SAB 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
Legnano and currently playing in the
Serie A1.
Previous names
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
* SAB Grima Irge (2015–2016)
* SAB Grima Legnano (2016–2017)
* SAB Volley Legnano (2017–present)
History
The club was based in
Gallarate
Gallarate (; Lombard: ''Galaraa'') is a city and ''comune'' of Alto Milanese of Lombardy and of Milan metropolitan area, northern Italy, in the Province of Varese. It has a population of some 54,000 people.
It is the junction of railways to ...
when founded in 2015 and played in group A of the Serie B1 in 2015–16. Ahead of the 2016–17 season, it acquired
Neruda Volley
Neruda Volley is an Italian women's volleyball 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 ...
licence to play the
Serie A2. The club moved its base to
Legnano and renew a contract to continue to play at the
PalaBorsani for three seasons. The club finished its first Serie A2 season (in 2016–17) as third place during the regular season, qualifying for the
Serie A1 promotion playoffs, reaching the final. Despite missing the promotion, the club submitted its participation for the following season at Serie A2 with a request to be on a waiting list for the Serie A1. On 16 July 2017, the Serie A League confirmed that SAB Volley would participate in the Serie A1 2017–18 season.
Team
''Season 2017–2018, as of September 2017.''
References
External links
Official website
{{Italian women volleyball league
Italian women's volleyball clubs
Volleyball clubs established in 2015
2015 establishments in Italy
Legnano
Sport in Lombardy
Serie A1 (women's volleyball) clubs