This season’s fight for the triumph in the regular season of the Italian Women’s Volleyball Championship was one of the most intense in many years.
Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano won the photo finish for the top seed in the 2021/22 Serie A regular season. ’The Panthers’ won the last-round (Round 26) match on the court of Volley Bergamo 1991 and claimed first place thanks to the better set-ratio in relation to 2nd-placed Igor Gorgonzola Novara (also successful tonight: 3-0 vs Reala Mutua Fenera Chieri). Both Imoco and Novara have 66 points, a 23-3 record, but Imoco’s set ratio is 3.17, while Novara’s is 2.87. Imoco’s result is worth the direct qualification to the next CEV Champions League and the home-court advantage throughout the entire playoffs.
Despite a defeat, Bergamo players saw themselves smiling at the end of the match, as they survived in the league thanks to Delta Despar Trentino’s failure against Vero Volley Monza (0-3).
2021/22 Serie A – regular season, Round 26:
Playoff quarter-final pairings
(1) Imoco – Il Bisonte (8)
(2) Novara – Cuneo (7)
(3) Monza – Chieri (6)
(4) Scandicci – Busto (5)