Play Off 5th Place opens with the preliminary round, a three-team group with first leg and second leg matches. The teams that finished the Regular Season between 9th and 11th place are in contention: Cisterna, Padova and Taranto. The team that wins the preliminary phase will participate in the Play Off Group in 5th place with the four teams eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Scudetto Play Offs. A pass for the 2024 Challenge Cup is up for grabs.
At 8.30 pm tomorrow, Thursday 16 March, baptism of fire for the triangular pool. Top Volley Cisterna, ninth at the end of the first phase, hosts Pallavolo Padova, which finished the Regular Season tenth. If in the current season the direct clashes between the two teams have produced one success for each side, the Paduan Club is ahead by 20 victories to 16 in all face-to-face matches with the Pontine players. Even the only crossing in the 5th place Play Offs, dating back to the 5th round of the 2020/21 edition, saw the Venetian giants triumph. The Lazio partnership, coached by Fabio Soli, arrives at this new act of the championship after the home victory in three sets over Piacenza and the 3-1 misstep in the match in Verona. Strengthened by the corsair success in the Monza Arena at the last gasp, Padua collected two defeats, but the most was now done and Jacopo Cuttini’s men celebrated their salvation in advance. An ex on each side of the roster: Andrea Mattei and Davide Saitta. Pallavolo Padova will not be able to count on Dusan Petkovic for qualification for the European cups: the Serbian opponent has requested and obtained authorization to end the sports season in Qatar. Therefore, Tommaso Guzzo, born in 2002, is preparing for seat two, used several times during the match by coach Cuttini in the season finale.
1st day Preliminaries Play Offs 5 Place Credem Banca
Thursday 16 March 2023, 8.30 pm
Top Volleyball Cisterna – Padova Volleyball
Referees: Verrascina Antonella, Saltalippi Luca (Authors Enrico)
Video Check: Rizzo Andrea
Scorekeeper: Squire Simona
Live Volleyballworld.tv
Rest: Jewel Prisma Taranto
Serie A Credem Bank
Two variations on the 12th return day
The Serie A Volleyball League informs that:
– The match between Vigilar Fano and Da Rold Logistics Belluno, valid for the 12th return day of Serie A3 Credem Banca, scheduled for Sunday 26 March at 18.00, has been postponed to 19.00.
– The match between Gruppo Stamplast M2G Green Bari and Sieco Service Ortona, valid for the 12th return day of Serie A3 Credem Banca, scheduled for Sunday 26 March 2023, has been brought forward to Saturday 25 March at 18.30.
