Alan Nine
The latest Volleyball.it coverage from the last 24 hours was driven by a clear split between national-team preparation, league administration and domestic market movement. Late in the day, the focus turned to the expanding player pools around Italy’s youth and second national teams. Earlier, the men’s professional leagues reached an important registration checkpoint, several clubs refined their 2026-27 rosters, and Imoco Conegliano opened the public phase of its new season-ticket campaign.
National Teams
The most recent updates came from the federation pathway. In Camigliatello Silano, Italy’s men’s National B team was called back together for a preparation stage from June 26 to July 2 ahead of the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, scheduled from August 21 to September 3. Technical director Vincenzo Fanizza will work with a squad drawn from SuperLega, Serie A2 and Serie A3, including names such as Damiano Catania, Federico Crosato, Francesco D'Amico, Alessandro Fanizza, Jacopo Tosti and Nicolò Mapelli. The camp confirms that the summer international schedule is already reshaping club-to-country transitions beyond the senior VNL groups.
Shortly before that announcement, the Italy Under 22 women also received an update from training camp in Darfo Boario Terme. Head coach Gaetano Gagliardi added Merit Chinenyenwa Adigwe and Linda Manfredini from June 25, expanding the roster in the final stretch before the Under 22 Women’s European Championship in The Hague from July 7 to 12. Earlier in the day, the Italy Under 18 women closed their series of friendlies against Poland with a third straight win. After the opening success, the azzurrine added a 3-1 result on June 21 and a 3-2 win on June 22, with Legrenzi scoring 17 points in the final match. That set of results sends the team toward the Under 18 European Championship in Riga and Vilnius with momentum.
League Administration
The other major checkpoint of the day came from Bologna, where the deadline passed for applications to the 2026-27 SuperLega, Serie A2 and Serie A3 Credem Banca championships. Lega Pallavolo Serie A received 47 applications, with the documentation now under review by the admissions commission. Only Volley Sassuolo and PAG Taviano, both promoted from Serie B and still involved in the last act of the playoffs, remain outside the first count and have until June 26 to complete the process.
The headline inside that report was stability at the top of the pyramid: all clubs entitled to compete in SuperLega and Serie A2 filed correctly, for a total of 12 top-flight clubs and 14 in A2. The commission must finish its work by July 3, when the final list of admitted clubs will be sent to FIPAV and the league board. The same article also noted structural movement lower down the system, including title transfers involving New Volley Gioia del Colle and Luck Volley Palmi, Belluno’s admission request as reserve club after Prisma Volley Taranto stepped away, and a formal Serie A3 repechage request from Terni Volley Academy.
Italian Transfer News
The transfer market remained active throughout the afternoon. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza moved to reinforce its technical plan after the Efe Mandiraci case, bringing in American outside hitter Cooper Robinson. The 2002-born player had already signed with ZAKSA coached by Andrea Giani, but Piacenza succeeded in redirecting him to SuperLega. The source report framed the signing as a direct corrective measure to avoid leaving head coach Dante Boninfante short in a sensitive roster phase. Robinson arrives after a season in Japan with the Hiroshima Thunders.
Elsewhere in the domestic market, Futura Volley Giovani completed its setter department with the arrival of Natasha Spinello. The 1998-born playmaker, developed at Volleyrò, returns to an A2 context after recent seasons in B1 with Vicenza, where she also served as captain. In southern Italy, PanBiscò Leonessa Altamura added Czech outside hitter Eva Svobodová, a 29-year-old coming off four seasons in France and a league-leading 502 points with Bordeaux. Volleyball.it presented that move as a statement addition for a club seeking international weight and proven attacking output.
Club Life
The day’s business-side headline came from Conegliano, where Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano launched its 2026-27 season-ticket campaign. The package covers every home match at the Palaverde, including domestic league games, Coppa Italia, Champions League and any eventual playoff matches. The renewal window for 2025-26 subscribers opens on June 24 and runs through July 3, while free sale starts on September 1. Prices range from 220 euros in Curva Sud to 1000 euros for the central premium sectors, with reduced rates for former subscribers and under-18 supporters in selected areas.
Taken together, the June 23 agenda showed Volleyball.it moving across every layer of the sport: national-team construction, the formal architecture of the professional leagues, targeted roster corrections in the market, and a major club already positioning itself for another long season in front of a full home crowd.
