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2020–21 Virtus Bologna Season
The 2020–21 season is Virtus Bologna's 92nd in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball. Overview In the season 2019–20, Virtus Bologna aimed to return to the highest level of the European Basketball. However, the season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone. Virtus Bologna ended the championship in 1st position, but the title was not assigned. After a few weeks, also EuroCup season ended, where Bologna had reached the quarter-finals. In May 2020, Virtus signed Amar Alibegović, a young power forward from Virtus Roma and of the most talented young players of the championship, while in June, the club signed Amedeo Tessitori, a center of the national team from Treviso Basket, and Awudu Abass from Leonessa Brescia; Abass is a member of the national team and one of the most prominent Italian small forwards. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus Bologna
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one of the oldest in Europe. Virtus is the second most titled basketball club in Italy after Olimpia Milano, having won 16 Italian Lega Basket Serie A, national championships, 8 Italian Basketball Cup, Italian National Cups and 4 Italian Basketball Supercup, Italian Supercups. Moreover, it is one of the most successful teams in European competitions, having won two EuroLeagues, one EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, one FIBA Saporta Cup, one FIBA EuroChallenge, EuroChallenge and one Basketball Champions League. It currently plays in the Italian first division Lega Basket Serie A, LBA as well as in the EuroLeague. The club is owned by the coffee entrepreneur Massimo Zanetti. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Gianni Bertolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 EuroCup Basketball
The 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 12th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the fourth season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS. On March 12, 2020, Euroleague Basketball temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 25, 2020, Euroleague Basketball cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Team allocation A total of 24 teams from 13 countries participated in the 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball. Distribution by league The following was the access criteria for this season, based on domestic league standings after playoffs. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: *1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs *WC: Wild card ;Notes Round and draw dates Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Frost Bank Center. The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger, ABA–NBA merger, one of two former ABA teams to have won an NBA Finals, NBA championship (the other being the Denver Nuggets), and the only former ABA team to have won multiple championships. The franchise has won NBA championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. As of the 2022–23 season, the Spurs had the highest winning percentage among active NBA franchises. As of May 2017, the Spurs had the best winning percentage of any franchise in the major professional sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Belinelli
Marco Stefano Belinelli (; born 25 March 1986) is an Italian professional basketball player and the captain (sports), team captain for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. In 2014, he won the NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs, becoming the first Italian player to do so. He won the Three-Point Contest during the 2014 NBA All-Star Game, 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend. He played in the EuroBasket 2007, 2007, EuroBasket 2011, 2011, EuroBasket 2013, 2013, EuroBasket 2015, 2015, and EuroBasket 2017, 2017 editions of the FIBA EuroBasket and the 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2006 and 2019 FIBA World Championship, 2019 editions of the FIBA World Championship with the Italy national basketball team, Italian national basketball team. Professional career Virtus and Fortitudo Bologna (2002–2007) Belinelli played in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A, Serie A and the EuroLeague fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Bjedov
Goran Bjedov (born 27 February 1971) is a Croatian basketball coach and former player. Coaching career Bjedov began his coaching career with youth team of Zrinjevac in Zagreb. In 2000, he moved to Udine, Italy where he was the coach of Snaidero Udine youth selections.PRIČA O VELIKOM USPJEHU Zagrepčanin napustio Hrvatsku zbog krize, a danas hara Europom sa Srbijom! jutarnji.hr Later he coached Valenza Basket of the Italian Serie B until 2008 when he moved back to Zagreb. During 2008–09 season he was the head coach for the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group
Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group is an Italian coffee company that owns multiple brands. Massimo Zanetti developed the firm starting in the 1970s after he moved to Bologna and acquired a local company called Segafredo, a historic coffee producer with a fairly well known brand. With turnover of around US$1.2 billion per year, it claims to be the biggest private company in the coffee industry. The group Today, the Bologna, Italy-based group sells 120,000 tons of coffee annually. The Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group owns more than 20 consumer brands worldwide, including Chock full o'Nuts, Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company, Chase & Sanborn, MJB (coffee), MJB, Hills Bros., Segafredo Zanetti, Meira Oy, Brodies (coffee), Brodies and Tiktak; that span a variety of products from espresso and coffee to tea and spices. Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA, based in Suffolk, Virginia, is a division of Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group, a privately held, vertically integrated organization that processes, trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macron (sportswear)
