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Trento, April 6th, 2015

The last day of the regular season 2014/15 has defined the final classification and related matching of the quarterfinals of the playoffs for Super League championship of UnipolSai.
This complete picture of the tournament will be divided over three matches starting from Sunday, April 12th.

(1st) ENERGY TI Diatec Trentino vs. Exprivia Neldiritto Molfetta (8th)
(4th) Sir Safety Perugia vs. Calzedonia Verona (5th)
(2nd) Parmareggio Modena vs. CMC Ravenna (7th)
(3rd) Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia vs.Top Volley Latina (6th)

This is the final complete program, and the quarter-final will cover the ENERGY TI Diatec Trentino for their commitments in 2015 CEV Cup, which will begin to play three days after the other teams:

Match 1: Wednesday, April 15th, at 8.30pm in PalaTrento-(excluding season-ticket holders)
Match 2: Sunday, April 19th, at 6pm at PalaPoli Molfetta
Possible Match 3: Wednesday, April 22nd, at 8.30pm at PalaTrento-(excluding season-ticket holders)

In the first round of the playoffs comes Molfetta team which is an entirely new challenger for the championship with Trentino Volley in the post season. The pugliesi first appearance in the main draw have entered  the quarter-finals after only two seasons in the top division.
On April 15th, the yellow-blues team will participate in the 13th out of 15th seasons in the league playoffs. In the twelve previous occasions, in seven circumstances Diatec Trentino was able to overcome the quarter-final in the 2005/06 season, defeating Modena 2-1, in the 2007/08 again with Modena 2-0, and in 2008/09 when they overcame Vibo in three games (3-0), in the 2009/10, when they had the best of Verona in three games (3-0), in 2010/11 when they regulated San Giustino (3- 0), in the 2011/12 when they won the Gironcino three of the Easter weekend at PalaTrento against Rome and the same San Giustino (Dual 3-0) in the 2012/13 when they had the best of Vibo Valentia in two actual matches (3 for the series that started with 1-0). In all other cases, only defeats in the first round, against Modena (2002/03 and 2013/14, 5 games out of 2), Perugia (in 4 games after winning the regular season), Piacenza (in 2004/05 5 games) and Cuneo (2006/07, in 3 games). If you exclude the bitter and short adventure of last season which was eliminated in two matches with Modena, Trentino Volley has always won at least one game in every playoffs in which they took part in; in nine cases out of twelve in the first match held: it happened at home with Perugia 3-2 in 2004, in Piacenza 3-1 in 2005, 3-2 in 2007 in Cuneo, at PalaTrento against Modena (3-0) in 2008, always at home games with Vibo (3-2) in 2009, with Verona (3-0) in 2010, against San Giustino in 2011, in 2012 (3-0 at PalaTrento) and Vibo Valentia in 2013.

This is the detailed Trentino Volley statistical matches played against Molfetta:

Official matches Played: 4 (2 at PalaTrento, 2 at PalaPoli).
Wins: 3 (2 at PalaTrento, 1 at PalaPoli); 3 3-0.
Losses: 1 (1 at PalaPoli); 1 to 2-3.
Set: 11 won and lost three.
Previous Champions in the playoffs: none.
In regular season 2014/15: ENERGY TI Diatec Trentino-Exprivia Molfetta 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-19 ) October 29th, 2014 and Exprivia Molfetta vs. ENERGY TI Diatec Trentino 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 22-20) on January 25th  2015.

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