2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team

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Italy
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Chairman Giovanni Petrucci
Head coach Romeo Sacchetti
Preliminary round 2nd
Second round 3rd
Final standing 10th
PIR leader Danilo Gallinari
20
Scoring leader Danilo Gallinari
17
Rebounding leader Danilo Gallinari
6
Assists leader Marco Belinelli
3
Highest home attendance15,000 vs Serbia
(4 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance2,849 vs Spain
(6 September 2019)
Biggest win108–62 Philippines
(31 August 2019)
Biggest defeat77-92 Serbia
(4 September 2019)
All statistics correct as of September 8, 2019.

The 2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team represents Italy at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. Italy qualified for the World Cup by taking the 2nd place in the European Second Round Group J. The team has been coached by Romeo Sacchetti.

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The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup is the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup championship that is organized by FIBA.

Background

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup represents the 18th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup where for the first time 32 teams from all over the world compete in the tournament. Italy has not qualified since the 2006 edition in Japan where it reached the playoffs. This year, with coach Sacchetti, the Italian national team aims to achieve at least the Olimpics qualifying tournament, which means qualify to the second round of World Cup.

Timeline

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Qualification

First round

PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 642474405+6910Advance to the second round
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 633434416+189 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 633431419+129 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 624368467−998Relegated to the EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers second round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Netherlands 1–1, +3; Croatia 1–1, –3

Matches

24 November 2017 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg75–70Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Turin, Italy
20:15 (CET)Scoring by quarter:26-15, 16-13, 17-15, 16-27
Pts: Della Valle, Aradori 16
Rebs: Gentile, Biligha 6
Asts: Filloy 4
PIR: Aradori, Filloy 12		 Boxscore Pts: Cățe 16
Rebs: Cățe 8
Asts: Watson 5
PIR: Cățe 25		Arena: PalaRuffini
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Haris Bijedic (BIH), Uros Nikolic (SER)
26 November 2017 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg64–80Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Zagreb, Croatia attendance = 5,000
18:00 (CET)Scoring by quarter:23-15, 9-20, 15-25, 17-20
Pts: Planinić 20
Rebs: Planinić 10
Asts: Mavra 4
PIR: Planinić 22		 Boxscore Pts: Della Valle 25
Rebs: Gentile, Abass 5
Asts: Filloy 4
PIR: Della Valle 25		Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Yener Yilmaz (TUR)
23 February 2018 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg80–62Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Treviso, Italy
20:15 (CET)Scoring by quarter:26-13, 19-21, 18-14, 17-14
Pts: Della Valle 22
Rebs: Burns 7
Asts: Filloy 6
PIR: Della Valle 22		 Boxscore Pts: Schaftenaar 17
Rebs: Kloof 9
Asts: De Jong 4
PIR: Schaftenaar 17		Arena: Palaverde
Attendance: 5,300
Referees: Tanel Suslov (EST), Luis Castillo (ESP), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI)
26 February 2018 Romania  Flag of Romania.svg50–101Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cluj-Napoca, Romania
19:45 (CET)'Scoring by quarter: 12-35, 13-12, 11-29, 14-25
Pts: Cățe 15
Rebs: Cățe 8
Asts: Mandache, Kuti 4
PIR: Cățe 23		 Boxscore Pts: Della Valle 29
Rebs: Burns 8
Asts: Filloy 6
PIR: Della Valle 28		Arena: BT Arena
Attendance: 5,370
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Sergiy Chebyshev (UKR), Marko Vladic (AUT)
28 June 2018 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg72–78Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Trieste, Italy
20:45 (CET)Scoring by quarter:24-21, 15-20, 13-24, 20-13
Pts: Aradori 15
Rebs: Burns 6
Asts: Vitali, Burns 3
PIR: Burns 19		 Boxscore Pts: Bogdanović 26
Rebs: Šarić 9
Asts: Bogdanović 26
PIR: Bogdanović 28		Arena: PalaTrieste
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Tanel Suslov (EST)
1 July 2018 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg81–66Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Groningen, Netherlands
18:00 (CET)Scoring by quarter:19-15, 19-15, 20-19, 23-17
Pts: Kloof 21
Rebs: Hammink 8
Asts: Kloof 3
PIR: Hammink 23		 Boxscore Pts: Abass 18
Rebs: Abass, Sacchetti 5
Asts: Burns 2
PIR: Abass 20		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Referees: Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Zdravko Rutesic (MNE), Arnis Ozols (LAT)

