Serie A1 is the premier professional futsal league in Italy. It was founded in 1984. The league, which is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 13 teams. It is organized by Divisione Calcio a 5.
Serie A may refer to:
The Italian Baseball League (IBL; Italian: Campionato italiano di baseball) is a professional baseball league that is governed by FIBS (Italian Baseball & Softball Federation), which has its headquarters in Rome. The IBL is a wood bat league in which both composite and aluminum bat are prohibited; the official ball of the IBL is the Wilson 1010 Italy. The overall level of the competition is considered the highest in Europe.
Until 2010, the IBL featured a league format that demoted and relegated the last place finisher to the minor leagues (Series A2), while the Series A2 champion would be promoted into the IBL. However, in late 2009 FIBS approved the decision to eliminate the promotion and relegation system starting with the 2010 season and thus will apply a fixed team franchise format similar to that found in Major League Baseball.
The current IBL consists of eight teams, each contesting 42 games; a team plays two 3-game series against every other team. The four teams that finish with the best regular season record qualify for a round-robin playoff. The first and second-place finishers of the round-robin are cast into the best of 7 Italian Baseball Series and compete for the championship, referred to as the Scudetto.
The Serie A1 di pallamano maschile is the premier division of the Italian water polo male national championship. First held in 1912, it is currently contested by twelve teams. Pro Recco is the Serie A1's most successful club with 26 titles since 1959, followed by CN Posillipo with eleven.
The following 12 clubs compete in the Serie A1 during the 2014–15 season:
The following table lists the Italian water polo champions by regions of Italy.