Serie A1 (italian roller hockey) explained

Serie A1
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Sport:Roller Hockey
Administrator:FISR
Country:Italy
Confed:WSE
Teams:14
Level:Level 1
Champion:GSH Trissino (3rd title)
Champ Season:2022–23
Most Champs:Hockey Novara (32 titles)
Relegation:Serie A2
Domestic Cup:Coppa Italia
Supercoppa
Confed Cup:European League
WS Europe Cup
Tv:Rai Sport
Website:Serie A1
Current Season:2023–24 Serie A1

The main Italian clubs competition is the Serie A1 (english Serie A1 italian roller). It contains 14 teams.

History

The italian championship was formed in 1922 by the first teams who subscribed to the newborn italian federation FIPR (Federazione Italiana Pattinaggio a Rotelle).

After 3 years the teams attending the national championship were divided into two different federations and none of them controlled by the fascist regime so that the national team wasn't representing nor being nominated by the regime.

The CONI's President Lando Ferretti decided to close both federations acting a forced merging of skating and hockey teams into the new FIPR supervising the programmed developing of the roller skating sport in Italy.

The "italian championship" turned into "National Division", new denomination adopted from 1928 to 1942. Season 1942 had been last played one before the Allied forces entered Italy during WW2.

At the end of the war the championship had been reestablished on a national basis changing the name and adopting Serie A as commonly used for the football national championship.

In 1982 the Serie A and Serie B teams decided to developing both championships by nominating a new organization in order to directly run press information and championship fixtures. This organization took same italian basketball name and purposes copying part of the name: Lega Nazionale Hockey Pista. Offices were settled in Monza up to season 1986-1987. At the beginning of season 1987-1988 offices moved to Milan just to find a closer location suitable to air and railway main transport stations. The board of direction opted for the Stazione Centrale, in Via Ponte Seveso, just 100 meters away the railway station.

The board decided to change "Serie A" and "Serie B" into "Serie A1" and "Serie A2", leaving "Serie B" for the lower inter regional championships - the former "Serie C".

Serie A1 and Serie A2 are still the names of the top italian championships, but the "Lega Nazionale Hockey Pista" is no more organizing them because FIHP decided to close the milanese offices in 2018.

Competition format

Regular season

The first stage (stagione regolare) is played as a regular league with each of the 14 teams playing each other home and away. A win is worth 3 points and a draw one. The last three teams are relegated to the Serie A2.

Play-out

The 11th and 12th placed teams face two teams from the Serie A2 in a best-out-of-3 series. The winners remain in the top league.

Championship play-off

The first eight placed teams of the regular season fight for the championship in an elimination format in a best-out-of-3 series. The final is played in a best-out-of-5 format with the winner claiming the national championship.

Teams

TeamLocationArena
AFP GiovinazzoGiovinazzoPalaPansini
Amatori LodiLodiPalaCastellotti
BassanoBassano del GrappaPalaUbroker
BreganzeBreganzePalaFerrarin
FollonicaFollonicaPista Armeni
Forte dei MarmiForte dei MarmiPalaForte
GrossetoGrossetoPista Mario Parri
HRC MonzaMonzaPalaRovagnati di Biassono
MontebelloMontebello VicentinoPalazzetto dello sport
SandrigoSandrigoPalasport di Sandrigo
SarzanaSarzanaPista Vecchio Mercato
TrissinoTrissinoPalaDante
ValdagnoValdagnoPalaLido
VercelliVercelliPalaPregnolato

