Pallacanestro Trieste 2004, also known for sponsorship reasons as Acegas A.P.S. Trieste is an Italian

Italy

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 team from the town of Trieste

Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...

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In 2009/2010 season it will play in the Italian LNP A Dilettanti (third-highest level division). The team home arena is Palatrieste

Palatrieste

Palatrieste is an indoor sporting arena located in Trieste, Italy. Opened in 1999, it has a seating capacity for 6,943 people and is currently home for Acegasaps Trieste basketball team....

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It was established in 1975. It has reached the Korać Cup

Korac Cup

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 final in the 1993/94 season and played in the top Italian division Serie A

Serie A (basketball)

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 in 1982-86, 1990-97 and 1999-2004. The best result in the league was 3rd place in the 1993/94 season. The team has also reached the Italian Cup final in the 1994/95 season. After the 2003/04 season it went bankrupt and was sent to the lower leagues. In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as Lloyd Trieste (1974-75), Hurlingham Trieste (1976-81), Oece Trieste (1981-82), Bic Trieste (1982-84), Stefanel Trieste (1984-94), Illy Caffè Trieste (1994-96), Genertel Trieste (1996-98), Lineltex Trieste (1997-99), Telit Trieste (1999-01), Coop Nordest Trieste (2001-02, 2003-04) and Acegas Trieste (2002-03).

Another team from Trieste, Società Ginnastica Triestina, played in Serie A

Serie A (basketball)

Lega Basket Serie A is the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball where play determines the national champion. The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals and semifinals series are best-of-five, and...

 from 1930s to the 1960s, winning several Italian championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Three more teams from Trieste played in Serie A, Lega Nazionale Trieste (1949-1951), San Giusto Trieste (1948-1949) and Polizia Civile Trieste (1949-1950).

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  one test match game in 1986   Larry Middleton 4 seasons: '89-'92, '94-'95 Davide Cantarello 5 seasons: '89-'94 Alessandro De Pol 5 seasons: '89-'94 Claudio Pilutti 5 seasons: '89-'94 Terry Tyler

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 1 season: '89-'90   Gregor Fučka

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 4 seasons: '90-'94 Dino Meneghin

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 3 seasons: '90-'93 Sylvester Gray

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 2 seasons: '90-'92 Dejan Bodiroga

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 2 seasons: '92-'94 Albert English 1 season: '92-'93 Ferdinando Gentile

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 1 season: '94-'95 Pete Chilcutt

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 1 season: '95-'96 Aniello Laezza 5 seasons: '96-'01 Alberto Vianini 3 seasons: '96-'99   Teoman Alibegović 2 seasons: '96-'97, '98-'99 Darnell Robinson

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 1 season: '96-'97   Ivica Marić

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 4 seasons: '97-'98, '99-'00, '01-'03 Irving Thomas

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 1 season: '97-'98 Ed O'Bannon

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 1 season: '97-'98 Samuele Podestà 4 seasons: '99-'03   Ron Rowan

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 1 season: '99-'00 Conrad McRae

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 1 season: '99-'00   Dante Calabria

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 1 season: '00-'01   Casey Shaw

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 1 season: '00-'01   Milan Gurović

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 1 season: '00-'01 Scoonie Penn

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 1 season: '00-'01 Nate Erdmann

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 2 seasons: '01-'03 M.C. Mazique 1 season: '01-'02 Derell Washington 1 season: '01-'02 Siniša Kelečević 1 season: '02-'03 Terrance Roberson

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 1 season: '02-'03   Sharif Fajardo

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 1 season: '03-'04 Alvin Sims

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 1 season: '03-'04 Billy Thomas

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 1 season: '03-'04 Brian Oliver

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1 season: '03-'04

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