The 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A BEKO, was the 94th season of the
Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional
basketball league in
Italy.
The regular season started on 4 October 2015 and finished on 4 May 2015, with the playoffs starting on 7 May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the
2016 Euroleague Final Four) and finished between 13 and 16 June, depending on results.[2]
The season saw historic
public broadcasterRAI (one match every week) joined by
Sky Italia (two matches every week) in broadcasting the league's games for television, after an agreement with Lega Basket covering the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.[4]
Rules
The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. The Quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven. The last placed club is
relegated, and is replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level
Serie A2 Basket.
Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:
3 foreigners from countries outside the E.U., 4 foreigners from E.U. countries (also including those from countries signatory of the
Cotonou Agreement)
In early September 2015, nine squads had chosen the 5+5 formula and seven the 3+4+5.[5][6]
The
league's All Star Game was contested on 10 January 2016 at
PalaTrento in the city of
Trento.
The two teams were Dolomiti Energia Team and Cavit Team, for sponsorship reasons. The Cavit Team's head coach was the American
Dan Peterson.
The event was organized in a match between the two All Star teams, the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest. All teams' players had been voted by the Serie A supporters.
Cavit Team won the game 154–148.
Alex Kirk was named MVP of the 2016 Serie A All Star Game.
The 48th edition of the
Italian Cup, knows as the Beko Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was contested between 19 and 21 February 2016 in
Milan at the
Mediolanum Forum.[2] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2015–16 Serie A.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 5th Italian Cup since over 20 years.
The 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A BEKO, was the 94th season of the
Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional
basketball league in
Italy.
The regular season started on 4 October 2015 and finished on 4 May 2015, with the playoffs starting on 7 May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the
2016 Euroleague Final Four) and finished between 13 and 16 June, depending on results.[2]
The season saw historic
public broadcasterRAI (one match every week) joined by
Sky Italia (two matches every week) in broadcasting the league's games for television, after an agreement with Lega Basket covering the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.[4]
Rules
The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. The Quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven. The last placed club is
relegated, and is replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level
Serie A2 Basket.
Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:
3 foreigners from countries outside the E.U., 4 foreigners from E.U. countries (also including those from countries signatory of the
Cotonou Agreement)
In early September 2015, nine squads had chosen the 5+5 formula and seven the 3+4+5.[5][6]
The
league's All Star Game was contested on 10 January 2016 at
PalaTrento in the city of
Trento.
The two teams were Dolomiti Energia Team and Cavit Team, for sponsorship reasons. The Cavit Team's head coach was the American
Dan Peterson.
The event was organized in a match between the two All Star teams, the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest. All teams' players had been voted by the Serie A supporters.
Cavit Team won the game 154–148.
Alex Kirk was named MVP of the 2016 Serie A All Star Game.
The 48th edition of the
Italian Cup, knows as the Beko Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was contested between 19 and 21 February 2016 in
Milan at the
Mediolanum Forum.[2] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2015–16 Serie A.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 5th Italian Cup since over 20 years.