Italian LNP Cup

Italian LNP Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016
Sport Basketball
Inaugural season 1998
Country Italy
Confederation FIBA Europe
Most recent champion(s) Tezenis Verona (Serie A2)
Basket Scauri (Serie B)
A.S.D. Luiss (Serie C)
Official website RnBBasketFestival.com

The Italian LNP Cup (Italian: Coppa Italia LNP) is an annual professional basketball cup competition organised in Italy by the Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro (LNP), the organisation responsible for running the national second division Serie A2, third division Serie B and fourth division Serie C championships.

A different cup is awarded for each of these respective divisions, though the event has been organised at the same date and place (under the name Rhythm'n'Basket Festival) from 2014 up to the current 2016 edition.[1]

Organisation

For the 2015 edition, the Serie A2 Final Six was composed of the four best ranked teams in Serie A2 Gold and the two best ranked teams in Serie A2 Silver at the end of the league first stage. The Serie B Final Four was preceded by a preliminary phase that saw the first-ranked teams of each league group (A, B, C, D) play against the second-ranked team of another group for a place in the cup. The Serie C Final Eight was also preceded by a prelimany phase, in which teams from different regions were pitted against each other for spots in the final phase.[2]

The Rhythm'n'Basket (RnB) festival, organised since 2014 in association with Rimini Fiera, sees the games take place in the Rimini Expo Centre halls, one of which is converted for the occasion into two basketball courts (named Parigi 1999 and Atene 2004 in reference to the titles of the Italian national team) complete with two stands for a capacity of 5,000.[3]

Serie A2 Cup champions

Edition Venue Champion Score Finalist MVP Best Under-22[lower-alpha 1]
2005 PalaDozza, Bologna Upea Capo d'Orlando 94-83 Eurorida Scafati United States Rolando Howell
2006 PalaSegest, Ferrara Eurorida Scafati 90-81 Zarotti Imola United States B.J. McKie
2007 PalaSojourner, Rieti Sebastiani Rieti 71-61 Carife Ferrara United States Marcus Melvin
2008 PalaSegest, Ferrara Fileni Jesi 72-62 Carife Ferrara United States Harold Jamison Italy Marco Allegretti
2009[4] PalaSomenzi, Cremona Prima Veroli 79-68 Vanoli Soresina United States Kyle Hines Italy Silvio Gigena
2010 PalaSerradimigni, Sassari Prima Veroli 68-58 Enel Brindisi United States Jason Rowe Italy Ivan Gatto
2011[5] Sporting Palace, Novara Prima Veroli 81-67 Aget Imola United States Jarrius Jackson Italy Davide Bruttini
2012[6] Palaflorio, Bari Enel Brindisi 77-74 Fileni BPA Jesi United States Jimmie Hunter Italy Marco Giuri
2013[7] PalaTrento, Trento Bitumcalor Trento 84-76 Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia Italy Davide Pascolo
2014[8] Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, Rimini Eurotrend Biella 100-94 Aquila Basket Trento United States Damian Hollis Italy Matteo Bertolazzi
Italy Eric Lombardi
2015[9] Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, Rimini Tezenis Verona 91-86 FMC Ferentino Nigeria Michael Umeh Italy Giovanni Allodi

Serie B Cup champions

Edition Venue Champion Score Finalist MVP
2014[10] Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, Rimini Benacquista Latina 71-69 I.Dek Legnano Italy Manuel Carrizo
2015[11] Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, Rimini Contadi Castaldi Montichiari 94-83 BCC Convergenze Agropoli Italy Riccardo Perego

Serie C Cup champions

Edition Venue Champion Score Finalist MVP
2014[12] Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, Rimini A.S.D. Luiss 71-69 Globo Allianz ASD Campli Basket Italy Fabrizio Smorto
2015[13] Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, Rimini Basket Scauri 69-67 Allianz San Severo Italy Simone Bagnoli

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the competition has been known as:

See also

Notes

  1. Formerly Best Italian (2008-2012) then Best Under-24 (2013)

References

  1. "RNB Basket Festival, a Rimini la festa delle finali di Coppa Italia: i risultati" [RNB Basket Festival, in Rimini, the Italian Cup finals event: the results]. Panorama.it (in Italian). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. "Regolamento Coppa Italia LNP" [Italian LNP Cup rules]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. "RnB Basket Festival". RnBBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. "Veroli vince la Vanoli Cup" [Veroli wins the Vanoli Cup]. Eurosport.it (in Italian). 1 March 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. "Veroli fa il tris, a Jackson il premio Cimurri" [Veroli does the triple, the Cimurri prize to Jackson]. GazzettadiReggio.it (in Italian). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. "Coppa Legadue, trionfa Brindisi" [Legadue Cup, Brindisi triumphs]. CorrieredelloSport.it (in Italian). 4 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  7. "La Tesi Group si arrende in finale: la Coppa va a Trento" [Tesi Group surrenders in the final: the Cup goes to Trento]. PistoiaBasket2000.com (in Italian). 11 March 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  8. "Bella dopo un overtime conquista l'Adecco Cup 2014" [Biella conquers the Adecco Cup 2014 after an overtime]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. "IG Basket Cup Serie A2, vince Verona al supplementare su Ferentino. Mvp Umeh, 36 punti" [IG Basket Cup Serie A2, Verona wins in overtime over Ferentino. Umeh MVP, 36 points]. RnBBasketFestival.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  10. "Latina finale vincente. Battuta Legnano 71-69" [Latina, winning final. Legnano beaten 71-69]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  11. "IG Basket Cup Serie B, Montichiari rimonta Agropoli e si prende la coppa. Mvp Riccardo Perego" [IG Basket Cup Serie B, Motichiari catches up with Agropoli and takes the cup. Riccardo Perego MVP]. RnBBasketFestival.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  12. "La Luiss si laurea campione. Campli non ha scampo" [Luiss is crowned champion. Campli had no escape]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  13. "IG Basket Cup Serie C, Scauri campione! Decisivo l’Mvp Bagnoli in finale su San Severo" [IG Basket Cup Serie C, Scauri champion! The MVP Bagnoli decisive in the final against San Severo]. RnBBasketFestival.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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