2016–17 Lega Basket Serie A

Lega Basket Serie A
Teams 16
Games played 240 (Regular season)
24–41 (Playoffs)
Duration 2 October 2016 – June 2017
TV RAI, Sky Italia[1]
Records
Highest scoring Torino 97–100 EA7 Milano
(6 November 2016)
Winning streak 8 games
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Losing streak 5 games
Red October Cantù
Home win Capo d'Orlando 96–53 Cantù
(30 October 2016)
Away win Reyer Venezia 59–76 Trento
(16 October 2016)
Brescia 80–97 EA7 Milano
(23 October 2016)

The 2016–17 Lega Basket Serie A will be the 95th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season will start on 2 October 2016 and will finish on 7 May 2017, with the playoffs starting on 12 May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2017 Euroleague Final Four or for the 2017 Champions League Playoffs) to finish between 16 and 22 June depending on results.[2]

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano are the defending champions.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2015–16 season and one promoted from the 2015–16 Serie A2.

Germani Basket Brescia is the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citroën after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of league's playoffs, and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years of absence from Serie A.[3][4]

Brescia replace Virtus Bologna who was relegated during the previous season.

Number of teams by region

Number of teams Region Team(s)
5  LombardyEA7 Emporio Armani Milano LBA
Germani Basket Brescia A2
Openjobmetis Varese
Red October Cantù
Vanoli Cremona
2  CampaniaJuvecaserta
Sidigas Avellino
1  ApuliaEnel Brindisi
 Emilia-RomagnaGrissin Bon Reggio Emilia
 MarcheConsultinvest Pesaro
 PiedmontFiat Torino
 SardiniaBanco di Sardegna Sassari
 SicilyBetaland Capo d'Orlando
 Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolDolomiti Energia Trento
 TuscanyThe Flexx Pistoia
 VenetoUmana Reyer Venezia
Notes
^LBA 2015–16 LBA champion.
^A2 2015–16 Serie A2 champion.

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity 2015–16 season
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000 Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs
Betaland Capo d'Orlando Capo d'Orlando PalaFantozzi 3,613 13th in Serie A
Consultinvest Pesaro Pesaro Adriatic Arena 6,119 12th in Serie A
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento PalaTrento 4,360 Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700 Serie A Champions
Enel Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534 10th in Serie A
Fiat Torino Turin PalaRuffini 4,500 15th in Serie A
Germani Basket Brescia Brescia PalaGeorge[5] 5,500 Serie A2 winner
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Land Rover Arena
(Bologna)		 5,721 Runners-up 2016 playoffs
PalaBigi 3,800
Juvecaserta Caserta PalaMaggiò 6,387 14th in Serie A
Openjobmetis Varese Varese PalA2A 5,300 9th in Serie A
Red October Cantù Cantù PalaBancoDesio[6] (Desio) 6,700 11th in Serie A
Sidigas Avellino Avellino PalaDelMauro 5,300 Semifinals 2016 playoffs
The Flexx Pistoia Pistoia PalaCarrara 4,000 Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Taliercio 3,509 Semifinals 2016 playoffs
Vanoli Cremona Cremona PalaRadi 3,527 Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Stefano Sardara Italy Federico Pasquini Italy Giacomo Devecchi Eyesportwear Banco di Sardegna, Tirrenia Navigazione
Betaland Capo d'Orlando Italy Roberto Enzo Sindoni Italy Gennaro Di Carlo Croatia Sandro Nicević Legea Betaland
Consultinvest Pesaro Italy Ario Costa Italy Piero Bucchi Italy Giulio Gazzotti Erreà Consultinvest, ButanGas1
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy Luigi Longhi Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Argentina Andrés Pablo Forray Spalding Dolomiti Energia
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Italy Livio Proli Croatia Jasmin Repeša Italy Andrea Cinciarini Armani EA7 Emporio Armani, BMW,1 Aon2
Enel Brindisi Italy Fernando Marino Italy Romeo Sacchetti Italy Marco Cardillo Bitre Sport Enel
Fiat Torino Italy Antonio Forni Italy Francesco Vitucci Italy Giuseppe Poeta Spalding Fiat Automobiles
Germani Basket Brescia Italy Graziella Bragaglio Italy Andrea Diana United States David Moss Erreà Germani Trasporti, A2A
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy Maria Licia Ferrarini Italy Massimiliano Menetti Italy Pietro Aradori Sportika Grissin Bon, Mapei1
Juvecaserta Italy Raffaele Iavazzi Italy Sandro Dell'Agnello Italy Marco Giuri Givova Pasta Reggia, Fortune Investment & Co.
Openjobmetis Varese Italy Stefano Coppa Italy Paolo Moretti Italy Daniele Cavaliero Spalding Openjobmetis, Teva
Red October Cantù Russia Dmitry Gerasimenko Ukraine Kiril Bolshakov Italy Craig Callahan Macron Red October, Intesa Sanpaolo1
Sidigas Avellino Italy Giuseppe Sampietro Italy Stefano Sacripanti Republic of Macedonia Marques Green Joma Sidigas
The Flexx Pistoia Italy Roberto Maltinti Italy Vincenzo Esposito Italy Michele Antonutti Erreà The Flexx, Conad, Hitachi
Umana Reyer Venezia Italy Luigi Brugnaro Italy Walter De Raffaele Italy Tomas Ress Erreà Umana
Vanoli Cremona Italy Aldo Vanoli Italy Cesare Pancotto Italy Fabio Mian Erreà Vanoli Ferramenta
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial Changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Enel Brindisi Italy Piero Bucchi Signed by Consultinvest Pesaro 24 April 2016[7] Pre-season Italy Romeo Sacchetti 5 May 2016[8]
Consultinvest Pesaro Italy Riccardo Paolini End of contract 30 May 2016[9] Italy Piero Bucchi 1 June 2016[10]
Red October Cantù Russia Sergei Bazarevich 30 June 2016[11] Lithuania Rimas Kurtinaitis 2 August 2016[12]
Red October Cantù Lithuania Rimas Kurtinaitis Resigned 30 November 2016[13] 14th (2–7) Ukraine Kiril Bolshakov 1 November 2016[14]

