Serie A2 (women's basketball)

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Serie A2
Organising body Lega Basket Femminile
Founded1980
Replaced by Serie A1
CountryItaly
Confederation FIP
Number of teams28
Relegation to Serie B
Current champions Costa Masnaga, Verga Palermo, Progresso Bologna
(2020-21)
Website www.legabasketfemminile.it
Basketball current event.svg 2022–23 Serie A2 women's basketball season

Serie A2 is the second division of the Italian women's basketball championship. It was born together with Serie A1 in 1980-81 from the splitting of Serie A.

Formula

According to regulation, as the 2020-21 season the 28 participating teams are divided into two groups of 14 teams on a geographical basis. A First Phase is disputed with round trip matches.

At the end of the First Phase, the teams classified from the first to the eighth place of each group are admitted to the Play Offs which designate the team admitted to the promotion play-off for Serie A1. Each round of Play Off is played at the best of three races.

The teams classified from tenth to 13th place compete in the Play Outs which decree 2 relegations to Serie B. The last classified of the two groups are relegated directly to Serie B. [1]

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References

  1. "D.O.A. Anno Sportivo 2019-2020 Dilettanti" (PDF). FIP . Retrieved 2021-04-17.