Since the early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players in the world play in Superlega and the overall level of competition is considerably high.

[6] After the end of World War II and the overthrow of fascist regime, a new association, called Federazione Italiana Pallavolo, were founded in 1946.

[6] Quickly volleyball became popular in northern regions like Piedmont, Lombardy and especially Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany: clubs based on Ravenna, Modena, Parma, Bologna and Florence regularly won all the championships for more than thirty years.

After a period in which Turin's CUS and Parma's Santal dominated, great entrepreneurial companies (like Fininvest in Milan, Montedison in Ravenna and Benetton in Treviso) decided to support and invest in volleyball, equipping strong teams which often won European and Intercontinental trophies.

[10] The following teams compete in the SuperLega during 2022–23 season: Serie A2 is the second highest level club competition in Italian professional male volleyball.