Pallacanestro Reggiana

Pallacanestro Reggiana
Leagues Lega Basket Serie A
Eurocup Basketball
Founded 1974
History Pallacanestro Reggiana
(1974–present)
Arena PalaBigi
(capacity: 3,500)
PalaDozza
(capacity: 5,600)
Location Reggio Emilia, Italy
Team colors White, Red
         
President Ivan Paterlini
Team manager Alessandro Frosini
Head coach Massimiliano Menetti
Championships 1 EuroChallenge (2014)
2 Italian LegaDue (2004, 2012)
Website pallacanestroreggiana.it
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Pallacanestro Reggiana is an Italian basketball team based in Reggio Emilia, also known for sponsorship reasons as Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.[1] It plays in Serie A and has earned a place in ULEB Eurocup by winning FIBA EuroChallege trophy.

History

Pallacanestro Reggiana is the historical name of the team whose official team name changes depending on who are the main sponsors. Their best result for long time was 7th place in Serie A in 1998/99 season. They have reached the final of the Italian Cup in 2004/05 season. Team played in ULEB Cup, but it has also played in the Korać Cup in 1998/99 and 1999/00 seasons.

In 2011/2012 Legadue Basket season team won 20 out of 28 games, winning the Championship. It allowed to return to Lega Basket Serie A in 2012/2013 season.[2] Coming-back-to-Seria A-season opened new chapter in team's history. Team finished regular season with 18 victories in 30 games and 6th place in the final standings, which is the best accomplishment ever. In the first play-off round Reggio Emilia lost to Pallacanestro Virtus Roma in seven game series (3-4).

Reggio Emilia is the place where Kobe Bryant started to play basketball, because his father Joe Bryant was playing for the team from 1989 to 1991.

Gianluca Basile, who is considered to be one of the best 1990s and 2000s era Italian basketball players, started his pro career with Pallacanestro Reggiana, playing for the team for four seasons (1995–1999).

In the 2013–14 season Reggio returned to an international level for the first time since 2006, participating in the EuroChallenge. On March 13, Reggio made history qualifying for the Final Four of the tournament. In quarterfinals they upset defending EuroChallenge champions Krasnye Krylia in a best-of-three series beating them 2-0. Four days later they made a bid to organise the Final Four tournament in Bologna, in the legendary PalaDozza arena. On March 31, FIBA Europe announced Reggio Emilia as the organizer of Final Four tournament.[3] In semi-final game Ojārs Siliņš scored 14 and Reggio won Royal Halı Gaziantep (66:55). Two days later, on April 27, in front of almost 5,000 people Reggio beat Russian Triumph Lyubertsy 79–65, winning its first European trophy ever. James White was the leading scorer for Reggiana with 17 points, while Andrea Cinciarini (who recorded 7 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds) was named Finals MVP.

By winning the EuroChallenge Reggio Emilia got a wild-card for participating in the 2014–15 Eurocup. After injury-prone start of the season, Reggio finished Eurocup season with 2 wins in 10 games and last place in Group A.

Arena

From 1980, the Team plays its home games in the PalaBigi, seating 3 500 spectators. It was built in 1968 and named after Reggio's Secretary of Sports Giulio Bigi. There were 3 800 seats until 2007. Team often plays its international games in historical PalaDozza in Bologna.

