Serie A1 (italian roller hockey)


The main Italian clubs competition is the Serie A1. It contains 14 teams.

History

The italian championship was formed in 1922 by the first teams who subscribed to the newborn italian federation FIPR.
After 3 years the teams attending the national championship were divided into two different federations and none of them controlled by the fascist regime so that the national team wasn't representing nor being nominated by the regime.
The CONI's President Lando Ferretti decided to close both federations acting a forced merging of skating and hockey teams into the new FIPR supervising the programmed developing of the roller skating sport in Italy.
The "italian championship" turned into "National Division", new denomination adopted from 1928 to 1942. Season 1942 had been last played one before the Allied forces entered Italy during WW2.
At the end of the war the championship had been reestablished on a national basis changing the name and adopting Serie A as commonly used for the football national championship.
In 1982 the Serie A and Serie B teams decided to developing both championships by nominating a new organization in order to directly run press information and championship fixtures. This organization took same italian basketball name and purposes copying part of the name: Lega Nazionale Hockey Pista. Offices were settled in Monza up to season 1986-1987. At the beginning of season 1987-1988 offices moved to Milan just to find a closer location suitable to air and railway main transport stations. The board of direction opted for the Stazione Centrale, in Via Ponte Seveso, just 100 meters away the railway station.
The board decided to change "Serie A" and "Serie B" into "Serie A1" and "Serie A2", leaving "Serie B" for the lower inter regional championships - the former "Serie C".
Serie A1 and Serie A2 are still the names of the top italian championships, but the "Lega Nazionale Hockey Pista" is no more organizing them because FIHP decided to close the milanese offices in 2018.

Competition format

Regular season

The first stage is played as a regular league with each of the 14 teams playing each other home and away. A win is worth 3 points and a draw one. The last three teams are relegated to the Serie A2.

Play-out

The 11th and 12th placed teams face two teams from the Serie A2 in a best-out-of-3 series. The winners remain in the top league.

Championship play-off

The first eight placed teams of the regular season fight for the championship in an elimination format in a best-out-of-3 series. The final is played in a best-out-of-5 format with the winner claiming the national championship.

Teams

TeamLocationArena
AFP GiovinazzoGiovinazzoPalaPansini
Amatori LodiLodiPalaCastellotti
Azzurra NovaraNovaraPalasport Stefano Dal Lago
BassanoBassano del GrappaPalaUbroker
BreganzeBreganzePalaFerrarin
CastiglioneCastiglione della PescaiaPala Casa Mora
CGC ViareggioViareggioPalaBarsacchi
FollonicaFollonicaPista Armeni
Forte dei MarmiForte dei MarmiPalaForte
GrossetoGrossetoPista Mario Parri
HRC MonzaMonzaPalaRovagnati di Biassono
SarzanaSarzanaPista Vecchio Mercato
TrissinoTrissinoPalaDante
ValdagnoValdagnoPalaLido

Champions

YearWinner
1922HC Polese
1923HC Sempione
1924HC Sempione
1925US Triestina
1926US Triestina
1927US Triestina
1928US Triestina
1929US Triestina
1930Hockey Novara
1931Hockey Novara
1932Hockey Novara
1933Hockey Novara
1934Hockey Novara
1935Milan SHC
1936Hockey Novara
1937Pubblico Impiego Trieste
1938Pubblico Impiego Trieste
1939Pubblico Impiego Trieste
1940Pubblico Impiego Trieste
1941Pubblico Impiego Trieste
1942Pubblico Impiego Trieste
1943not held
1944not held
1945US Triestina
1946Hockey Novara
1947Hockey Novara
1948Edera Trieste
1949Hockey Novara
1950Hockey Novara
1951Hockey Monza
1952US Triestina
1953Hockey Monza
1954US Triestina
1955US Triestina
1956Hockey Monza

YearWinner
1957Amatori Modena
1958Hockey Novara
1959Hockey Novara
1960Amatori Modena
1961Hockey Monza
1962US Triestina
1963US Triestina
1964US Triestina
1965Hockey Monza
1966Hockey Monza
1967US Triestina
1968Hockey Monza
1969Hockey Novara
1970Hockey Novara
1971Hockey Novara
1972Hockey Novara
1973Hockey Novara
1974Hockey Novara
1975Hockey Novara
1976Hockey Breganze
1977Hockey Novara
1978GSH Trissino
1979Hockey Breganze
1979–80AFP Giovinazzo
1980–81Amatori Lodi
1981–82Reggiana Hockey
1982–83Amatori Vercelli
1983–84Amatori Vercelli
1984–85Hockey Novara
1985–86Amatori Vercelli
1986–87Hockey Novara
1987–88Hockey Novara
1988–89Roller Monza
1989–90Roller Monza
1990–91Seregno Hockey
1991–92Roller Monza
1992–93Hockey Novara
1996–97Hockey Novara

YearWinner
1993–94Hockey Novara
1994–95Hockey Novara
1995–96Roller Monza
1997–98Hockey Novara
1998–99Hockey Novara
1999–00Hockey Novara
2000–01Hockey Novara
2001–02Hockey Novara
2002–03Primavera Prato
2003–04Bassano Hockey 54
2004–05Follonica Hockey
2005–06Follonica Hockey
2006–07Follonica Hockey
2007–08Follonica Hockey
2008–09Bassano Hockey 54
2009–10Hockey Valdagno
2010–11CGC Viareggio
2011–12Hockey Valdagno
2012–13Hockey Valdagno
2013–14Forte dei Marmi
2014–15Forte dei Marmi
2015–16Forte dei Marmi
2016–17Amatori Lodi
2017–18Amatori Lodi
2018–19Forte dei Marmi
2019–20Abandoned
2020–21Amatori Lodi
2021–22GSH Trissino
2022–23GSH Trissino
2023–24Forte dei Marmi
2024–25GSH Trissino

Wins by team

  • Extinct clubs in italics.
TeamYear
32Hockey Novara1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
19US Triestina/DPI Trieste1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
7Hockey Monza1951, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968
5Forte dei Marmi2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2024
4Roller Monza1989, 1990, 1992, 1996
4Follonica2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
4Amatori Lodi1981, 2017, 2018, 2021
4GSH Trissino1978, 2022, 2023, 2025
3Amatori Vercelli1983, 1984, 1986
3Valdagno2010, 2012, 2013
2HC Sempione1923, 1924
2Amatori Modena1957, 1960
2Breganze1976, 1979
2Bassano 542004, 2009
1HC Polese
Milan SHC
Edera Trieste
AFP Giovinazzo
Reggiana Hockey
Seregno Hockey
Primavera Prato
CGC Viareggio		1922
1935
1948
1978
1980
1982
1991
2003
2011