The Italy men's national basketball team () represents

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in international

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tournaments. They are administered by the

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(FIP). Italy has qualified for 38

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tournaments, winning two gold medals (

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), four silver medals (

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), and four bronze medals (

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) as achievements. While Italy has made ten trips to the

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, the closest they have come to winning a medal was in

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and

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, where they finished fourth. In 13 attempts at the

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, Italy has earned two silver medals, in

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and

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. Currently, Italy is ranked 14th in the FIBA World Ranking.

History

The Early Years (1926–39)

The first match of the Italian national basketball team was played on 4 April 1926 in

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, and it ended with a victory over France 23–17. Italy's first participation in the Olympic Games was at the

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in Berlin, placing seventh out of twenty-one teams. At the

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Italy placed second behind Lithuania, after being beaten by just one point in the final game. The silver medal was repeated at EuroBasket 1946.

The Difficult Postwar Period (1946–69)

Following the end of World War II, the Azzurri went through difficult times and not only failed to qualify for two Summer Olympics and three consecutive world championships but struggled in Europe as well. This was also reflected at the technical level with the alternation of several head coaches within only a few years. Of special importance was Italy's decision not to compete at the EuroBasket 1949, in order to mourn for the victims of the

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. It was the first time that the squad missed a

. In 1957, as Nello Paratore took the head coach position (which he held for 11 years) Italy made only slight improvements from the previous decade. At the

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in Rome, Italy showed its most impressive performance to this point where it placed fourth, only behind USA, USSR and Brazil. Curiously, the organizational expenses of the Olympics in Rome resulted in the decision not to participate in the EuroBasket 1961.

The Decade of Giancarlo Primo (1969–79)

In 1969, Giancarlo Primo became Italy's coach, focusing the game strategies on defense. Under his leadership the Italian national team grew stronger, claiming a place among the world's elite. Under Primo, the Azzuri won two European bronze medals and earned two fourth-place finishes at the

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. Further, Italy finished fourth at the

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where it lost the match for third place to

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by only one point.
Among the leading players of the national team were the young Meneghin, Marzorati, Villalta and Bariviera.

The Successful Years of Gamba (1979–85)

In 1979

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replaced Primo, leading Italy to its biggest triumphs till then: a silver at the

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in Moscow, a gold at EuroBasket 1983 in Nantes, and a bronze at the

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in Stuttgart. As in the years before, Meneghin, Marzorati and Villalta were the cornerstones of the team, complemented by players such as Riva and Brunamonti. This episode in time stands out to this day as the most successful in the history of the Italian national team.

The National Crisis of 1983: Bianchini and leg-a (1985–92)

Following these outstanding accomplishments was another period of crisis, first under Coach Valerio Bianchini (replaced in 1985), and then another six years of modest success where the biggest accomplishment was silver at the EuroBasket 1991 in

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, which was called to end Ettore Messina, who took over in 1992. In the same year Enrico Vinci stepped down as President of the Italian Basketball Federation after 16 years. The place was taken over by Giovanni Petrucci.

The Messina-Tanjevic Era (1992–2001)

Ettore Messina became Italy's coach in 1992, winning a silver medal at

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in Barcelona. This medal was the main accomplishment of coach Messina, who served the team for five years. Yet, he failed to qualify for the

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and the

. A great disappointment was suffered at the 1998 World Cup in Athens, when a team with Fučka, Myers and Meneghin was believed to aspire to the podium but only finished sixth.

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replaced Messina and led Italy to the triumph at the

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, the first gold medal in 16 years. The second gold medal at a European Basketball Championship arrived after beating Spain in the final game. After a ninth place at

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, held in Turkey, Carlo Recalcati was called to replace Tanjević. Recalcati could count on Italy's top talents Gregor Fučka and Carlton Myers, as well as valuable contributors such as Basile, Abbio and Chiacig.

The Recalcati Era (2001–09)

At the

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, Italy showed a strong performances and defeated

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and

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but was later kicked out by

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in the semifinals. The victory against France in the bronze medal game guaranteed the team's qualification at the

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in Athens. Italy won a silver medal in that event and was stopped only in the final game by

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. Most important, this silver seemed to be worth much more than that of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow where several top teams, including the

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and

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were absent for a boycott.
Since then, the Azzurri experienced years of only skimpy satisfaction: after the Summer Olympics in Greece, the team collected three ninth-place finishes, two at the EuroBasket and one at the

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. Subsequently, the team failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the

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and the 2010 World Cup.
Despite the increasing internationalization of the

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(especially towards European players) and a steady presence of Italian players, (including the historic first overall pick

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of the

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) the national team performed poorly in these years. The reasons for this phenomenon are simple: low contribution of NBA athletes, ageing guards (

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and Gianluca Basile, who were the highlights of Athens already in their thirties) and the lack of young talent. The reason for the seeming lack of talent were caused by the difficulty that Italian talents had in the national championships

