, Gallotta, Garcia Pires Ribeiro, Gaspar, Gazza, Gemmi, Geric, Gianassi, Gibertini, Giombini, Grassano, Grassellini, Graziani, Grbic Vladimir, Greco, Guariglia, Guidetti Adriano, Guidetti Paolo, Guidotti, Gustafsson, Hernandez Ihosvany, Hernandez Osvaldo, Herpe, Horstink, Hovland, Insalata, Janetti, Karipidis, Kato, Kilgour, Kiraly, Klok, Koudelka, Kovacevic, Kral, Kurek, Iakovlev, Lampariello, Lasko, Laurila, Lecci B., Leonardi, Leone, Lucchetta P.L., Magini, Marchesini D., Marchi, Mambelli, Margutti, Marshall, Martinez, Martini, Masciarelli, Mastrangeli, Mastrangelo, Mazzanti, Mazzeo, Mazzi F., Mazzoleni, Mazzone T., Mengoni, Meoni, Messori, Miljkovic, Minelli, Mistoco, Mlyakov, Morandi Francesco, Moretti, Moscati, Musil, Nassi, Negrao, NGapeth, Nelli, Nemec, Nikic, Novotny, Nuti, Omrcen, Pajenk, Pampel, Paolucci, Patriarca Giuseppe, Patriarca Stefano, Pecori, Peda, Perdinanzi, Petric, Piano, Piazzini, Pieri, Pietrelli, Pignatti, Pini R., Piscopo, Polidori, Rak, Rangei, Ravellino, Rebaudengo Paolo, Rigoni, Rigressi, Roncoroni, Rossini, Ruffinatti, Saatkamp Lucas, Sacchetti, Santana Rodrigao, Saraceni, Sartoretti Andrea, Sartoretti Luca, Savani, Scarioli, Scilipoti, Scotti, Scudellari, Segnalini, Sens Thiago, Sgallari, Shadchin, Sighinolfi, Skorek, Smargiassi, Sokolov, Solé, Soli Pietro, Solmi, Spada, Starovic, Storchi, Stork, Stoyanov, Svodoba, Tagliatti, Thei, Timmons, Travica Dragan, Ubaldi, Uchikov, Ugolotti, Valsania, Valsecchi, Van De Goor M., Van Walle, Veljak, Venturi, Vettori, Visini, Wijsmans, Winiarski, Winters, Zaccaria, Zaytsev Ivan., Zingaro, Zlatanov Dimitar, Zlatanov Hristo.
PAST WINNERS
Without playoffs
1946 Robur Ravenna
1947 Robur Ravenna
1948 Robur Ravenna
1949 Robur Ravenna
1950 Ferrovieri Parma
1951 Ferrovieri Parma
1952 Robur Ravenna
1953 Minelli Modena
1954 Minelli Modena
1955 Minelli Modena
1956 Crocetta Modena
1957 Avia Pervia Modena
1958 Ciam Villa D’Oro Modena
1959 Avia Pervia Modena
1960 Avia Pervia Modena
1961 Ciam Villa D’Oro Modena
1962 Interauto Avia Pervia Modena
1962/63 Avia Pervia Modena
1963/64 Ruini Firenze
1964/65 Ruini Firenze
1965/66 Virtus Bologna
1966/67 Virtus Bologna
1967/68 Ruini Firenze
1968/69 Pallavolo Parma
1969/70 Panini Modena
1970/71 Ruini Firenze
1971/72 Panini Modena
1972/73 Ruini Firenze
1973/74 Panini Modena
1974/75 Ariccia Roma
1975/76 Panini Modena
1976/77 Federlazio Roma
1977/78 Paoletti Catania
1978/79 Klippan Torino
1979/80 Klippan Torino
1980/81 Robe di Kappa Torino
With playoffs
1981/82 Santal Parma
1982/83 Santal Parma
1983/84 Kappa Torino
1984/85 Mapier Bologna
1985/86 Panini Modena
1986/87 Panini Modena
1987/88 Panini Modena
1988/89 Panini Modena
1989/90 Maxicono Parma
1990/91 Il Messaggero Ravenna
1991/92 Maxicono Parma
1992/93 Maxicono Parma
1993/94 Sisley Treviso
1994/95 Daytona Las Modena
1995/96 Sisley Treviso
1996/97 Las Daytona Modena
1997/98 Sisley Treviso
1998/99 Sisley Treviso
1999/00 Piaggio Roma
2000/01 Sisley Treviso
2001/02 Casa Modena Salumi
2002/03 Sisley Treviso
2003/04 Sisley Treviso
2004/05 Sisley Treviso
2005/06 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2006/07 Sisley Treviso
2007/08 Itas Diatec Trentino
2008/09 Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
2009/10 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
2010/11 Itas Diatec Trentino
2011/12 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2012/13 Itas Diatec Trentino
2013/14 Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata
2014/15 Diatec Trentino
2015/16 DHL Modena
Serie A2 Playoffs UnipolSai
Vibo fails to grab first opportunity
Final Game 3 result:
TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 0-3 (20-25, 17-25, 15-25)
TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 0-3 (20-25, 17-25, 15-25) – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA: Pinelli 1, Marra (L), Casoli 11, Michalovic 10, Forni 4, Vedovotto 4, Sardanelli, Silva De Araujo 3, Presta 3. DNP Korniienko, Ferraro, Maccarone, Corrado. Coach. Mastrangelo.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Fabroni 5, Mariano 16, Festi, Santucci (L), Rosso 13, Hoogendoorn 6, Giglioli 11, Marrazzo, Sperandio 6. DNP Lucarelli, Bacca, Buzzelli, Mauti. Coach. Colucci.
Vibo Valentia failed to convert its first match point to celebrate promotion into the SuperLega. Mastrangelo’s men were defeated at home against a Sora team that played without any fear and with great competitive spirit. The visitors dominated on a 3-0 score as they played a superb encounter. The hosts never looked like being able to compete. They had no choice, and Fabroni and co hit their serves hard from the get-go and they did a great job in the block-dig area. Mariano, Rosso and Giglioli proved just unstoppable for the hosts who also had to deal with Fabroni, who had the night of his life distributing the game at will. Head coach Fabio Soli was missing as he went on duty with the Italian’s women national team. His assistant Maurizio Colucci took over.
Fixtures
Serie A2 playoffs
Wednesday 11 May at 8.30pm
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia Live on Lega Volley Channel
Game 5 (If needed)
Sunday 15 May at 6pm
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora Live on Lega Volley Channel
