Italy team for EuroBasket 2022 qualification

The Italy team for EuroBasket 2022 qualification will represent Italy at the EuroBasket 2022 qualification. Italy has already qualified for the EuroBasket 2022 being one of the host countries.

Italy

2020-21 season
President	Gianni Petrucci
Head coach	Romeo Sacchetti
Qualifiers	Scheduled
PIR leader	Giampaolo Ricci 22.5
Scoring leader	Giampaolo Ricci 18.5
Rebounding leader	Giampaolo Ricci 5.5
Assists leader	Marco Spissu 9
Highest home attendance	4000 vs Russia (20 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance	4000 vs Russia (20 February 2020)
Average home attendance	4000 vs Russia (20 February 2020)
Biggest win	83–64 vs Russia (20 February 2020)
Home Away
All statistics correct as of February 23, 2020.

Timeline

First window

• 28 January 2020: submitted the long list of 24 players.[1]
• 3 February 2020: submitted the list of 16 players.[2]
• 12 February 2020: Andrea Pecchia was replaced by Matteo Tambone due to an ankle injury.[3][4]
• 19 February 2020: submitted list of 12 players for the match against Russia.[5]
• 20–23 February 2020 – First window
  • 20 February 2020: Italy 83 – 64 Russia[6]
  • 23 February 2020: Estonia 81 – 67 Italy[7]

Second window

• 24 October 2020: submitted the long list.[8]
• 21 November 2020: submitted the list of 16 players.[9]
• 23 November 2020: due to light fever Paolo Banchero was excluded from the list if 16 from the team's medical staff.[10]
• 25 November 2020: chosen the final 12 players that will play in Tallin.[11]
• 27–30 November 2020: The second window
  • 28 November 2020: The match against North Macedonia was postponed due to SARS-CoV-2 cases in the Macedonian team.[12]
  • 30 November 2020: Russia 66 – 70 Italy[13]

Third window

• 1 February 2021: submitted long list of 24 players.[14]
• 7 February 2021: submitted the list 14 player for the Perm bubble.[15]
• 18–21 February 2021: The third window

Roster

The following is the long list of 14 players submitted by coach Sacchetti for the qualification window of February 15-22, 2021, in the bubble of Perm, Russia. The team will play against North Macedonia and Estonia.[16]

Italy national basketball team – FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 0 Marco Spissu 24 – 5 February 1995 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Banco di Sardegna Sassari SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle (C) 27 – 11 April 1993 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Buducnost VOLI PG 7 Leonardo Candi 23 – 30 March 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia PG 13 Tommaso Baldasso 22 – 29 January 1998 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 25 – 7 October 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Segafredo Virtus Bologna PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 28 – 27 September 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Segafredo Virtus Bologna SG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 18 – 10 January 2003 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid SG 22 Giordano Bortolani 20 – 2 December 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Germani Basket Brescia PF 24 Filippo Baldi Rossi 28 – 26 October 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia SG 31 Michele Vitali 28 – 31 October 1991 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Brose Bamberg F/C 35 Leonardo Totè 23 – 8 July 1997 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna F 44 Davide Alviti 23 – 5 November 1996 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste F 45 Nicola Akele 22 – 7 November 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) De’ Longhi Treviso G/F 50 Gabriele Procida 18 – 1 June 2002 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Acqua San Bernardo Cantù	Head coach Romeo Sacchetti Assistant coach(es) Lele Molin Massimo Maffezzoli Paolo Conti Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition

Staff

Position	Staff member	Age	Team
Head coach	Romeo Sacchetti	67	Fortitudo Bologna (prev. Vanoli Cremona)
Assistant coaches	Emanuele Molin	60	Aquila Trento
	Massimo Maffezzoli	44	Eurobasket Roma
	Paolo Conti	51	Italian Basketball Federation
Physical trainer	Matteo Panichi	48	Italian Basketball Federation
Physician	Sandro Senzameno	68	Italian Basketball Federation
Orthopaedic	Raffaele Cortina	60	Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath	Roberto Oggioni	45	Italian Basketball Federation
	Francesco Ciallella	40	Italian Basketball Federation
Team manager	Massimo Valle	54	Italian Basketball Federation
Press officer	Francesco D'Aniello	39	Italian Basketball Federation
Manager	Roberto Brunamonti	61	Italian Basketball Federation
Video maker	Marco Cremonini	32	Italian Basketball Federation
Equipment manager	Curzio Garofoli	50	Italian Basketball Federation
	Andrea Annessa	46	Italian Basketball Federation

Source:

Qualification

The draw was held on 22 July 2019 in Munich, Germany. Italy was drawn into Group B with Finland, Georgia and Russia.[17] These matches will be played in three windows from 17 to 25 February 2020; from 23 November to 1 December 2020 and from 15 to 23 February 2021 with two games played by each team in every window.[18][19]

