Fiorentina will begin the new campaign with a 19 point handicap, while Lazio have an 11-point penalty.
ROME: The four Italian clubs found guilty of match-fixing in the 2004-05 Serie A season received lighter sentences after their appeals proved successful at a tribunal here on Tuesday.
The biggest beneficiaries were Fiorentina and Lazio who were both reinstated in Italy's top division having originally been demoted to Serie B for their part in the scandal.
Fiorentina will begin the new campaign with a 19 point handicap, while Lazio have an 11-point penalty.
But Juventus, who had been most heavily implicated, had their relegation to Serie B confirmed.
The Turin giants however had their points handicap slashed from 30 to 17, giving them some hope of gaining promotion next season.
The fourth club involved, AC Milan, had escaped relegation in the original sentencing but were given a points handicap of 15 points. However this has now been cut to eight following the appeal hearing.
Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio will not be allowed to take part in European competition next season, but AC Milan will participate in the UEFA Cup.
Juventus and Fiorentina had qualified for the Champions League (direct entry into Champions League for Juve and a place in the third qualifying round for Fiorentina) and Lazio had clinched a UEFA Cup place.
Milan are allowed to play in the UEFA Cup having secured a place through their league position last season, despite a heavy points penalty as further punishment for their involvement in rigging matches.
Inter Milan and Roma will have direct entry into the Champions League group stages, while Chievo and Palermo will go into the third qualifying round.
The revised sentences were handed down by Piero Sandulli, the president of the Italian football federation's (FIGC's) Court of Appeal, at the Parco Dei Principi hotel.
Due to the weight of damning evidence against them, Juventus had already been stripped of the two league titles they won in 2005-06 and in 2004-05.
The original punishments were handed out to the disgraced clubs just five days after Italy won the World Cup.
The clubs' had been been pleading their cases for more lenient sentences since Saturday.
The match-fixing scandal broke in May after transcripts of former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi telling the head of Italy's referees association which officials to appoint to specific Juve games were published in Italian papers.
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