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LBA
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Season2021–22
DatesSeptember 25, 2021 – June 2022
Teams16
TV partner(s)Discovery+, Eurosport, RaiSport
Regular season
Season MVPItaly Amedeo Della Valle
RelegatedFortitudo Bologna
Vanoli Cremona
LBA Finals
ChampionsAX Armani Exchange Milano (29th title)
  Runners-upVirtus Segafredo Bologna
Finals MVPDenmark Shavon Shields
Statistical leaders
Points United States Marcus Keene 18.7
Rebounds United States Tyrique Jones 9.6
Assists Italy Andrea Cinciarini 10.3
Lega Basket Serie A seasons

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

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Promotion and relegation

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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

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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

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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
AX Armani Exchange Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[2] 2nd
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000[3] 5th
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
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] 3rd
NutriBullet Treviso Basket Treviso PalaVerde 5,134[10] 6th
Openjobmetis Varese Varese Enerxenia Arena 5,100[11] 14th
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506[12] 4th
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 9,980[15] 1st

Source:[16]

Managerial changes

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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 Alessandro Magro 18 May 2021[18]
Openjobmetis Varese Italy Massimo Bulleri Mutual consent 19 May 2021[19] Italy Adriano Vertemati 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 Eugenio Dalmasso End of contract 31 May 2021[25] Italy Franco Ciani 4 June 2021[26]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Gianmarco Pozzecco Mutual consent 31 May 2021[27] Italy Demis Cavina 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 Demis Cavina Sacked 16 November 2021[35] 12th Italy Piero Bucchi 16 July 2021[36]

Referees

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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

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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

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 30 26 4 2666 2364 +302 52 Qualification to Playoffs
2 AX Armani Exchange Milano 30 24 6 2465 2155 +310 48
3 Germani Basket Brescia 30 21 9 2524 2310 +214 42
4 Bertram Derthona Basket 30 17 13 2418 2412 +6 34
5 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 17 13 2331 2297 +34 34
6 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 17 13 2541 2449 +92 34
7 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 30 15 15 2409 2401 +8 30
8 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 30 14 16 2408 2518 −110 28
9 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 30 14 16 2390 2464 −74 28
10 NutriBullet Treviso 30 12 18 2366 2509 −143 24
11 Happy Casa Brindisi 30 12 18 2440 2499 −59 24
12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18 2470 2655 −185 24
13 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 11 19 2345 2447 −102 22
14 GeVi Napoli 30 11 19 2393 2455 −62 22
15 Fortitudo Kigili Bologna 30 9 21 2429 2511 −82 18 Relegation to Serie A2
16 Vanoli Cremona 30 8 22 2386 2535 −149 16
Source: LBA

Playoffs

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Main article: 2022 LBA Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals are best of five formats, while the finals series are best of seven format. The playoffs started in May 2022 and finished in June 2022.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 82 70 75
 
 
 
 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 76 51 55
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 77 91 77
 
 
 
 Bertram Derthona Basket 73 70 69
 
 Bertram Derthona Basket 66 70 73 72
 
 
 
 Umana Reyer Venezia 77 58 63 60
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 62 75 82 62 84 64
 
 
 
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 66 68 94 77 78 81
 
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 91 91 89
 
 
 
 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 82 65 59
 
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 88 91 87
 
 
 
 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 71 82 69
 
 Germani Basket Brescia 104 85 68 95
 
 
 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 97 91 98 98
 

Awards

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Source:[38]

Season MVP

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Best Defender

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Best Player Under 22

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Best Sixth Man

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Finals MVP

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Rookie of the Year

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All-Italian League Team
Pos. Player Team Ref.
PG Italy

Andrea Cinciarini

Reggio Emilia [39]
SG Italy Amedeo Della Valle Brescia
SF United States Kyle Weems Virtus Bologna
PF Italy Nicolò Melli Olimpia Milano
C United States Tyrique Jones Pesaro

Serie A clubs in European competitions

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Competition Team Progress Result Total W–L
Euroleague
Basketball
EuroLeague AX Armani Exchange Milano Playoffs vs Turkey Anadolu Efes (1–3) 20–12
Regular season 3th of 18 teams (19–9)
EuroCup Virtus Segafredo Bologna Final vs Turkey Bursaspor (W) 15–7
Semifinal vs Spain Valencia (W)
Quarter-finals vs Germany Ratiopharm Ulm (W)
Round 16 vs Lithuania Lietkabelis (W)
Regular season 4th of 10 teams (11–7)
Umana Reyer Venezia Round of 16 vs France Levallois (L) 9–10
Regular season 6th of 10 teams (9–9)
Dolomiti Energia Trentino Regular season 9th of 10 teams (1–15) 1–15
FIBA
Champions
League 		NutriBullet Treviso Top 16 4nd of 4 teams (0–6) 7–8
Play-ins vs Greece Lavrio Megabolt (2–0)
Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
Qualification final vs Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk (W)
Qualification semifinal vs Denmark Bakken Bears (W)
Qualification quarterfinal vs United Kingdom 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 Final vs Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji (143–162) 12–6
Semifinal vs Denmark Bakken Bears (164–146)
Quarter-finals vs Poland Legia Warsaw (151–143)
Second round 1st of 4 teams (5–1)
Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)

See also

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References

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  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. Archived 2020-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  6. ^ La struttura, Trentino Volley. (in Italian)
  7. ^ Segafredo Virtus Bologna. Archived 2020-10-11 at the Wayback Machine (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. Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine (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.
  38. ^ "Italian Lega Basket Serie A Awards – RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  39. ^ "Annunciati gli LBA Awards 2022". m.legabasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
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