The 2020 Italy men's OQT basketball team represented Italy at the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia in June 2021. They qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking 10th place at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The team has been coached by Meo Sacchetti.
Overview The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020, but it was shifted to 29 June to 4 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Italy won the competition after a historic victory in the finals against the favourite Serbian team. This way, the Italian team qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Timeline 23–28 June 2020: Original Olympic Qualifying Tournament schedule 13 June 2021: Coach Romeo Sacchetti calls 16 players for the tournament. 29 June–4 July 2021: Rescheduled Olympic Qualifying Tournament 28 June 2021: Coach Romeo Sacchetti calls the 12 players for the tournament. 30 June 2021: Italy wins by forfeit against Senegal due to COVID detected in the African team. Italy is, therefore, automatically qualified to the next stage. 1 July 2021: Italy wins over Puerto Rico 90–83 and ends the round at the first place. 3 July 2021: Italy wins over Dominican Republic 79–59 and goes to the Final against Serbia. 4 July 2021: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Roster The following 12 players were called by coach Romeo Sacchetti for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
Depth chart
Candidate players The following were candidates to make the team: +Earlier candidatesPlayer Team Added Removed Reason Leonardo Totè Bilbao Basket 24 May 2021 8 June 2021 Injured Abramo Canka BC Nevėžis 13 June 2021 Technical choice Maximilian Ladurner Aquila Trento Andrea Pecchia Pallacanestro Cantù Gabriele Procida Pallacanestro Cantù Tomas Woldetensae Virginia Cavaliers Davide Alviti Pallacanestro Trieste 16 June 2021 Technical choice Giordano Bortolani Pallacanestro Brescia 20 June 2021 Technical choice Guglielmo Caruso Santa Clara Broncos Simone Zanotti VL Pesaro Raphael Gaspardo New Basket Brindisi 13 June 2021 Leonardo Candi Reggio Emilia 24 May 2021 24 June 2021 14-men roster cut Matteo Spagnolo Madrid Baloncesto Nicola Akele Universo Treviso Michele Ruzzier Pallacanestro Varese 28 June 2021 12-men roster cut Mouhamet Diouf Reggio Emilia
Staff After 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.
Position Staff member Age Team Head coach Meo Sacchetti Italian Basketball Federation Assistant coaches Emanuele Molin Aquila Trento Piero Bucchi Pallacanestro Cantù Paolo Galbiati Vanoli Cremona Riccardo Fois Phoenix Suns Physical trainer Matteo Panichi Italian Basketball Federation Physician Sandro Senzameno Italian Basketball Federation Orthopaedic Raffaele Cortina Italian Basketball Federation Osteopath Roberto Oggioni Italian Basketball Federation Francesco Ciallella Italian Basketball Federation Team manager Massimo Valle Italian Basketball Federation Press officer Francesco D'Aniello Italian Basketball Federation Manager Roberto Brunamonti Italian Basketball Federation Video maker Marco Cremonini Italian Basketball Federation Equipment manager Curzio Garofoli Italian Basketball Federation Andrea Annessa Italian Basketball Federation
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Exhibition games VTG Supercup
Tournament
Preliminary round
Senegal v Italy The Senegal roster did not participate in the Qualifying Tournament. On June 28, they informed FIBA about COVID-19 related disruptions to their preparations in Germany. Afterwards, their scheduled games did not take place and Senegal lost by forfeit 0–20.
