Lega Basket Femminile

Last updated
Serie A1
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Organising body Italian Basketball Federation
Founded1930
CountryItaly
Confederation FIBA Europe
Number of teams11
Domestic cup(s)Italian Cup
Current champions Reyer Venezia
Most championships Comense (15 titles)
Website www.legabasketfemminile.it
Basketball current event.svg 2023–24 LBF season

Lega Basket Femminile (LBF) is the premier national league for women's basketball clubs in Italy, founded in 1930. [1] Pool Comense is the competition's most successful club with fifteen championships, followed by AS Vicenza with twelve and Geas Basket with seven, while PF Schio and Cras Taranto have been the leading teams in recent years. [2]

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Currently both the champion and runner-up are granted spots in EuroLeague Women. [3] The Serie A champions were the major force in the 1980s, with Geas Basket, Fiat Torino, AS Vicenza, Libertas Trogylos, Polisportiva Ahena and Pool Comense winning eleven editions between 1978 and 1995. [4]

History

Current teams

TeamCityArenacapacityColours
Alpo Villafranca Villafranca di Verona Palazzetto Dello Sport Villafranca Di Verona 1,400  
Battipaglia Battipaglia Palasport Bruno Zauli 1,200  
BCC Derthona Castelnuovo Scrivia PalaCamagna   
Brixia Basket San Paolo, Lombardy PalaLeonessa 5,200  
Dinamo Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000  
Faenza Faenza PalaBubani 800  
Famila Schio Schio Palasport Livio Romar 2,700  
Geas Basket Sesto San Giovanni Palacarzaniga 800   
Magnolia Campobasso Campobasso PalaLupe 400  
Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,509   
San Martino di Lupari San Martino di Lupari PalaLupe 400  

List of champions

Performance by club

ClubWinnersWinning Years
Comense 151950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
Vicenza 121965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Schio 122005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Geas 81970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Triestina 51930, 1931, 1956, 1957, 1958
Torino 51962, 1963, 1964, 1979, 1980
Canottieri 41933, 1934, 1935, 1943
Ambrosiana 41936, 1937, 1938, 1939
Bernocchi 41947, 1948, 1954, 1955
Cras Taranto 42003, 2009, 2010, 2012
Udinese 31959, 1960, 1961
Reyer Venezia 31946, 2021, 2024
Libertas Trogylos 21989, 2000
Gioiosa 11932
Ilva Trieste 11940
Napoli 11941
CUS Milano 11942
Indomita 11949
Standa 11973
Treviso 11981
Ahena 11990
Parma 12001
Vomero 12007
Lucca 12017

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References

  1. Current season's results and tables in scoresway.com
  2. List of champions Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine in the competition's website
  3. 2011-12 teams in FIBA Europe's website
  4. List of champions, 1959-91 in FIBA Europe's website