The Italy women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national basketball team of Italy and is governed by the
Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro
The Italian Basketball Federation () is the governing body of basketball in Italy. It is based in Rome.
It organises national competitions in Italy and the Italian basketball leagues, which operate the country's two professional leagues, Lega B ...
. It represents the country in international under-16 and under-17
women's basketball
Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large parts via women's college compet ...
competitions.
They won the title at the
2018 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship
The 2018 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship was the 30th edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-16 teams. It was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 17 to 25 August 2018. Italy won their first title in this ag ...
.
Learning to Dream: Has Italian Women's Basketball Found a Golden Generation?
Andrea Cassini (Sporting News), 21 September 2018. Accessed 10 August 2020.
Championship participations
U17 World Cup
U16 EuroBasket
See also
*Italy women's national basketball team
The Italy women's national basketball team () represents Italy in international women's basketball competitions. At the European Women's Basketball Championship the Italian team won Gold medals in 1938.
Italy is the leading nation in terms of E ...
* Italy women's national under-19 basketball team
*Italy men's national under-17 basketball team
The Italy men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is the national representative for Italy in international under-16 and under-17 basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro.
The team comp ...
References
External links
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Archived records
of Italy team participations
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Women's national under-17 basketball teams
1976 establishments in Italy
National sports teams established in 1976