KORAC CUP - 1984/85: ARIS THESSALONIKI v LIBERTAS LEGHORN, 6th PART

ITALIAN'S WOMEN TEAM UNDER 18 WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF EUROPE: IN THE TEAM THERE ARE A PLAYER OF THE LEGHORN'S BASKETBALL WOMEN TEAM, DIENE NENE

The italian's women basketball team won the championship of Europe. In the national team there are a player of the Leghorn's Basketball Women Team, Nene Diene, look the video clicking on the link below.

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KORAC CUP - PART 1: THE GAMES OF LIBERTAS LEGHORN IN SEASON 1984/85 (FIRST PARTICIPATION)

We begin the journey of games played by teams from Leghorn in Europe, especially in the Korac Cup where both the Libertas and Pallacanestro Leghorn Livorno were able to participate.

In this first part we'll show you lots of Libertas Leghorn first participation in the prestigious European competition in 1984/85 season.

October 30, 1984 - First Leg - 1st round Coppa Korac

WARRINGTON - BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN 87-69

WARRINGTON: Irish 16, Bannister 10, Penny 16, Jones, Miller 4, Brown 24, Lloyd 11, Bona 6, Ramsey, Brazil. Coach: Matthews

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Fantozzi 11, Jeelani 6, Restani 16, Tonut 10, Carera 16, Forti 10, Giusti, Rossi Massimo, Mori, Binelli Timante. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

Arbitrators: Mottart (Belgium) e Van Di Shoeck (Holland)

November 7, 1984 - Second Leg 1st round Coppa Korac

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN - WARRINGTON 93-65

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Fantozzi 13, Jeelani 20, Restani 17, Tonut 12, Carera 10, Forti 13, Giusti, Rossi Massimo 6, Mori 2, Binelli Timante. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

WARRINGTON: Irish 18, Bannister, Penny 3, Miller 3, Brown 14, Lloyd 7, Bona 18, Ramsey 2, Fogerty, Brazil. Coach: Matthews

Arbitrators: Topuzoglu (Turkey) e Zghoul (Israel)

December 4, 1984 - First day went group Quarter Final Coppa Korac

S.C.M. LE MANS - BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN 97-88

S.C.M. LE MANS: Ostrowski 29, Wymbs 26, Johnstone 10, Whittembourg 20, Collet 12, Ballon, Henry, Garry, Bougerois, Servolle. Coach: Grant

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Fantozzi 19, Jeelani 20, Restani 12, Tonut 14, Carera 5, Forti 14, Giusti 4, Rossi Massimo, Mori, Pedeni. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

Arbitrators: Brjs (Belgium) e Dogan (Israel)

December 18, 1984 - Second day went group Quarter Final Coppa Korac

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BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Fantozzi 23, Jeelani 22, Restani 26, Carera 15, Forti 17, Giusti, Rossi Massimo, Mori, Pedeni, Binelli Timante. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

CAJA MADRID: Morales 8, Philips 33, Thornton 12, Sautu 2, J.Llorente 4, A. Llorente 11, Beiran 6, Fermosel 4, Gaztanaga 10, Bradender. Coach: Gonzales De La Cuevas

Arbitrators: Zdrawko (Yugoslavia) e Woudsta (Holland)

January 9, 1985 - Third day went group Quarter Final Coppa Korac

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN - ARIS SALONICCO 100-94

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Fantozzi 15, Jeelani 18, Restani 32, Carera 6, Forti 6, Giusti 4, Rossi Massimo 17, Mori 2, Pedeni, Binelli Timante. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

ARIS SALONICCO: Yannakis 21, Galis 33, Dinion 16, Philippou 11, Wensell 13, Comanidis, Doxakis, Stamatis, Paramanidis, Kokolakis. Coach: Ionnanidis

Arbitrators: Zelinger (Israel) e Rabonjc (Yugoslavia)

January 16, 1985 - First day back Group Quarter Final Coppa Korac

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN - S.C.M. LE MANS 110-95

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Jeelani 27, Restani 10, Carera 27, Forti 21, Giusti16, Rossi Massimo 7, Mori 2, Pedeni, Coca, Binelli Timante. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

S.C.M. LE MANS: Ostrowski 19, Wymbs 20, Johnstone 16, Whittembourg 20, Collet 20, Ballon (N.E.), Henry (N.E.), Garry, Bougerois (N.E.), Servolle. Coach: Grant

Arbitrators: Durant (Turkey) e Schroeder (Luxembourg)

