Serie A2 is the

second division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

of the Italian

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It began being played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large part via women's college compet ...

championship. It was born together with Serie A1 in 1980-81 from the splitting of

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 ...

Formula

According to regulation, as the 2020-21 season the 28 participating teams are divided into two groups of 14 teams on a geographical basis. A First Phase is disputed with round trip matches. At the end of the First Phase, the teams classified from the first to the eighth place of each group are admitted to the Play Offs which designate the team admitted to the promotion play-off for Serie A1. Each round of Play Off is played at the best of three races. The teams classified from tenth to 13th place compete in the Play Outs which decree 2 relegations to

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

. The last classified of the two groups are relegated directly to Serie B.

References

{{Basketball in Italy Women's basketball competitions in Italy Basketball leagues in Italy Women's basketball leagues in Europe Sports leagues established in 1980