Reyer Venezia Mestre

Umana Reyer Venezia
Nickname Orogranata
Leagues LBA
Champions League
Founded 1872 (sports club)
1925 (basketball section)
History See Names
Arena Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Arena Capacity 3,509
Location Venice, Italy
Team colors Garnet red, Gold, White
              
President Federico Casarin
Head coach Walter De Raffaele
Ownership Luigi Brugnaro
Championships 3 Italian Leagues
Website reyer.it
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Reyer Venezia Mestre, or Reyer Venice Mestre, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. It operates both men's and women's professional teams, both playing in their respective first divisions as of the 2016-17 season. Founded in 1872, as gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, it started sponsoring basketball in 1907, operating in the past as Pallacanestro Venezia.

The men's team won the LBA in 1942, 1943 and 2017.

History

The Reyer team that won league titles in 1942 and 1943

The team was founded in 1872, by the gymnastics teacher Peter Gallo in Venice. In the 1941–42 and 1942–43 season, Reyer won back-to-back Italian league titles. In 1944, the team also won the Italian championship, but the victory was not approved by the Italian Federation.

The club under the name "Carrera Venezia" participated in the 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup and managed to reach the final where the club defeated 104–105 by Joventut Freixenet that took place in Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona at March 19.

In 2006–07, Reyer was the amateur champion of Italy, and promoted to the LegaDue. In the 2010–11 season, the team finally promoted back to the Lega Basket Serie A.

In the 2016–17 season, Reyer reached the Italian League Finals for the first time since 1944.[1] Reyer claimed its third national championship on June 20, 2017, after beating Trento 4–2 in the series.[2] Reyer also played in the Basketball Champions League that season and advanced to the Final Four, where the team finished in fourth place.[3]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Reyer Venezia Mestre roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 Georgia (country) Haynes, MarQuez 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1986-12-19)19 December 1986
C 2 United States Hagins, Jamelle 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1990-10-19)19 October 1990
SF 3 Canada Ejim, Melvin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1991-03-04)4 March 1991
F 4 Croatia Perić, Hrvoje 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 31 – (1985-10-25)25 October 1985
SG 5 United States Stone, Julyan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988
G/F 6 Greece Bramos, Michael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987
SG 7 Italy Tonut, Stefano 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 23 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993
SG 9 Italy Visconti, Riccardo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (1998-10-08)8 October 1998
F/C 14 Italy Ress, Tomas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 37 – (1980-08-22)22 August 1980
C 15 Uruguay Batista, Esteban 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 33 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983
C 16 Austria Ortner, Benjamin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 34 – (1983-03-16)16 March 1983
SF 22 Italy Viggiano, Jeff 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 33 – (1984-07-24)24 July 1984
SG 25 United States McGee, Tyrus 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1991-03-14)14 March 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Alberto Billio
  • Italy Alberto Buffo

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: March 22, 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jamelle Hagins Benjamin Ortner
PF Hrvoje Perić Tomas Ress
SF Melvin Ejim Michael Bramos Jeffrey Viggiano
SG Tyrus McGee Stefano Tonut Riccardo Visconti
PG MarQuez Haynes Ariel Filloy

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Titles

Total titles: 3

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as :

  • Noalex Venezia (1966–1970)
  • Splügen Venezia (1970–1973)
  • Canon Venezia (1973–1980)
  • Carrera Venezia (1980–1984)
  • Giomo Venezia (1984–1987)
  • Hitachi Venezia (1987–1990)
  • Scaini Venezia (1991–1993)
  • Acqua Lora Venezia (1993–1994)
  • San Benedetto (1994–1995)
  • Reyer Venezia (1995-1996)
  • Panto Venezia (1998–2001)
  • Acqua Pia Antica Marcia (2005–2006)
  • Umana Reyer Venezia (2006–present)

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Italian Cup European competitions
2010–11 2 LegaDue 2nd
2011–12 1 Serie A 7th
2012–13 1 Serie A 8th
2013–14 1 Serie A 11th
2014–15 1 Serie A 4th Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1 Serie A 4th Quarterfinalist
2
Eurocup
L32
2016–17 1 Serie A 1st Quarterfinalist
3
Champions League 4th

Source: Eurobasket.com

References

  1. "Venezia makes history by advancing to the Finals". Eurohoops.net. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  2. Reyer Venezia crowned Italian league champion!
  3. "AS Monaco v Umana Reyer Venezia". BasketballCL.com. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
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