The 2025–26 Serie A1 was the 81st season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to April 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-Mc Restauri PerugiaPalaBarton4,000PerugiaBergamoPalaFacchetti2,880TreviglioCbf Balducci Hr MacerataPalaFontescodella2,100MacerataEurotek Laica UybaE-Work Arena4,490Busto ArsizioHonda Cuneo Granda VolleyPalaCastagnaretta4,700CuneoIgor Gorgonzola NovaraPala Igor Gorgonzola4,000NovaraIl Bisonte FirenzePalaWanny3,500FlorenceMegabox Ondulati Del Savio VallefogliaPalaMegabox2,001PesaroNumia Vero Volley MilanoAllianz Cloud Arena5,309MilanOmag-Mt San Giovanni in MarignanoPalaCervia2,000CerviaProsecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco ConeglianoPalaVerde5,344VillorbaReale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76PalaFenera1,506ChieriSavino Del Bene ScandicciPalaWanny3,500FlorenceWash4Green Monviso VolleyPala Bus Company1,500Pinerolo
Regular season
League table
Results table
Fixtures and results All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00) between 6 October and 25 October 2025 and CET (UTC+01:00) from 26 October 2025.
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, CET (UTC+01:00) between 1 March and 28 March 2026 and CEST (UTC+02:00) from 29 March 2026. The losers of the quarterfinals are moved to the Challenge playoffs.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Con. vs. (8) Eurotek Laica Uyba
Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Con. wins series, 2–0.
(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (7) Bergamo
Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.
(3) Numia Vero Volley Milano vs. (6) Megabox Ond. Savio Vallefoglia
Numia Vero Volley Milano wins series, 2–0.
(4) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (5) Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76
Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–0.
Semifinals
(1) Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Con. vs. (4) Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Con. wins series, 3–0.
(2) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (3) Numia Vero Volley Milano
Numia Vero Volley Milano wins series, 3–1.
Finals
(1) Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Con. vs. (3) Numia Vero Volley Milano
Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Con. wins series, 3–1.
Challenge playoffs All times are local, CET (UTC+01:00) between 28 February and 28 March 2026 and CEST (UTC+02:00) from 29 March 2026.
Pool phase
Pool A
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Pool B
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Challenge final
Final standings
Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco ConeglianoNumia Vero Volley MilanoSavino Del Bene ScandicciIgor Gorgonzola NovaraReale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76
Gabriela Guimarães, Zhu Ting, Serena Scognamillo, Jenna Ewert, Marina Lubian, Monica De Gennaro, Isabelle Haak, Matilde Munarini, Joanna Wołosz (C), Merit Adigwe, Nika Daalderop, Cristina Chirichella, Sarah Fahr, Fatoumatta SillahHead coachDaniele Santarelli
Note
References
External links Official website