# Italian Basketball Hall of Fame

The Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (Italian: Italia Basket Hall of Fame, IBHOF) is a hall of fame that honours individuals (or whole teams) that have contributed to the spread and improvement of Italian basketball, through their sporting contributions, their behaviour and their actions in support of the game in Italy.
The Italian Basketball Federation has inducted a class every year since 2007 (counting for the previous year) with an official ceremony that crowns athletes (male and female), coaches, referees or other figureheads who have contributed to Italian basketball, with a maximum of seven inductees per year (teams exempted). Those also in the Naismith Hall of Fame or the FIBA Hall of Fame are not limited in number, in addition, two individuals who are deceased at most can also be inducted in memoriam yearly.

## History

The Hall of Fame was established by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) on 16 September 2006, with the first class (that of 2006) inducted on 11 February 2007 in Bologna. Sandro Riminucci, who broke a LBA record with 77 points in 1963, Sandro Gamba, who had a hand in defeating the Soviet Union national basketball team at the 1980 Olympics, Dado Lombardi and Paolo Vittori were honoured, as well as Cesare Rubini (a Naismith Hall of Fame member like Gamba) and Dino Meneghin (in both the Naismith and FIBA Hall of Fame).
The 2008 class, inducted in Bologna on 22 February 2009, saw former Virtus Bologna head coach Ettore Messina amongst the inductees.
The 2014 class, inducted in Rome on 23 March 2015, had a number of former Pallacanestro Varese members; Antonio Bulgheroni was crowned for his career both as Varese player (winning three LBA titles) and president (adding the 1999 title to become the only person to have won both as player and president), whilst Marino Zanatta and Fabrizio Della Fiori were honoured for their playing contributions to their clubs and the senior Italian national basketball team.

## Inductees

LBA awards and honours :
Individual awards :
MVP
Finals MVP
Top Scorer
All-Star Game
Basket Oscar
Italian Hall of Fame :
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### Athletes

The honour is bestowed on athletes that have distinguished themselves on the domestic or international front, with either a minimum of 50 or 30 national team caps to respectively the men's national team and the women's national team, an Italian domestic first division (LBA) title, a European-wide cup title, or a medal at the senior EuroBasket, FIBA World Cup, or Summer Olympic Games. They have to have stopped playing for at least five years prior to the nomination.
| Male | Female |
| Class of 2006 ||
| Gianfranco Lombardi | - |
| Dino Meneghin (N, F) | - |
| Sandro Riminucci | - |
| Paolo Vittori | - |
| Class of 2007 ||
| Pierlo Marzorati (F) | Mabel Bocchi |
| Gianfranco Pieri | - |
| Class of 2008 ||
| Ottorino Flaborea | Nidia Pausich |
| Aldo Ossola | - |
| Class of 2009 ||
| Giuseppe Brumatti | Nicoletta Persi |
| Giovanni Gavagnin | - |
| Giulio Iellini | - |
| Class of 2010 ||
| Massimo Masini | Lidia Gorlin |
| Class of 2011 ||
| Gabriele Vianello | Rosetta Bozzolo |
| Sauro Bufalini | - |
| Class of 2012 ||
| Renzo Bariviera | Wanda Sandon |
| Franco Bertini | - |
| Class of 2013 ||
| Carlo Caglieris | Catarina Pollini |
| Renato Villalta | - |
| Class of 2014 ||
| Fabrizio Della Fiori | Mara Fullin |
| Marino Zanatta | - |
| Class of 2015 ||
| Ivan Bisson | Bianca Rossi |
| Class of 2016 ||
| Massimo Cosmelli | - |
| Enrico Gilardi | - |
| Romeo Sacchetti | - |
| Class of 2017 ||
| Oscar Schmidt | - |
| Class of 2023 ||
| Bob Morse | - |

### Head coaches

The honour is bestowed to head coaches who have distinguished themselves at home or abroad, winning either a medal at the senior EuroBasket, FIBA World Cup, or Olympic Summer Games, a European-wide club competition, or the Italian first division title (LBA) with either men's or women's teams and clubs. They have to be at least 65 years old at their nomination, and possess a national coaching license. Only one can be designated per year.
* Class of 2006
* Sandro Gamba (N)
* Cesare Rubini (N, F)
* Class of 2007
* Carlo Recalcati
* Class of 2008
* Ettore Messina
* Class of 2009
* Arnaldo Taurisano
* Class of 2010
* Tonino Zorzi
* Class of 2011
* Giuseppe Guerrieri
* Class of 2012
* Dan Peterson
* Class of 2013
* Valerio Bianchini
* Class of 2014
* Gianni Asti
* Class of 2015
* Alberto Bucci
* Class of 2016
* Bogdan Tanjević

