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]

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Italy men's national basketball team.

Italy
FIBA ranking14 Increase 2 (28 February 2023)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationItalian Basketball Federation
CoachMarco Crespi
Olympic Games
Appearances3
MedalsNone
World Cup
Appearances5
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances33
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
Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 0000
Women's World Cup 0000
EuroBasket Women 1113
Universiade 1102
Mediterranean Games 1203
Total3418

Competition record

Results in final tournaments and qualifying games[4]

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Qualifying
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Canada 1976 Did not qualify 413
Soviet Union 1980 6th 5 0 5 963
United States 1984Did not qualify 422
South Korea 1988 1156
Spain 1992 8th 5 0 5 853
United States 1996 8th 8 3 5
Australia 2000Did not qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
Total18315 36 19 17

FIBA Women's World Cup

Women's World Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Chile 1953Did 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
Total371918

EuroBasket Women

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 Qualified 6 6 0
Total209961131319536

Team

Current roster

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

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

Head coach position

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  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. "Valeria Trucco lascia il raduno di Valencia, giovedì l'esordio all'EuroBasket Women 2021". fip.it (in Italian). 14 June 2021.
  6. "Team Roster Italy". fiba.basketball. 16 June 2021.
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