Parma Volley Ball
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The Pallavolo Parma was one of the most ancient and winning professional man's volleyball
clubs in Italy
. Its colours were white
and azure
.
Founded in Parma
in the 1940s
, after a sequence of incorporations with other teams, it is currently disappeared from Italian professional volleyball panorama. It won 8 national titles, 2 CEV Champions League
and a number of other Italian and European trophys.
in 1949 and won its first national title in 1950. In 1954 Ferrovieri merged into CUS Parma.
In the 1960s
the Gruppo Sportivo Salvarani supported briefly the club, which won another championship in 1969.
In 1980 Parmalat
Industries started to economically supported the club, declined in the 1970s
. Sponsored by Santal, it won two national titles, three Coppa Italia and two CEV Champions League
. In 1987 Parmalat was replaced by another sponsor, Maxicono Motta, and the club could extend its winning tradition in Italy and in Europe.
In 1996, for economical reasons, Pallavolo Parma did not enrol at Serie A1 and restarted from the lower division. It has been renamed Sky Volley in 1996 and disappeared in 2004. Audax Parma is today in Serie B2 division.
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.The complete rules are extensive...
clubs in Italy
Italy
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. Its colours were white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
and azure
Azure (color)
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.
Founded in Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
in the 1940s
1940s
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, after a sequence of incorporations with other teams, it is currently disappeared from Italian professional volleyball panorama. It won 8 national titles, 2 CEV Champions League
CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League, or Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.-Formula:In the first round take part 24 teams shared in 6 group stage....
and a number of other Italian and European trophys.
History
Founded in 1946 for initiative of the Railroaders's Recreative Club as Ferrovieri Parma, the team took part for the first time at Serie AItalian Volleyball League
The Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is Serie A1. Many of the best volleyball players in the world playing in the A1 and the overall level of competition is considerably higher.-Structure:...
in 1949 and won its first national title in 1950. In 1954 Ferrovieri merged into CUS Parma.
In the 1960s
1960s
The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...
the Gruppo Sportivo Salvarani supported briefly the club, which won another championship in 1969.
In 1980 Parmalat
Parmalat
Parmalat SpA is a multinational Italian dairy and food corporation. Having become the leading global company in the production of ultra high temperature milk, the company collapsed in 2003 with a €14 billion hole in its accounts in what remains Europe's biggest bankruptcy...
Industries started to economically supported the club, declined in the 1970s
1970s
File:1970s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: US President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil...
. Sponsored by Santal, it won two national titles, three Coppa Italia and two CEV Champions League
CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League, or Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.-Formula:In the first round take part 24 teams shared in 6 group stage....
. In 1987 Parmalat was replaced by another sponsor, Maxicono Motta, and the club could extend its winning tradition in Italy and in Europe.
In 1996, for economical reasons, Pallavolo Parma did not enrol at Serie A1 and restarted from the lower division. It has been renamed Sky Volley in 1996 and disappeared in 2004. Audax Parma is today in Serie B2 division.