The Italian giants will meet for a third-straight season in Trieste
Published 08:00, 17 Oct 2025
The Supercoppa will have another duel between superstars Paola Egonu and Gabi (Photo: LVF)
The first trophy of the 2025-2026 Italian women's volleyball season will be in play this weekend, when Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano and Numia Vero Volley Milano meet for the third-straight time in the Supercoppa Italiana Fineco.
The heavyweights will clash on Saturday, at 17:30 local time (15:30 GMT), at the Pala Trieste, in Trieste, in the traditional duel involving the most successful teams of the previous seasons.
As Conegliano won both the Lega Femminile and the Coppa Italia, Milano, which ranked second in the domestic cup, earned the right to challenge them in this year's Supercoppa. With that, the teams will clash for the title for a third-straight season - the Panthers won on both occasions.
Conegliano, are, in fact, the team with the most Supercoppa victories, having triumphed in the event in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, accumulating eight titles. Milano will be looking for their first triumph.
The match will reunite six of the 14 players who helped Italy win their second World Championship title last month, with libero Monica De Gennaro and middle blocker Sarah Fahr playing for Conegliano and opposite Paola Egonu, middle blockers Anna Danesi and Benedetta Sartori and libero Eleonora Fersino representing Milano.
There will also be international stars on both sides, with Brazilian outside hitter Gabriela 'Gabi' Guimarães, Swedish opposite Isabelle Haak and Polish setter Joanna Wołosz trying to help Conegliano keep its supremacy and Russian opposite Vita Akimova, American outside hitter Khalia Lanier and Serbian middle blocker Hena Kurtagić strengthening Milano's push for their first title.
Conegliano and Milano have established themselves as the top teams in Italian women's volleyball in the last four years. They have met in ten finals since then - four in the Coppa Italia, two in the Lega Femminile and the Supercoppa and one in each of the European Champions League and the Courmayeur Cup - and the Panthers won all of them.
The defending champions will enter the court on Saturday in the middle of a massive winning streak against their rivals, which saw them win every duel held since May 2023, accumulating 16 consecutive victories in official matches. The teams have met 41 times in Italian domestic tournaments, and Conegliano have won 36 times.
While Conegliano and Milano fight for the Supercoppa title on Saturday, all other 12 teams competing in the Lega Femminile get on the court on Sunday for the fourth leg of the regular season.
Lega Volley Femminile - Match Schedule & Results
Bergamo and Igor Gorgonzola Novara will be the first to play, meeting at 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT). Four duels will start at 17:00 (15:00 GMT) - Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76 vs. Eurotek Laica UYBA Busto Arsizio, Wash4Green Monviso Volley vs. Honda Cuneo Granda Volley, Savino Del Bene Scandicci vs. Il Bisonte Firenze and Megabox Ondulati Savio Vallefoglia vs. Omag-Mt San Giovanni In Marignano.
The schedule will be completed at 18:00 (16:00 GMT), when CBF Balducci HR Macerata and Bartoccini-MC Restauri Perugia get on the court.
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