Victoria Libertas

Victoria Libertas (or "VL") is a basketball team based in Pesaro, Italy.

Brief history

Victoria Libertas was officially founded in 1947 and had its best seasons during the 1980s. After being among the top teams in Italy for decades, Victoria Libertas won its first important trophy in 1983 (European Cup Winners' Cup). Since then, Italian League was won twice (in 1988 and 1990), as Italian Cup was also won twice (in 1985 and 1992).

Related Topics:
1947 - 1980s - Italy - 1983 - 1988 - 1990 - 1985 - 1992

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In recent years, Victoria Libertas was among the best European teams, having played the Euroleague in 2001/02 and 2004/05 seasons. In 2004/05 it unexpectedly got to the Euroleague Top-8, being defeated in the quarter finals by Maccabi Tel Aviv. Furthermore, Victoria Libertas shooting guard, Charles Smith, was honored with the first-ever Euroleague's Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy http://www.euroleague.net/finalfour05/noticia.jsp?temporada=E04&jornada=23&id=791, named after the late Euroleague scoring champ who died in 2004 and who was replaced in Victoria Libertas by Smith himself.

Related Topics:
Euroleague - Maccabi Tel Aviv - Charles Smith - Alphonso Ford - 2004

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