Serie B Basket
Introduction '''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 '''Group A'''Virtus SienaRobur et Fides VareseBasket CecinaSangiorgese BasketOmegnaMontecatini BasketPMS MoncalieriOleggioDomobasket DomodossolaUS EmpoleseFiorentina BasketBasket Golfo PiombinoSan MiniatoDragons BasketFirenzeValsesia PallacanestroBasket Bottegone'''Group B'''Basket IseoAurora DesioBasket PiacenzaVirtus PadovaBasket Alto SebinoBergamo Basket 2014Pallacanestro CremaOrzibasket OrzinuoviUrania MilanoPallacanestro Vicenza 2012Basket 2000 Reggio EmiliaPallacanestro FaenzaAccademia Su Stentu SestuBasket LeccoRucker Sanve SanvendemianoBenedetto XIV Cento'''Group C'''Luiss RomaAss. Basket PalestrinaSport e Cultura PattiBasket MaddalaoniBasket BarcellonaTeramo Basket 1960Basket ScauriStella Azzurra RomaVirtus CassinoScuola Basket ViterboVirtus ValmontoneVis Nova RomaTigers ForlìCuore Napoli BasketBasket CefalùPlanet Basket Catanzaro'''Group D'''Basket Dynamic VenafroOlimpia MateraCestistica San SeveroPallacanestro GiulianovaPallacanestro SenigalliaValdiceppo PerugiaMonteroni BasketBasket SantElpidioAmatori PescaraBasket IserniaCampli BasketBasket OrtonaPoderosa P. MontegranaroCrabs RiminiBasket BiscerlieBasket Taranto
See also *Italian LNP Cup
External links *  Official Site