January 23, 1985 - Second day back Group Quarter Final Coppa Korac

CAJA MADRID - BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN 85-86

CAJA MADRID: Morales 11, Philips 24, Thornton 13, Sautu, J.Llorente 8, A. Llorente 3, Beiran 18, Fermosel, Gaztanaga, Bradender 8. Coach: Gonzales De La Cuevas

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Fantozzi 8, Jeelani 18, Restani 17, Tonut 7, Carera 21, Forti 6, Giusti 1, Rossi Massimo 8, Mori, Binelli Timante. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

Arbitrators: Vacente (Portugal) e Mezter (German)

January 30, 1985 - Third day back Group Quarter Final Coppa Korac

ARIS SALONICCO - BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN 83-72

ARIS SALONICCO: Yannakis 19, Galis 34, Dinion 10, Philippou 10, Wensell 4, Comanidis (N.E.), Doxakis 2, Stamatis (N.E.), Paramanidis, Kokolakis 4. Coach: Ionnanidis

BIRRA PERONI LEGHORN: Fantozzi 6, Jeelani 19, Restani 20, Tonut, Carera 8, Forti 8, Giusti 4, Rossi Massimo 7, Mori, Binelli Timante. Coach: Giancarlo Primo

Arbitrators: Wirowinck (Israel) e Dimitrov (Bulgaria)

In-depth talk about the upcoming Pallacanestro Leghorn in season 1988/89.

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LEGHORN ALSO WAS A KEY PLAYER IN EUROPE

Even teams Leghorn were protagonists in European competitions.

Especially the Libertas and Pallacanestro Leghorn have played, a total of 3 times, their match Korac Cup (the trophy in the photo), former European competition which was founded in 1972, has seen its abolition in 2002.

Leghorn, in its small, has played its part in 1984/85 with the formation of Libertas Leghorn sponsored by Birra Peroni, in 1988/89 with the Pallacanestro Leghorn sponsored by Allibert and again in 1989/90 with the Libertas Leghorn sponsored by Enimont.

Then everything ended with the merger, but if they still existed two the two companies, who knows if we would be here to recount only those shares or other equity maybe we would be telling perhaps the most prestigious competitions.

In this blog post all games played, with all statistics possible for you to relive those great emotion.

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THE BOOKS ON BASKETBALL IN LEGHORN - Part 1: "ONCE UPON A TIME THE DERBY ..."

Author: Andrea and BRUNO Ticci DAMAR - Publication Year: 1996

A book of great historical value. A journey through the story of a basketball move that has seen ups and downs but has given great satisfaction. The book starts from the first few games in the 30s and reaches up to 1996.Is told as the movement was born in Leghorn basketball derby on the very first public bathing facilities. The early successes of the teams labronica, the birth of historical societies, Pallacanestro and Libertas Leghorn, the memory of these two companies, the growth of one great passion town, the importance of women's basketball, the great champions and great champions, the absolute highlights of the 80s with the advent and growth of healthy rivalry town, the historic championship final, the merger between the two historical societies towns (Libertas Livorno and Pallacanestro precisely), the debacle of a whole movement and its struggle rebirth.A book that brings the real lovers of this sport at moments with the hope of seeing them again and relive it in the very near future.

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THE GRAFFITI

In Leghorn the rivarly was too....

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LIVORNO v MILANO - 4th PART

LIVORNO v MILANO. An old picture showing the comparision between Leghorn and Milan back to the past. In this photo a momento of the match between SIMMENTHAL MILAN (the mythical red shoes) and the formation of "LEGHORN BASKETBALL" in the 1957/58 season of the italian basketball top division.

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LEGHORN v MILAN - 1st PART

LEGHORN v MILANO. Is considered a classic of Italian Basketball Championship. In this picture ALESSANDRO FANTOZZI (ENICHEM LIVORNO - LL) v MIKE D'ANTONI (PHILIPS MILANO).

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WHEN LEGHORN WAS A "BASKET CITY"

In this image an older article of the local newspaper "Il Tirreno". The Title is: "Go Peroni, Go Rapident". These two names were the main sponsors of the two Leghorn's team basketball. In this period Leghorn was nicknamed "The italian BasketCity", because it was the only city to have two teams in the greatest italian basketball league.

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THE LEGHORN'S DERBIES - 1ST PART

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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.

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IBL CLASSICS - THE PLAYERS 5th EPISODE: WENDELL ALEXIS

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The blog will talk to you about all the history of basketball in Leghorn through the most spectacular.

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