The Italian League (LBA) announced that the season-opening Supercup will be played at the PalaGalassi arena in Forlì. The dates were already known, September 23 and 24, with the event being held in its usual Final 4 format. The participating teams will be championship winner and runner-up and Italian Cup winner and runner-up from last season.

On Saturday 23, EA7 Milano will face Trento, while Sassari and Venezia will play for the second spot in Sunday's Final (18:00 local/CET).

The League allocated the event to the city of Forlì, where the Supercup waas last played in 2011. Previously, the city hosted the Finals of the Italiaan Cup in the 2001-2006 period.

The event will have Prozis as title sponsor and will be aired on TV by Eurosport.

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