Italy women's national basketball team

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Italy
FIBA ranking15 Steady (15 February 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

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

Honours[edit]

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

Results in final tournaments and qualifying games[4]

Olympic Games[edit]

Olympic Games Qualifying
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Canada 1976 Did not qualify 4 1 3
Soviet Union 1980 6th 5 0 5 9 6 3
United States 1984 Did not qualify 4 2 2
South Korea 1988 11 5 6
Spain 1992 8th 5 0 5 8 5 3
United States 1996 8th 8 3 5
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
Total 18 3 15 36 19 17

FIBA Women's World Cup[edit]

Women's World Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Chile 1953 Did not qualify
Brazil 1957
Soviet Union 1959
Peru 1964
Czechoslovakia 1967 9th 6 1 5
Brazil 1971 Did not qualify
Colombia 1975 4th 8 5 3
South Korea 1979 5th 7 3 4
Brazil 1983 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1986
Malaysia 1990 13th 8 5 3
Australia 1994 11th 8 5 3
Germany 1998 Did not qualify
China 2002
Brazil 2006
Czech Republic 2010
Turkey 2014
Spain 2018
Australia 2022
Germany 2026 To be determined
Total 37 19 18

EuroBasket Women[edit]

EuroBasket Women Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Italy 1938 4 3 1
Hungary 1950 5th 7 3 4
Soviet Union 1952 6th 5 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1954 7th 6 5 1
Czechoslovakia 1956 6th 8 3 5
Poland 1958 Did not qualify
Bulgaria 1960 7th 7 5 2
France 1962 9th 5 1 4 7 5 2
Hungary 1964 9th 5 1 4 2 2 0
Romania 1966 10th 7 2 5 2 2 0
Italy 1968 6th 6 2 4
Netherlands 1970 9th 7 2 5 3 2 1
Bulgaria 1972 10th 8 2 6 5 4 1
Italy 1974 6 3 3
France 1976 7th 7 3 4
Poland 1978 9th 5 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1980 9th 7 5 2
Italy 1981 7th 7 3 4
Hungary 1983 5th 7 4 3 4 4 0
Italy 1985 7th 7 3 4
Spain 1987 5th 7 4 3 3 3 0
Bulgaria 1989 5th 5 3 2 5 5 0
Israel 1991 7th 5 2 3 5 5 0
Italy 1993 4th 5 3 2 5 5 0
Czech Republic 1995 9 8 1 5 4 1
Hungary 1997 11th 7 2 5
Poland 1999 11th 7 3 4 5 3 2
France 2001 Did not qualify 6 3 3
Greece 2003 6 1 5
Turkey 2005 6 1 5
Italy 2007 9th 6 1 5 4 3 1
Latvia 2009 6th 9 4 5 12 6 6
Poland 2011 Did not qualify 8 5 3
France 2013 8th 9 3 6 8 7 1
HungaryRomania 2015 15th 4 1 3 6 4 2
Czech Republic 2017 7th 7 4 3 6 5 1
SerbiaLatvia 2019 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1
FranceSpain 2021 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1
SloveniaIsrael 2023 9th 4 1 3 6 6 0
Czech RepublicGermanyGreeceItaly 2025 Qualified Qualified as host
FinlandLithuania

2027

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

Team[edit]

Current roster[edit]

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 Italy
PG 2 Matilde Villa 18 – (2004-12-09)9 December 2004 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
C 4 Martina Bestagno (C) 32 – (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio Italy
SG 8 Costanza Verona 23 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) PF Schio Italy
SF 9 Cecilia Zandalasini 27 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
SG 11 Francesca Pan 26 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
PF 12 Valeria Trucco 23 – (1999-11-01)1 November 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Geas Basket Italy
C 13 Lorela Cubaj 24 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
PG 18 Mariella Santucci 25 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
SG 19 Martina Fassina 24 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
C 22 Olbis André 24 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
SF 23 Laura Spreafico 31 – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Gernika KESB Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Massimo Romano
  • Italy Cinzia Zanotti
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 June 2023

Head coach position[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 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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