Serie A1 (water polo)
Sport | Water polo |
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Founded | 1912 |
No. of teams | 13 |
Country | Italy |
Confederation | LEN (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | AN Brescia (2nd title) |
Most titles | Pro Recco (33 titles) |
TV partner(s) | Rai Sport |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Serie A2 |
International cup(s) | LEN Champions League LEN Euro Cup |
Official website | federnuoto.it |
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The Serie A1 di pallanuoto maschile is the premier division of the Italian water polo male national championship. First held in 1912, it is currently contested by twelve teams. Pro Recco is the Serie A1's most successful club with 32 titles since 1959, followed by CN Posillipo with eleven.[1]
Current teams[]
The following 13 clubs compete in the Serie A1 during the 2020–21 season:
Team | Home city | Pool | Colours |
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AN Brescia | Brescia | Centro Natatorio Mompiano | |
Florentia | Florence | Piscina Goffredo Nannini | |
Rome | Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto | ||
San Donato Milanese | Centro Sportivo Saini (Milan) | ||
Ortigia | Syracuse | Piscina Paolo Caldarella | |
Posillipo | Naples | Piscina Felipe Scandone | |
Pro Recco | Recco | Piscina Punta Sant'Anna | |
Quinto | Genoa | Stadio del Nuoto di Albaro | |
Rome | Piscina dei "Mosaici" | ||
Salerno | Piscina Simone Vitale | ||
Savona | Savona | Piscina Carlo Zanelli | |
Palermo | Piscina olimpionica comunale | ||
Trieste | Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi" |
Previous winners[]
- 1912:
Genoa
- 1913:
Genoa (2)
- 1914:
Genoa (3)
- 1915-18 – Not held due to World War I
- 1919:
Genoa (4)
- 1920:
- 1921:
- 1922:
(2)
- 1923:
- 1924 – Not played
- 1925:
(3)
- 1926:
(4)
- 1927:
(5)
- 1928:
(6)
- 1929:
Triestina
- 1930:
(7)
- 1931:
(8)
- 1932: (2)
- 1933:
Rari Nantes Florentia
- 1934:
Rari Nantes Florentia (2)
- 1935:
Rari Nantes Camogli
- 1936:
Rari Nantes Florentia (3)
- 1937:
Rari Nantes Florentia (4)
- 1938:
Rari Nantes Florentia (5)
- 1939:
- 1940:
Rari Nantes Florentia (6)
- 1941: (2)
- 1942: (3)
- 1943-45 – Not held due to World War II
- 1946:
Rari Nantes Camogli (2)
- 1947:
- 1948:
Rari Nantes Florentia (7)
- 1949: (4)
- 1950: (5)
- 1951: Canottieri Napoli
- 1952:
Rari Nantes Camogli (3)
- 1953:
Rari Nantes Camogli (4)
- 1954:
- 1955:
Rari Nantes Camogli (5)
- 1956:
- 1957:
Rari Nantes Camogli (6)
- 1958: Canottieri Napoli (2)
- 1959:
Pro Recco
- 1960:
Pro Recco (2)
- 1961:
Pro Recco (3)
- 1962:
Pro Recco (4)
- 1963: Canottieri Napoli (3)
- 1964:
Pro Recco (5)
- 1965:
Pro Recco (6)
- 1966:
Pro Recco (7)
- 1967:
Pro Recco (8)
- 1968:
Pro Recco (9)
- 1969:
Pro Recco (10)
- 1970:
Pro Recco (11)
- 1971:
Pro Recco (12)
- 1972:
Pro Recco (13)
- 1973: Canottieri Napoli (4)
- 1974:
Pro Recco (14)
- 1975: Canottieri Napoli (5)
- 1976: Florentia (8)
- 1977: Canottieri Napoli (6)
- 1978:
Pro Recco (15)
- 1979: Canottieri Napoli (7)
- 1980: Florentia (9)
- 1981: Bogliasco
- 1982:
Pro Recco (16)
- 1983:
Pro Recco (17)
- :
Pro Recco (18)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (2)
- : Pescara
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (3)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (4)
- : Canottieri Napoli (8)
- : Savona
- : Savona (2)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (5)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (6)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (7)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (8)
- : Pescara (2)
- : Pescara (3)
- : (2)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (9)
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (10)
- :
Pro Recco (19)
- :
Leonessa
- :
Circolo Nautico Posillipo (11)
- : Savona (3)
- :
Pro Recco (20)
- :
Pro Recco (21)
- :
Pro Recco (22)
- 2008–09:
Pro Recco (23)
- 2009–10:
Pro Recco (24)
- 2010–11:
Pro Recco (25)
- 2011–12:
Pro Recco (26)
- 2012–13:
Pro Recco (27)
- 2013–14:
Pro Recco (28)
- 2014–15:
Pro Recco (29)
- 2015–16:
Pro Recco (30)
- 2016–17:
Pro Recco (31)
- 2017–18:
Pro Recco (32)
- 2018–19:
Pro Recco (33)
- 2019–20 – not assigned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- :
AN Brescia (2)
- :
Notes[]
- 1915–18: Cancelled due to war.
- 1924: Not played.
- 1943–45: Cancelled due to war.
- 2019–20: Suspended and then permanently interrupted for the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Performances[]
Performance by club[]
The teams in Bold play in the 2015-16 season of Serie A1.
The teams in Italics no longer exist.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning years |
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1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931 | |||
Canottieri Napoli | , , , , , , , | |||
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1935, , , , , | |||
1939, 1941, , , | ||||
Genoa | 1912, 1913, 1914, 1919 | |||
Pescara | , , | |||
Savona | , , | |||
1920, 1932 | ||||
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1923 | ||||
Triestina | 1929 | |||
Bogliasco | ||||
Brescia | ||||
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138th Legion | – | |||
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32nd Legion | – | |||
SC Italia | – |
- The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2014-15 season of the Italian League.
Regions[]
The following table lists the Italian water polo champions by regions of Italy.
No. | Region (Regione) | Titles | Winning Clubs |
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Liguria | Pro Recco (33) (8) Camogli (6) Genoa (4) Savona (3) (1) Bogliasco (1) | ||
Campania | Posillipo (11) Canottieri Napoli (8) (5) | ||
Tuscany | (9) | ||
Lombardy | (2) (1) Brescia (2) | ||
Abruzzo | Pescara (3) | ||
Lazio | (2) (1) | ||
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Triestina (1) |
- The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2014-15 season of the Italian League.
Italian clubs in European competitions[]
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LEN Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) | |||||||||||||
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C | RU | SF | C | RU | SF | C | RU | SF | |||||||
Pro Recco | 9 | 1965, , 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021 |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Posillipo | 3 | 1997, 1998, 2005 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | , 2003 | 1 | ||||
Canottieri Napoli | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Pescara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | , , | 1 | ||||||
Savona | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | , 2011, | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
AN Brescia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | , , | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Florentia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Arenzano | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Volturno | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Acquachiara | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||||||
– | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
References[]
- ^ List of champions in sport123.com
- ^ "Stop a campionati di A1, A2 e B. Scudetti non assegnati". federnuoto.it. federnuoto.it. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
External links[]
- Italian Water Polo Federaration (in Italian)
- Serie A1 at waterpoloworld.com (in English)
Categories:
- Water polo leagues in Europe
- Water polo competitions in Italy
- Professional sports leagues in Italy
- National championships in Italy