Lega Basket Serie A 2013/14

Lega Basket Serie A 2013/14

Duration		October 13, 2013 - June 27, 2014
Order of execution		13th season
organizer		Lega Basket (LBA)
Number of teams		16
Main round
Main round first		EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Main rounds - MVP		Drake servant
Top scorer		Drake servant
Coach of the year		Paolo Moretti
Play-offs
Italian champion		EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Runner-up		Mens Sana Siena
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The 2013/14 season was the 13th season of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A , the top division in the Italian men's basketball club . It was the 92nd championship in Italian men's basketball . The main round started on October 13, 2013 and ended on May 11, 2014 with the 30th and final game day. The play-off final round for the championship lasted until June 27, 2014.

Mens Sana Siena started the season as defending champion and cup winner .

Pistoia Basket was promoted to the 2013/14 season .

After the main round, Sutor Montegranaro was determined to be relegated to the A2 series . In addition, Mens Sana Siena filed for bankruptcy a few days after the final defeat in the play-offs. However, as a potential successor, Montegranaro decided not to remain in Serie A.

Olimpia Milano won its 26th championship title after 18 years of drought. Cup winner was Dinamo Sassari , who won his first national title.

International competitions

competition	Italian participants
EuroLeague 2013/14	EA7-Emporio Armani Milano , Montepaschi Siena
Eurocup 2013/14	Acea Roma , Fox Town Cantù , Banco di Sardegna Sassari , Cimberio Varese

Teams

Overview map of the clubs in the 2013/2014 season

team	city	Hall	Places
Sidigas Avellino	Avellino	Palasport Del Mauro	05,100
Granarolo Bologna	Bologna	Unipol Arena	08,650
Enel Brindisi	Brindisi	PalaPentassuglia	03,534
Acqua Vitasnella Cantù	Cantù	Palasport Pianella	03,910
Pasta Reggia Caserta	Caserta	PalaMaggiò	06,387
Vanoli Cremona	Cremona	Palasport PalaRadi	03,519
EA7-Emporio Armani Milano	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,500
Sutor Montegranaro	Montegranaro	PalaRossini	05,066
Consultinvest Pesaro	Pesaro	Adriatic Arena	10,323
Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia	Pistoia	PalaCarrara	03,916
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Reggio nell'Emilia	PalaBigi	03,500
Acea Roma	Rome	Palazzetto dello Sport	03,500
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Sassari	Pala Serradimigni	05,000
Montepaschi Siena	Siena	Pala Sport Mens Sana	06,000
Cimberio Varese	Varese	Pala whirlpool	05,300
Umana Reyer Venezia	Venice	Palasport Taliercio	03,000

table

	= Relegation place (place 16)
	= Playoff places (places 1 to 8)

in brackets: M = champions of the previous season / P = cup winners of the previous season / A = promoters for this season

#	team	Games	Victories	Defeats	baskets
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	30th	25th	5	2452: 2134
2	Montepaschi Siena (M) (P)	30th	20th	10	2308: 2114
3	Acqua Vitasnella Cantù	30th	20th	10	2432: 2290
4th	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	30th	18th	12	2589: 2400
5	Enel Brindisi	30th	18th	12	2286: 2242
6th	Acea Roma	30th	17th	13	2357: 2350
7th	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	30th	15th	15th	2341: 2236
8th	Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia (A)	30th	15th	15th	2296: 2323
9	Pasta Reggia Caserta	30th	15th	15th	2189: 2175
10	Cimberio Varese	30th	13	17th	2389: 2458
11	Umana Venezia	30th	12	18th	2394: 2420
12	Sidigas Avellino	30th	12	18th	2291: 2419
13	Granarolo Bologna	30th	11	19th	2335: 2376
14th	Vanoli Cremona	30th	11	19th	2285: 2464
15th	Victoria Libertas Pesaro	30th	9	21st	2360: 2623
16	Sutor Montegranaro	30th	9	21st	2328: 2608

Playoffs 2013-14

Quarter finals			Semifinals			final

1	Olimpia Milano	3
8th	Pistoia Basket	2
			1	Olimpia Milano	4th

			4th	Dinamo Sassari	2
4th	Dinamo Sassari	3

5	NB Brindisi	0
						1	Olimpia Milano	4th

						2	Mens Sana Siena	3
2	Mens Sana Siena	3

7th	Reggiana	2
			2	Mens Sana Siena	4th

			6th	Virtus Roma	1
3	Pall. Cantù	0

6th	Virtus Roma	3

Honors 2013/14

Award	Surname	society
MVP main round	United States Drake servant	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Coach of the year	Italy Paolo Moretti	Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia
MVP final round	Italy Alessandro Gentile	EA7-Emporio Armani Milano

Web links

Lega Basket - homepage - official website of the LBA

References & comments

↑ The two titles were stripped of Siena by the sports court of the Italian Basketball Federation in October 2017 for tax fraud. Mens Sana Siena - Una sentenza del tribunale federale della Fip (Italian). Retrieved January 12, 2018
↑ Gazzetta.it of July 9, 2014 (Italian) accessed on January 12, 2018

[1] The two titles were stripped of Siena by the sports court of the Italian Basketball Federation in October 2017 for tax fraud. Mens Sana Siena - Una sentenza del tribunale federale della Fip (Italian). Retrieved January 12, 2018

[2] Gazzetta.it of July 9, 2014 (Italian) accessed on January 12, 2018