Undefeated showdowns: SV.League, Polish Super Cup and Italian SuperLega preview

The weekend in world volleyball brings several key tests across Japan, Poland and Italy. In the women's SV.League, Denso Airybees Koriyama host Saga Hisamitsu Springs. Both teams are undefeated after two matches, but Saga swept all four SV.League meetings last season, with the last one requiring five sets. Denso rely on Myat Yee Mon, Amanda Coneo and Roberta Ratzke, while Saga count on Marta Levinska. In the men's SV.League, Tokyo Great Bears face Wolfdogs Nagoya at the Entrio. Tokyo had a 3-2 win and a 3-0 sweep against Hokkaido last weekend; Nagoya have strengthened with Norbert Huber, Jenia Grebennikov, Anton Brehme and Donovan Dzavoronok. The teams split last season's six meetings. In Poland, the Super Cup takes place in Czestochowa. PGE Budowlani Lodz play DevelopRes Rzeszow in the women's final. DevelopRes lead the league with a 3-0 record, but Budowlani won five of eight meetings last season, including three in the championship series. The men's final features Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie against BOGDANKA LUK Lublin. Warta lost 0-3 to promoted GKS Katowice in their opener before beating ZAKSA; BOGDANKA beat ZAKSA and Energa Trefl Gdansk in straight sets. Warta won five of seven meetings last season. In Italy, Itas Trentino travel to Cisterna Volley. Trentino swept Modena 3-0 last week with 23 points from Theo Faure. Cisterna also won 3-0 over Allianz Milan behind Filippo Lanza and teenager Noa Duflos-Rossi, but Trentino won both meetings last season. Finally, the TAURON Liga match between PGE Projekt Warsaw and Warta Zawiercie has been moved to next Wednesday because Warta will compete at the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. Projekt have won 14 of 23 league meetings and swept both games last season.