Wikipedia - Serie A2 (basketball)

Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a men's basketball league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the first division LBA and above the third division Serie B, with promotion/relegation occurring between these leagues.

It is run by the Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro (LNP), itself regulated by the FIP, the Italian federation.

History

Logo used from 2013 until 2019

The league was created in May 1974, by the Lega Basket, the organisation in charge of running the LBA (to this day), that decided to create a new second division with 10 clubs. The two that were relegated during that season, and 8 from the now-former second tier Serie B, chosen with an on and off the court criteria.

The 1975–76 season saw 12 clubs take part, after a complicated system had seen a transfer of clubs from the Serie A1 to the A2.

In June 2001, the LegaDue was created to replace the Serie A2. Lega Basket now took part in running the league, though a system of promotion and relegation between the leagues remained.

During the 2013 summer, another revamp was decided. The LegaDue was amalgamated with the third division DNA, to form a two-tiered league, the DNA (Divisione Nazionale A) Gold and DNA Silver. The two DNA's had separate season's, but the first ranked team in DNA Silver joined the seven best Gold teams to compete for the single promotion spot in the Serie A. The next best eight Silver squads fought for one spot in the next Gold season, whilst the three worst teams were relegated.

The next season saw the league retake its Serie A2 moniker, keeping a similar but tweaked hybrid model, with the eight best Gold and the four best Silver teams taking part in the promotion playoffs (still for the one spot), whilst the last two Gold and the penultimate and ante-penultimate Silver squads play a relegation play out (the last ranked Silver team was relegated outright).

イタリア セリエA2は、イタリアで行われるバスケットボールのトーナメントです。このトーナメントは、イタリア国内のプロバスケットボールリーグであり、セリエA1に次ぐ2部リーグとして位置づけられています。イタリア セリエA2は、各地域からのチームが参加し、シーズンを通じて激しい戦いを繰り広げます。

このトーナメントは、イタリア国内のバスケットボールファンにとって非常に人気があり、多くの観客が試合を観戦に訪れます。各チームは、優勝を目指して熱い戦いを繰り広げ、プレーオフに進出するために順位を競います。

イタリア セリエA2は、高いレベルの競技力とスリリングな試合展開が特徴です。優れた選手たちが技術と戦術を駆使し、スリーポイントシュートやダンクなどのスペクタクルなプレーを披露します。また、熱狂的なファンの応援もトーナメントの醍醐味であり、試合会場は常に熱気に包まれています。

イタリア セリエA2は、バスケットボール愛好者にとって見逃せないトーナメントであり、イタリアのバスケットボール界の発展に大きく貢献しています。