2020–21 Italian Women's Volleyball League Explained

2020–21 Italian Women's Serie A1
League:	Italian Women's Volleyball League
Sport:	Volleyball
Duration:	19 September 2020 – 20 April 2021
No Of Teams:	13
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Top Scorer:	Camilla Mingardi
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Finals Runner-Up:	Igor Gorgonzola Novara
Finals Mvp:	Paola Egonu
Seasonslistnames:	Italian Women's Volleyball League
Prevseason Link:	2019–20 Italian Women's Volleyball League
Prevseason Year:	2019–20
Nextseason Link:	2021–22 Italian Women's Volleyball League
Nextseason Year:	2021–22

The 2020–21 Serie A1 was the 76th season of the highest professional Italian Women's Volleyball League. The season took place from September to April and was contested by thirteen teams.

Format

The regular season consists of 26 rounds, where the thirteen participating teams play each other twice (once home and once away). At the completion of the regular season, the twelve best teams advance to the playoffs and the team finishing in 13th is relegated to Serie A2.^[1]

The standings criteria are:^[2]

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

Club	Venue	Capacity	City/Area	width=40% rowspan=14
Banca Valsabbina Millenium Brescia	PalaGeorge	4,300	Montichiari
Bartoccini Fortinfissi Perugia	PalaEvangelisti	4,000	Perugia
Bosca S.Bernardo Cuneo	PalaCastagnaretta	4,700	Cuneo
Delta Despar Trentino	PalaSanbapolis	500	Trento
Igor Gorgonzola Novara	PalaTerdoppio	5,000	Novara
Il Bisonte Firenze	Nelson Mandela Forum	7,500	Florence
Imoco Volley Conegliano	PalaVerde	5,134	Villorba
Saugella Monza	PalaIper	4,500	Monza
Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri	PalaMaddalene	1,200	Chieri
Savino Del Bene Scandicci	Palazzetto dello Sport	2,000	Scandicci
Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio	PalaYamamay	5,000	Busto Arsizio
Vbc Èpiù Casalmaggiore	PalaRadi	2,918	Cremona
Zanetti Bergamo	PalaNorda	2,250	Bergamo

Regular season

Fixtures and results

All times are local, CEST between 19 September and 24 October 2020 and CET from 25 October.

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

Playoffs

Round of 16

(8) Delta Despar Trentino vs. (9) Il Bisonte Firenze

Il Bisonte Firenze wins series, 2–0.

(5) Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. (12) Zanetti Bergamo

Savino Del Bene Scandicci wins series, 2–0.

(7) Bosca S.Bernardo Cuneo vs. (10) Bartoccini Fortinfissi Perugia

Bartoccini Fortinfissi Perugia wins series, 2–0.

(6) Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri vs. (11) Vbc Èpiù Casalmaggiore

Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri wins series, 2–0.

Quarterfinals

(3) Saugella Monza vs. (6) Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri

Saugella Monza wins series, 2–1.

Semifinals

(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (5) Savino Del Bene Scandicci

Imoco Volley Conegliano wins series, 2–0.

(2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs. (3) Saugella Monza

Igor Gorgonzola Novara wins series, 2–0.

Finals

(1) Imoco Volley Conegliano vs. (2) Igor Gorgonzola Novara