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
EuroBasket qualification	20 February 2020	21 February 2021	3	3	0	0	240	211	+29	100.00
Total			3	3	0	0	240	211	+29	100.00

Source: Competitions

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	240	211	+29	6	EuroBasket 2022 as host
2	Russia	4	2	2	291	276	+15	6	EuroBasket 2022
3	Estonia	3	1	2	218	243	−25	4
4	North Macedonia	2	0	2	139	158	−19	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
3	3	0	240	211	+29	1	0	83	64	+19	2	0	157	147	+10

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W		W
Position	1	1	2	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; V = Void

vs Russia

Leonardo Totè had incurred in an injury on the right eye the same day of the match and, because of the FIBA regulation, he couldn't be replaced.[20]

Italy  v  Russia

20 February 2020 1	Italy	83–64	Russia	Naples, Italy
20:30 (GMT+1)	Scoring by quarter: 26-24, 15-9, 21-18, 21-13
Livebasketball.tv, Sky Sport Arena	Pts: Ricci 19 Rebs: Ricci, Fontecchio 7 Asts: Spissu 10 PIR: Ricci 22	Boxscore	Pts: Kulagin 17 Rebs: Antipov 6 Asts: Kulagin 8 PIR: Antipov 20	Arena: PalaBarbuto Attendance: 4000 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Martin Vulic (CRO), Fernando Calatrava (ESP)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Marco Spissu 10 4 10 SG 31 Michele Vitali 15 4 3 SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 10 7 1 PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 19 7 1 C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 6 5 3 Reserves: PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 3 1 1 SG 22 Giordano Bertolani 3 0 0 PF 24 Filippo Baldi Rossi 7 3 0 PG 25 Michele Ruzzier 7 2 2 SG 30 Matteo Tambone 0 0 0 C 35 Leonardo Totè DNP PF 45 Nicola Akele 3 4 0 Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

Italy Russia 0 Italy Statistics Russia 18/33 (54.5%) 2-pt field goals 12/27 (44.4%) 13/26 (50.0%) 3-pt field goals 9/30 (30.0%) 8/13 (61.5%) Free throws 13/19 (68.4%) 9 Offensive rebounds 4 32 Defensive rebounds 22 41 Total rebounds 26 21 Assists 15 20 Turnovers 14 6 Steals 9 3 Blocks 2 21 Fouls 22

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 19 Ivan Strebkov 0 1 2 SG 22 Dmitry Kulagin 17 2 8 SF 7 Vitaly Fridzon 6 1 1 PF 32 Pavel Antipov 14 6 1 C 8 Vladimir Ivlev 10 3 0 Reserves: PG 2 Andrei Sopin 0 0 0 SG 4 Evgeny Baburin 0 2 0 PG 5 Denis Zakharov 6 1 0 PG 6 Grigory Motovilov 10 1 1 PF 21 Stanislav Ilnitskiy 0 1 2 C 31 Evgeny Valiev 3 3 0 C 64 Artem Klimenko 0 0 0 Head coach: Sergei Bazarevich

@ Estonia

Estonia  v  Italy

23 February 2020 2	Estonia	81–87	Italy	Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (GMT+2)	Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 29-23, 14-18, 20-28
Livebasketball.tv, Sky Sport HD	Pts: Kitsing 22 Rebs: Jõesaar 9 Asts: Kullamäe 6 PIR: Kitsing 22	Boxscore	Pts: Vitali 22 Rebs: Ricci, Vitali, Akele 4 Asts: Spissu 8 PIR: Ricci 23	Arena: Saku Suurhall Attendance: 7500 Referees: Aleksandar Glisić (SRB), Martin Horozov (BGR), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 77 Kristian Kullamäe 17 2 6 SG 2 Sander Raieste 3 5 1 SF 21 Janari Jõesaar 7 9 2 PF 11 Siim-Sander Vene 21 5 2 C 33 Kristjan Kitsing 22 3 1 Reserves: SF 0 Henri Drell 5 1 0 PF 3 Kregor Hermet 2 1 1 SG 4 Rain Veideman 2 2 1 SF 13 Kaspar Treier 0 1 0 C 20 Rauno Nurger 2 1 0 PG 22 Martin Dorbek 0 0 0 PG 44 Kerr Kriisa 0 1 5 Head coach: Jukka Toijala

Estonia Italy 0 Estonia Statistics Italy 15/31 (48.4%) 2-pt field goals 21/32 (65.6%) 13/36 (36.1%) 3-pt field goals 10/26 (38.5%) 12/14 (85.7%) Free throws 15/18 (83.3%) 16 Offensive rebounds 10 17 Defensive rebounds 20 33 Total rebounds 30 19 Assists 20 18 Turnovers 16 8 Steals 10 3 Blocks 3 20 Fouls 18

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Marco Spissu 9 2 8 SG 31 Michele Vitali 22 4 1 SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 9 3 1 PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 18 4 6 C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 6 2 0 Reserves: PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 0 0 0 SG 22 Giordano Bertolani DNP PF 24 Filippo Baldi Rossi 10 2 1 PG 25 Michele Ruzzier 2 1 2 SG 30 Matteo Tambone 0 2 0 PF 45 Nicola Akele 8 4 0 C 55 Francesco Candussi 3 3 1 Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

vs North Macedonia

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the matches of the second window against North Macedonia and Russia have been arranged to be played behind closed doors, in the protected bubble of the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn.

