2023 Italian Basketball Cup

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2023 Italian Basketball Cup
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Tournament details
CountryItaly
City Turin
Dates15–19 February 2023
Teams8
Venue(s) Pala Alpitour
Defending champions EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
  2022
2024 

The 2023 Italian Basketball Cup , known as the Frecciarossa Final Eight 2023 for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the 55th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament will be played from 15 to 19 February 2023 in Turin, Piedmont, at the end of the first half of the 2022–23 LBA season.

Contents

Olimpia Milano are the defending champions.

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Qualification

Qualified for the tournament are selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2022–23 LBA regular season.

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 1512312591099+160Qualified as seeded teams
2 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 1512312731160+113
3 Bertram Derthona Tortona 1510512141142+72
4 Carlegna Prosciutto Pesaro 159613221259+63
5 Openjobmetis Varese 159614061365+41Qualified as non-seeded teams
6 Dolomiti Energia Trentino 15871106113024
7 Umana Reyer Venezia 158712431187+56
8 Germani Brescia 157812701250+20
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: LBA

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 72
8 Germani Brescia 75
Germani Brescia
Carlegna Prosciutto Pesaro
4 Carlegna Prosciutto Pesaro 84
5 Openjobmetis Varese 80
 
 
2 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 82
7 Umana Reyer Venezia 68
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Bertram Derthona Tortona
3 Bertram Derthona Tortona 74
6 Dolomiti Energia Trentino 70

Quarterfinals

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Germani Brescia

15 February 2023 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 7275 Germani Brescia Turin
18:00Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 10–25, 26–11, 17–19
Eleven, Eurosport, Nove Pts: Baron 18
Rebs: Melli 9
Asts: Luwawu-Cabarrot 4
PIR: Baron 23
Boxscore Pts: Massinburg 16
Rebs: Nikolić 8
Asts: Della Valle 7
PIR: Massinburg 18
Arena: Pala Alpitour
Referees: Lanzarini, Sahin, Perciavalle

Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro vs. Openjobmetis Varese

15 February 2023 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 8480 Openjobmetis Varese Turin
20:45Scoring by quarter:29–12, 15–23, 23–29, 17–16
Eleven, Eurosport, Nove Pts: Charalampopoulos 20
Rebs: Kravić 6
Asts: Delfino 4
PIR: Charalampopoulos 23
Boxscore Pts: Johnson 18
Rebs: Owens 13
Asts: Ross 7
PIR: Owens 27
Arena: Pala Alpitour
Referees: Mazzoni, Borgioni, Gonella

Virtus Segafredo Bologna vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

16 February 2023 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 8268 Umana Reyer Venezia Turin
18:00Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 1414, 21–12, 27–20
Eleven, Eurosport, Nove Pts: Belinelli 21
Rebs: Shengelia 5
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: Belinelli 19
Boxscore Pts: Parks 18
Rebs: Parks 10
Asts: De Nicolao 5
PIR: Parks 21
Arena: Pala Alpitour
Referees: Paternicò, Attard, Giovannetti

Bertram Derthona Tortona vs. Dolomiti Energia Trentino

16 February 2023 Bertram Derthona Tortona 7470 Dolomiti Energia Trentino Turin
20:45Scoring by quarter:22–16, 16–20, 21–12, 15–22
Eleven, Eurosport, Nove Pts: Christon 19
Rebs: Daum 7
Asts: Christon 4
PIR: Christon 19
Boxscore Pts: Flaccadori 15
Rebs: Udom 7
Asts: Flaccadori 5
PIR: Flaccadori 18
Arena: Pala Alpitour
Referees: Rossi, Martolini, Bettini

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References

  1. "Frecciarossa Title sponsor della Final Eight 2021" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.