The A2 championship will be a long one. With the single group of 20 teams, there will be 38 home and away matches in total, with 8 midweek rounds. We return to the old formula: the first-placed team at the end of the regular season will be promoted to Serie A, while the second-placed promotion will be awarded at the end of the playoffs. The news is that the teams ranked from 8th to 13th place will be admitted to the Play in and will meet in a single match first round at the home of the best ranked team: 10th against 13th and 11th against 12th. After which the winner of the first match will face the eighth team on the play-off grid while the other will face the ninth. The teams that win the play-in and the teams classified from 2nd to 7th place at the end of the qualifying phase will therefore access the playoffs, with the classic sequence: 3 home games out of 5 for the best-ranked team. As regards relegations, there will be three: the team ranked in 20th place will be relegated directly to the national Serie B. While the teams classified from 16th to 19th place will access the play-outs following the 16th against 19th and 17th against 18th scheme, always with the formula of 3 out of 5 matches at the home of the best qualified. The two losers are relegated to national B.
In the meantime, the press conference announced by the club on the occasion of the election of president Valli is late. Vuelle took stock of the situation with a statement in which it explains “that the path that will lead to the definition of the new organizational structure of the Club is continuing”. Specifically, “the new Board of Directors led by the new President Andrea Valli met to discuss the guidelines and to outline the next steps to be implemented. Furthermore, the outgoing Board of Directors and the new Board of Directors outlined the paths and formalities connected to the handover, with full harmony in terms of objectives and working methodologies”. The Club also communicates “that in these days all the activities connected to the registration for the Serie A2 championship for the 2024/2025 sports season are being completed and that all corporate components are working to define the best organizational and sporting structure”. Finally, that “the entities that are part of the Pesaro Basket Consortium and the sponsors that are alongside Vuelle are demonstrating enthusiasm and confidence in supporting the Club and accompanying their support in the next championship”. Now all this must be translated into three rather urgent concrete facts in order to continue the path we are talking about: the renewal of the sponsorship, the appointment of the new general director, the appointment – or confirmation – of the sporting director. Only then will it be possible to start making offers to the coach and players who want to be involved in the attempt to rise back to the top flight.
Elisabetta Ferri
