The Under 18 team coached by Burattini qualified to the national finals, which will take place in Trapani. This makes it a hat trick for Trentino’s youngsters as the Under 14 and 20 had already completed the same achievement.

Burattini’s boys won their inter-regional group in Cordenons (near Prdenone), Italy, thanks to a hat-trick of 3-0 victories, over Bolzano (25-9, 25-13, 25-17), the hosts of Futura (25-15, 25-16, 25-12) and then Macerata. This lattest was the crucial one as Macerata was still unbeaten too. Thanks to good performances from setterAprea, middleblocker Valsecchi and the trio Lanza-Fedrizzi-Morelli, it swept them and made it to the national finals.

Casse Rurali Trentino Volley-Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-0
(25-21, 25-15, 25-23)

CASSE RURALI: Fedrizzi 10, Valsecchi 8, Aprea 2, Lanza 10, Coali 3, Morelli 18, Thei (L). N.e. Martinelli, Baratto, Condini, Bleggi, Andreatta and Gabbiani. Coach. Andrea Burattini.

LUBE BANCA MARCHE: Partenio, Boncompagni 2, Baldari 5, Sarpong 4, Gabriele 22, Ramadori 2, Pesaresi (L); Di Bello 2, Ferriozzi, Leoni, Diamantini and Tartaglione. Dnp. Biondi. Coach. Gianni Rosichini.