2016–17 Serie A2 Basket

The 2016–17 Serie A2 season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A2 Citroën, is the 43rd season of the Italian basketball second league Serie A2 Basket. The season started on October 2, 2016 and will end on June 2017 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.[2]

Serie A2 Basket
Season	2016–17
Teams	32
Games played	480 (Regular season) 45–75 (Playoffs)
Dates	2 October 2016 – June 2017
TV	Sky Italia
Final positions
Top seed	De' Longhi Treviso (East) Angelico Biella (West)
Champions	Segafredo Virtus Bologna
Runners-up	Alma Trieste
Semifinalists	OraSì Ravenna Kontatto Bologna
Relegated	Ambalt Recanati Basket Agropoli Proger Chieti
Records
Highest attendance	9,000[1] Virtus Bologna 87–86 Fortitudo (6 January 2017)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 20 June 2017.

Rules

The season is composed of 32 teams with a regional subdivision in two equal groups of sixteen, East and West. Each team plays the others in its subgroup twice, the first ranked team of each group then plays the eighth ranked team of the other group (e.g. East #1 against West #8), then the second best against the seventh, and so on, to form a promotion playoffs (for one place) of sixteen teams.[3]

Teams

By region

Number of teams	Region	Team(s)
7	Emilia-Romagna	Andrea Costa Imola Assigeco Piacenza Bondi Ferrara Kontatto Bologna OraSì Ravenna Segafredo Virtus Bologna Unieuro Forlì
5	Lazio	Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina FMC Ferentino NCP Rieti Roma Gas & Power Roma UniCusano Roma
3	Lombardy	Dinamica Mantova Europromotion Legnano Remer Treviglio
	Piedmont	Angelico Biella Novipiù Casale Monferrato Orsi Tortona
2	Abruzzo	Roseto Sharks Proger Chieti
	Campania	Basket Agropoli Givova Scafati
	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Alma Trieste G.S.A. Udine
	Marche	Aurora Basket Jesi Ambalt Recanati
	Sicily	Moncada Agrigento Lighthouse Trapani
	Veneto	De' Longhi Treviso Tezenis Verona
1	Calabria	Viola Reggio Calabria
	Tuscany	Mens Sana Siena

Venues

East Team Home city Arena Capacity Alma Trieste Trieste PalaTrieste 6,943 Andrea Costa Imola Imola PalaRuggi 2,000 Assigeco Piacenza Piacenza PalaBanca 4,500 Aurora Basket Jesi Jesi UBI BPA Sport Center 3,500 Basket Recanati Recanati PalaCingolani 1,006 Bondi Ferrara Ferrara Pala Hilton Pharma 3,504 De' Longhi Treviso Treviso PalaVerde 5,134 Dinamica Mantova Mantova PalaBam 5,000 G.S.A. Udine Udine PalaCarnera 3,850 Kontatto Bologna Bologna Land Rover Arena 5,721 OraSì Ravenna Ravenna PalaDeAndré 3,500 Proger Chieti Chieti PalaTricalle Leombroni 2,600 Roseto Sharks Roseto PalaMaggetti 5,000 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna Unipol Arena 9,513 Tezenis Verona Verona PalaOlimpia 5,350 Unieuro Forlì Forlì Unieuro Arena 6,511

West Team Home city Arena Capacity Angelico Biella Biella BiellaForum 5,707 Basket Agropoli Agropoli PalaDiConcilio 1,500 Benacquista Latina Latina PalaBianchini 2,500 FMC Ferentino Ferentino Palazzetto Ponte Grande 2,000 Givova Scafati Scafati PalaMagnano 3,700 Lighthouse Trapani Trapani Palaillio 4,575 Mens Sana Siena Siena Palasport Mens Sana 7,050 Moncada Agrigento Agrigento PalaMoncada 3,200 Novipiù Casale M. Casale M. PalaFerraris 3,508 NPC Rieti Rieti PalaSojourner 3,550 Orsi Tortona Tortona PalaOltrepò 1,500 Remer Treviglio Treviglio PalaFacchetti 2,880 Roma Gas & Power Rome Palazzetto dello Sport 3,500 TWS Legnano Legnano Knights Palace 1,650 UniCusano Roma Rome Palazzetto dello Sport 3,500 Viola Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria PalaCalafiore 8,500

