2021–22 LBA season

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.

LBA
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Season2021–22
Teams16
DatesSeptember 25, 2021 - June 2022
TVDiscovery+, Eurosport, RaiSport
LBA Finals
RelegatedFortitudo Bologna
Vanoli Cremona

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 PalaFerraris 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 Maurizio Buscaglia End of contract 12 May 2021[17] Pre-season Alessandro Magro 18 May 2021[18]
Openjobmetis Varese Massimo Bulleri Mutual consent 19 May 2021[19] Adriano Vertemati 15 June 2021[20]
Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Luca Dalmonte Exit option 20 May 2021[21] Jasmin Repeša 24 May 2021[22]
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Jasmin Repeša End of contract 21 May 2021[23] Aza Petrović 16 July 2021[24]
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Eugenio Dalmasso End of contract 31 May 2021[25] Franco Ciani 4 June 2021[26]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Gianmarco Pozzecco Mutual consent 31 May 2021[27] Demis Cavina 2 July 2021[28]
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Aleksandar Đorđević End of contract 15 June 2021[29] Sergio Scariolo 18 June 2021[30]
Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Jasmin Repeša Resigned 26 September 2021[31] 9th Antimo Martino 28 September 2021[32]
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Aza Petrović Resigned 19 October 2021[33] 16th Luca Banchi 16 July 2021[34]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Demis Cavina Sacked 16 November 2021[35] 12th 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 Pts Qualification
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna (Q) 28 25 3 2514 2199 +315 50 Qualification to Playoffs
2 AX Armani Exchange Milano (Q) 29 23 6 2391 2086 +305 46
3 Germani Basket Brescia (Q) 29 21 8 2467 2231 +236 42
4 Umana Reyer Venezia (Q) 29 17 12 2262 2223 +39 34
5 Bertram Derthona Basket (Q) 29 16 13 2319 2330 −11 32
6 Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Q) 28 15 13 2323 2280 +43 30
7 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia (Q) 29 14 15 2321 2324 −3 28
8 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 29 13 16 2323 2434 −111 26
9 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 29 13 16 2306 2381 −75 26
10 NutriBullet Treviso 29 12 17 2283 2425 −142 24
11 Happy Casa Brindisi 29 12 17 2358 2400 −42 24
12 Openjobmetis Varese 29 12 17 2374 2545 −171 24
13 Dolomiti Energia Trento 29 11 18 2240 2335 −95 22
14 GeVi Napoli 29 11 18 2309 2370 −61 22
15 Fortitudo Kigili Bologna (R) 29 9 20 2352 2423 −71 18 Relegation to Serie A2
16 Vanoli Cremona (R) 29 7 22 2274 2430 −156 14
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2022. Source: LBA
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Serie A clubs in European competitions
Competition Team Progress Result Total W-L
Euroleague
Basketball
EuroLeague AX Armani Exchange Milano Regular season 5th of 18 teams (10-6) 10-6
EuroCup Dolomiti Energia Trentino Regular season 10th of 10 teams (1-7) 1-7
Umana Reyer Venezia Regular season 5th of 10 teams (4-4) 4-4
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Regular season 3rd of 10 teams (5-3) 5-3
FIBA
Champions
League		 NutriBullet Treviso Top 16 2nd of 4 teams (0-2) 7-4
Play-ins vs Lavrio Megabolt (2-0)
Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4-2)
Qualification final vs Tsmoki-Minsk (W)
Qualification semifinal vs Bakken Bears (W)
Qualification quarterfinal vs London Lions (W)
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Regular season 4th of 4 teams (1-5) 1-5
Happy Casa Brindisi Regular season 4th of 4 teams (1-5) 1-5
Europe Cup UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Second round 3rd of 4 teams (2-0) 6-2
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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