Basket Rimini Crabs

Basket Rimini Crabs is a basketball club from the Italian Rimini.

The club was founded in 1947 under the name " Polisportiva Libertas ". During the 1970s he went under the name Basket Rimini on in the second highest Italian league Serie A2 and played for the first time in its history at a professional level. 1984 it rose to the highest league in Serie A1, which one belonged to a total of eight seasons until 2001, long after several discounts and ascents. The best finish was an eighth place in the season 1985 / 86th In addition, twice managed to qualify for an international competition; for the seasons 1998/99 and 1999/ 2000, they played each in Korać Cup.

2001 it rose to the newly founded Legadue from which the series A2 had replaced, and added as an additional Crabs added his club name. After being in this division belongs to ten years, the club, the license was revoked in 2011 for professional game operation. The first team started its gaming operations in the fourth- highest division Divisione Nazionale B (DNB ) new.

Some youth teams of the club won in the 1980 and 1990 national championship. The best-known players of the club have included Carlton Myers and Alex Righetti, who started their professional careers in Rimini.