The Italian basketball champions are the annual winners of the highest basketball competition in Italy. The winner of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is crowned Italian champion.
Olimpia Milano hold the record for the most championships with 28.
In the 1976–77 season, play-offs were introduced to determine the national champion.
Champion also won the Italian Cup | |
Champion also won the Italian Cup and Supercup |
Teams in italic are inactive or dissolved.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Olimpia Milano | 10 | 10 | 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 | 1979, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2021 |
Virtus Bologna | 9 | 5 | 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2021 | 1977, 1978, 1981, 2007, 2022 |
Mens Sana | 6 | 1 | 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, | 2014 |
Treviso | 5 | 4 | 1992, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006 | 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000 |
Varese | 3 | 1 | 1977, 1978, 1999 | 1990 |
Fortitudo Bologna | 2 | 8 | 2000, 2005 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 |
Victoria Libertas | 2 | 5 | 1988, 1990 | 1982, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1994 |
Reyer Venezia | 2 | 2 | 2017, 2019 | 2015 |
Virtus Roma | 1 | 2 | 1983 | 2008, 2013 |
Cantù | 1 | 2 | 1981 | 1980, 2011 |
JuveCaserta | 1 | 2 | 1991 | 1986, 1987 |
Dinamo Sassari | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 2019 |
Trento | – | 2 | – | 2017, 2018 |
Reggiana | – | 2 | – | 2016, 2015 |
Libertas Liburnia | – | 1 | – | 1989 |
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