2021–22 LBA season

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LBA
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Season2021–22
Teams16
DatesSeptember 25, 2021 - June 2022
TVDiscovery+, Eurosport
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The 2021–22 LBA season is the 100th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system.

Teams[]

Promotion and relegation[]

Virtus Roma withdrew in the past season. Cantu ended on 15th place and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.

Napoli and Tortona were two best teams in Serie A2 and therefore promoted to Serie A.

Number of teams by region[]

Number of teams Region Team(s)
4  Lombardy AX Armani Exchange Milano
Germani Basket Brescia
Openjobmetis Varese
Vanoli Cremona
3  Emilia-Romagna UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia
Fortitudo Kigili Bologna
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
2  Veneto NutriBullet Treviso
Umana Reyer Venezia
1  Apulia Happy Casa Brindisi
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
 Marche Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro
 Sardinia Banco di Sardegna Sassari
 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Dolomiti Energia Trento
 Campania Gevi Napoli
 Piedmont Bertram Derthona Tortona

Venues and locations[]

Location of teams in 2021–22 LBA season
Team Home city Arena Capacity 2020–21 result
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Trieste Allianz Dome 6,943[1] 7th – quarterfinal
AX Armani Exchange Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[2] 1st – runner-up
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000[3] 5th – quarterfinal
Bertram Derthona Basket Tortona Tortona 3,510[4] promoted to LBA
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Pesaro Vitifrigo Arena 10,323[5] 13th
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento BLM Group Arena 4,360[6] 8th – quarterfinal
Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Bologna PalaDozza 5,570[7] 12th
Germani Brescia Brescia PalaLeonessa 5,200[8] 9th
GeVi Napoli Basket Naples PalaBarbuto 5,500 promoted to LBA
Happy Casa Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534[9] 2nd – semifinal
NutriBullet Treviso Basket Treviso PalaVerde 5,134[10] 6th – quarterfinal
Openjobmetis Varese Varese Enerxenia Arena 5,100[11] 14th
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506[12] 4th – semifinal
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Unipol Arena 8,400[13] 11th
Vanoli Basket Cremona Cremona PalaRadi 3,511[14] 10th
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna Segafredo Arena 9,700[15] 3rd – winner

Source:[16]

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Germani Basket Brescia Italy Maurizio Buscaglia End of contract 12 May 2021[17] Pre-season Italy 18 May 2021[18]
Openjobmetis Varese Italy Massimo Bulleri Mutual consent 19 May 2021[19] Italy 15 June 2021[20]
Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Italy Luca Dalmonte Exit option 20 May 2021[21] Croatia Jasmin Repeša 24 May 2021[22]
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Croatia Jasmin Repeša End of contract 21 May 2021[23] Croatia Aza Petrović 16 July 2021[24]
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Italy End of contract 31 May 2021[25] Italy 4 June 2021[26]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Gianmarco Pozzecco Mutual consent 31 May 2021[27] Italy 2 July 2021[28]
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević End of contract 15 June 2021[29] Italy Sergio Scariolo 18 June 2021[30]
Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Croatia Jasmin Repeša Resigned 26 September 2021[31] 9th Italy Antimo Martino 28 September 2021[32]
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Croatia Aza Petrović Resigned 19 October 2021[33] 16th Italy Luca Banchi 16 July 2021[34]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Sacked 16 November 2021[35] 12th Italy Piero Bucchi 16 July 2021[36]

Referees[]

A total of 38 FIP officials set to work on the 2020-21 season in Lega Basket Serie A:[37]

Notes
^E Newly promoted to the Serie A

Regular season[]

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from September 25, 2021, to May 8, 2022.

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 12 11 1 991 808 +183 Qualification to Playoffs
2 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 12 10 2 1088 949 +139
3 Dolomiti Energia Trento 12 8 4 953 940 +13
4 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 12 7 5 900 931 −31
5 GeVi Napoli 12 7 5 1008 1003 +5
6 Happy Casa Brindisi 12 7 5 976 975 +1
7 NutriBullet Treviso 12 6 6 946 958 −12
8 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 12 6 6 962 925 +37
9 Bertram Derthona Basket 12 6 6 955 971 −16
10 Germani Basket Brescia 12 5 7 927 947 −20
11 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 12 5 7 954 998 −44
12 Umana Reyer Venezia 12 5 7 927 938 −11
13 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 12 4 8 919 951 −32
14 Vanoli Cremona 12 3 9 953 1007 −54
15 Fortitudo Kigili Bologna 12 3 9 961 984 −23 Relegation to Serie A2
16 Openjobmetis Varese 12 3 9 938 1073 −135
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: LBA

Serie A clubs in European competitions[]