### Teams

The honour can be bestowed to an Italian basketball club that has distinguished itself on the national or international scene, by winning Italian first division (LBA) titles or European-wide cups, and who has through its actions and results, left a vivid memory to basketball followers.
If the club is defunct, the prize can be received by a representative former member. It can also be awarded to an Italian national team (men's or women's), that has won a medal in a EuroBasket, FIBA World Cup, or Summer Olympic Games.
Class of 2011 :
| Italy national men's team at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, in Moscow - Silver ||||||
| Players ||||||
| Fabrizio Della Fiori | Marco Solfrini | Marco Bonamico | Dino Meneghin | Renato Villalta | Renzo Vecchiato |
| Pierlo Marzorati | Pietro Generali | Romeo Sacchetti | Roberto Brunamonti | Michael Sylvester | Enrico Gilardi |
| Head coach Sandro Gamba | Assistant coach Riccardo Sales | Doctor Dima Ferrantelli | Physio Sandro Galleani | Team manager Massimo Blasetti | Delegation Head Cesare Rubini |
| Class of 2013 ||||||
| Italy national men's team at the 1983 EuroBasket, in France - Gold ||||||
| Players ||||||
| Carlo Caglieris | Alberto Tonut | Marco Bonamico | Enrico Gilardi | Ario Costa | Roberto Brunamonti |
| Renato Villalta | Dino Meneghin | Antonello Riva | Renzo Vecchiato | Pierlo Marzorati | Romeo Sacchetti |
| Head coach Sandro Gamba | Assistant coaches Riccardo Sales / Santi Puglisi | Doctor Dima Ferrantelli | Physio Sandro Galleani | Team Managers Massimo Blasetti / Duilio De Gobbis (assistant) | Delegation Head Cesare Rubini |
| Class of 2015 ||||||
| Grande Ignis 1970–1979 ||||||
| Class of 2016 ||||||
| Olimpia Milano ||||||

### Referees

The honour can be bestowed to referees who have distinguished themselves, at home or abroad, that have officiated for at least 10 years. They must have participated in at least a senior level EuroBasket, FIBA World Cup, Summer Olympic Games, or a European-wide cup final for clubs, for either men or women. The awardee must have stopped officiating for at least five years, prior to the award. Only one can be designated per year.
* Class of 2007
* Aldo Albanesi
* Class of 2008
* Giancarlo Vitolo
* Class of 2009
* Vittorio Paolo Fiorito
* Class of 2010
* Ninì Ardito
* Class of 2011
* Bruno Duranti
* Class of 2012
* Stefano Cazzaro

### Contributors ("a life for basketball")

The "a life for basketball" honour (Italian: premio "una vita per il basket"), is awarded to those who have contributed significantly to the development of Italian basketball, be it domestically or internationally. They receive recognition for their actions in either Italian or international sports organisations. Any contributor who has been involved in Italian basketball, for at least twenty years, can be designated. There is a single designation per year, unless otherwise warranted by special circumstances.
* Class of 2007
* Claudio Coccia
* Gianluigi Porelli
* Class of 2008
* Aldo Vitale
* Class of 2009
* Gianni Corsolini
* Class of 2010
* Amedeo Salerno
* Class of 2011
* Valter Scavolini
* Class of 2012
* Gilberto Benetton
* Class of 2013
* Alessandro Galleani
* Class of 2014
* Antonio Bulgheroni
* Raffaele Morbelli
* Class of 2015
* Achille Canna

### In memoriam

The Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, can also honour deceased individuals, who have contributed significantly to the development of Italian basketball, be it domestically or internationally. A single awardee can be chosen each year, and nominations aren't accepted. The Italian Basketball Federation chooses the individual honoured in memoriam itself.
* Class of 2007
* Aldo Giordani
* Enrico Vinci
* Class of 2008
* Nello Paratore
* Giancarlo Primo
* Class of 2009
* Adolfo Bogoncelli
* Vittorio Tracuzzi
* Class of 2010
* Maurizio Martolini
* Sergio Stefanini
* Class of 2011
* Aldo Allievi
* Giovanni Maggiò
* Emilio Tricerri
* Class of 2012
* Gianfranco Benvenuti
* Class of 2013
* Gino Burcovich
* Class of 2014
* Diego Pini