Second round

PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 12111999802+19723Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1284940836+10420 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1284958886+7220 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1266836849−1318Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers
5Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1248858891−3316
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1239895944−4915
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Italy 1–1, +3 PD; Poland 1–1, –3 PD

Matches

14 September 2018 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg101–82Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Bologna
20:15Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 29–27, 19–13, 28–17
Pts: Della Valle 28
Rebs: Melli 6
Asts: Vitali 6		 Boxscore Pts: Slaughter 28
Rebs: Cel 6
Asts: Ponitka 3		Arena: PalaDozza
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Sasa Maričić (SRB), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)
17 September 2018 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg63–69Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Debrecen
18:00Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–19, 23–13, 12–17
Pts: Vojvoda 25
Rebs: Golomán 7
Asts: Govens 4		 Boxscore Pts: Datome 18
Rebs: Brooks, Datome 7
Asts: Vitali 7		Arena: Főnix Hall
Attendance: 5,652
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Oskars Lucis (LAT)
29 November 2018 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg70–65Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Brescia
20:15Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 22–11, 11–18, 17–12
Pts: Awudu 13
Rebs: Aradori, Polonara 7
Asts: Vitali 8		 Boxscore Pts: Kalnietis 15
Rebs: Mačiulis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6		Arena: PalaLeonessa
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Steve Bittner (GER)
2 December 2018 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg94–78Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gdańsk
20:15Scoring by quarter:31–18, 21–23, 21–24, 21–13
Pts: Lampe 22
Rebs: Lampe 8
Asts: Slaughter 11		 Boxscore Pts: Abass, Aradori 13
Rebs:three players 4
Asts: Vitali 4		Arena: Ergo Arena
Attendance: 4,957
Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Boris Krejić (SLO), Saša Maričić (SRB)
22 February 2019 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg75–41Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Varese
20:15Scoring by quarter:15–9, 19–6, 18–18, 23–8
Pts: Della Valle 15
Rebs: Brooks 8
Asts: Vitali 4		 Boxscore Pts: Vojvoda 15
Rebs: Eilingsfeld 6
Asts: Eilingsfeld 2		Arena: Palasport Lino Oldrini
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Carsten Straube (GER)
25 February 2019 Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg86–73Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Klaipėda
19:30Scoring by quarter:26–16, 21–13, 14–22, 25–22
Pts: Masiulis 15
Rebs: Giedraitis 7
Asts: Janavičius, Vasiliauskas 5		 Boxscore Pts: Vitali 22
Rebs: Vitali 4
Asts: Filloy 6		Arena: Švyturio Arena
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Kerem Baki (TUR), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)

Roster

The final 12-man roster was announced on 29 August. [10] Originally Nicolò Melli was included as well, but he was ruled out on the World Cup because of his knee surgery. [8] [11]

