2025–26 LBA season

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The 2025–26 LBA season was the 104th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system.

LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Season2025–2026
Dates4 October 2025 – June 2026
Teams15
Quick facts LBA, League ...
LBA
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Season2025–2026
Dates4 October 2025 – June 2026
Teams15
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Armoni Brooks
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jahmi'us Ramsey 19.3
Rebounds Croatia Miro Bilan 9.2
Assists United States Desure Buie 6.8
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It began on October 4, 2025, and Virtus Bologna were the defending champions.[1]

Teams

More information Number of teams, Region ...
Number of teams Region Team(s)
5 Lombardy Olimpia Milano
Pallacanestro Brescia
Pallacanestro Cantù
Pallacanestro Varese
Vanoli Cremona
2 Emilia-Romagna Pallacanestro Reggiana
Virtus Bologna
Friuli-Venezia Giulia Pallacanestro Trieste
APU Udine
Veneto Universo Treviso Basket
Reyer Venezia
1 Campania Napoli Basket
Piedmont Derthona Basket
Sardinia Dinamo Sassari
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Aquila Basket Trento
Sicily Trapani Shark[note 1]
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Location of teams in 2025–26 LBA season
More information Team, Home city ...
Team Home city Arena Capacity 2024–25 result
Dinamo Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000[3] 10th
Derthona Basket Tortona PalaFerraris 3,510[4] 9th
Aquila Basket Trento Trento PalaTrento 4,360[5] 5th
Olimpia Milano Milan Forum di Milano 12,331[6] 4th
APU Udine Udine PalaCarnera 3,850[7] promoted to LBA
Pallacanestro Brescia Brescia PalaLeonessa 5,200[8] 2nd
Pallacanestro Cantù Cantù PalaDesio 6,700[9] promoted to LBA
Napoli Basket Naples PalaBarbuto 5,500[10] 14th
Universo Treviso Basket Treviso PalaVerde 5,134[11] 11th
Pallacanestro Varese Varese Palasport Lino Oldrini 5,107[12] 12th
Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 Trieste PalaTrieste 6,943[13] 6th
Trapani Shark Trapani Palallio 4,575[14] 3rd
Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506[15] 8th
Pallacanestro Reggiana Reggio Emilia PalaBigi 4,530[16] 7th
Vanoli Cremona Cremona PalaRadi 3,519[17] 13th
Virtus Bologna Bologna Virtus Arena 9,980[18] 1st
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Source:[19]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from 4 October 2025 to 10 May 2026.

Points scored in overtime counts toward tiebreakers. Tiebreakers are based on articule 62 of Regolamento Esecutivo Gare.[20]

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Virtus Bologna 28 23 5 2419 2212 +207 46 Qualification to Playoffs
2 Pallacanestro Brescia 28 21 7 2493 2351 +142 42
3 Olimpia Milano 28 20 8 2434 2247 +187 40
4 Reyer Venezia 28 19 9 2522 2381 +141 38
5 Derthona Tortona 28 17 11 2418 2375 +43 34
6 Pallacanestro Reggiana 28 15 13 2347 2245 +102 30
7 Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 28 13 15 2350 2443 −93 26
8 Aquila Basket Trento 28 12 16 2378 2371 +7 24[a]
9 Pallacanestro Varese 28 12 16 2355 2460 −105 24[a]
10 Napoli Basket 28 11 17 2366 2424 −58 22[b]
11 Vanoli Basket Cremona 28 11 17 2307 2402 −95 22[b]
12 Universo Treviso Basket 28 10 18 2341 2494 −153 20[c]
13 APU Udine 28 10 18 2280 2340 −60 20[c]
14 Pallacanestro Cantù 28 9 19 2369 2486 −117 18
15 Dinamo Sassari 28 7 21 2373 2521 −148 14 Relegation to Serie A2
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Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2026. Source: LBA
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Trento 169-152 Varese
  2. [b]
    Napoli 183-164 Cremona
  3. [c]
    Treviso 171-168 Udine

