Scugnizzi forever ·Scugnizzi per sempre

The human and sporting experience of a group of "scugnizzi" from Caserta who, in Italy in the 80s and 90s, dared to challenge the Olympus of Italian basketball.

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Documentary
Created By

Gianni Costantino

First Aired on

Aug 21, 2023

1 seaons till Aug 25, 2023

Popularity: 1.2729
2 votes
Networks
(IT)
(IT)
Production

Rai Documentari (IT)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: L'ultimo canestro

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Season 1

The human and sporting experience of a group of "scugnizzi" from Caserta who, in Italy in the 80s and 90s, dared to challenge the Olympus of Italian basketball.

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1Palla a due50 min

    Caserta, early 80s. In a province in Southern Italy far from the spotlights, a group of "scugnizzi" from the city play in the street and dream of making it in the only sport that reaches for the sky: basketball.

  • Episode 2La reggia del basket50 min

    1982. The construction of the PalaMaggiò in just one hundred days gives the "scugnizzi" the ideal arena for their sporting battles. For Juvecaserta, going to challenge the great North of the basketball quadrilateral is no longer just a fantasy.

  • Episode 3Gli eterni bonsai50 min

    Seasons 84/85 and 85/86. The "scugnizzi" twice come within a few points of triumph, but crash against the wall of the giants of Olimpia Milano. In the locker room the shadow of a doubt begins to creep in: what if the Caserta team were only eternal seconds?

  • Episode 4Il profumo della vittoria50 min

    The following seasons gave the "scugnizzi" their first sporting joys. In 1989 the most epic match took place: the final of the Cup Winners' Cup against the great Real Madrid. A battle played point by point, until the most unpredictable epilogue.

  • Episode 5La grande scommessa50 min

    1990. At the end of another unsuccessful season, the "scugnizzi" decide to take on even more responsibility and definitively focus on themselves. How? By betraying the team's leader, the best scorer.

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