Italy national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 26 – (1993-04-11)11 April 19931.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano Flag of Italy.svg
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 33 – (1986-03-25)25 March 19861.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Antonio Spurs Flag of the United States.svg
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 26 – (1992-11-12)12 November 19922.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Estudiantes Flag of Spain.svg
C 6 Paul Biligha 29 – (1990-05-31)31 May 19902.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia Flag of Italy.svg
PG 7 Luca Vitali 33 – (1986-05-09)9 May 19862.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Brescia Leonessa Flag of Italy.svg
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 31 – (1988-08-08)8 August 19882.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Los Angeles Clippers Flag of the United States.svg
SG 10 Daniel Hackett 31 – (1987-12-19)19 December 19871.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CSKA Moscow Flag of Russia.svg
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 32 – (1987-03-11)11 March 19871.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Scandone Avellino Flag of Italy.svg
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 30 – (1989-06-12)12 June 19892.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olimpia Milano Flag of Italy.svg
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 24 – (1994-10-07)7 October 19942.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Universo Treviso Basket Flag of Italy.svg
SF 23 Awudu Abass 26 – (1993-01-27)27 January 19932.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Brescia Leonessa Flag of Italy.svg
SF 70 Luigi Datome  (C)31 – (1987-11-23)23 November 19872.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahçe Flag of Turkey.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2019

The teams are referred to the season 2018–19.

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Paul Biligha Amedeo Tessitori
PF Danilo Gallinari Jeff Brooks
SF Luigi Datome Alessandro Gentile Awudu Abass
SG Marco Belinelli Amedeo Della Valle
PG Daniel Hackett Luca Vitali Ariel Filloy

Candidate players

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
PlayerTeamAddedRemovedReason
Achille Polonara Flag of Italy.svg Dinamo Sassari July 1, 2019July 12, 201919-man roster cut [4]
Davide Pascolo Flag of Italy.svg Aquila Trento
Diego Flaccadori Flag of Italy.svg Aquila Trento
Stefano Tonut Flag of Italy.svg Reyer Venezia
Davide Moretti Flag of the United States.svg Texas Tech Red Raiders
Andrea Cinciarini Flag of Italy.svg Olimpia Milano August 11, 201916-man roster cut [7]
Michele Vitali Flag of Italy.svg Dinamo Sassari
Riccardo Moraschini Flag of Italy.svg Olimpia Milano
Nicolò Melli Flag of the United States.svg New Orleans Pelicans August 13, 2019Injured [8]
Pietro Aradori Flag of Italy.svg Fortitudo Bologna August 17, 201914-men roster cut [9]
Brian Sacchetti Flag of Italy.svg Brescia Leonessa August 29, 201912-men roster cut [10]
Giampaolo Ricci Flag of Italy.svg Virtus Bologna

Staff

PositionStaff memberAgeTeam
Head coach Romeo Sacchetti 66 Vanoli Cremona
Assistant coachesEmanuele Molin59 Aquila Trento
Massimo Maffezzoli 43 Sidigas Avellino
Paolo Conti49 Pallacanestro Varese
Physical trainerMatteo Panichi46 Italian Basketball Federation
PhysicianSandro Senzameno67 Italian Basketball Federation
OrthopaedicRaffaele Cortina59 Italian Basketball Federation
OsteopathRoberto Oggioni44 Italian Basketball Federation
Francesco Ciallella39 Italian Basketball Federation
Team managerMassimo Valle53 Italian Basketball Federation
ManagerRoberto Brunamonti60 Italian Basketball Federation
Video makerMarco Cremonini31 Italian Basketball Federation
Warehouse managerCurzio Garofoli49 Italian Basketball Federation
Andrea Annessa45 Italian Basketball Federation

Age – describes age on 31 August 2019

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Exhibition games

Trentino Basket cup

Four teams took part in the Trentino Basket Cup: Ivory Coast and Italy, that were preparing for the World Cup. While Romania and Switzerland were preparing for the Eurobasket 2021.

30 July 2019
Semifinals
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg88–60Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Trento, Italy
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter:25-12, 19-19, 22-16, 22-13
Pts: Gentile 14
Rebs: Gentile 9
Asts: Cinciarini 4		 Boxscore Pts: Cățe, Nicolescu 12
Rebs: Cățe 8
Asts: Cățe 4		Arena: PalaTrento
Attendance: 1496
Referees: Vicino, Quarta, Brindisi
31 July 2019
Finals
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg69–58Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Trento, Italy
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter:28-13, 15-15, 13-16, 13-14
Pts: Gentile 14
Rebs: Brooks 11
Asts: Hackett 4		 Boxscore Pts: Fofana 10
Rebs: Fofana 6		Arena: PalaTrento
Attendance: 1389
Referees: Filippini, Vicino, Dori