Results

More information Home \ Away, BOL ...
Home \ Away BOL BRE CAN CRE MIL NAP REG SAS TNT TOR TRA TRI TRV UDI VAR VEN
Bologna — 86–76 89–79 69–86 104–94 105–88 80–78 90–71 85–87 92–77 20-0 95–81 88–77 90–86 104–85 82–86
Brescia 79–87 — 104–94 83–72 98–92 100–85 92–101 92–71 72–63 92–86 canc. 98–75 90–99 83–80 102–94 104–93
Cantù 77–89 71–76 — 91–83 89–94 94–77 83–78 80–78 108–91 79–85 63-81 97–76 72–80 90–85 100–96 81–86
Cremona 74–84 78–79 89–87 — 67–86 88–81 71–67 79–75 92–83 71–76 canc. 113–94 96–79 82–73 79–87 88–111
Milano 74–63 81–90 88–86 91–74 — 125–97 80–76 99–87 94–90 71–74 80-86 86–78 87–63 85–84 74–84 101–88
Napoli 71–90 72–85 98–86 102–76 71–77 — 95–87 86–75 84–74 76–82 90-97 79–84 88–71 98–71 104–75 64–79
Reggiana 84–70 87–93 78–79 96–78 61–93 91–80 — 90–68 77–68 88–69 canc. 97–61 88–89 76–71 103–79 79–89
Sassari 73–80 93–86 100–84 104–86 72–76 78–84 99–102 — 89–88 82–89 102-78 85–80 103–108 70–88 102–105 79–98
Trento 83–102 77–85 109–69 85–94 84–74 87–93 82–90 96–99 — 89–75 canc. 89–87 81–68 75–82 84–78 96–90
Tortona 69–74 88–80 100–73 85–78 78–87 87–76 81–67 118–113 103–84 — 108-100 104–99 107–95 79–80 90–87 90–98
Trapani canc. 77-75 canc. 96-90 canc. canc. 88-75 canc. 11-28 canc. — canc. canc. 91-73 88-95 109-102
Trieste 66–74 82–86 84–79 89–94 86–82 110–84 92–82 76–70 84–78 91–81 87-91 — 84–76 92–85 90–89 78–84
Treviso 79–101 100–102 86–81 97–94 71–76 79–86 78–77 89–92 67–88 91–86 82-89 100–107 — 92–82 86–83 90–91
Udine 80–82 72–81 95–83 82–75 86–83 78–71 85–90 92–79 69–76 90–94 canc. 70–89 86–79 — 81–92 87–94
Varese 77–83 98–96 91–82 84–75 61–94 84–80 61–76 91–90 74–85 97–87 canc. 84–69 91–86 59–66 — 94–106
Venezia 75–81 74–89 101–95 82–75 85–90 106–96 79–81 89–76 87–106 75–78 canc. 102–66 87–66 101–94 86–75 —
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Source: LBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of the series including result in bold of the team that won in that series.

Playoffs are played in 2-2-1 format where better seeded hosts first, second and fifth game while worse seeded host third and fourth game.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Virtus Bologna 3
8 Aquila Basket Trento 2
1 Virtus Bologna 1
4 Reyer Venezia 3
4 Reyer Venezia 3
5 Derthona Tortona 2
4 Reyer Venezia
3 Olimpia Milano
2 Pallacanestro Brescia 3
7 Pallacanestro Trieste 2
2 Pallacanestro Brescia 1
3 Olimpia Milano 3
3 Olimpia Milano 3
6 Pallacanestro Reggiana 0

Quarterfinals

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Virtus Bologna 3–2 Aquila Basket Trento 102–71 84–87 85–10290–81106–95
Reyer Venezia 3–2 Derthona Tortona 89–82 87–75 71–8271–8989–83
Pallacanestro Brescia 3–2 Pallacanestro Trieste 90–92 90–82 84–8077–8390–75
Olimpia Milano 3–0 Pallacanestro Reggiana 96–84 77–65 84–72––
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Semifinals

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Virtus Bologna 1–3 Reyer Venezia 83–91 98–79 85–8983–90–
Pallacanestro Brescia 1–3 Olimpia Milano 72–88 85–79 68–9386–91–
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Awards

More information Pos., Player ...
Pos. Player Team Ref.
Season MVP
SG United States Armoni Brooks Olimpia Milano [21]
Domestic Player of the Year
SG Italy Amedeo Della Valle Pallacanestro Brescia [22]
Best Young Player
SF Italy Saliou Niang Virtus Bologna [23]
Top Scorer
SG United States Jahmi'us Ramsey Pallacanestro Trieste [24]
Best Defender
PG Argentina Leandro Bolmaro Olimpia Milano [25]
Sixth Man of the Year
PF United States Jason Burnell Pallacanestro Brescia [26]
Most Improved Player
PG Italy Davide Casarin Vanoli Cremona [27]
Coach of the Year
HC Greece Dimitrios Priftis Pallacanestro Reggiana [28]
All-LBA Team
PG Armenia Christian Vital Derthona Basket [29]
SG Italy Amedeo Della Valle Pallacanestro Brescia
SF United States Armoni Brooks Olimpia Milano
PF United States Jahmi'us Ramsey Pallacanestro Trieste
C Croatia Miro Bilan Pallacanestro Brescia
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Italian clubs in European competitions

More information Team, Competition ...
TeamCompetitionProgress
EA7 Emporio Armani MilanoEuroLeagueRegular Season, 14th
Virtus BolognaRegular Season, 17th
Reyer VeneziaEuroCupPlayoffs, Eighthfinals
Dolomiti Energia TrentoPlayoffs, Quarterfinals
Pallacanestro TriesteChampions LeaguePlayoffs, Quarterfinals
Trapani SharkPlay-ins
Unahotels Reggio EmiliaQualifying rounds
FIBA Europe CupPlayoffs, Quarterfinals
Banco di Sardegna SassariSecond Phase
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Trapani Shark were excluded from the league in January 2026, with all games played by the team being cancelled.[2]

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