But the first match against North Macedonia that was scheduled to be played in Tallinn on November 28, was postponed to the window of February 2021.[21] Three Macedonian players were found positive to SARS-CoV-2 and the FIBA Medical Commission was forced to the deferment.[22]

Italy  v  North Macedonia

28 November 2020 3	Italy	vs.	North Macedonia

@ Russia

Russia  v  Italy

30 November 2020 4	Russia	66–70	Italy	Tallinn, Estonia
16:00 (GMT+2)	Scoring by quarter: 15-15, 16-21, 13-14, 22-20
Livebasketball.tv, Sky Sport Arena	Pts: Vorontsevich 11 Rebs: Vorontsevich 11 Asts: Strebkov, Vorontsevich, Kulagin 4 PIR: Vorontsevich 17	Boxscore	Pts: Tessitori 27 Rebs: Tessitori 9 Asts: Della Valle, Spissu 5 PIR: Tessitori 26	Arena: Saku Suurhall Attendance: behind closed doors Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 27 Mikhail Kulagin 7 6 4 SG 4 Evgeny Baburin 8 5 2 SF 21 Andrey Lopatin 0 4 0 PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich 11 11 4 C 8 Vladimir Ivlev 6 1 1 Reserves: SG 6 Grigory Motovilov 8 0 0 PF 14 Nikita Balashov DNP SG 15 Maksim Grigoryev DNP PG 19 Ivan Strebkov 8 3 4 SF 21 Stanislav Ilnitskiy 5 4 0 PF 31 Evgeni Valiev 4 6 0 SF 32 Pavel Antipov 9 5 1 Head coach: Sergei Bazarevich

Russia Italy 0 Russia Statistics Italy 17/33 (51.5%) 2-pt field goals 17/33 (51.5%) 7/30 (23.3%) 3-pt field goals 7/23 (30.4%) 11/18 (61.1%) Free throws 15/26 (57.7%) 16 Offensive rebounds 10 31 Defensive rebounds 26 47 Total rebounds 36 16 Assists 16 14 Turnovers 10 1 Steals 10 0 Blocks 1 24 Fouls 26

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 5 5 3 SG 0 Marco Spissu 11 4 5 SF 31 Michele Vitali 2 2 0 PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 12 4 1 C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 27 9 0 Reserves: G/F 00 Amedeo Della Valle 3 1 5 SG 11 Davide Moretti 3 0 0 PG 13 Tommaso Baldasso 0 1 0 PF 19 Raphael Gaspardo 4 3 1 SF 32 Andrea Pecchia 1 1 0 SF 44 Davide Alviti 0 1 1 PF 45 Nicola Akele 2 1 0 Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

