The Italian Basketball Federation () is the governing body of basketball in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. It is based in

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. It organises national competitions in Italy and the Italian basketball leagues, which operate the country's two professional leagues,

Lega Basket Serie A The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club (sport), club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball ...

(LBA) and

Serie A2 Basket Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a men's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian basketball league system, Italian league pyramid, below the firs ...

. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the

Italian national basketball team The Italy men's national basketball team () represents Italy in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). Italy has qualified for 38 EuroBasket tournaments, winning two gold medals ( ...

(men's) and

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. But also youth men's ( under-19 and under-17), women's ( under-19 and under-17), 3x3 men's and

basketball teams. It is a member of the

International Basketball Federation The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, ...

(FIBA) as one of the founding member, and has one of the world's longest basketball traditions.

Competitions

The FIP also organizes several competitions: * National cups: **

Italian LNP Cup The Italian LNP Cup (), known as Turkish Airlines Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual cup competition for Italian basketball teams organized by Italy's second league in the Italian basketball league system, the Serie A2 Basket. The tournamen ...

* Women's competitions: **

Serie A1 (women's basketball) Lega Basket Femminile (LBF) is the premier national league for women's basketball clubs in Italy, founded in 1930. ASDG Comense 1872, Pool Comense is the competition's most successful club with fifteen championships, followed by AS Vicenza with twe ...

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* {{Authority control Basketball in Italy

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National members of FIBA Europe Sports organizations established in 1921 1921 establishments in Italy

Competitions

Sponsors

See also

References

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