The Italian basketball league system or Italian basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Italy. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently nine different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the 2nd-tier Serie A2 Basket, the 3rd-tier Serie B Basket, the 4th-tier Serie C Gold Basket, the 5th-tier Serie C Regionale, the 6th-tier Serie D Regionale, the 7th-tier Promozione, the 8th-tier Prima Divisione, and the 9th-tier Seconda Divisione.
The tier pyramid
edit| Level | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) National Professional 1st Division (16 teams) | ||||
| 2. | Serie A2 Basket National Professional 2nd Division (32 teams in two 16 team groups) | ||||
| 3. | Serie B Basket National semi-pro 3rd Division (64 teams in four 16 team groups) | ||||
| 4. | Serie C Gold Basket National semi-pro 4th Division (98 teams in 7 groups) | ||||
| 5. | Serie C Regionale Regional 1st Division | ||||
| 6. | Serie D Regionale Regional 2nd Division | ||||
| 7. | Promozione Regional 3rd Division | ||||
| 8. | Prima Divisione Regional 4th Division | ||||
| 9. | Seconda Divisione Regional 5th Division | ||||
Other competitions
editSee also
edit- League system
- European professional club basketball system
- Spanish basketball league system
- Greek basketball league system
- French basketball league system
- Russian basketball league system
- Turkish basketball league system
- Serbian basketball league system
- Polish basketball league system
- Hungarian basketball league system
- South American professional club basketball system
References
editExternal links
edit- Eurobasket.com Italian Men's Basketball
- Italian League Official Website (in Italian)
- Italian Second Division Official Website (in Italian)