Bologna, July 20th 2017
The calendar of the 73rd Championship of Serie A1 SuperLega UnipolSai (season 2017/18) has been defined this morning in Bologna, at the end of three days of 2017 Volley Market organized by Legavolley.
Diatec Trentino will start its path at PalaTrento on Sunday October 15th against Milano, as it happened during season 2002/03; the first away match is scheduled on October 22nd in Padova; the remake of Play Off Championship final and 2017 Coppa Italia against Civitanova will take place during the fifth day in Marche and it will be the first match against one of the big teams. The others: against Verona the next day (sixth), against Perugia on the seventh day and against Modena on the tenth.
The dates: the absolute debut will be in 2017 Supercoppa Italiana, which for the second edition in a raw will use the Final Four formula, that will be played on Saturday October 7th and Sunday 8th at Eurosuole Forum of Civitanova Marche. Diatec Trentino will play against Perugia in the semifinal . Regular season will develop in five months between October 15th and March 4th (last day). There will be six midweek rounds scheduled on: October 25th (third day), November 1st (fifth day), January 4th (fifteenth day), January 10th (seventeenth day), February 7th (twentieth day) and February 21st (twenty-fourth day); during Christmas it will be also played on Boxing day (on Tuesday December 26th, a home match against Monza) and the second to last day of the year (on Saturday December 30th in Milan). The 2018 edition of Coppa Italia, will change again its formula involving all the fourteenth teams subscribed to SuperLega, included directly on a tennis board according to the last regular season ranking. As a second ranked team, Diatec Trentino will play only in the quarter (only home match on October 18th at PalaTrento), skipping the sixteenth and eight finals and facing the winner of the Monza-Latina match. Final Four will be played between Saturday January 27th and Sunday 28th.
The first eight teams ranked will enter the Play Off Championship at the end of regular season, that will face each other in the quarter finals ( the best of three matches); semi-finals and finals will foresee five matches. They will start on Sunday March 11th with match 1 of quarter finals and will end on Sunday May 6th (possible date of match 5).
Here follows, in detail, Diatec Trentino’s path in regular season, on his eighteenth consecutive presence in the highest category, the forth named SuperLega UnipolSai. In brackets the home and the away rounds.
1st day – (October 15th 2017 – December 30th 2017)
Diatec Trentino-Revivre Milano
2nd day – (October 22nd 2017 – January 4th 2018)
Kioene Padova-Diatec Trentino
3rd day – (October 25th 2017 – January 7th 2018)
Bunge Ravenna-Diatec Trentino
4th day – (October 29th 2017 – January 10th 2018)
Diatec Trentino-BCC Castellana Grotte
5th day – (November 1st 2017 – January 14th 2018)
Cucine Lube Civitanova-Diatec Trentino
6th day – (November 5th 2017 – January 21st 2018)
Diatec Trentino-Calzedonia Verona
7th day – (November 12th 2017 – February 4th 2018)
Sir Safety Conad Perugia-Diatec Trentino
8th day – (November 19th 2017 – February 7th 2018)
Diatec Trentino-Taiwan Excellence Latina
9th day – (November 26th 2017 – February 11th 2018)
Lpr Piacenza-Diatec Trentino
10th day – (December 3rd 2017 – February 18th 2018)
Diatec Trentino-Azimut Modena
11th day – (December 10th 2017 – February 21st 2018)
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia-Diatec Trentino
12th day – (December 17th 2017 – February 25th 2018)
Biosì Sora-Diatec Trentino
13th day – (December 26th 2017 – March 4th 2018)
Diatec Trentino-Gi Group Monza
You can find the entire calendar of all the matches of Championship (day by day) on the website of Lega Pallavolo Serie A, www.legavolley.it.
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