Italian LNP Cup

The Italian LNP Cup (Italian: Coppa Italia LNP), known as Turkish Airlines Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] is an annual cup competition for Italian basketball teams organized by Italy's second league in the Italian basketball league system, the Serie A2 Basket. The tournament is organised by the Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro (LNP), the organisation responsible for running the national second division Serie A2, third division Serie B, and fourth division Serie C championships.

Turkish Airlines Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
2017 Italian LNP Cup
SportBasketball
Inaugural season1998
No. of teams8 (Serie A2), 8 (Serie B)
Country Italy
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		De' Longhi Treviso (Serie A2)
Most titlesVeroli Basket
(3 titles)
TV partner(s)Sportitalia
Related
competitions		Serie A2 Basket
Official websiteLNP Cup official website

A different cup is awarded for each of these respective divisions, though the event has been organised at the same date and place (under the name Rhythm'n'Basket Festival) from 2014, up to the current 2016 edition.[2]

Organisation

For the 2015 edition, the Serie A2 Final Six was composed of the four best ranked teams in Serie A2 Gold and the two best ranked teams in Serie A2 Silver at the end of the league first stage. The Serie B Final Four was preceded by a preliminary phase that saw the first-ranked teams of each league group (A, B, C, D) play against the second-ranked team of another group for a place in the cup. The Serie C Final Eight was also preceded by a prelimany phase, in which teams from different regions were pitted against each other for spots in the final phase.[3]

The Rhythm'n'Basket (RnB) festival, organised since 2014 in association with Rimini Fiera, sees the games take place in the Rimini Expo Centre halls, one of which is converted for the occasion into two basketball courts (named Parigi 1999 and Atene 2004 in reference to the titles of the Italian national team) complete with two stands for a capacity of 5,000.[4]

The 2017 edition, sees the games take place in Unipol Arena in Bologna for a record capacity of 9,513. Since 2017 Turkish Airlines become new title sponsor of the tournament for Serie A2 and Serie B.

Serie A2 Cup champions (2nd-tier level)
Edition Venue Champion Score Finalist MVP Best Under-22[lower-alpha 1]
2005PalaDozza, BolognaUpea Capo d'Orlando94-83Eurorida Scafati Rolando Howell—
2006PalaSegest, FerraraEurorida Scafati90-81Zarotti Imola B.J. McKie—
2007PalaSojourner, RietiSebastiani Rieti71-61Carife Ferrara Marcus Melvin—
2008PalaSegest, FerraraFileni Jesi72-62Carife Ferrara Harold Jamison Marco Allegretti
2009[5]PalaSomenzi, CremonaPrima Veroli79-68Vanoli Soresina Kyle Hines Silvio Gigena
2010PalaSerradimigni, SassariPrima Veroli68-58Enel Brindisi Jason Rowe Ivan Gatto
2011[6] Sporting Palace, NovaraPrima Veroli81-67Aget Imola Jarrius Jackson Davide Bruttini
2012[7]Palaflorio, BariEnel Brindisi77-74Fileni BPA Jesi Jimmie Hunter Marco Giuri
2013[8]PalaTrento, TrentoBitumcalor Trento84-76Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia Davide Pascolo
2014[9]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiEurotrend Biella100-94Aquila Basket Trento Damian Hollis Matteo Bertolazzi
Eric Lombardi
2015[10]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiTezenis Verona91-86FMC Ferentino Michael Umeh Giovanni Allodi
2016[11]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiGivova Scafati72-62Dinamica Mantova Marco Portannese Davide Alviti
2017[12]Unipol Arena, BolognaSegafredo Virtus Bologna69-68Angelico Biella Marco Spissu
2018[13]UBI BPA Sport Center, JesiBertram Tortona89-57OraSì Ravenna Francesco Stefanelli
2019[14]Palasavelli, Porto San GiorgioDe' Longhi Treviso84-75Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna David Logan

Serie B Cup champions (3rd-tier level)
Edition Venue Champion Score Finalist MVP
2014[15]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiBenacquista Latina71-69I.Dek Legnano Manuel Carrizo
2015[16]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiContadi Castaldi Montichiari94-83BCC Convergenze Agropoli Riccardo Perego
2016[17]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiUnieuro Forlì78-64Eurobasket Roma Michele Ferri
2017[18]Unipol Arena, BolognaCuore Napoli Basket60-58Agribertocchi Orzinuovi Stefan Nikolić