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. There, they faced strong competition especially from American and European players. It comes as no coincidence that the team that absolutely dominated in the last years,

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rarely had Italians in the starting lineup.
During these years, the

went through some changes at the top executives level. Fausto Maifredi (in office since 1999) left and the Federation's first commissioner Dino Meneghin changed the rules by mandating for the commissioner to be the league's president as well.
Meanwhile, Italy failed to qualify for the European Championship in 2009, for the first time since

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. Curiously, 2009 is the first year where the Azzurri failed to qualify for sports-related reasons. Both absences (

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and 1961) were due to non-sporting reasons. Following the disappointment CT Recalcati left and was replaced by Simone Pianigiani. Pianigiani coached both the national team and

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, which for years dominated the

Coach Pianigiani (2009–2015)

The team with Coach Pianigiani was able to qualify for the

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due to an

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decision to expand the tournament. Later, Coach Pianigiani was able to secure Italy a spot at the EuroBasket 2015.

Ettore Messina, the return (2015–2017)

From 5 November 2015, Ettore Messina returned to be head coach of the Italian national team simultaneously with his appointment as assistant-coach of the

club

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. On 9 July 2016, Italy was defeated by

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in the Finals of the

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, failing the qualification for the Olympics in

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. Prior to

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, Ettore Messina announced he would leave the bench of Italy's national team after the tournament. At the EuroBasket 2017, Coach Messina and his players were able to lock up third place in Group B of the preliminary phase and set up a Round of 16 date with

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. There they reached the

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, after a supreme performance from

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to lead the Azzurri. However, Italy would fall against

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83–67, failing to set up an semi-finals clash against

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Romeo Sacchetti Era (2017–2022)

Italy named Romeo Sacchetti new head coach of the national team after the

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. Sacchetti, who was also coach of

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, began his new job during the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.

Gianmarco Pozzecco Era (2022–present)

Gianmarco Pozzecco took over in 2022, coaching the team to the

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, co-hosted by Italy. After a 3–2 record in Group C of the preliminary round, Italy upset favoured

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in the round of 16. Despite 29 points from reigning NBA MVP

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and coach Pozzecco being ejected, Italy managed to win the game after overtime. The game was deemed as one of the greatest upsets in EuroBasket history, and coach Pozzecco proclaimed the game to be "probably the best match in the history of Italian basketball". In the quarter-finals, Italy lost after overtime to

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Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

EuroBasket

Results and fixtures

2024

2025

2026

Team

Current roster

Roster for 2024 Olympic Qualifying.

Depth chart

Head coach history

Individual records

Players with the most caps (games played)

*Players in bold, are players that are still active.

Players with the most points scored

*Players in bold, are players that are still active.

Highest individual scoring games

* 46 Antonello Riva – 29 October 1987 vs. * 45

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– 15 September 1956 vs. * 41 Antonello Riva – 8 August 1990 vs. * 40 Claudio Malagoli – 25 May 1978 vs. * 40 Antonello Riva – 10 August 1984 vs. * 39 Antonello Riva – 18 July 1986 vs. * 37 Antonello Riva – 24 June 1992 vs. * 36

– 2 September 2011 vs. * 36 Carlton Myers – 3 December 1997 vs. * 35 Danilo Gallinari – 30 August 2015 vs. * 35 Antonello Riva – 9 August 1990 vs.

Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 10 teams 3 Gino Basso, 4 Bruno Caracoi, 5

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, 6 Emilio Giassetti, 7 Giancarlo Marinelli, 8 Sergio Paganella, 9 Egidio Premiani, 10 Ezio Varisco (Coach: Attilio De Filippi) ---- 1936 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 21 teams 1 Ambrogio Bessi, 2 Galeazzo Dondi, 3

, 4 Emilio Giassetti, 5 Enrico Castelli, 6 Giancarlo Marinelli, 7 Sergio Paganella, 8 Egidio Premiani, 9 Gino Basso, 10 Adolfo Mazzini, 11 Mario Novelli, 12

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, 13 Remo Piana (Coach: Decio Scuri) ---- 1937 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 8 teams 3 Ambrogio Bessi, 4 Galeazzo Dondi, 5

, 6 Emilio Giassetti, 7 Giancarlo Marinelli, 8 Camillo Marinone, 9 Sergio Paganella, 10 Mino Pasquini, 11

, 12 Ezio Varisco (Coach: Guido Graziani) ---- 1939 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 8 teams 3 Giancarlo Marinelli, 4 Mino Pasquini, 5 Mario Novelli, 7

