Lega Basket

{{Short description|Organizing body, as delegated by the Italian Basketball Federation}} {{Infobox basketball league | name = {{lang|it|Lega Società di Pallacanestro Serie A}} | native_name = | image = | caption = | fed = FIP | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1970}} | teams = 16 | country = Italy | confed = FIBA Europe | relegation = Serie A2 | levels = 1 | pyramid = Italian basketball league system | domest_cup = Coppa Italia | supercup = Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro | confed_cup = EuroLeague<br />EuroCup<br />Champions League | champions = Olimpia Milano (29th title) | season = 2021–22 | most_champs = Olimpia Milano (29 titles) | website = {{URL|www.legabasket.it}} | ceo = Fernando Marino | tv = LBATV<br>Sky Sport | current = 2025–26 LBA season }}

The '''Lega Basket A''' (officially: ''Lega Società di Pallacanestro Serie A'',<ref>[http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2013/03/08/13A01994/sg AUTORITA' PER LE GARANZIE NELLE COMUNICAZIONI] {{in lang|it}} Gazzetta Ufficiale</ref><ref>[http://www.giba.it/fondo-di-garanzia-serie-a/ Fondo di Garanzia Serie A] {{in lang|it}} Giocatori Italiani Basket Associati</ref> English: Basket League) is the organizing body, as delegated by the Italian Basketball Federation, of the top division of Italian professional men's basketball league, the Serie A (English: Basket League A Series). It is composed of the clubs that participate in the Lega Basket Serie A. It is headquartered in Bologna, Italy.

Basket League is a founding member of ULEB.<ref>[http://www.uleb.com/history1.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208025122/http://uleb.com/history1.htm |date=2013-12-08 }} uleb.com</ref> Basket League organizes the LBA, the Italian Cup, the Italian Supercup, and the Italian All Star Game. Discussions have been held as to the possibility of Basket League gaining more autonomy, similarly to that of the corresponding football organization, Lega Serie A.<ref>[http://www.repubblica.it/ultimora/sport/BASKET-PETRUCCI-FIP-E-SOCIETA-UNITE-PER-REVISIONE-LEGGE-91/news-dettaglio/4460156 BASKET, PETRUCCI: FIP E SOCIETA' UNITE PER REVISIONE LEGGE 91] {{in lang|it}} la Repubblica</ref> It is the sole professional sport league in Italy outside football. The current president of Basket League is Fernando Marino.<ref>[http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raiSport/Articoli/Basket-Lega-A-ok-ritorno-ct-Messina-538a4097-5de9-48a1-bd19-0626e1542a85.html Lega basket: "Ok ritorno ct Messina"] {{in lang|it}} Rai Sport</ref>

==History== Basket League was officially incorporated on May 27, 1970, in Milan,<ref>[http://web.legabasket.it/other/storia.pdf STORIA DELLA LEGA BASKET] {{in lang|it}} legabasket.it</ref> and included the clubs that participated in both the first division Serie A1 and the second division Serie A2. On June 20, 2001, it was changed to include only the first-division Serie A1 clubs, renaming the competition Serie A.

==Presidents== Presidents of Basket League from 1970 to present.<ref>[http://195.56.77.208/other/presidenti.pdf IL PRESIDENTE ONORARIO] {{in lang|it}} Lega Basket</ref>

*1970–72: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Adalberto Tedeschi *1972–77: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Giancarlo Tesini *1977–79: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Gianni Corsolini *1979–84: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Luciano Acciari *1984–92: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Gianni De Michelis *1992–94: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Giulio Malgara *1994–96: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Roberto Allievi *1996–98: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Angelo Rovati *1998–00: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Alfredo Cazzola *2000–01: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Sergio D'Antoni *2001–02: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Marco Madrigali *2002–07: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Enrico Prandi *2007: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Umberto Pieraccioni *2007–08: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Francesco Corrado<ref>[http://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/31-03-2015/basket-serie-a-cantu-piange-corrado-110303166141.shtml Basket, Serie A: Cantù piange Corrado. Salvò la società, volle il Pianella] {{in lang|it}} La Gazzetta dello Sport</ref> *2009–14: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Valentino Renzi *2014: {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}Fernando Marino *2016–2020: {{0}}{{0}}Egidio Bianchi *2020–present: Umberto Gandini

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|www.legabasket.it}} {{in lang|it}} *[http://www.fip.it Italian Basketball Federation Official Site] {{in lang|it}}

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