The 2021–22 LBA season is the 100th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top-tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system.
Teams
Promotion and relegation Virtus Roma withdrew in the past season. Cantu ended on 15th place and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.
Napoli and Tortona were two best teams in Serie A2 and therefore promoted to Serie A.
Number of teams by region Number of teamsRegionTeam(s)4AX Armani Exchange MilanoGermani Basket BresciaOpenjobmetis VareseVanoli Cremona3UNAHOTELS Reggio EmiliaFortitudo Kigili BolognaVirtus Segafredo Bologna2NutriBullet TrevisoUmana Reyer Venezia1Happy Casa BrindisiAllianz Pallacanestro TriesteCarpegna Prosciutto Basket PesaroBanco di Sardegna SassariDolomiti Energia TrentoGevi NapoliBertram Derthona Tortona
Venues and locations
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity2020–21 resultAllianz Pallacanestro TriesteTriesteAllianz DomeAlma Trieste. 7thMilanCHI SIAMO. 2ndBanco di Sardegna SassariSassariPalaSerradimigniBanco di Sardegna Sassari. 5thBertram Derthona Basket TortonaTortonaPalaFerraris promoted to LBACarpegna Prosciutto Basket PesaroPesaroVitifrigo ArenaConsultinvest Pesaro. 13thDolomiti Energia TrentoTrentoBLM Group ArenaLa struttura, Trentino Volley. 8thFortitudo Kigili BolognaBolognaPalaDozzaSegafredo Virtus Bologna. 12thGermani BresciaBresciaPalaLeonessaGermani Basket Brescia. 9thGeVi Napoli BasketNaplesPalaBarbuto promoted to LBAHappy Casa BrindisiBrindisiPalaPentassugliaHappy Casa Brindisi. 3rdNutriBullet Treviso BasketTrevisoPalaVerde 6thOpenjobmetis VareseVareseEnerxenia ArenaOpenjobmetis Varese. 14thUmana Reyer VeneziaVenicePalasport TaliercioUmana Reyer Venezia. 4thUNAHOTELS Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaUnipol ArenaUNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia. 11thVanoli Basket CremonaCremonaPalaRadiVanoli Cremona. 10thVirtus Segafredo BolognaBolognaSegafredo ArenaSegafredo Arena , Virtus Segafredo Bologna 1st Source:Legabasket.it
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Germani Basket Brescia Maurizio Buscaglia End of contract 12 May 2021 Pre-season Alessandro Magro 18 May 2021 Openjobmetis Varese Massimo Bulleri Mutual consent 19 May 2021 Adriano Vertemati 15 June 2021 Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Luca Dalmonte Exit option 20 May 2021 Jasmin Repeša 24 May 2021 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Jasmin Repeša End of contract 21 May 2021 Aza Petrović 16 July 2021 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Eugenio Dalmasso End of contract 31 May 2021 Franco Ciani 4 June 2021 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Gianmarco Pozzecco Mutual consent 31 May 2021 Demis Cavina 2 July 2021 Virtus Segafredo Bologna Aleksandar Đorđević End of contract 15 June 2021 Sergio Scariolo 18 June 2021 Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Jasmin Repeša Resigned 26 September 2021 9th Antimo Martino 28 September 2021 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Aza Petrović Resigned 19 October 2021 16th Luca Banchi 16 July 2021 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Demis Cavina Sacked 16 November 2021 12th Piero Bucchi 16 July 2021
Referees A total of 38 FIP officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in Lega Basket Serie A:
Notes Newly promoted to the Serie A
Regular season In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from September 25, 2021, to May 8, 2022.
League table
Playoffs
The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals are best of five formats, while the finals series are best of seven format. The playoffs started in May 2022 and finished in June 2022.
Awards Source:
Season MVP Amedeo Della Valle – Brescia
Best Defender Kyle Hines – A|X Armani Exchange Milan
Best Player Under 22 Matteo Spagnolo – Vanoli Cremona
Best Sixth Man Marco Belinelli – Virtus Bologna
Finals MVP Shavon Shields – A|X Armani Exchange Milan
Rookie of the Year Naz Mitrou-Long – Brescia All-Italian League TeamPos.Player TeamRef.PG Andrea Cinciarini Reggio EmiliaSG Amedeo Della Valle BresciaSF Kyle Weems Virtus BolognaPF Nicolò Melli Olimpia MilanoC Tyrique JonesPesaro
Serie A clubs in European competitions Competition Team Progress Result Total W–L EuroleagueBasketball AX Armani Exchange Milano Playoffs vs Anadolu Efes (1–3) 20–12 Regular season 3rd of 18 teams (19–9) Virtus Segafredo Bologna Final vs Bursaspor (W) 15–7 Semifinal vs Valencia (W) Quarter-finals vs Ratiopharm Ulm (W) Round 16 vs Lietkabelis (W) Regular season 4th of 10 teams (11–7) Umana Reyer Venezia Round of 16 vs Levallois (L) 9–10 Regular season 6th of 10 teams (9–9) Dolomiti Energia Trentino Regular season 9th of 10 teams (1–15) 1–15 FIBA NutriBullet Treviso Top 16 4nd of 4 teams (0–6) 7–8 Play-ins vs Lavrio Megabolt (2–0) Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Qualification final vs Tsmoki-Minsk (W) Qualification semifinal vs Bakken Bears (W) Qualification quarterfinal vs London Lions (W) Banco di Sardegna Sassari Regular season 4th of 4 teams (1–5) 1–5 Happy Casa Brindisi Regular season 4th of 4 teams (1–5) 1–5 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Final vs Bahçeşehir Koleji (143–162) 12–6 Semifinal vs Bakken Bears (164–146) Quarter-finals vs Legia Warsaw (151–143) Second round 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
See also
2021 Italian Basketball Supercup
References
External links Lega Basket website