Italy national basketball team

The Italian national basketball team is the selection of players of the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro ). She takes on Italy in international competitions countries and entered to date (September 2013) to eight times at World Basketball Championship, eleven times at the Olympics and 34 times at European Championships.

Her achievements were two Olympic silver medals in Moscow in 1980 and in Athens in 2004, and two European titles in 1983 and 1999 respectively earned in France. Both EM- finals could decide the team against Spain for themselves.

  • 2.1 Summer Olympics
  • 2.2 Basketball World Cup
  • 2.3 European Basketball Championships

Current squad

More Players

Performance in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

Basketball World Championship

  • 2010 - does not qualify

European Basketball Championships

  • 2011 - 17th Place
  • 2013 - 8th Place

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 Tanjevic (1997-2001)
  • Carlo Recalcati (2001-2009)
  • Simone Pianigiani (2009 -)

Most-capped player

Stand: August 13, 2008; including games against All-Star selections Serie A ( held annually )

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