The 2022–23 LBA season is the 101st 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 Fortitudo Bologna and Vanoli Cremona ended, respectively, on 15th and 16th place and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.
Scafati and Verona were two best teams in Serie A2 and therefore promoted to Serie A.
Number of teams by region Number of teamsRegionTeam(s)3AX Armani Exchange MilanoGermani Basket BresciaOpenjobmetis VareseNutriBullet TrevisoUmana Reyer VeneziaTezenis Verona2Gevi NapoliGivova ScafatiUNAHOTELS Reggio EmiliaVirtus Segafredo Bologna1Happy Casa BrindisiAllianz Pallacanestro TriesteCarpegna Prosciutto Basket PesaroBanco di Sardegna SassariDolomiti Energia TrentoBertram Derthona Tortona
Venues and locations
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity2021–22 resultAllianz Pallacanestro TriesteTriesteAllianz DomePallacanestro Trieste 9thMilanEA7 Emporio Armani Milano 1stBanco di Sardegna SassariSassariPalaSerradimigniBanco di Sardegna Sassari 4thBertram Derthona Basket TortonaTortonaPalaFerrarisBertram Yachts Derthona Basket 3rdCarpegna Prosciutto Basket PesaroPesaroVitifrigo ArenaCarpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 8thDolomiti Energia TrentoTrentoBLM Group ArenaDolomiti Energia Trento 13thGermani BresciaBresciaPalaLeonessaGermani Brescia 5thGivova ScafatiScafatiPalaManganoGivova Scafati promoted to LBAGevi NapoliNaplesPalaBarbutoGeVi Napoli 14thHappy Casa BrindisiBrindisiPalaPentassugliaHappy Casa Brindisi 11th NutriBullet TrevisoTrevisoPalaVerdeNutriBullet Treviso Basket 10th Openjobmetis VareseVareseEnerxenia ArenaOpenjobmetis Varese 12thTezenis VeronaVeronaPalaOlimpiaTezenis Verona promoted to LBAUmana Reyer VeneziaVenicePalasport TaliercioUmana Reyer Venezia 6thUNAHOTELS Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaPalaBigiUNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 7thVirtus Segafredo BolognaBolognaSegafredo ArenaVirtus Segafredo Bologna 2nd Source:Legabasket.it
Managerial changes
Referees
Regular season In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from 2 October 2022, to May 2023.
League table
Results
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 2023, to finish in June 2023, depending on result.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7
Final standings
Awards Pos.PlayerTeamRef.Lega Serie A MVPPG Colbey Ross VareseLega Serie A Finals MVPSF Luigi DatomeOlimpia MilanoTop ScorerSG Frank BartleyPallacanestro TriesteDomestic Player of the Year SG Marco BelinelliVirtus BolognaBest Young Player PG Matteo SpagnoloTrentoBest Defender SG John PetrucelliBresciaSixth Man of the Year SG Marco BelinelliVirtus BolognaMost Improved Player C Ousmane DiopDinamo SassariRevealing Player of the Year PG Colbey RossVareseCoach of the Year HD Marco RamondinoDerthonaAll-Lega Serie A TeamPG Colbey RossVareseSG Semaj ChristonDerthonaSF Marco BelinelliVirtus BolognaPF Nicolò MelliOlimpia MilanoC JaCorey WilliamsNapoli
Serie A clubs in European competitions
In the 2022–23 season, Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna participate in the EuroLeague. Brescia, Trento and Venezia participate in the EuroCup. Reggio Emilia and Sassari participate in the Champions League. Brindisi participates in the Europe Cup.
See also
2022 Italian Basketball Supercup
References
External links Lega Basket website