Champions

YearWinner
1922HC Polese
1923HC Sempione
1924HC Sempione (2)
1925US Triestina
1926US Triestina (2)
1927US Triestina (3)
1928US Triestina (4)
1929US Triestina (5)
1930Hockey Novara
1931Hockey Novara (2)
1932Hockey Novara (3)
1933Hockey Novara (4)
1934Hockey Novara (5)
1935Milan SHC
1936Hockey Novara (6)
1937Pubblico Impiego Trieste (6)
1938Pubblico Impiego Trieste (7)
1939Pubblico Impiego Trieste (8)
1940Pubblico Impiego Trieste (9)
1941Pubblico Impiego Trieste (10)
1942Pubblico Impiego Trieste (11)
1943not held
1944
1945US Triestina (12)
1946Hockey Novara (7)
1947Hockey Novara (8)
1948Edera Trieste
1949Hockey Novara (9)
1950Hockey Novara (10)
1951Hockey Monza
1952US Triestina (13)
1953Hockey Monza (2)
1954US Triestina (14)
1955US Triestina (15)
1956Hockey Monza (3)
YearWinner
1957Amatori Modena
1958Hockey Novara (11)
1959Hockey Novara (12)
1960Amatori Modena (2)
1961Hockey Monza (4)
1962US Triestina (16)
1963US Triestina (17)
1964US Triestina (18)
1965Hockey Monza (5)
1966Hockey Monza (6)
1967US Triestina (19)
1968Hockey Monza (7)
1969Hockey Novara (13)
1970Hockey Novara (14)
1971Hockey Novara (15)
1972Hockey Novara (16)
1973Hockey Novara (17)
1974Hockey Novara (18)
1975Hockey Novara (19)
1976Hockey Breganze
1977Hockey Novara (20)
1978GSH Trissino
1979Hockey Breganze (2)
1979–80AFP Giovinazzo
1980–81Amatori Lodi
1981–82Reggiana Hockey
1982–83Amatori Vercelli
1983–84Amatori Vercelli (2)
1984–85Hockey Novara (21)
1985–86Amatori Vercelli (3)
1986–87Hockey Novara (22)
1987–88Hockey Novara (23)
1988–89Roller Monza
1989–90Roller Monza (2)
1990–91Seregno Hockey
1991–92Roller Monza (3)
1992–93Hockey Novara (24)
1996–97Hockey Novara (27)
YearWinner
1993–94Hockey Novara (25)
1994–95Hockey Novara (26)
1995–96Roller Monza (4)
1997–98Hockey Novara (28)
1998–99Hockey Novara (29)
1999–00Hockey Novara (30)
2000–01Hockey Novara (31)
2001–02Hockey Novara (32)
2002–03Primavera Prato
2003–04Bassano Hockey 54
2004–05Follonica Hockey
2005–06Follonica Hockey (2)
2006–07Follonica Hockey (3)
2007–08Follonica Hockey (4)
2008–09Bassano Hockey 54 (2)
2009–10Hockey Valdagno
2010–11CGC Viareggio
2011–12Hockey Valdagno (2)
2012–13Hockey Valdagno (3)
2013–14Forte dei Marmi
2014–15Forte dei Marmi (2)
2015–16Forte dei Marmi (3)
2016–17Amatori Lodi (2)
2017–18Amatori Lodi (3)
2018–19Forte dei Marmi (4)
2019–20Abandoned (COVID-19
pandemic in Europe)
2020–21Amatori Lodi (4)
2021–22GSH Trissino (2)
2022–23GSH Trissino (3)

Wins by team

TeamYear
32Hockey Novara1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
19US Triestina/DPI Trieste1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
7Hockey Monza1951, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968
4Roller Monza1989, 1990, 1992, 1996
Follonica2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Forte dei Marmi2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Amatori Lodi1981, 2017, 2018, 2021
3GSH Trissino1978, 2022, 2023
Amatori Vercelli1983, 1984, 1986
Valdagno2010, 2012, 2013
2HC Sempione1923, 1924
Amatori Modena1957, 1960
Breganze1976, 1979
Bassano 542004, 2009
1HC Polese
Milan SHC
Edera Trieste
AFP Giovinazzo
Reggiana Hockey
Seregno Hockey
Primavera Prato
CGC Viareggio
1922
1935
1948
1978
1980
1982
1991
2003
2011

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