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2016–17 Serie A2 Basket
The 2016–17 Serie A2 season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A2 Citroën, is the 43rd season of the Italian basketball second league Serie A2 Basket. The season started on October 2, 2016, and will end in June 2017 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals. Rules The season 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. Teams By region Venues East West Personnel and sponsorship East West Regular season East Group league table West Group league table Coppa Italia At the half of the league, the four first teams of each group in the table play the LNP Cup, known as Turkish Airlines Cup for sponsorship reason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus Bologna
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one of the oldest ones in Europe. Virtus is the second most titled basketball club in Italy after Olimpia Milano, having won 16 Italian Lega Basket Serie A, national championships, 8 Italian Basketball Cup, Italian National Cups and 3 Italian Basketball Supercup, Italian Supercups. Moreover, it is one of the most successful teams in European competitions, having won two EuroLeagues, one EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, one FIBA Saporta Cup, one FIBA EuroChallenge, EuroChallenge and one Basketball Champions League. It currently plays in the Italian first division Lega Basket Serie A, LBA as well as in the EuroLeague. The club is owned by the coffee entrepreneur Massimo Zanetti. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Gianni Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallacanestro Ferrara 2011
Pallacanestro is the Italian word for basketball. It can refer to the following basketball clubs: *A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale * Associazione Pallacanestro Udinese *Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino *Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia * Nuova Pallacanestro Vigevano 1955 ( it) *Pallacanestro Bellinzona *Pallacanestro Biella *Pallacanestro Brescia *Pallacanestro Cantù * Pallacanestro Chieti ( it) * Pallacanestro Ferrara * Pallacanestro Firenze ( it) *Pallacanestro Forlì * Pallacanestro Fortitudo Bologna *Pallacanestro Livorno *Pallacanestro Mantovana * Pallacanestro Marsala ( it) *Pallacanestro Milano 1958 *Pallacanestro Messina *Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano *Pallacanestro Partenope *Pallacanestro Pavia *Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova *Pallacanestro Reggiana *Pallacanestro Roseto *Pallacanestro Sant'Antimo ( it) *Pallacanestro Trapani *Pallacanestro Trieste *Pallacanestro Treviso *Pallacanestro Varese * Pallacanestro Venezia *Pallacanestro Virtus Bologna *Pallacanestro Virtus Roma Pallac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallalcesto Amatori Udine
Pallalcesto Amatori Udine, better known by the sponsorship name Snaidero Udine, was an Italian professional basketball club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In 2011, following the dissolution of the club, a new team, APU Udine, was founded. History Associazione Pallacanestro Udinese (APU) was founded in 1944. It wasn't a particularly notable organisation until businessman Rino Snaidero (head of the Snaidero Cucine kitchen furniture company) became the owner in 1965. With his backing the club, now known as Snaidero Udine, reached the first division Serie A in 1968. A new arena, named Palasport Primo Carnera after the boxer of that name, was built in 1970. Star players such as foreigners Joe Allen, Bob Fleischer and Jim McDaniels, as well as Italians Claudio Malagoli and Ivan Bisson helped the side finish fifth and fourth in the Serie A in 1972 and 1973, the latter a historic best. The Snaidero family withdrew from the club in the 1970s, it would spend the rest of its exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scafati Basket
Scafati Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Givova Scafati, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Scafati, Campania. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). History Scafati Basket traces its history to Silvio Pellico, a club founded by a group of students in 1949. That merged with Savoia in 1955 to form Scafatese Basket, which would be renamed Centro Sportivo Scafatese in 1969. The team played in the amateur regional Serie C and Serie D until the early 1990s when, under the presidency of Aniello Longobardi, it climbed up divisions to reach the first tier Serie A in 2006. It was relegated from the Serie A in 2007–08. Arena The team has played its home games in the PalaMangano (named after former head coach Massimo Mangano), it holds 3,700 seats. Sponsorship names Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as: *Rida Scafati (2001–2003) *Eurorida Scafati (2003–2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseto Sharks
Roseto Sharks is an Italian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ... club based in Roseto. They play in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015–16 season. Sponsorship names The club has had several denominations through the years due to sponsorship: * Cover Jeans Roseto (1982–1983) * Cordivari Roseto (1998–2001) * Euro Roseto (2001–2004) * Sedima Roseto (2004–2005) * BT Roseto (2005–2006) * Seven 2007 Roseto (2008–2009) * Mec-Energy Roseto (2011–present) Notable players External links Official website {{Serie A2 Basket Basketball teams in Italy Basketball teams established in 1946 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derthona Tortona
