The next 14-team A1 series championship (Faenza and Moncalieri, winners of the A2, instead of the relegated Battipaglia and Vigarano) will start on the weekend of 2 and 3 October with the opening day, therefore with all the matches of the opening day scheduled in a single location, yet to be determined. The conclusion of the regular season is scheduled for Wednesday 6 April. The only other midweek day is scheduled for Thursday 6 January 2022, Epiphany. It will also be played during the Christmas period: 19 and 26 December and 2 January. At the end of the regular season, the first 8 in the championship playoffs, the ninth stops, from the tenth to the 13th in the play out, the last one directly in the A2 series. The quarter-finals of the playoffs with home and away (the goal difference is valid), the semifinal to the best of 3 games, the final of the 5. The play outs for another relegation with two rounds to the best of 3 games. Italian Cup and Italian Super Cup with dates and formulas to be established in the coming weeks.
Inaugural turn on 2-3 October with the opening day
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