Verona Basketball Cup

All the four team playing at the Verona Basketball Cup have been qualified for the World Cup: Italy, Russia, Senegal and Venezuela. The tournament is played in a round robin Format and the Russian team won the competition. [7]

8 August 2019
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela.svg54 –69Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg111– 54Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
9 August 2019
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg75– 69Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg70 –72Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
10 August 2019
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg73– 56Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg72– 54Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 330214180+346
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 321253180+735
3Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 312185253−684
4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 303177216−393
Updated to match(es) played on August 11, 2019. Source: FIP
8 August 2019
Match 1
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg111–54Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Verona, Italy
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter:31-10, 24-16, 30-15, 26-13
Pts: Aradori, M.Vitali 15
Rebs: Della Valle 5
Asts: Della Valle 5		 Boxscore Pts: Toure 15
Rebs: N'Doye 7
Asts: Adams 3		Arena: PalaOlimpia
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Mazzoni, Boninsegna, Borgo
9 August 2019
Match 2
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg70–72Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Verona, Italy
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter:22-7, 18-25, 25-21, 5-19
Pts: Gentile, Sacchetti 13
Rebs: Biligha 7
Asts: Filloy 3		 Boxscore Pts: Fridzon, Kurbanov 16
Rebs: Andrey Vorontsevich 6
Asts: Andrey Vorontsevich 3		Arena: PalaOlimpia
Attendance: 5000
Referees: Lanzarini, Begnis, Mazzoni
10 August 2019
Match 3
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg72–54Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Verona, Italy
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter:20-14, 18-14, 15-10, 19-16
Pts: Abass 16
Rebs: Della Valle, L. Vitali 5
Asts: L. Vitali 5		 Boxscore Pts: Colmenares 12
Rebs: G. Vargas, Ruiz 6
Asts: Mijares 6		Arena: PalaOlimpia
Attendance: 2500
Referees: Borgo, Lanzarini, Sardella

Acropolis Cup

The tournament is scheduled to be held from 16 to 18 August in Athens, Greece. [12]

16 August 2019
Game 1
 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg83–63Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Athens, Greece
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter:27-13, 22-15, 16-19, 18-16
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 18
Rebs: Bourousis 17
Asts: Calathes 7
PIR: G. Antetokounmpo 21		 Boxscore Pts: Belinelli 13
Rebs: Biligha, Hackett 8
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Biligha 17		Arena: Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: not available
Referees: Koromilas, Papapetrou, Andrikopoulos
17 August 2019
Game 2
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg64–96Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Athens, Greece
18:00 (CET)Scoring by quarter:15-14, 17-31, 17-24, 15-27
Pts: Belinelli 16
Rebs: Tessitori 5
Asts: Biligha, Vitali 3
PIR: Gentile 9		 Boxscore Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Bjelica, Marjanović 7
Asts: Micić 5
PIR: Jokić 24		Arena: Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: not available
Referees: Schinas, Tsaroucha, Kardaris
18 August 2019
Game 3
 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg72–70Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Athens, Greece
18:00 (CET)Scoring by quarter: 12-19, 26-16, 10-26, 24-9
Pts: Osman 20
Rebs: İlyasova 11
Asts: Wilbekin 4
PIR: Osman 22		 Boxscore Pts: Gentile 26
Rebs: Brooks 9
Asts: Belinelli 4
PIR: Gentile 32		Arena: Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: not available
Referees: Karakatsounis, Somos, Zacharis

AusTiger Cup

The tournament is scheduled to be held from 23 to 27 August in Shenyang, China.

