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2020–21 LBA season

2020–21 LBA season

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The 2020–21 LBA season was the 99th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system. The regular season started on September 26, 2020, and finished on May 2, 2021.

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On 11 June, Virtus Segafredo Bologna won its 16th title, defeating 4–0 AX Armani Exchange Milano in the national finals.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

For he new season, after the first wave of coronavirus pandemic in Italy, the Serie A league decided to bring the number of teams from 17 of the previous season, to 18. Because the 2019–20 season was interrupted without winners and relegated, it was decided that one team from the Serie A2 had to be promoted to the Serie A.[1]

But four teams, Roma,[2] Pistoia, Cremona[3] and U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro,[4] were going through financial trouble which put at risk their participation to the 2020–21 season. Among them only Pistoia couldn't finalize the subscription[5] and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.

Basket Torino first and then Scaligera Verona[6][7] were invited to the highest league but they both declined, so that the final number of the teams was set to be 16.

Virtus Roma withdrawal

In December Virtus Roma had to face an unsustainable financial crisis. Claudio Toti (owner of the team) was looking for an exchange of ownership but no relevant offer was made that could save the team from an inevitable bankruptcy.[8] At the end, on December 9, the final decision was taken and the official withdrawal from the league was submitted to the Italian Basketball Federation.[9] At that moment Roma had played 9 games with only 2 wins and was holding the 15th position in the league table.

All the games from Virtus Roma were voided and the team disappeared from the official website.[10]

Number of teams by region

Venues and locations

Source:[27]

Personnel and sponsorship

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Managerial changes

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Referees

A total of 38 FIP officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in Lega Basket Serie A:[46]

Notes
^E Newly promoted to the Serie A

Changes from 2019 to 2020

Rules

Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

  1. 5 foreigners plus #5 Italian or homegrown players
  2. 6 foreigners plus #6 Italian or homegrown players

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, or the 6+6 formula.

As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people.[47]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from September 26, 2020, to May 2, 2021.

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

Positions by round

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Leader
Qualification to playoffs
Relegation to serie A2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

Results

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Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA
W = Win; L = Loss; - = Postponed; V = Void

Statistics

As of May 10, 2021

Individual statistics

Rating

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Points

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Rebounds

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Assists

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Other statistics

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Individual game highs

Source: RealGM

Team statistics

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Notes
  • ^1 The team with the least turnovers per game

Awards

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Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals are best of five formats, while the finals series are best of seven format. The playoffs will start in May 2021, to finish in June 2021, depending on result.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                            
 
 
 
 
AX Armani Exchange Milano 88 93 74
 
 
 
Dolomiti Energia Trento 62 79 65
 
AX Armani Exchange Milano 81 99 93
 
 
 
Umana Reyer Venezia 79 65 83
 
Umana Reyer Venezia 92 83 60 73 93
 
 
 
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 91 78 75 86 91
 
AX Armani Exchange Milano 77 72 58 62
 
 
 
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 83 83 76 73
 
Happy Casa Brindisi 85 86 79
 
 
 
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 64 54 77
 
Happy Casa Brindisi 66 74 75
 
 
 
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 73 83 78
 
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 91 88 105
 
 
De' Longhi Treviso 72 83 100
 

Serie A clubs in European competitions

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See also


References

  1. "La Assemblea di LBA: deliberato un nuovo format a 18 squadre, serie A al via il 27 settembre" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 15 May 2020.
  2. "Rinuncia Virtus Roma. Una nota della FIP" (in Italian). fip.it. 9 December 2020.
  3. Alma Trieste. (in Italian)
  4. CHI SIAMO. (in Italian)
  5. Consultinvest Pesaro. Archived 2020-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  6. "PalaVerde". TrevisoBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  7. Vanoli Cremona. (in Italian)
  8. Segafredo Arena, Virtus Segafredo Bologna
  9. "seating capacity of PalaLottomatica". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  10. "Meo Sacchetti è il nuovo allenatore della Fortitudo!!" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 27 May 2020.
  11. "Antimo Martino è il nuovo coach" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 28 May 2020.
  12. "Rescissione consensuale con coach Meo Sacchetti" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 27 May 2020.
  13. "Paolo Galbiati è il nuovo Head coach della Vanoli Cremona" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 30 July 2020.
  14. "Attilio Caja Sollevato Dall'incarico Di Allenatore" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 5 September 2019.
  15. "Massimo Bulleri è il nuovo allenatore della OpenJobMetis" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 8 September 2019.
  16. "Le strade di Germani Brescia e Vincenzo Esposito si separano" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 1 December 2019.
  17. "La Fortitudo Bologna esonera il coach Meo Sacchetti" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 6 December 2019.
  18. "Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna, il nuovo coach è Luca Dalmonte" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 7 December 2019.
  19. "Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, esonerato il coach Cesare Pancotto" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 25 January 2021.
  20. "Acqua S. Bernardo Cantù, Piero Bucchi è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 26 January 2021.
  21. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 630 del 30 giugno2020PRESIDENZA N.29" (PDF). cia. 30 June 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. "Teodosic è l'MVP UnipolSai della Finale Playoff". legabasket.it (in Italian). 11 June 2021.

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