Pallacanestro Treviso, named Benetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by the Benetton Group and widely referred to as Benetton Treviso, is an Italian youth basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto. The club was previously a successful professional club until 2012 when the Benetton Group decided to withdraw from professional basketball, though they retained the youth section at La Ghirada, the sports complex they own. For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names.

History

Founded in 1954 as Duomo Folgore, it remained in obscurity for the first few decades of its existence though it did reach the first division Lega Basket Serie A in 1962. However the club only stayed there one season, finishing the league in last place, after which it was hampered by financial problems. Duomo Folgore was renamed Associazione Pallacanestro Treviso sometime during the 1970s, with new ownership. It then moved up the divisions, reaching the national Serie A2 in 1979. In 1980-81 the team finished third in the league, earning a return to the Serie A. The Benetton Group started sponsoring the club during the 1981-82 season, which ended with a relegation to the A2. The following year, Benetton would become the majority owners of Pallacanestro Treviso, moving into the newly constructed PalaVerde, owned and financed by the family. Promoted in 1985, it stayed in Serie A one-season before going back down. Another promotion followed in 1987, this one would see the club start a permanent stay in the elite. In 1991, the club legally became Pallacanestro Treviso (it was commonly called Benetton Treviso at the time), with its status changing from an association to a limited liability company (s.r.l.). That year would spark a new era for Benetton Basket, with the arrival of the legendary

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from the three-peat European Champions of POP 84, but also of Stefano Rusconi from Cagiva Varese and

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, the team would beat Scavolini Pesaro to win their first Serie A title in 1992. The next season, Benetton won the

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and reached the Final Four of the FIBA European League (Europe's elite continental competition) that take place in Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, and in the semifinal defeated PAOK 79–77. In the final, Benetton although it was the favorite of the match, lost to

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55–59. Though Kukoč left for the

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in the summer, Riccardo Pittis joined the club that won another Italian Cup that year. They would win their first European title, the

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against Taugrés, in 1995, thanks to players such as Orlando Woolridge and Petar Naumoski, and also became third successive Italian Cup that garnished the trophy cabinet. Benetton added another Serie A title in 1997, a second FIBA Saporta Cup in

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against

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, and an Italian cup in 2000. During the 2001–02 season they won the Italian Supercup and the league. The next year they did even better with a treble, winning the Supercup, Cup and league but they didn't manage to won the Euroleague title defeated in the final by FC Barcelona. Adding more league titles after that, Benetton Basket reached the Euroleague Final Four on a few occasions but never managed to win the title.

Struggles

In February 2011, the Benetton family announced they would be withdrawing their support for professional basketball, effectively calling time on Treviso's top flight status if no other backer could be found. Well-wishers such as former players

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and Pittis tried to rouse support for a new club, Treviso Basket 2012. However their application to take Benetton Basket's place in the Serie A was rejected. Since then Benetton Basket has focused only on youth development, with the Under 17 squad their most senior. Treviso is represented in professional basket by

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- the renamed Treviso Basket 2012 - who, as of April 2022, play in the Lega Basket Serie A.

Honours

Total titles: (15)

Domestic competitions

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: Winners (5): 1991–92, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06 : Runners-up (4): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00 *

: Winners (8): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07 : Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1997–98 * Italian Supercup : Winners (4): 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006 : Runners-up (5): 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

European competitions

* EuroLeague : Runners-up (2): 1992–93, 2002–03 : 3rd place (2): 1997–98, 2001–02 : Final Four (4):

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* FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct) : Winners (2): 1994–95, 1998–99 * FIBA Korać Cup (defunct) : Semifinalists (1): 1996–97 * EuroCup Basketball : 4th place (1):

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Other competitions

* FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct) : 4th place (1):

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Top performances in European & Worldwide competitions

Players

FIBA Hall of Famers

Notable players

2010's * Brian Scalabrine 1/2 season: '11 * E'Twaun Moore 1/2 season: '11 * Jeff Adrien 1/2 season: '11 * Gal Mekel 2000's * Donatas Motiejūnas 2 seasons: '09-'11 * Bobby Dixon 1&1/2 seasons: '08-'09, '10 *

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1 season: '07-'08 *

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1 season:'07-'08 * Nikos Zisis 2 seasons: '05-'07 *

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1 season: '05-'06 *

Marco Mordente Marco Mordente (born January 7, 1979) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He also represented the Italian national basketball team. He played at the point guard position. Career In 1998 while he was playing for Olimpia Milan ...

4 seasons:'04-'08 * Marcus Goree 3 seasons: '04-'07 * Ramūnas Šiškauskas 2 seasons: '04-06 * Andrea Bargnani 3 seasons: '03-'06 *

Uroš Slokar Uroš Slokar (; born May 14, 1983) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A. Professional career After playing two seasons in the Slovenian basketball league, Slokar ...

3 seasons: '03-'06 * Maurice Evans 1 season: '03-'04 * Jermaine Jackson 1 season: '03-'04 *

Manuchar Markoishvili Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player. Early career Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and ...

2 season: '02-'04 * Trajan Langdon 1 season: '02-'03 * Sergei Chikalkin 1 season: '01-'02 * Charlie Bell 1 season: '01-'02 * Nikoloz Tskitishvili 1 season: '01-'02 *

Andrés Guibert Andrés Guibert (born October 28, 1968) is a Cuban former professional basketball player. In 1993, he defected from the Cuban delegation at the 1993 Centrobasket tournament held in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Professional career Guibert played in the Na ...

