Trento, 24 April 2025

Playoffs: in the Final the showdown with Lube is renewed as in 2012, 2017, 2023

Cucine Lube Civitanova will be the opponent of Itas Trentino in the Scudetto SuperLega Credem Banca 2025 Playoff Final series, which kicks off on Sunday and will be played over five matches.
The team from Marche secured its place in the Playoff Final tonight by winning Game 5 of the semifinals at Perugia's home court. This sets up a clash between the first and third-ranked teams from the 2024/25 regular season.
Thanks to its higher ranking, Itas Trentino will play Game 1, Game 3, and a potential Game 5 at the ilT Quotidiano Arena, in front of its home crowd.

Dates and times of the confirmed matches for the 2025 Scudetto Playoff Final series:
Game 1: Sunday, April 27, 18:30 (at ilT Quotidiano Arena)
Game 2: Thursday, May 1, 18:15 (at Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova Marche)
Game 3: Sunday, May 4, 15:20 (at ilT Quotidiano Arena)
Possible Game 4: Wednesday, May 7, 20:30 (at Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova Marche)
Possible Game 5: Sunday, May 11, 18:00 (at ilT Quotidiano Arena)

The 2025 SuperLega Credem Banca Scudetto Playoff Final will feature, for the fourth time in history, the clash between Trentino Volley and Lube Volley. Their previous encounters in the Scudetto Final were: 2012: Lube won in a tie-break at the V-Day event in Assago. 2017: Lube secured the title in a best-of-five series. 2023: Trentino triumphed in Game 5.
Beyond the Scudetto Playoff Finals, the two clubs have faced off in four semifinals (2010, 2019, 2021, and 2022), with Trentino winning only the first one. Their rivalry has extended to three Italian Cup Finals (2012, 2013, and 2017) and three Supercup Finals (2009, 2012, and 2013).
With 103 official matches played between them, Cucine Lube Civitanova is Trentino Volley’s most frequent opponent in history.

Trentino Volley’s statistical record in matches played against Cucine Lube:
Total official matches played: 103 (42 in Trento, 17 in Macerata, 26 in Civitanova, 18 in neutral venues)
Victories: 47 (26 in Trento, 9 in Macerata, 4 in Civitanova, 8 in neutral venues); Breakdown: 16 wins by 3-0, 16 wins by 3-1, 15 wins by 3-2
Defeats: 56 (16 in Trento, 8 in Macerata, 22 in Civitanova, 10 in neutral venues); Breakdown: 16 losses by 0-3, 17 losses by 1-3, 23 losses by 2-3
Sets: 191 won, 217 lost
Previous Scudetto Playoff encounters: 26 matches. Trento: 10 victories (5 at PalaTrento); Civitanova: 16 victories (9 in the Marche region)

This season's head-to-head results between Itas Trentino and Cucine Lube Civitanova:
December 1 – SuperLega regular season (first leg): Cucine Lube Civitanova def. Itas Trentino 3-1 (25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-23)
December 14 – Club World Championship, semifinal: Trentino Itas def. Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25-20, 28-26, 25-19)
January 25 – Italian Cup, semifinal: Cucine Lube Civitanova def. Itas Trentino 3-2 (26-24, 24-26, 14-25, 25-22, 13-15)
February 22 – SuperLega regular season (return leg): Itas Trentino def. Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19)

2009/10 Season – Playoff Semifinals:
April 18, 2010 – Game 1: Itas Diatec Trentino def. Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22)
April 21, 2010 – Game 2: Itas Diatec Trentino def. Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-2 (17-25, 25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 10-15)
April 25, 2010 – Game 3: Lube Banca Marche Macerata def. Itas Diatec Trentino 3-0 (21-25, 23-25, 23-25)
April 28, 2010 – Game 4: Itas Diatec Trentino def. Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-2 (26-28, 29-27, 25-17, 23-25, 11-15)
2011/12 Season
April 22, 2012 – Single Final Match (V-Day in Assago): Itas Diatec Trentino vs. Lube Banca Marche Macerata 2-3 (25-19, 25-12, 22-25, 18-25, 20-22)
2016/17 Season
April 25, 2017 – Final Match 1: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Diatec Trentino 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-17)
May 4, 2017 – Final Match 2: Diatec Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3 (31-33, 25-22, 24-26, 30-28, 7-15)
May 7, 2017 – Final Match 3: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Diatec Trentino 3-1 (28-26, 25-20, 18-25, 25-14)
2018/19 Season
April 16, 2019 – Semifinal Match 1: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3 (25-20, 23-25, 25-19, 26-28, 19-21)
April 19, 2019 – Semifinal Match 2: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 3-1 (16-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-13)
April 22, 2019 – Semifinal Match 3: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-2 (23-25, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23, 16-14)
April 25, 2019 – Semifinal Match 4: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 31-29)
2020/21 Season
March 28, 2021 – Semifinal Match 1: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 2-3 (25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 24-26, 12-15)
April 1, 2021 – Semifinal Match 2: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 0-3 (23-25, 23-25, 17-25)
April 4, 2021 – Semifinal Match 3: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 3-1 (25-27, 25-22, 25-17, 25-21)
April 8, 2021 – Semifinal Match 4: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 0-3 (19-25, 23-25, 23-25)
2021/22 Season
April 14, 2022 – Semifinal Match 1: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 0-3 (26-28, 20-25, 23-25)
April 18, 2022 – Semifinal Match 2: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-23)
April 21, 2022 – Semifinal Match 3: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-17)
April 24,2022 – Semifinal Match 4: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (19-25, 29-27, 22-25, 22-25)
April 27, 2022 – Semifinal Match 5: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 3-2 (27-29, 25-21, 21-25, 25-15, 15-11)
2022/23 Season
May 1, 2023 – Final Match 1: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17)
May 4, 2023 – Final Match 2: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 3-2 (25-21, 25-15, 19-25, 23-25, 17-15)
May 7, 2023 – Final Match 3: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-16)
May 12, 2023 – Final Match 4: Cucine Lube Civitanova vs. Itas Trentino 3-1 (25-18, 27-25, 20-25, 25-16)
May 17, 2023 – Final Match 5: Itas Trentino vs. Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-19)

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