Cucine Lube Civitanova and Giampaolo Medei move forward together: the coach from the Marche region will remain at the helm of the Italian runners-up in the 2026/27 season.
In the last two seasons, Medei has left his mark on the team, winning the 2024/25 Del Monte® Coppa Italia, reaching two Scudetto finals, two CEV Champions League qualifiers, and the Super Cup Final Four. In 2025, Lube also came close to winning the Challenge Cup, only losing in the final to Wilfredo Leon’s Lublin.
After his two-year contract expired, the club has decided to continue its coaching project, building on a young and ambitious team, entrusted to a coach who grew up in the red and white world.
Medei worked in Lube’s youth academy from 1994 to 2001, winning the Junior League in 2000, before joining the first-team staff and gaining recognition as both assistant and head coach. Along the way, he also boasts successes abroad, in France, Turkey, and Poland, in addition to the Olympic silver medal he won with Italy in Rio 2016, as assistant to Chicco Blengini. Before returning to Civitanova in the summer of 2024, he won the Turkish championship with Ziraat Bankkart and the CEV Cup with Asseco Resovia.
Giampaolo Medei (head coach of Cucine Lube Civitanova):
“I’m very proud to spend another season at Lube, a special club for its history, its fans, and its ambitions. Over the past two years, we’ve helped many young players grow while remaining competitive at the highest level. Winning an Italian Cup, reaching the final stage of a European Cup, and two Scudetto Finals is an important milestone. We should be proud of having rekindled the emotional momentum of the red and white fans.
The show of strength that best symbolizes this change of direction is the great comeback we pulled off in Verona in Game 3 of the Scudetto Semifinals. We also did very well to overwhelm Perugia in Game 2 and Game 3 of the Finals.
The team has also grown significantly in terms of character. Our playing identity will remain the same, but we know we still have one final step to take. Perhaps we’ve been missing a true driving force, as so many have been in the past. I really appreciated that, along the way, all the players have put themselves to work. available to become leaders in different aspects of the game. This is why I continue to believe that technique, competitive quality, and widespread leadership are the foundations for achieving new goals.”