, 8 Gelsomino Girotti, 9 Ambrogio Bessi, 10 Giuseppe Bernini, 11 Aldo Tambone, 12 Bruno Renner, 13 Giovanbattista Pellegrini, 14 Venzo Vannini (Coach: Decio Scuri) ---- 1946 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 10 teams 3 Giancarlo Marinelli, 5 Mario Cattarini, 6 Venzo Vannini, 7 Tullio Pitacco, 8 Armando Fagarazzi, 9 Cesare Rubini, 11 Sergio Stefanini, 12 Valentino Pellarini, 13 Albino Bocciai, 14 Marcello de Nardus, 20 Giuseppe Stefanini (Coach: ?) ---- 1947 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 14 teams 3 Cesare Rubini, 4 Marcello de Nardus, 5 Mario Cattarini, 6 Guido Garlato, 7 Giovanni Miliani, 8 Armando Fagarazzi, 10 Sergio Ferriani, 11 Severino Radici, 12 Valentino Pellarini, 13 Giancarlo Primo, 14 Carlo Cerioni, 15

Vittorio Tracuzzi Vittorio Tracuzzi (2 January 1923 – 21 October 1986) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially ...

, 16 Massimo Lucentini, 23 Enrico Garbosi (Coach: Elliott van Zandt) ---- 1948 Olympic Games: finished 17th among 23 teams 3 Giancarlo Marinelli, 4 Gianfranco Bersani, 5

, 6 Giancarlo Primo, 7 Romeo Romanutti, 8

Luigi Rapini Luigi Rapini (21 July 1924 – 18 September 2013) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Game ...

, 9 Carlo Cerioni, 10 Sergio Ferriani, 11 Federico Marietti, 12 Valentino Pellarini, 13 Giovanni Nesti, 14 Ezio Mantelli, 15 Renzo Ranuzzi, 33 Sergio Stefanini (Coach: Elliott van Zandt) ----

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: finished 5th among 17 teams 3 Giancarlo Primo, 4 Gianfranco Bersani, 5

, 6 Dino Zucchi, 7 Romeo Romanutti, 8 Giorgio Bongiovanni, 9 Cesare Rubini, 10 Giuseppe Sforza, 11 Federico Marietti, 12 Enrico Pagani, 13 Carlo Cerioni, 14 Mario de Carolis, 15 Enzo Ferretti, 33 Sergio Stefanini (Coach: Elliott van Zandt) ---- 1952 Olympic Games: finished 17th among 23 teams 3 Giorgio Bongiovanni, 4 Carlo Cerioni, 5 Renzo Ranuzzi, 6 Sergio Marelli, 7

, 8 Fabio Presca, 9 Enrico Pagani, 10 Sergio Ferriani, 11 Federico Marietti, 12 Dino Zucchi, 13 Sergio Stefanini, 15 Giordano Damiani, 16 Achille Canna (Coach:

) ---- 1953 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 17 teams 3 Tonino Zorzi, 4 Carlo Cerioni, 5 Giorgio Bongiovanni, 6 Stelio Posar, 7 Alberto Margheritini, 8 Alessandro Riminucci, 9 Cesare Rubini, 10 Achille Canna, 11 Antonio Calebotta, 12 Nicola Porcelli, 13 Giuseppe Lomazzi, 14 Romano Forastieri, 15

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, 16 Rino di Cera (Coach:

) ----

1955 EuroBasket The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) ente ...

: finished 6th among 18 teams 3 Giordano Damiani, 4 Adelino Cappelletti, 5 Vinicio Nesti, 6 Adelino Costanzo, 7 Alberto Margheritini, 8 Alessandro Gamba, 9 Silvio Lucev, 10 Alessandro Riminucci, 11 Elvio Bizzaro, 13 Germano Gambini, 14 Stelio Posar, 15

Gianfranco Sardagna Gianfranco Sardagna (born 28 May 1935) is a retired Italian basketball player. He was part of Italian teams that finished fourth and fifth at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were ...

, 16 Sergio Macoratti (Coach: Jim McGregor) ----

1957 EuroBasket The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FI ...

: finished 10th among 16 teams 4 Gianni Zagatti, 5 Marcello Motto, 6 Cesare Volpato, 7 Stelio Posar, 8 Alessandro Gamba, 10

Paolo Conti Paolo Conti (; born 1 April 1950) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. Club career Throughout his club career, Conti played for 9 seasons (193 games) in the Italian Serie A for A.S. Roma (1973–80), U.C. Sampdoria (1981–83), and ACF Fi ...

, 11 Rolando Rocchi, 12 Vittorio Pomilio, 13 Sergio Macoratti, 14 Antonio Costanzo, 15

, 16 Giancarlo Sarti (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ----

1959 EuroBasket The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded ...

: finished 10th among 17 teams 3

, 4 Cesare Volpato, 5 Silvio Lucev, 6 Gabriele Vianello, 7 Gianfranco Pieri, 8 Enrico de Carli, 9

, 10 Achille Canna, 11 Antonio Calebotta, 12 Giovanni Gavagnin, 13

Gianfranco Lombardi Gianfranco "Franco" Lombardi (20 March 1941 – 22 January 2021) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dado". In 2006, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Pr ...

