Neruda Volley is 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
Bronzolo, it played in the
Serie A1 until 2017 and is currently playing in the
Serie B1.
Previous names
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
* Neruda Volley Bolzano (1978–2013)
* Volksbank Südtirol Bolzano (2013–2015)
* Südtirol Bolzano (2015–present)
History
Founded in 1978 as a cultural club dedicated to
Pablo Neruda
Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...
, volleyball become one of the club's activities in the early 1980s as youth teams began to compete in the regional leagues. The team did well achieving promotions but for financial reasons it declined competing at the higher national leagues. That changed in 2008 when Rudy Favretto became its president with a project to bring the club to the forefront of Italian volleyball. Personnel with experience at the Italian national youth teams were brought into the club and in 2012, the club acquired a licence to play in the Serie B1 from
Pallavolo Vigevano. After playoffs and repechage the club gain promotion to the Serie A2 in 2013 and moved to the
PalaResia.
The club reached the
Serie A1 in 2015. Ahead of the 2017–18 season, the club announced it would not participate in Serie A1, due to lack of financial resources. The club was confirmed to play the
Serie B1 in 2017–18.
Team
This was the last team which played in the Serie A1, ''Season 2016–2017, as of February 2017.''
References
External links
Official website
{{Italian women volleyball league
Italian women's volleyball clubs
Volleyball clubs established in 1978
1978 establishments in Italy
Bolzano
Sport in South Tyrol
Serie A1 (women's volleyball) clubs