Macron S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of sportswear and athletic clothing, headquartered in Crespellano, Province of Bologna, Bologna. It is considered a European leader in the production of Sportswear (activewear), active sportswear. Macron operates in three main business areas: * Teamwear: for association football, football, basketball, rugby football, rugby, volleyball, baseball, handball, five-a-side football, and Running events, running. * Merchandising: official kits, free-time apparel, and accessories for the supporters of Macron's sponsored clubs. * Leisurewear: sports-inspired apparel for those wishing to wear Macron off the field. Origin of name The company's name comes from the greek prefix "μακρο-" (makro-) which means "large". This is to emphasize the large scope of the company and its view for the business. It was then modified to "Macron" to be the opposite of "micron", which is a unit of length to measure something small. History Macron was founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baloncesto Málaga
Baloncesto Málaga S.A.D., also known as Unicaja for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Málaga, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League. Founded in 1977, the team is sponsored by the Spanish bank Unicaja and has carried that sponsorship name since 1992. They play their home games at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena, shortly known as the "Martín Carpena". Unicaja has won one Liga ACB title, in 2006, as well as three Copas del Rey, one EuroCup, two Basketball Champions League, one FIBA Korać Cup and one FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. History Unicaja was originally founded in 1977, as CB Caja de Ronda. In 1992, the club merged another ACB team in the city of Málaga, CB Maristas de Málaga, which was originally founded in 1953 as Ademar Basket Club. Over the years, the club has featured players like: Nacho Rodríguez, Berni Rodríguez, Carlos Cabezas, Jorge Garbajosa, Marcus Brown, Serg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Adams (basketball)
Joshua Taylor Adams (born November 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys before playing professionally in Russia, Turkey, China, the NBA G League, Spain, Italy, Australia, Slovenia and Greece. Early life Adams is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Chaparral High School in Parker, Colorado, where he averaged 5.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game as a sophomore in 2009–10. As a junior at Chaparral in 2010–11, Adams was named First-Team All-Conference and earned Second-Team All-State honors after averaging 16.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. As a senior in 2011–12, Adams led the Wolverines to a 5A state championship, including making the game-winning shot in the title game. He averaged 18.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game to earn First-Team All-Conferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basket Brescia Leonessa
The Pallacanestro Brescia, better known for sponsorship reasons as Germani Brescia, is an Italian professional basketball team, based in Brescia, Lombardy. Founded in 2009, the team plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2016–17 season. History The history of the Pallacanestro Brescia as we know it today, began in 2009 when Graziella Bragaglio and Matteo Bonetti, took back to the city, the basket's love. The name of the team has always been ''Basket Brescia Leonessa'', till 2020 when it changed to ''Pallacanestro Brescia''. In 2016, after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of the league's playoffs, the team ''Brescia Leonessa'' won the Serie A2 League and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years. In 2018, Pallacanestro Brescia reached the final of the Italian Cup. The team lost 69–67, as Fiat Torino went on to win its first Cup ever. During season 2018-2019 the team played its first international Cup, participating at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awudu Abass
Awudu Abass Abass (born 27 January 1993) is an Italian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League. Standing at , he plays at the small forward position. He has had a successful career in Italian basketball, winning the Italian League twice, winning the EuroCup, and playing for Cantu, Milano, Brescia and Bologna. Professional career Abass joined local club Pallacanestro Cantù as a teenager, progressing quickly through the youth ranks to make his debut in 2011 aged only 18. He was too young to make an immediate impact, playing sparingly in his first three seasons, he did however grab minutes, and rebounds, in Europe's top-tier level EuroLeague, playing in two games, one against powerhouse Real Madrid. The 2013–14 proved to be his breakthrough season, he earned regular minutes in the LBA and European second tier EuroCup, as a youth product he became a fan favourite and was awarded the captaincy the next season, becoming the youngest captain of Cant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universo Treviso Basket
Universo Treviso Basket (diminutive TvB), known for sponsorship reasons as NutriBullet Treviso, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto. Founded in 2012, it plays in the Italian basketball first division Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2019–20 LBA season, 2019–20 season. Despite being a distinct club, Universo Treviso ''de facto'' inherited the fanbase of Pallacanestro Treviso, the historic club of the town. History 2012–2014: Beginnings Following the Benetton family's planned withdrawal from professional basketball that would occur in July 2012 and see Pallacanestro Treviso, Benetton Treviso without backing, the Universo Treviso consortium was launched in March 2012 with the goal to assure the club's continued presence as a professional outfit. Former players, led by Riccardo Pittis who served as the consortium's guarantor, were at the basis of the initiative. After overcoming some economic struggles, thanks to the efforts of Pittis, Claudio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