, 14 Claudio Velluti (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1960 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 16 teams 3 Augusto Giomo, 4 Gabriele Vianello, 5 Sandro Riminucci, 6

, 7 Gianfranco Pieri, 8 Alessandro Gamba, 9

, 10 Achille Canna, 11 Antonio Calebotta, 12 Paolo Vittori, 13 Giovanni Gavagnin, 14

(Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1963 FIBA World Cup: finished 7th among 13 teams 4 Augusto Giomo, 5 Giusto Pellanera, 6

, 7 Giambattista Cescutti, 8 Franco Bertini, 9 Paolo Vittori, 10 Sandro Riminucci, 11 Guido Carlo Gatti, 12 Massimo Masini, 13 Giovanni Gavagnin, 14 Gabriele Vianello, 15 Vittorio dal Pozzo (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1963 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams 4 Ettore Zuccheri, 5 Giusto Pellanera, 6 Valerio Vatteroni, 7 Massimo Masini, 8 Claudio Velluti, 9 Paolo Vittori, 10 Stefano Albanese, 11 Antonio Frigerio, 12 Alfredo Barlucchi, 13 Sauro Bufalini, 14 Santo Rossi, 15

Massimo Cosmelli Massimo Cosmelli (born 6 August 1943) is a retired Italian basketball player. He won a bronze medal at the 1971 European Championships and finished fourth at the 1965 European Championships and eighth at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Sum ...

(Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1964 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams 4 Augusto Giomo, 5 Giusto Pellanera, 6

, 7 Gianfranco Pieri, 8 Franco Bertini, 9 Paolo Vittori, 10

, 11 Ottorino Flaborea, 12 Massimo Masini, 13 Sauro Bufalini, 14 Gabriele Vianello, 15 Giovanni Gavagnin (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1965 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams 4 Giambattista Cescutti, 5 Giusto Pellanera, 6

, 7

, 8 Franco Bertini, 9 Tonino Zorzi, 10 Gabriele Vianello, 11 Guido Carlo Gatti, 12 Massimo Masini, 13 Sauro Bufalini, 14 Sandro Spinetti, 15 Ottorino Flaborea (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1967 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 13 teams 4 Massimo Villetti, 5 Giusto Pellanera, 6

, 7 Carlo Recalcati, 8 Alberto Merlati, 9 Fernando Fattori, 10 Gianluigi Jessi, 11 Gianfranco Fantin, 12 Giuseppe Rundo, 13 Sauro Bufalini, 14

, 15 Enrico Bovone (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1967 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams 4 Livio Paschini, 5

Giulio Iellini Giulio Iellini (born 18 October 1947) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2009, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Professional career Iellini won two EuroLeague championships, in 1966 and 1976. Itali ...

, 6 Carlo Recalcati, 7 Alberto Merlati, 8 Gianluigi Jessi, 9 Fernando Fattori, 10 Gabriele Vianello, 11 Gianfranco Fantin, 12 Massimo Masini, 13 Sauro Bufalini, 14

, 15 Ottorino Flaborea (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1968 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 16 teams 4 Carlo Recalcati, 5 Giusto Pellanera, 6

, 7 Enrico Bovone, 8 Massimo Masini, 9 Paolo Vittori, 10 Gabriele Vianello, 11 Guido Carlo Gatti, 12 Ottorino Flaborea, 13 Sauro Bufalini, 14

, 15 Gianluigi Jessi (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) ---- 1969 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams 4

Renzo Bariviera Renzo Bariviera (born 16 February 1949) is a retired Italian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete ...

, 5

Aldo Ossola Aldo Ossola (born 13 March 1945) is an Italian former basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 1.92 m (6'3 "), he was nicknamed nicknamed " Von Karajan", due to being a point guard with a great ability to direct the offensive ...

, 6 Carlo Recalcati, 7 Enrico Bovone, 8 Massimo Masini, 9 Paolo Bergonzoni, 10

Marino Zanatta Marino Zanatta (born 8 February 1947) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2014, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Professional career Zanatta was a four time EuroLeague champion (1972, 1973, 1975, 197 ...

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12

Giuseppe Brumatti Giuseppe "Pino" Brumatti (19 November 1948 – 21 January 2011) was an Italian professional basketball player. In 2009, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Professional career During his club career, Brumatti was the FIBA ...

, 13 Ivan Bisson, 14

, 15 Gianluigi Jessi (Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ---- 1970 FIBA World Cup: finished 4th among 13 teams 4 Eligio de Rossi, 5 Ottorino Flaborea, 6 Carlo Recalcati, 7 Ivan Bisson, 8 Massimo Masini, 9

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Augusto Giomo, 13 Antonio Errico, 14

, 15 Edoardo Rusconi (Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ----

1971 EuroBasket The 1971 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1971, was the seventeenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues First round Group A – Essen Group B – Böblingen Knock ...

