Serie A1 1979–80 (men's volleyball)

1979–80 Serie A1 was the thirty-fifth men's volleyball major Italian championship; it was won by Turin-based team Klippan, which won its second title in a row.

Format[]

Twelve contestants took part to a simple round-robin tournament, earning two points for each win. In the end, the final chart-leading team won the title, while bottom two teams were relegated in the lower division.^[1]

Teams[]

Team	City and Region	Venue	Seasons in major league	Map
Amaro Più Loreto[2]	Loreto, Marche		2	Torino Ravenna Falconara Loreto Modena Milano Pisa Parma Roma Catania Belluno Sassuolo 1979–80 Serie A1 team distribution
Edilcuoghi Sassuolo[3]	Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna	Palasport, Modena	4
Eldorado Roma[4]	Rome, Lazio	Palazzetto dello Sport	7
Grondplast Ravenna[5]	Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna	PalaCosta	13
Isea Falconara[6]	Falconara Marittima, Marche	Palasport	2
Klippan Torino[7]	Turin, Piedmont	PalaRuffini	8
Mazzei Pisa[8]	Pisa, Tuscany	PalaCUS	7
Panini Modena[9]	Modena, Emilia-Romagna	Palasport	12
Paoletti Catania[10]	Catania, Sicily	PalaSpedini	8
Polenghi Milano[11]	Milan, Lombardy	PalaLido	4
Sai Marcolin Belluno[12]	Belluno, Veneto	Palasport, Longarone	1
Veico Parma[13]	Parma, Emilia-Romagna	PalaRaschi	32

Key dates[]

• 14 November 1979: in the opening match of the season, Klippan Torino beat Grondplast Ravenna 3–1 at PalaRuffini; the other matches of the 1st round were played on Saturday 17 November.^[14] Klippan was the defending champion, while Sai Marcolin Belluno and Isea Falconara were the new-promoted teams.
• 11 December 1979: in Catania, Paoletti defeats Klippan 3–0 (15–6, 15–12, 15–11)^[15] and reaches the solitary top of the chart with a remarkable 6:0 score. Klippan (5:1) was sharing the second position along with Veico Parma (5:1), which lost its first match to Amaro Più Loreto (1–3) in the same day.^[16]
• 5 January 1980: Paoletti Catania broke its winning run losing 0–3 to Edilcuoghi Sassuolo (12–15, 3–15, 18–20);^[17] defeating Panini Modena, Veico Parma reached Paoletti on the top of the chart with an 8:1 score, while Klippan, which lost 1–3 to troubled Polenghi Milano, was third with 7:2.^[18]
• 16 January 1980: winning in Ravenna 3–1, Paoletti ended the first half of the season at first place of the league table (10:1). Veico, who lost its last two matches to Paoletti and Klippan (both 0–3) fell at third place (8:3), surpassed by Klippan (9:2).^[19]
• 2 February 1980: Paoletti lost 1–3 away to Mazzei Pisa and got caught by Klippan, which defeated Sai Marcolin Belluno 1–3. The score of the two teams was 12:2; Panini Modena and Veico Parma were sharing third place (10:4).^[20]
• 23 February 1980: in Turin, Klippan knocked off Paoletti 3–1 (15–4, 15–11, 6–15, 15–2) and remained alone on the top of the chart (15:2 vs. 14:3).^[21]
• 22 March 1980: beating Edilcuoghi Sassuolo 3–1 away (15–10, 15–4, 8–15, 15–2,^[22] match played in Modena^[23]), Klippan won the second title of its history, having six points of advantage than Paoletti Catania and Veico Parma, with only one match left to play.^[23] On March 19, in the final day, Klippan defeated even Veico, (13th win-in-a-row) and closed its tournament with a 20:2 score.^[24]

League table[]

Results[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• La Stampa, years 1979 and 1980.
• Grassia, Filippo; Palmigiano, Claudio (1986). Almanacco Illustrato del Volley 1987 [Illustrated Digest of Volleyball 1987] (in Italian) (1st ed.). Modena, Italy: Panini.

External links[]

• Official Lega Pallavolo Serie A Site