Italy team for FIBA World Cup 2023 qualification

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Main article: Italy national basketball team
Italy
2021-22 season
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PresidentGianni Petrucci
Head coachRomeo Sacchetti
Qualifiers2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
All statistics correct as of November 23, 2021.

The Italy team for FIBA World Cup 2023 qualification will represent Italy at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Timeline[]

First window
  • 10 November 2021: submitted the long list of 24 players.[2]
  • 16 November 2021: submitted the list of 16 players.[3]
  • 22 November 2021: Mannion and are replaced with Flaccadori and , for health reason.[4]
  • 24 November 2021: submitted the final list of 12 players for the match against Russia.[5]
  • 26 November 2021: Russia 92 – 78 Italy.[6]
  • 24 November 2021: submitted the final list of 12 players for the match against Netherlands.[7]

Kit[]

Supplier: Spalding / Sponsor: Barilla

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Home jersey
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Away jersey
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Roster[]

The following 16 players were called by for the first window against Netherlands.[7]

Italy national basketball team – FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers roster
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Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Leonardo Candi 24 – (1997-03-30)30 March 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Italy
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 27 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Umana Reyer Venezia Italy
SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 25 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy
PG 14 25 – (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bertram Derthona Basket Italy
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 26 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 18 – (2003-01-10)10 January 2003 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Vanoli Cremona Italy
F 19 28 – (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Happy Casa Brindisi Italy
PF 20 27 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Happy Casa Brindisi Italy
SG 22 20 – (2000-12-02)2 December 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) NutriBullet Treviso Italy
SG 31 Michele Vitali (C) 30 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Umana Reyer Venezia Italy
C 34 20 – (2001-09-10)10 September 2001 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Italy
SF 44 Davide Alviti 25 – (1996-11-05)5 November 1996 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) AX Armani Exchange Milano Italy
PF 45 Nicola Akele 24 – (1997-11-07)7 November 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) NutriBullet Treviso Italy
SF 50 Gabriele Procida 19 – (2002-06-01)1 June 2002 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Fortitudo Kigili Bologna Italy
PF 52 Alessandro Lever 22 – (1998-12-04)4 December 1998 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Italy
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 21 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 29 November 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Amedeo Tessitori
PF Nicola Akele Alessandro Lever
SF Stefano Tonut Davide Alviti Gabriele Procida
SG Michele Vitali Diego Flaccadori
PG Alessandro Pajola Leonardo Candi Matteo Spagnolo

All Games[]

These were the players that coach Sacchetti called for the qualification in the three windows.

Pos. No. Name Age* Ht. @
 RUS
26 Nov. 2021 		vs
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29 Nov. 2021
PG 4 Leonardo Candi 24 1.90 Green check.svg Green check.svg
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 26 1.44 Symbol confirmed.svg Symbol confirmed.svg
SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 25 1.95 Green check.svg Green check.svg
PG 14 25 1.90
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 27 2.08 Symbol confirmed.svg Symbol confirmed.svg
PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 18 1.94 Green check.svg
F 19 28 2.07 Symbol confirmed.svg Green check.svg
PF 20 28 2.00 Green check.svg
SG 22 20 1.93
SG 31 Michele Vitali 29 1.96 Symbol confirmed.svg
C 34 20 1.90 Green check.svg Green check.svg
SF 44 Davide Alviti 25 2.01 Green check.svg Green check.svg
PF 45 Nicola Akele 24 2.03 Symbol confirmed.svg Symbol confirmed.svg
PF 52 Alessandro Lever 22 2.03 Green check.svg
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 22 1.94 Symbol confirmed.svg Symbol confirmed.svg
Notes
  • * Age on November 29, 2021
Legend
not called
did not play
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Symbol confirmed.svg starting 5

Staff[]

After the EuroBasket 2022 qualification tournament the staff team was updated: Piero Bucchi, 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
Head coach Meo Sacchetti 68 Italian Basketball Federation
Assistant coaches Emanuele Molin 62 Aquila Trento
Piero Bucchi 64 Dinamo Sassari
38 Vanoli Cremona
Riccardo Fois 35 Arizona Wildcats
Physical trainer Matteo Panichi 49 Italian Basketball Federation
Fabrizio Santolamazza 37 Italian Basketball Federation
Physician Sandro Senzameno 69 Italian Basketball Federation
Orthopaedic Raffaele Cortina 61 Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath Roberto Oggioni 47 Italian Basketball Federation
Francesco Ciallella 42 Italian Basketball Federation
Team manager Massimo Valle 55 Italian Basketball Federation
Press officer Francesco D'Aniello 41 Italian Basketball Federation
Manager Roberto Brunamonti 62 Italian Basketball Federation
Video maker Marco Cremonini 33 Italian Basketball Federation
Equipment manager Curzio Garofoli 51 Italian Basketball Federation
Andrea Annessa 48 Italian Basketball Federation

Source: [1]

Qualification[]

Further information: 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)
Overview
Competition First match Last match Record
Pld W D L PF PA PD Win %
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

First round, Group H[]

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.

