Serie A2 (basketball)

Names

History

The league was created in May 1974, by the Lega Basket, the organisation in charge of running the LBA (to this day), that decided to create a new second division with 10 clubs. The two that were relegated during that season, and 8 from the now-former second tier Serie B, chosen with an on and off the court criteria.

The 1975–76 season saw 12 clubs take part, after a complicated system had seen a transfer of clubs from the Serie A1 to the A2.

In June 2001, the LegaDue was created to replace the Serie A2. Lega Basket now took part in running the league, though a system of promotion and relegation between the leagues remained.

During the 2013 summer, another revamp was decided. The LegaDue was amalgamated with the third division DNA, to form a two-tiered league, the DNA (Divisione Nazionale A) Gold and DNA Silver. The two DNA's had separate season's, but the first ranked team in DNA Silver joined the seven best Gold teams to compete for the single promotion spot in the Serie A. The next best eight Silver squads fought for one spot in the next Gold season, whilst the three worst teams were relegated.

The next season saw the league retake its Serie A2 moniker, keeping a similar but tweaked hybrid model, with the eight best Gold and the four best Silver teams taking part in the promotion playoffs (still for the one spot), whilst the last two Gold and the penultimate and ante-penultimate Silver squads play a relegation play out (the last ranked Silver team was relegated outright).

Competition format

For the 2015–16 season, the Serie A2 Basket 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.

Since the 2018–19 season the Playoffs winner is the third promoted team to LBA. The two other promoted clubs, which are also the top seeded on the League Table at the end of the Regular Season, have to face a final of two matches to decide the winner of the Serie A2.

Since the 2019–20 season the Playoffs winners (2 tournaments) are promoted to LBA.

Current clubs (2024–2025)

League champions

MVP

Best Coach

Topscorers

By scoring average

Regular season, play-offs not included.

Source: LegaBasket.it STATISTICHE .

Distinctions

These players have played in the Serie A2.

[[FIBA Hall of Fame]]

• BRA Oscar Schmidt
• YUG Dražen Dalipagić

[[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Basketball Hall of Fame]]

• BRA Oscar Schmidt
• YUG Dražen Dalipagić
• USA Bob McAdoo
• USA Alex English

[[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)]]

• BRA Oscar Schmidt
• YUG Dražen Dalipagić
• ITA Antonello Riva

[[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame|Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]]

• USA Alex English
• USA Bob McAdoo

Notes

References

Sources

• Top scorers per season playbasket.it

References

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2. . ["Storia della Lega Basket"](http://web.legabasket.it/other/storia.pdf#page=6).
3. Sciascia, Giuseppe. (4 October 2013). "Al via Lega Gold e Silver. Nuova formula e tanti big".
4. Banzola, Alberto. (3 October 2014). "Basket, Serie A2: al via domenica l'ultima stagione divisa in due".
5. . (25 June 2015). ["Comunicato LNP sulle delibere del Consiglio Federale"](http://www.legapallacanestro.com/home/comunicato-lnp-sulle-delibere-del-consiglio-federale/).
6. . ["Fortitudo - Virtus sarà la finale per il campione d'Italia Serie A2"](https://sportando.basketball/fortitudo-virtus-sara-la-finale-per-il-campione-ditalia-serie-a2/).
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8. . ["Damian Hollis è il Novipiù MVP della finale"](http://www.legapallacanestro.com/damian-hollis-%C3%A8-il-novipi%C3%B9-mvp-della-finale/).
9. [http://www.megabasket.it/2016/06/06/featured/eugenio-dalmasson-alma-trieste-allenatore-dellanno-per-la-serie-a2-citroen/ Eugenio Dalmasson (Alma Trieste) allenatore dell’anno per la Serie A2 Citroen {{in lang. it.]
10. [https://www.pistoiasport.com/serie-a2-joe-bryant-nel-quintetto-all-time-fu-top-scorer-con-lolimpia-pistoia/ Serie A2, Joe Bryant in the quintet “All Time”: he was top scorer with Olimpia Pistoia - pistoiasport.com]
11. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-league-serie-a2_1997-1998.aspx Serie A2 (1997-1998) - eurobasket.com]
12. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-league-serie-a2_1998-1999.aspx Serie A2 (1998-1999) - eurobasket.com]
13. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-league-serie-a2_1999-2000.aspx Serie A2 (1999-2000) - eurobasket.com]
14. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-league-serie-a2_2000-2001.aspx Serie A2 (2000-2001) - eurobasket.com]
15. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2002-2003.aspx Serie A2 (2002-2003) - eurobasket.com]
16. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2003-2004.aspx Serie A2 (2003-2004) - eurobasket.com]
17. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2004-2005.aspx Serie A2 (2004-05) - eurobasket.com]
18. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2005-2006.aspx Serie A2 (2005-2006) - eurobasket.com]
19. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2007-2008.aspx Serie A2 (2007-08) - eurobasket.com]
20. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2008-2009.aspx Serie A2 (2008-09) - eurobasket.com]
21. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2009-2010.aspx Serie A2 (2009-10) - eurobasket.com]
22. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2010-2011.aspx Serie A2 (2010-11) - eurobasket.com]
23. [https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball-legadue_2011-2012.aspx Serie A2 (2011-12) - eurobasket.com]