The Italian Women's Volleyball League Serie A1 (Italian: Serie A1 italiana di pallavolo femminile), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Italy. It is organized and administrated by the Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV). It is considered one of the oldest women's top national leagues in European volleyball, being established in 1946, and its clubs have achieved significant success in the continental European club competitions.
Video Italian Women's Volleyball League
History
Maps Italian Women's Volleyball League
Format
The league was originally played in a single round-robin format, with all clubs placed in a single group. As more clubs joined the league, the format changed to an initial stage composed of various groups with clubs advancing to a final group for the title. In 1983 a play-off format was introduced, with all clubs playing a regular season in a single group and the best teams advancing to the play-offs.
Latest season
Teams of the 2017-18 season.
Results
- Note: Since a play-off format without a third place match was introduced in the 1983-84 season, the column "Third" in the table display the two losing playoffs semifinalists, with the club having the best regular season record appearing first.
Sources: Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (for champions), Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (for champions and play-offs) and The-Sports.org (for runners-up and third places)
Titles by club
References
External links
- FIPAV (in Italian)
- Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
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