LJ Volley, known as Liu Jo Modena, was an Italian women's

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

club based in

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. It played in the Serie A1 from its creation in 2013 until its dissolution in 2016.

History

The club was established when fashion company

Liu·Jo Liu Jo (stylized as LIU•JO) is an Italian high fashion company founded by Marchi brothers in 1995 in Carpi, Italy. As of 2022 the company has 160 stores in Italy and another 200 located primarily in Europe. History Liu Jo was born as a small ...

decided to create a volleyball club based in

and in May 2013, the company acquired a Serie A1 licence from Gruppo Sportivo Oratorio Villa Cortese. The club was officially unveiled in

Carpi (Modena) Carpi (; ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' of about 71,000 inhabitants in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna. It is a busy centre for industrial and craft activities and for cultural and commercial exchanges. History The name "Carpi" is der ...

on 28 May 2013 under the name . The project goal was to bring women's volleyball back to Modena, which has a long tradition in the sport, by creating a professional club and supporting a local club focussed on youth teams. After the club's third season, in May 2016, an agreement between the club and Nordmeccanica Piacenza was announced, following LJ Volley decision to ceased its volleyball operations. In the agreement River Volley acquired LJ Volley assets (players and rights to play at the

PalaPanini The PalaPanini (officially ) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Modena, Italy. It was open in 1985 and has mainly served as the home venue for volleyball clubs based in and around Modena, with other sporting events (basketball, f ...

) with Liu Jo becoming River's main sponsor and the club based in

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

was renamed with home matches played at the PalaPanini in Modena. LJ Volley sold its Serie A1 licence to

Neruda Volley Neruda Volley is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bronzolo, it played in the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1 until 2017 and is currently playing in the Italian Women's 3 Volleyball League, Serie B1. Previous names Due to sp ...

Team

The club's last team, season 2015–2016.

References

{{Italian women volleyball league Italian women's volleyball clubs Volleyball clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in Italy Defunct sports teams in Italy Sports clubs disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Italy Modena Sport in Emilia-Romagna Serie A1 (women's volleyball) clubs