The Game 3 matches open tomorrow, Saturday March 22, with live coverage on Rai Sport at 9:00 p.m. at the Pala AGSM Aim. On one side, the home team Rana Verona, down 2-0 in the best-of-five series and with Dario Simoni at the helm for the second time since the end of the relationship between the Veneto club and Radostin Stoytchev; on the other side, the regenerated Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza, who after the arrival of Ljubomir Travica on the bench during the Regular Season have regained great confidence in their own abilities and are one win away from reaching the Semifinals. There are three matches scheduled for Sunday March 23. At 3:30 p.m., with live coverage on Rai Sport, the European Champions Itas Trentino return to home soil after being eliminated from the CEV Cup in the Semifinal in Turkey. The yellow and blues want to take advantage of the home field advantage to get back ahead in the series against Cisterna Volley, who in Game 2 prevailed 3-1, leveling the score and are now dreaming of a feat in the Dolomites. Fresh from continental silver in the Challenge Cup with a comeback just missed in the return match against Lublin, but strong from an overwhelming victory at the Allianz Cloud last Sunday, Cucine Lube Civitanova wants to repeat itself in Game 3 at the Eurosuole Forum (6:00 p.m. with live streaming on DAZN) against Allianz Milano. The marathon of great volleyball ends at 7:00 p.m. with an unmissable match live on DAZN. Valsa Group Modena, with its back to the wall after the first two face-to-face matches with the Italian Champions Sir Susa Vim Perugia, wants to get back up on the Block Devils’ court to extend the series.
Quarterfinals Game 3 – Play Off SuperLega Credem Banca
Sabato 22 marzo 2025, ore 21.00
Rana Verona – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza
Arbitri: Pozzato Andrea, Zanussi Umberto (Giglio Anthony)
Video Check: Gioia Riccardo
Segnapunti: Dalle Vedove Carla
Diretta Rai Sport e VBTV
Domenica 23 marzo 2025, ore 15.30
Itas Trentino – Cisterna Volley
Arbitri: Simbari Armando, Piana Rossella (Giardini Massimiliano)
Video Check: Crivellaro Mirco
Segnapunti: Sieder Cinthia
Diretta Rai Sport e VBTV
Domenica 23 marzo 2025, ore 18.00
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Allianz Milano
Arbitri: Cerra Alessandro, Lot Dominga (Merli Maurizio)
Video Check: Annese Gianmarco
Segnapunti: Rollo Ilaria
Diretta DAZN e VBTV
Domenica 23 marzo 2025, ore 19.00
Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Valsa Group Modena
Arbitri: Cesare Stefano, Cavalieri Alessandro Pietro (Verrascina Antonella)
Video Check: Natalini Giulia
Diretta DAZN e VBTV
PLAY OFF SUPERLEGA CREDEM BANCA – THE FORMULA
The top 8 teams in the SuperLega at the end of the Regular Season participate in the Play Off Scudetto. All three rounds (Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Final) are played with the formula of 3 games won out of 5. The first game, the third and the possible play-off are played at the home of the team with the best ranking at the end of the Regular Season. The winner wins the 2024 Scudetto, both teams qualify for the 2024/2025 Champions League. The two defeated semi-finalists face each other in the 3rd Place Final.
Quarter-finals: 9, 16, 23, 26 and 30 March 2025
Semi-finals: 6, 13, 16, 19-21 and 24 April 2025
Final: 27, 30 April, 4, 7 and 11 May 2025
3RD PLACE FINAL – THE FORMULA
The two teams losing the Scudetto Semi-finals play the 3rd Place Final with the formula of 2 games won out of 3. The winner is qualified for the 2025/2026 Champions League. The loser is qualified for the 2025/2026 CEV Cup.
Dates: April 29, 2025, May 3 and 10, 2025.
PLAY OFF 5TH PLACE – THE FORMULA
The four teams losing the Play Off Scudetto Quarter Finals and the 9th and 10th ranked teams at the end of the Regular Season play a one-way round robin that includes 5 matches for each team. The 4 best teams play the Semi-finals and Final in a single match at the home of the best ranked team at the end of the tournament. The winner is qualified for the 2024/25 Challenge Cup.
Group Dates: April 6, 12, 19, 23 and 26, 2025.
Semi-final Dates: May 3, 2025.
Final: May 10, 2025.
Volley and Media
Live Radio – Rai Radio Uno
The 80th SuperLega Credem Banca Championship will be the protagonist on RAI Radio 1 as part of “Domenica Sport”. Manuela Collazzo will be live every Sunday from Superleague’s Arenas. Updates on the results and scores of all other SuperLega matches will always be provided in the “Domenica Sport” column.
Live radio broadcast “Set&Note” on LatteMiele and LatteMiele.com
Marco Caronna’s radio raids on the fields of the SuperLega Credem Banca Championship are back. The host of the “Set&Note” program will follow the progress of the SuperLega Credem Banca Sunday matches live. “Set&Note” is also on the web in live streaming on www.lattemiele.com or by clicking the LatteMiele box on the homepage of www.legavolley.it.
Sports news
A report at the end of the Sunday match, together with other columns and insights on the protagonists of the SuperLega Credem Banca, will be broadcast within the “Tg Sport” in the editions on Rai 2, Rai Sport, and Rai News.
Sports Mediaset and TG5
Canale 5’s nighttime TG5 will offer a report on the SuperLega Credem Banca weekend with highlights and commentary on the matches. The same service will be broadcast with multiple passages in the Sport Mediaset news program, broadcast from midnight to 8.00 am. Space for a summary of the day also in the 1pm edition on Monday of the sports news.
“After Hours” and “Palla Avvelenata”
“After Hours, the SuperLega at night” is the Sunday evening web program signed by Lega Pallavolo Serie A, hosted by Andrea Zorzi and Andrea Brogioni, now in its fifth season. Many guests from the world of volleyball, every Sunday from 9.30pm on the Lega Pallavolo Serie A Facebook page and YouTube channel, gather a few hours after their championship commitments, discussing current events and telling about themselves, their history and their ambitions : an opportunity to get to know the protagonists of the SuperLega better. Third season instead for “Palla Poisoned”, midweek in-depth analysis of the SuperLega Credem Banca round that has just ended but already with a look at the upcoming one. Ball Poisoned airs on Tuesdays, with Andrea Zorzi and Andrea Brogioni called to the arduous task of containing the overwhelming irony of Leo Turrini. From this year, both programs are also available on Spotify, on the Lega Pallavolo Serie A channel.
