The 2017–18 Serie A1 was the 73rd season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to May, and was contested by twelve teams.
Format The regular season consists of 22 rounds, where the twelve participating teams play each other twice (once home and once away). At the completion of the regular season, the eight best teams advance to the playoffs and the teams finishing in 11th and 12th are relegated to Serie A2.
The standings criteria are: highest number of result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss); highest number of matches won; highest set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost); highest points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points conceded).
Teams ClubVenueCapacityCity/AreaFoppapedretti BergamoPalaNorda2,250BergamoUnet E-Work Busto ArsizioPalaYamamay5,000Busto ArsizioPomì CasalmaggiorePalaRadi2,918CremonaImoco Volley ConeglianoPalaVerde5,134TrevisoLardini FilottranoPalaBaldinelli3,481FilottranoIl Bisonte FirenzeNelson Mandela Forum7,500FlorenceSAB Volley LegnanoPalaBorsani1,650LegnanoLiu Jo Nordmeccanica ModenaPalaPanini5,200Modena / PiacenzaSaugella Team MonzaPalaIper4,500MonzaIgor Gorgonzola NovaraPalaTerdoppio5,000NovaramyCicero Volley PesaroPadiglione D2,000PesaroSavino Del Bene ScandicciPalazzetto dello Sport2,000Scandicci
Regular season League table
Results table
Fixtures and results All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00) between 14 and 28 October 2017 and CET (UTC+01:00) from 29 October.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Playoffs Bracket
Quarterfinals (1) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (8) Il Bisonte Firenze
Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–0.
(4) Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio vs. (5) Saugella Team Monza
Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio wins series, 2–1.
(3) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (6) Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena
Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 2–0.
(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (7) myCicero Volley Pesaro
Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.
Semifinals (1) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (4) Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio
Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 3–0.
(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (3) Imoco Volley Conegliano
Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–0.
Finals (1) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (3) Imoco Volley Conegliano
Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–1.
Final standings
RankTeamImoco Volley ConeglianoIgor Gorgonzola NovaraSavino Del Bene Scandicci4Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio5Saugella Team Monza6Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Modena7myCicero Volley Pesaro8Il Bisonte Firenze9Pomì Casalmaggiore10Foppapedretti Bergamo11Lardini Filottrano12SAB Volley Legnano
Samantha Bricio, Silvia Fiori, Robin de Kruijf, Elisa Cella, Raphaela Folie, Megan Easy, Laura Melandri, Monica De Gennaro, Anna Danesi, Athina Papafotiou, Samanta Fabris, Joanna Wołosz (C), Kimberly Hill, Anna Nicoletti, Simone Lee, Marta BechisHead coachDaniele Santarelli
References
External links Official website