Serie B Basket


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, 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. From 2011 to 2014, the league was known as the National B Division 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 Siena
Robur et Fides Varese
Basket Cecina
Sangiorgese Basket
Omegna
Montecatini Basket
PMS Moncalieri
Oleggio
Domobasket Domodossola
US Empolese
Fiorentina Basket
Basket Golfo Piombino
San Miniato
Dragons BasketFirenze
Valsesia Pallacanestro
Basket Bottegone

Group B
Basket Iseo
Aurora Desio
Basket Piacenza
Virtus Padova
Basket Alto Sebino
Bergamo Basket 2014
Pallacanestro Crema
Orzibasket Orzinuovi
Urania Milano
Pallacanestro Vicenza 2012
Basket 2000 Reggio Emilia
Pallacanestro Faenza
Accademia Su Stentu Sestu
Basket Lecco
Rucker Sanve Sanvendemiano
Benedetto XIV Cento

Group C
Luiss Roma
Ass. Basket Palestrina
Sport e Cultura Patti
Basket Maddalaoni
Basket Barcellona
Teramo Basket 1960
Basket Scauri
Stella Azzurra Roma
Virtus Cassino
Scuola Basket Viterbo
Virtus Valmontone
Vis Nova Roma
Tigers Forlì
Cuore Napoli Basket
Basket Cefalù
Planet Basket Catanzaro

Group D
Basket Dynamic Venafro
Olimpia Matera
Cestistica San Severo
Pallacanestro Giulianova
Pallacanestro Senigallia
Valdiceppo Perugia
Monteroni Basket
Basket SantElpidio
Amatori Pescara
Basket Isernia
Campli Basket
Basket Ortona
Poderosa P. Montegranaro
Crabs Rimini
Basket Biscerlie
Basket Taranto