23 August 2019
Match 1
 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg71–65Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Shenyang, China
20:30 (UTC+8)Scoring by quarter:27-17, 20-17, 12-14, 12-17
Pts: Bogdanović 15
Rebs: Milutinov 7
Asts: Micić 3		 Boxscore Pts: Belinelli 18
Rebs: Gallinari, Abass 6
Asts: Hackett 3		Arena: Liaoning Gymnasium
Attendance: 2000
25 August 2019
Match 2
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg80–82Flag of France.svg  France Shenyang, China
(UTC+8)Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 20-19, 19-26, 23-17
Pts: Belinelli 20
Rebs: Tessitori 7
Asts: Datome, Hackett 3		 Boxscore Pts: Fournier 29
Rebs: Batum 5
Asts: Okobo 4		Arena: Liaoning Gymnasium
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Flag of Serbia.svg Sasa Maricic, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xin Geng Wei, Flag of New Zealand.svg Martin Davison
26 August 2019
Match 3
 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg82–88Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Anshan , China
(UTC+8)Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 23–20, 24–18, 21-24
Pts: Gallinari 22
Rebs: Brooks 8
Asts: Vitali, Gallinari 2		 Boxscore Pts: C. Webster 21
Rebs: Fotu, Loe 6
Asts: C. Webster, T. Webster 6		Arena: Anshan Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Flag of Serbia.svg Sasa Maricic, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xing Jin Ming, Flag of France.svg Nicolas Maestre

Tournament

Preliminary round

Italy was drawn into Group D with Angola, Philippines, and the Serbia and will play all of its group phase matches in Foshan at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center from 31 August to 4 September.

PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 330323203+1206 Second round
2Flag of Italy.svg Italy 321277215+625
3Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 312204278−744 17th–32nd classification
4Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 303210318−1083
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are local (UTC+8).

Philippines vs. Italy

This will be the second game between the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1978, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

31 August 2019
19:30
Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg62–108Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Scoring by quarter: 8–37, 16–25, 15–23, 23–23
Pts: Blatche, Perez 15
Rebs: Blatche 10
Asts: Perez 3		Pts: Datome, Della Valle 17
Rebs: Tessitori 8
Asts: Vitali 5
Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 14 Mark Barroca 210
SG 16 Roger Pogoy 200
SF 5 Gabe Norwood 011
PF 25 Japeth Aguilar 240
C 1 Andray Blatche 15102
Reserves:
PG 3 Paul Lee 211
PG 4 Kiefer Ravena 520
SG 8 Robert Bolick 621
C 15 June Mar Fajardo 961
SG 17 CJ Perez 1523
SF 18 Troy Rosario 221
PF 20 Raymond Almazan 210
Head coach:
Flag of the Philippines.svg Yeng Guiao
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PhilippinesStatisticsItaly
22/41 (54%)2-pt field goals 24/36 (67%)
3/23 (13%)3-pt field goals 15/31 (48%)
9/12 (75%) Free throws 15/21 (71%)
13Offensive rebounds10
21Defensive rebounds28
34Total rebounds38
10Assists30
23Turnovers13
5Steals13
1Blocks3
22Fouls16
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 744
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 934
SF 70 Luigi Datome 1732
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 1634
C 6 Paul Biligha 830
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 1743
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 612
PG 7 Luca Vitali 205
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 712
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 841
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 981
SF 23 Awudu Abass 201
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Romeo Sacchetti

Italy vs. Angola

This will be the second game between Angola and Serbia in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1990, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

