Serie B Basket
Serie B Basket| Formerly |
Serie B Basket
1937–38 to 1954–55
(2nd tier)
Serie B Basket
1955–56 to 1964–65
(3rd tier)
Serie B Basket
1965–66 to 1973–74
(2nd tier)
Serie B Basket
1974–75 to 1985–86
(3rd tier)
Serie B2 Basket
1986–87 to 2007–08
(4th tier)
Serie B Amateurs Basket
2008–09 to 2010–11
(4th tier)
National B Division Basket
2011–12 to 2013–14
(4th tier)
Serie B Basket
2014–15 to Present
(3rd tier) |
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| Sport |
Basketball |
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| Inaugural season |
1937–38 |
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| No. of teams |
64 |
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| Country |
 Italy |
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| Level on pyramid |
3rd Tier on Italian Pyramid |
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| Promotion to |
Serie A2 Basket |
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| Relegation to |
Serie C Gold Basket |
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| Official website |
legapallacanestro.com (Italian) |
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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.
2009–10 season
| Group A |
| Basket Iseo |
| Calligaris Corno di Rosazzo |
| FalconStar Basket Monfalcone |
| Forti e Liberi Monza |
| Legnano Basket Castellanza |
| Marconi Basket Castelnovo di Sotto |
| Pallacanestro Como |
| Pallacanestro Marostica |
| Pallacanestro Moncalieri |
| Pallacanestro Rovereto |
| Robur Basket Saronno |
| Robur et Fides Varese |
| U.C. Piacentina Basket |
| Valenza Basket |
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| Group B |
| Basket Bassano del Grappa |
| Basket Fossombrone |
| Basket Gualdo Tadino |
| Basket Ravenna Piero Manetti |
| Basket Recanati |
| Basket Roncade |
| Gattamelata Albignasego |
| Pallacanestro Budrio |
| Pallacanestro Chieti |
| Pallacanestro Faenza |
| Pallacanestro Senigallia |
| Spes Torre de' Passeri |
| Stamura Basket Ancona |
| Virtus Civitanova Marche |
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| Group C |
| Anagni Basket |
| Ass. Basket Castelfiorentino |
| Basket Cecina |
| Basket Scauri |
| Giovanni Russo Cagliari |
| Nuova Pallacanestro Firenze |
| Pallacanestro Empoli |
| Pallacanestro Lucca |
| Riviera Vado Ligure Basket |
| Scuola Basket Arezzo |
| Spes Pallacanestro Rieti |
| Stella Azzurra Roma |
| U.S. Empolese |
| U.S. Tiber Basket Roma |
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| Group D |
| Basket Corato |
| Basket Massafra |
| Cestistica Bernalda |
| CUS Bari |
| Dicearchia Basket Pozzuoli |
| Fortitudo Basket Martina Franca |
| Libertas Basket Foggia |
| Nuova Invicta Potenza |
| Olimpia Bisceglie |
| Pallacanestro Catania |
| Pallacanestro Catanzaro |
| Prativerdi Basket Club Siracusa |
| Sport & Territorio Patti |
| Viola Reggio Calabria |
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