Serie A1 (women's basketball)

Serie A1

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1924
Inaugural season	1924
No. of teams	16
Country	Italy
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Level on pyramid	1
Official website	www.legabasketfemminile.it

Serie A1 di pallacanestro femminile, or LegA Basket Femminile is the premier national league for women's basketball clubs in Italy, founded in 1930.^[1] Pool Comense is the competition's most successful club with fifteen championships, followed by AS Vicenza with twelve and Geas Basket with seven, while PF Schio and Cras Taranto have been the leading teams in recent years.^[2]

Currently both the champion and runner-up are granted spots in the Euroleague.^[3] The Serie A champions were the major force in the 1980s, with Geas Basket, Fiat Torino, AS Vicenza, Libertas Trogylos, Polisportiva Ahena and Pool Comense winning eleven editions between 1978 and 1995.^[4]

2016-17 teams

• Battipaglia
• Broni
• CUS Cagliari
• La Spezia
• San Martino di Lupari
• Le Mura Lucca
• Napoli
• Orvieto
• Parma
• Ragusa
• Schio
• Torino
• Umbertide
• Venezia
• Vigarano

List of champions

• Comense
  • 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
• Vicenza
  • 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
• Schio
  • 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Geas
  • 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
• Triestina
  • 1930, 1931, 1956, 1957, 1958
• Torino
  • 1962, 1963, 1964, 1979, 1980
• Canottieri
  • 1933, 1934, 1935, 1943
• Ambrosiana
  • 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
• Bernocchi
  • 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955
• Cras Taranto
  • 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012
• Udinese
  • 1959, 1960, 1961
• Libertas Trogylos
  • 1989, 2000
• Gioiosa
  • 1932
• Ilva Trieste
  • 1940
• Napoli
  • 1941
• CUS Milano
  • 1942
• Reyer Venezia
  • 1946
• Indomita
  • 1949
• Standa
  • 1973
• Treviso
  • 1981
• Ahena
  • 1990
• Parma
  • 2001
• Vomero
  • 2007

References