Serie A2 Basket

Serie A2 Basket
Founded 1974 (1974)
First season 1974–75
Country  Italy
Confederation FIBA Europe
Number of teams 32
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to LBA
Relegation to Serie B
Domestic cup(s) Coppa Italia LNP
Supercup Supercoppa LNP
Current champions Pallacanestro Trieste
(1st title)
Most championships 15 teams
(1 title each)
TV partners Sportitalia
Website www.legapallacanestro.com
2017–18 Serie A2 Basket

Serie A2 Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Citroën, is a professional men's basketball league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the first division LBA and above the third division Serie B, with promotion/relegation occurring between these leagues.

It is run by the Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro (LNP), itself regulated by the FIP, the Italian federation.

History

 
  • 1974–2001: Serie A2 Basket
  • 2001–2013: LegaDue Basket
  • 2013–2014: DNA Gold Basket
  • 2014–present: Serie A2 Basket

The league was created in May 1974, by the Lega Basket, the organisation in charge of running the LBA (to this day), that decided to create a new second division with 10 clubs. The two that were relegated during that season, and 8 from the now-former second tier Serie B, chosen with an on and off the court criteria.

The 1975–76 season saw 12 clubs take part, after a complicated system had seen a transfer of clubs from the Serie A1 to the A2.[1]

In June 2001, the LegaDue was created to replace the Serie A2. Lega Basket now took part in running the league, though a system of promotion and relegation between the leagues remained.[2]

During the 2013 summer, another revamp was decided. The LegaDue was amalgamated with the third division DNA, to form a two-tiered league, the DNA (Divisione Nazionale A) Gold and DNA Silver. The two DNA's had separate season's, but the first ranked team in DNA Silver joined the seven best Gold teams to compete for the single promotion spot in the Serie A. The next best eight Silver squads fought for one spot in the next Gold season, whilst the three worst teams were relegated.[3]

The next season saw the league retake its Serie A2 moniker, keeping a similar but tweaked hybrid model, with the eight best Gold and the four best Silver teams taking part in the promotion playoffs (still for the one spot), whilst the last two Gold and the penultimate and ante-penultimate Silver squads play a relegation play out (the last ranked Silver team was relegated outright).[4]

Competition format

For the 2015–16 season, the Serie A2 Basket is composed of 32 teams with a regional subdivision in two equal groups of sixteen, East and West.

Each team plays the others in its subgroup twice, the first ranked team of each group then plays the eighth ranked team of the other group (e.g. East #1 against West #8), then the second best against the seventh, and so on, to form a promotion playoffs (for one place) of sixteen teams.[5]

Current clubs

League champions

MVP

Season MVP Team
2009–10United States Omar ThomasNew Basket Brindisi
2010–11United States Ricky HickmanJunior Casale
2011–12United States Dwight HardyPistoia Basket
2012–13United States Casper WareJunior Casale
2013–14Italy Davide PascoloAquila Basket Trento
2014–15[6] United States Darryl MonroeTezenis Verona
2015–16[7]United States Damian HollisCentrale del Latte Brescia

Best Coach

Season Coach Team
2003–04Italy Fabrizio FratesPallacanestro Reggiana
2004–05Italy Giovanni PerdichizziOrlandina Basket
2005–06Italy Luca DalmonteBasket Club Ferrara
2006–07Italy Giampiero TicchiBasket Rimini Crabs
2007–08Italy Sandro Dell'AgnelloBasket Livorno
2008-09Italy Andrea TrinchieriVeroli Basket
2009–10Italy Luigi GarelliNuova Pallacanestro Vigevano
2010–11Italy Giulio GriccioliScafati Basket
2011–12Italy Massimiliano MenettiPallacanestro Reggiana
2012–13Italy Alberto MartelossiBasket Brescia Leonessa
2013–14Italy Maurizio BuscagliaAquila Basket Trento
2014–15[6]Italy Alessandro RamagliScaligera Basket Verona
2015–16[8]Italy Eugenio DalmassonTrieste

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Storia della Lega Basket" [Lega Basket history] (PDF). Lega Basket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Storia della Lega Basket" [Lega Basket history] (PDF). Lega Basket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Sciascia, Giuseppe (4 October 2013). "Al via Lega Gold e Silver. Nuova formula e tanti big" [At the start of the Gold and Silver League. A new formula and so many stars]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Banzola, Alberto (3 October 2014). "Basket, Serie A2: al via domenica l'ultima stagione divisa in due" [Basketball, Serie A2: at the start [of the league] on Sunday, the last season divided in two]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Comunicato LNP sulle delibere del Consiglio Federale" [LNP press release on the Federal Council resolutions]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Serie A2 Gold, Monroe e Ramagli i migliori della stagione 2014-15" [Serie A2 Gold, Monroe and Ramagli the 2014-15 season's best]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 24 April 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Damian Hollis è il Novipiù MVP della finale" [Damian Hollis is the Novipiù MVP of the final]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Eugenio Dalmasson (Alma Trieste) allenatore dell’anno per la Serie A2 Citroen (in Italian).
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