Derthona Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as Bertram Derthona Tortona, is an Italian professional basketball team of the city of Tortona, in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont. The team has achieved the promotion to the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) after the end of the 2020–21 season of the Serie A2 Basket. History 1955–2014: Decades within minor leagues Derthona Basket was founded in 1955 in Tortona, a small town near Alessandria; however the club was later dissolved in 1962, only four years after obtaining the affiliation with the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). In 1965, Derthona was refounded within the newly formed multisport club of the town. After decades in the minor leagues, in 2008, Tortona signed the Macedonian point guard, Petar Naumoski. With the Macedonian champion, the team achieved the promotion to Serie C1, ending the season unbeaten. In the 2013–14 season, Derthona, led by coach Antonello Arioli, was the protagonist of an extraordinary season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu Basket 1971
Blu Basket 1971 is an Italian professional basketball team located in Treviglio, Bergamo. Established in 1971, the team competes in Italy's Serie A2 Basket league. Notable players * Matteo Formenti * Francesco Ihedioha * Bryce Douvier * Tomas Kyzlink * Bojan Krstović * Jamal Olasewere Jamal Olasewere (born September 16, 1991) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Italian Serie A2. He completed his college career at Long Island University, where he was an All-American and Confer ... References External linksPresentation at Eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Blu Basket 1971 Basketball teams in Lombardy [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legnano Knights
Legnano Knights, for sponsorship reasons named FCL Contract Legnano, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Legnano. It plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2017-18 season. Team main sponsors *1966–1987: ''none'' *1987–1990: Entremont *1990–2004: Merlett Tecnoplastic *2004–2005: ''none'' *2005–2009: Forgiatura Marcora *2009–2013: Royal *2013–2017: Europromotion *2017–present: FCL Contract Notable players * Andrea Bianchi Andrea Bianchi (31 March 1925 – 14 November 2013) was an Italian film Film director, director and writer. Filmography * ''Night Hair Child, Diabólica malicia'' (1972) (as Andrew White) (uncredited in English version) * ''Treasure Island (1972 ... * Roberto Cazzaniga * Fabio Di Bella * John Merchant * Ousman Krubally * Nik Raivio External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallacanestro Mantovana
Pallacanestro Mantovana, known for sponsorship reasons as Dinamica Mantova, is an Italian professional basketball team based in Mantua, Lombardy. Founded in 2004, the side plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015–16 season. The team is also known as Stings Mantova, because the bee is its historic corporate symbol. History In 2004, with an agreement between Pallacanestro Mirandola and Polisportiva Poggese Basket, the A.D. Pallacanestro Primavera Mirandola was born. In 2010–11 it achieved the historic promotion to Serie B. In 2013–14 Mantova was relegated to DNA Silver. At the beginning of this season, the name of the team was changed to Pallacanestro Mantova. After a great season it achieved the promotion in DNA Gold. In the 2014–15 season, it returned to the Serie A2 Basket Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a men's basketball league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus Roma
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, commonly known as Virtus Roma, was an Italian professional basketball club based in Rome, Lazio. It competed in the first division of Italian basketball, the LBA, for the last time in the 2020–21 season. It was formerly a major side in Europe, winning the 1983–84 FIBA European Champions Cup ( EuroLeague), and at one time being one of only 13 clubs to hold a EuroLeague A license. However, its standing later waned, and Virtus became less competitive in both Europe and the domestic LBA - which it had won in 1983 – before being voluntarily relegated to the Italian second division in July 2015. In December 2020, Virtus was dissolved after the club was declared bankrupt after months of financial struggles. For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names. History The club was formed by the merger of two Roman sides, San Saba and Gruppo Borgo Cavalleggeri, under the name Virtus Aurelia in the late 1960s, the founding date of San Saba, 1960, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurobasket Roma
Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a 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. Names History 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. In June 2001, the LegaDue was created to replace the Serie A2. Lega Basket now took part in running the league, though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCP Rieti
NCP may refer to: Science and medicine * Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (a temporary name for COVID-19), an outbreak that was officially identified in late 2019. * HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein 7 (NCp7), a target of zinc finger inhibitors * Nucleosome core particle, part of DNA packaging in the nucleosome * NCP, a protein in involved in chloroplast biogenesis * National Centre for Physics, a physics research laboratory and facility in Pakistan Computing and mathematics * IBM Network Control Program, a program run on IBM programmable communications controllers * NCP Engineering, a company that produces software for secure data communication * NetWare Core Protocol, a network protocol used in Novell NetWare * Network Control Protocol (ARPANET), the original protocol suite of the ARPANET * Network Control Program (ARPANET), the software in the hosts which implemented that protocol suite * Network Control Protocol, a protocol that runs atop the Point-to-Point Protocol * New Cross Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
