Venezia Mestre Rugby
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Venezia Mestre Rugby FC are an Italian rugby union club. They are based in Venice
in Veneto
. They were formed in 1986 following the merger of two clubs Venezia Rugby Football Club (founded 1948) and Rugby Mestre (founded 1965). The newly formed team joined Serie C1.
In 1993-1994 they finished first but were denied promotion to Serie B because of a regulation requiring an under 14 team was not met. Promotion to Serie B finally came in 1999-2000, two years later they took part in Serie A. In 2004-2005 they were again promoted to the Super 10
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Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
in Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
. They were formed in 1986 following the merger of two clubs Venezia Rugby Football Club (founded 1948) and Rugby Mestre (founded 1965). The newly formed team joined Serie C1.
In 1993-1994 they finished first but were denied promotion to Serie B because of a regulation requiring an under 14 team was not met. Promotion to Serie B finally came in 1999-2000, two years later they took part in Serie A. In 2004-2005 they were again promoted to the Super 10
Super 10 (Italian premiership)
The withdrawal of Viadana and Benetton Treviso from the league has been compounded by club mergers. Rugby Viadana, Gran Parma and Colorno have merged to form GranDucato Rugby. Overmach Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati, both new clubs to be based in Parma. These changes created 2...
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