The Italy men's national basketball team is scheduled to play at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in July 2021.
Overview Italy 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 4 July: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the 2020 Summer Olympics. 6 July: Coach Sacchetti submits the list of 12 players that will go to the Olympics. 12 July: The national team starts the preparation in Rome. 25 July: Italy wins 92-82 against Germany. 28 July: Italy loses 83-86 against Australia. 31 July: Italy wins 80-71 against Nigeria and qualifies to the playoffs. 3 August: Italy loses 75-84 against France and ends the Olympics at the 5th position.
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Roster The following 12 players were called by coach Meo Sacchetti for the Olympics.
Depth chart
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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Olympic play
Preliminary round
Germany v Italy
DEU Statistics ITA 15/32 (46.9%) 2-pt field goals 19/37 (51.4%) 15/32 (46.9%) 3-pt field goals 15/31 (48.4%) 7/9 (77.8%) Free throws 9/12 (75.0%) 9 Offensive rebounds 9 25 Defensive rebounds 26 34 Total rebounds 35 15 Assists 20 14 Turnovers 9 6 Steals 11 2 Blocks 4 16 Fouls 15
Italy v Australia
ITA Statistics AUS 25/41 (61.0%) 2-pt field goals 21/39 (53.8%) 8/25 (32.0%) 3-pt field goals 11/31 (35.5%) 9/10 (90.0%) Free throws 11/14 (78.6%) 6 Offensive rebounds 16 24 Defensive rebounds 28 30 Total rebounds 44 16 Assists 26 7 Turnovers 11 3 Steals 4 3 Blocks 4 16 Fouls 15
Italy v Nigeria
ITA Statistics NGA 20/39 (51.3%) 2-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%) 8/31 (25.8%) 3-pt field goals 11/28 (39.3%) 16/19 (84.2%) Free throws 10/15 (66.7%) 13 Offensive rebounds 8 27 Defensive rebounds 31 40 Total rebounds 39 16 Assists 11 11 Turnovers 19 8 Steals 7 3 Blocks 2 19 Fouls 22
Knockout stage
Italy v France
ITA Statistics FRA 15/35 (42.9%) 2-pt field goals 23/41 (56.1%) 7/33 (21.2%) 3-pt field goals 7/22 (31.8%) 24/28 (85.7%) Free throws 17/21 (81.0%) 12 Offensive rebounds 14 21 Defensive rebounds 35 33 Total rebounds 49 15 Assists 22 9 Turnovers 20 12 Steals 7 2 Blocks 5 20 Fouls 23
Statistics
Individual statistics No. Player 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
Total Player Opponent Points 23 Simone Fontecchio vs Total Rebounds 10 Danilo Gallinari vs Assists 7 Nico Mannion vs vs Blocks 2 Achille Polonara vs Nicolò Melli vs Amedeo Tessitori vs Steals 5 Alessandro Pajola vs Efficiency 24 Nico Mannion vs Danilo Gallinari vs 2-point field goal percentage 80.0% (8/10) Nico Mannion vs 3-point field goal percentage 100% (5/5) Simone Fontecchio vs Free throw percentage 100% (9/9) Danilo Gallinari vs Turnovers 3 Simone Fontecchio vs Alessandro Pajola vs Minutes 35:21 Simone Fontecchio vs Notes at least 5 attempts
Total Player Opponent 2-point field goals made 8 Stefano Tonut vs Nico Mannion vs 2-point field goals attempted 13 Stefano Tonut vs Simone Fontecchio Simone Fontecchio vs 3-point field goals made 5 Simone Fontecchio vs 3-point field goals attempted 8 Danilo Gallinari vs Free throws made 9 Danilo Gallinari vs Free throws attempted 9 Danilo Gallinari vs Offensive Rebounds 4 Nicolò Melli vs Defensive Rebounds 7 Danilo Gallinari vs
Team game highs
Statistic Total OpponentPoints 92 vs Total Rebounds 40 vs Assists 20 vs Blocks 4 vs Steals 12 vs Efficiency 112 vs 2-point field goal percentage 61.0% vs 3-point field goal percentage 48.4% vs Free throw percentage 90.0% vs Turnovers 9 vs vs
Statistic Total Opponent2-point field goals made 25 vs 2-point field goals attempted 41 vs 3-point field goals made 15 vs 3-point field goals attempted 33 vs Free throws made 24 vs Free throws attempted 28 vs Offensive Rebounds 13 vs Defensive Rebounds 27 vs
References
External links
Italy men's OQT basketball team profile on FIBA