| Benetton Basket | |||
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| Founded | 1954; 71 years ago (1954) | ||
| History | List
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| Arena | Palaverde | ||
| Capacity | 5,344 | ||
| Location | Treviso,Veneto,Italy | ||
| Team colors | Green, White | ||
| President | Giorgio Buzzavo | ||
| Head coach | Marcelo Nicola | ||
| Championships | 2FIBA Saporta Cups 5Italian Leagues 8Italian Cups | ||
| Website | benettonbasket.it | ||
Pallacanestro Treviso, namedBenetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by theBenetton Group and widely referred to asBenetton Treviso, is an Italian youthbasketball club based inTreviso,Veneto.
The club was previously a successful professional club until 2012 when the Benetton Group decided to withdraw from professional basketball, though they retained the youth section at La Ghirada, the sports complex they own. For past club sponsorship names, seesponsorship names.
Founded in 1954 asDuomo Folgore, it remained in obscurity for the first few decades of its existence though it did reach the first divisionLega Basket Serie A in 1962. However the club only stayed there one season, finishing the league in last place, after which it was hampered by financial problems.[1]
Duomo Folgore was renamedAssociazione Pallacanestro Treviso sometime during the 1970s, with new ownership.It then moved up the divisions, reaching the nationalSerie A2 in 1979.[2]In 1980-81 the team finished third in the league, earning a return to the Serie A.[3]
TheBenetton Group started sponsoring the club during the 1981-82 season, which ended with a relegation to the A2.The following year, Benetton would become the majority owners of Pallacanestro Treviso, moving into the newly constructedPalaVerde, owned and financed by the family.[2]Promoted in 1985, it stayed in Serie A one-season before going back down. Another promotion followed in 1987, this one would see the club start a permanent stay in the elite.[3]
In 1991, the club legally becamePallacanestro Treviso (it was commonly calledBenetton Treviso at the time), with its status changing from an association to alimited liability company (s.r.l.).[2]That year would spark a new era for Benetton Basket, with the arrival of the legendaryToni Kukoč from thethree-peat European Champions ofPOP 84, but also ofStefano Rusconi fromCagiva Varese andNino Pellacani, the team would beatScavolini Pesaro to win their first Serie A title in 1992.[1]
The next season, Benetton won theItalian Cup and reached theFinal Four of theFIBA European League (Europe's elite continental competition) that take place inPeace and Friendship Stadium,Piraeus, and in the semifinal defeatedPAOK 79–77. In thefinal, Benetton although it was the favorite of the match, lost toLimoges CSP 55–59.[1]
Though Kukoč left for theNBA in the summer,Riccardo Pittis joined the club that won another Italian Cup that year.They would win their first European title, theFIBA European Cup againstTaugrés, in 1995, thanks to players such asOrlando Woolridge andPetar Naumoski, and also became third successive Italian Cup that garnished the trophy cabinet.[1]
Benetton added another Serie A title in 1997, a secondFIBA Saporta Cup in1999 againstPamesa Valencia, and an Italian cup in 2000.During the 2001–02 season they won theItalian Supercup and the league.The next year they did even better with a treble, winning the Supercup, Cup and league but they didn't manage to won the Euroleague title defeated in the final byFC Barcelona.[1]
Adding more league titles after that, Benetton Basket reached theEuroleague Final Four on a few occasions but never managed to win the title.
In February 2011, the Benetton family announced they would be withdrawing their support for professional basketball, effectively calling time on Treviso's top flight status if no other backer could be found.[4]
Well-wishers such as former playersPaolo Vazzoler and Pittis tried to rouse support for a new club, Treviso Basket 2012. However their application to take Benetton Basket's place in the Serie A was rejected.[5]
Since then Benetton Basket has focused only on youth development, with the Under 17 squad their most senior.[2]Treviso is represented in professional basket byUniverso Treviso Basket—the renamed Treviso Basket 2012—who, as of April 2022, play in theLega Basket Serie A.[6]
Total titles: (15)
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| EuroLeague | |||
| 1992–93 | Final | defeatedPAOK 79-77 in the semi-final, lost toLimoges CSP 55-59 in the final (Athens) | |
| 1995–96 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 byPanathinaikos, 67-70 (L) inAthens, 83-69 (W) and 64-65 (L) inTreviso | |
| 1997–98 | Final Four | 3rd place inBarcelona, lost toAEK 66–69 in the semi-final, defeatedPartizan 96-89 for the 3rd place game | |
| 2000–01 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–1 byAEK, 89-97 (L) inAthens, 90-74 (W) inTreviso and 56-71 (L) inAthens | |
| 2001–02 | Final Four | 3rd place inBologna, lost toKinder Bologna 82–90 in the semi-final, no game for 3rd place | |
| 2002–03 | Final | defeatedMontepaschi Siena 65-62 in the semi-final, lost toFC Barcelona 65-76 in the final (Barcelona) | |
| 2004–05 | Quarter-finals | eliminated 2–0 byTau Cerámica, 59-98 (L) inTreviso, 64-66 (L) inVitoria-Gasteiz | |
| FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
| 1994–95 | Champions | defeatedTaugrés 94-86 in the final ofEuropean Cup inIstanbul | |
| 1998–99 | Champions | defeatedPamesa Valencia 64-60 in the final ofSaporta Cup inZaragoza | |
| FIBA Korać Cup | |||
| 1996–97 | Semi-finals | eliminated byAris, 73-77 (L) inThessaloniki, 87-86 (W) inTreviso | |
| EuroCup Basketball | |||
| 2008–09 | Quarter-finals | lost toLietuvos rytas 79-85 in the quarter-final of Final Eight inTurin | |
| 2010–11 | Final Four | 4th place inTreviso, lost toCajasol 63-75 in the semi-final, lost toCedevita 57-59 in the 3rd place game | |
| Pallacanestro Treviso Hall of Famers | |||||
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| Players | |||||
| No. | Nat. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
| 7 |  | Toni Kukoč | C | 1991–1993 | 2017[7] |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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| 1980's
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Mario De Sisti(2 seasons: 1979–81)Piero Pasini(1 season: 1981-82)Gianmaria Conte(incomplete 1 season: 1982–83)Gianfranco Lombardi(incomplete 1 season: 1982–83)Mauro Di Vincenzo(1 season: 1983–84)Massimo Mangano(incomplete 2 seasons: 1984–86)
Lajos Toth(incomplete 1 season: 1985–86)Riccardo Sales(incomplete 4 seasons: 1986–90)Emanuele Molin(incomplete 1 season: 1989–90)
Petar Skansi(3 seasons: 1990-93)Fabrizio Frates(1 season: 1993–94)
Mike D'Antoni(4 seasons: 1994–97, 2001–02)
Željko Obradović(2 seasons: 1997–99)Piero Bucchi(2 seasons: 1999-01)Ettore Messina(3 seasons: 2002–05)
David Blatt(2 seasons: 2005-07)Alessandro Ramagli(Sep.-Nov. 2007)
Oktay Mahmuti(seasons: 2007-09)Jasmin Repeša(seasons: 2010-11)
Aleksandar Đorđević(1 season: 2011–12)Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:
