
The Volpi Rosse Menarini wrapped up their campaign by securing their place in Serie A, the goal they had set themselves and one earned at the end of a testing season. It all came down to the PalaValenti, where a tight contest against PDM Treviso was settled in the closing minutes, 68–66. The win mattered: it cemented the Florentine club’s standing in Italy’s premier wheelchair basketball league.
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For the third year running, the season also stretched beyond Italy’s borders. Over in the Netherlands, competing in EuroCup 3, the team finished third in their group with a record of two wins and two losses. A hard-fought opener against Treviso slipped away 68–64, but Florence bounced back emphatically against hosts Only Friends, went on to face Turkey’s TSK Rehab Merkezi, and rounded off the weekend with a 68–56 win over SC DeVeDo.
What gave the year real depth, though, were the personal milestones. Anderson Ferreira earned a place in Brazil’s national wheelchair basketball squad, while Francesco Marotta was called up by Italy. Two honours that reflect the athletes’ day to day commitment and underline the club’s role as a place where players grow, on the court and off it.

For an organisation this young, this international and this quick to evolve, staying up in April is more than a result: it’s a meaningful stride in the growth of the sporting project. The Volpi Rosse Menarini have shown they belong at this level, and they’ve done it without losing sight of who they are, a side built, above all, on the strength of the group. At the club, chaired by Ivano Nuti and backed by the Menarini Group, the drive to win sits alongside something larger: a commitment to fostering independence, inclusion and participation through sport.