Piemonte Volley, known for sponsorship reasons as Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, is an Italian professional volleyball club based in Cuneo. The club was founded in 1958 under the name of Cuneo Volley Ball Club and renamed Piemonte Volley in 2001, after the acquisition of glorious but long-ailing CUS Torino Pallavolo.
The Lega Pallavolo Serie A is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is SuperLega. Since the early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players in the world play in Superlega and the overall level of competition is considerably high. Nowadays, the SuperLega is widely considered the best league in the world.
Janne Heikkinen is a Finnish former volleyball player, a member of Finnish national team in 1993–2009.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin. They currently play in Serie A.
Gruppo Sportivo Oratorio Pallavolo Femminile Villa Cortese was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Villa Cortese in the Province of Milan. The team played in Serie A1, the highest women's league in Italy, from 2009 until 2013.
Silvano Prandi is an Italian volleyball coach, currently the head coach of Chaumont Volley-Ball 52. In 1980, his men's professional team, CUS Torino Pallavolo, won the European Champions League. He was the head coach of the Italy men's national volleyball team from 1982-1986, in which he won the Bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He was also the head coach of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team from 2008-2010.
The Pallavolo Parma was one of the oldest and most successful professional man's volleyball clubs in Italy. Its colours were white and azure.
Mauro Berruto is an Italian volleyball head coach.
1980–81 Serie A1 was the thirty-sixth men's volleyball major Italian championship; it was won by Turin-based team Klippan, which got its third title in a row.
Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino was an Italian professional basketball club in Turin, Piedmont. It competed in the first division of Italian basketball, the Lega Basket Serie A for the last time in the 2018–19 season. The club won one trophy, the Italian Basketball Cup, in 2018.
Imoco Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Conegliano and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Virtus Pallavolo Bologna was the volleyball section of the Multi-sports club, S.E.F. Virtus.
Zinella Volley is an Italian volleyball club based in Bologna.
The Italian Women's Volleyball League Serie A1, is the highest 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.
Volleyball Casalmaggiore is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Casalmaggiore and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Sports in Turin have a rich heritage as the home to two historically significant football teams: Juventus F.C. and Torino F.C.. Juventus has the larger fan base, especially in southern Italy and worldwide, while Torino enjoys a more localised support. The two clubs contest the oldest derby in Italy, the Derby della Mole or the Turin derby.
Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo, also known as Vero Volley Milano, is the volleyball department of Italian sports club U.S. Pro Victoria and is based in Monza. It has male and female teams and is better known for its women's team which currently plays in the Serie A1.
Pallavolo Scandicci is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Scandicci that plays in the Serie A1, known also by its sponsored name Savino del Bene Scandicci
Chieri ’76 Volleyball is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Chieri and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Kathryn Rose Plummer is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and the Italian club Imoco Volley.