Trentino finish third and set up a duel with Civitanova in the quarterfinals

The SuperLega Credem Banca concluded its regular season on Wednesday, filling up the final spots in the playoff brackets ahead of the start of the postseason.

Defending champions Itas Trentino came out on top in the three-team race for third place and are set to face Cucine Lube Civitanova, which finished sixth, in the quarterfinal round in a rematch of last season's Finals.

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Another duel confirmed on Wednesday will have fourth-placed Valsa Group Modena facing fifth-placed Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza. The remaining matchups, which had been determined before the final leg, will have first-placed Sir Susa Scai Perugia meeting eighth-placed Vero Volley Monza and second-placed Rana Verona playing seventh-placed Allianz Milano.

Set to start on March 8, the quarterfinals will be held in a best-of-five series. Teams that finished in the top four spots in the regular season get to play matches one, three and five (if needed) at home.

Ninth-placed Sonepar Padova, tenth-placed Cisterna Volley and 11th-placed MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo will get to play in the playoffs to determine the positions from fifth to 11th, which will begin after the conclusion of the quarterfinals. Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina finished 12th and will be relegated to the second division in 2026-2027.

Trentino needed to earn all three points against Cisterna on Wednesday to claim third place and got the job done with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-15) victory. With that, they got to 47 points and ended ahead of Modena due to their higher set ratio.

French Olympic champion opposite Théo Faure led the team with 15 points (13 kills, one block, one ace) and earned the match's MVP award.

"We're happy that we managed to finish third," middle blocker Flavio Gualberto said. "The goal was to finish the regular season strong, and this performance also helps us get to the Supercup Final Four in good shape."

Modena upset Verona

Modena may have lost the race for third-place to Trentino, but ended the regular season on a high after delivering a strong 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 26-24, 25-21) victory over second-placed Verona.

Outside hitters Luca Porro (15 points) and Uladzislau Davyskiba (13) and opposite Paul Buchegger (13) carried the team's offense in the victory.

Another upset on the last day of the regular season had Padova getting a reverse sweep against Piacenza to prevail 3-2 (16-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-13).

The best team in the regular season, Perugia ended their campaign in good form, beating Grottazzolina 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-14) to get to 58 points.

The last day of regular-season matches also had Civitanova beating Monza 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-21) and Milano topping Cuneo also 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-18).

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Before the start of the playoffs on March 8, Perugia, Verona, Trentino and Civitanova will compete in the Supercup Final Four on February 28 and March 1, in Trieste.

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