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Current season, competition or edition: File:Sports current event.svg Lega Basket Serie A 2010–11 | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1920 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Country | Italy |
Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | Montepaschi Siena (6th title) |
Most titles | Olimpia Milano (25 titles) |
Official website | LegaBasket.it Template:It icon |
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Lega Basket Serie A is the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball where play determines the national champion. The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals and semifinals series are best-of-five, and the finals series is best-of-seven. The bottom two clubs are relegated, and replaced by the top team from the regular-season phase and the eight-team playoff round winner of the second-level Legadue. The Italian League is one of the 3 "A" level ranked European domestic leagues in the ULEB League Rankings system.
History[]
The national basketball league was first organized for play in Italy in 1920. The first title was won by SEF Costanza Milano, and the team holding the record for title championships is Olimpia Milano, who have won 25 championships. Twenty different teams have won the championship since its inception. In recent years, the league has been dominated by a handful of teams:
- Benetton Treviso, with five scudetti (league titles) since 1992.
- Virtus Bologna, with five scudetti between 1993 and 2001.
- Virtus' crosstown rivals Fortitudo (who dropped from the professional ranks in 2009); although only with two scudetti, they had an 11-year run from 1996 to 2006 in which they appeared in the championship series 10 times.
- Montepaschi Siena, with five scudetti since 2004.
Until the 2000s, the Italian Championship was the most important national domestic league in Europe, but now the Spanish ACB League is considered to be stronger than Serie A. Nonetheless, the league is still considered to be one of the three premiere European pro national domestic basketball leagues, along with the Spanish ACB and the Greek A1 League.[citation needed]
Through the 2007–08 season, 18 teams competed; however, in September 2008, two clubs, Basket Napoli (not related to the current NSB Napoli, which moved from Rieti to Naples after the 2008–09 season) and Orlandina, were forcibly relegated from the professional ranks for financial irregularities and were not replaced for the 2008–09 season. Today, 16 teams compete in the highest level of play.
Arena standards[]
Currently, all clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people. Starting with the 2011–12 season, clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 5,000 people.
2010–11 teams[]
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Team | City/Area | Region | Colours |
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Air Avellino | Avellino | Campania | white/green |
Angelico Biella | Biella | Piedmont | white/blue |
Armani Jeans Milano | Milano | Lombardy | white/red |
Bancatercas Teramo | Teramo | Abruzzo | white/red |
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Sassari | Sardinia | white/blue |
Benetton Basket Bwin Treviso | Treviso | Veneto | white/green |
Bennet Cantù | Cantù | Lombardy | white/blue |
Canadian Solar Bologna | Bologna | Emilia-Romagna | white/black |
Cimberio Varese | Varese | Lombardy | white/red |
Enel Brindisi | Brindisi | Apulia | white/blue |
Fabi Shoes Montegranaro | Montegranaro | Marche | yellow/blue |
Lottomatica Roma | Roma | Lazio | red/yellow/blue |
Montepaschi Siena | Siena | Tuscany | white/green |
Pepsi Caserta | Caserta | Campania | white/black |
Scavolini Siviglia Style Pesaro | Pesaro | Marche | white/red |
Vanoli-Braga Cremona | Cremona | Lombardy | blue/black |
Champions[]
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Champion's Coach |
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1948–49 | Virtus Bologna | Pallacanestro Varese | Renzo Poluzzi |
1949–50 | Borletti Milano | Virtus Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1950–51 | Borletti Milano | Ginnastica Roma | Cesare Rubini |
1951–52 | Borletti Milano | Virtus Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1952–53 | Borletti Milano | Virtus Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1953–54 | Borletti Milano | Gira Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1954–55 | Minganti Bologna | Ginnastica Triestina | Larry Strong |
1955–56 | Minganti Bologna | Borletti Milano | Vittorio Tracuzzi |
1956–57 | Simmenthal Milano | Minganti Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1957–58 | Simmenthal Milano | Minganti Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1958–59 | Simmenthal Milano | Oransoda Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1959–60 | Simmenthal Milano | Oransoda Bologna | Cesare Rubini |
1960–61 | Ignis Varese | Idrolitina Bologna | Enrico Garbosi |
