Italy women's national basketball team

Italy

FIBA ranking	13 (6 December 2021)[1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Italian Basketball Federation
Coach	Marco Crespi
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	None
World Cup
Appearances	5
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	33
Medals	Gold: 1938 Silver 1995 Bronze 1974
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 2009 Silver: 1993, 2001
Home 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[]

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 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 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1 Total 209 96 113 125 89 36

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021.^[5][6]

Italy women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF 0 23 – (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Beretta Famila Schio PG 3 Nicole Romeo 31 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) C 4 30 – (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Reyer Venezia PG 5 29 – (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Reyer Venezia SF 9 Cecilia Zandalasini 25 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Fenerbahçe SG 11 24 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Reyer Venezia SF 13 Valeria De Pretto 29 – (1991-11-16)16 November 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Beretta Famila Schio C 22 22 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Beretta Famila Schio PG 23 Sabrina Cinili 32 – (1989-04-22)22 April 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Beretta Famila Schio PG 30 26 – (1994-11-05)5 November 1994 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia C 31 22 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets C 41 Elisa Penna 25 – (1995-11-13)13 November 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Reyer Venezia	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Giovanni Lucchesi Massimo Romano Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 June 2021

Head coach position[]

• – 2011–2015
• Andrea Capobianco – 2015–

See also[]

• Italy women's national under-19 basketball team
• Italy women's national under-17 basketball team
• Italy women's national 3x3 team

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Archived records