2 September 2019
15:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg92–61Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by quarter:25–11, 19–10, 26–21, 22–19
Pts: Belinelli 17
Rebs: Brooks 11
Asts: Hackett 3		Pts: Moreira 15
Rebs: Moreira 8
Asts: Morais 2
Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 1153
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 1751
SF 70 Luigi Datome 812
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 762
C 6 Paul Biligha 300
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 810
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 852
PG 7 Luca Vitali 001
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 022
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 11112
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 821
SF 23 Awudu Abass 1130
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Romeo Sacchetti
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ItalyStatisticsAngola
21/36 (58%)2-pt field goals 23/47 (38%)
12/30 (40%)3-pt field goals 2/18 (11%)
14/22 (64%) Free throws 9/15 (60%)
12Offensive rebounds12
30Defensive rebounds23
42Total rebounds35
16Assists6
13Turnovers16
10Steals6
7Blocks1
17Fouls20
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Gerson Domingos 500
SG 6 Carlos Morais 1032
SF 10 José Antonio 431
PF 23 Reggie Moore 021
C 2 Yanick Moreira 1580
Reserves:
SG 3 Jerson Gonçalves 320
SF 4 Olímpio Cipriano 401
PF 9 Leonel Paulo 1230
PF 15 Eduardo Mingas 251
C 16 Hermenegildo Mbunga DNP
C 32 Valdelício Joaquim 640
PG 37 Jacques Conceição DNP
Head coach:
Flag of the United States.svg Will Voigt

Italy vs. Serbia

This will be the first game between Italy and Serbia in the World Cup. Serbia won in its last competitive game against Italy, in EuroBasket 2017.

4 September 2019
19:30
Italy Flag of Italy.svg77–92Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 19–22, 15–20, 20–22
Pts: Gallinari 26
Rebs: Gallinari 8
Asts: Belinelli 4		Pts: Bogdanović 31
Rebs: Bjelica 7
Asts: Bjelica 9
Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 1331
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 1524
SF 70 Luigi Datome 543
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 2681
C 6 Paul Biligha 020
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 000
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 1111
PG 7 Luca Vitali 000
PG 12 Ariel Filloy DNP
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 220
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 000
SF 23 Awudu Abass 511
Head coach:
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ItalyStatisticsSerbia
11/25 (44%)2-pt field goals 17/35 (49%)
11/26 (42%)3-pt field goals 10/24 (42%)
22/30 (70%) Free throws 28/34 (82%)
8Offensive rebounds13
19Defensive rebounds22
27Total rebounds35
11Assists24
17Turnovers15
7Steals9
0Blocks2
26Fouls30
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 24 Stefan Jović 1163
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 3145
SF 11 Vladimir Lučić 211
PF 14 Stefan Birčević 000
C 21 Nikola Milutinov 400
Reserves:
SF 5 Marko Simonović 010
F 8 Nemanja Bjelica 579
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 1221
PF 15 Nikola Jokić 1564
PG 22 Vasilije Micić 600
SG 23 Marko Gudurić 021
C 51 Boban Marjanović 610
Head coach:
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Second round

Italy finished second in the preliminary group and advanced to the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It will play against two top finishers of Group C, Spain and Puerto Rico, in Wuhan.

PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 550395319+7610 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 541482331+1519
3Flag of Italy.svg Italy 532431371+608
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 523349402−537
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are local UTC+8.

Spain vs. Italy

6 September 2019
20:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg67–60Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 12–13, 20–17, 17–12
Pts: J. Hernangómez 16
Rebs: Claver 9
Asts: Fernández 5		Pts: Gallinari 15
Rebs: Hackett 8
Asts: Belinelli 4
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 2,849
Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Ricky Rubio 1522
SG 5 Rudy Fernández 555
SF 10 Víctor Claver 790
PF 41 Juan Hernangómez 1640
C 13 Marc Gasol 241
Reserves:
PG 1 Quino Colom DNP
SG 8 Pau Ribas 541
C 14 Willy Hernangómez 470
PF 18 Pierre Oriola 220
SF 22 Xavi Rabaseda DNP
SG 23 Sergio Llull 1123
SF 33 Javier Beirán DNP
Head coach:
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SpainStatisticsItaly
18/38 (47%)2-pt field goals 19/45 (42%)
6/23 (26%)3-pt field goals 4/20 (20%)
13/27 (76%) Free throws 10/15 (67%)
10Offensive rebounds10
33Defensive rebounds26
43Total rebounds36
12Assists11
15Turnovers10
7Steals5
2Blocks2
22Fouls16
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 582
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 744
SF 70 Luigi Datome 1231
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 1552
C 6 Paul Biligha 650
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 611
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 741
PG 7 Luca Vitali 000
PG 12 Ariel Filloy DNP
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 120
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 100
SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Romeo Sacchetti