: finished 3rd among 12 teams 4 Giorgio Giomo, 5 Ottorino Flaborea, 6 Carlo Recalcati, 7

, 8 Massimo Masini, 9

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Pierluigi Marzorati, 13 Luigi Serafini, 14

, 15 Ivan Bisson (Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ---- 1972 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 16 teams 4 Ottorino Flaborea, 5

, 6 Giorgio Giomo, 7

Mauro Cerioni Mauro Cerioni (born 3 August 1948) is a retired Italian basketball player. He was part of the Italian team that finished fourth at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () an ...

, 8 Massimo Masini, 9

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Pierluigi Marzorati, 13 Luigi Serafini, 14 Ivan Bisson, 15

(Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ----

1973 EuroBasket The 1973 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1973, was the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues Group stage Group A – Badalona Group B – Barcelona Knocko ...

: finished 5th among 12 teams 4

Fabrizio della Fiori Fabrizio Della Fiori (born 1 September 1951) is a retired professional basketball player from Italy. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2014. Professional career Della Fiori was a member of the FIBA European Selection, ...

, 5

, 6

Gianni Bertolotti Gianni Bertolotti (born 12 February 1950) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. Professional career During his club career, Bertolotti was the FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer, in 1978. Italian national team As a member of t ...

, 7

, 8

Vittorio Ferracini Vittorio Ferracini (born 8 November 1951) is a retired Italian basketball player. He was part of Italian teams that won bronze medals at the 1975 European championships and finished fourth in 1977. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferracini, Vitt ...

, 9

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Pierluigi Marzorati, 13 Luigi Serafini, 14 Ivan Bisson, 15

(Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ----

1975 EuroBasket The 1975 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1975, was the nineteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues First round Group A – Split Group B – Karlovac Group C � ...

: finished 3rd among 12 teams 4 Lorenzo Carraro, 5

, 6 Carlo Recalcati, 7

, 8

, 9

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Pierluigi Marzorati, 13 Renato Villalta, 14 Ivan Bisson, 15

(Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ---- 1976 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 12 teams 4

, 5

, 6 Carlo Recalcati, 7

Luciano Vendemini Luciano Vendemini (11 July 1952 – 20 February 1977) was an Italian basketball player. He was a member of the Italian team that finished fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the X ...

, 8

, 9

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Pierluigi Marzorati, 13 Luigi Serafini, 14 Ivan Bisson, 15

(Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ---- 1977 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams 4

Carlo Caglieris Carlo Caglieris (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Caglieris is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian point guards of his generation, having won th ...

, 5

, 6 Lorenzo Carraro, 7 Renzo Vecchiato, 8

, 9

, 10

Marco Bonamico Marco Bonamico (born 18 January 1957 in Genoa) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At a height of tall, he played at the small forward and power forward (basketball), power forward positions. During his playing career, his nickn ...

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12

, 13 Luigi Serafini, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15

(Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ---- 1978 FIBA World Cup: finished 4th among 14 teams 4

, 5

, 6 Lorenzo Carraro, 7

, 8

, 9

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Renato Villalta, 13 Renzo Vecchiato, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15

(Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ---- 1979 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams 4

, 5 Renato Villalta, 6 Lorenzo Carraro, 7 Domenico Zampolini, 8 Enrico Gilardi, 9

Roberto Brunamonti Roberto Brunamonti (born 14 April 1959 in Spoleto) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of tall, he played at the point guard position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Greatest EuroLeague ...

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12

, 13 Luigi Serafini, 14 Renzo Vecchiato, 15

(Coach: Giancarlo Primo) ---- 1980 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams 4

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 , he played as a power forward. He won t ...

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, 6

Mike Sylvester Michael Joseph "Mike" Sylvester (born December 10, 1951) is an American and Italian retired basketball player who is currently coach at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy. Due to the United States boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics, he was t ...

, 7 Enrico Gilardi, 8

, 9

Marco Solfrini Marco Solfrini (30 January 1958 – 24 March 2018)

, 10

, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Renato Villalta, 13 Renzo Vecchiato, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15

Pietro Generali Pietro Generali (born Mercandetti Generali; 23 October 1773 – 3 November 1832) was an Italian composer primarily of operas and vocal music. Generali was born in Masserano. He studied counterpoint with Giovanni Masi in Rome and spent a few m ...

(Coach:

) ---- 1981 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams 4

, 6

, 7 Enrico Gilardi, 8 Ario Costa, 9

, 10 Renato Villalta, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Domenico Zampolini, 13 Renzo Vecchiato, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15

, 16 Franco Boselli (Coach:

) ---- 1983 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams 4

, 5 Alberto Tonut, 6

, 7 Enrico Gilardi, 8 Ario Costa, 9

, 10 Renato Villalta, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Antonello Riva, 13 Renzo Vecchiato, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15 Romeo Sacchetti (Coach:

) ----

1984 Olympic Games The 1984 Olympics may refer to: *The 1984 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia *The 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an i ...

