Né il concorrente né il caposquadra vedono la classifica provvisoria.

Né ... né is the Italian equivalent of neither ... nor.

In this sentence, it links two subjects:

• né il concorrente
• né il caposquadra

So the structure is:

• Né A né B + verb
• Neither A nor B + verb

It is a coordinating conjunction used to exclude both elements.

The accent is required because né as a conjunction is a stressed word.

It also helps distinguish it from ne, which can be a pronoun or particle in Italian.

So:

• né = neither / nor / not even depending on context
• ne = a different grammatical word

In your sentence, it must be written né.

Because il concorrente and il caposquadra together form a compound subject.

Even though each noun is singular, there are two people involved, so Italian normally uses the plural verb:

• Né il concorrente né il caposquadra vedono ...

That is why you get vedono and not vede.

Not in this sentence.

When né ... né introduces the subject directly, it already carries the negative idea:

• Né il concorrente né il caposquadra vedono ...

So adding non here would be wrong.

However, in other sentence patterns, non can appear before the verb, especially when né ... né is not the subject:

• Non vedono né il concorrente né il caposquadra.

So the short answer is: not here, but sometimes yes in other structures.

In standard Italian, the full pattern is né ... né.

So you say:

• né il concorrente né il caposquadra

not:

• né il concorrente e il caposquadra

Italian normally repeats né before each coordinated element, just like English uses both parts of neither ... nor.

Because each noun has its own article:

• il concorrente
• il caposquadra

When Italian coordinates two singular nouns like this, it is normal and natural to repeat the article with each one:

• né il concorrente né il caposquadra

This makes the structure clear and balanced.

Caposquadra is a compound noun:

• capo = head / chief
• squadra = team

Together they form a single noun meaning a team leader, foreman, or squad leader depending on context.

In this sentence it is:

• masculine singular
• introduced by il

So: il caposquadra

Italian uses the definite article more often than English.

Here la classifica provvisoria refers to a specific ranking/standing, presumably known from the context, so Italian naturally uses la.

English sometimes omits the article where Italian keeps it, but in Italian this phrase sounds normal with la.

Because adjectives in Italian agree with the noun they describe.

Here the noun is:

• classifica — feminine singular

So the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• provvisorio = masculine singular
• provvisoria = feminine singular

That is why the sentence has la classifica provvisoria.

Because in Italian, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they classify or describe it in a straightforward way.

So:

• classifica provvisoria = provisional ranking

This is the normal word order. Putting the adjective before the noun would usually sound marked, literary, or unnatural in this case.

Yes, that is grammatical and very close in meaning.

But there is a slight difference in focus:

• Né il concorrente né il caposquadra vedono ...
  = emphasizes that both are excluded
• Il concorrente e il caposquadra non vedono ...
  = states that the two of them do not see ...

So both can work, but né ... né is the more direct equivalent of neither ... nor.

Not always.

When used in the pair né ... né, it means neither ... nor.

But a single né can also mean not even, depending on the context.

So in this sentence:

• né ... né = neither ... nor

That is the value it has here.