The two splendid days of Italian cup competition ended with Cuneo’s 3-0 triumph over Trentino. Over 5500 fans filled the stands of the PalaOlimpia in the event organised by the Italian Volleyball League Serie A, in collaboration with the Verona Provincial Committee.
This is Cuneo’s fifth cup victory (96, 99, 02, 06) just a year after its defeat in the final against that same Trentino. MVP Nikola Grbic lifted the cup for the third time after the ones in 1999 with Cuneo and 2000 with Treviso.
Earlier in the afternoon, there was another big clash in the A2 Cup final. Santa Croce dominated Ravenna and won the competition for the second time (1995) as Vincenzo Tamburo was named MVP.
Besides, Rai, Eurosport, Al Jazeera Sport and Global Match in streaming of Bwin.Com, as well as Espn Brazil, made sure the television coverage was exceptional.
Serie A1 Sustenium on Thursday
Fixtures and refs
Round 2
Thursday 27 January at 8.30pm
M. Roma Volley – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia Diretta Rai Sport 1
Diretta streaming su http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Sampaolo-Pasquali)
Sisley Treviso – Casa Modena
(Zucca-Santi)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Yoga Forlì
(Gini-Ravallese)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza
(Pol-Ippoliti)
Andreoli Latina – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte
(Satanassi-Gnani)
Copra Morpho Piacenza – Marmi Lanza Verona
(Boris-Cesare)
Itas Diatec Trentino – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino
(Tanasi-Padoan)
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 41, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 33, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 32, Sisley Treviso 26, Casa Modena 23, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 23, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 22, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 20, M. Roma Volley 19, Copra Morpho Piacenza 17, Marmi Lanza Verona 17, Andreoli Latina 14, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 4, Yoga Forlì 3
Serie A2 Sustenium
Fixtures and refs
Round 19
Sunday 30 January at 11.30am
Club Italia Aeronautica Militare Roma – Volley Segrate 1978 Live on Sportitalia 2
(Pristerà-Stancati)
Sunday 30 January at 6pm
Sir Safety Perugia – Eurogroup Gela
(Turtù-Montanari)
Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna – Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello
(Carrara-Simbari)
NGM Mobile S.Croce – Geotec Isernia
(Venturi-Cardaci)
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Pallavolo Pineto
(Oranelli-Bellini)
Carige Genova – Phyto Performance Padova
(Pignataro-Andreoni)
Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia – Canadiens Mantova
(Zavater-Bertoletti)
Energy Resources Carilo Loreto – CheBanca! Milano
(Costantini-Zingoni)
League table
Phyto Performance Padova 47, Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna 46, NGM Mobile S.Croce 35, Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora 34, CheBanca! Milano 32, Carige Genova 32, Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 31, Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello 31, Eurogroup Gela 26, Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 25, Volley Segrate 1978 25, Geotec Isernia 20, Canadiens Mantova 19, Sir Safety Perugia 16, Pallavolo Pineto 9, Club Italia Aeronautica Militare Roma 4.
