Italian Basketball Supercup
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1995 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Country | Italy |
| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) |
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (1st title) |
| Most titles |
Mens Sana 1871 (6 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | Sky Sport |
| Sponsor(s) | Beko |
| Related competitions |
LBA Italian Cup |
The Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian: Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro) is a professional basketball super cup competition that opposes the latest winners of the LBA – the top-tier Italian national domestic league – and the winners of the Italian Cup, the top-tier national cup competition in Italy. Created in 1995, it is organised by the Lega Basket – who run the LBA and the Italian Cup – in partnership with RCS Sport, and it traditionally opens the season.
The 2014 edition of the Supercup was played on October 4 and 5, at Sassari's PalaSerradimigni, in a final four format. Italian League and Italian Cup runners-up Montepaschi Siena (also defending champions), did not participate, after declaring bankruptcy over the summer. Italian League champions EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, comfortably dispatched Enel Brindisi (third in the 2014 cup), by a score of 71-59, in the first semifinal, on the back of Linas Kleiza's and Joe Ragland's long-distance shooting (17 and 16 points respectively), in a mistake-strewn game.
The other semifinal saw cup-holders Banco di Sardegna Sassari, have an easy 89-73 win over Acea Roma (league semifinalist), with the hosts always leading, and Sassari head coach Romeo Sacchetti, rotating his squad.
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