Italian Basketball Federation Explained

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Founded:	1921
Fiba Affiliation:	1932
Region:	FIBA Europe
Region Affiliation:	1958
President:	Gianni Petrucci

The Italian Basketball Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro; FIP) is the governing body of basketball in Italy. It is based in Rome.

It organises national competitions in Italy and the Italian basketball leagues, which operate the country's two professional leagues, Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and Serie A2 Basket.

It is also responsible for appointing the management of the Italian national basketball team (men's) and women's. But also youth men's (under-19 and under-17), women's (under-19 and under-17), 3x3 men's and women's basketball teams.

It is a member of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as one of the founding member, and has one of the world's longest basketball traditions.^[1]

Competitions

See main article: Italian basketball league system. The FIP also organizes several competitions:

• National cups:
  • Italian LNP Cup
• Women's competitions:
  • Serie A1 (women's basketball)

Sponsors

Barilla Group (main sponsor) Spalding (technical sponsor) Citroën (top sponsor)

Trentino (top sponsor) Molten Corporation UBI Banca

La Gazzetta dello Sport (media partner) Sixtus Acqua Uliveto

Bricofer Basketlike A.G. Spalding & Bros

Source: FIP.it

See also

• Italian National Basketball Team
• Italian Cup
• Italian Supercup
• Italian Basketball Hall of Fame

Notes and References

1. Web site: History . https://web.archive.org/web/20150918001410/http://www.fiba.com/history . live . September 18, 2015 . . FIBA.com . 5 March 2017 . English.