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2021 Italian Basketball Cup
The 2021 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Frecciarossa Final Eight 2021 for sponsorship reasons, was the 53rd edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 11 to 14 February 2021 in Assago (Milan), at the end of the first half of the 2020–21 LBA season. Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions. All times are in Central European Time ( UTC+01:00)''. Qualification Qualified for the tournament are selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2020–21 LBA regular season. Bracket Quarterfinals AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs. Umana Reyer Venezia Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Semifinals AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Carpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Basketball Cup
The Italian Basketball Cup (Italian: Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro), or Coppa Italia, is an annual professional basketball competition between pro clubs from the Italian Basketball League (LBA). It is Italy's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Italy's second-tier cup competition, the Italian Legadue Cup. History and format The first edition of the Italian Cup championship took place in 1968, and was won by Partenope Napoli. Between 1975 and 1983, the cup competition was not held, but it has been held regularly every year from 1984 onward. The formula of the competition has changed over the years. Beginning in 1990, after an elimination phase and subsequent knockout rounds, the tournament ends in a final four format. From 2000 onward, the ranked 8 teams compete for the trophy in a Final Eight format which consists of the quarter-finals, semifinals and the final over 3 days. Finally, the winner of the Italian Cup championship then has the right to face th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segafredo 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 national championships, 8 Italian National Cups and 3 Italian Supercups. Moreover, it is one of the most successful teams in European competitions, having won two EuroLeagues, one EuroCup, one FIBA Saporta Cup, one EuroChallenge and one Basketball Champions League. It currently plays in the Italian first division 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 Bertolotti, Tom McMillen, Carlo Caglieris, Renato Villalta, Marco Bonamico, Jim McMillian, Krešimir Ćosić, Roberto Brunamonti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai Sport
Rai Sport is an Italian sports TV channel, launched in 1999 by the state-owned RAI television network. It broadcast Italian and international sports events in Italy on DTT channel 146 on ''Rai Mux B''. It is also available on Sky Italia. On 18 May 2010 a sister channel, Rai Sport 2 was launched. However the channel closed on 5 February 2017. Rai Sport + HD launched on 14 September 2015, reviving the Rai Sport + brand that was used from 2009 to 2010. Logos and identities File:RAI Sport Piu Logo.svg, Rai Sport's second logo used from 10 May 2008 to 15 June 2009. File:Rai Sport 1 2010.svg, Rai Sport's fourth and previous logo used from 18 May 2010 to 9 April 2017. File:Rai Sport - Logo 2017.svg, Rai Sport's fifth and previous logo used from 10 April 2017 to 6 June 2022. File:Rai Sport - Logo 2022.svg, alt=, Rai Sport's sixth and current logo since 6 June 2022. Programming The channel broadcasts three editions of thTg Sport the first at 9 am every day, with press review to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippo Baldi Rossi
Filippo Baldi Rossi (born October 26, 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Reggiana of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at 2.07 m (6 ft. 9 in.), he plays at the Power forward and center positions. Professional career Clubs Filippo Baldi Rossi began to play with the senior team of Virtus Bologna at the age 17. During the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons he played on loan to Perugia Basket. In 2012 he went to Auxilium Torino, where he played for only one season. In 2013 he signed a contract with Aquila Basket Trento in Serie A2 Basket. He still plays in the Trento's major basketball club in the Italian LBA. On February 3, 2016, during a match of the Last 32 round in EuroCup against Pallacanestro Reggiana, he was severely injured on the left knee. and he had to undergo an operation on the front crusader. For that reason he blasted the rest of the season. A long rehabilitation took at the Isokinetic Centre in Bologna, Italy, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Rodríguez
Sergio Rodríguez Gómez (; born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Chacho", won the EuroLeague title in 2015, and was an All-EuroLeague First Team selection, as well as the EuroLeague MVP the year before. Rodríguez is a regular member of the senior Spain national team, with whom he won a FIBA World Cup title in 2006, an Olympics silver medal in 2012, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won a EuroBasket title in 2015, a silver medal in 2007, and a bronze medal in 2013. He earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2015. Professional career Estudiantes (2003–2006) Prior to joining the Portland Trail Blazers, Rodríguez was chosen to play for the 2004 World Junior Select team to play against the best high school players at the Nike Hoop Summit, located in the United States. Before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shavon Shields
Shavon O'Day Shields (born June 5, 1994) is an American-Danish professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team. High school career As a junior, Shields was a second-team all-Class 6A honoree and a first-team All-Sunflower Conference selection, as he averaged 17 points and six rebounds a game. Shields transferred into Olathe Northwest for his sophomore year, earning Sunflower League Newcomer-of-the-Year accolades. He also starred playing AAU ball for the MoKan Elite and Coach Rodney Perry. An outstanding student with a 4.0 GPA, Shields was on the honor roll throughout high school and a National Honor Society member. As a senior, Shields was a consensus first-team Class 6A selection in Kansas after averaging 21.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for Coach Michael Grove at Olathe Northwest High School. He helped the Ravens to a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach LeDay
Zachary Vincent LeDay (born May 30, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian League, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the University of South Florida and Virginia Tech. At a height of 2.02 m (6'7 ") tall, and a weight of 107 kg (235 lbs.), LeDay primarily plays at the power forward position. Early life and college career LeDay attended Skyline High School in Dallas, then transferred for his senior year to The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas. LeDay played two years at South Florida, where he averaged 3.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in his sophomore year. On June 4, 2014, LeDay transferred from South Florida to Virginia Tech, but sat out first season at Virginia Tech per NCAA transfer rules. In his senior year at Virginia Tech, LeDay averaged 16.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. He under new coach Buzz Williams led Virginia Tech to first NCAA tournament in 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Punter
Kevin Xavier Punter Jr. ( sr-cyrl, Кевин Ксавијер Пантер Џуниор; born June 25, 1993) is an American-born naturalized Serbian professional basketball player for KK Partizan, Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian Basketball League of Serbia, KLS, the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. After playing two years each of college basketball at State Fair Community College, and at Tennessee Volunteers basketball, Tennessee, Punter entered the 2016 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds. In addition to being a citizen of the United States, Punter also has Serbian nationality law, Serbian citizenship. High school career Following high school, Punter spent one year attending the Body of Christ Christian Academy, in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his lone season at Body of Christ, he averaged 24.2 points and 2.5 steals. College career After high school, Punter played college basketball at State Fair Community College, State Fair CC, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olimpia Milano
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" (Little Red Shoes) because team officials imported red Converse All-Star shoes for players from the United States. The tag line stuck, and the nickname is still used by many fans today. As per custom in the Italian league, sponsorship has kept the team name changing frequently. From 1930 until 1955, it was called Borletti Milano. From 1956 to 1973, it was renamed Simmenthal. Other famous sponsorship names were Billy, Simac, Tracer, and Philips, in the 1980s. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below. Olimpia is the most successful basketball club in Italy and one of the most successful in Europe, having won 29 Italian League Championships, 8 Italian National Cups, 4 Italian Super Cups, 3 Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Italian Basketball Cup
The 2019 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2018 PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 51st edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 14 to 17 February 2019 in Florence, at the end of the first half of the 2018–19 LBA season. Fiat Torino were the defending champions. Vanoli Cremona went to win its first Cup ever by beating New Basket Brindisi 83–74 in the Finals. Drew Crawford was named Panasonic MVP of the competition. Qualification Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2018–19 LBA regular season. Bracket Quarterfinals Vanoli Cremona vs. Openjobmetis Varese AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sidigas Avellino vs. New Basket Brindisi Semifinals Vanoli Cremona vs. Segafredo Virt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
