The circle is also tightening in Serie A2 Credem Banca in the fight for promotion after the Quarter Finals closed in just two rounds. The appointment with Game 1 of the Play Off Semifinals A2 Credem Banca is for Sunday 6 April, at 5:30 pm, the day of the first step in the two best-of-three series for the four contenders.
After the four eliminations in the Quarter Finals, interspersed with the Final lost against Taranto in 2020/21, in their sixth participation Gruppo Consoli Sferc Brescia finds the Semifinals thanks to the double success over Acicastello in the previous round, and receives the visit of Emma Villas Siena, who last year surrendered in the Final with Grottazzolina and now faces the Play Offs for the sixth time, still as a protagonist after the Final won in 2017/18 against Spoleto, preceded by the eliminations in the Quarter Finals and in the Semifinal, and followed by the stop in the Semifinal and the promotion almost missed in the past tournament. Two decisive victories against Ravenna in recent days, the last one at the end of a dramatic tie-break match.
At the same time, Tinet Prata from Pordenone will be on the field, a team directly admitted to the Semifinals as winner of the Regular Season and intent on going all the way after an elimination in the Round of 16 and two more recent ones in the Quarterfinals. On the road for the Friulians is MA Acqua S. Bernardo Cuneo, which is elbowing its way through the A2 Play Offs for the fifth time after an exit in the Round of 16, a stop in the Semifinal, the disappointment against Reggio Emilia in the 2021/22 Final and the path interrupted in the Quarterfinals of last edition against Porto Viro.
The rivalry between Tinet Prata di Pordenone and MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo is renewed for the eleventh time, with the Friulians ahead by 7 wins to 3 in the precedents. The two teams have never met so far in the Promotion Play Offs, while in the current season they have faced each other in the two Regular Season matches. Tinet prevailed: 3-1 privateer in Piedmont and a winning marathon at the tie-break in the return match at home.
Semifinals Game 1 – Play Off A2 Credem Banca
Domenica 6 aprile 2025, ore 17.30
Gruppo Consoli Sferc Brescia – Emma Villas Siena
Arbitri: Scotti Paolo, Armandola Cesare
Video Check: Bonzanni Andrea
Segnapunti: Eustacchio Andrea
Diretta VBTV
Domenica 6 aprile 2025, ore 17.30
Tinet Prata di Pordenone – MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo
Arbitri: Marconi Michele, Cruccolini Beatrice
Video Check: Cardoville Veronica
Segnapunti: Pivetta Silvia
Diretta VBTV
SERIE A2 CREDEM BANCA PLAY OFF – THE FORMULA
The top seven teams at the end of the Credem Banca Serie A2 Regular Season participate in the Play Offs: the first team directly accesses the Semifinals, while the teams classified from 2nd to 7th place play the Quarter Finals. All the Play Off series are the best of three challenges. The teams classified 13th and 14th at the end of the Regular Season are relegated. There will be no Play Outs. The series of Play Off Quarter Finals Serie A2 Credem Banca has a double value: the winning teams, in addition to qualifying for the Play Off Semi-finals, automatically access (together with the first placed team of the Regular Season) also the Del Monte® Coppa Italia Serie A2 Quarter Finals. The teams defeated in the Play Off Quarter Finals instead, start in the Coppa Italia from the Round of 16, together with the teams from 8th to 12th place. The pairing between the 4 winners of the Round of 16 and the 4 teams already qualified for the Quarter Finals will be drawn.
The dates:
Semi-finals: 6, 13 and 16 April 2025
Final: 20, 24, 27 April 2025
