The Pala Giordanello in Camigliatello Silano will host the long-awaited joint training session between the Italian Under 17 men’s national team and Poland’s equal-age team on Monday 3 August, at 6 pm. An event that will represent an important test for the Italians as they approach the World Championships.
Before the field test, there is also a moment dedicated to technical training, with a course for coaches of all levels directed by Vincenzo Fanizza, technical director of the men’s national youth teams.
The Calabria International Volleyball Experience project
The initiative is part of the Calabria International Volleyball Experience 2026 project, coordinated by the Fipav Calabria Regional Committee, created with the aim of promoting the area as a point of reference for international volleyball, combining sport, tourism promotion and valorisation of the region’s landscape resources.
The joint training is part of the program of the preparatory stage that the Italian selection has been carrying out in Sila since 26 July and which will end on 4 August. The retreat represents a fundamental step towards the Men’s Under 17 World Championships, scheduled in Doha, Qatar, from 19 to 29 August.
Those summoned
Andrea Baiardi (Volley Club Cesena) is part of the Italian group; Riccardo Bergognoni, Samuele Filippi and Leandro Roberto Garilli (Pink Devils); Riccardo Bovo (Volley Treviso); Gianmarco Cravea (Colombo Volley Genoa); Stefano Fantoni and Alessandro Ferrero (Volley Sassuolo); Federico Guiotto (Trentino Volley); Mattia Alexi Maiocchi, Michele Mangini, Samuele Monti, Andrea Rizzo, Samuele Storini and Niccolò Strada (Volley Milan); Luka Stankovic and Matteo Talevi (Volley Lube); Giorgio Tamagnini (Sir Safety Perugia).
The technical staff
The national team staff is made up of Francesco Conci, first coach, Berardino Viggiano, coach, Luca Di Pietro and Luca Palazzetti, scouts, Giuseppe Brogneri, athletic trainer, Enrico Tombari, physiotherapist, Simone Crotta, doctor, and Simone Necci, team manager.