70th Serie A UnipolSai championship: 2014-15 schedule
On Friday July 25 at 11.30am, the calendar of the coming season will officially be unveiled. Here are the main dates of the SuperLega UnipolSai and the Serie A2 UnipolSai, as well as for the Del Monte events.
Del Monte Super cup: Wednesday October 15, Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia – Copra Elior Piacenza
Beginning of Regular Season SuperLega UnipolSai and Serie A2 UnipolSai: Sunday October 19
Quarter-finals of the Del Monte Italian Cup SuperLega and Del Monte Italian Cup Serie A2: Tuesday January 6
Del Monte Italian Cup SuperLega Final Four: Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 January 2015
Del Monte Italian Cup Serie A2 Final Four: Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 February
End of Regular Season Serie A2 UnipolSai: Sunday March 22
Termine Regular Season SuperLega UnipolSai: Sunday April 5
The SuperLega UnipolSai playoffs quarters and semis will be played on the best of three games, while the final in five games.
The Serie A2 UnipolSai playoffs quarters will be played in 3 games while the semi-finals and final in 5.
Volley Market starts tomorrow
Wednesday is the opening day of the Volley Market, which is taking place in the Zanhotel & Meeting Centergross in Bentivoglio (near Bologna). The three-day event will officially open the new season.
All the Serie A clubs will be there, making their last moves to complete their rosters before the deadline. There will also be many meetings organized by the Italian Volleyball League, while on Friday the fixture lists of the 70th Serie A UnipolSai championship will be unveiled.
Time as well for the Sport agent exam and special meetings: one for the Referee Department with the Serie A coaches, and another one for the Association of Volleyball Medical Staff.
On Thursday, a briefing is set in the morning with the people in charge of the press. In the afternoon, the attention will turn to the Media and Marketting Day, open to journalists.
Serbian star Ivan Miljkovic will present his international site WorldofVolley, an innovative project with information as well as services for clubs, coaches and players. Meanwhile, Simone Tiberti, Mattia Rosso, Manuele Cricca and Marco Zingaro will tell us about their technological platform for the development of a new Fantavolley.
On the menu of Friday 25, there will be the election of the new president of the board of directors. The new season will then officially be launched as the fixture lists and calendars are unveiled. This will go on live streaming on Sportube.tv.
Rai Sport journalist Alessandro Antinelli will reward the newly promoted sides of the A2 and B1, as well as the winner of the “Roberto Stracca” award, given to the best club media of both championships.
The 25 Serie A UnipolSai Clubs
The Federation confirmed that Club Italia will not take part in the Serie A, which means that 25 clubs will be listed to take part in the Serie A championships.
SuperLega UnipolSai
Top Volley Latina
Revivre Milano
Modena Volley
Pallavolo Molfetta
Vero Volley Monza
Tonazzo Padova
Sir Safety Perugia
Copra Piacenza
CMC Ravenna
Altotevere Città di Castello – Sansepolcro
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia
Diatec Trentino
Calzedonia Verona
Serie A2 UnipolSai
Aurispa Alessano
Centrale McDonald’s Brescia
Cassa Rurale Cantù
Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte
Caffè Aiello Corigliano
Domar Matera
Sieco Service Ortona
B-Chem Potenza Picena
Conad Reggio Emilia
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
Polisportiva Tuscania
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia
