The 2018–19 Serie A1 was the 74th season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to May and was contested by thirteen teams.
Format The regular season consists of 26 rounds, where the thirteen 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 and the team finishing 13th is relegated to Serie A2. If the 13th team is Club Italia Crai, the team finishing 12th is relegated.
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/AreaBanca Valsabbina Millenium BresciaPalaGeorge4,300MontichiariBosca San Bernardo CuneoPalaCastagnaretta4,700CuneoClub Italia CraiCentro Pavesi1,000Milanèpiù Pomì CasalmaggiorePalaRadi3,519CremonaIgor Gorgonzola NovaraPala Igor Gorgonzola4,000NovaraIl Bisonte FirenzeNelson Mandela Forum7,500FlorenceImoco Volley ConeglianoPalaVerde5,344VillorbaLardini FilottranoPalaBaldinelli3,500OsimoReale Mutua Fenera ChieriPalaFenera1,506ChieriSaugella Team MonzaOpiquad Arena4,500MonzaSavino Del Bene ScandicciPalazzetto dello Sport2,000ScandicciUnet E-Work Busto ArsizioE-Work Arena4,490Busto ArsizioZanetti BergamoPalaIntred2,600Bergamo
Regular season
League table
Results table
Fixtures and results All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00) on 27 October 2018 and CET (UTC+01:00) from 28 October 2018.
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).
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (8) Bosca San Bernardo Cuneo
Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 2–0.
(2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (7) Il Bisonte Firenze
Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–1.
(3) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (6) èpiù Pomì Casalmaggiore
Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.
(4) Saugella Team Monza vs. (5) Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio
Saugella Team Monza wins series, 2–1.
Semifinals
(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (4) Saugella Team Monza
Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–0.
(2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (3) Savino Del Bene Scandicci
Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 3–1.
Finals
(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–0.
Final standings
Imoco Volley ConeglianoIgor Gorgonzola NovaraSavino Del Bene ScandicciSaugella Team MonzaUnet E-Work Busto Arsizio
Marta Bechis, Robin de Kruijf, Elina Rodríguez, Raphaela Folie, Eleonora Fersino, Karsta Lowe, Monica De Gennaro, Anna Danesi, Samanta Fabris, Joanna Wołosz (C), Kimberly Hill, Valentina Tirozzi, Miriam Sylla, Gaia MorettoHead coachDaniele Santarelli
References
External links Official website