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President | Gianni Petrucci | ||
Head coach | Romeo Sacchetti | ||
Qualifiers | 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification | ||
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All statistics correct as of 23 November 2021. |
The Italy team for FIBA World Cup 2023 qualification will represent Italy at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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The following 16 players were called by Matteo Sacchetti for the first window against Netherlands.[7]
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Nicolo Melli | Paul Biligha | |
PF | Danilo Gallinari | Achille Polonara | Giampaolo Ricci |
SF | Simone Fontecchio | Luigi Datome | |
SG | Stefano Tonut | Tommaso Baldasso | |
PG | Marco Spissu | Nico Mannion | Alessandro Pajola |
These were the players that coach Sacchetti called for the qualification in the three windows.
Pos. | No. | Name | Age* | Ht. | @ ![]() 26 Nov. 2021 |
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PG | 4 | Leonardo Candi | 24 | 1.90 | ![]() |
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SG | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 26 | 1.44 | ![]() |
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SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | 25 | 1.95 | ![]() |
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PG | 14 | Bruno Mascolo | 25 | 1.90 | ||
C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 27 | 2.08 | ![]() |
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PG | 18 | Matteo Spagnolo | 18 | 1.94 | ![]() |
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F | 19 | Raphael Gaspardo | 28 | 2.07 | ![]() |
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PF | 20 | Mattia Udom | 28 | 2.00 | ![]() | |
SG | 22 | Giordano Bortolani | 20 | 1.93 | ||
SG | 31 | Michele Vitali | 29 | 1.96 | ![]() | |
C | 34 | Mouhamed Diouf | 20 | 1.90 | ![]() |
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SF | 44 | Davide Alviti | 25 | 2.01 | ![]() |
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PF | 45 | Nicola Akele | 24 | 2.03 | ![]() |
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PF | 52 | Alessandro Lever | 22 | 2.03 | ![]() |
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PG | 54 | Alessandro Pajola | 22 | 1.94 | ![]() |
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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 Massimo Maffezzoli and Paolo Conti. Only Emanuele Molin was confirmed amongst the assistant coaches.[8]
Position | Staff member | Age | Team |
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Head coach | Meo Sacchetti | 70 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Assistant coaches | Emanuele Molin | 64 | Aquila Trento |
Piero Bucchi | 66 | Dinamo Sassari | |
Paolo Galbiati | 40 | Vanoli Cremona | |
Riccardo Fois | 37 | Arizona Wildcats | |
Physical trainer | Matteo Panichi | 51 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Fabrizio Santolamazza | 39 | Italian Basketball Federation | |
Physician | Sandro Senzameno | 71 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Orthopaedic | Raffaele Cortina | 64 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Osteopath | Roberto Oggioni | 49 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Francesco Ciallella | 44 | Italian Basketball Federation | |
Team manager | Massimo Valle | 58 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Press officer | Francesco D'Aniello | 43 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Manager | Roberto Brunamonti | 65 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Video maker | Marco Cremonini | 36 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Equipment manager | Curzio Garofoli | 53 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Andrea Annessa | 50 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Source: [1]
Further information: 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe) |
Competition | First match | Last match | Record | |||||||
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EuroBasket qualification | 26 November 2021 | 4 July 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Source: Competitions
The draw was held on 31 August 2021 in Mies, Switzerland. Italy was drawn into Group H with Russia, Netherlands and Iceland.[1][9] These matches will be played in three windows from 26 to 29 November 2021, from 24 to 27 February 2022 and from 1 to 4 July 2022 with two games played by each team in every window.
26 November 2021 1
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92–78 | ![]() |
Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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19:00 (GMT+3) | Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 22-23, 27-22, 28-19 | |||
Livebasketball.tv | Pts: Astapkovich 21 Rebs: Astapkovich 5 Asts: Zaytsev 8 PIR: Astapkovich 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Tonut 20 Rebs: Tessitori, Akele 6 Asts: Flaccadori 7 PIR: Tessitori 23 |
Arena: Yubileyny Sports Palace Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Radomir Vojinovic (MNE) |
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29 November 2021 2
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75–73 | ![]() |
Assago (Milan), Italy |
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20:30 (GMT+1) | Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 25-21, 13-11, 15-23 | |||
Livebasketball.tv | Pts: Akele 18 Rebs: Akele 6 Asts: Tonut 6 PIR: Akele 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Hammink 19 Rebs: de Jong 6 Asts: van der Vuurst de Vries 8 PIR: Hammink 21 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Martic Vulic (HRV), Erez Gurion (ISR) |
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