AMG Sebastiani Basket
| AMG Sebastiani Basket | |||
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| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Folded | 1997 | ||
| Arena | PalaSojourner | ||
| Location | Rieti, Lazio, Italy | ||
| Team colors | White, Amaranth purple and Light sky blue |
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AMG Sebastiani Basket, commonly known as AMG Sebastiani or Sebastiani Rieti was an Italian men's basketball club based in the city of Rieti.
Sebastiani Rieti was founded in 1946 by Luigi Padronetti and became active until the 1996-97 season. The club was headed to the memory of Angelo, Mario and Gino Sebastiani, great sportsmen of the time, barbarously killed by the German Army in 1944. Distinguished with amaranth and celestial colors, the club had it meetings in the district of Campoloniano, now known as PalaSojourner.
AMG Sebastiani remained in obscurity for the first few decades of its existence though it did reach the first division Lega Basket Serie A in 1973. At its first season the premier Division Brina Rieti gained entry the European competitions of the next season. In 1974-75 season the club managed to qualify until the semifinals of 1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup where they eliminated by FC Barcelona . The 1975-76 season Brina ranked 12th in the domestic league and was downgraded to Serie A2 Basket , although in Europe managed to play at the top 16 group phase of the 1975–76 FIBA Korać Cup .
Two seasons later, Althea Rieti return to serie A1 and also to FIBA Korać Cup . In 1978–79 under the sponsorship name Arrigoni Rieti the club made one of its most successful seasons. In the 1978–79 FIBA Korać Cup qualified automatically to top 16 and ranked first with a record of 5-1 wins in a very competitive group against Inter Slovnaft (2nd, 3-3), Cibona (3rd, 3-3) and Orthez (4th, 1-5). In the semifinals, Arrigoni excluded the Catalans of Cotonificio (95–108 loss in Badalona and 87–63 win in Rieti). In the single final which held in March 20 at Hala Pionir of Belgrade, Arrigoni Rieti lost 98–108 to Partizan . In the Italian league, Arrigoni ranked 6th in the regular season and played with disadvantage in the play-off quarterfinals against the three-peat FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup champions of Gabetti Cantù (ranked 3rd) and qualified with 2-0 wins. In the semifinals Sinudyne Bologna was superior team and eliminated Arrigoni with a score of 2-1 wins.
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