Serie A1 1979–80 (men's volleyball)

1979–80 Serie A1 was the thirty-fifth men's volleyball major Italian championship; it was won by Turin-based team Klippan, which won its second title in a row.

Format Twelve contestants took part to a simple round-robin tournament, earning two points for each win. In the end, the final chart-leading team won the title, while bottom two teams were relegated in the lower division.Formula campionato

Teams TeamCity and RegionVenueSeasons in major league MapAmaro Più LoretoProfile: Amaro Più LoretoLoreto, Marche 2Edilcuoghi SassuoloProfile: Edilcuoghi SassuoloSassuolo, Emilia-RomagnaPalasport, Modena 4Eldorado RomaProfile: Eldorado RomaRome, LazioPalazzetto dello Sport 7Grondplast RavennaProfile: Grondplast RavennaRavenna, Emilia-RomagnaPalaCosta 13Isea FalconaraProfile: Isea FalconaraFalconara Marittima, MarchePalasport 2Klippan TorinoProfile: Klippan TorinoTurin, PiedmontPalaRuffini 8Mazzei PisaProfile: Mazzei PisaPisa, TuscanyPalaCUS 7Panini ModenaProfile: Panini ModenaModena, Emilia-RomagnaPalasport 12Paoletti CataniaProfile: Paoletti CataniaCatania, SicilyPalaSpedini 8Polenghi MilanoProfile: Polenghi MilanoMilan, LombardyPalaLido 4Sai Marcolin BellunoProfile: Sai Marcolin BellunoBelluno, VenetoPalasport, Longarone 1Veico ParmaProfile: Veico ParmaParma, Emilia-RomagnaPalaRaschi 32

Key dates 14 November 1979: in the opening match of the season, Klippan Torino beat Grondplast Ravenna 3–1 at PalaRuffini; the other matches of the 1st round were played on Saturday 17 November.Rino Cacioppo. «La Klippan parte lunedì per l'Albania», from La Stampa, 17 November 1979, 263/1979, p. 25 Klippan was the defending champion, while Sai Marcolin Belluno and Isea Falconara were the new-promoted teams. 11 December 1979: in Catania, Paoletti defeats Klippan 3–0 (15–6, 15–12, 15–11)Report of the match Paoletti-Klippan and reaches the solitary top of the chart with a remarkable 6:0 score. Klippan (5:1) was sharing the second position along with Veico Parma (5:1), which lost its first match to Amaro Più Loreto (1–3) in the same day.Report of day 6 5 January 1980: Paoletti Catania broke its winning run losing 0–3 to Edilcuoghi Sassuolo (12–15, 3–15, 18–20);Report of the match Edilcuoghi-Paoletti defeating Panini Modena, Veico Parma reached Paoletti on the top of the chart with an 8:1 score, while Klippan, which lost 1–3 to troubled Polenghi Milano, was third with 7:2.Report of day 9 16 January 1980: winning in Ravenna 3–1, Paoletti ended the first half of the season at first place of the league table (10:1). Veico, who lost its last two matches to Paoletti and Klippan (both 0–3) fell at third place (8:3), surpassed by Klippan (9:2).Report of day 11 2 February 1980: Paoletti lost 1–3 away to Mazzei Pisa and got caught by Klippan, which defeated Sai Marcolin Belluno 1–3. The score of the two teams was 12:2; Panini Modena and Veico Parma were sharing third place (10:4).Report of day 11 23 February 1980: in Turin, Klippan knocked off Paoletti 3–1 (15–4, 15–11, 6–15, 15–2) and remained alone on the top of the chart (15:2 vs. 14:3).Report of the match Klippan-Paoletti 22 March 1980: beating Edilcuoghi Sassuolo 3–1 away (15–10, 15–4, 8–15, 15–2,Report of the match Edilcuoghi-Klippan match played in ModenaRino Cacioppo. «Scudetto per la Klippan europea», from La Stampa, 23 March 1980, 66/1980, p. 21), Klippan won the second title of its history, having six points of advantage than Paoletti Catania and Veico Parma, with only one match left to play. On March 19, in the final day, Klippan defeated even Veico, (13th win-in-a-row) and closed its tournament with a 20:2 score.Report of the match Klippan-Veico

League table

Results

References

Bibliography La Stampa, years 1979 and 1980.

External links Official Lega Pallavolo Serie A Site