Lega Basket Serie A
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1920 |
| CEO | Federico Zurleni |
| President | Egidio Bianchi |
| No. of teams | 16 |
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| Most recent champion(s) |
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (27th title) |
| Most titles | Olimpia Milano (27 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | RAI, Sky Italia[1] |
| Level on pyramid | 1st tier |
| Relegation to | Serie A2 – 2nd Tier (Last 1) |
| Domestic cup(s) | Italian Cup Italian Supercup |
| Official website | LegaBasket.it (Italian) |
The Lega Basket Serie A (English: Serie A Basketball League), known as the Serie A Kia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. It constitutes the first and highest-tier of the Italian league pyramid, above the second division Serie A2, with which there is a promotion/relegation system.
The Serie A League, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 16 teams, of which the most successful clubs have been Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna. It is run by the Lega Basket, itself regulated by the FIP, the Italian federation.
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History[edit]
A national basketball league was first established in Italy in 1920, with the first title won by S.E.F. Costanza Milano.[citation needed]
Since then, twenty different teams have won the championship, with Olimpia Milano's twenty seven titles the most and Mens Sana's seven consecutive titles from 2007 to 2013 also a record.[citation needed]
After 2007–08 season, the league was reduced from eighteen to sixteen after two clubs, Basket Napoli and Orlandina Basket, were relegated for financial irregularities and not replaced.[citation needed]
From the end of the 2015–16 season, Lega Basket Serie A has a new sponsor. The Turkish brand Beko left Serie A after four years of sponsorship. Beko decided to focus just on their sponsorship of the Spanish football team Barcelona.[2]
The new title sponsor from the beginning of the new season is Kia Motors, South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, which replaced Beko.[3]
Format[edit]
The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games for each team, followed by an eight-team playoff round.
In the playoffs, the Quarterfinals are best of five, while the semifinals and finals series are best of seven (in the 2012-13 season, all series were best-of-seven).
Each season, the last qualified club of the regula reason is relegated to Serie A2 Basket, and is replaced by the winner of the playoffs of this league.
Media[edit]
For the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, domestic TV rights are shared by RAI and Sky Italia.[4]
Current clubs[edit]
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Sassari | PalaSerradimigni | 5,000 |
| Betaland Capo d'Orlando | Capo d'Orlando | PalaFantozzi | 3,613 |
| Consultinvest Pesaro | Pesaro | Adriatic Arena | 6,119 |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Trento | PalaTrento | 4,360 |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Milan | Mediolanum Forum | 12,700 |
| Enel Brindisi | Brindisi | PalaPentassuglia | 3,534 |
| Germani Basket Brescia | Brescia | PalaGeorge[5] | 5,500 |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Reggio Emilia | PalaBigi | 3,800 |
| Juvecaserta | Caserta | PalaMaggiò | 6,387 |
| Manital Torino | Turin | PalaRuffini | 4,500 |
| Openjobmetis Varese | Varese | PalaWhirlpool | 5,300 |
| Pallacanestro Cantù | Cantù | PalaDesio[6] | 6,500 |
| Sidigas Avellino | Avellino | PalaDelMauro | 5,300 |
| The Flexx Pistoia | Pistoia | PalaCarrara | 4,000 |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Mestre | Taliercio | 3,509 |
| Vanoli Cremona | Cremona | PalaRadi | 3,527 |
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Title holders[edit]
Finals[edit]
Titles by club[edit]
| Club | Winners | Championship seasons |
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| Olimpia Milano | 27 | 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2013–14, 2015–16 |
| Virtus Bologna | 15 | 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2000–01 |
| Varese | 10 | 1960–61, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1998–99 |
| Mens Sana | 8 | 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 |
| Assi Milano | 5 | 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 |
| Ginnastica Triestina | 5 | 1930, 1932, 1934, 1939–40, 1940–41 |
| Treviso | 5 | 1991–92, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06 |
| Ginnastica Roma | 4 | 1928, 1931, 1933, 1935 |
| Cantù | 3 | 1967–68, 1974–75, 1980–81 |
| Reyer Venezia | 2 | 1941–42, 1942–43 |
| Victoria Libertas | 2 | 1987–88, 1989–90 |
| Fortitudo Bologna | 2 | 1999–00, 2004–05 |
| Costanza | 1 | 1920 |
| Inter Milan | 1 | 1923 |
| Virtus Roma | 1 | 1982–83 |
| Juvecaserta | 1 | 1990–91 |
| Dinamo Sassari | 1 | 2014–15 |
Titles by city[edit]
| City | Championships | Clubs |
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| Milan |
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Olimpia Milano (27), Assi Milano (5), Costanza (1), Inter Milan (1) |
| Bologna |
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Virtus Bologna (15), Fortitudo Bologna (2) |
| Varese |
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Varese (10) |
| Siena |
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Mens Sana (8) |
| Trieste |
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Ginnastica Triestina (5) |
| Rome |
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Ginnastica Roma (4), Virtus Roma (1) |
| Treviso |
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Treviso (5) |
| Cantù |
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Cantù (3) |
| Venice |
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Reyer Venezia (2) |
| Pesaro |
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Victoria Libertas (2) |
| Caserta |
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Juvecaserta (1) |
| Sassari |
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Dinamo Sassari (1) |
Titles by region[edit]
| Region | Championships | Clubs |
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Olimpia Milano (27), Varese (10), Assi Milano (5), Cantù (3), Costanza (1), Inter Milan (1) | |
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Virtus Bologna (15), Fortitudo Bologna (2) | |
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Mens Sana (8) | |
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Treviso (5), Reyer Venezia (2) | |
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Ginnastica Roma (4), Virtus Roma (1) | |
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Ginnastica Triestina (5) | |
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Victoria Libertas (2) | |
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Juvecaserta (1) | |
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Dinamo Sassari (1) |
Individual awards[edit]
Lega Basket All Star Game[edit]
Italian basketball clubs in European-wide competitions[edit]
See also[edit]
- Italian Basketball Cup
- Italian Basketball Supercup
- Italian Basketball Hall of Fame
- Italian Basketball Federation
References[edit]
- ^ "Basket in tv: a Rai e Sky i diritti tv delle prossime due stagioni" [Basketball on television: the tv rights for the next season for Rai and Sky]. Serie A (in Italian). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Il marchio Beko lascerà il basket. Il CEO Mangiacotti avrà un futuro in Lega?" [Beko is going to leave basketball. Mangiacotti (CEO of Beko) could have a future in Lega]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "La LegaBasket Serie A 2016-2017 sarà targata Kia" [Lega Basket Serie A 2016-2017 will be sponsored by Kia]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ Michael Long (4 August 2015). "Italy's Lega Basket Serie A completes domestic rights sales". SportsProMedia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Montichiari: il PalaGeorge "casa" della Centrale del Latte di Brescia?" [Montichiari: will PalaGeorge be Centrale del Latte Brescia's "home"?]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Andrea Mauri: "Desio è un'opportunità, a lavoro per definire il budget"" [Andrea Mauri: "Desio is an opportunity, at work to define the budget"]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Italian Serie A Games / Schedule (2015-2016)A". Eurobasket. Retrieved 5 December 2015.