Pistoia Basket 2000
| Pistoia Basket 2000 | |||
| Founded | 2000 | ||
| Hall | PalaCarrara (3,916 seats) |
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| Homepage | www.pistoiabasket2000.com | ||
| president | Roberto Maltinti | ||
| Trainer | Michele Carrea | ||
| league |
Lega Basket Serie A 2018/19 : 15th place |
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| Colours | Red White | ||
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Pistoia Basket 2000 is an Italian basketball club from Pistoia that plays in the first Italian Serie A basketball league.
history
The club is the successor to the basketball club Olimpia Basket Pistoia , which was dissolved in 1999, and was founded in 2000 from the merger of two local clubs. In the first two seasons, the club played in the amateur class Serie B2 . In 2002 he was promoted to the B1 series, which he belonged to for five years. In 2007 Pistoia was Italian basketball champion of the amateurs and rose to the professional league Legadue .
After six sometimes eventful years in the Legadue, in which they also fought against relegation, Pistoia reached the playoff final of the Legadue in the 2011/12 season and played for the first time for promotion to Serie A. In the final games, however, they failed 3 -1 against New Basket Brindisi . The promotion finally succeeded after further reinforcement of the team, among other things, veterans like Antonio Graves were engaged in the following season 2012/13, when they beat Basket Brescia Leonessa in the fifth and decisive game at home 60:47 in the playoff final .
Placements
The following placements have been achieved since promotion to Serie A in 2013:
| season | Series A |
|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 8th place (quarter-finals) |
| 2014/15 | 9th place |
| 2015/16 | 6th place (quarter-finals) |
| 2016/17 | 7th place (quarter-finals) |
| 2017/18 | 13th place |
| 2018/19 | 15th place |
Hall
The club plays its home games in the 3,916-seat PalaCarrara.
successes
- Italian amateur basketball champion: 2007
- Master of the Legadue: 2013
Name story
In the club's history there have been four name changes due to changing main sponsors:
- Powerdry (2006/07)
- Carmatic (2007-11)
- Giorgio Tesi Group (2011-2016)
- The FLEXX (2016-2018)
- Oriora (since 2018)
Web links
- Official Homepage of Pistoia Basket 2000 ( Italian )
- Club profile of Pistoia Basket 2000 on eurobasket.com ( English )
Individual evidence
- ^ Club history and history of basketball in Pistoia in Italian , accessed on July 4, 2017.