2018–19 LBA season
Competition details | |||
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Season | 2018–19 | ||
Teams | 16 | ||
Games played | 2 | ||
Dates | 7 October 2018 – June 2019 | ||
TV | Rai Sport, Eurosport[1] | ||
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of October 13, 2018.1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile. |
The 2018–19 LBA season, also known as Serie A PosteMobile for sponsorship reasons,[2] is the 97th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since its establishment. It is the men's top professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system. The regular season began on October 7, 2018 and is scheduled to finish on May 12, 2019, with the playoffs starting in May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, 2019 EuroCup Playoffs or for the 2019 Champions League Playoffs) to finish in June depending on results.[3]
As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.[4]
AX Armani Exchange Milano are the defending champions.[5]
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2017–18 season and one promoted from the 2017–18 Serie A2.[6]
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste is the promoted club from the Serie A2 Basket after beating Novipiù Casale Monferrato at game 3 of league's playoffs,[7] and returned to the top division after a 14 years absence.[8]
Trieste replaced Betaland Capo d'Orlando who were relegated during the previous season.[9]
Number of teams by region
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | Adidas | Alma Agenzia per il lavoro, Allianz | |||
AX Armani Exchange Milano | Armani | AX Armani Exchange | |||
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Eye Sport | Banco di Sardegna, Tirrenia | |||
Dolomiti Energia Trento | Spalding | Dolomiti Energia | |||
Fiat Torino | Kappa | Fiat Automobiles | |||
Germani Basket Brescia | Erreà | Germani Trasporti | |||
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Sportika | Grissin Bon, Mapei | |||
New Basket Brindisi | Adidas | Enel | |||
Openjobmetis Varese | Spalding | Openjobmetis | |||
OriOra Pistoia | Erreà | OriOra | |||
Red October Cantù | Eye Sport | Red October Steel Works | |||
Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Macron | Segafredo Zanetti | |||
Sidigas Avellino | Joma | Sidigas, Citroën | |||
Umana Reyer Venezia | Erreà | Umana | |||
Vanoli Cremona | Erreà | Ferramenta Vanoli | |||
VL Pesaro | Erreà | Consultinvest, ButanGas |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Sacked | 17 May 2018[28] | Pre-season | 23 May 2018[29] | ||
OriOra Pistoia | Signed with Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 19 May 2018[30] | 12 June 2018[31] | |||
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Mutual consent | 22 May 2018[32] | 22 May 2018[33] | |||
Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Sacked | 25 May 2018[34] | 12 June 2018[35] | |||
Red October Cantù | Resigned | 29 May 2018[36] | 7 June 2018[37] | |||
Sidigas Avellino | Sacked | 1 June 2018[38] | 12 June 2018[39] | |||
Fiat Torino | Resigned | 7 June 2018[40] | 17 June 2018[41] |
Changes from 2017–18
As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people.[42] From 2017–18 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.[43]
Rules
Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:
- 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
- 3 foreigners from countries outside the EU, 4 foreigners from EU 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 EU and four foreigners from EU countries or "Cotonou Countries".[44]
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.[45]
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 7, 2018, to May 2019.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 144 | +29 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 171 | +20 | |
3 | Vanoli Cremona | 2 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 187 | +11 | |
4 | Sidigas Avellino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 186 | 175 | +11 | |
5 | New Basket Brindisi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 176 | +4 | |
6 | Fiat Torino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 150 | +11 | |
7 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 164 | 160 | +4 | |
8 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 2 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 145 | +3 | |
9 | Germani Basket Brescia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 160 | +3 | |
10 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 2 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 176 | −5 | |
11 | Openjobmetis Varese | 2 | 1 | 1 | 141 | 151 | −10 | |
12 | Red October Cantù | 2 | 1 | 1 | 165 | 170 | −5 | |
13 | VL Pesaro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 165 | −9 | |
14 | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | 2 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 178 | −16 | |
15 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 2 | 0 | 2 | 171 | 188 | −17 | |
16 | OriOra Pistoia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 180 | −34 | Relegation to Serie A2 |
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Sidigas Avellino | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AX Armani Exchange Milano | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VL Pesaro | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanoli Cremona | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umana Reyer Venezia | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Openjobmetis Varese | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germani Basket Brescia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiat Torino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dolomiti Energia Trento | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OriOra Pistoia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Basket Brindisi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Red October Cantù | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
Home \ Away | TRI | AXM | SAS | TRE | TOR | BRE | REG | BRI | VAR | PIS | CTU | BOL | AVE | VEN | CRE | PES |
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Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | — | 88–92 | ||||||||||||||
AX Armani Exchange Milano | — | 103–92 | ||||||||||||||
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | — | 71–60 | ||||||||||||||
Dolomiti Energia Trento | — | 99–104 | ||||||||||||||
Fiat Torino | 86–74 | — | ||||||||||||||
Germani Basket Brescia | — | |||||||||||||||
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 85–77 | — | ||||||||||||||
New Basket Brindisi | — | |||||||||||||||
Openjobmetis Varese | 81–80 | — | ||||||||||||||
OriOra Pistoia | — | |||||||||||||||
Red October Cantù | — | |||||||||||||||
Segafredo Virtus Bologna | — | |||||||||||||||
Sidigas Avellino | 98–81 | — | ||||||||||||||
Umana Reyer Venezia | 76–75 | — | ||||||||||||||
Vanoli Cremona | — | |||||||||||||||
VL Pesaro | 83–77 | — |
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with background in a lighter colour were decided after overtime.
