The Italian basketball league system or Italian basketball league pyramid, is a series of
interconnected competitions for professional
basketball
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clubs in
Italy
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. The system has a
hierarchical format with a
promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently nine different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier
Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the 2nd-tier
Serie A2 Basket, the 3rd-tier
Serie B Basket, the 4th-tier Serie C Gold Basket, the 5th-tier Serie C Regionale, the 6th-tier Serie D Regionale, the 7th-tier Promozione, the 8th-tier Prima Divisione, and the 9th-tier Seconda Divisione.
The tier pyramid
Other competitions
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Italian Cup
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Italian Supercup
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Italian Legadue Cup
See also
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League system
A league system is a hierarchy of sports league, leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in ma ...
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European professional club basketball system
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Spanish basketball league system
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Greek basketball league system
The Greek basketball league system is a number of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Greece. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. Th ...
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French basketball league system
The French basketball league system is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in France. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. So ...
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Russian basketball league system
The Russian basketball league system is a hierarchical league system for professional basketball clubs in Russia, with promotion and relegation between different levels of competition. There are currently five levels of competition: the VTB U ...
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Turkish basketball league system
The Turkish basketball league system or Turkish basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Turkey. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between ...
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Serbian basketball league system
The Serbian basketball league system, or Serbian basketball league pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Serbia. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between ...
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Polish basketball league system The Polish basketball league system, or Polish basketball league pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional and amateur basketball clubs in Poland. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation syst ...
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Hungarian basketball league system
The Hungarian basketball league system, or Hungarian basketball league pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in the country of Hungary. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and dem ...
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South American professional club basketball system
The South American professional club basketball system or South American professional club basketball pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in South America. The system has a hierarchical format w ...
References
External links
Eurobasket.com Italian Men's BasketballItalian League Official Website
Italian Second Division Official Website
{{Lega Basket Serie A
Basketball league systems