The Lega Basket A (officially: ''Lega Società di Pallacanestro Serie A'',
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: Basket League) is the organizing body, as delegated by the
Italian Basketball Federation
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, of the top division of Italian professional men's
basketball
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league
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, the
Serie A
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: Basket League A Series). It is composed of the clubs that participate in the Lega Basket Serie A. It is headquartered in
Bologna
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Italy
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.
Basket League is a founding member of
ULEB
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Italian Cup
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, the
Italian Supercup
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, and the Italian All Star Game. Discussions have been held as to the possibility of Basket League gaining more autonomy, similarly to that of the corresponding football organization,
Lega Serie A
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. It is the sole professional
sport league
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in Italy outside football. The current president of Basket League is Fernando Marino.
History
Basket League was officially incorporated on May 27, 1970, in
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, and included the clubs that participated in both the first division
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
and the second division Serie A2. On June 20, 2001, it changed to include just the first division
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
clubs.
Presidents
Presidents of Basket League from 1970 to present.
*1970–72: Adalberto Tedeschi
*1972–77: Giancarlo Tesini
*1977–79: Gianni Corsolini
*1979–84: Luciano Acciari
*1984–92: Gianni De Michelis
*1992–94: Giulio Malgara
*1994–96: Roberto Allievi
*1996–98: Angelo Rovati
*1998–00: Alfredo Cazzola
*2000–01: Sergio D'Antoni
*2001–02: Marco Madrigali
*2002–07: Enrico Prandi
*2007: Umberto Pieraccioni
*2007–08: Francesco CorradoBasket, Serie A: Cantù piange Corrado. Salvò la società, volle il Pianella
La Gazzetta dello Sport
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Serie A (Basketball)
The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club basketball league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). It is the highest-tier l ...
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Serie A2 (Basketball)
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 pro ...
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Italian Basketball Federation
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It organises national competitions in Italy and the Italian basketball leagues, which operate th ...
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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 ...
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Italian Basketball Supercup
The Italian Basketball Supercup ( it, Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro), also known as Discovery+ Supercoppa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball super cup competition. From the 2020 Supercup edition, all the teams of LBA to ...
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