2009–10 Lega Basket Serie A Explained

Prevseason:	2008–09
Nextseason:	2010–11
Lega Basket Serie A
T Bg:	0079B9
T Color:	white
Season:	2009–10
Champions:	Montepaschi Siena 5th title
Runners Up:	Armani Jeans Milano
Semifinalists:	NGC Medical Cantù Pepsi Caserta
Relegated:	B.C. Ferrara NSB Napoli
Teams:	16
Duration:	11 October 2009 – 19 June 2010
Top Seed:	Montepaschi Siena
Mvp:	Romain Sato
Finals Mvp:	Terrell McIntyre

The 2006–07 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.

The regular season ran from 11 October 2009 to May 2010. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, B.C. Ferrara and the bankrupt club NSB Napoli, were relegated to the Legadue.

Montepaschi Siena won their 5th title by winning the playoff finals series against Armani Jeans Milano.

Rules

Format

The participating 16 teams disputed the regular season based on home-and-away matches. At the end of regular season, the highest ranked 8 teams were admitted into play-off, with the lowest two ranked teams being relegated to LegADue

Squad rules

Every team was allowed to present in its roster up to 6 athletes that haven't been "formed" in Italy (of which at least 3 have to be citizens of European Union^[1]), out of total 12 players in squad.

Participating teams

The newcomers, compared to 2008–09 Serie A, were Cimberio Varese, returning to Serie A after one season in LegADue, and Vanoli Cremona, created by unification of Vanoli Soresina (promoted to Serie A through playoff) with Juvi Basket Cremona (that ceded the title of Serie A Dilettanti to Basket Brescia Leonessa). Another change was reallocation of NSB Napoli to PalaBarbuto in Napoli. On 13 April NSB Napoli was excluded from the league. Results of matches already played against the team were discarded.

Team	Seasons in Serie A (starting from 1949)	Coach	Arena	2008–2009 Season result
Air Avellino	10	Cesare Pancotto	PalaDelMauro in Avellino	11th place in Serie A
Angelico Biella	9	Luca Bechi	Palacoop in Biella	7th place in Serie A
Armani Jeans Milano	61	Piero Bucchi	Mediolanum Forum in Assago (MI)	6th place in Serie A
Bancatercas Teramo	7	Andrea Capobianco	PalaScapriano in Teramo	3rd place in Serie A
Benetton Treviso	29	Francesco Vitucci	PalaVerde in Villorba (TV)	4th place in Serie A
Canadian Solar Bologna	60	Lino Lardo	Futurshow Station in Casalecchio di Reno (BO)	5th place in Serie A
Carife Ferrara	2	Giorgio Valli	PalaSegest in Ferrara	9th place in Serie A
Cimberio Varese	58	Stefano Pillastrini	PalaWhirlpool in Varese	1st place in LegADue
Lottomatica Roma	30	Matteo Boniciolli	PalaLottomatica in Roma	2nd place in Serie A
NSB Martos Napoli	3	Federico Pasquini	PalaBarbuto in Napoli	14th place in Serie A
Montepaschi Siena	36	Simone Pianigiani	Palasport Mens Sana in Siena	1st place in Serie A
NGC Medical Cantù	53	Andrea Trinchieri	PalaPianella in Cucciago (CO)	10th place in Serie A
Pepsi Caserta	13	Stefano Sacripanti	PalaMaggiò in Caserta	13th place in Serie A
Scavolini Spar Pesaro	55	Luca Dalmonte	Adriatic Arena in Pesaro	8th place in Serie A
Sigma Coatings Montegranaro	4	Fabrizio Frates	PalaSavelli in Porto San Giorgio (FM)	12th place in Serie A
Vanoli Cremona	1	Attilio Caja	PalaRadi in Cremona	3rd place in LegADue

Regular season

Classification

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	1.	Mens Sana Siena	52	28	26	2	2485	1965
	2.	Juvecaserta Basket	36	28	18	10	2247	2161
	3.	Olimpia Milano^[2]	34	28	17	11	2103	2069
	4.	Pall. Cantù	34	28	17	11	2137	2114
	5.	Virtus Bologna^[3]	30	28	15	13	2074	2057
	6.	Sutor Montegranaro	30	28	15	13	2194	2232
	7.	Virtus Roma	30	28	15	13	2149	2132
	8.	Pall. Treviso^[4]	26	28	13	15	2230	2278
	9.	Scandone Avellino	26	28	13	15	2125	2186
	10.	V.L. Pesaro	22	28	11	17	2244	2294
	11.	Teramo^[5]	20	28	10	18	2151	2171
	12.	Pall. Varese^[6]	20	28	11	17	2133	2259
	13.	Triboldi Cremona	20	28	10	18	2229	2326
	14.	Pall. Biella	20	28	10	18	2132	2252
	15.	B.C. Ferrara	18	28	9	19	2074	2211
		NSB Napoli^[7] ^[8]	-	-	-	-	-	-

