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PISTA talent programme allocates support to 153 Italian clubs

Ties at the funding thresholds increased the original planned number of beneficiaries.

Source 20 Feb 2026 Europe Rome, Italy
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FIDAL published the final rankings for its PISTA 2.0 talent-development programme, selecting 153 clubs for support. The application process received 258 eligible submissions for two categories intended to develop national-level young athletes and expand grassroots recruitment.

Fifty-one clubs qualified as talent-development centres rather than the originally planned fifty, because of a tie at the final place. The recruitment category admitted 102 clubs against an initial target of one hundred, also following tied rankings at the funding threshold.

The federation said publication of the results began the programme’s operational phase. Beneficiaries were divided between specialist technical development and introductory participation, with rules preventing clubs from accumulating support across incompatible categories and the complete rankings made available online.

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