: finished 5th among 12 teams 4

, 5 Roberto Premier, 6

, 7 Enrico Gilardi, 8

Walter Magnifico Walter Magnifico (born June 18, 1961 in San Severo, Italy) is a former Italian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.09 m (6'10 ") tall, he played at the Power forward (basketball), power forward and Center (basketball), cent ...

, 9

, 10 Renato Villalta, 11 Dino Meneghin, 12 Antonello Riva, 13 Renzo Vecchiato, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15

(Coach:

) ---- 1985 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams 4 Giampiero Savio, 5 Beppe Bosa, 6 Ario Costa, 7 Enrico Gilardi, 8

, 9

, 10 Renato Villalta, 11

Augusto Binelli Augusto "Gus" Binelli (born 23 September 1964) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the center position. Binelli was drafted in the second round, of the 1986 NBA ...

, 12 Roberto Premier, 13 Renzo Vecchiato, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15

(Coach:

) ---- 1986 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 24 teams 4 Roberto Premier, 5 Ario Costa, 6

, 7 Enrico Gilardi, 8 Fulvio Polesello, 9

, 10 Renato Villalta, 11

, 12 Antonello Riva, 13

Sandro Dell'Agnello Sandro Dell'Agnello (born 20 October 1961 in Livorno) is a former professional basketball player, and current basketball coach from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the Eurobasket 1991 in Italy. Standing at a height of ...

, 14 Pierluigi Marzorati, 15

(Coach:

Valerio Bianchini Valerio Bianchini (born July 22, 1943) is an Italian professional basketball coach. He was the first coach in Italian basketball to win three championship titles with three clubs ( Cantù, Virtus Roma and Victoria Libertas Pesaro). His nickname ...

) ---- 1987 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams 4 Piero Montecchi, 5 Ferdinando Gentile, 6

, 7 Alberto Tonut, 8 Massimo Iacopini, 9

, 10 Renato Villalta, 11 Angelo Gilardi, 12 Antonello Riva, 13 Riccardo Morandotti, 14 Ario Costa, 15 Flavio Carera (Coach:

) ---- 1989 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 8 teams 4 Andrea Gracis, 5

Mike D'Antoni Michael Andrew D'Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an American-Italian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a coaching advisor for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). While h ...

, 6

, 7

, 8 Beppe Bosa, 9

, 10 Massimo Iacopini, 11

, 12 Antonello Riva, 13 Riccardo Morandotti, 14 Ario Costa, 15 Flavio Carera (Coach:

) ---- 1990 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 16 teams 4 Alberto Rossini, 5 Riccardo Pittis, 6 Andrea Niccolai, 7

, 8 Giuseppe Bosa, 9

, 10 Gustavo Tolotti, 11 Francesco Vescovi, 12 Antonello Riva, 13 Davide Pessina, 14 Alberto Vianini, 15 Davide Cantarello (Coach:

) ---- 1991 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 8 teams 4 Alessandro Fantozzi, 5 Ferdinando Gentile, 6

, 7

, 8 Andrea Gracis, 9

, 10 Roberto Premier, 11 Riccardo Pittis, 12 Antonello Riva, 13 Davide Pessina, 14 Ario Costa, 15 Stefano Rusconi (Coach:

) ----

1993 EuroBasket The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entere ...

: finished 9th among 16 teams 4 Claudio Coldebella, 5 Ferdinando Gentile, 6 Massimo Iacopini, 7 Alberto Tonut, 8 Beppe Bosa, 9 Riccardo Pittis, 10 Carlton Myers, 11

Paolo Moretti Paolo Moretti (born 30 June 1970 in Arezzo) is a former professional basketball player, and current basketball coach from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the Eurobasket 1997 in Spain. Standing at a height of , he played ...

, 12 Alberto Rossini, 13 Alessandro Frosini, 14 Flavio Carera, 15 Stefano Rusconi (Coach: Ettore Messina) ----

1995 EuroBasket The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to e ...

: finished 5th among 14 teams 4 Claudio Coldebella, 5 Ferdinando Gentile, 6

, 7 Riccardo Pittis, 8

Vincenzo Esposito Vincenzo Esposito (; born March 1, 1969) is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach, he lastly worked for Germani Basket Brescia of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), in Italy. During his playing career, he played at the shooting ...

, 9 Paolo Conti, 10 Alessandro Abbio, 11 Gregor Fučka, 12 Federico Pieri, 13 Alessandro Frosini, 14 Flavio Carera, 15 Stefano Rusconi (Coach: Ettore Messina) ----

1997 EuroBasket The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a ber ...

: finished 2nd among 16 teams 4 Claudio Coldebella, 5 Davide Bonora, 6 Gregor Fučka, 7 Riccardo Pittis, 8 Denis Marconato, 9 Giacomo Galanda, 10 Carlton Myers, 11

, 12 Alessandro Abbio, 13 Alessandro Frosini, 14 Flavio Carera, 15 Dan Gay (Coach: Ettore Messina) ---- 1998 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 16 teams 4 Davide Bonora, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Alessandro De Pol, 7 Gregor Fučka, 8 Gianmarco Pozzecco, 9 Giacomo Galanda, 10 Carlton Myers, 11

Andrea Meneghin Andrea Meneghin (born 20 February 1974) is an Italian retired professional basketball player and active basketball coach, coach. Standing at 2.00 m (6 ft. 6 in.), Meneghin was an offense oriented shooting guard-small forward. Professiona ...

