Serie A2 Basket | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2017–18 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 29 September 2017 – June 2018 | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 480 (Regular season) 45–75 (Playoffs) | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 32 | ||||||||||||
TV partner(s) | Sportitalia | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Top seed | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste (East) Novipiù Casale Monferrato (West) | ||||||||||||
Promoted | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | ||||||||||||
Relegated | Agribertocchi Orzinuovi Cuore Basket Napoli Metextra Reggio Calabria | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Alma Trieste (1st title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Novipiù Casale Monferrato | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | Consultinvest Bologna De' Longhi Treviso | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 17 June 2018. |
The 2017–18 Serie A2 season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A2 Old Wild West, is the 44th season of the Italian basketball second league Serie A2 Basket. The season started on September 29, 2017, and will end in June 2018 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.[1]
Rules
The season is composed of 32 teams with a regional subdivision in two equal groups of sixteen, East and West. Each team plays twice each team in its subgroup, the first ranked team of each group then plays the eighth ranked team of the other group (e.g. East No. 1 against West No. 8), then the second best against the seventh, and so on, to form a promotion playoffs (for one place) of sixteen teams.[2]
Teams
By region
Venues
Regular season
East Group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2479 | 2230 | +249 | 44 | Qualification to Playoffs |
2 | Consultinvest Bologna | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2260 | 2228 | +32 | 42 | |
3 | De' Longhi Treviso | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2454 | 2187 | +267 | 40 | |
4 | G.S.A. Udine | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2254 | 2183 | +71 | 36 | |
5 | XL Extralight Montegranaro | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2412 | 2332 | +80 | 36 | |
6 | Tezenis Verona | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2345 | 2302 | +43 | 36 | |
7 | Bondi Ferrara | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2396 | 2342 | +54 | 34 | |
8 | Termoforgia Jesi | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2385 | 2364 | +21 | 34 | |
9 | OraSì Ravenna | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2308 | 2253 | +55 | 32 | |
10 | Andrea Costa Imola Basket | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2284 | 2261 | +23 | 30 | |
11 | Dinamica Generale Mantova | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2276 | 2347 | −71 | 28 | |
12 | Unieuro Forlì | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2340 | 2353 | −13 | 24 | |
13 | Bergamo Basket | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2298 | 2446 | −148 | 22 | |
14 | Assigeco Piacenza | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2167 | 2301 | −134 | 22 | Qualification to Relegation playout |
15 | Roseto Sharks | 30 | 6 | 24 | 2336 | 2576 | −240 | 12 | |
16 | Agribertocchi Orzinuovi (E) | 30 | 4 | 26 | 2322 | 2611 | −289 | 8 | Relegation to Serie B |
West Group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Novipiù Casale Monferrato | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2307 | 2147 | +160 | 44 | Qualification to Playoffs |
2 | Givova Scafati | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2375 | 2247 | +128 | 40 | |
3 | FCL Contract Legnano | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2352 | 2230 | +122 | 36 | |
4 | Eurotrend Biella | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2425 | 2292 | +133 | 36 | |
5 | Orsi Tortona | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2410 | 2393 | +17 | 34 | |
6 | Lighthouse Trapani | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2354 | 2355 | −1 | 30 | |
7 | Moncada Agrigento | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2381 | 2411 | −30 | 30 | |
8 | Remer Treviglio | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2438 | 2490 | −52 | 30 | |
9 | Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2448 | 2429 | +19 | 28 | |
10 | NPC Rieti | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2314 | 2315 | −1 | 28 | |
11 | Soundreef Siena | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2406 | 2375 | +31 | 28 | |
12 | Pasta Cellino Cagliari | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2427 | 2546 | −119 | 28 | |
13 | Leonis Roma | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2241 | 2253 | −12 | 24 | |
14 | Virtus Roma | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2343 | 2435 | −92 | 22 | Qualification to Relegation playout |
15 | Cuore Basket Napoli | 30 | 3 | 27 | 2210 | 2582 | −372 | 6 | |
16 | Metextra Reggio Calabria[a] (E) | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2356 | 2287 | +69 | 2 | Relegation to Serie B |
Coppa Italia
At the half of the league, the four first teams of each group in the table played the LNP Cup.
Bracket
Quarter-finals 2 March | Semifinals 3 March | Final 4 March | ||||||||||||
1E | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | 66 | ||||||||||||
4W | Bertram Tortona | 91 | ||||||||||||
4W | Bertram Tortona | 95 | ||||||||||||
2W | Eurotrend Biella | 79 | ||||||||||||
2W | Eurotrend Biella | 82 | ||||||||||||
3E | GSA Udine | 75 | ||||||||||||
4W | Bertram Tortona | 89 | ||||||||||||
4E | OraSì Ravenna | 57 | ||||||||||||
1W | Novipiù Casale Monferrato | 67 | ||||||||||||
4E | OraSì Ravenna | 75 | ||||||||||||
4E | OraSì Ravenna | 78 | ||||||||||||
2E | Consultinvest Bologna | 62 | ||||||||||||
2E | Consultinvest Bologna | 81 | ||||||||||||
3W | Lighthouse Trapani | 71 |
Source: [4]
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-three 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.
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
14E | Assigeco Piacenza | 2 | |||||||
15W | Cuore Basket Napoli | 0 | |||||||
15W | Cuore Basket Napoli | 0 | |||||||
15E | Roseto Sharks | 2 | |||||||
14W | Virtus Roma | 2 | |||||||
15E | Roseto Sharks | 1 |
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.
First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
1E | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8W | Remer Treviglio | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1E | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5E | XL Extralight Montegranaro | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4W | Eurotrend Biella | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5E | XL Extralight Montegranaro | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1E | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3E | De' Longhi Treviso | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3E | De' Longhi Treviso | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6W | Lighthouse Trapani | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3E | De' Longhi Treviso | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7E | Bondi Ferrara | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2W | Givova Scafati | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
7E | Bondi Ferrara | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1E | Alma Pallacanestro Trieste | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1W | Novipiù Casale Monferrato | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1W | Novipiù Casale Monferrato | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8E | Termoforgia Jesi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1W | Novipiù Casale Monferrato | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4E | G.S.A. Udine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4E | G.S.A. Udine | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5W | Orsi Tortona | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1W | Novipiù Casale Monferrato | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2E | Consultinvest Bologna | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3W | FCL Contract Legnano | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
6E | Tezenis Verona | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6E | Tezenis Verona | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2E | Consultinvest Bologna | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2E | Consultinvest Bologna | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7W | Moncada Agrigento | 0 |
References
- ^ "Calendario 2018-19" [2018-19 calendar]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Squadre di Serie A2" [Serie A2 Teams]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Tribunale Federale, il verdetto: 34 punti di penalizzazione in classifica per Reggio Calabria" [Federal Court, the verdict: 34 points of penalization on the League Table for Reggio Calabria]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). 9 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "LNP Coppa Italia Old Wild West 2018 - Serie A2". 7 February 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)