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. |
Overview
editItaly 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.
Timeline
edit- 4 July: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
- 6 July: Coach Sacchetti submits the list of 12 players that will go to the Olympics.[2]
- 12 July: The national team starts the preparation in Rome.[3]
- 25 July: Italy wins 92-82 against Germany.[4]
- 28 July: Italy loses 83-86 against Australia.[5]
- 31 July: Italy wins 80-71 against Nigeria and qualifies to the playoffs.[6]
- 3 August: Italy loses 75-84 against France and ends the Olympics at the 5th position.[7]
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Roster
editThe following 12 players were called by coach Meo Sacchetti for the Olympics.[2]
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Depth chart
editPos. | 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 |
Staff
editAfter 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 | 70 | 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 | 51 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Physician | Sandro Senzameno | 71 | 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 |
Source: [1]
Olympic play
editPreliminary round
editPos | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
Germany v Italy
edit25 July 2021 Game 1
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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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Italy v Australia
edit28 July 2021 Game 2
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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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Italy v Nigeria
edit31 July 2021 Game 3
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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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Knockout stage
editItaly v France
edit3 August 2021 Quarterfinals
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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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Statistics
editIndividual statistics
editNo. | 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 |
Individual game highs
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References
edit- ^ "L'Italia torna ai Giochi Olimpici dopo 17 anni! Impresa Azzurra a Belgrado: battuta la Serbia 95-102 (Mannion 24)". fip.it (in Italian). 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020. I 12 Azzurri per i Giochi Olimpici". fip.it (in Italian). 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Giochi Olimpici Tokyo 2021. Nazionale Maschile e Azzurre del 3x3 in raduno da oggi a Roma: Diouf e Spagnolo convocati per gli allenamenti". fip.it (in Italian). 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020. Italia-Germania 92-82 (20 Fontecchio). Ritorno ai Giochi con vittoria per gli Azzurri. Sacchetti: "Il carattere di questi ragazzi non è banale"". fip.it (in Italian). 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020, Italia-Australia 83-86 (Fontecchio 22). Sacchetti: "Peccato per i rimbalzi nel finale". Sabato 31 luglio Italia-Nigeria (ore 6.40 italiane)". fip.it (in Italian). 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020. Italia ai quarti di finale! Battuta la Nigeria 80-71 (Melli 15). Azzurri secondi nel girone". fip.it (in Italian). 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020. Italia-Francia 75-84. Azzurri eliminati ai quarti di finale. Petrucci: "Grazie a squadra e staff. Ora al lavoro per migliorare ancora". Sacchetti: "A testa alta". Melli: "Non vedo l'ora di tornare in Nazionale con questo gruppo"". fip.it (in Italian). 3 August 2021.
- ^ "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.