vs Estonia

Italy  v  Estonia

18 February 2021 5	Italy	vs.	Estonia	Italy

@ North Macedonia

North Macedonia  v  Italy

21 February 2021 6	North Macedonia	vs.	Italy	North Macedonia

Statistics

Individual statistics

No.	Player	GC	GP	GS	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	EF	PPG
00	Amedeo Della Valle	1	1	0	20.1	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	0.0% (0.0/2.0)	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	3.0
0	Marco Spissu	3	3	3	28.9	44.4% (1.3/3.0)	42.9% (2.0/4.7)	80.0% (1.3/1.7)	3.3	7.7	2.0	0.0	16.7	10.0
11	Davide Moretti	1	1	0	7.5	0.0% (0.0/0.0)	100% (1.0/1.0)	100% (1.0/1.0)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0
13	Simone Fontecchio	2	2	2	29.3	40.0% (2.0/5.0)	50.0% (1.5/3.0)	100% (1.0/1.0)	5.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	10.5	9.5
13	Tommaso Baldasso	1	1	0	7.1	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
16	Amedeo Tessitori	3	3	3	17.1	75.5% (5.0/7.0)	0.0% (0.0/0.3)	56.2% (3.0/5.3)	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	13.3	13.0
17	Giampaolo Ricci	3	3	3	29.5	53.3% (2.7/5.0)	58.8% (3.3/5.7)	75.0% (1.0/1.3)	5.0	2.7	1.7	0.7	19.3	16.3
18	Matteo Spagnolo	2	2	0	7.8	33.3% (0.5/1.5)	-	100% (0.5/0.5)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5
19	Raphael Gaspardo	1	1	0	15.0	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	0.0% (0.0/3.0)	66.7% (2.0/3.0)	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.0
22	Giordano Bortolani	2	1	0	3.9	-	100% (1.0/1.0)	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0
24	Filippo Baldi Rossi	2	2	0	13.6	58.3% (3.6/6.0)	25.0% (0.5/2.0)	-	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	7.5	8.5
25	Michele Ruzzier	2	2	0	15.4	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	33.3% (0.5/1.5)	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	3.0	4.5
30	Matteo Tambone	2	2	0	4.9	-	0.0% (0.0/0.5)	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
31	Michele Vitali	3	3	3	27.1	63.6% (2.3/3.7)	33.3% (1.7/5.0)	83.3% (3.3/4.0)	3.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	13.0	13.0
32	Andrea Pecchia	1	1	0	4.3	-	-	25.0% (1.0/4.0)	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.0	1.0
35	Leonardo Totè	1	0	0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Davide Alviti	1	1	0	7.1	-	0.0% (0.0/2.0)	-	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
45	Nicola Akele	3	3	0	16.6	71.4% (1.7/2.3)	33.3% (0.3/1.0)	-	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	6.3	4.3
54	Alessandro Pajola	1	1	1	30.0	33.3% (1.0/3.0)	0.0% (0.0/1.0)	75.5% (3.0/4.0)	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	5.0
55	Francesco Candussi	1	1	0	5.8	-	100% (1.0/1.0)	-	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	3.0

Individual game highs

Total Player Opponent Points 27 Amedeo Tessitori @  Russia (30/11/2020) Total Rebounds 9 Amedeo Tessitori @  Russia (30/11/2020) Assists 10 Marco Spissu vs  Russia (20/2/2020) Blocks 2 Giampaolo Ricci @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Steals 3 Simone Fontecchio @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Marco Spissu @  Russia (30/11/2020) Efficiency 26 Amedeo Tessitori @  Russia (30/11/2020) 2-point field goal percentage^5 80% (4/5) Michele Vitali vs  Russia (20/2/2020) 3-point field goal percentage 100% (1/1) Giordano Bertolani vs  Russia (20/2/2020) Francesco Candussi @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Davide Moretti @  Russia (30/11/2020) Free throw percentage 100% (4/4) Amedeo Tessitori @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Turnovers 5 Amedeo Tessitori vs  Russia (20/2/2020) Minutes 34.4 Michele Vitali @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Notes ^5 at least 5 attempts

Total Player Opponent 2-point field goals made 11 Amedeo Tessitori @  Russia (30/11/2020) 2-point field goals attempted 16 Amedeo Tessitori @  Russia (30/11/2020) 3-point field goals made 4 Giampaolo Ricci @  Estonia (23/2/2020) 3-point field goals attempted 8 Giampaolo Ricci @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Free throws made 7 Michele Vitali @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Free throws attempted 9 Amedeo Tessitori @  Russia (30/11/2020) Offensive Rebounds 5 Amedeo Tessitori @  Russia (30/11/2020) Defensive Rebounds 7 Simone Fontecchio vs  Russia (20/2/2020)

Team game highs

Statistic Total Opponent Points 87 @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Total Rebounds 41 vs  Russia (20/2/2020) Assists 21 vs  Russia (20/2/2020) Blocks 3 vs  Russia (20/2/2020) @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Steals 10 @  Russia (30/11/2020) Efficiency 87 vs  Russia (20/2/2020) 2-point field goal percentage 54.5% vs  Russia (20/2/2020) 3-point field goal percentage 50.0% vs  Russia (20/2/2020) Free throw percentage 85.7% @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Turnovers 20 vs  Russia (20/2/2020)

Statistic Total Opponent 2-point field goals made 18 vs  Russia (20/2/2020) 2-point field goals attempted 33 vs  Russia (20/2/2020) @  Russia (30/11/2020) 3-point field goals made 13 vs  Russia (20/2/2020) @  Estonia (23/2/2020) 3-point field goals attempted 36 @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Free throws made 15 @  Russia (30/11/2020) Free throws attempted 14 @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Offensive Rebounds 16 @  Estonia (23/2/2020) Defensive Rebounds 32 vs  Russia (20/2/2020)

See also

• EuroBasket 2022 qualification

References

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18. "Road to World Cup 2019 and EuroBasket 2021" (PDF). FIBA.
19. "Seedings confirmed ahead of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers Draw". FIBA. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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21. "FIBA statement about postponement of EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers games involving North Macedonia". fiba.basketball. 28 November 2020.
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External links

• Official website
• Italy Qualifiers Profile at the FIBA Website