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 261 212 +49 6 Second round
2  Italy 4 2 2 353 359 −6 6
3  Iceland 4 2 2 338 366 −28 6
4  Netherlands 3 0 3 219 234 −15 3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2022. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

@ Russia[]

26 November 2021
1
 Russia  92–78  Italy Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 (GMT+3) Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 22-23, 27-22, 28-19
Livebasketball.tv Pts: 21
Rebs: 5
Asts: Zaytsev 8
PIR: 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)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 77 8 1 4
SG 19 Ivan Strebkov 10 3 5
SF 25 21 5 2
PF 11 17 2 2
C 58 Sergei Toropov 6 1 1
Reserves:
C 8 Vladimir Ivlev 4 2 0
C 10 2 0 0
SF 21 4 1 0
PF 31 Evgeny Valiev 0 1 1
SG 35 0 0 0
SG 44 12 2 3
PG 88 Vyacheslav Zaytsev 7 2 8
Head coach:
Serbia Zoran Lukić
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Russia Statistics Italy
20/34 (58.2%) 2-pt field goals 12/29 (41.4%)
12/21 (57.1%) 3-pt field goals 9/21 (42.9%)
16/18 (88.9%) Free throws 27/30 (90.0%)
8 Offensive rebounds 9
19 Defensive rebounds 14
27 Total rebounds 23
25 Assists 16
14 Turnovers 14
5 Steals 8
3 Blocks 1
27 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 4 2 0
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 20 3 6
SF 19 5 0 1
PF 45 Nicola Akele 7 6 0
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 19 6 2
Reserves:
PG 4 Leonardo Candi 10 1 0
SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 5 0 7
PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 0 0 0
SG 22 DNP
C 34 2 1 0
SF 44 Davide Alviti 6 1 0
PF 52 Alessandro Lever 0 1 0
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

vs Netherland[]

29 November 2021
2
 Italy  75–73  Netherlands Assago (Milan), Italy
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)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 7 3 3
SG 31 Michele Vitali 7 2 3
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 13 4 6
PF 45 Nicola Akele 18 6 0
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 13 4 2
Reserves:
PG 4 Leonardo Candi 0 0 0
SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 6 3 4
SF 44 Davide Alviti 0 0 1
C 34 4 1 0
SF 19 2 1 0
PG 14 DNP
SG 22 5 4 0
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti
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Italy Statistics Netherlands
19/39 (48.7%) 2-pt field goals 16/31 (51.6%)
8/23 (34.8%) 3-pt field goals 11/25 (44.0%)
13/15 (86.7%) Free throws 8/10 (80.0%)
11 Offensive rebounds 6
22 Defensive rebounds 23
33 Total rebounds 29
19 Assists 16
16 Turnovers 18
8 Steals 7
0 Blocks 2
20 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 5 Leon Williams 3 1 0
SG 90 Charlon Kloof 11 3 2
SF 6 Worthy de Jong 14 6 2
PF 9 Mohamed Kherrazi 2 2 0
C 33 Jito Kok 0 1 1
Reserves:
SG 0 Yannick Franke 6 2 1
PG 1 Keye van der Vuurst de Vries 4 2 8
C 2 Joey van Zegeren 2 1 0
SG 3 Boy van Vliet DNP
SF 11 Shane Hammink 19 3 0
PF 13 Roeland Schaftenaar 9 2 2
PF 30 Olaf Schaftenaar 3 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Maurizio Buscaglia

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers, Italia nel gruppo H con Russia, Paesi Bassi e Islanda. L'esordio il 26 novembre in Russia". fip.it (in Italian). 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. La long list del CT Sacchetti per la prima finestra. Aperto il ticketing per la sfida ai Paesi Bassi (Milano, 29 novembre). Promozioni per i tesserati FIP" (in Italian). fip.it. 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 16 convocati del CT Sacchetti per la prima finestra. Il 26 novembre Azzurri in Russia, il 29 novembre a Milano vs Paesi Bassi" (in Italian). fip.it. 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Out Mannion e Totè. Convocati Flaccadori e Udom" (in Italian). fip.it. 22 November 2021.
  5. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 12 per Russia-Italia del 26 novembre (ore 17.00 italiane)" (in Italian). fip.it. 24 November 2021.
  6. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Russia-Italia 92-78 (Tonut 20). Sacchetti: "Sofferta la loro fisicità. Ora testa ai Paesi Bassi"" (in Italian). fip.it. 26 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 12 del CT Sacchetti per Italia-Paesi Bassi" (in Italian). fip.it. 28 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Piero Bucchi, Paolo Galbiati e Riccardo Fois nello staff tecnico Azzurro. Affiancheranno il CT Meo Sacchetti e Lele Molin. La FIP ringrazia e saluta Massimo Maffezzoli e Paolo Conti" (in Italian). fip.it. 5 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Draw results set the stage for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier games". FIBA. 31 August 2021.

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