As in the last season in Serie A1 will play 12 teams, but none of them will be degraded to Serie A2. The reason of this big change is the economical crisis that lasts in Italy.
As we wrote here, starting from the new season instead of V-Day, to indicate a new Italian Champion, there will be a sequence of 5 matches in the Final round, preceded by Quarter- and Semi-Finals. The conqueror of Scudetto is the winner of 3 final matches.
An important change is also Video Check system, which will be tested during the season, that has to help the referees to judge correctly doubtful situations on the court. A similar system was introduced into the Polish PlusLiga and showed it might be useful but still has to be improved.
A cause celebre among transfers in the Italian league has become a big comeback to the professional volleyball playing of the Italian setter Giaccomo “Jack” Sintini, who restarts his adventure after winning a battle with cancer. It seems Trento found a good substitute for Raphael, after Lukasz Zygadlo has left. And this transfer makes the team even stronger. Not many changes in the team of the Italian Champions. Macerata joined Ivan Zaytsev (the most efficient player of the previous season) in substitution of Igor Omrcen. An interesting team built Piacenza. The team complemented Alessandro Fei, who spent 11 years in Sisley (Treviso, then Belluno). With Luciano De Cecco and Papi he will certainly fight for the most valuable trophies.
A complete list of the summer transfers you can read below.
Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Ivan Zaytsev (from M.Roma Volley)
Matteo Martino (from Modena, leased to Jastrzebski Wegiel, POL)
Huber Henno (from Cuneo)
Team: Travica, Zaytsev, Podrascanin, Stankovic, Savani, Parodi, Henno and Starovic, Lampariello, Pajenk, Kovar, Monopoli. Head coach: Giuliani.
Itas Diatec Trentino
Giaccomo Sintini (inactive)
Damiano Valsecchi (from Club Italia)
Nikolay Uchikov (from Molfetta)
Stefan Chrtiansky (from Hypo Tirol Innsbruck, AUT)
Team: Raphael, Stokr, Birarelli, Djuric, Kaziyski, Juantorena, Bari and Sintini, Uchikov, Colaci, Burgsthaler, Lanza, Chrtiansky, Valsecchi. Head coach: Stoytchev.
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Daniele De Pandis (from Latina)
Andrea Marchisio (from Club Italia)
Nimir Abdelaziz (from Belluno)
Tsvetan Sokolov (from Trento)
Dore Della Lunga (from Trento)
Oleg Antonov (from Belluno)
Andrea Galliani (from Cantu)
Emanuel Kohut (from Belluno)
Luigi Mastrangelo (a new contract)
Team: Grbic, Sokolov, Kohut, Mastrangelo, Wijsmans, Ngapeth, De Pandis and Rossi, Adbelaziz, Marchisio, Della Lunga, Antonov, Galliani. Head coach: Piazza.
Casa Modena
Michele Baranowicz (from Cuneo)
Sam Deroo (from Roeselare, BEL)
Guandars Celitans (from Halkbank Ankara, TUR)
Guillaume Quesque (from Montpellier, FRA)
Riccardo Pinelli (from Segrate)
Jacub Vesely (from Cuneo)
Alberto Casadei (from Reggio Emilia)
Marco Molteni (from Monza)
Team: Baranowicz, Celitans, Sala, Vesely, Deroo, Kooy, Mania and Pinelli, Piscopo, Quesque, Catellani, Casadei, Molteni. Head Coach: Lorenzetti.
Andreoli Latina
Jeroen Rauwerdink (from San Giustino)
Salvatore Rossini (from Monza)
Stefano Patriarca (from Verona)
Pieter Verhees (from Noliko Maaseik, BEL)
Sergio Noda Blanco (from Citta’ di Castello)
Massimiliano Prandi (from Club Italia)
Team: Sottile, Jarosz, Verhees, Patriarca, Fragkos, Rauwerdink, Rossini and Cisolla, Guemart, Gitto, Troy, Noda, Prandi.
Copra Elior Piacenza
Alessandro Fei (from Belluno)
Luciano De Cecco (from Monza)
Antonio Corvetta (from Ravenna)
Maurizio Latelli (from Club Italia)
Luca Vettori (from Club Italia)
Frantisek Ogurcak (from Belluno)
Gabriele Maruotti (from Roma)
Futi Tavana (from BYU, USA)
Team: De Cecco, Fei, Tencati, Holt, Zlatanov, Papi, Marra and Corvetta, Latelli, Vettori, Ogurcak, Maruotti, Tavana. Head Coach: Monti.
