Founded in 1958, the team reached Serie A in 1963 and two years later it won the first of its twelve Italian Championships.

[1] The 1970s were unsuccessful, but the following decade marked the club's golden era, with Vicenza appearing in seven European Cup finals in a row between 1983 and 1989.

The team defeated twice Agon 08 Düsseldorf and Dynamo Novosibirsk and once 18-times champion Daugava Riga to win five European Cups, including four consecutive titles.

As of 2012 Vicenza remains the competition's most successful team from Western Europe.

[2] The 1989 lost final to Jedinstvo Tuzla was Vicenza's last appearance in the European Cup, but the team still enjoyed a last European success in 1992, winning the Ronchetti Cup.