, 12 Alessandro Abbio, 13 Alessandro Frosini, 14

Roberto Chiacig Roberto Chiacig (born 1 December 1974 in Cividale del Friuli, Italy) is an Italian former professional basketball player, still playing at an amateur level. Playing as a center, his most notable achievement was the silver medal obtained by the ...

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Marcelo Damiao Dilglay Marcelo José Damião (born 19 March 1975 in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian- Italian basketball player. A member of the Italian men's national team, Damiao competed with the squad at the 1998 FIBA World Championship, Eurob ...

(Coach:

) ---- 1999 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams 4 Davide Bonora, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Giacomo Galanda, 7 Gregor Fučka (

MVP MVP most commonly refers to: * Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition * Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering MVP may also refer to: ...

), 8 Denis Marconato, 9 Alessandro De Pol, 10 Carlton Myers, 11

, 12 Alessandro Abbio, 13

Michele Mian Michele Mian (born 18 July 1973 in Gorizia) is an Italian basketball shooting guard. Mian was born in Gorizia, Italy, and won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He also com ...

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, 15

(Coach:

) ----

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

: finished 5th among 12 teams 4 Germán Scarone, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Giacomo Galanda, 7 Gregor Fučka, 8 Denis Marconato, 9 Agostino Li Vecchi, 10 Carlton Myers, 11

, 12 Alessandro Abbio, 13

, 14

, 15

(Coach:

) ---- 2001 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams 4 Nikola Radulović, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Giacomo Galanda, 7 Gregor Fučka, 8 Denis Marconato, 9 Alessandro De Pol, 10 Andrea Pecile, 11

, 12 Alex Righetti, 13

, 14

, 15 Andrea Camata (Coach:

) ---- 2003 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams 4 Nikola Radulović, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Giacomo Galanda, 7

Matteo Soragna Matteo Soragna (born 26 December 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He can switch between all perimeter positions (shooting guard, small forward and point guard). He was part of the Italian national team that won a silver ...

, 8 Denis Marconato, 9 Alessandro De Pol, 10 Alex Righetti, 11 Davide Lamma, 12

, 13

, 14

, 15 Alessandro Cittadini (Coach: Carlo Recalcati) ----

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

: finished 2nd among 12 teams 4 Nikola Radulović, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Giacomo Galanda (C), 7

, 8 Denis Marconato, 9 Gianmarco Pozzecco, 10 Alex Righetti, 11 Rodolfo Rombaldoni, 12

, 13

, 14

, 15 Luca Garri (Coach: Carlo Recalcati) ---- 2005 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams 4 Dante Calabria, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Giacomo Galanda, 7

, 8 Denis Marconato, 9 Gianmarco Pozzecco, 10 Alex Righetti, 11 Stefano Mancinelli, 12

, 13

Marco Mordente Marco Mordente (born January 7, 1979) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He also represented the Italian national basketball team. He played at the point guard position. Career In 1998 while he was playing for Olimpia Milano ...

, 14

, 15 Angelo Gigli (Coach: Carlo Recalcati) ---- 2006 FIBA World Cup: finished 9th among 24 teams 4 Fabio Di Bella, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Stefano Mancinelli, 7

, 8 Denis Marconato, 9

, 10 Andrea Pecile, 11 Andrea Michelori, 12

Mason Rocca Richard Mason Rocca (born November 6, 1977) is an American born Italian retired professional basketball player who played for the Italy national basketball team, Italian National Basketball Team. Born in Evanston, Illinois, his father is of Ital ...

, 13

, 14 Luca Garri, 15 Angelo Gigli (Coach: Carlo Recalcati) ---- 2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams 4

, 5 Gianluca Basile, 6 Stefano Mancinelli, 7

, 8 Denis Marconato, 9

, 10

, 11 Andrea Crosariol, 12

, 13 Fabio Di Bella, 14

Luigi Datome Luigi "Gigi" Datome (born 27 November 1987) is an Italian former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the small forward and power forward (basketball), power forward positions. Datome was an All-EuroLeague Team, All-EuroLeag ...

, 15 Angelo Gigli (Coach: Carlo Recalcati) ---- 2011 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams 4 Antonio Maestranzi, 5

Marco Carraretto Marco Carraretto (born October 27, 1977) is an Italian former professional basketball player for Fortitudo Bologna and other teams in Italy. He is a 1.97 m (6 ft 5¾ in) tall, 95 kg shooting guard-small forward. Professional career Car ...

