2018–19 Italian Women's Volleyball League Explained

The 2018–19 Serie A1 was the 74th season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to May and was contested by thirteen teams.

Format

The regular season consists of 26 rounds, where the thirteen participating teams play each other twice (once home and once away). At the completion of the regular season, the eight best teams advance to the championship playoffs and the team finishing 13th is relegated to Serie A2.^[1] If the 13th team is Club Italia Crai, the team finishing 12th is relegated.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The standings criteria:^[5]

• highest number of result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss);
• highest number of matches won;
• highest set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost);
• highest points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points conceded).

Teams

Club	Venue	Capacity	City/Area	width=40% rowspan=15
Banca Valsabbina Millenium Brescia	PalaGeorge	4,300	Montichiari
Bosca San Bernardo Cuneo	PalaCastagnaretta	4,700	Cuneo
Club Italia Crai	Centro Pavesi	1,000	Milan
èpiù Pomì Casalmaggiore	PalaRadi	3,519	Cremona
Igor Gorgonzola Novara	Pala Igor Gorgonzola	4,000	Novara
Il Bisonte Firenze	Nelson Mandela Forum	7,500	Florence
Imoco Volley Conegliano	PalaVerde	5,344	Villorba
Lardini Filottrano	PalaBaldinelli	3,500	Osimo
Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri	PalaFenera	1,506	Chieri
Saugella Team Monza	Opiquad Arena	4,500	Monza
Savino Del Bene Scandicci	Palazzetto dello Sport	2,000	Scandicci
Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio	E-Work Arena	4,490	Busto Arsizio
Zanetti Bergamo	PalaIntred	2,600	Bergamo

Regular season

Fixtures and results

• All times are local, CEST on 27 October 2018 and CET from 28 October 2018.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Championship playoffs

• All times are local, CEST .

Quarterfinals

(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (8) Bosca San Bernardo Cuneo

Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 2–0.

(2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (7) Il Bisonte Firenze

Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–1.

(3) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (6) èpiù Pomì Casalmaggiore

Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.

(4) Saugella Team Monza vs. (5) Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio

Saugella Team Monza wins series, 2–1.

Semifinals

(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (4) Saugella Team Monza

Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–0.

(2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (3) Savino Del Bene Scandicci

Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 3–1.

Finals

(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara

Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–0.

Final standings

width=30		width=310 align=left	Imoco Volley Conegliano
	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
	Savino Del Bene Scandicci
	Saugella Team Monza
	Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio

Marta Bechis, Robin de Kruijf, Elina Rodríguez, Raphaela Folie, Eleonora Fersino, Karsta Lowe, Monica De Gennaro, Anna Danesi, Samanta Fabris, Joanna Wołosz (C), Kimberly Hill, Valentina Tirozzi, Miriam Sylla, Gaia Moretto
Head coach
Daniele Santarelli

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Playoff A1 2018–19 . legavolleyfemminile.it . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406170416/http://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/?eventi=play-off-a1/stagione-20182019 . 6 April 2019 . it . dead.
2. Web site: 74th Women's Serie A1 Volleyball Championship . legavolleyfemminile.it . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406074442/http://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/?eventi=campionato-a1/stagione-20182019 . 6 April 2019 . it . dead.
3. Web site: Volley: A1 Femminile, la nuova stagione è servita, ecco i calendari . corrieredellosport.it . 22 May 2024 . it . 2 August 2018.
4. Web site: Campionato A1 2018-19 . imocovolley.it . 4 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190503130854/https://imocovolley.it/calendar/calendario-campionato-a1/ . 3 May 2019 . it . live.
5. Web site: Regular Season A1 2018 . legavolleyfemminile.it . 4 April 2024 . it.