Congrats to Vakif for the win and solidifying their place as the greatest team of modern times. Also huge congrats to Eczaci for making it all the way to the final; they really were the feel-good story of the season.
Personally, my power ranking tiers before the season were:
1) Imoco
2) Vakif, Fener and Scandicci
3) Milano
4) Eczaci and Novara
Based on this, Imoco and Fener can be seen as the biggest dissappointments and Eczaci as the biggest overachiever.
For the next season:
- Imoco will still be a major threat but they’re starting 6 is one year older and they need to fix their blocking.
- Vakif will be there for sure but their fate will depend on Guidetti’s gamble of going all-foreign OH and all-local MB.
- Eczaci is a curious case. They made huge upgrades with Antropova (Stysiak) and Uzelac (Boden). But they will also have serious blocking issue with Rettke, Weizel, Kalac.
- Fener will again have all-star team on paper, but unless they go through a major mentality change in that club, they’re very likely to flop again.
For the remaining Italian teams, Milano can have a shot if they have a favourable draw and Scandicci will play the role of this year’s Eczaci.