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Trapani Shark Excluded From Serie A After Integrity Ruling

The sports judge found the club distorted competitive balance by fielding noncompetitive teams in two games that ended almost immediately.

Overview

  • The decision, issued after a joint FIPLBA review, annuls all Trapani results, imposes a €600,000 fine and gives president Valerio Antonini a three‑month inhibition.
  • Senior players will be released from contracts, with acts sent to the tesseramento office and the federal prosecutor for further checks.
  • The league table is recalculated with points removed from teams that beat Trapani, the Final Eight seeding for the Coppa Italia is reshuffled, and Trento drops out as Udine and Napoli move in pending Napoli–Milano.
  • The championship proceeds with 15 clubs and only one relegation this season after Trapani’s exclusion.
  • Today’s ruling caps months of penalties for unpaid IRPEF and INPS contributions and follows two matches—in Champions League vs Hapoel Holon and in Serie A vs Trento—that were halted within minutes; Antonini has signaled plans to pursue legal action.