Italian national basketball team

This article covers the men's team. The article on the women's team can be found under Italian national basketball team for women .

Italy Italia
Association	FIP
FIBA member since	1930 (founding member)
FIBA world rankings	16
Technical sponsor	champion
Trainer	Romeo Sacchetti
Record player	Pierluigi Marzorati (278)
World championships
Participation in the finals	8th
Best results	4th place ( 1970 , 1978 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	12
Best results	( 1980 , 2004 )
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	37
Best results	( 1983 , 1999 ) ( 1937 , 1946 , 1991 , 1997 ) ( 1971 , 1975 , 1985 , 2003 )
Homepage	fip.it
(As of January 15, 2018)

The Italian national basketball team is the selection of players from the Italian basketball federation FIP ( Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro ). She takes part in international national competitions for Italy and to date (as of September 2013) has competed eight times in basketball world championships , eleven times in the Olympic Games and 34 times in European championships .

Her greatest successes were two Olympic silver medals in 1980 in Moscow and 2004 in Athens as well as two European championships, won in France in 1983 and 1999 . The team won both European Championship finals against Spain .

Squad

Squad Italy at the 2017 European Championship

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 0 Daniel Hackett December 19, 1987 199 94  Brose Bamberg 3 Marco Belinelli March 25, 1986 196 134  Atlanta Hawks 4th Pietro Aradori December 9, 1988 194 130 Virtus Bologna 5 Ariel Filloy March 11, 1987 193 11 Sidigas Avellino 20th Andrea Cinciarini June 21, 1986 193 115 EA7 Armani Milan Forwards ( SF , PF ) 9 Nicolò Melli January 26, 1991 205 67  Fenerbahce SK 23 Awudu Abass January 27, 1993 200 17th EA7 Armani Milan 24 Filippo Baldi Rossi October 26, 1991 207 8th Dolomiti Energia Trento 70 Luigi Datome November 27, 1987 202 155 Fenerbahçe SK Center ( C ) 6th Paul Biligha May 31, 1990 200 10 Umana Reyer Venice 12 Marco Cusin February 28, 1985 211 108 EA7 Armani Milan 32 Christian C. Burns 4th September 1985 203 11 Pallacanestro Cantù

Trainer Nat. Surname position Ettore Messina Head coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell Team homepage League homepage As of August 30, 2017

Performing in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

1936 - 7th place 1948 - 17th place 1952 - 17th place 1956 - did not qualify 1960 - 4th place 1964 - 5th place

1968 - 8th place 1972 - 4th place 1976 - 5th place 1980 - silver medal 1984 - 5th place 1988 - did not qualify

1992 - did not qualify 1996 - did not qualify 2000 - 5th place 2004 - silver medal 2008 - did not qualify 2012 - did not qualify

2016 - did not qualify

World championships

1950 - did not qualify 1954 - did not qualify 1959 - did not qualify 1963 - 7th place 1967 - 9th place

1970 - 4th place 1974 - did not qualify 1978 - 4th place 1982 - did not qualify 1986 - 6th place

1990 - 9th place 1994 - did not qualify 1998 - 6th place 2002 - did not qualify 2006 - 9th place

2010 - did not qualify 2014 - did not qualify 2019 - 10th place

European championships

1935 - 7th place 1937 - silver medal 1939 - 6th place 1946 - silver medal 1947 - 9th place 1949 - did not run 1951 - 5th place 1953 - 7th place 1955 - 6th place 1957 - 10th place 1959 - 10th place 1961 - did not qualify

1963 - 12th place 1965 - 4th place 1967 - 7th place 1969 - 6th place 1971 - bronze medal 1973 - 5th place 1975 - bronze medal 1977 - 4th place 1979 - 5th place 1981 - 5th place 1983 - gold medal 1985 - bronze medal

1987 - 5th place 1989 - 4th place 1991 - silver medal 1993 - 9th place 1995 - 5th place 1997 - silver medal 1999 - gold medal 2001 - 9th place 2003 - bronze medal 2005 - 10th place 2007 - 9th place 2009 - did not qualify

2011 - 17th place 2013 - 8th place 2015 - 6th place 2017 - 7th place

National coach

• Elliott Van Zandt (1948–1951)
• Giancarlo Marinelli (January 1952 - March 1952)
• Amerigo Penzo (March 1952)
• Vittorio Tracuzzi (1952-1953)
• Francesco Ferrero (1954)
• Jim McGregor (1954-1956)
• Nello Paratore (1957–1968)
• Giancarlo Primo (1969–1979)
• Sandro Gamba (1979–1985, 1987–1992)
• Valerio Bianchini (1985-1987)
• Ettore Messina (1992–1997)
• Bogdan Tanjević (1997-2001)
• Carlo Recalcati (2001-2009)
• Simone Pianigiani (2009-2015)
• Ettore Messina (2015-2017)
• Romeo Sacchetti (2017–)

Record international player

International matches			Points scored
space	Surname	Games	space	Surname	Points
1	Pierluigi Marzorati	278	1	Antonello Riva	3785
2	Dino Meneghin	271	2	Dino Meneghin	2847
3	Roberto Brunamonti	256	3	Renato Villalta	2277
4th	Giacomo Galanda	215	4th	Pierluigi Marzorati	2209
5	Walter Magnifico	214	5	Renzo Bariviera	2151
6th	Antonello Riva	213	6th	Walter Magnifico	2026
7th	Gianluca Basile	209	7th	Gregor Fučka	1889
8th	Renzo Bariviera	208	8th	Massimo Masini	1852
9	Renato Villalta	206	9	Carlton Myers	1825
10	Renzo Vecchiato	202	10	Roberto Brunamonti	1631

Status: August 13, 2008; incl. games against all-star series A selections (held annually)

Awards

The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport voted the national team in 1980, 1983, 1997 and 1999 " Italy's Team of the Year ".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International match details on the official website of the Italian federation
2. ↑ Point information on the official website of the Italian Federation

Web links

• official website of the Italian Basketball Federation (Italian)