2017–18 LBA season

Serie A PosteMobile1
Season 2017–18
Teams 16
Games played 240 (Regular season)
24–41 (Playoffs)
Dates October 2016 – June 2017
TV Rai Sport, Eurosport[1]
2018–19 →

1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile.

The 2017–18 Lega Basket Serie A, will be the 96th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,[2] which is highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season will start in October 2016 and will finish in May 2017, with the playoffs starting in May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four, the 2018 EuroCup Finals or the 2018 Champions League Playoffs) to finish in June depending on results.

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.[3]

Umana Reyer Venezia are the defending champions.[4]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2016–17 season and one promoted from the 2016–17 Serie A2.

Segafredo Virtus Bologna is the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citroën after beating Alma Trieste at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after just one season of absence.[5]

Virtus Bologna replaced Vanoli Cremona who was relegated during the previous season.[6]

Number of teams by region

Number of teams Region Team(s)
4  LombardyEA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Germani Basket Brescia
Openjobmetis Varese
Red October Cantù
2  CampaniaPasta Reggia Caserta
Sidigas Avellino
 Emilia-RomagnaGrissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Segafredo Virtus Bologna A2
1  ApuliaEnel Brindisi
 MarcheConsultinvest Pesaro
 PiedmontFiat Torino
 SardiniaBanco di Sardegna Sassari
 SicilyBetaland Capo d'Orlando
 Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolDolomiti Energia Trento
 TuscanyThe Flexx Pistoia
 VenetoUmana Reyer Venezia LBA
Notes
^LBA 2016–17 LBA champion.
^A2 2016–17 Serie A2 champion.

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity 2016–17 season
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000[7] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
Betaland Capo d'Orlando Capo d'Orlando PalaFantozzi 3,508[8] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
Consultinvest Pesaro Pesaro Adriatic Arena 6,119[9] 15th in Serie A
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento PalaTrento 4,360[10] Runners-up 2016 playoffs
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[11] Semifinals 2017 playoffs
Enel Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534[12] 9th in Serie A
Fiat Torino Turin PalaRuffini 4,500[13] 11th in Serie A
Germani Basket Brescia Brescia PalaGeorge[14] 5,500[15] 10th in Serie A
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Land Rover Arena
(Bologna)		 5,570[16] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
PalaBigi 4,600[17]
Openjobmetis Varese Varese PalA2A 5,100[18] 12th in Serie A
Pasta Reggia Caserta Caserta PalaMaggiò 6,387[19] 13th in Serie A
Red October Cantù Cantù PalaBancoDesio[20]
(Desio)		 6,700[21] 14th in Serie A
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna Unipol Arena 9,513[22] Serie A2 playoffs winner
Sidigas Avellino Avellino PalaDelMauro 5,195[23] Semifinals 2017 playoffs
The Flexx Pistoia Pistoia PalaCarrara 4,000[24] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Taliercio 3,506[25] LBA Champions

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Stefano Sardara Italy Federico Pasquini Italy Giacomo Devecchi Eyesportwear Banco di Sardegna
Betaland Capo d'Orlando Italy Roberto Enzo Sindoni Italy Gennaro Di Carlo Croatia Sandro Nicević Legea Betaland
Consultinvest Pesaro Italy Ario Costa Albania Spiro Leka Italy Giulio Gazzotti Erreà Consultinvest
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy Luigi Longhi Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Argentina Andrés Pablo Forray Spalding Dolomiti Energia
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Italy Livio Proli Italy Simone Pianigiani Italy Andrea Cinciarini Armani EA7 Emporio Armani
Enel Brindisi Italy Fernando Marino Italy Sandro Dell'Agnello Italy Marco Cardillo Bitre Sport Enel
Fiat Torino Italy Antonio Forni Italy Luca Banchi Italy Giuseppe Poeta Spalding Fiat Automobiles
Germani Basket Brescia Italy Graziella Bragaglio Italy Andrea Diana United States David Moss Erreà Germani Trasporti
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy Maria Licia Ferrarini Italy Massimiliano Menetti Italy Pietro Aradori Sportika Grissin Bon
Openjobmetis Varese Italy Stefano Coppa Italy Attilio Caja Spalding Openjobmetis
Pasta Reggia Caserta Italy Raffaele Iavazzi Italy Piero Bucchi Italy Marco Giuri Givova Pasta Reggia
Red October Cantù Russia Dmitry Gerasimenko Italy Carlo Recalcati Italy Craig Callahan Macron Red October Steel Works
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy Alberto Bucci Macron Segafredo Zanetti
Sidigas Avellino Italy Giuseppe Sampietro Italy Stefano Sacripanti Republic of Macedonia Marques Green Joma Sidigas
The Flexx Pistoia Italy Roberto Maltinti Italy Vincenzo Esposito Italy Michele Antonutti Erreà The Flexx
Umana Reyer Venezia Italy Luigi Brugnaro Italy Walter De Raffaele Italy Tomas Ress Erreà Umana