East

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alma Trieste	Eugenio Dalmasson	Andrea Coronica	Athletes	Alma
Andrea Costa Imola	Giampiero Ticchi	Patricio Prato	Macron
Assigeco Piacenza	Marco Andreazza	Luca Infante	Joma	Assigeco
Aurora Basket Jesi	Damiano Cagnazzo	Marco Maganza	Givova	Termoforgia
Basket Recanati	Giancarlo Sacco	Attilio Pierini	Macron
Bondi Ferrara	Adriano Furlani	Riccardo Cortese	2T Sport	Bondi
De' Longhi Treviso	Stefano Pillastrini	Matteo Fantinelli	Erreà	De'Longhi
Dinamica Mantova	Alberto Martelossi	Lorenzo Gergati	Erreà	Dinamica Generale
G.S.A. Udine	Lino Lardo	Manuel Vanuzzo	Macron	G.S.A. Gruppo Servizi Associati
Kontatto Bologna	Matteo Boniciolli	Stefano Mancinelli	Kontatto	Kontatto
OraSì Ravenna	Antimo Martino	Andrea Raschi	Macron	OraSì
Proger Chieti	Massimo Galli	Luigi Sergio	Sportika	Proger
Roseto Sharks	Emanuele Di Paolantonio	Robert Fultz	Erreà	Visitroseto.it
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Alessandro Ramagli	Andrea Michelori	Macron	Segafredo Zanetti
Tezenis Verona	Luca Dalmonte	Giorgio Boscagin	Erreà	Tezenis
Unieuro Forlì	Giorgio Valli	Matteo Frassineti	Erreà	Unieuro

West

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Angelico Biella	Michele Carrea	Niccolò De Vico	Erreà	Angelico
Basket Agropoli	Alessandro Finelli	Riccardo Santolamazza	Givova
Benacquista Latina	Franco Gramenzi	Lorenzo Uglietti	Joma	Benacquista Assicurazioni
FMC Ferentino	Riccardo Paolini	Angelo Gigli	Erreà	FMC
Givova Scafati	Giovanni Perdichizzi	Tommaso Fantoni	Givova	Givova
Lighthouse Trapani	Ugo Ducarello	Demián Filloy	Eyesportwear	Lighthouse
Mens Sana Siena	Giulio Griccioli	Simone Flamini	Macron	Soundreef
Moncada Agrigento	Franco Ciani	Albano Maximo Chiarastella	Erreà	Moncada Energy Group
Novipiù Casale Monferrato	Marco Ramondino	Niccolò Martinoni	Macron	Novipiù
NPC Rieti	Luciano Nunzi	Nicolò Benedusi	Joma
Orsi Tortona	Demis Cavina	Luca Garri	Erreà	ORSI
Remer Treviglio	Adriano Vertemati	Emanuele Rossi		Gruppo Remer
Roma Gas & Power Roma	Davide Bonora	Daniele Bonessio	Spalding	Roma Gas & Power
TWS Legnano	Mattia Ferrari	Federico Maiocco	Bitre Sport	T.W.S.
UniCusano Roma	Fabio Corbani	Giuliano Maresca	Eyesportwear	Università Niccolò Cusano
Viola Reggio Calabria	Antonio Paternoster	Agustin Fabi	Bitre Sport

Regular season

East Group league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	De' Longhi Treviso	30	21	9	2102	1987	1.058	42	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	30	21	9	2450	2216	1.106	42
3	Alma Trieste	30	21	9	2355	2139	1.101	42
4	OraSì Ravenna	30	19	11	2311	2230	1.036	38
5	Kontatto Bologna	30	18	12	2269	2198	1.032	36
6	Roseto Sharks	30	17	13	2351	2340	1.005	34
7	Dinamica Mantova	30	17	13	2389	2307	1.036	34
8	Tezenis Verona	30	17	13	2199	2105	1.045	34
9	G.S.A. Udine	30	16	14	2193	2176	1.008	32
10	Assigeco Piacenza	30	12	18	2184	2289	0.954	24
11	Aurora Basket Jesi	30	12	18	2391	2460	0.972	24
12	Bondi Ferrara	30	12	18	2360	2441	0.967	24
13	Andrea Costa Imola	30	11	19	2271	2394	0.949	22
14	Proger Chieti	30	10	20	2291	2426	0.944	20	Qualification to Relegation play-out
15	Unieuro Forlì	30	9	21	2153	2313	0.931	18
16	Ambalt Recanati	30	7	23	2217	2465	0.899	14	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2017. Source: Lega Pallacanestro

