The 2021–22 Serie A1 was the 77th season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from October to May and was contested by fourteen teams.
Format The regular season consists of 26 rounds, where the fourteen participating teams play each other twice (once home and once away). At the completion of the regular season, the eight best teams advance to the championship playoffs and the teams finishing 13th and 14th are relegated to Serie A2.
The standings criteria: highest number of result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss); highest number of matches won; highest set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost); highest points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points conceded).
Teams ClubVenueCapacityCity/AreaAcqua & Sapone Roma Volley ClubPalaLottomatica11,200RomeBartoccini Fortinfissi PerugiaPalaBarton4,000PerugiaBosca S.Bernardo CuneoPalaCastagnaretta4,700CuneoDelta Despar TrentinoIl T Quotidiano Arena4,000TrentoIgor Gorgonzola NovaraPala Igor Gorgonzola5,000NovaraIl Bisonte FirenzePalaWanny5,000FlorenceMegabox Ondulati Del Savio VallefogliaPalaCarneroli1,612UrbinoProsecco Doc Imoco Volley ConeglianoPalaVerde5,344VillorbaReale Mutua Fenera ChieriPalaFenera1,506ChieriSavino Del Bene ScandicciPalazzetto dello Sport2,000ScandicciUnet E-Work Busto ArsizioE-Work Arena4,490Busto ArsizioVbc Trasporti Pesanti CasalmaggiorePalaRadi3,519CremonaVero Volley MonzaOpiquad Arena4,500MonzaVolley Bergamo 1991PalaIntred2,250Bergamo
Regular season
League table
Results table
Fixtures and results All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00) between 9 October and 30 October 2021, CET (UTC+01:00) between 31 October 2021 and 26 March 2022 and CEST (UTC+02:00) from 27 March 2022.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Championship playoffs All times are local, CEST (UTC+02:00).
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (8) Il Bisonte Firenze
Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 2–0.
(2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (7) Bosca S.Bernardo Cuneo
Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–1.
(3) Vero Volley Monza vs. (6) Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri
Vero Volley Monza wins series, 2–0.
(4) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (5) Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio
Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.
Semifinals
(1) Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (4) Savino Del Bene Scandicci
Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 2–0.
(2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (3) Vero Volley Monza
Vero Volley Monza wins series, 2–1.
Finals
(1) Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (3) Vero Volley Monza
Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 3–1.
Final standings
Prosecco Doc Imoco ConeglianoVero Volley MonzaIgor Gorgonzola NovaraSavino Del Bene ScandicciUnet E-Work Busto ArsizioReale Mutua Fenera Chieri
Lara Caravello, Kathryn Plummer, Megan Courtney, Božana Butigan, Robin de Kruijf, Raphaela Folie, Loveth Omoruyi, Monica De Gennaro, Hristina Vuchkova, Giorgia Frosini, Giulia Gennari, Joanna Wołosz (C), Miriam Sylla, Paola Egonu, Sarah FahrHead coachDaniele Santarelli
References
External links Official website