SAV Vacallo Basket

Last updated February 19, 2019

SAV Vacallo Basket is a professional basketball club based in Vacallo, Switzerland. The club has previously played in both the Swiss LNA and LNB divisions. In 2005, they won the LNB Championship, and in 2009, they won the LNA Championship.

Vacallo is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is the first village of the Valle di Muggio.

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central and southern Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km² (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.

Championnat LNB is the second-tier level professional club basketball league in Switzerland. It is organized by Swiss Basketball.

Notable players

Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scoring ability.

Michalis Kakiouzis Greek professional basketball player

Michalis "Mika" Kakiouzis is a Greek former basketball player who last played for Faros Keratsiniou in the Greek 2nd Division. At a height of 2.07 m, he was able to play at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Larry O'Bannon is an American professional basketball player for Hispano Americano of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He played college basketball for the University of Louisville.

External links

Official website (in Italian)
SAV Vacallo Basket at eurobasket.com

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