West Group league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Angelico Biella	30	24	6	2468	2277	1.084	48	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Orsi Tortona	30	21	9	2362	2266	1.042	42
3	Europromotion Legnano	30	19	11	2252	2186	1.030	38
4	Moncada Agrigento	30	17	13	2238	2198	1.018	34
5	UniCusano Roma	30	17	13	2659	2588	1.027	34
6	Remer Treviglio	30	16	14	2455	2396	1.025	32
7	Novipiù Casale Monferrato	30	16	14	2163	2068	1.046	32
8	Lighthouse Trapani	30	15	15	2369	2380	0.995	30
9	Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina	30	15	15	2377	2363	1.006	30
10	Roma Gas & Power Roma	30	14	16	2279	2345	0.972	28
11	Mens Sana Siena	30	14	16	2193	2270	0.966	28
12	NPC Rieti	30	13	17	2327	2305	1.010	26
13	FMC Ferentino	30	12	18	2321	2357	0.985	24
14	Givova Scafati	30	11	19	2377	2366	1.005	22	Qualification to Relegation play-out
15	Viola Reggio Calabria	30	9	21	2251	2426	0.928	18
16	Basket Agropoli	30	7	23	2104	2404	0.875	14	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2017. Source: Lega Pallacanestro

Coppa Italia

At the half of the league, the four first teams of each group in the table play the LNP Cup, known as Turkish Airlines Cup for sponsorship reasons, at the Unipol Arena in Bologna, from 3 to 5 March 2017.[4]

Bracket

Quarter-finals 3 March 2017

Semifinals 4 March 2017

Final 5 March 2017

1W

Angelico Biella

86

4E

Dinamica Generale Mantova

78

1W

Angelico Biella

89

2E

De' Longhi Treviso

81

2E

De' Longhi Treviso

73

3W

UniCusano Roma

72

1W

Angelico Biella

68

1E

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

69

2W

TWS Legnano

55

3E

Alma Trieste

84

3E

Alma Trieste

74

1E

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

86

1E

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

95

4W

Moncada Agrigento

63

Playout

The league play-out are played between the 14th and 15th placed teams of each group in two elimination rounds. The series will be played in a best-of-five format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth game will be played at home of the team that got the better ranking at the end of the regular season, the third and the eventual fourth will be played at home the lower ranked team.

All matches will be played between 30 April and 24 May 2017 (eventual Game 5).

	Semifinals					Finals
	14E	Proger Chieti	1
	15W	Viola Reggio Calabria	3
						14E	Proger Chieti	1
						15E	Unieuro Forlì	3
	14W	Givova Scafati	3
	15E	Unieuro Forlì	2

Playoffs

The league's playoffs are played between the first and the eighth of each group in four rounds: eightfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. All series are played in a best-of-five format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth match will be played at home of the best-placed team, the second, the third and the fourth, at the end of the regular season.

All matches are played between 30 April and 21 June 2017 (eventual Game 5).

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Finals

1W

Angelico Biella

2

8E

Tezenis Verona

3

8E

Tezenis Verona

0

4E

OraSì Ravenna

3

4E

OraSì Ravenna

3

5W

UniCusano Roma

1

4E

OraSì Ravenna

0

2E

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

3

3W

Europromotion Legnano

1

6E

Roseto Sharks

3

6E

Roseto Sharks

1

2E

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

3

2E

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

3

7W

Novipiù Casale Monferrato

1

2E

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

3

3E

Alma Trieste

0

1E

De' Longhi Treviso

3

8W

Lighthouse Trapani

0

1E

De' Longhi Treviso

1

5E

Kontatto Bologna

3

4W

Moncada Agrigento

1

5E

Kontatto Bologna

3

5E

Kontatto Bologna

2

3E

Alma Trieste

3

3E

Alma Trieste

3

6W

Remer Treviglio

2

3E

Alma Trieste

3

2W

Orsi Tortona

1

2W

Orsi Tortona

3

7E

Dinamica Mantova

2

Source: LNP

Sponsors

Citroën (title sponsor) FXCM (main sponsor) Molten (official ball) Adidas

Novi Oiko Dalla Riva Sportfloors Sportsystem

Vivaticket Spalding Gruppo Italtelo Iredem

Panorama Best Union Company OpenSky Sicur Green System

References

1. "Basket, in 9mila all'Unipol Arena per l'attesissimo derby" [Basketball, 9 thousand in Unipol Arena for the highly anticipated derby]. www.trc.tv (in Italian). 7 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
2. "Serie A2 Citroën 2016/2017: i calendari dei gironi Est ed Ovest" [Serie A2 Citroën 2016/2017: East and West groups Calendars]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
3. "Squadre di Serie A2" [Serie A2 Teams]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
4. "Coppa Italia LNP, Turkish Airlines sarà il title sponsor" [Italian LNP Cup, Turkish Airlines new title sponsor]. sportando.com (in Italian). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Italian)