River Volley was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Piacenza. The club's activities ceased in 2018 when it sold its rights to play in Serie A1 to Cuneo Granda Volley.
Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: River Volley (1983–1994) Libertas-River Volley (1994–1998) Rebecchi River Volley (1998–2003) Rebecchi River Volley Rivergaro (2003–2005) Rebecchi Rivergaro Piacenza (2005–2006) Rebecchi Cariparma Piacenza Volley (2006–2007) RebecchiLupa Piacenza (2007–2010) Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza (2010–2014) Nordmeccanica Rebecchi Piacenza (2014–2015) Nordmeccanica Piacenza (2015–2016) Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena (2016–2018)
History The club was founded in 1983 as and was based in Rivergaro. It had only youth team activities until 1988 when a senior team was created and the club started competing in the lower divisions in Italy. By the early 2000s the club was playing in the third and second divisions of the Italian league, and decided to move its professional senior activities to Piacenza keeping the youth activities in Rivergaro. It reached the Serie A1 for the first time in 2006, after winning promotion at the end of the 2005–06 season. It was relegated in its first season at Serie A1 but returned to the highest league for the 2009–10 season. The club started to become competitive in the Serie A1, winning the league, cup and supercup in both 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.
In May 2016, an agreement between River Volley and Liu Jo Modena (LJ Volley) was announced, following LJ Volley decision to stop its volleyball activities. In the agreement River Volley acquired LJ Volley assets (players and rights to play at the PalaPanini) with Liu Jo becoming River's main sponsor and the club being renamed . The club remain based in Piacenza but its home matches moved from PalaBanca to be played at the PalaPanini in Modena.
After the 2017–2018 season Cuneo Granda Volley acquired the rights to play in Serie A1 from River Volley and the club was dissolved.
Team 2017–2018 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date2 Symone AbbottOutside Hitter1.863 Ilaria GarzaroMiddle Blocker1.90814 Judith PietersenOpposite1.885 Laura HeyrmanMiddle Blocker1.88746 Giulia LeonardiLibero1.65587 Madelaynne MontañoOpposite1.85688 Jovana VesovićOutside Hitter1.82689 Caterina Bosetti Outside Hitter1.806910 Francesca FerrettiSetter1.807011 Camilla MingardiOpposite1.8612 Aurora PistolesiOutside Hitter1.8613 Raffaella CalloniMiddle Blocker1.877415 Mina TomićOpposite1.917516 Giulia PinceratoSetter1.826817 Katarina BarunOpposite1.947518 Veronica BiscontiLibero1.7462
2016–2017 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date1 Valeria CaracutaSetter1.73612 Jovana BrakočevićOpposite1.96823 Yvon BeliënMiddle Blocker1.88744 Federica ValerianoOutside Hitter1.79695 Laura HeyrmanMiddle Blocker1.88746 Giulia LeonardiLibero1.65587 Francesca Marcon Outside Hitter1.80699 Caterina Bosetti Outside Hitter1.806910 Francesca FerrettiSetter1.807011 Alessandra PetrucciSetter1.857313 Neriman ÖzsoyOutside Hitter1.887414 Marika BianchiniOutside Hitter1.786918 Ilaria GarzaroMiddle Blocker1.9081
Honours
National competitions National League: 2 2012–13, 2013–14
Coppa Italia: 2 2012–13, 2013–14
Italian Super Cup: 2 2013, 2014
References
External links
Official website