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
Marcello Forni (from Monza)
Denis Kaliberda (from General Haching, GER)
Alessandro Farina (from Belluno)
Emiliano Cortellazzi (from Loreto)
Antonio Ciarelli (from USC, USA)
Daniel Rocamora (from Soria Numancia)
Tine Urnaut (from San Giustino)
Simone Buti (from Monza)
Team: Coscione, Klapwijk, Barone, Buti, Kaliberda, Urnaut, Farina and Cortellazzi, Rocamora, Forni, Lavia, Presta. Head Coach: Blengini.
Marmi Lanza Verona
Michal Rak (from Vibo Valentia)
Mauro Gavotto (from Monza)
Nicola Pesaresi (from Segrate)
Michele Fedrizzi (from Club Italia)
Francesco De Marchi (from Padova)
Svetoslav Gotsev (from Pirin Balkanstroy, BUL)
Harrison Peacock (from Linkoping, SWE)
Team: Meoni, Gavotto, Zingel, Rak, Ter Horst, De Marchi, Pesaresi and Fedrizzi, Kosmina, Bolla, Gotsev, Peacock, Centomo. Head coach: Bagnoli.
Sir Safety Perugia
Thomas Edgar (from Corigliano)
Andrea Semenzato (from Padova)
Sebastian Schwarz (from Padova)
Yannick Van Harskamp (from Noliko Maaseik, BEL)
Aimone Alletti (from Segrate)
Floris Van Rekom (from Dynamo Apeldoorn, NED)
Filippo Pochini (from Orvieto, B2)
Team: Van Harskamp, Tamburo, Semenzato, Alletti, Schwarz, Vujevic, Giovi and Daldello, Edgar, Petric, Van Rekom, Tomassetti, Pochini. Head coach: Kovac.
New Mater Castellana Grotte
Alexandre Ferreira (from Espinho, POR)
Cristian Casoli (from Modena)
Victor Yosifov (from Modena)
Martin Alberto Kindgard (from Corigliano)
Ludovico Dolfo (from Belluno)
Alessandro Paparoni (from Roma)
Enrico Cester (from Latina)
Jeffrey Menzel (from Unicaja Almeria, SPA)
Marco Ferreira (from O.Nossau, FRA)
Giulio Sabbi (from Roma)
Team: Falaschi, Sabbi, Yosifov, Cester, A.Ferreira, Casoli, Paparoni and Kindgard, M.Ferreira, Dolfo, Menzel, Elia, Ricciardello. Head coach: Gulinelli.
Robur Costa Ravenna
Tsimafei Zhukouski (from Monza)
Sebastian Creus (from San Giustino)
Bruno Zanuto (from M.Campinas, BRA)
Giacomo Bellei (from Modena)
Athanasios Psarras (from Narbonne, FRA)
Panagiotis Pelekoudas (from Iraklis, GRE)
Balsa Radunovic (from Segrate)
Team: Zhukouski, Moro, Mengozzi, Creus, Zanuto, Sirri, Tabanelli and Psarras, Bellei, Pelekoudas, Radunovic, Scarpi, Calarco, Margutti, Mazzotti. Head coach: Babini.
Altotevere San Giustino
Andrea Cesarini (from Perugia)
Alessio Fiore (from Isernia)
Bram Van Den Dries (from Segrate)
Cesare Gradi (from Biella, B1)
Marcus Bohme (from Friedrichshafen, GER)
Giorgio De Togni (from Belluno)
Francesco Mattioli (from Molfetta)
Klemen Cebulj (from Ach Volley Lublana, SLO)
Andrea Coali (from Trento)
Paolo Torre (from Castellana Grotte)
Marcus Guttmann (from VCA Niederosterreich, AUT)
Team: Mc Kibbin, Van Den Dries, De Togni, Bohme, Mattioli, Cebulj, Cesarini and Gradi, Lo Bianco, Fiore, Coali, Guttmann, Torre. Head coach: Fenoglio.
Among the players of Ravenna there is no Sean Rooney. The club canceled the contract with the player because of the surgery he has to have. The recovery will last at least 3 months.
About preseason friendly matches you can read here.
The first official match will be between Lube Banca Macerata and Itas Diatec Trentino in the Italian Supercup on September, 30th. The regular season starts on October, 7th.
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