Italy women's national water polo team

The Italy women's national water polo team represents Italy in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s, claiming the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the Setterosa.

Italy
FINA codeITA
AssociationItalian Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachCarlo Silipo
Asst coachCosimino Di Cecca
Elena Gigli
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current10 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest2 (2016)
Lowest10 (2021)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances4 (first in 2004)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2004)
World Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1994)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1998, 2001)
World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1989)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1993, 2006)
World League
Appearances10 (first in 2004)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2006,2011,2014,2019)
European Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1989)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2012)
Media
Websitefedernuoto.it
Tania Di Mario (3rd standing from left) and Setterosa, with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi after Olympic gold medal at Quirinale in 2004.

Palmarès
Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 1102
World Championship 2136
World Cup 0213
World League 0415
European Championship 5229
Universiade 0112
Mediterranean Games 0101
Total812828

Results

Olympic Games
Year[1] Position Pld W D L
Australia 2000did not qualify
Greece 20041st place, gold medalist(s)6501
China 20086th5221
United Kingdom 20127th6204
Brazil 20162nd place, silver medalist(s)6501
Japan 2020did not qualify
France 2024qualified
Total5/6231427

Olympic Year Tournament
  • 1996 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal[1]

World Championship
  • 1994 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal[1]
  • 1998 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2001 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2003 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2005 – 7th place
  • 2007 – 5th place
  • 2011 – 4th place
  • 2013 – 10th place
  • 2015 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2017 – 6th place
  • 2019 – 6th place
  • 2022 – 4th place
  • 2023 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2024 – 7th place

FINA World Cup
  • 1989 – 8th place[1]
  • 1991 – 5th place
  • 1993 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1995 – 5th place
  • 1997 – 4th place
  • 1999 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2002 – 5th place
  • 2006 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2023 – 6th place

FINA World League
  • 2004 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal[1]
  • 2005 – 8th place
  • 2006 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2009 – 8th place
  • 2011 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2012 – 8th place
  • 2013 – 6th place
  • 2014 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2015 – 7th place
  • 2016 – 5th place
  • 2022 – 5th place

European Championship
  • 1989 – 4th place
  • 1991 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 1993 – 4th place
  • 1995 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1997 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1999 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2001 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2003 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2006 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2008 – 4th place
  • 2010 – 4th place
  • 2012 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 2014 – 4th place
  • 2016 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2018 – 6th place
  • 2020 – 5th place
  • 2022 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2024 – 4th place

LEN Europa Cup
Year Position
Spain 20185th place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.[2]

Head coach: Carlo Silipo

  • 1 Aurora Condorelli GK
  • 2 Chiara Tabani FP
  • 3 Giuditta Galardi FP
  • 4 Silvia Avegno FP
  • 5 Sofia Giustini FP
  • 6 Dafne Bettini FP
  • 7 Domitilla Picozzi FP
  • 8 Roberta Bianconi FP
  • 9 Valeria Palmieri FP
  • 10 Claudia Marletta FP
  • 11 Agnese Cocchiere FP
  • 12 Giulia Viacava FP
  • 13 Caterina Banchelli GK
  • 14 Lucrezia Cergol FP
  • 15 Veronica Gant FP

Past squads
  • 1991 European Championship – Bronze Medal
  • Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Giusi Malato, Neira Marsili, Martina Miceli, Monica Petrucci, Monica Vaillant, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Roberto Fiori.
  • 1993 FINA World Cup – Silver Medal
  • Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Claudia Mori, Paola Sabbatini, Greta Righi, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra.
  • 1994 World Championship – Bronze Medal
  • Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Paola Sabbatini, Oriana Di Siena, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì.
  • Carmela Allucci, Marica Carrozzi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Romano, Paola Sabbatini, Daria Starace, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • 1996 Olympic Year Tournament – Bronze Medal
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Stefania Lavorini, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Melania Grego, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Gabriella Sciolti, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Martina Schiavon, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • Simona Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Tania Di Mario, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Paola Sabbatini, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.
  • 2001 Holiday Cup – Bronze Medal
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Cristina Consoli, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant.
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Daniela Lavorini, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.
  • 2003 Holiday Cup – Silver Medal
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.
  • 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.
  • Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.
  • 2004 Holiday Cup – Silver Medal
  • Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.
  • Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Elena Gigli, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, and Noémi Tóth.
  • Eleonora Gay, Martina Miceli, Francesca Pavan, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkai, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Daria Storace, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Elena Gigli.
  • Silvia Bosurgi, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Teresa Frassinetti, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Daria Starace, Erzsébet Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi.
  • Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Teresa Frassinetti, Arianna Garibotti, Elena Gigli, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Federica Radicchi, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Erzsébet Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi.
  • 2007 Holiday Cup – Gold Medal
  • Annalisa Bosello, Silvia Bosurgi, Elisa Casanova, Marta Colaiocco, Teresa Frassinetti, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Erzsébet Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.
  • 2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Gold Medal
  • Elena Gigli, Martina Miceli, Elisa Casanova, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkai, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Marta Colaiocco, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Chiara Brancati. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.
  • Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosaria Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania Di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti and Giulia Gorlero. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.
  • Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Laura Barzon, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.
  • Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

Under-20 team

Italy lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships[3] where they finished fourth.

See also
  • Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
  • Italy men's national water polo team
  • List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
  • List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
  • List of world champions in women's water polo

References
  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster ITA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship Owen Lloyd (Inside the Games), 9 October 2021. Accessed 7 November 2021.
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