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'''Libertas Pallacanestro Asti''' was a professional basketball club based in [[Asti]], Italy.
==History==
Libertas Asti was founded in 1954{{CN|date=November 2023}} and under the sponsorship of '''Saclà''', passed from Serie D to Serie A in five years with the Hungarian coach Lajos Tóth. In the first participation in the [[Lega Basket Serie A|premier league]] of the 1972–73 Serie A Saclà Asti was ranked in eighth place, also it reached the final of the [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] and defeated by [[Ignis Varese]],{{CN|date=November 2023}} and getting access to the [[FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup]]. In the 1973–74 season, due to the unavailability of a gambling facility approved for the Cup Winners' Cup, Saclà played its home games at [[PalaRuffini]] of [[Turin]], finishing in sixth place. The shame season the club played in the [[1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup]] and reached to play in the semifinals where it excluded by the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] powerhouse [[BC Brno|Spartak ZJŠ Brno]] (86–70 win in Turin, 71–88 defeat in [[Brno]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/c2_e.htm/ |title=1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816091704/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/c2_e.htm/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
At the end of the season, remaining the unavailability of a suitable arena, Libertas established a twinning agreement with Auxilium Torino presided over by Fr. Gino Borgogno (accepted by the League to the Championship of Basketball Series A2 of the new institution), with which they moved into Turin-based club the best elements of the first team (as Dante Anconetani, John Laing, Alberto embattled, Brown Edge, Romeo Sacchetti, etc.), the coach Lajos Tóth, the managerial staff and Saclà sponsors, while Charlie Caglieris, considered the " flag "of the team, was sold for budgetary reasons to [[Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna|Fortitudo Bologna]]. The club Asti then decided to give up the Series A1 and the Series B share with a team mainly made up of players from the youth sector of the [[Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino|Auxilium Torino]].
After just one year in Serie B the company disbanded (1976).
==Honours==
*'''[[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]]'''
: ''Runners-up (1)'': 1972–73
==In European and worldwide competitions==
=== Match table ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! width=10%|Record
! width=10%|Round
! width=20%|Opponent club
! width=10%|
! width=10%|
! width=10%|
! width=10%|
! width=10%|
|-
|colspan=8|[[1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup]] <small>2nd–tier</small>
|-
|rowspan=5|7–3
|<small>'''1st round'''</small>
|align=left|{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Pregassona Basket|Pregassona]]
|115–47 <br>h
|91–77 <br>a
|-
|<small>'''2nd round'''</small>
|align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[TED Ankara Kolejliler]]
|79–43 <br>a
|89–51 <br>h
|-
|rowspan=2|<small>'''QF'''</small>
|align=left|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[PBC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]
|75–59 <br>h
|83–75 <br>a
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[KK Crvena zvezda|Crvena zvezda]]
|86–93 <br>a
|87–88 <br>h
|-
|<small>'''SF'''</small>
|align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[BC Brno|Spartak ZJŠ Brno]]
|86–70 <br>h
|71–88 <br>a
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:1954 establishments in Italy]]
[[Category:Asti]]
[[Category:Basketball teams established in 1954]]
[[Category:Basketball teams in Piedmont]]
[[Category:Defunct basketball teams in Italy]]
[[Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 1976]]
[[Category:1976 disestablishments in Italy]]