Italy women's national basketball team

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

Italy
FIBA ranking16 Decrease 1 (26 August 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationItalian Basketball Federation
CoachMarco Crespi
Olympic Games
Appearances3
World Cup
Appearances5
EuroBasket
Appearances34
Medals Gold: 1938
Silver 1995
Bronze 1974
Mediterranean Games
Appearances4
Medals Gold: 2009
Silver: 1993, 2001
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

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

Honours

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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

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Results in final tournaments and qualifying games[4]

Olympic Games

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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
  2024
Total 18 3 15 36 19 17

FIBA Women's World Cup

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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
  2026 To be determined
Total 37 19 18

EuroBasket Women

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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 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1
   2023 9th 4 1 3 6 6 0
     2025 Qualified Qualified as host
  

2027

To be determined To be determined
Total 213 97 116 131 95 36

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[5][6]

Italy women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 0 Jasmine Keys 25 – (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio  
PG 2 Matilde Villa 18 – (2004-12-09)9 December 2004 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia  
C 4 Martina Bestagno (C) 32 – (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio  
SG 8 Costanza Verona 23 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) PF Schio  
SF 9 Cecilia Zandalasini 27 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Virtus Bologna  
SG 11 Francesca Pan 26 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Reyer Venezia  
PF 12 Valeria Trucco 23 – (1999-11-01)1 November 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Geas Basket  
C 13 Lorela Cubaj 24 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Reyer Venezia  
PG 18 Mariella Santucci 25 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia  
SG 19 Martina Fassina 24 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Reyer Venezia  
C 22 Olbis André 24 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna  
SF 23 Laura Spreafico 31 – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Gernika KESB  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Massimo Romano
  •   Cinzia Zanotti
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 June 2023

Head coach position

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ Turkey lose against Italy in women's EuroBasket Can Erözden (Anadolu Agency), 27 June 2020. Retrieved 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". fip.it. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ^ "EuroBasket Women, le 12 Azzurre scelte da coach Lardo" (in Italian). fip.it. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Team Roster: Italy" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 9. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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