Italy v Puerto Rico
ITA Statistics PUR 15/26 (57.7%) 2-pt field goals 21/45 (46.7%) 14/37 (37.8%) 3-pt field goals 11/27 (40.7%) 18/25 (72%) Free throws 8/18 (44.4%) 9 Offensive rebounds 14 29 Defensive rebounds 27 38 Total rebounds 41 17 Assists 19 13 Turnovers 17 1 Steals 7 4 Blocks 2 19 Fouls 26
Final round
Italy v Dominican Republic
ITA Statistics PUR 13/33 (39.4%) 2-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%) 13/25 (52.0%) 3-pt field goals 5/30 (16.7%) 14/19 (73.7%) Free throws 16/16 (100%) 7 Offensive rebounds 12 31 Defensive rebounds 26 38 Total rebounds 38 21 Assists 14 15 Turnovers 14 6 Steals 10 5 Blocks 0 17 Fouls 23
Serbia v Italy
SRB Statistics ITA 18/27 (66.7%) 2-pt field goals 20/42 (47.6%) 11/32 (34.4%) 3-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%) 26/32 (81.2%) Free throws 20/23 (87.0%) 9 Offensive rebounds 15 27 Defensive rebounds 24 36 Total rebounds 38 23 Assists 17 11 Turnovers 8 5 Steals 7 5 Blocks 2 24 Fouls 24
Statistics Individual statistics No. Player 0 Marco Spissu 3 2 2 17.5 50.0% (0.5/1.0) 16.7% (0.5/3.0) 33.3% (0.5/1.5) 3.0 2.5 0.0 0.5 3.5 3.0 1 Nico Mannion 3 3 1 21.7 50.0% (3.3/6.7) 45.5% (1.7/3.7) 78.3% (6.0/7.7) 1.7 4.0 0.0 0.0 14.7 17.7 7 Stefano Tonut 3 3 3 26.3 43.8% (2.3/5.3) 46.2% (2.0/4.3) 75.0% (2.0/2.7) 2.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 10.0 12.7 9 Nicolò Melli 3 3 3 21.3 18.2% (0.7/3.7) 20.0% (0.7/3.3) 0.0% (0.0/0.7) 4.0 2.0 1.3 0.7 3.7 3.3 13 Simone Fontecchio 3 3 3 29.7 57.7% (5.0/8.7) 53.8% (2.3/4.3) 100.0% (2.7/2.7) 6.3 1.7 0.0 1.0 22.0 19.7 16 Amedeo Tessitori 3 3 0 8.7 40.0% (0.7/1.7) 0.0% (0.0/0.3) 100.0% (1.3/1.3) 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 4.3 2.7 17 Giampaolo Ricci 3 3 0 14.0 25.0% (0.3/1.3) 27.3% (1.0/3.7) - 1.7 0.3 1.0 0.3 2.7 3.7 23 Awudu Abass 3 2 0 7.5 50.0% (0.5/1.0) 0.0% (0.0/1.0) 75.0% (1.5/2.0) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 24 Riccardo Moraschini 3 2 0 11.0 0.0% (0.0/0.5) - 100.0% (1.0/1.0) 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 31 Michele Vitali 3 3 0 13.3 33.3% (0.3/1.0) 33.3% (0.7/2.0) 75.0% (1.0/1.3) 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 2.7 3.7 33 Achille Polonara 3 3 3 29.0 87.5% (2.3/2.7) 61.1% (3.7/6.0) 71.4% (1.7/2.3) 9.3 1.3 1.0 0.7 25.3 17.3 54 Alessandro Pajola 3 3 0 11.7 33.3% (0.3/1.0) 80.0% (1.3/1.7) 100.0% (0.7/0.7) 2.3 2.3 0.3 0.3 9.0 5.3 Total 3 47.5% 42.7% 77.6% 38.3 18.3 4.7 3.7 99.7 90.3
Individual game highs
Total Player Opponent Points 24 Nico Mannion vs Total Rebounds 9 Achille Polonara vs Assists 6 Nico Mannion vs Alessandro Pajola vs Steals 3 Nicolò Melli vs Efficiency 32 Achille Polonara vs 2-point field goal percentage 71.4% (5/7) Simone Fontecchio vs 3-point field goal percentage 100% (3/3) Simone Fontecchio vs Free throw percentage 100% (9/9) Nico Mannion vs Minutes 35:28 Achille Polonara vs Notes at least 5 attempts
Total Player Opponent 2-point field goals made 7 Simone Fontecchio vs 2-point field goals attempted 12 Nico Mannion vs Simone Fontecchio 3-point field goals made 6 Achille Polonara vs 3-point field goals attempted 9 Achille Polonara vs Free throws made 9 Nico Mannion vs Free throws attempted 9 Nico Mannion vs Offensive Rebounds 3 Simone Fontecchio vs Achille Polonara Defensive Rebounds 9 Achille Polonara vs vs
Team game highs
Statistic Total OpponentPoints 102 vs Total Rebounds 39 vs Assists 21 vs Blocks 5 vs Steals 7 vs Efficiency 110 vs 2-point field goal percentage 57.7% vs 3-point field goal percentage 52.0% vs Free throw percentage 87.0% vs Turnovers 8 vs
Statistic Total Opponent2-point field goals made 20 vs 2-point field goals attempted 42 vs 3-point field goals made 14 vs 3-point field goals attempted 37 vs Free throws made 20 vs Free throws attempted 25 vs Offensive Rebounds 15 vs Defensive Rebounds 31 vs
References
External links
Italy men's OQT basketball team profile on FIBA