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Club Italia (women's volleyball)

Club Italia (women's volleyball)

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Club Italia is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Rome which currently plays in the Serie B1.

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Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:

  • Club Italia (1998–2016)
  • Club Italia Crai (2016–2022)
  • Club Italia (2022–present)

History

The team was founded in 1998 by then Italian federation sports director Julio Velasco, in order to develop the skills of younger players in a competitive league rather than in youth leagues. The team is directly controlled by the Italian Volleyball Federation, which is entitled to put the best younger scouted players in the team. After a lot of seasons in the lower leagues of Serie B1 and Serie B2, Club Italia was automatically promoted by the Italian Federation into Serie A2 (2nd tier) in 2014 and then into Serie A1 (first tier) in 2015, avoiding relegation in its first season. Over the next two seasons, Anna Danesi, Paola Egonu, Ofelia Malinov and Alessia Orro have been called up to the Italian national team while playing for Club Italia.[1][2] At the conclusion of the 2016–17 season, the club was relegated to Serie A2.[3] The club returned to the Serie A1 in the 2018–19 season.[4]

Squad

Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Storia". FIPAV (in Italian). Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Ecco il nuovo Club Italia CRAI!". Lega Pallavolo Femminile (in Italian). 21 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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    "Il Club Italia CRAI lotta fino in fondo contro Monza". Lega Pallavolo Femminile (in Italian). 25 March 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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    "Ecco il roster del Club Italia Crai 2018–2019". Lega Pallavolo Femminile (in Italian). 27 July 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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    "Club Italia Crai Squad". Lega Pallavolo Femminile (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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    "Club Italia Crai A1 femminile » Atlete". FIPAV (in Italian). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Club Italia Crai 2016-17 Squad". Lega Pallavolo Femminile (in Italian). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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