The first round of the 2024/2025 Serie A championship ended with the matches on Saturday 14 December. wheelchair basketball: the grid for the next semi-finals has been defined Italian Cup (which will be held on the weekend of 22-23 February in Porto Torres), with the day’s news of the overtaking at the top of the standings Unipol Briantea84 Cantù to the detriment of S. Stefano Kos Groupafter the success of the Lombards in the direct clash played away; all other placings confirmed, with Asinara Waves E-Ambiente e Pellicanò Pharmacy Reggio Calabria who finished third and fourth respectively with two victories.
The chasers also win Dinamo Lab Banco di Sardegna e Deco Amicacci Abruzzowhich hook the Menarini Volpi Rosse Florence in the rankings.
The most anticipated match of the day was that of PalaPrincipi of Porto Potenza Picena, where the league leaders are undefeated S. Stefano met the old rivals of the Briantea84: it was a nervous match with low percentages, in some ways similar to the one Cantù won in the Super Cup at the end of October; the decisive partial came between the second and third quarters, when the guests went beyond the double-digit lead. S. Stefano’s shooting inaccuracy (19/61) complicates his comeback ambitions, Vigoda e Raimondi they combine for an insufficient 3/18 shooting and Briantea84 can thus control up to the final 62 to 49 which is worth the overtaking; MVP is Barbie thingwho scores 18 very heavy points with 6/8 shooting.
Away success forAsinara Waves E-Ambientewhich a Bergamo supera 63 to 51 lSBS Montello thus consolidating its third place. The match was in balance for a long time, with the home team driven by the Argentine veteran’s best performance of the season Joel Eastwho scored 26 points and 11 rebounds. The break in favor of the guests comes in the last period and so an excellent Asinara Oguz (21 points and 11 rebounds) can return to Sardinia with the seventh victory of a season lived so far at the highest levels; the last team to take part in the next Italian Cup also wins away from home Pellicanò Pharmacy Reggio Calabriawhich prevails in Veneto against the Self Group Millennium Basket with a score of 71 to 59 which was perhaps too narrow: the match was already resolved during the first half, with Reggio shooting well with most of its offensive references (the percentage of realization from the field to the siren will be equal to 52%). For Padova, in their eighth defeat of the season, an excellent result is not enough Da Silva Pelizari 20 points.
In the Italian Cup the Calabrians will thus be opposed to Briantea84 in the first semi-final, while on the other side of the scoreboard it will be a challenge between S. Stefano and Asinara Waves.
Among those excluded from the Final Four, the Deco Amicacci Abruzzowho went on to win with a round 78 to 48 on the difficult pitch of Menarini Volpi Rosse Florence: spectacular triple double from the young Australian Jaylen Brown who scored 18 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists; double figures also for his compatriot Learned (11 points); for Florence the usual contribution of is not enough DaSilva with 23 points and 15 rebounds.
Hand in hand with the Abruzzo team it remains in the standings Dinamo Lab Banco di Sardegnawhich at home exceeds 75 to 54 the Crich Pdm Treviso: best performance of the season by Enrico Ghione (15 points and 7 rebounds), excellent contribution from Mosler (22 points and 13 rebounds) to limit Treviso’s big men.
The first day of the return round will be played over several days: already on Sunday 15 December the advance match between Asinara Waves and Crich Pdm Treviso; then on Saturday 21 December the two matches Padova vs Dinamo and Reggio Calabria vs Briantea84; last two matches scheduled for January 25th (Bergamo vs Amicacci and Florence vs S. Stefano).
RESULTS DAY 9
SBS Montello – Asinara Waves E-Ambiente 61 to 63
Self Group Millennium – Pellicanò Pharmacy Reggio Calabria 59 to 71
S. Stefano Kos Group – Unipol Briantea84 Cantù 49 to 62
Menarini Volpi Rosse Florence – Deco Amicacci Abruzzo 48 to 78
Dinamo Lab Banco di Sardegna – Crich Pdm Treviso 75 to 54
CLASSIFICATION
16 points: Unipol Briantea84 Cantù, S. Stefano Kos Group
14 points: Asinara Waves E-Ambiente
12 points: Pellicanò Pharmacy Reggio Calabria Bic
8 points: Dinamo Lab Banco di Sardegna, Deco Amicacci Abruzzo, Menarini Volpi Rosse
4 points: Crich Pdm Treviso
2 points: SBS Montello, Self Group Millennium Basket
NEXT TURN
15 December, 4.00 pm: Asinara Waves E-Ambiente vs Crich Pdm Treviso
21 December, 3.30 pm: Self Group Millennium Basket vs Dinamo Lab Banco di Sardegna
21 December, 4.00 pm: Pellicanò Pharmacy Reggio Calabria Bic vs UnipolBriantea84 Cantù
25 January, 1.30 pm: SBS Montello vs Deco Amicacci Abruzzo
25 January, 3.30 pm: Menarini Volpi Rosse Florence vs. S. Stefano Kos Group
on the cover Shay Barbibay (Briantea) mvp of the match against S. Stefano Photocredits: Alessandro Vezzoli