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Olimpia Milano: ninth Coppa Italia, now 17 trophies in the Armani era

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No one like Olimpia. Beating, in the final, Bertram Tortona, the’EA7 took home what is the ninth Coppa Italia in its history. Counting in hand, it is the club with the highest number of Italian Cups won (detached Virtus Bologna, stopped at eight). The one in Turin 2026 harks back to the first success achieved in this competition, which in fact dates back to 1972, obviously in another arena in Turin, at Parco Ruffini.

Fabrizio PonciroliAddio a Giorgio Armani: images of the’epopee at Olimpia Milano

Addio a Giorgio Armani: pictures of the'epopee at Olimpia Milano
The Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur has become central in the rebirth of the Milan basketball team
Armani as patron of the'Olimpia won a total of 15 trophies
He acquired Olimpia Milano in 2008, becoming the sole owner
Under his management, Olimpia won 6 Italian championships
He brought economic and organizational stability to the club with the EA7 brand
Milan is back in the Euroleague, reaching the Final 4 in 2021
In 2019 he appointed Ettore Messina as coach, revolutionizing the team
Invested in top players such as Sergio Rodriguez, Nikola Mirotic, Nicolò Melli, Kyle Hines, Alessandro Gentile, Shabazz Napier, Shavon Shields, Luigi Datome, Curtis Jerrells
Also players like Luis Scola and Danilo Gallinari briefly donned the Olimpia jersey under his management

In addition to championships, Armani's Olimpia won 4 Italian Cups and 5 Italian Super Cups

Under his management the international visibility of Olimpia Milano has markedly increased
He will remain in the hearts of Milan fans, who are already celebrating him on social

Here he is together with a legend of the past, Dino Meneghin

In the Armani era, this is the fifth Coppa Italia: Olimpia previously won it in 2016 in Milan, 2017 in Rimini, 2021 in Milan and 2022 in Pesaro, interestingly against the same Tortona defeated yesterday in the final. It is also the fifth win in the Final Eight era, so Treviso’s record was also tied. Finally, Turin’s three victories brought the total in the Italian Cup to 109 which surpasses Virtus Bologna’s 108. Olimpia has a record in Italian Cup games of 109 won and 47 lost, 69.9% success rate.

Since three titles are awarded per season in Italy, this is the third time Olimpia has come up with two trophies mid-year. It had happened in 2017 when the Jasmin Repesa-coached team won the Supercoppa in Milan and then asserted itself in the Coppa Italia in Rimini by beating Dinamo Sassari – the last team to achieve the Triplete in 2015 -; and then in 2021 when under Ettore Messina (there were both Shavon Shields and Zach LeDay), Olimpia won the Supercoppa in Bologna by beating Virtus and then the Coppa Italia in Milan by overcoming Pesaro in the final. However, in neither of those two seasons did it then manage to win the Scudetto.

The success in Turin is number 17 in the Armani era, which began in the summer of 2008. Since then, Olimpia has won six championships, five Italian Cups and six Super Cups. Peppe Poeta is the fifth winning coach under the Armani wing. Poeta is also the second ever to win the Italian Cup as both a player and a coach.

After the Italian Cup Final Eight, Olimpia Milano is now called upon to make a big effort in the Euroleague to try to grab the play-in (a decidedly complicated goal) and prepare for the postseason in the league with the dream of winning, again, the Scudetto and climbing to 18 trophies in the Armani era.

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