After enjoying successful debuts in the CEV Champions League during the week, Italian giants Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano, Savino Del Bene Scandicci, Numia Vero Volley Milano and Igor Gorgonzola Novara return to the 2025-2026 Lega Femminile Serie A1 Tigotà over the weekend.

All ranked inside the top five in the Italian League, the teams will be in action between Saturday and Sunday, when the matches of the 12th leg of the first round of the regular season will be held in the country.

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Currently in fifth place in the Lega Femminile with 23 points (eight wins, three losses), Novara started their Champions League campaign on the road against Poland's PGE Budowlani Łódź on Tuesday and triumphed in four sets. They will be the first to get on the court on the weekend, playing again on the road against ninth-placed Honda Cuneo Granda Volley on Saturday, at 15:30 local time (14:30 UTC).

Italian league leaders Conegliano will also return to action in the Italian League on Saturday, visiting 12th-placed Bartoccini-MC Restauri Perugia at 20:30 (19:30 UTC) - they have 37 points with an undefeated campaign of 13 victories. The Panthers had a little bit of a scare at the start of their Champions League title defense on Tuesday, coming back to beat Türkiye's Zeren Spor Kulübü in the tie-breaker at home.

Milano, on the other hand, were dominant in their first match in the continental tournament, handling Greek side Olympiakos Piraeus in straight sets in front of their home fans on Wednesday. The third-best-ranked team in the Lega Femminile, with 26 points (eight wins, four losses), they will be at home again on Sunday, when they welcome sixth-placed Eurotek Laica UYBA Busto Arsizio at 17:00 (16:00 UTC).

Scandicci were the last ones among the Italian teams to debut in the Champions League, taking down Romania's CSM Volei Alba-Blaj in Firenze on Thursday. Second in the Italian League with 31 points (11 wins, two losses), they will now have two full days of rest before facing 11th-placed CBF Balducci HR Macerata on the road Sunday, at 17:00 (16:00 UTC).

Fifth-placed Reale Mutua Chieri '76 were also in action in a European tournament this week, having defeated Hungary's Vasas Óbuda on the road in the first leg of their CEV Cup Round of 32 duel on Thursday. In the Italian League, the team is set to travel to visit 14th-placed Omag-Mt San Giovanni In Marignano on Sunday, at 17:00 (16:00 UTC).

The only Italian defeat in European competition this week came with Megabox Ondulati Del Savio Vallefoglia dropping their Challenge Cup first-leg Round of 16 match to AEK Athens on the road in Greece on Tuesday. Ranked eighth in the Italian League, they will try to recover on the road against 13th-placed Wash4Green Monviso Volley on Sunday, at 15:30 (14:30 UTC).

Lega Volley Femminile - Match Schedule & Results

The seventh and last Italian League match of the weekend will have seventh-placed Il Bisonte Firenze playing tenth-placed Bergamo on Sunday, at 17:00 (16:00 UTC).

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