2014-15 Roster

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Italy Mussini, Federico 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 19 – 12 March 1996
C 5 Zimbabwe Chikoko, Vitalis 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 24 – 11 February 1991
PF 6 Italy Polonara, Achille 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 23 – 23 November 1991
C 7 Lithuania Lavrinovič, Darjuš 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 35 – 1 November 1979
SG 8 Italy Della Valle, Amedeo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 22 – 11 April 1993
PF 10 Czech Republic Pechacek, Adam 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 20 – 19 February 1995
C 11 Italy Pini, Giovanni 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 22 – 25 July 1992
SG 13 Lithuania Kaukėnas, Rimantas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 38 – 11 April 1977
C 14 Italy Cervi, Riccardo 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 23 – 19 June 1991
SF 15 Latvia Siliņš, Ojārs 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 21 – 20 July 1993
SG 16 United States Diener, Drake 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – 19 December 1981
SG 17 Latvia Strautiņš, Artūrs 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 16 – 23 October 1998
SF 19 Italy Rovatti, Andrea 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 18 – 28 November 1996
PG 20 Italy Cinciarini, Andrea (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 28 – 21 June 1986
Head coach
  • Italy Massimiliano Menetti
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Flavio Fioretti
  • Italy Devis Cagnardi
Conditioning coach
  • Italy Simone Stanzani
Sports director
Manager
  • Italy Filippo Barozzi
Legend
  • (C) Team captain

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Injured
C Riccardo Cervi Vitalis Chikoko Giovanni Pini
PF Achille Polonara Darjuš Lavrinovič Adam Pechacek
SF Ojārs Siliņš Rimantas Kaukėnas Andrea Rovatti
SG Drake Diener Amedeo Della Valle Artūrs Strautiņš
PG Andrea Cinciarini Federico Mussini

Squad Changes for the 2014/2015 Season

In

Out

Honors

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Individual awards

Recent results

Season by season results of the club in national, cup and European competitions for the last 12 years.

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Italian Cup European competitions
2003–04 2 LegaDue 1 PromotedChampion – –
2004–05 1 Serie A 8 – Finalist –
2005–06 1 Serie A 10 – – 2 ULEB Cup – Quarterfinalist
2006–07 1 Serie A 17 Relegated – –
2007–08 2 LegaDue 4 Semifinalist – –
2008–09 2 LegaDue 14 – – –
2009–10 2 LegaDue 3 Semifinalist – –
2010–11 2 LegaDue 15 – – –
2011–12 2 LegaDue 1 PromotedChampion – –
2012–13 1 Serie A 6 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist –
2013–14 1 Serie A 7 Quarterfinalist Semifinalist 3 EuroChallenge – Champion
2014–15 1 Serie A – Semifinalist 2 ULEB Eurocup – Regular season

Notable players

Coaches

  • Italy Marzio D'Arrigo '74-
  • Italy Beppe Ferretti -
  • Italy Raimondo Vecchi -'81
  • Italy Gianfranco Lombardi 6 seasons: '83-'86, '97-'00
  • Italy Cesare Pancotto 1 season: '86-'87
  • Italy Piero Pasini 2 seasons: '87-'89
  • United States Joe Isaac 2 seasons: '89-'91
  • Italy Virginio Bernardi 2 seasons: '92-'94
  • Republic of Macedonia Zare Markovski 1 season: '94-'95
  • Italy Franco Marcelletti 4 seasons: '00-'02, '07-'09
  • Italy Sandro Dell'Agnello 1 season: '02
  • Italy Luca Dalmonte 1 season: '02-'03
  • Italy Fabrizio Frates 3 seasons: '04-'06, '10-'11
  • Italy Renato Pasquali 1 season: '06
  • Italy Alessandro Ramagli 1 season: '09-'10
  • Italy Alessandro Finelli 1 season: '10
  • Italy Piero Coen 1 season: '10
  • Italy Massimiliano Menetti 4 seasons: '11-present

Sponsorship names

  • Magazzini Jolly (1974–77)
  • Cantine Riunite (1977–90)
  • Sidis (1990–93)
  • Ceramica Campeginese (1993–94)
  • Metasystem (1994–95)
  • CFM (1996–98)
  • Zucchetti Software (1998–99)
  • Bipop Carire (1999–2007)

References

  1. ↑ Reggiana page on the official LegADue site
  2. ↑ Reggiana page on the official LegaBasket site
  3. ↑ "Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia To Host F4 | EuroChallenge". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

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