Italy women's national basketball team

The Italian women's national basketball team (Italian: Nazionale di pallacanestro femminile dell'Italia) represents Italy in international women's basketball competiions.[2] At the European Women's Basketball Championship the Italian team won Gold medals in 1938.[3]

 Italy

FIBA ranking	16 2 (12 February 2020)[1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Italian Basketball Federation
Coach	Marco Crespi
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	None
Women's World Cup
Appearances	5
Medals	None
EuroBasket Women
Appearances	32
Medals	Gold: 1938 Silver 1995 Bronze 1974
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 2009 Silver: 1993, 2001
Home Away

Italy is the leading nation in terms of EuroBasket Women qualifications. (Alongside France)

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
Women's World Cup	0	0	0	0
EuroBasket Women	1	1	1	3
Universiade	1	1	0	2
Mediterranean Games	1	2	0	3
Total	3	4	1	8

Competition record

Results in final tournaments and qualifying games[4]

Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1976 Did not qualify 4 1 3 1980 6th 5 0 5 9 6 3 1984 Did not qualify 4 2 2 1988 11 5 6 1992 8th 5 0 5 8 5 3 1996 8th 8 3 5 2000 Did not qualify 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Total 18 3 15 36 19 17 FIBA Women's World Cup Women's World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1953 Did not qualify 1957 1959 1964 1967 9th 6 1 5 1971 Did not qualify 1975 4th 8 5 3 1979 5th 7 3 4 1983 Did not qualify 1986 1990 13th 8 5 3 1994 11th 8 5 3 1998 Did not qualify 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 To be determined Total 37 19 18

EuroBasket Women EuroBasket Women Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1938 4 3 1 1950 5th 7 3 4 1952 6th 5 2 3 1954 7th 6 5 1 1956 6th 8 3 5 1958 Did not qualify 1960 7th 7 5 2 1962 9th 5 1 4 7 5 2 1964 9th 5 1 4 2 2 0 1966 10th 7 2 5 2 2 0 1968 6th 6 2 4 1970 9th 7 2 5 3 2 1 1972 10th 8 2 6 5 4 1 1974 6 3 3 1976 7th 7 3 4 1978 9th 5 2 3 1980 9th 7 5 2 1981 7th 7 3 4 1983 5th 7 4 3 4 4 0 1985 7th 7 3 4 1987 5th 7 4 3 3 3 0 1989 5th 5 3 2 5 5 0 1991 7th 5 2 3 5 5 0 1993 4th 5 3 2 5 5 0 1995 9 8 1 5 4 1 1997 11th 7 2 5 1999 11th 7 3 4 5 3 2 2001 Did not qualify 6 3 3 2003 6 1 5 2005 6 1 5 2007 9th 6 1 5 4 3 1 2009 6th 9 4 5 12 6 6 2011 Did not qualify 8 5 3 2013 8th 9 3 6 8 7 1 2015 15th 4 1 3 6 4 2 2017 7th 7 4 3 6 5 1 2019 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1 2021 To be determined To be determined Total 205 94 111 119 84 35

Current roster

Roster for the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019.[5][6]

Italy women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 0 Dotto, Caterina 26 – (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) GS San Martino PG 3 Romeo, Nicole 29 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Virtus Eirene Ragusa G 7 Sottana, Giorgia 30 – (1988-12-15)15 December 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe SF 9 Zandalasini, Cecilia 23 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Fenerbahçe PG 10 Dotto, Francesca 26 – (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) PF Schio SF 13 De Pretto, Valeria 27 – (1991-11-16)16 November 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Reyer Venezia G 14 Crippa, Martina 30 – (1989-03-31)31 March 1989 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) PF Schio C 19 Cubaj, Lorela 20 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Georgia Tech C 20 Ercoli, Elisa 23 – (1995-12-26)26 December 1995 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Geas Basket PG 23 Cinili, Sabrina 30 – (1989-04-22)22 April 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Virtus Eirene Ragusa C 33 Andrè, Olbis Futo 20 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) PF Schio C 41 Penna, Elisa 23 – (1995-11-13)13 November 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Wake Forest	Head coach Marco Crespi Assistant coach(es) Nazareno Lombardi Alessandro Magro Gianluca Quarta Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 27 June 2019

Head coach position

• Roberto Ricchini – 2011–2015
• Andrea Capobianco – 2015–

See also

• Italy at the team sports international competitions
• Italy women's national under-19 basketball team
• Italy women's national under-17 basketball team
• Italy women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
2. Turkey lose against Italy in women's EuroBasket Can Erözden (Anadolu Agency), 27 June 2020. Accessed 10 August 2020.
3. "Basketball international results". sports123.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
4. www.lexicon.it. "nazionali - archivio gare - FIP - Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro - official site". www.fip.it. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
5. "Italy: An exciting 12 could make for a fabulous Final Round". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2019.
6. FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 roster

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Archived records