Changes from 2015–16

New League's Title Sponsor

From the end of the 2015–16 season, Lega Basket Serie A has no sponsor. The Turkish brand Beko left Serie A after four years of sponsorship. Beko decided to focus just on their sponsorship of the Spanish football team Barcelona.[15]

Rules

Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

  1. 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
  2. 3 foreigners from countries outside the E.U., 4 foreigners from E.U. countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the E.U. and four foreigners from E.U. countries or "Cotonou Countries".[16]

At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.[17]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams will be eliminated, while the last one qualified team will be relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays are from 2 October 2016 to 7 May 2017.

League Table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 9 9 0 800 693 +107 Qualification to playoffs
2 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 9 7 2 763 726 +37
3 Sidigas Avellino 9 7 2 713 677 +36
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 9 6 3 745 723 +22
5 Juvecaserta 9 6 3 751 748 +3
6 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 9 5 4 727 697 +30
7 Enel Brindisi 9 4 5 726 720 +6
8 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 9 4 5 707 692 +15
9 Fiat Torino 9 4 5 757 764 −7
10 Germani Basket Brescia 9 4 5 718 746 −28
11 Dolomiti Energia Trento 9 4 5 685 680 +5
12 The Flexx Pistoia 9 3 6 669 714 −45
13 Openjobmetis Varese 9 3 6 694 721 −27
14 Red October Cantù 9 2 7 686 760 −74
15 Vanoli Cremona 9 2 7 701 739 −38
16 Consultinvest Pesaro 9 2 7 657 699 −42 Relegation to Serie A2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2016. Source: LBA

Results

Home \ Away SAS ORL PES TRE EA7 BRI TORBRE REG CAS VAR CTU AVE PIS VEN CRE
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 86–59 96–73 78–72 70–75 82–83
Betaland Capo d'Orlando 65–71 90–77 76–71 96–53 79–76
Consultinvest Pesaro 73–78 76–63 83–87 55–60 84–78
Dolomiti Energia Trento 85–76 70–74 80–84 90–77
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 86–77 100–80 79–71 87–81 104–70
Enel Brindisi 69–61 87–79 83–91 78–82 90–82
Fiat Torino 83–79 97–100 90–93 85–82
Germani Basket Brescia 89–90 80–97 93–88 76–56
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 86–80 87–80 90–77 85–79
Juvecaserta 91–86 84–67 78–75 74–65
Openjobmetis Varese 91–81 68–74 93–74 77–79
Red October Cantù 90–69 77–68 77–89 82–83 92–99
Sidigas Avellino 76–73 86–83 92–79 81–86 83–67
The Flexx Pistoia 68–69 84–78 89–81 97–64
Umana Reyer Venezia 84–69 59–76 98–92 74–62 81–73
Vanoli Cremona 72–76 69–84 82–95 87–67