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Fiat Torino Italy Francesco Vitucci Sacked 22 May 2017[26] Pre-season Italy Luca Banchi 25 May 2017[27]
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Croatia Jasmin Repeša Mutual consent 3 June 2017[28] Italy Simone Pianigiani 29 June 2017[29]
Enel Brindisi Italy Romeo Sacchetti Sign with Vanoli Cremona 15 June 2017[30] Italy Sandro Dell'Agnello 1 July 2017[31]
Pasta Reggia Caserta Italy Sandro Dell'Agnello Sign with Enel Brindisi 30 June 2017[32] Italy Piero Bucchi 3 July 2017[33]

Changes from 2016–17

As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people.[34] From 2017–18 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.[35]

In summer 2016, four Italian teams (Reggio Emilia, Trento, Sassari and Cantù) were forced to withdraw from EuroCup because of the FIBA and Euroleague Basketball controversy.[36] From this season, Italian Basketball Federation will allow LBA clubs to rejoin EuroCup. There will be at least six teams in Europe. One in EuroLeague (Olimpia Milano directly enter the EuroLeague as licensed club), two in EuroCup (but they are negotiating with ECA for a third spot) and three in Basketball Champions League.[37] Lega Basket decided Italian Clubs will be free to choose in which European Cup they want to play, based on final ranking and sports merit.[38]

Rules

Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

  1. 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
  2. 3 foreigners from countries outside the E.U., 4 foreigners from E.U. countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the E.U. and four foreigners from E.U. countries or "Cotonou Countries".[39]

At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.[40]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams will be eliminated, while the last one qualified team will be relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays are from October 2017 to May 2018.

League Table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Consultinvest Pesaro 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Enel Brindisi 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fiat Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Germani Basket Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Openjobmetis Varese 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pasta Reggia Caserta 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Red October Cantù 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sidigas Avellino 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 The Flexx Pistoia 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Umana Reyer Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Serie A2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LBA

Results

Home ╲ Away SAS CDO PESTREEA7BRITORBREREGVARCASCTUBOLAVEPISVEN
Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Betaland Capo d'Orlando
Consultinvest Pesaro
Dolomiti Energia Trento
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Enel Brindisi
Fiat Torino
Germani Basket Brescia
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Openjobmetis Varese
Pasta Reggia Caserta
Red October Cantù
Segafredo Virtus Bologna
Sidigas Avellino
The Flexx Pistoia
Umana Reyer Venezia

Source:

Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven. The playoffs will start on May 2018 to finish in June depending on result.

Serie A clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress Ref
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano EuroLeague Regular season [41]
Dolomiti Energia Trento EuroCup Regular season [42]
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Regular season
Fiat Torino Regular season
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Champions League Regular season [43]
Betaland Capo d'Orlando Third qualifying round
Sidigas Avellino Regular season
Umana Reyer Venezia Regular season

Supercup

The 2017 Italian Supercup will be the 23rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. It will open the season on September 2017.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano are the defending champions.[44]

Cup

The 50th edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[45] will be contested in February 2018. Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight will be the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2017–18 Serie A season.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano are the defending champions.[46]

References

  1. ↑ "Italian League assembly approves sale of TV rights". Sportando.com. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Basket, PosteMobile nuovo title sponsor della Lega di Serie A" [Basketball, PosteMobile new title sponsor of Lega Basket Serie A]. calcioefinanza.it (in Italian). 16 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lega Basket, rinnovo quadriennale con la Molten" [Lega Basket, 4-years renew with Molten]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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  8. ↑ Betaland Capo d'Orlando (in Italian).
  9. ↑ Consultinvest Pesaro (in Italian).
  10. ↑ La struttura, Trentino Volley (in Italian).
  11. ↑ CHI SIAMO (in Italian).
  12. ↑ Enel Brindisi (in Italian).
  13. ↑ Palaruffini-Torino (in Italian).
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  19. ↑ Pasta Reggia Caserta (in Italian).
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  22. ↑ Unipol Arena(in Italian).
  23. ↑ Sidigas Avellino (in Italian).
  24. ↑ The Flexx Pistoia (in Italian).
  25. ↑ Umana Reyer Venezia (in Italian).
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