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Monday, August 24, 2009

20 YEARS AGO THE FINALS

20 years ago Leghorn was a protagonist in the Italian Basketball Major League. The two teams (Libertas and Pallacanestro Livorno) fought for the highest positions in the standings. 20 years ago one of these two teams (the Libertas) get to play game 5 of the Finals Championship against the glorious team Olimpia Milan.
In this photo a moment of game 5.
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Leghorn participated 3 times in the Korac Cup

Leghorn has written important pages in the history of Italian Basketball with his two clubs: Libertas e Pallacanestro Livorno. The two clubs took part in the Korac Cup (historical European club competition - in this photo the trophy). The Libertas has participated twice (in the 1984/85 and in the 1989/90), on the contrary the Pallacanestro has had only one appearance in the 1988/89.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

HYSTORICAL PLAYERS

IN THIS PHOTO TWO PLAYERS SYMBOL OF THE LEGHORN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. THEY'RE ALESSANDRO FANTOZZI (IN YELLOW CURRENCY - LIBERTAS LIVORNO) AND CLAUDIO BONACCORSI (IN RED CURRENCY - PALLACANESTRO LIVORNO). THIS WAS THE CITY COMPETITION.

Monday, August 3, 2009

DERBY: THAT PASSION

The derbies in Leghorn have always been large meetings. The two teams were key to confronting the Libertas and Basketball. In this picture the two players symbol of the two teams: Alessandro Fantozzi (Libertas) and Claudio Bonaccorsi (Basketball).