Serie C Cup champions (4th-tier level)
Edition Venue Champion Score Finalist MVP
2014[19]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiA.S.D. Luiss71-69Globo Allianz ASD Campli Basket Fabrizio Smorto
2015[20]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiBasket Scauri69-67Allianz San Severo Simone Bagnoli
2015[21]Padiglioni Fiera Rimini, RiminiVis Nova Roma62-49Tarcento Tommaso Rossetti

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the competition has been known as:

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See also

Notes
  1. Formerly Best Italian (2008-2012) then Best Under-24 (2013)

References
  1. "Coppa Italia LNP, Turkish Airlines sarà il title sponsor" [Italian LNP Cup, Turkish Airlines new title sponsor]. sportando.com (in Italian). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. "RNB Basket Festival, a Rimini la festa delle finali di Coppa Italia: i risultati" [RNB Basket Festival, in Rimini, the Italian Cup finals event: the results]. Panorama.it (in Italian). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. "Regolamento Coppa Italia LNP" [Italian LNP Cup rules]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. "RnB Basket Festival". RnBBasket.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. "Veroli vince la Vanoli Cup" [Veroli wins the Vanoli Cup]. Eurosport.it (in Italian). 1 March 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. "Veroli fa il tris, a Jackson il premio Cimurri" [Veroli does the triple, the Cimurri prize to Jackson]. GazzettadiReggio.it (in Italian). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  7. "Coppa Legadue, trionfa Brindisi" [Legadue Cup, Brindisi triumphs]. CorrieredelloSport.it (in Italian). 4 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  8. "La Tesi Group si arrende in finale: la Coppa va a Trento" [Tesi Group surrenders in the final: the Cup goes to Trento]. PistoiaBasket2000.com (in Italian). 11 March 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. "Bella dopo un overtime conquista l'Adecco Cup 2014" [Biella conquers the Adecco Cup 2014 after an overtime]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  10. "IG Basket Cup Serie A2, vince Verona al supplementare su Ferentino. Mvp Umeh, 36 punti" [IG Basket Cup Serie A2, Verona wins in overtime over Ferentino. Umeh MVP, 36 points]. RnBBasketFestival.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  11. "Givova Scafati trionfa ed alza la "IG Basket Cup 2016"" [Givova Scafati wins and raise " IG Basketball Cup 2016"]. ilgazzettinovesuviano.com (in Italian). 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  12. "Turkish Airlines Cup alla Virtus Bologna, superata Biella in una combattuta finale" [Turkish Airlines Cup with Virtus Bologna, overcome Biella in a tough final]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  13. "La Bertram Tortona trionfa in Serie A2, vittoria su Ravenna in finale" [Bertram Tortona wins in Serie A2 against Ravenna in the finals]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  14. "LNP Coppa Italia Old Wild West - Serie A2". legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  15. "Latina finale vincente. Battuta Legnano 71-69" [Latina, winning final. Legnano beaten 71-69]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  16. "IG Basket Cup Serie B, Montichiari rimonta Agropoli e si prende la coppa. Mvp Riccardo Perego" [IG Basket Cup Serie B, Motichiari catches up with Agropoli and takes the cup. Riccardo Perego MVP]. RnBBasketFestival.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  17. "Serie B, Forlì conquista la IG Basket Cup su Roma. Ferri Mvp" [Serie B, Forlì wins the IG Basket Cup beating Roma. Ferri Mvp]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  18. "Canestro decisivo di Maggio, è trionfo Napoli in Serie B su Orzinuovi" [Decisive shot by Maggio, it is victory for Napoli in Serie B over Orzinuovi]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  19. "La Luiss si laurea campione. Campli non ha scampo" [Luiss is crowned champion. Campli had no escape]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  20. "IG Basket Cup Serie C, Scauri campione! Decisivo l'Mvp Bagnoli in finale su San Severo" [IG Basket Cup Serie C, Scauri champion! The MVP Bagnoli decisive in the final against San Severo]. RnBBasketFestival.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  21. "Serie C, la IG Basket Cup va alla Vis Nova Roma su Tarcento" [Serie C, Vis Nova Roma wins the IG Basket Cup beating Tarcento]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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