Lega Basket Serie A
Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A | |
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League logo | |
| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1920 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country | Italy |
| Confederation | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Dinamo Sassari (1st title) |
| Most titles |
Olimpia Milano (26 titles) |
| Related competitions | Italian Supercup |
| Level on pyramid | 1st tier (Italy) |
| Relegation to | Serie A2 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Italian Cup |
| Official website | LegaBasket.it (Italian) |
The Lega Basket Serie A is a professional 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.
It is run by the Lega Basket, itself regulated by the FIP, the Italian federation.
2015–16 teams
Main article: 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A
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History
Current alternate league logo
Former league logo
A national basketball league was first established in Italy in 1920, with the first title won by SEF Costanza Milano. Since then, twenty different teams have won the championship, with Olimpia Milano's twenty six titles the most and Mens Sana Siena's seven consecutive titles from 2007 to 2013 also a record.
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.
Format
The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. 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). The last placed club is relegated, and is replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket.
Media
For the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, domestic TV rights are shared by RAI and Sky Italia.[2]
Title holders
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Titles by club
| Club | Champions | Winning years |
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| Olimpia Milano | |
1935-36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 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 |
| Virtus Bologna | |
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 | |
1960-61, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1998–99 |
| Mens Sana | |
2003-04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012-13 |
| Assi Milano | |
1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 |
| Ginnastica Triestina | |
1930, 1932, 1934, 1939–40, 1940-41 |
| Treviso | |
1991-92, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06 |
| Ginnastica Roma | |
1928, 1931, 1933, 1935 |
| Cantù | |
1967-68, 1974–75, 1980–81 |
| Reyer Venezia | |
1941-42, 1942–43 |
| VL Pesaro | |
1987-88, 1989–90 |
| Fortitudo Bologna | |
1999-00, 2004–05 |
| Costanza Milano | |
1920 |
| Inter Milano | |
1923 |
| Virtus Roma | |
1982-83 |
| Juvecaserta | |
1990-91 |
| Dinamo Sassari | |
2014-15 |
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Olimpia Milano (1956-57 & 1981-82) - Virtus Bologna (1983-84)
- Varese (1998-99)
Finals
Individual awards
Main article: Lega Basket Serie A awards
Main article: Lega Basket Serie A MVP
Main article: Lega Basket Serie A Finals MVP
See also
- Italian Basketball Cup
- Italian Basketball Supercup
- Italian Basketball All Star Game
- Italian Basketball Hall of Fame
- Italian Basketball Federation
References
- ↑ "Italian Serie A Games / Schedule (2015-2016)A". Eurobasket. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ Michael Long (4 August 2015). "Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A completes domestic rights sales". SportsProMedia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
External links
- Serie A page at Eurobasket
- Lega A fixtures, results and standings at sportstats
- Official Website (Italian)
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