1/2 season: '01 *

Jorge Garbajosa Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro (born December 19, 1977), also known as The Pornoplayer, is a Spanish former professional basketball player and the current president of the Spanish Basketball Federation. Standing at 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in), he p ...

4 seasons: '00-'04 *

Boštjan Nachbar Boštjan "Boki" Nachbar (born July 3, 1980) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. A 2.06 m forward, he spent most of his career between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the EuroLeague. Nachbar helped lead the Slovenian ...

2 seasons: '00-'02 *

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2 seasons: '00-'02 * Marcus Brown 1 season: '00-'01 1990's * Tyus Edney 4 seasons: '99-'00, '01-'04 *

Jeff Sheppard Jeffrey Kyle Sheppard (born September 29, 1974) is a retired American professional and collegiate basketball player. Born in Marietta, Georgia, Sheppard was Player of the Year in Georgia in 1993 at McIntosh High School in Peachtree City. The ...

1 season: '99-'00 *

Marcelo Nicola Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio (born May 12, 1971) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player and a current coach. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and compete ...

6 seasons: '98-'04 * Henry Williams 4 seasons: '95-'99 *

Željko Rebrača Željko Rebrača ( sr-cyr, Жељко Ребрача; born April 9, 1972) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player. After playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he finished his career with the Spanish ACB League team Pame ...

4 seasons: '95-'99 *

Davide Bonora Davide Bonora (born February 5, 1973) is an Italian former professional basketball player. Professional career Bonora played his whole career in Italy with the following clubs: Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, Virtus Bologna, Scaligera Basket Veron ...

4 seasons: '95-'99 * Petar Naumoski 2 seasons: '94-'95, '00-'01 * Orlando Woolridge 1 season: '94-'95 * Riccardo Pittis 11 seasons: '93-'04 *

Winston Garland Winston Kinnard Garland (born December 19, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player at the point guard position. He played collegiately at the Southeastern Community College (Iowa) for two seasons (1983–84 and 1984–85), and ...

1 season: '93-'94 *

Rafael Addison Rafael Addison (born July 22, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. He was listed at 6'7" and 215 lbs. Addison attended Syracuse University and ...

1 season: '93-'94 *

Denis Marconato Denis Marconato (born July 29, 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.11 m (6'11") tall, he played at the center position. Professional career Marconato joined Benetton Treviso's youth team in 1990, and with t ...

12 seasons: '92-'95, '96-'05 *

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1 season: '92-'93 * Stefano Rusconi 7 seasons: '91-'98 *

2 seasons: '91-'93 * Vinny Del Negro 2 seasons: '90-'92 1980's *

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3 seasons: '88-'90 *

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2 seasons: '88-'89 * Mike Davis 1 season: '87-'88 *

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1 season: '87-'88 *

Massimo Iacopini Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist *Massimo Ago ...

10 seasons: '85-'95 * Massimo Minto 8 seasons: '82-'84, '85-'90

Head coaches

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(2 seasons: 1979-81) * Piero Pasini (1 season: 1981-82) *

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(incomplete 1 season: 1982-83) * Gianfranco Lombardi (incomplete 1 season: 1982-83) *

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(1 season: 1983-84) *

Massimo Mangano Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist *Massimo Ago ...

(incomplete 2 seasons: 1984-86) *

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(incomplete 1 season: 1985-86) *

Riccardo Sales Riccardo Sales (14 August 1941 – 14 May 2006) was an Italian basketball player and coach. From 1969-1974 he coached Pallacanestro Milano 1958, before joining Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia for several season. In 1977, Sales moved to Basket Brescia w ...

(incomplete 4 seasons: 1986-90) *

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(incomplete 1 season: 1989-90) * Petar Skansi (3 seasons: 1990-93) *

Fabrizio Frates Fabrizio Frates (Milan, July 16, 1959) is an Italian basketball coach. Career Cantù & Treviso Frates become head coach of Clear Cantù just over in his thirty years, in the 1990-91 season and won the FIBA Korać Cup that year ( 1990–91 FIBA ...

(1 season: 1993-94) * Mike D'Antoni (4 seasons: 1994-97, 2001–02) *

Željko Obradović Želimir "Željko" Obradović ( sr-cyr, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for KK Partizan, Partizan of the ABA League, ...

(2 seasons: 1997-99) * Piero Bucchi (2 seasons: 1999-01) * Ettore Messina (3 seasons: 2002-05) * David Blatt (2 seasons: 2005-07) *

Alessandro Ramagli Alessandro Ramagli (born 1 April 1964) is an Italian professional basketball coach. Ramagli has coached multiple teams in Italy since 1996. He is current head coach of for Scaligera Verona of the LBA. Coaching career Alessandro Ramagli began to ...

(Sep.-Nov. 2007) *

Oktay Mahmuti Oktay Mahmuti ( mk, Октај Махмути; born 6 March 1968) is a Turkish-Macedonian professional basketball coach. Mahmuti is well-known for coaching defense, particularly during his time with Efes and Benetton Treviso. He is currently une ...

(seasons: 2007-09) *

Jasmin Repeša Jasmin Repeša (born 1 June 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball coach and former player whose last coached team was Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A. Repeša has won numerous pro club competitions during his head coa ...

(seasons: 2010-11) * Aleksandar Đorđević (1 season: 2011-12)

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as: *Faram Treviso (1977–1979) *Liberti Treviso (1979–1981) *Benetton Basket (1981–2012)

References

External links

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2011–12 Eurocup profile
{{Pallacanestro Treviso 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup champions 1954 establishments in Italy Basketball teams established in 1954 Basketball teams in Veneto Benetton Group Sport in Treviso Youth basketball