Volley Millenium Brescia 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
Brescia
Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...
and currently playing in the
Serie A2.
Previous names
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
* Millenium Brescia (1999–2017)
* Savallese Millenium Brescia (2017–2018)
* Banca Valsabbina Millenium Brescia (2018–2022)
* Valsabbina Millenium Brescia (2022–present)
History
The club was established in 1999 and its teams (girls, youth, junior and senior) started participating in local and regional competitions. After a restructure process in 2006, the club adopted a more professional oriented model that allowed the first team to move from regional to national competitions. It reached Serie D (in 2008), Serie C (in 2010), Serie B2 (in 2011) and Serie B1 (in 2013). The club won the 2015–16 Serie B1 promotion playoff and made its debut in the
Serie A2 on the following season.
Venue
The club played its home matches at the
PalaMillenium (in
Bagnolo Mella
Bagnolo Mella (Eastern Lombard, Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
History
During the Roman era, Bagnolo Mella (Latin, lat. ''Balneolum'') was crossed by the ''Via Brixiana'', a Roman consular road whi ...
) until 2017, when ahead of the 2017–18 season it moved to the
PalaGeorge
PalaGeorge is an indoor arena located in Montichiari, Italy, in the province of Brescia. The capacity of the arena is 5,500 people for basketball matches and it opened in 1993. It is home of the Brescia Leonessa team of the Lega Basket Serie A a ...
(in
Montichiari
Montichiari (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 27, 1991.
The town is home to the Gabriele D'Annunzio airport (Italian: ''Aer ...
), which has a 4,000 spectators capacity.
Team
''Season 2018–2019, as of December 2018.''
References
External links
Official website
{{Italian women 2nd volleyball league
Italian women's volleyball clubs
Volleyball clubs established in 1999
1999 establishments in Italy
Sport in Brescia