Statistical leaders
- As of October 9, 2018.[46]
Points
Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
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1. | Sidigas Avellino | 32.0 | |
2. | Openjobmetis Varese | 30.0 | |
3. | Vanoli Cremona | 29.0 | |
4. | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 29.0 | |
5. | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 22.0 |
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | APG |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Sidigas Avellino | 13.0 | |
2. | Vanoli Cremona | 7.0 | |
3. | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 7.0 | |
4. | Umana Reyer Venezia | 7.0 | |
5. | Red October Cantù | 7.0 |
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
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1. | Sidigas Avellino | 15.0 | |
2. | VL Pesaro | 13.0 | |
3. | OriOra Pistoia | 11.0 | |
4. | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 10.0 | |
5. | Sidigas Avellino | 10.0 |
Valuation
Rank | Name | Team | VPG |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Sidigas Avellino | 42.0 | |
2. | Vanoli Cremona | 40.0 | |
3. | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 37.0 | |
4. | Red October Cantù | 32.0 | |
5. | Sidigas Avellino | 31.0 |
Other Statistics
Category | Player | Team | Average |
---|---|---|---|
Steals | Vanoli Cremona | ||
Blocks | Sidigas Avellino | ||
Turnovers | Umana Reyer Venezia | ||
2P% | Red October Cantù | ||
3P% | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | ||
FT% | Dolomiti Energia Trento | ||
Individual game highs
Category | Player | Team | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Sidigas Avellino | Red October Cantù (Oct 6, 18) | ||
Rebounds | Sidigas Avellino | Red October Cantù (Oct 6, 18) | ||
Assists | Sidigas Avellino | Red October Cantù (Oct 6, 18) | ||
Steals | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste (Oct 7, 18) | ||
Blocks | Sidigas Avellino | Red October Cantù (Oct 6, 18) | ||
Three Pointers | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste (Oct 7, 18) |
Source: RealGM
Awards
Round MVP
Round | Player | Team | PIR | Ref |
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1 | Sidigas Avellino | 32 | [47] |
Playoffs
The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals are best of five formats, while the finals series are best of seven format. The playoffs will start in May 18 or 22, 2019, to finish in June 2019, depending on result.[48]
Serie A clubs in European competitions
Team | Competition | Progress | Ref |
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AX Armani Exchange Milano | EuroLeague | Regular season | [49] |
Germani Basket Brescia | EuroCup | Regular season | [50] |
Dolomiti Energia Trento | Regular season | ||
Fiat Torino | Regular season | ||
Red October Cantù | Champions League | Second qualifying round | [51] |
Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Regular season | ||
Sidigas Avellino | Regular season | ||
Umana Reyer Venezia | Regular season | ||
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | [52][53] |
Openjobmetis Varese | Regular season | ||
Supercup
The 2018 Italian Supercup, also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2018 for sponsorship reasons,[54] was the 24rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the 2018-19 season on 29 and 30 September 2018,[55] and it was contested in the PalaLeonessa in Brescia.[56]
Qualified for the tournament were Fiat Torino and Germani Brescia,[57] as Italian Cup finalists, AX Armani Exchange Milano and Dolomiti Energia Trento as LBA Playoffs finalist.[58]
AX Armani Exchange Milano beat the tournament host Germani Basket Brescia 59-81, while Fiat Torino beat Dolomiti Energia Trento 81-72.[59]
AX Armani Exchange Milano was the Supercup winner for the third consecutive season after beating Fiat Torino in the final 82-71. Milano used an 11-0 run to start the second quarter and jump in front. Milano held a 41-31 lead at halftime, then Vladimir Micov nailed three triples early in the third quarter to open a 55-38 lead. Torino closed in with a 0-12 run in the fourth quarter, but Artūras Gudaitis had a three-point play to extend it to 76-67, and sending Milano on its way to victory. Micov and Gudaitis scored 17 points apiece to lead Milano to its first trophy of the season. Nemanja Nedović scored 14, and Mike James had 10 in a victory. Tony Carr paced Torino with 15 points, while Tekele Cotton, Tyshawn Taylor and Jamil Wilson scored 11 apiece.[60]
Vladimir Micov was named MVP of the competition.[61]
Cup
The 51st edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[62] will be contested in February 2019.[63] As in the previous edition, Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence will host the Cup.[64]
Fiat Torino are the defending champions.[65]
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External links
- Lega Basket website (in Italian)