Cuneo Granda Volley is an Italian professional women's

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club based in

Cuneo Cuneo (; ; ; ) is a city and in Piedmont, Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont, at the confluence of the ri ...

. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league.

Previous names

Due to sponsorship, the club has competed under the following names: * Granda Volley Cuneo Armando BreBanca (2003–2005) * Armando BreBanca Cuneo (2005–2009) * Armando Edilscavi Cuneo (2009–2012) * Cuneo Granda Volley (2012–2014) * BreBanca S.Bernardo Cuneo (2014–2017) * UBI Banca S.Bernardo Cuneo (2017–2018) * Bosca S.Bernardo Cuneo (2018–2022) * Cuneo Granda S.Bernardo (2022–2023) * Honda Olivero S.Bernardo Cuneo (2023–2024) * Honda Olivero Cuneo (2024–present)

History

Cuneo Granda Volley was founded in 2003 and started playing in Serie C of the Italian league. In 2005 the club was promoted to Serie B2 where it played until 2009. Then a few seasons in the lower division Serie C followed before Cuneo Granda Volley was promoted to Serie B2 again in 2014. In the following season Cuneo Granda Volley finished in second place in the regular season in pool A of Serie B2. While the club was eliminated in the promotion playoffs it was still promoted to Serie B1 due to

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. In its first season (2015–2016) of Serie B1 Cuneo Granda Volley finished the regular season in third place in pool A, but failed to reach the promotion spot in the playoffs. The following season (2016–2017) Cuneo Granda Volley again finished the regular season in third place and this time the club won the playoffs and was promoted to Serie A2. In its debut season (2017–2018) in Serie A2 the club finished in second place in the regular season, but in the promotion playoffs it was eliminated in the semifinals by Chieri '76. However, by acquiring the rights to play in Serie A1 from

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the club was still able to advance to the top league the following season. In the 2023–2024 season of Serie A1, Cuneo Granda Volley finished the regular season as the 13th ranked team and was relegated. Determined to stay in the top league, the club chose to acquire the rights to play in Serie A1 from

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. As of 2024, Cuneo Granda Volley's best result in Serie A1 is a seventh place in the regular season ( 2020–2021 and 2021–2022) and the quarterfinals of the championship playoffs.

Team

The following is the roster for the 2024–2025 season.''

References

External links

Official website
{{Italian women volleyball league Italian women's volleyball clubs Serie A1 (women's volleyball) clubs Volleyball clubs established in 2003 2003 establishments in Italy Sport in Cuneo