Montecatiniterme Basketball is an Italian
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
team that is based in
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme is an Italian municipality (''comune'') of c. 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is the most important center in Valdinievole. The town is located at the eastern end of Piana di Lucca ...
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History
Established in 1949, the first incarnation of the club, Montecatini Sporting Club, played in 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 Cop ...
from 1989 to 2001 (with spells in the second division
Serie A2) before declaring bankruptcy in 2001.
The club was reestablished in 2002 when a new ownership brought the sporting rights of neighbours Massa e Cozzile to play in the third division
Serie B1.
Promoted after one season, the side stayed in the second division LegaDue until 2008, before folding two years later.
Montecatini Sporting Club 1949, formed by former player
Andrea Niccolai, was formed to succeed the side in 2010, buying the sporting rights of Certaldo to play in the Serie C Dilettanti.
The club would earn promotion and win the league's cup during its initial season.
Faced with problems raising a budget in order to play in the Serie C, Niccolai decided to withdraw the club (that did not have large debts) from the league on 9 July 2014.
Notable players
2000's
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Cory Carr
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1 season: '06-'07
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HL Coleman 1 season: '06-'07
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Bernd Volcic 1 season: '06-'07
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Antonio Smith 1 season: '05-'06
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Marc Salyers 1 season: '05-'06
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Joe Troy Smith
Joseph Troy Smith (born December 17, 1977) is a former American professional basketball player. He played as a point guard-shooting guard.
College career
Smith played college basketball at the University of Alabama–Huntsville, with the Alabama ...
1 season: '04-'05
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Michael Hicks 1 season: '04-'05
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J. R. Koch 1 season: '04-'05
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Massimiliano Monti 1 season: '04-'05
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Valerio Spinelli 1 season: '03-'04
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Preston Shumpert
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1 season: '03-'04
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Ryan Hoover 1 season: '03-'04
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Corsley Edwards 1 season: '03-'04
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Charles Jones 1 season: '00-'01
1980's
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Mario Boni
Mario Boni (born 30 June 1963 in Codogno, Italy) is an Italian former professional basketball player.
Playing as shooting guard or small forward, he had a long career in the Italian leagues, finishing as the top scorer of the top-tier level Se ...
11 seasons: '85-'94, '95-'96, '05-'06
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Andrea Niccolai 13 seasons: '84-'90, '98-'00, '05-'10
Sponsorship names
Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:
*Sharp Montecatini (1987–1989)
*Panapesca Montecatini (1989–1990)
*Lotus Montecatini (1990–1992)
*Bialetti Montecatini (1992–1994)
*Panapesca Montecatini (1994–1996)
*Chc Montecatini (1996–1997)
*Snai Montecatini (1997–1999)
*Zucchetti Montecatini (1999–2000)
*BingoSnai Montecatini (2000–2001)
*Gloria Due Montecatini (2003–2004)
References
External links
Eurobasket.com profileRetrieved 23 August 2015
Serie A historical results{{in lang, it Retrieved 23 August 2015
1979 establishments in Italy
2014 disestablishments in Italy
Basketball teams established in 1949
Basketball teams in Tuscany