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The Italy men's national basketball team is scheduled to play at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in July 2021.
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President | Gianni Petrucci | ||
Head coach | Meo Sacchetti | ||
Olympic games | 5th | ||
Playoffs | Quarterfinals | ||
PIR leader | Fontecchio 16.8 | ||
Scoring leader | Fontecchio 19.3 | ||
Rebounding leader | Polonara 5.8 | ||
Assists leader | Mannion 4.5 | ||
Biggest win | +10 92-82 vs Germany (25 July) | ||
Biggest defeat | -9 75-84 vs France (3 August) | ||
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All statistics correct as of July 6, 2021. |
Italy qualified to the Olympics after an unexpected win against Serbia during the Qualifying Tournament.
Only Danilo Gallinari was added to the team who replaced Awudu Abass.
Italy qualified to the playoff stage losing only against Australia in the qualifying stage. They lost against France in the quarterfinals and ended the competition in the 5th position.
Supplier: Spalding
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The following 12 players were called by coach Meo Sacchetti for the Olympics.[2]
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Nicolò Melli | Amedeo Tessitori | |
PF | Achille Polonara | Danilo Gallinari | Giampaolo Ricci |
SF | Simone Fontecchio | Riccardo Moraschini | |
SG | Stefano Tonut | Michele Vitali | |
PG | Alessandro Pajola | Nico Mannion | Marco Spissu |
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 | 71 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Assistant coaches | Emanuele Molin | 64 | Aquila Trento |
Piero Bucchi | 66 | Pallacanestro Cantù | |
Paolo Galbiati | 40 | Vanoli Cremona | |
Riccardo Fois | 37 | Phoenix Suns | |
Physical trainer | Matteo Panichi | 52 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Physician | Sandro Senzameno | 72 | 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 | 54 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Andrea Annessa | 50 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 226 | +33 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 239 | +16 | 5 | |
3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 | |
4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 263 | −33 | 3 |
25 July 2021 Game 1 |
Germany | 82–92 | Italy | Saitama |
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13:40 (JST) | Scoring by quarter: 32-22, 14-21, 26-25, 10-24 | |||
Eurosport | Pts: Lô 24 Rebs: Voigtmann 6 Asts: Bonga, Lô, Voigtmann 4 PIR: Lô 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Fontecchio 20 Rebs: Melli 9 Asts: Mannion 7 PIR: Fontecchio 21 |
Arena: Saitama Super Arena Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ) |
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28 July 2021 Game 2 |
Italy | 83–86 | Australia | Saitama |
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17:20 (JST) | Scoring by quarter: 25-25, 20-19, 17-21, 21-21 | |||
Eurosport | Pts: Fontecchio 22 Rebs: Polonara 7 Asts: Mannion 7 PIR: Mannion 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Landale 18 Rebs: Baynes, Landale, Kay 7 Asts: Mills, Ingles 5 PIR: Kay 24 |
Arena: Saitama Super Arena Referees: Michael Weiland (USA), Steven Anderson (CAN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ) |
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31 July 2021 Game 3 |
Italy | 80–71 | Nigeria | Saitama |
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13:40 (JST) | Scoring by quarter: 29-17, 11-22, 16-24, 24-8 | |||
Eurosport | Pts: Melli 15 Rebs: Vitali 6 Asts: Fontecchio, Pajola 4 PIR: Polonara 16 |
Boxscore | Pts: Metu 22 Rebs: Metu 10 Asts: Metu 3 PIR: Metu 32 |
Arena: Saitama Super Arena Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Roberto Vazquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN) |
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3 August 2021 Quarterfinals |
Italy | 75–84 | France | Saitama |
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17:20 (JST) | Scoring by quarter: 25-20, 17-23, 12-21, 21-20 | |||
Eurosport | Pts: Fontecchio 23 Rebs: Gallinari 10 Asts: Pajola 6 PIR: Gallinari 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Gobert 22 Rebs: Batum 14 Asts: De Colo 7 PIR: Batum 29 |
Arena: Saitama Super Arena Referees: Roberto Vazquez (PUR), Juan Fernandez (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA) |
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No. | Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | EF | PPG |
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0 | Marco Spissu | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
1 | Nico Mannion | 4 | 1 | 22.0 | 48.3% (3.5/7.3) | 22.2% (1.0/4.5) | 90.9% (2.5/2.8) | 1.8 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 12.5 |
7 | Stefano Tonut | 4 | 4 | 26.8 | 63.2% (3.0/4.8) | 26.7% (1.0/3.8) | 100.0% (1.0/1.0) | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 |
8 | Danilo Gallinari | 4 | 0 | 20.5 | 47.6% (2.5/5.3) | 33.3% (1.0/3.0) | 83.3% (3.8/4.5) | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
9 | Nicolò Melli | 4 | 4 | 22.8 | 45.0% (2.3/5.0) | 27.3% (0.8/2.8) | 75.0% (0.8/1.0) | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 7.5 |
13 | Simone Fontecchio | 4 | 4 | 30.3 | 57.6% (4.8/8.3) | 45.5% (2.5/5.5) | 81.8% (2.3/2.8) | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 16.8 | 19.3 |
16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 25.0% (0.5/2.0) | - | 100.0% (0.5/0.5) | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
17 | Giampaolo Ricci | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 100.0% (0.7/0.7) | 50.0% (1.0/2.0) | - | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 4.3 |
24 | Riccardo Moraschini | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 20.0% (0.3/1.3) | 50.0% (0.3/0.5) | 100.0% (1.3/1.3) | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
31 | Michele Vitali | 4 | 1 | 11.3 | 33.3% (0.3/0.8) | 37.5% (0.8/2.0) | 100.0% (0.3/0.3) | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 |
33 | Achille Polonara | 4 | 3 | 23.3 | 69.2% (2.3/3.3) | 28.6% (1.5/5.3) | 66.7% (1.0/1.5) | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 11.0 | 10.0 |
54 | Alessandro Pajola | 4 | 2 | 19.5 | 33.3% (0.3/0.8) | 0.0% (0.0/1.3) | 75.0% (1.5/2.0) | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
Total | 4 | 52.0% | 31.7% | 84.1% | 34.5 | 16.8 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 91.8 | 82.5 |
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