Alan Nine
Men's VNL
OTTAWA - Italy collected its second win of the opening VNL 2026 week in Canada by beating Turkey 3-0 in Pool 1, with set scores of 29-27, 25-14 and 25-20. The match turned on the closing stages of the first set, when the azzurri came through a long deuce battle and then never let the contest slip back into balance.
Coach Ferdinando De Giorgi started with Paolo Porro and Alessandro Bovolenta on the diagonal, Giovanni Gargiulo and Giovanni Sanguinetti in the middle, plus Mattia Bottolo and Francesco Sani on the wings. Sani finished as Italy’s top scorer with 16 points, while Sanguinetti added 8. The final Ottawa appointment is scheduled for 00:00 Italian time on Monday June 15 against the United States at The Arena at TD Place, with live coverage on DAZN and VBTV.
Women's VNL
MILAN - Italy’s senior women left for the Philippines to begin week two of the Volleyball Nations League 2026, travelling from Malpensa to Manila via Hong Kong before settling in Pasig City. The next phase could weigh heavily in the race for the Finals: Julio Velasco’s side opens on Wednesday June 17 against the Czech Republic, then faces Serbia on June 18, the United States on June 20 and Japan on June 21.
The 14-player squad for Pasig City is led by captain Carlotta Cambi and includes, among others, Francesca Scola, Ekaterina Antropova, Sarah Fahr, Linda Nwakalor, Merit Adigwe and Eleonora Fersino. At the same time, Italy’s National B team will hold a training camp at the Centro Pavesi in Milan from June 15 to June 19 under coach Carlo Parisi.
Beach Volley
ALANYA - Samuele Cottafava and Gianluca Dal Corso climbed onto the podium at the Beach Pro Tour Challenge in Turkey, closing the event in third place. In the bronze-medal match the Italians beat Brazil’s Adelmo/Mateus in three sets, 21-16, 17-21, 15-10.
The Italian pair reached the medal match after topping Pool B, then beating Argentina’s Amieva/Bueno in the round of 16 and Switzerland’s Friedli/Jordan in the quarterfinals. Their only defeat came in the semifinal. The same event also saw Manuel Alfieri and Alex Ranghieri finish tied for fifth, while Marco Viscovich and Davide Borraccino came through qualification before exiting in the pool phase.
Italian Transfer News
The domestic market again supplied the biggest volume of news. Sonepar Padova announced Iranian opposite Amir Mohammad Golzadeh, a 2003-born player arriving after his experience with Grottazzolina and already carrying an Under 21 world title on his resume. Cisterna Volley, meanwhile, completed another piece of its roster with outside hitter Lorenzo Magliano, a 21-year-old from Portoviro who said he chose the project over a more convenient SuperLega option and highlighted the importance of rejoining coach Daniele Morato. Before the season begins, Magliano is also due to play the Under 22 European Championship in Portugal after the recent senior B-team stage in Cosenza.
Conad Volley Tricolore confirmed Czech outside hitter Martin Chevalier for the next Serie A2 Credem Banca season after his role in the campaign that brought Reggio Emilia back up to A2. Farther south, Domotek Volley added middle blocker Daniele Buzzi, a Genoa-born 2000 player who developed with Colombo Genova, played two A2 seasons at Synergy Mondovì and spent the last three campaigns in A3 with Avimecc Modica.
On the women’s side, Trasporti Bressan Offanengo used director general Stefano Condina to frame its next A2 season after a market that brought in eight new players, two confirmations and two returns. Condina described a squad built with youth and experience, stressed the importance of weekly improvement, and pointed to continuity of results as a key objective in a single-round competition that will also feature four relegations. The current roster includes setters Emma Magnabosco and Sara Cakovic, opposite Veronica Taborelli, hitters Jessica Joly, Arianna Visentin, Chiara Costagli and Giulia Resmini, middles Silene Martinelli, Benedetta Campagnolo and Sara Pedrolli, plus liberos Alice Feduzzi and Camilla Riccardi.