Competition Team Progress Result Total W-L
Euroleague
Basketball
EuroLeague AX Armani Exchange Milano Regular season 3rd of 18 teams (8-3) 8-3
EuroCup Dolomiti Energia Trentino Regular season 9th of 10 teams (1-4) 1-4
Umana Reyer Venezia Regular season 5th of 10 teams (2-3) 2-3
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Regular season 3rd of 10 teams (3-2) 3-2
FIBA
Champions
League 		Banco di Sardegna Sassari Regular season 4th of 4 teams (1-3) 1-3
Happy Casa Brindisi Regular season 3rd of 4 teams (1-3) 1-3
NutriBullet Treviso Regular season 1st of 4 teams (3-1) 6-1
Qualification final vs Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk (W)
Qualification semifinal vs Denmark Bakken Bears (W)
Qualification quarterfinal vs United Kingdom London Lions (W)
Europe Cup UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Second round 3rd of 4 teams (0-0) 4-2
Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4-2)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Alma Trieste. (in Italian)
  2. ^ CHI SIAMO. (in Italian)
  3. ^ Banco di Sardegna Sassari. (in Italian)
  4. ^ "Bertram Derthona Basket Tortona Club". legabasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  5. ^ Consultinvest Pesaro. (in Italian)
  6. ^ La struttura, Trentino Volley. (in Italian)
  7. ^ Segafredo Virtus Bologna. (in Italian)
  8. ^ Germani Basket Brescia. (in Italian)
  9. ^ Happy Casa Brindisi. (in Italian)
  10. ^ "PalaVerde". TrevisoBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  11. ^ Openjobmetis Varese. (in Italian)
  12. ^ Umana Reyer Venezia. (in Italian)
  13. ^ UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia. (in Italian)
  14. ^ Vanoli Cremona. (in Italian)
  15. ^ Segafredo Arena, Virtus Segafredo Bologna
  16. ^ Legabasket.it
  17. ^ "Si separano le strade di Germani Brescia e Maurizio Buscaglia". legabasket.it (in Italian). 12 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Alessandro Magro è il nuovo allenatore della Germani Brescia". pallacanestrobrescia.it (in Italian). 18 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Si separano le strade di Varese e Massimo Bulleri". legabasket.it (in Italian). 19 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Adriano Vertemati è il nuovo allenatore dell'Openjobmetis Varese". legabasket.it (in Italian). 15 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna, esercitata la clausola di uscita dal contratto di Luca Dalmonte". legabasket.it (in Italian). 20 May 2021.
  22. ^ "Fortitudo Bologna, ufficiale il ritorno in panchina di Jasmin Repesa". legabasket.it (in Italian). 24 May 2021.
  23. ^ "La VL Pesaro saluta e ringrazia Jasmin Repesa". legabasket.it (in Italian). 21 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Prosciutto di Carpegna e VL insieme per la terza stagione. Coach Aza Petrovic: "Vogliamo far divertire i nostri tifosi"". victorialibertas.it (in Italian). 16 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste esce dal contratto con Dalmasson". legabasket.it (in Italian). 31 May 2021.
  26. ^ "Franco Ciani è il nuovo allenatore dell'Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste". legabasket.it (in Italian). 4 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Banco di Sardegna Sassari, risoluzione consensuale con coach Pozzecco". legabasket.it (in Italian). 31 May 2021.
  28. ^ "Banco di Sardegna Sassari, Demis Cavina è il nuovo allenatore". legabasket.it (in Italian). 2 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Virtus Segafredo Bologna, ufficiale l'addio a Djordjevic". legabasket.it (in Italian). 15 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Virtus Segafredo Bologna, Sergio Scariolo è il nuovo allenatore". legabasket.it (in Italian). 18 June 2021.
  31. ^ "Fortitudo, coach Repesa annuncia le sue dimissioni". legabasket.it (in Italian). 26 September 2021.
  32. ^ "Fortitudo Kigili Bologna, ufficiale il ritorno di coach Antimo Martino". legabasket.it (in Italian). 28 September 2021.
  33. ^ "Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro, si dimette il coach Aza Petrovic: 'Voglio dare un segnale alla squadra"". legabasket.it (in Italian). 19 October 2021.
  34. ^ "Luca Banchi è il nuovo coach della Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro". legabasket.it (in Italian). 20 October 2021.
  35. ^ "Cavina non è più l'allenatore del Banco di Sardegna". legabasket.it (in Italian). 16 November 2021.
  36. ^ "Piero Bucchi alla guida del Banco di Sardegna Sassari". legabasket.it (in Italian). 16 November 2021.
  37. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 4 del 19 luglio 2021" (PDF). fip.it. cia. 19 July 2021.

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