Trento, 06 February 2019

Del Monte® Coppa Italia Final Four 2019: the six referees for the weekend in Emilia

Fipav has appointed the six referees for the three matches of Final Four of Del Monte® Coppa Italia 2019, which will take place this weekend at Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna). Only on Saturday morning we will know the couples for the single matches.
Here the records of the appointed referees:

STEFANO CESARE (from Rome): Officially a referee since 1999 and on the international scene since 2010. In Bologna he will referee his 12th seasonal match of SuperLega; he already met Itas Trentino during 2018/19, on occasion of the defeat 3-1 vs Perugia on 28th October and of the home victory 3-1 vs Modena on 16th December 2018. He already led the final of Coppa Italia 2013, played on 30th of December 2012 (Trento-Macerata 3-1) in Assago and the one in 2011 – competed on the 23th of January (Trento-Cuneo 0-3) in Verona. At Unipol Arena he refereed the semifinal of Coppa Italia Trento-Modena 3-2 on 28th of January 2017.

DOMINGA LOT (from Treviso): Officially a referee since 2010 and on the international scene since 2017. At Unipol Arena she will lead his 10th seasonal match of SuperLega; during 2017/18 she already met Itas Trentino on occasion of the semifinal of Supercoppa Italiana Perugia-Trento 0-3 on 6th October and of the two 3-0 at home vs Vibo Valentia (1th November) and Perugia (5th January).

ANDREA PUECHER (from Padova): Officially a referee since 2003 and on the international scene since 2013. In Bologna he will lead his 10th seasonal match of SuperLega; during 2018/19 he already met Diatec Trentino on occasion of the semifinal of Supercoppa Italiana Perugia-Trento 0-3 of 6th October and of the three home victories 3-0 vs Verona (18th November), Milano (12th December) and Perugia (5th January). In the past he conducted the final of Coppa Italia 2016, won by Modena in three sets vs Trento at the Forum in Assago (7th of February).

DANIELE RAPISARDA (from Udine): Officially a referee since 2002 and on the international scene since 2011. In Emilia he will referee his 9th seasonal match of SuperLega; during 2018/19 he has never met Itas Trentino, which he led on the 29th March 2018 (Trento-Perugia 3-1) for the last time. In the past he refereed the last appointments of Coppa Italia 2013, played in Assago on 30th December 2012 (Trento-Macerata 3-1), of the edition 2015 (Modena-Trento 3-1 in Bologna on 11th January), of the edition 2018 (Perugia-Civitanova 3-1 on 28th January) but also the semifinal of the edition 2017 (Trento-Modena 3-2 right in Bologna on 28th January).

SIMONE SANTI (from Città di Castello - Perugia): Officially a referee since 1994 and international FIVB since 2011. In Bologna he will referee his 11th seasonal match in SuperLega; during 2018/19 he already met Itas Trentino on occasion of the recent home success vs Castellana Grotte (3 of February) and the one on 18th November vs Verona. He has already led the final of Coppa Italia 2007, played in Milan on 4th of March (Roma-Treviso 0-3), 2009, competed in Forlì on the first of February (Macerata-Cuneo 3-1) and the one of the edition 2011, played on 19th February in Rome (Macerata-Trento 2-3).

ILARIA VAGNI (from Perugia): Officially a referee since 2003 and on the international scene since 2014. In Bologna she will referee her 9th seasonal match in SuperLega; during 2018/19 she met Itas Trentino on occasion of the successful away matches in Siena (3-1, 26th December) and Latina (3-0, 20th January).

At the Video Check there will be Eleonora Spartà (from Pavia) and Deborah Nannini (from Firenze).

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