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
Ravenna
Falconara
Loreto
Milano
Pisa
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

[25]

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Klippan Torino 40 20 2 61 15 4.067 1063 657 1.618
2 Paoletti Catania 34 17 5 56 23 2.435 1071 895 1.197
3 Panini Modena 30 15 7 53 27 1.963 1057 922 1.146
4 Veico Parma 30 15 7 50 36 1.389 1112 981 1.134
5 Amaro Più Loreto 26 13 9 45 34 1.324 1052 903 1.165
6 Edilcuoghi Sassuolo 26 13 9 50 40 1.250 1135 1054 1.077
7 Mazzei Pisa 22 11 11 39 43 0.907 957 1050 0.911
8 Polenghi Milano 16 8 14 37 52 0.712 1059 1138 0.931
9 Eldorado Roma 16 8 14 34 51 0.667 967 1137 0.850
10 Grondplast Ravenna 12 6 16 32 54 0.593 964 1134 0.850
11 Sai Marcolin Belluno 6 3 19 22 60 0.367 864 1121 0.771
12 Isea Falconara 6 3 19 15 60 0.250 710 1061 0.669

Legend:

  •   1979–80 Champion
  •   Relegated in Serie A2

Results

[25]

Home\AwayTORCATMODPARLORSASPISMILROMRAVBELFAL
Klippan Torino |3–0|3–1|3–1|3–0|3–1|3–1|3–0|3–0|3–1|3–0|3–0
Paoletti Catania 3–0||3–0|3–0|3–0|3–1|3–0|3–0|3–0|3–0|3–0|3–0
Panini Modena 1–3|2–3||2–3|3–1|3–0|3–0|3–1|3–0|3–0|3–0|3–0
Veico Parma 0–3|3–1|3–1||3–0|1–3|3–1|3–0|3–1|3–2|3–0|3–0
Amaro Più Loreto 0–3|1–3|3–1|3–1||3–2|3–0|3–1|3–0|3–0|3–0|3–0
Edilcuoghi Sassuolo 1–3|3–0|0–3|2–3|3–1||3–0|3–1|3–2|3–2|3–1|3–0
Mazzei Pisa 0–3|3–1|0–3|1–3|3–1|3–2||3–2|2–3|3–2|3–0|3–0
Polenghi Milano 3–1|3–2|1–3|3–2|3–2|0–3|2–3||2–3|1–3|3–2|3–0
Eldorado Roma 0–3|2–3|2–3|0–3|0–3|2–3|0–3|3–0||3–2|3–0|3–0
Grondplast Ravenna 0–3|1–3|0–3|2–3|1–3|3–2|3–1|0–3|0–3||3–0|3–0
Sai Marcolin Belluno 1–3|2–3|1–3|2–3|0–3|2–3|0–3|3–2|2–3|3–1||3–0
Isea Falconara 0–3|1–3|0–3|3–0|1–3|1–3|0–3|1–3|3–1|2–3|3–2|

References

  1. ↑ Formula campionato
  2. ↑ Profile: Amaro Più Loreto
  3. ↑ Profile: Edilcuoghi Sassuolo
  4. ↑ Profile: Eldorado Roma
  5. ↑ Profile: Grondplast Ravenna
  6. ↑ Profile: Isea Falconara
  7. ↑ Profile: Klippan Torino
  8. ↑ Profile: Mazzei Pisa
  9. ↑ Profile: Panini Modena
  10. ↑ Profile: Paoletti Catania
  11. ↑ Profile: Polenghi Milano
  12. ↑ Profile: Sai Marcolin Belluno
  13. ↑ Profile: Veico Parma
  14. ↑ Rino Cacioppo. «La Klippan parte lunedì per l'Albania», from La Stampa, 17 November 1979, 263/1979, p. 25
  15. ↑ Report of the match Paoletti-Klippan
  16. ↑ Report of day 6
  17. ↑ Report of the match Edilcuoghi-Paoletti
  18. ↑ Report of day 9
  19. ↑ Report of day 11
  20. ↑ Report of day 11
  21. ↑ Report of the match Klippan-Paoletti
  22. ↑ Report of the match Edilcuoghi-Klippan
  23. 1 2 Rino Cacioppo. «Scudetto per la Klippan europea», from La Stampa, 23 March 1980, 66/1980, p. 21
  24. ↑ Report of the match Klippan-Veico
  25. 1 2 Grassia, Filippo; Palmigiano, Claudio (1986). Almanacco Illustrato del Volley 1987 [Illustrated Digest of Volleyball 1987] (in Italian) (1st ed.). Modena, Italy: Panini Group. p. 58.

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.
Preceded by
1978–79		 Serie A1 Succeeded by
1980–81
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