The men's Coppa Italia is the water polo domestic Cup of Italy. The trophy is organized by FIN and reserved to Serie A1 teams. The first edition took place in 1970 and the most successful club is Pro Recco, winner of the competition for 17 times.
History and format The first edition of the trophy was held in 1970 and was won by Canottieri Napoli. Later, Coppa Italia was held discontinuously except for a nine-years streak of back-to-back seasons between 1984–85 and 1992–93.
The trophy was resumed regularly starting from 2004–05 season. Since this last inception, the most successful team has been Pro Recco, which won the Cup for 13 times out of 15 editions. The trophy, as of the 2018–19 season, is contested by all the Serie A1 teams. The participants competes in one or two round-robin qualification stages and then face each other in a knock-out final round. In the most recent Olympic years (2016 and 2020), the Cup has been restricted to the teams ranked from 1st to 4th place in the first half of the Serie A1 regular season, due to the clubs' and National teams' overcrowded calendar.
Winners
1970: Canottieri Napoli 1971–73: Not held 1974: Pro Recco 1975: Not held 1976: RN Florentia 1977–83: Not held 1984–85: Pescara 1985–86: Pescara 1986–87: CN Posillipo 1987–88: RN Arenzano 1988–89: Pescara 1989–90: RN Savona 1990–91: RN Savona 1991–92: Pescara 1992–93: RN Savona 1994–97: Not held 1997–98: Pescara 1999–2004: Not held 2004–05: Canottieri Bissolati 2005–06: Pro Recco 2006–07: Pro Recco 2007–08: Pro Recco 2008–09: Pro Recco 2009–10: Pro Recco 2010–11: Pro Recco 2011–12: AN Brescia 2012–13: Pro Recco 2013–14: Pro Recco 2014–15: Pro Recco 2015–16: Pro Recco 2016–17: Pro Recco 2017–18: Pro Recco 2018–19: Pro Recco 2019–20: not assigned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020–21: Pro Recco 2021–22: Pro Recco 2022–23: Pro Recco 2023–24: AN Brescia
Titles by Club #Team Titles 1 Pro Recco 17 2 Pescara 5 3 RN Savona 3 4 AN Brescia 2 5 Canottieri Napoli 1 RN Florentia 1 CN Posillipo 1 RN Arenzano 1 Canottieri Bissolati 1
See also Coppa Italia (women's water polo)
References
External links Italian Federation official website