Overview
- The regular season has closed with Vicenza, Arezzo and Benevento promoted, leaving one Serie B spot to be decided through the playoffs.
- The opening phase stays within each regional group as single-match ties at the higher seed’s stadium, with the better-ranked team advancing if the score is level after 90 minutes.
- Second-round group ties add each group’s fourth-place finisher, before a two-step national phase of two-leg matchups where seeded clubs host the return leg and move on if aggregates are tied.
- The Final Four features two-leg semifinals and a two-leg final with extra time and penalties used only at this stage to pick the fourth club promoted to Serie B. Juventus Next Gen finished fifth and will host Vis Pesaro in the first round, while Coppa Italia Serie C winner Potenza enters the national phase as a seeded team.