The Gas Sales Bluenergy Under 17 will be the protagonist from tomorrow, Thursday 23 May, at the BigMat National Category Finals which will take place in Abruzzo, in Lanciano in the province of Chieti and having won, a couple of weeks ago, the regional title is already among the best 16 Italian teams that will compete for the Italian title.
The red and white team, which left today in the morning for Lanciano, was included in group F together with Cucine Lube Civitanova, first place in the Marche region, Volley Treviso first place in Veneto and Pallavolo Bologna which won the qualifying group B, which started on Tuesday 21 May , and which also saw Kioene Padua, Lagonegro and Alto Adige at the start. Eight points in the standings for the Bolognese with nine sets won and two lost.
The debut in the event for the red and white team, coached by Renato Barbon, is set for tomorrow, Thursday 23 May, at 6 pm against Cucine Lube Civitanova at the Palamasciangelo in Lanciano. The second match will be played again in Lanciano on Friday 24 May at 9 am against Treviso and the last match of the group at 4pm again on Friday 24 May with Pallavolo Bologna. The Quarter Finals and Semifinals are scheduled for Saturday 25 May, with the Finals the following day.
The Under 17 men’s team of Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza reached the final stage of the event after becoming Regional Champion of Emilia-Romagna by winning in the final against Pallavolo Bologna at tie break.
These are the players called up for the national final:
setters: Leonardo Molesti, Nicola Volpato, Lorenzo Balordi
spikers: Leonardo Alessi, Federico Luciani, Manuel Zlatanov
opposites: Gianmarco Barretta, Roberto Paounov
central players: Lorenzo Gabellini, Alessandro Balatri, Gabriele Veneziani
universal: Elio Capurri
free: Lorenzo Basso, Russell Medici
1st coach: Renato Barbon
2nd coach: Nicola Barbon
Data collection assistant: Carlo Miselli
Team manager: Alessandro Fei
Accompanying director: Neyko Paounov