Qualified to play-off

Relegated to LegADue

Calendar and results

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Day 1 11 October 2009 align= 31 January 2010 87–48 Siena – Napoli 143–49 94–79 Roma – Cremona 79–75 76–68 Bologna – Montegranaro 78–80 68–72 Cantù – Treviso 92–96 90–83 Ferrara – Teramo 69–71 88–77 Avellino – Pesaro 86–94 77–68 Caserta – Biella 84–67 73–66 Varese – Milano 70–74 Day 4 1 November 2009 align= 28 February 2010 79–91 Milano – Siena 65–80 89–82 Biella – Cremona 68–75 66–69 Teramo – Bologna 67–77 60–75 Pesaro – Cantù 93–81 71–88 Ferrara – Roma 73–84 84–82 Avellino – Treviso 64–73 73–85 Montegranaro – Varese 88–74 49–89 Napoli – Caserta 58–181 Day 7 22 November 2009 align= 21 March 2010 83–58 Siena – Roma 85–93 86–94 Treviso – Varese 82–90 81–83 Teramo – Milano 56–78 73–55 Bologna – Avellino 82–79 86–93 Cantù – Biella 86–75 66–59 Ferrara – Napoli 176–50 73–57 Montegranaro – Pesaro 93–89 97–74 Caserta – Cremona 87–85 Day 10 13 December 2009 align= 11 April 2010 70–72 Treviso – Caserta 66–90 61–80 Roma – Teramo 89–79 75–70 Pesaro – Ferrara 85–73 72–63 Cantù – Bologna 80–76 66–73 Avellino – Milano 63–74 88–82 Montegranaro – Biella 73–76 81–84 Napoli – Varese 57–120 72–92 Cremona – Siena 70–83 Day 13 10 January 2010 align= 2 May 2010 100–75 Siena – Caserta 98–57 77–74 Milano – Biella 68–63 138–37 Roma – Napoli ^[9] 85–74 Teramo – Cremona 80–91 82–80 Bologna – Pesaro 73–90 102–95 Ferrara – Treviso 73–67 80–69 Avellino – Montegranaro 89–81 81–74 Varese – Cantù 70–83

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Day 2 18 October 2009 align= 7 February 2010 71–66 Milano – Ferrara 66–56 92–85 Treviso – Roma 76–100 79–76 Biella – Bologna 66–79 84–58 Teramo – Varese 80–83 67–80 Pesaro – Siena 76–90 86–84 Montegranaro – Caserta 75–65 58–82 Napoli – Avellino 70–172 103–104 Cremona – Cantù 68–89 Day 5 8 November 2009 align= 7 March 2010 89–49 Siena – Ferrara 71–63 95–77 Treviso – Montegranaro 69–79 69–73 Roma – Biella 80–85 83–87 Bologna – Milano 71–73 74–69 Cantù – Teramo 73–72 95–81 Caserta – Pesaro 89–81 74–91 Varese – Avellino 67–76 81–66 Cremona – Napoli 145–48 Day 8 29 November 2009 align= 28 March 2010 89–86 Milano – Pesaro 77–83 81–89 Biella – Teramo 71–78 70–81 Roma – Cantù 61–79 72–84 Bologna – Caserta 74–67 57–86 Avellino – Siena 74–91 64–96 Napoli – Treviso 29–169 81–74 Varese – Ferrara 60–77 90–69 Cremona – Montegranaro 72–91 Day 11 20 December 2009 align= 18 April 2010 97–66 Siena – Montegranaro 92–86 80–72 Milano – Cremona 81–78 73–76 Biella – Pesaro 61–79 86–71 Teramo – Napoli 78–80 Bologna – Treviso 61–50 72–84 Ferrara – Cantù 76–64 73–66 Avellino – Caserta 79–81 67–84 Varese – Roma 71–64 Day 14 17 January 2010 align= 8 May 2010 74–68 Treviso – Teramo 86–82 83–79 Biella – Avellino 74–77 81–61 Bologna – Roma 59–78 126–64 Pesaro – Napoli 56–87 Cantù – Siena 59–82 77–72 Montegranaro – Milano 58–81 95–72 Caserta – Ferrara 73–58 78–71 Cremona – Varese 78–98

