Serie B Basket

Serie B Basket

Formerly	Serie B Basket 1937–38 to 1954–55 (2nd tier) Serie B Basket 1955–56 to 1964–65 (3rd tier) Serie B Basket 1965–66 to 1973–74 (2nd tier) Serie B Basket 1974–75 to 1985–86 (3rd tier) Serie B2 Basket 1986–87 to 2007–08 (4th tier) Serie B Amateurs Basket 2008–09 to 2010–11 (4th tier) National B Division Basket 2011–12 to 2013–14 (4th tier) Serie B Basket 2014–15 to present (3rd tier)
Sport	Basketball
First season	1937–38
No. of teams	64
Country	Italy
Level on pyramid	3rd tier
Promotion to	Serie A2 Basket
Relegation to	Serie C Gold Basket
Domestic cup(s)	Italian LNP Cup
Official website	legapallacanestro.com (in Italian)

Serie B Basket is the third-tier men's basketball league in Italy.

Format

Teams are divided into four groups by geographical contiguity. Promoted teams gain access to the second-tier Serie A2 Basket, while relegated teams get demoted to play in the Serie C Gold Basket.

History

Serie B Basket first began in the 1937–38 season as the second level of the Italian basketball league system, and it remained the 2nd-tier level of the Italian basketball pyramid until the 1954–55 season. Serie B Basket was downgraded to being the third-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid from the 1955–56 season, until the 1964–65 season. From the 1965–66 season, through the 1973–74 season, it was once again the second-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid, being one tier below the Serie A Basket.

Serie B Basket was then once again downgraded to being the third-tier level league on the Italian basketball pyramid from the 1974–75 season, through the 1985–86 season. With the creation of the Serie B Excellence (Italian: Serie B d'Eccellenza), Serie B2 was downgraded to being the fourth-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid, and was renamed to Serie B2 Basket.

From 2008 to 2011, the league was known as Serie B Amateurs Basket (Italian: Serie B Dilettanti Basket). From 2011 to 2014, the league was known as the National B Division Basket (Italian: Divisione Nazionale B Basket). Since 2014, the league has once again been known as the Serie B Basket, and has once again been the third-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid.

2016–17 season

Group A

Virtus Siena

Robur et Fides Varese

Basket Cecina

Sangiorgese Basket

Omegna

Montecatini Basket

PMS Moncalieri

Oleggio

Domobasket Domodossola

US Empolese

Fiorentina Basket

Basket Golfo Piombino

San Miniato

Dragons BasketFirenze

Valsesia Pallacanestro

Basket Bottegone

Group B

Basket Iseo

Aurora Desio

Basket Piacenza

Virtus Padova

Basket Alto Sebino

Bergamo Basket 2014

Pallacanestro Crema

Orzibasket Orzinuovi

Urania Milano

Pallacanestro Vicenza 2012

Basket 2000 Reggio Emilia

Pallacanestro Faenza

Accademia Su Stentu Sestu

Basket Lecco

Rucker Sanve Sanvendemiano

Benedetto XIV Cento

Group C

Luiss Roma

Ass. Basket Palestrina

Sport e Cultura Patti

Basket Maddalaoni

Basket Barcellona

Teramo Basket 1960

Basket Scauri

Stella Azzurra Roma

Virtus Cassino

Scuola Basket Viterbo

Virtus Valmontone

Vis Nova Roma

Tigers Forlì

Cuore Napoli Basket

Basket Cefalù

Planet Basket Catanzaro

Group D

Basket Dynamic Venafro

Olimpia Matera

Cestistica San Severo

Pallacanestro Giulianova

Pallacanestro Senigallia

Valdiceppo Perugia

Monteroni Basket

Basket SantElpidio

Amatori Pescara

Basket Isernia

Campli Basket

Basket Ortona

Poderosa P. Montegranaro

Crabs Rimini

Basket Biscerlie

Basket Taranto

See also

• Italian LNP Cup

External links

• (in Italian) Official Site