Countdown to one of the most anticipated events among fans of great volleyball. On 25 and 26 January 2025 the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno, just outside Bologna, will host the Final Four of the 47th Del Monte® Coppa Italia. The top four in the standings at the halfway point of the Regular Season made their home advantage count in the quarter-final matches, which took place on 29 and 30 December 2024, and will now compete in the Final Four. At 4.15pm tomorrow, Saturday 25 January (with extensive pre-match on Rai Play), the match is scheduled between Sir Susa Vim Perugia, first seed, who eliminated Modena in three sets in the quarter-finals, and Rana Verona, fourth place at the end of the first round, which prevailed in a tie-break against Piacenza. The second race on the scoreboard is the remake of the World Championship semi-final in December in Brazil. European champions Itas Trentino are once again face to face, looking for their fourth Italian Cup after those raised to the skies in 2010, 2012 and 2013, and Cucine Lube Civitanova, a team full of emerging players, who have raised the level in recent weeks . The Dolomites, second in the Final Four ranking, eliminated Cisterna in four sets in the quarter-finals, while the Marches, third in the championship after the first half of the regular season, broke their fast by bowing to Milan in the tie-break and returning to the Final Four after three years of absence to dream of the eighth trophy with the tricolor cockade after those won in 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2020 and 2021. All races will be visible on VBTV.
Challenge no. 43 between Sir Susa Vim Perugia and Rana Verona, with the Umbrians having a favorable tradition against the Scaligeri, 35 victories and 7 stops. En plein Juventus in the four previous matches in the Italian Cup with the Veronese, which took place within three years, always in the quarter-finals: the 3-0 inflicted in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 competitive seasons, but also the tie-break winning away in the first leg and 3-1 at home in the return match in 2015/16. The Block Devils won the last Italian Cup by beating Monza in the Final and now they want to confirm themselves even if they have to give up a top player like Oleh Plotnytskyi and have the need to cancel the only two defeats of the season, at home against Trento and in Civitanova. The Venetian team, making their debut in the Final Four, is driven by enthusiasm and knows they have the resources to fight with any rival, thanks also to the bonus points guaranteed by the Malian striker Noumory Keita. Three former Verona players: Massimo Colaci, Sebastian Solé and coach Angelo Lorenzetti. Yuki Ishikawa is 25 points away from 3000 in Italy, Marco Vitelli is in n 300 in his career.
Game no. 102 between Itas Trentino and Cucine Lube Civitanova, with the Marches ahead 55 to 46 in the previous matches, is the remake of the recent World Championship Semi-final won by the Dolomites at the Club World Cup and proposes a challenge played eight times in the Italian Cup, including three in the Semi-final . A face to face already seen five times in the last twelve months, in three different events, including two international ones, namely the Champions League and the World Cup. Of all the direct clashes, 27 refer to a semi-final match in five different events: 17 in the Play Offs, 2 in the Italian Super Cup, 4 in the Champions League, 1 in the Club World Cup and 3 in the Italian Cup (11 victories for the Trentino team, 16 from the Marche region). Four exes on the roster: on one side Gabi Garcia Fernandez, Nicola Pesaresi and Kamil Rychlicki, on the other Marko Podrascanin. Giovanni Gargiulo 4 points away from 1000 in his career, Barthelemy Chinenyeze 7 seals away from 1500 in Italy.
Semifinals – Del Monte® Coppa Italia SuperLega
Sabato 25 gennaio 2025, ore 16.15
Sir Susa Vim Perugia – Rana Verona
Diretta Rai Sport (prepartita su Rai Play Sport 3) e VBTV
Sabato 25 gennaio 2025, ore 18.30
Itas Trentino – Cucine Lube Civitanova
Diretta Rai Sport e VBTV
Final – Del Monte® Coppa Italia SuperLega
Domenica 26 gennaio 2025, ore 15.15
Vincente Semifinale 1 – Vincente Semifinale 2
Diretta Rai 2 (prepartita su Rai Play Sport 3) e VBTV
