Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza will play the next CEV Cup. The victory of the 5th Place Play Off obtained by the team coached by Lorenzo Bernardi just over a month ago, will certainly result in participation in a European cup, but not in the Challenge Cup 2022 as initially. expected, but rather at the CEV Cup, thanks to the repechage announced by the European Volleyball Confederation.
The red and white club had expressed its consent to this eventuality during the registration phase, and so it happened: Brizard and his teammates will therefore play the second European competition instead of the third.
Group draws for all three European competitions will take place on Tuesday 28 June in Luxembourg at 12.00. Below is the current situation of the SuperLega Credem Banca clubs involved in the 2022/23 European Cups.
Champions League (3 participants)
1. Cucine Lube Civitanova (Scudetto winner)
2. Sir Safety Conad Perugia (Scudetto Finalist)
3. Itas Trentino (best classified in the Regular Season, after the finalists).
CEV Cup (2 participants)
4. Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena (best classified in Regular Season excluding teams already qualified for the Champions League).
5. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza (Winner Play Off 5th place, recovered in CEV Cup)
CEV Challenge CUP 2022/23
WEVZA could be giving away a place in the 2022/23 Challenge Cup.
A SuperLega Club will participate in the tournament
With the repechage of the Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza in the CEV Cup, no SuperLega Credem Banca club is currently expected to participate in the CEV Challenge Cup. However, there are still chances to see the sixth Italian team participate in the next European cups: WEVZA will probably be giving away a seat for the Challenge Cup 2022/23.
Three SuperLega teams have requested to participate in the WEVZA Cup 2022/23: only one of Allianz Milano, Vero Volley Monza and Top Volley Cisterna will be able to take part in the club tournament, the winner of which will qualify for the CEV Challenge Cup 2022 / 23.
The Western European Volleyball Zonal Association, a support institution for CEV and FIVB made up of the federations of Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands, will organize in agreement with CEV a tournament that will allow them to qualify for the third European competition, and will be there is a club for each state from the association.
