The 2022–23 Serie A1 was the 78th season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to May and was contested by fourteen teams.
Format The regular season consists of 26 rounds, where the fourteen 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 championship playoffs, the 9-12th ranked teams advance to the challenge playoffs and the teams finishing 13th and 14th are relegated to Serie A2.
The standings criteria: 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 Club VenueCapacityCity/AreaBartoccini-Fortinfissi PerugiaPalaBarton4,000PerugiaCbf Balducci Hr MacerataPalaFontescodella2,100MacerataCuneo Granda S.BernardoPalaCastagnaretta4,700CuneoE-Work Busto ArsizioE-Work Arena4,490Busto ArsizioIgor Gorgonzola NovaraPala Igor Gorgonzola4,000NovaraIl Bisonte FirenzePalaWanny3,500FlorenceMegabox Ond. Savio VallefogliaPalaCarneroli1,612UrbinoProsecco Doc Imoco ConeglianoPalaVerde5,344VillorbaReale Mutua Fenera ChieriPalaFenera1,506ChieriSavino Del Bene ScandicciPalaWanny3,500FlorenceTrasporti Pesanti CasalmaggiorePalaRadi3,519CremonaVero Volley MilanoOpiquad Arena4,500MonzaVolley Bergamo 1991PalaIntred2,250BergamoWash4Green PineroloPala Bus Company1,500Pinerolo
Regular season
League table
Results table
Fixtures and results All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00) between 22 October and 29 October 2022, CET (UTC+01:00) between 30 October 2022 and 25 March 2023 and CEST (UTC+02:00) from 26 March 2023.
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
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Championship playoffs All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00). The losers of the quarterfinals are moved to the second round of the Challenge playoffs.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano vs. (8) E-Work Busto Arsizio
Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano wins series, 2–0.
(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (7) Volley Bergamo 1991
Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.
(3) Vero Volley Milano vs. (6) Trasporti Pesanti Casalmaggiore
Vero Volley Milano wins series, 2–1.
(4) Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri vs. (5) Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–0.
Semifinals
(1) Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano vs. (5) Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano wins series, 2–0.
(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (3) Vero Volley Milano
Vero Volley Milano wins series, 2–1.
Finals
(1) Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano vs. (3) Vero Volley Milano
Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano wins series, 3–2.
Challenge playoffs All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00).
First round
(9) Megabox Ond. Savio Vallefoglia vs. (12) Wash4Green Pinerolo
Wash4Green Pinerolo wins series, 2–1.
(10) Il Bisonte Firenze vs. (11) Cuneo Granda S.Bernardo
Il Bisonte Firenze wins series, 2–0.
Second round
Pool A table
Pool A round robin
Pool B table
Pool B round robin
Challenge final
Final standings
Prosecco Doc Imoco ConeglianoVero Volley MilanoSavino Del Bene ScandicciReale Mutua Fenera ChieriTrasporti Pesanti CasalmaggioreIgor Gorgonzola Novara
Roberta Carraro, Kathryn Plummer, Kelsey Robinson-Cook, Federica Squarcini, Robin de Kruijf, Alessia Gennari, Stephanie Samedy, Alexa Gray, Marina Lubian, Monica De Gennaro, Isabelle Haak, Ylenia Pericati, Joanna Wołosz (C), Sarah FahrHead coachDaniele Santarelli
References
External links Official website