List of Italian basketball champions

The Italian basketball champions are the annual winners of the highest basketball competition in Italy. The winner of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is crowned Italian champion.

Olimpia Milano hold the record for the most championships with 28.

Finals (1976–present)[edit]

In the 1976–77 season, play-offs were introduced to determine the national champion.

†	Champion also won the Italian Cup
‡	Champion also won the Italian Cup and Supercup

Season	Champion	Score	Runner–up	Champions' coach	Finals MVP
1976–77	Mobilgirgi Varese	2–0	Sinudyne Bologna	Sandro Gamba	—
1977–78	Mobilgirgi Varese	2–1	Sinudyne Bologna	Nico Messina	—
1978–79	Sinudyne Bologna	2–0	Billy Milano	Terry Driscoll	—
1979–80	Sinudyne Bologna	2–0	Gabetti Cantù	Terry Driscoll	—
1980–81	Squibb Cantù	2–1	Sinudyne Bologna	Valerio Bianchini	—
1981–82	Billy Milano	2–0	Scavolini Pesaro	Dan Peterson	—
1982–83	Banco Roma	2–1	Billy Milano	Valerio Bianchini	—
1983–84	Granarolo Bologna †	2–1	Simac Milano	Alberto Bucci	—
1984–85	Simac Milano	2–0	Scavolini Pesaro	Dan Peterson	—
1985–86	Simac Milano †	2–1	Mobilgirgi Caserta	Dan Peterson	—
1986–87	Tracer Milano †	3–0	Mobilgirgi Caserta	Dan Peterson	—
1987–88	Scavolini Pesaro	3–1	Tracer Milano	Valerio Bianchini	—
1988–89	Philips Milano	3–2	Enichem Livorno	Franco Casalini	—
1989–90	Scavolini Pesaro	3–2	Antifurti Ranger Varese	Sergio Scariolo	—
1990–91	Phonola Caserta	3–2	Philips Milano	Franco Marcelletti	—
1991–92	Benetton Treviso	3–1	Scavolini Pesaro	Petar Skansi	—
1992–93	Knorr Bologna	3–0	Benetton Treviso	Ettore Messina	—
1993–94	Buckler Beer Bologna	3–2	Scavolini Pesaro	Alberto Bucci	—
1994–95	Buckler Beer Bologna	3–0	Benetton Treviso	Alberto Bucci	—
1995–96	Stefanel Milano †	3–1	Teamsystem Bologna	Bogdan Tanjević	—
1996–97	Benetton Treviso	3–2	Teamsystem Bologna	Mike D'Antoni	—
1997–98	Kinder Bologna	3–2	Teamsystem Bologna	Ettore Messina	—
1998–99	Varese Roosters	3–0	Benetton Treviso	Carlo Recalcati	—
1999–00	Paf Wennington Bologna	3–1	Benetton Treviso	Carlo Recalcati	—
2000–01	Kinder Bologna †	3–0	Paf Wennington Bologna	Ettore Messina	—
2001–02	Benetton Treviso	3–0	Skipper Bologna	Mike D'Antoni	—
2002–03	Benetton Treviso ‡	3–1	Skipper Bologna	Ettore Messina	—
2003–04	Montepaschi Siena	3–0	Skipper Bologna	Carlo Recalcati	David Andersen
2004–05	Climamio Bologna	3–1	Armani Jeans Milano	Jasmin Repeša	Gianluca Basile
2005–06	Benetton Treviso	3–1	Climamio Bologna	David Blatt	Ramūnas Šiškauskas
2006–07	Montepaschi Siena	3–0	VidiVici Bologna	Simone Pianigiani	Rimantas Kaukėnas
2007–08	Montepaschi Siena	4–1	Lottomatica Roma	Simone Pianigiani	Terrell McIntyre
2008–09	Montepaschi Siena ‡	4–0	Armani Jeans Milano	Simone Pianigiani	Terrell McIntyre
2009–10	Montepaschi Siena ‡	4–0	Armani Jeans Milano	Simone Pianigiani	Terrell McIntyre
2010–11	Montepaschi Siena ‡	4–1	Bennet Cantù	Simone Pianigiani	Bo McCalebb
2011–12	~~Montepaschi Siena~~ ^[a]	4–1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Simone Pianigiani	Bo McCalebb
2012–13	~~Montepaschi Siena †~~^[a]	4–1	Acea Roma	Luca Banchi	Daniel Hackett
2013–14	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	4–3	Montepaschi Siena	Luca Banchi	Alessandro Gentile
2014–15	Banco di Sardegna Sassari ‡	4–3	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Romeo Sacchetti	Rakim Sanders^[1]
2015–16	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano †	4–2	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Jasmin Repeša	Rakim Sanders
2016–17	Umana Reyer Venezia	4–2	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Walter De Raffaele	Melvin Ejim^[2]
2017–18	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	4–2	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Simone Pianigiani	Andrew Goudelock^[3]
2018–19	Umana Reyer Venezia	4–3	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Walter De Raffaele	Austin Daye
2019–20	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	4–0	AX Armani Exchange Milano	Aleksandar Đorđević	Miloš Teodosić
2021–22	AX Armani Exchange Milano	4–2	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Ettore Messina	Shavon Shields

Finals performances by clubs[edit]

Teams in italic are inactive or dissolved.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Olimpia Milano	10	10	1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022	1979, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2021
Virtus Bologna	9	5	1979, 1980, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2021	1977, 1978, 1981, 2007, 2022
Mens Sana	6	1	2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, ~~2012~~, ~~2013~~	2014
Treviso	5	4	1992, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006	1993, 1995, 1999, 2000
Varese	3	1	1977, 1978, 1999	1990
Fortitudo Bologna	2	8	2000, 2005	1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
Victoria Libertas	2	5	1988, 1990	1982, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1994
Reyer Venezia	2	2	2017, 2019	2015
Virtus Roma	1	2	1983	2008, 2013
Cantù	1	2	1981	1980, 2011
JuveCaserta	1	2	1991	1986, 1987
Dinamo Sassari	1	1	2015	2019
Trento	–	2	–	2017, 2018
Reggiana	–	2	–	2016, 2015
Libertas Liburnia	–	1	–	1989

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Following an investigation for accounting and fiscal fraud, the Italian Basketball Federation revoked all the domestic titles won by the club during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons.

References[edit]

^ "Banco di Sardegna, Sanders MVP e top scorer della finale" [Rakim Sanders is the MVP and top scorer of the finals]. Lega Basket Serie A (in Italian). 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ "Melvin Ejim della Reyer Venezia è l'MVP delle finali scudetto" [Melvin Ejim of Reyer Venezia is the MVP of the finals]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Andrew Goudelock è l'MVP delle LBA Finals 2018" [Andrew Goudelock is 2018 LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[fraud-1] Following an investigation for accounting and fiscal fraud, the Italian Basketball Federation revoked all the domestic titles won by the club during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons.

[2] "Banco di Sardegna, Sanders MVP e top scorer della finale" [Rakim Sanders is the MVP and top scorer of the finals]. Lega Basket Serie A (in Italian). 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[3] "Melvin Ejim della Reyer Venezia è l'MVP delle finali scudetto" [Melvin Ejim of Reyer Venezia is the MVP of the finals]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[4] "Andrew Goudelock è l'MVP delle LBA Finals 2018" [Andrew Goudelock is 2018 LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

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