- Source: Serie B Basket
Serie B Basket is the third-tier men's basketball league in Italy.
Format
Teams are divided into four groups by geographical contiguity. Promoted teams gain access to the second-tier Serie A2 Basket, while relegated teams get demoted to play in the Serie C Gold Basket.
History
Serie B Basket first began in the 1937–38 season as the second level of the Italian basketball league system, and it remained the 2nd-tier level of the Italian basketball pyramid until the 1954–55 season. Serie B Basket was downgraded to being the third-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid from the 1955–56 season, until the 1964–65 season. From the 1965–66 season, through the 1973–74 season, it was once again the second-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid, being one tier below the Serie A Basket.
Serie B Basket was then once again downgraded to being the third-tier level league on the Italian basketball pyramid from the 1974–75 season, through the 1985–86 season. With the creation of the Serie B Excellence (Italian: Serie B d'Eccellenza), Serie B2 was downgraded to being the fourth-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid, and was renamed to Serie B2 Basket.
From 2008 to 2011, the league was known as Serie B Amateurs Basket (Italian: Serie B Dilettanti Basket). From 2011 to 2014, the league was known as the National B Division Basket (Italian: Divisione Nazionale B Basket). Since 2014, the league has once again been known as the Serie B Basket, and has once again been the third-tier level on the Italian basketball pyramid.
2016–17 season
See also
Italian LNP Cup
External links
(in Italian) Official Site
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lega Basket Serie A
- Gianluigi Buffon
- Erick Thohir
- Andrea Bargnani
- Clube Náutico Capibaribe
- Campeonato Brasileiro
- Virtus Bologna
- Hanno Möttölä
- Pierluigi Collina
- Vanja Milinković-Savić
- Serie B Basket
- Serie B (disambiguation)
- Serie A2 (basketball)
- Italian basketball league system
- Oleggio Magic Basket
- Napoli Basket (2016)
- Orlandina Basket
- Rinascita Basket Rimini
- Pallacanestro Forlì 2.015
- Aquila Basket Trento
