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 in June 2017 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.
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.
Teams By region Number of teams Region Team(s)7Andrea Costa ImolaAssigeco PiacenzaBondi FerraraKontatto BolognaOraSì RavennaSegafredo Virtus BolognaUnieuro Forlì5Benacquista Assicurazioni LatinaFMC FerentinoNCP RietiRoma Gas & Power RomaUniCusano Roma3Dinamica Mantova Europromotion Legnano Remer TreviglioAngelico BiellaNovipiù Casale MonferratoOrsi Tortona2Roseto SharksProger ChietiBasket AgropoliGivova ScafatiAlma TriesteG.S.A. UdineAurora Basket JesiAmbalt RecanatiMoncada AgrigentoLighthouse TrapaniDe' Longhi TrevisoTezenis Verona1Viola Reggio CalabriaMens Sana Siena
Venues
East TeamArenaCapacityAlma TriesteTriestePalaTrieste 6,943Andrea Costa ImolaImolaPalaRuggi 2,000Assigeco PiacenzaPiacenzaPalaBanca 4,500Aurora Basket JesiJesiUBI BPA Sport Center 3,500Basket RecanatiRecanatiPalaCingolani 1,006Bondi FerraraFerraraPala Hilton Pharma 3,504De' Longhi TrevisoTrevisoPalaVerde 5,134Dinamica MantovaMantovaPalaBam 5,000G.S.A. UdineUdinePalaCarnera 3,850Kontatto BolognaBolognaLand Rover Arena 5,721OraSì RavennaRavennaPalaDeAndré 3,500Proger ChietiChietiPalaTricalle Leombroni 2,600Roseto SharksRosetoPalaMaggetti 5,000BolognaUnipol Arena 9,513Tezenis VeronaVeronaPalaOlimpia 5,350Unieuro ForlìForlì 6,511
West TeamHome cityArenaCapacityAngelico BiellaBiellaBiellaForum 5,707Basket AgropoliAgropoliPalaDiConcilio 1,500Benacquista LatinaLatinaPalaBianchini 2,500FMC FerentinoFerentino 2,000Givova ScafatiScafatiPalaMagnano 3,700Lighthouse TrapaniTrapaniPalaillio 4,575Mens Sana SienaSiena 7,050Moncada AgrigentoAgrigentoPalaMoncada3,200PalaFerraris 3,508NPC RietiRietiPalaSojourner 3,550Orsi TortonaTortonaPalaOltrepò 1,500Remer TreviglioTreviglioPalaFacchetti 2,880Rome 3,500LegnanoKnights Palace 1,650UniCusano RomaRomePalazzetto dello Sport 3,500PalaCalafiore 8,500
Personnel and sponsorship 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
West Group league table
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.
Bracket
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).
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).
Source: LNP
Sponsors Citroën (title sponsor) FXCM (main sponsor) Molten (official ball) AdidasNovi Oiko Dalla Riva Sportfloors SportsystemVivaticket Spalding Gruppo Italtelo IredemPanorama Best Union Company OpenSky Sicur Green System
References
External links Official website