Club Italia (women's volleyball)

Club Italia is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Rome which currently plays in the Serie B1.

Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: The team was founded in 1998 by then Italian federation sports director Julio Velasco, in order to develop the skills of younger players in a competitive league rather than in youth leagues.

The team is directly controlled by the Italian Volleyball Federation, which is entitled to put the best younger scouted players in the team.

Over the next two seasons, Anna Danesi, Paola Egonu, Ofelia Malinov and Alessia Orro have been called up to the Italian national team while playing for Club Italia.

[1][2] At the conclusion of the 2016–17 season, the club was relegated to Serie A2.