Trento, 16 April 2018

The thirteenth decisive match in the Play Off Scudetto for Trentino Volley

Simone Giannelli was the mvp of game 4 (ph. Trabalza)

The yellow-blues will have a day off before starting their training at BLM Group Arena again to prepare for the fifth and crucial match of Semi-finals Play Off Scudetto UnipolSai 2018 against Sir Safety Conad at PalaEvangelisti. The trainings for the match that will take place on Thursday the 19th of April at 08.30 pm (live broadcast on RAI Sport + HD and Radio Dolomiti) will include two days of hard work.
The tie-breaker match - that decides who win after a number of straight up elimination matches – is a tradition for Trentino Volley during the Play Off Scudetto. In the space of sixteen seasons, in which it took part in the post season phase, the team of Via Trener has already played twelve matches which were similar to that of Thursday and it won eight out of six matches: two against Modena (Season 2005/06, 3-2 at PalaPanini in game 3 gaining the qualification to the semi-finals and Season 2010/11, 3-1 at PalaTrento in game 5 gaining the qualification to the final that it won against Cuneo), two against Piacenza (two matches that bring to the win of the championship : 3-0 at PalaTrento in game 3 of the finals 2008 and 3-2 at PalaTrento in game 5 of the finals 2013), one against Molfetta (3-1 at PalaTrento in the quarter-finals 2016), one against Verona (3-0 at PalaTrento in the quarter-finals of the current Play Off) and two against Perugia (winning during the tie-breaker match at PalaTrento in game 3 of semi-finals 2015 and winning three sets in game 5 of semi-finals 2017). This kind of matches, played on the rivals’ field, seems to have different results: just one victory (against Modena in 2006) out of four opportunities. The most common result is the tie break indeed the fifth set helped Trentino Volley to win six out of twelve tie-breaker matches faced.

Below the details of the tie-breaker matches of Play Off Scudetto played by Diatec Trentino in its history:
Season 2002/03
Quarter-finals, game 5 – 19th April 2003: Kerakoll Modena-Itas Diatec Trentino 3-2
Season 2004/05
Quarter-finals, game 5 – 18th April 2005: Copra Piacenza-Itas Diatec Trentino 3-0
Season 2005/06
Quarter-finals, game 3 – 19th April 2006: Cimone Modena-Itas Diatec Trentino 2-3
Season 2006/07
Quarter-finals, game 3 – 22th April 2007: Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo-Itas Diatec Trentino 3-2
Season 2007/08
Finale, game 3 – 7th May 2008: Itas Diatec Trentino-Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 3-0
Season 2008/09
Finale, game 5 – 17th May 2009: Itas Diatec Trentino-Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 2-3
Season 2010/11
Semifinale, game 5 – 8th May 2011: Itas Diatec Trentino-Casa Modena 3-1
Season 2012/13
Finale, game 5 – 12th May 2013: Itas Diatec Trentino-Copra 3-2
Season 2014/15
Semifinale, game 3 – 1st May 2015: Diatec Trentino-Sir Safety Perugia 3-2
Season 2015/16
Quarter-finals, game 5 – 3rd April 2016: Diatec Trentino-Exprivia Molfetta 3-1
Season 2016/17
Semifinale, game 5 – 22nd April 2017: Diatec Trentino-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 3-0
Season 2017/18
Quarter-finals, game 3 – 24th March 2018: Diatec Trentino-Calzedonia Verona 3-0

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