Pallacanestro Cantù

Pallacanestro Cantù
Founded	1936
Hall	PalaDesio (6700 seats)
Homepage	pallacanestrocantu.com
Trainer	Cesare Pancotto
league	Lega Basket Serie A 2018/19 : 10th place
Colours	Blue White
home Away
successes
3 × Italian championship : 1968, 1975, 1981 1 × Italian Supercup: 2003 2 × European Champion Clubs ' Cup : 1982, 1983 4 × European Cup Winners' Cup : 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 4 × Korać Cup : 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991

Pallacanestro Cantù is an Italian basketball club from Cantù in Lombardy , which has won numerous national and international titles.

history

In the late 1970s and early 1980s in particular, it was one of the most successful basketball clubs in Europe. The club won the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1982 and 1983 . Cantù also managed to win the European Cup Winners' Cup four times without ever having won an Italian cup competition , as such was not played between 1975 and 1983.

Apart from the years 1994 to 1996, the club has played in the top Italian division since 1954 .

Hall

Pallacanestro Cantù, whose club colors are blue and white, play home games in the Pala Desio in Desio with 6,700 seats.

Sponsor names

Milenka (1954-55) Oransoda (1956-58) Fonte Levissima (1958-65) Oransoda (1965-69) Forst (1970-77) Gabetti (1977-80)

Squibb (1980-82) Ford (1982-83) Jollycolombani (1983-85) Arexons (1985-87) Vismara (1987-90) Shampoo Clear (1990-94)

Polti (1994-99) Canturina (1999-2000) Poliform (2000–01) Oregon Scientific (2001-04) Vertical Vision (2004-06) Tisettanta (2006-08)

NGC (2008-10) Bennet (2010-12) Chebolletta (national), Mapooro (international; 2012–2013) Lenovo (national), Mapooro (international, Supercup; 2013) Acqua Vitasnella (national), FoxTown (international; 2013–2016) Red October (2016-2018)

Acqua S. Bernardo (2018-2019) Acqua S. Bernardo – Cinelandia (2019–)

successes

• Italian champion (3): 1968, 1975, 1981
• Italian Supercup (1): 2003
• European Champion Clubs' Cup (2): 1982, 1983
• European Cup Winners' Cup (4): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
• Korać Cup (4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991
• Intercontinental Cup (2): 1975, 1982

Significant former players

Withdrawn jersey numbers

• Pierluigi Marzorati (No. 14; 1969–1991 in the club, jersey number subsequently withdrawn)
• Enrico Ravaglia (No. 6; 1999 in the club; shirt number withdrawn after his death)

Other players

Carlo Recalcati (1962-1979) Fabrizio Della Fiori (1970–1979) Antonello Riva (1977-1989, 1998-2002) Renzo Bariviera (1978-1983) Giuseppe Bosa (1980-1995) Jeff Turner (1987-1989) Pace Mannion (1989-1993)

Thurl Bailey (1995-1997) Walter Berry (1997-1998) Phillip Jones (2002, 2004-2007) Sofoklis Schortsanitis (2003-2004) Rimantas Kaukėnas (2004-2005) Goran Jurak (2005-2006) Jerry Green (2009-2010)

Web links

Commons : Pallacanestro Cantù  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Italian)