Rangers Rugby Vicenza will also play in Serie A Elite in the 2024-2025 season.
The FIR Council, thanks to the compact indication of the Serie A Elite Clubs, brings the top Italian championship back to the 10-team formula.
The ban on relegations therefore brings both Rangers Vicenza and Sitav Lyons Piacenza back to the top flight, in the company of the clubs participating in the playoffs such as Viadana, Rovigo, Petrarca, Valorugby, Colorno, Mogliano and Fiamme Oro, then awaiting the tenth club which will win promotion from Serie A 2023-2024.
The Rangers Rugby Vicenza staff is already working to plan next season in the best possible way in order to make the most of the first season ever in the top league and become even more competitive, with the support of all the partners and red and white fans.
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Below is the full text of the press release published by the Italian Rugby Federation on 27 April 2024:
Rome
The FIR Federal Council, meeting on Saturday 27 April via video conference, resolved to block relegations for the current season in the Serie A Elite and Serie A Men’s Championships, with the consequent remodeling of the 2024/25 Men’s Championships.
The decision was taken by the governing body of Italian rugby at the conclusion of an in-depth process of consultations and discussions with the clubs and the main stakeholders, with the aim of guaranteeing the movement the best competition opportunities and maximum consistency with the federal technical project.
Based on the resolution adopted by the Council, the 2024/25 Elite Men’s Serie A will be made up of ten teams, thus maintaining promotion from Serie A for the 2023/24 season, the final phase of which will begin with the semi-final round next May 19th.
Similarly, the block on relegations from Serie A to Serie B will lead to an expansion of the national second division from the current thirty-six teams to the forty expected for 2024/25.
Finally, the 2023/24 Serie B will keep the number of promotions towards the 2024/25 Serie A unchanged, qualifying the first place in each of the four groups for the higher category, while the play-out phase between the four last places in each group will determine the relegation to Serie C of the only loser of the final round.
Promotions from Serie C unchanged, Serie B 2024/25 will consequently be expanded to fifty participating teams.
Source: FIR press release of 27 April 2024
Davide Pelizzari Communications Manager Rangers Rugby Vicenza
