Lega Basket Serie A | |
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Season | 2007–08 |
Duration | September 20, 2007 – June 12, 2008 |
Number of games | 34 |
Number of teams | 18 |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Montepaschi Siena |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Relegated | Cimberio Varese Legea Scafati |
Finals | |
Champions | Montepaschi Siena 3rd title |
Runners-up | Lottomatica Roma |
Semifinalists | Air Avellino Armani Jeans Milano |
Finals MVP | ![]() |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.
The regular season ran from September 30, 2007 to April 27, 2008, 18 teams played 34 games each. At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, Cimberio Varese and Legea Scafati, were relegated to the Legadue.
Montepaschi Siena won their 3rd title by winning the playoff finals series against Lottomatica Roma.
Teams
[edit]Team | Seasons in Serie A |
Coach | Arena |
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Air Avellino | 8 | Matteo Boniciolli | Palasport Del Mauro |
Angelico Biella | 7 | Luca Bechi | PalaBiella |
Armani Jeans Milano | 59 | Attilio Caja | DatchForum |
Benetton Treviso | 27 | Oktay Mahmuti | PalaVerde |
Cimberio Varese | 57 | Valerio Bianchini | PalaWhirlpool |
Eldo Napoli | 6 | Piero Bucchi | PalaBarbuto |
La Fortezza Bologna | 58 | Renato Pasquali | PalaMalaguti |
Legea Scafati | 2 | Marco Calvani | PalaMangano |
Lottomatica Roma | 28 | Jasmin Repesa | PalaLottomatica |
Montepaschi Siena | 22 | Simone Pianigiani | Palasport Mens Sana |
Pierrel Capo d'Orlando | 3 | Romeo Sacchetti | PalaFantozzi |
Premiata Montegranaro | 2 | Alessandro Finelli | PalaSavelli |
Scavolini Spar Pesaro | 53 | Stefano Sacripanti | Adriatic Arena |
Siviglia Wear Teramo | 5 | Massimo Bianchi | PalaScapriano |
Snaidero Cucine Udine | 8 | Cesare Pancotto | PalaCarnera |
Solsonica Rieti | 9 | Lino Lardo | PalaSojourner |
Tisettanta Cantù | 51 | Luca Dalmonte | PalaPianella |
Upim Bologna | 35 | Dragan Šakota | PalaDozza |
Regular season
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* Legea Scafati was penalized by 7 points for administrative irregularities
Playoffs
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Montepaschi Siena | 91 | ||||||||||||
8 | Upim Bologna | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | Montepaschi Siena | 75 | ||||||||||||
5 | Armani Jeans Milano | 71 | ||||||||||||
4 | Premiata Montegranaro | 73 | ||||||||||||
5 | Armani Jeans Milano | 69 | ||||||||||||
1 | Montepaschi Siena | 85 | ||||||||||||
2 | Lottomatica Roma | 73 | ||||||||||||
3 | Air Avellino | 103 | ||||||||||||
6 | Pierrel Capo d'Orlando | 92 | ||||||||||||
3 | Air Avellino | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | Lottomatica Roma | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Lottomatica Roma | 85 | ||||||||||||
7 | Tisettanta Cantù | 59 |
Coppa Italia
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Montepaschi Siena | 77 | ||||||||||||
8 | Scavolini Spar Pesaro | 78 | ||||||||||||
Scavolini Spar Pesaro | 80 | |||||||||||||
La Fortezza Bologna | 88 | |||||||||||||
4 | Lottomatica Roma | 69 | ||||||||||||
5 | La Fortezza Bologna | 75 | ||||||||||||
La Fortezza Bologna | 67 | |||||||||||||
Air Avellino | 73 | |||||||||||||
2 | Premiata Montegranaro | 69 | ||||||||||||
7 | Air Avellino | 73 | ||||||||||||
Angelico Biella | 63 | |||||||||||||
Air Avellino | 77 | |||||||||||||
3 | Angelico Biella | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Pierrel Capo d'Orlando | 72 |
External links
[edit]- Serie A official website (in Italian)