Italy women's national basketball team

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

Italy

FIBA ranking	15 (15 February 2024)^[1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Italian Basketball Federation
Coach	Marco Crespi
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
World Cup
Appearances	5
EuroBasket
Appearances	34
Medals	Gold: 1938 Silver 1995 Bronze 1974
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 2009 Silver: 1993, 2001
Home Away

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   2026 To be determined 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    2023 9th 4 1 3 6 6 0      2025 Qualified Qualified as host    2027 To be determined To be determined Total 213 97 116 131 95 36

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.^[5][6]

Italy women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 0 Jasmine Keys 25 – (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio   PG 2 Matilde Villa 18 – (2004-12-09)9 December 2004 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia   C 4 Martina Bestagno (C) 32 – (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio   SG 8 Costanza Verona 23 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) PF Schio   SF 9 Cecilia Zandalasini 27 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Virtus Bologna   SG 11 Francesca Pan 26 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Reyer Venezia   PF 12 Valeria Trucco 23 – (1999-11-01)1 November 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Geas Basket   C 13 Lorela Cubaj 24 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Reyer Venezia   PG 18 Mariella Santucci 25 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia   SG 19 Martina Fassina 24 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Reyer Venezia   C 22 Olbis André 24 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna   SF 23 Laura Spreafico 31 – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Gernika KESB	Head coach   Lino Lardo Assistant coach(es)   Massimo Romano   Cinzia Zanotti Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 June 2023

Head coach position

• Roberto Ricchini – 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

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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. "EuroBasket Women, le 12 Azzurre scelte da coach Lardo" (in Italian). fip.it. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
6. "Team Roster: Italy" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 9. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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