Simone Giannelli during the SuperLega UnipolSai 2016/17 Presentation
ph. Torcivia
Roma, September 19th 2016
This afternoon in the prestigious Sala d’Onore of CONI in Roma was officially presented the 72° Volleyball Championship Serie A UnipolSai. The event of Volleyball League Serie A was suggestive with film and musical clips of the Championship epopee. Between those who didn’t want to miss this event, there were a lot of members of Trentino Volley leading President Mosna and also the National team with Oleg Antonov, Simone Giannelli and Filippo Lanza. During the evening the chief executive Massimo Righi announced four principal news:
“The abolishment of technical time out, a new improved software for Video Check System, which will be present in SuperLega and Serie A2 UnipolSai, web tv of Sportube, this year in a pay version, with Lega Volley Channel able to cover all Serie A, and the introduction of Lorenzo Dallari as second speaker since Del Monte® Supercoppa”.
President of CONI Giovanni Malagò did the honors and remembered the course of Volleyball as protagonist in the last Olympic Games: “The Italian sport is strong and well-known all over the world and Volleyball is our pride. We are proud to share it and tell it because as people say abroad Italy is the nation of Volleyball. It is played everywhere and this is the strength of the most beautiful Championship of the World”.
Also the President of Lega Volley Paola De Micheli spoke:“ From supporter I’ve became President of this extraordinary world and I want to give to Volleyball what it has given to my life. I’ve started to visit the Sports Clubs and in a few weeks I will visit all the Serie A Societies. I want to thank coach GianLorenzo Blengini, the boys, the Federation, but also the presidents’ teams and the sponsors. Thanks to all of them the championship has grown. Now we want to raise the Olympic testimony and take it all over Italy”.
Immediately President of Fipav Carlo Magri answered: “ The Federation and Lega Volley are united and will always be so in the interest of everyone. Like Malagò also said, Italy is know as a Volleyball world. We are at the beginning of a new championship that will be very open and will take us very close to the World Championship of 2018 in Italy and Bulgaria”.
There will be a lot of news linked to the new season, like SuperLega with 14 teams, but also a guarantee, the partnership with UnipolSai, synonym of volley at a high level, like Responsabile Comunicazione Esterna and Corporate Image UnipolSai Gianmaria Restelli remembered: “ It is a happy relationship. This has been an evening with synergy and we want to keep doing our part”.
Lastly the National team reunited on the stage and received an award and President Malagò received a Volleyball ball autographed by the biggest players of Italvolley.
Setted aside the opening of the First Division Championships, Del Monte® Supercoppa will be the first to begin at PalaPanin with Azimut Modena, Diatec Trentino, Cucine Lube Civitanova and Sir Safety Conad Perugia. Therefore SuperLega UnipolSai will start from Sunday October 2nd followed seven days after by Serie A2 UnipolSai.
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