Last updated: 27 November 2016
Source: Lega Basket Serie A
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 10 8 4 5 3 3 2 2 2
Sidigas Avellino 8 3 5 4 2 2 3 3 3
Umana Reyer Venezia 6 1 7 6 7 8 5 5 4
Juvecaserta 7 13 3 2 6 5 4 4 5
Betaland Capo d'Orlando 13 15 9 14 8 9 7 6 6
Enel Brindisi 3 11 16 15 11 7 8 8 7
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 5 10 6 8 5 4 6 7 8
Fiat Torino 9 9 10 9 13 11 10 10 9
Germani Basket Brescia 15 14 11 16 16 16 12 11 10
Dolomiti Energia Trento 14 7 2 3 4 6 11 12 11
The Flexx Pistoia 16 12 13 13 9 10 15 9 12
Openjobmetis Varese 12 4 14 10 10 13 9 13 13
Red October Cantù 11 16 12 7 12 12 14 14 14
Vanoli Cremona 1 6 8 12 15 15 16 16 15
Consultinvest Pesaro 2 5 15 11 14 14 13 15 16

Last updated: 27 November 2016
Source: Lega Basket Serie A

Leader of the Regular Season
Qualification to Playoffs
Relegation to Serie A2

Statistical leaders

As of 27 November 2016.[18]

Awards

Player of the week

Date Player Team PIR
1 Italy Stefano Tonut Umana Reyer Venezia 35
Poland Aleksander Czyż Juvecaserta
2 United States D. J. White Fiat Torino 35
3 Hungary Jarrod Jones Consultinvest Pesaro 28
Belgium Retin Obasohan Sidigas Avellino
4 United States Lee Moore Germani Basket Brescia 31
5 Italy Pietro Aradori Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 35
6 Italy Bruno Fitipaldo Betaland Capo d'Orlando 44
7 Republic of Macedonia Marques Green Sidigas Avellino 35
8 United States Terran Petteway The Flexx Pistoia 46
9 United States Tu Holloway Vanoli Cremona 42

Player of the month

Month Week Player Team PIR
October 20161–5United States D. J. WhiteFiat Torino25.6
November 20166–9United States Deron WashingtonFiat Torino24.5

Source: LBA

Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven. The playoffs will start on 12 May 2017 to finish between 16 and 22 June depending on result.

Serie A clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Euroleague Regular season
Banco di Sardegna Sassari FIBA Champions League Regular season
Openjobmetis Varese Regular season
Sidigas Avellino Regular season
Umana Reyer Venezia Regular season

Source: [19][20][21][22]

Supercup

The 2016 Italian Supercup was the 22nd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. It opened the season on 24 and 25 September 2016. It was contested in Milan's Mediolanum Forum.[23]

Qualified for the tournament were league winners and cup winners EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, cup finalists Sidigas Avellino, cup semifinalists Vanoli Cremona and league finalist Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.[24]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano went on to win its first Supercoppa ever beating Sidigas Avellino.

All Star Game

The league's All Star Game will be contested on 15 January 2017.[25]

It will be organized in a match between the two All Star teams, the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest. All teams' players had been voted by the Serie A supporters.

Cup

The 49th edition of the Italian Cup will be contested between 17 and 19 Jenuary 2017.[26] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2016–17 Serie A season.

References

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  2. ↑ "Basket, Serie A: il calendario del campionato 2016/2017. Tutte le date della nuova stagione, si parte il 2 ottobre" [Basketball, Serie A: the calendar of the 2016/2017 season. All dates of the new season, it will start on 2 October]. it.ibtimes.com (in Italian). 29 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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  9. ↑ "Vuelle Pesaro: si dividono le strade con coach Riccardo Paolini" [Victoria Libertas Pesaro: Riccardo Paolini and the team took two different ways]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "VL Pesaro: ufficiale l'arrivo in panchina di Piero Bucchi" [Victoria Libertas Pesaro: Piero Bucchi is the new coach]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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  15. ↑ "Il marchio Beko lascerà il basket. Il CEO Mangiacotti avrà un futuro in Lega?" [Beko is going to leave basketball. Mangiacotti (CEO of Beko) could have a future in Lega]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "Serie A, dal prossimo anno i Cotonou saranno considerati comunitari" [Serie A, from the next year the Cotonou players will be considered as Europeans]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  17. ↑ "Premio italiani a quota 700.000 euro" [Italian prize will be of 700,000 Euros]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "Statistiche - individuali" [Statistics - individual]. LegaBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  19. ↑ "La Euroleague annuncia le 16 squadre partecipanti alla prossima stagione, per l'Italia c'è Milano" [The Euroleague Company announced the 16 participants to the next season, for Italy there is Milano]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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  21. ↑ "La FIBA annuncia le squadre iscritte in Champions League: per l'Italia Avellino, Venezia e Varese" [FIBA announced the recorded clubs to the Champions League: the Italians are Avellino, Venezia and Varese]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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  23. ↑ "Decise le date e la sede della Supercoppa 2016: si giocherà al Forum di Assago" [The Supercoppa 2016 dates and location are confirmed: it will be contested at Forum of Assago]. basketuniverso.it (in Italian). 15 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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