Lega Basket Femminile Explained

Serie A1
Organiser:Italian Basketball Federation
Founded:1930
Country:Italy
Confed:FIBA Europe
Teams:11
Domest Cup:Italian Cup
Champions:Reyer Venezia
Most Champs:Comense (15 titles)
Current: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]

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]

Current teams

TeamCityArenacapacityColours
Alpo VillafrancaVillafranca di VeronaPalazzetto Dello Sport Villafranca Di Verona1,400
BattipagliaBattipagliaPalasport Bruno Zauli1,200
BCC DerthonaCastelnuovo ScriviaPalaCamagna
Brixia BasketSan Paolo, LombardyPalaLeonessa5,200
Dinamo SassariSassariPalaSerradimigni5,000
FaenzaFaenzaPalaBubani800
Famila SchioSchioPalasport Livio Romar2,700
Geas BasketSesto San GiovanniPalacarzaniga800
Magnolia CampobassoCampobassoPalaLupe400
Reyer VeneziaVenicePalasport Taliercio3,509
San Martino di LupariSan Martino di LupariPalaLupe400

List of champions

Performance by club

ClubWinnersWinning Years
Comense151950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
Vicenza121965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Schio122005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Geas81970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Triestina51930, 1931, 1956, 1957, 1958
Torino51962, 1963, 1964, 1979, 1980
Canottieri41933, 1934, 1935, 1943
Ambrosiana41936, 1937, 1938, 1939
Bernocchi41947, 1948, 1954, 1955
Cras Taranto42003, 2009, 2010, 2012
Udinese31959, 1960, 1961
Reyer Venezia31946, 2021, 2024
Libertas Trogylos21989, 2000
Gioiosa11932
Ilva Trieste11940
Napoli11941
CUS Milano11942
Indomita11949
Standa11973
Treviso11981
Ahena11990
Parma12001
Vomero12007
Lucca12017

Notes and References

  1. http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=basketball&page=home Current season's results and tables
  2. http://www.legabasketfemminile.it/albo.asp?1 List of champions
  3. http://www.fibaeurope.com/euroleaguewomen/cid_-tmRPCfrIrYRSO2M5V49E1.pageID_PMywWqdnHq-bePc-V620l3.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.season_2012.html 2011-12 teams
  4. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_086xifmFIlQMh4,zBYog00.html List of champions, 1959-91