, 6 Stefano Mancinelli, 7

, 8 Danilo Gallinari, 9

(C), 10 Andrea Cinciarini, 11

, 12

Marco Cusin Marco Cusin (born 28 February 1985) is an Italian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Serie A2 Basket, Serie A2 second tier national league. Professional career On 14 July 2010 Cusin signed a deal with the Itali ...

, 13

, 14 Andrea Renzi, 15

Daniel Hackett Daniel Lorenzo Hackett (born December 19, 1987) is an American-Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he can play at both the point guard and shooting gu ...

(Coach: Simone Pianigiani) ---- 2013 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 24 teams 4 Pietro Aradori, 5 Alessandro Gentile, 6 Guido Rosselli, 7 Luca Vitali, 8 Giuseppe Poeta, 9 Nicolò Melli, 10

, 11 Travis Diener, 12

, 13

, 14 Daniele Magro, 15 Andrea Cinciarini (Coach: Simone Pianigiani) ---- 2015 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 24 teams 00 Amedeo Della Valle, 3

, 4 Pietro Aradori, 5 Alessandro Gentile, 8 Danilo Gallinari, 9

, 12

, 13

(C), 17 Nicolò Melli, 20 Andrea Cinciarini, 23

, 33 Achille Polonara (Coach: Simone Pianigiani) ---- 2017 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams 0

, 3

, 4 Pietro Aradori, 5 Ariel Filloy, 6 Paul Biligha, 9 Nicolò Melli, 12

, 20 Andrea Cinciarini, 23 Awudu Abass, 24 Filippo Baldi Rossi, 32

Christian Burns Christian Anthony Burns (born 18 January 1974) is an English singer. He is the son of Tony Burns of the Signs, a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s. Career Burns was a member of the popular British band BBMak, a ...

, 70

, 5 Alessandro Gentile, 6 Paul Biligha, 7 Luca Vitali, 8 Danilo Gallinari, 10

, 12 Ariel Filloy, 15 Jeff Brooks, 16 Amedeo Tessitori, 23 Awudu Abass, 70

2020 Olympic Games The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

: finished 5th among 12 teams 0

Marco Spissu Marco Spissu (born February 5, 1995) is an Italian professional basketball player for Basket Zaragoza, Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. Spissu usually plays as point guard. Professional career In July 2016, Spissu was sent on loan to Virtus B ...

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Nico Mannion Niccolò "Nico" Mannion (born March 14, 2001) is an Italian-American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Ar ...

, 7 Stefano Tonut, 8 Danilo Gallinari, 9 Nicolò Melli (C), 13 Simone Fontecchio, 16 Amedeo Tessitori, 17 Giampaolo Ricci, 24 Riccardo Moraschini, 31

Michele Vitali Michele Vitali (born 31 October 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Reggiana, Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) as a shooting guard. Personal life His brother is fellow pro basketball player ...

, 33 Achille Polonara, 54 Alessandro Pajola (Coach: Romeo Sacchetti) ---- 2022 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 24 teams 0

, 3

, 6 Paul Biligha, 7 Stefano Tonut, 9 Nicolò Melli, 13 Simone Fontecchio, 16 Amedeo Tessitori, 17 Giampaolo Ricci, 25 Tommaso Baldasso, 33 Achille Polonara, 54 Alessandro Pajola, 70

, 7 Stefano Tonut, 9 Nicolò Melli, 13 Simone Fontecchio, 16 Amedeo Tessitori, 17 Giampaolo Ricci, 18 Matteo Spagnolo, 25 Tommaso Baldasso, 33 Achille Polonara, 35 Mouhamet Diouf, 40 Luca Severini, 50 Gabriele Procida, 54 Alessandro Pajola,
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*2015–2021:

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*2022–present: ITA Airways

References and notes

External links

*
Italy FIBA profile

Italy National Team – Men
at Eurobasket.com

at FIBA Archive

Videos

Serbia v Italy – Highlights – EuroBasket 2022 (Round of 16)
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History

The Early Years (1926–39)

The Difficult Postwar Period (1946–69)

The Decade of Giancarlo Primo (1969–79)

The Successful Years of Gamba (1979–85)

The National Crisis of 1983: Bianchini and leg-a (1985–92)

The Messina-Tanjevic Era (1992–2001)

The Recalcati Era (2001–09)

Coach Pianigiani (2009–2015)

Ettore Messina, the return (2015–2017)

Romeo Sacchetti Era (2017–2022)

Gianmarco Pozzecco Era (2022–present)

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

EuroBasket

Results and fixtures

2024

2025

2026

Team

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coach history

Individual records

Players with the most caps (games played)

Players with the most points scored

Highest individual scoring games

Past rosters

Kit

Manufacturer

Sponsor

See also

References and notes

External links

Videos