Italian Women's 2 Volleyball League

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Women's Volleyball Serie A2
Logo-lvf-RGB.svg
Sport Volleyball
Founded1977;47 years ago (1977)
Administrator FIPAV
No. of teams20
Country Italy
Confederation CEV
Level on pyramid2
Promotion to Serie A1
Relegation toSerie B1
Domestic cup(s)Italian A2 Cup
Official website legavolleyfemminile.it

The Italian Women's 2 Volleyball League (Italian : Serie A2 italiana di pallavolo femminile), is the second highest professional women's volleyball league in Italy. The league run under the Italian Volleyball Federation rules and promotion to the Serie A1 is awarded.

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History

Following the expansion of the number of teams in Serie A in the 1970s, the league was split into two divisions in 1977; Serie A1 and Serie A2. [1] The teams in Serie A2 were split into two pools where the winners of the two pools were promoted to Serie A1. In the early 1990s the number of teams in Serie A2 was reduced to 16 teams and the two pools were replaced by a single pool. The split pools made a temporary comeback in the 1998–99 and 1999–00 seasons. [2]

In the 2018–19 regular season of Serie A2 the number of teams increased to 18 and the teams are once again split into two pools. At the end of the regular season, the top five teams in each pool are qualified for the promotion pool. The winner of the promotion pool is promoted directly to Serie A1, while the teams ranked from 2nd to 7th are qualified for the promotion playoffs. Just like in previous seasons, the winner of the playoff finals is also promoted to Serie A1. [3]

In the 2019–20 season the number of teams participating in the regular season of Serie A2 increased to 20, with 10 teams in each of the two pools. The number of teams qualified for the promotion playoffs also increased from six teams to eight teams. [4] In the 2022–23 season it was changed so only the four teams ranked from the 2nd to 5th in the promotion pool are qualified for the playoffs. [5]

Results

SeasonWinner of the regular season [6] Winner of the promotion playoffs [7]
2000–01 Giannino Pieralisi Volley AGIL Volley
2002–02 Volley 2002 Forlì Volley 2000 Spezzano
2002–03 Chieri Torino Volley Club Volley Pesaro
2003–04 Santeramo Sport Airone Pallavolo
2004–05 Volley Club Padova Arzano Volley
2005–06 River Volley Jogging Volley Altamura
2006–07 UYBA Volley Sassuolo Volley
2007–08 Spes Volley Conegliano [note 1] Pallavolo Villanterio
2008–09 River Volley GSO Villa Cortese
2009–10 Aprilia Volley Universal Volley Modena
2010–11 Parma Volley Girls Chieri Torino Volley Club
2011–12 Cuatto Volley Giaveno Crema Volley
2012–13 AGIL Volley Pallavolo Ornavasso
2013–14 Promoball Volleyball Flero Azzurra Volley Firenze
2014–15 Neruda Volley Obiettivo Risarcimento Volley
2015–16 Volley 2002 Forlì Pro Victoria Pallavolo
2016–17 Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo Volley Pesaro
2017–18 Volley Millenium Brescia Chieri '76 Volleyball
SeasonWinner of the promotion pool [9] Winner of the promotion playoffs
2018–19 Wealth Planet Perugia Volley VolAlto 2.0 Caserta
2019–20Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Roma Volley Club Megavolley
2021–22 Pallavolo Pinerolo HR Volley Macerata
2022–23 Roma Volley Club Trentino Volley
2023–24 Wealth Planet Perugia Volley Volley Talmassons

Notes

  1. ↑ In 2007–08, the runner-up of the regular season, Florens Volley Castellana Grotte, was also promoted to Serie A1. [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Serie A2 Femminile Classifica". federvolley.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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