Serie A1 1980–81 (men's volleyball)

Format

Teams

Key dates

• 8 November 1980: opening day of the tournament. The defending champion, Robe di Kappa Torino, easily defeated Radio CUS Pisa 3–0, lost in Loreto 2–3.
• 22 Novembre 1980: Robe di Kappa defeated 3–1 Torre Tabita Catania, its rival during 1979–80 season and maintained the first place in the classification, along with Edilcuoghi Sassuolo, Polenghi Milano and Panini Modena ; on the contrary, Torre Tabita was occupying last place.
• 10 December 1980: Edilcuoghi lost its first match, while Robe di Kappa beat Panini Modena 3–1 away and reached the solitary top of the chart.
• 24 January 1981: winning also on Edilcuoghi's ground 3–1 Robe di Kappa was firmly mantaning the top of the chart after the first half of the season. Panini Modena was occupying the second place.
• 21 February 1981: Robe di Kappa beat Toseroni Roma 3–0 and, after 15 rounds, was full score with 30 points, 4 more than Panini and 10 more than Toseroni and Santàl.
• 7 March 1981: defeating runner-up Panini Modena 3–0 at Palaruffini, Robe di Kappa extend its advantage in the league table to 8 points.
• 21 March 1981: Robe di Kappa knocked off Amaro Più Loreto 3–0 and won its third title in a row with 3 matches still to play.
• 11 April 1981: in the last round, Robe di Kappa beat Edilcuoghi 3–1 and closed its tournament unbeaten, with a 22:0 score ; Torre Tabita was unpredictably relegated.

  League table

• Results