The regular season consists of 26 rounds, where the fourteen participating teams play each other twice (once home and once away). At the completion of the regular season, the eight best teams advance to the championship playoffs, the 9-12th ranked teams advance to the challenge playoffs and the teams finishing 13th and 14th are relegated to
Serie A2. The
standings criteria: • highest number of result points (points awarded for results: 3 points for 3–0 or 3–1 wins, 2 points for 3–2 win, 1 point for 2–3 loss); • highest number of matches won; • highest set quotient (the number of total sets won divided by the number of total sets lost); • highest points quotient (the number of total points scored divided by the number of total points conceded). ==Teams==