Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional

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club that is based in

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. They are the current

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Champions. The club plays in the Italian LBA, the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball. Dinamo was founded in 1960, and in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). The club plays in the

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(the highest level for the men's basketball competitions in Italy), since 2010. Dinamo Sassari is notable for being the club in Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive score of 158 points scored in a single game (with no overtimes), during the 1994–95 Serie A2 regular season, versus

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(91); which is the highest score ever made by any club in Italy. Palasassari

History

In 1994–95 the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular season game without overtimes against

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. In 2010 Dinamo promoted to the

, when it beat Prima Veroli in the Finals of the Playoffs. In 2012 the club made its debut in Europe, when it played in the EuroCup regular season. The 2013–14 season was one of the most historic ever for the club. ''Banco di Sardegna Sassari'' won the

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, the team's first trophy. Dinamo's star player

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was named Italian Cup MVP. Later in the season

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– Travis' cousin – was named Italian League MVP. Dinamo also played in the EuroCup once again, and reached the eight-finals this time around. Despite the third place and elimination in the Italian League semifinals in 2014, Dinamo was invited to play in the

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season. After

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, runner-up in the Italian league, resigned the club received a B license. In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo won its first

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championship. In Game 7 of the Italian League Finals, Sassari won 73–75, on the road against

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. Because of this, Dinamo returned to the EuroLeague in 2015. It was eliminated in the regular season and after transferring to the EuroCup it was eliminated in the round of 32. Finals Fiba Euro Cup 2018-2019

In 2017, Dinamo reached the final of the

, where it lost to

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. This season the club also made its debut in the

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and made the quarter-finals in its inaugural season. In the LBA, the team finished in the fifth place. In the 2018–19 season, Dinamo played in the second qualifying round of

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. Here, it beat Benfica from Portugal to advance to the regular season. After advancing past the second round as well, Dinamo beat

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and

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. Thus, it qualified for the

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where Dinamo faced German side s.Oliver Würzburg. On 1 May 2019, Sassari won the FIBA Europe Cup after defeating Würzburg in the second leg of the finals. It was the team's first European title. In 2019 Sassari reached the LBA Finals for the second time in club history, four years since its championship. Dinamo was defeated by

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in Game 7, losing the series 3–4.

Honours

Total titles: 6

Domestic competitions

: Winners (1): 2014–15 : Runners-up (1): 2018–19 *

: Winners (2):

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: Runners-up (1):

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: Winners (2): 2014, 2019

European competitions

: Winners (1): 2018–19

Other competitions

* Varallo Sesia, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2011 * Torneo Città di Cagliari : Runners-up (1): 2011 * Torneo Geovillage : Winners (2): 2014, 2015 * Nuoro, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (2): 2014, 2015 : Runners-up (1): 2018 * Sassari, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2014 * Wroclaw, Poland Invitational Game : Runners-up (1): 2014 * Torneo de Città di Sassari : Runners-up (1): 2015 * Trofeo Meridiana : Winners (1): 2015 * Olbia, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2016 * Cagliari, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2018 * Saturnia, Italy Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2019

Season by season

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

References

External links

Official site

Eurobasket.com Team Page
{{Dinamo Sassari 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup champions

Sport in Sardinia EuroLeague clubs