The Italy men's national basketball team is scheduled to play at the

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in Tokyo in July 2021.

Overview

Italy qualified to the Olympics after an unexpected win against Serbia during the Qualifying Tournament. Only

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was added to the team who replaced

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. Italy qualified to the playoff stage losing only against

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in the qualifying stage. They lost against France in the quarterfinals and ended the competition in the 5th position.

Timeline

* 4 July: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the

. * 6 July: Coach Sacchetti submits the list of 12 players that will go to the

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. * 12 July: The national team starts the preparation in Rome. * 25 July: Italy wins 92-82 against Germany. * 28 July: Italy loses 83-86 against

. * 31 July: Italy wins 80-71 against Nigeria and qualifies to the playoffs. * 3 August: Italy loses 75-84 against France and ends the Olympics at the 5th position.

Kit

Supplier: Spalding

Roster

The following 12 players were called by coach

Meo Sacchetti Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti (born August 20, 1953) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently a head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2. Standing at a height of 1.99 m (6 ft. 6 in.), he played ...

for the

Depth chart

Staff

After the EuroBasket 2022 qualification tournament the staff team was updated: Piero Bucchi, Paolo Galbiati and Riccardo Fois were hired as assistant coaches and replaced

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and Paolo Conti. Only

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was confirmed amongst the assistant coaches. Source

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Olympic play

Preliminary round

Germany v Italy

Italy v Australia

Italy v Nigeria

Knockout stage

Italy v France

Statistics

Individual statistics

Individual game highs

;Notes * at least 5 attempts

Team game highs

References

External links

*
Italy men's OQT basketball team profile
on FIBA {{DEFAULTSORT:Italy Italy men's national basketball team by year 2021–22 in Italian basketball