1961–62 | Simmenthal Milano | Ignis Varese | Cesare Rubini |
1962–63 | Simmenthal Milano | Ignis Varese | Cesare Rubini |
1963–64 | Ignis Varese | Simmenthal Milano | Vittorio Tracuzzi |
1964–65 | Simmenthal Milano | Ignis Varese | Cesare Rubini |
1965–66 | Simmenthal Milano | Ignis Varese | Cesare Rubini |
1966–67 | Simmenthal Milano | Ignis Varese | Cesare Rubini |
1967–68 | Oransoda Cantù | Ignis Sud Napoli | Borislav Stanković |
1968–69 | Ignis Varese | Simmenthal Milano | Nico Messina |
1969–70 | Ignis Varese | Simmenthal Milano | Aza Nikolić |
1970–71 | Ignis Varese | Simmenthal Milano | Aza Nikolić |
1971–72 | Simenthal Milano | Ignis Varese | Cesare Rubini |
1972–73 | Ignis Varese | Simmenthal Milano | Aza Nikolić |
1973–74 | Ignis Varese | Innocenti Milano | Alessandro Gamba |
1974–75 | Forst Cantù | Ignis Varese | Arnaldo Taurisano |
1975–76 | Sinudyne Bologna | Mobilgirgi Varese | Dan Peterson |
1976–77 | Mobilgirgi Varese | Sinudyne Bologna | Alessandro Gamba |
1977–78 | Mobilgirgi Varese | Sinudyne Bologna | Nico Messina |
1978–79 | Sinudyne Bologna | Billy Milano | Terry Driscoll |
1979–80 | Sinudyne Bologna | Gabetti Cantù | Terry Driscoll |
1980–81 | Squibb Cantù | Sinudyne Bologna | Valerio Bianchini |
1981–82 | Billy Milano | Scavolini Pesaro | Dan Peterson |
1982–83 | Banco Roma | Billy Milano | Valerio Bianchini |
1983–84 | Granarolo Bologna | Simac Milano | Alberto Bucci |
1984–85 | Simac Milano | Scavolini Pesaro | Dan Peterson |
1985–86 | Simac Milano | Mobilgirgi Caserta | Dan Peterson |
1986–87 | Tracer Milano | Mobilgirgi Caserta | Dan Peterson |
1987–88 | Scavolini Pesaro | Tracer Milano | Valerio Bianchini |
1988–89 | Philips Milano | Enichem Livorno | Franco Casalini |
1989–90 | Scavolini Pesaro | Ranger Varese | Sergio Scariolo |
1990–91 | Phonola Caserta | Philips Milano | Franco Marcelletti |
1991–92 | Benetton Treviso | Scavolini Pesaro | Petar Skansi |
1992–93 | Buckler Bologna | Benetton Treviso | Ettore Messina |
1993–94 | Buckler Bologna | Scavolini Pesaro | Alberto Bucci |
1994–95 | Buckler Bologna | Benetton Treviso | Alberto Bucci |
1995–96 | Stefanel Milano | Teamsystem Bologna | Bogdan Tanjević |
1996–97 | Benetton Treviso | Teamsystem Bologna | Mike D'Antoni |
1997–98 | Kinder Bologna | Teamsystem Bologna | Ettore Messina |
1998–99 | Pallacanestro Varese | Benetton Treviso | Carlo Recalcati |
1999-00 | Paf Bologna | Benetton Treviso | Carlo Recalcati |
2000–01 | Kinder Bologna | Paf Bologna | Ettore Messina |
2001–02 | Benetton Treviso | Skipper Bologna | Mike D'Antoni |
2002–03 | Benetton Treviso | Skipper Bologna | Ettore Messina |
2003–04 | Montepaschi Siena | Skipper Bologna | Carlo Recalcati |
2004–05 | Climamio Bologna | Armani Jeans Milano | Jasmin Repeša |
2005–06 | Benetton Treviso | Climamio Bologna | Template:Country data ISRTemplate:Namespace detect showall David Blatt |
2006–07 | Montepaschi Siena | VidiVici Bologna | Simone Pianigiani |
2007–08 | Montepaschi Siena | Lottomatica Roma | Simone Pianigiani |
2008–09 | Montepaschi Siena | Armani Jeans Milano | Simone Pianigiani |
2009–10 | Montepaschi Siena | Armani Jeans Milano | Simone Pianigiani |
2010–11 | Montepaschi Siena | Bennet Cantù | Simone Pianigiani |
Titles per club[]
Titles | Club |
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25 | Olimpia Milano |
15 | Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna |
10 | Pallacanestro Varese |
6 | ASSI Milano, Montepaschi Siena |
5 | Ginnastica Triestina, Pallacanestro Treviso |
4 | Ginnastica Roma |
3 | Pallacanestro Cantù |
2 | Reyer Venezia, Victoria Libertas Pesaro, Fortitudo Bologna |
1 | Costanza Milano, Internazionale Milano, Virtus Roma, Juvecaserta |
Titles per city[]
City | Titles | Clubs |
Milano | 33 | Olimpia Milano (25), ASSI Milano (6), Internazionale Milano (1), SEF Costanza Milano (1) |
Bologna | 17 | Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna (15), Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna (2) |
Varese | 10 | Pallacanestro Varese (10) |
Siena | 6 | Montepaschi Siena (6) |
Trieste | 5 | Società Ginnastica Triestina (5) |
Treviso | 5 | Benetton Pallacanestro Treviso (5) |
Roma | 5 | Società Ginnastica Roma (4), Pallacanestro Virtus Roma (1) |
Cantù | 3 | Pallacanestro Cantù (3) |
Venezia | 2 | Reyer Venezia (2) |
Pesaro | 2 | Victoria Libertas Pesaro (2) |
Caserta | 1 | Juvecaserta Basket (1) |
Finals appearances[]
Num | Team | W | L |
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34 | Olimpia Milano | 20 | 14 |
24 | Virtus Bologna | 12 | 12 |
20 | Pallacanestro Varese | 10 | 10 |
10 | Fortitudo Bologna | 2 | 8 |
9 | Benetton Treviso | 5 | 4 |
6 | Scavolini Pesaro | 2 | 4 |
6 | Montepaschi Siena | 6 | 0 |
5 | Bennet Cantú | 3 | 2 |
3 | Juvecaserta Basket | 1 | 2 |
2 | Virtus Roma | 1 | 1 |
1 | Partenope Napoli | 0 | 1 |
1 | Libertas Livorno | 0 | 1 |
See also[]
- Italian Basketball Federation
- Italian Cup
- Italian Supercup
- Legadue
External links[]
- Official Website Template:It icon
- Euroleague.net Italian League Page
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