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Day 3 25 October 2009 align= 14 February 2010 94–70 Siena – Teramo 79–75 86–84 Treviso – Pesaro 94–84 74–78 Roma – Avellino 56–74 76–62 Bologna – Napoli 117–46 79–75 Cantù – Montegranaro 71–77 82–91 Ferrara – Cremona 83–82 104–100 Caserta – Milano 94–85 78–87 Varese – Biella 96–88 Day 6 15 November 2009 align= 14 March 2010 73–53 Milano – Cantù 59–65 72–80 Biella – Siena 65–97 92–85 Teramo – Caserta 67–59 73–84 Pesaro – Roma 61–70 88–78 Avellino – Ferrara 63–78 51–78 Napoli – Montegranaro 82–141 68–78 Varese – Bologna 67–80 95–73 Cremona – Treviso 72–70 Day 9 6 December 2009 align= 3 April 2010 87–74 Siena – Varese 96–72 93–64 Milano – Napoli 157–47 89–83 Biella – Treviso 70–72 98–78 Teramo – Avellino 90–102 101–94 Pesaro – Cremona 94–98 73–90 Ferrara – Bologna 63–68 103–97 Montegranaro – Roma 72–75 82–67 Caserta – Cantù 72–81 Day 12 3 January 2010 align= 25 April 2010 80–92 Treviso – Siena 99–96 77–69 Roma – Milano 66–64 82–78 Pesaro – Teramo 61–69 85–61 Cantù – Avellino 85 -76 92–88 Montegranaro – Ferrara 75–77 76–53 Caserta – Varese 88–85 54–124 Napoli – Biella 69–74 Cremona – Bologna 68–65 Day 15 24 January 2010 align= 16 May 2010 100–70 Siena – Bologna 87–66 80–73 Milano – Treviso 59–91 83–64 Roma – Caserta 69–85 61–63 Teramo – Montegranaro 81–87 89–78 Ferrara – Biella 79–82 71–63 Avellino – Cremona 76–81 38–127 Napoli – Cantù 89–86 Varese – Pesaro 84–89

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals are played in a 2–2–1 format: i.e. the first 2 matches are played at the higher seed's home stadium, the following two at the other team's home, and the fifth match, if necessary, is played again at the higher seed's home stadium.

Caserta – Roma

Semifinals

Semifinals were disputed in 2–2–1 format: the first 2 matches are played at the better placed team home stadium, the following two at the other team home, and the fifth match, if required, was played again at the better-placed team.

Caserta – Milano

Finals

The final was disputed in 2–2–1–1–1 format: the first 2 matches were played at the better placed team home stadium, the following two at the other team home, the fifth match, if required, was played again at the better-placed team. The sisth match played again at the lower-placed team and if necessary a seventh game at the better-placed team.

Siena – Milano

Coppa Italia

The top eight teams at the halfway point of the regular season (15 rounds) competed in the Italian Cup, seeded according to their league placement at that time. The cup was won by top seed Montepaschi Siena, for second year in a row (and second time ever).

Supercoppa Italiana

The Italian Supercup was played as a single match before the start of the season between the previous year's Serie A champion and Coppa Italia winner (if a club wins both, the match instead pits the top two teams from the previous season's league). This season, the game, played 30 September in Siena, pitted three-time defending league champion Montepaschi Siena against Coppa Italia runner-up Virtus Bologna.

• Montepaschi Siena – Virtus Bologna 87–65^[10]

Trofees

• Champion of Italy:
  • Italian Cup winner: Montepaschi Siena Supercup winner: Montepaschi Siena
• Relegated to LegADue: Carife Ferrara
• Relegated to LegADue: NSB Napoli^{[9] [11]}

External links

• LegaBasket.it

Notes and References

1. News: Eleggibilità, ranking, commissariamento Cia, Mondiale 2014, modifiche ai regolamenti. fip.it. 16 May 2009. 6 August 2009.
2. L'Olimpia Milano si classifica al 3º place per la miglior differenza canestri nello scontro diretto contro Cantù, +15.
3. La Virtus Bologna si posiziona al 5º per miglior differenza canestri negli scontri diretti contro Montegranaro e Roma, che si posizionano rispettivamente al 6º e al 7º place: Bologna ha +7, Montegranaro −3 e Roma −4.
4. Treviso si classifica all'8º place per la miglior differenza canestri nello scontro diretto contro Avellino, +7.
5. Teramo si classifica al 11º place per la classifica avulsa: nell'ordine Teramo ha 8 punti negli scontri diretti, Varese e Cremona 6, Biella 4.
6. 2 punti di penalizzazione
7. Web site: La Nuova AMG Sebastiani esclusa dal Campionato di Serie A. Lega Basket.
8. 8 punti di penalizzazione.
9. Web site: La Fip annulla le gare della Nuova AMG Sebastiani. Lega Basket. 24 May 2010. 4 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110704060302/http://195.56.77.208/news/?id=106732. dead.
10. Web site: Tabellino della partita. 4 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091006071303/http://web.legabasket.it/other/supercup2009.html. 6 October 2009. dead. dmy-all.
11. In realtà la Nuova Sebastiani è stata esclusa dal campionato, non-ha il diritto di iscriversi alla successiva LegADue, e viene stabilità una sola retrocessione