Puerto Rico vs. Italy

8 September 2019
16:30
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg89–94 (OT)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Scoring by quarter:24–13, 22–13, 18–24, 19–33,  Overtime: 6–11
Pts: Balkman 14
Rebs: Clemente 9
Asts: Rodríguez 5		Pts: Belinelli 27
Rebs: Abass 8
Asts: Gallinari 5
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 4,264
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Gary Browne 1363
SG 33 David Huertas 1121
SF 0 Isaiah Pineiro 632
PF 34 Renaldo Balkman 1471
C 12 Jorge Díaz 320
Reserves:
PF 9 Ramón Clemente 990
PF 7 Devon Collier 771
PG 13 Ángel Rodríguez 1345
G 24 Gian Clavell 601
G/F 42 Alex Franklin 730
C 43 Chris Brady 000
G 44 Javier Mojica 010
Head coach:
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Puerto RicoStatisticsItaly
29/61 (48%)2-pt field goals 23/42 (55%)
5/24 (21%)3-pt field goals 7/25 (28%)
16/22 (73%) Free throws 27/36 (75%)
18Offensive rebounds7
31Defensive rebounds34
49Total rebounds41
14Assists23
17Turnovers15
9Steals7
0Blocks7
27Fouls20
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 344
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 2763
SF 23 Awudu Abass 1481
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 2265
C 6 Paul Biligha 1061
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 002
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile DNP
PG 7 Luca Vitali DNP
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 634
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 022
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 1221
F 70 Luigi Datome DNP
Head coach:
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Statistics

Individual statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGEFPPG
Awudu Abass 4121.052.2% (3.0/5.8)30.8% (1.0/3.2)100% (1.0/1.0)3.00.80.80.38.58.0
Marco Belinelli 5529.030.0% (4.8/12.0)33.3% (1.8/5.4)72.0% (3.6/5.0)4.03.21.20.013.215.0
Paul Biligha 5519.257.1% (2.4/4.2)- (0.0/0.0)37.5% (0.6/1.6)3.20.20.80.67.05.4
Jeff Brooks 5017.056.2% (1.8/3.2)33.3% (0.4/1.2)66.7% (0.4/0.6)4.21.01.61.210.44.4
Luigi Datome 4422.659.3% (4.0/6.8)50.0% (1.5/3.0)80.0% (1.0/1.2)2.82.00.80.812.510.5
Amedeo Della Valle 5010.638.5% (2.0/5.2)29.4% (1.0/3.4)100% (1.2/1.2)1.21.20.60.05.06.2
Ariel Filloy 3014.441.7% (1.7/4.0)28.0% (0.7/2.3)100% (0.3/0.3)2.02.71.00.06.34.3
Danilo Gallinari 5529.853.1% (5.2/9.8)50.0% (2.4/4.8)78.6% (4.4/5.6)5.62.81.00.420.217.2
Alessandro Gentile 4018.932.0% (2.0/6.2)75.0% (0.8/1.0)61.1% (2.8/4.5)2.81.80.30.04.87.5
Daniel Hackett 5524.331.2% (2.0/6.4)31.6% (1.2/3.8)65.0% (2.6/4.0)4.82.81.20.08.27.8
Amedeo Tessitori 509.670.0% (2.8/4.0)0.0% (0.0/0.2)66.7% (0.8/1.2)2.40.60.00.68.06.4
Luca Vitali 408.620.0% (0.2/1.2)0.0% (0/0.5)- (0.0/0.0)0.01.50.00.30.00.5
Total420047.0% (29.2/62.2)39.3% (10.5/26.8)69.3% (15.2/22.0)35.817.08.83.093.384.3

Source: FIBA Basketball World Cup

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3FG%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG  Points per game EF  PIR per game

Statistical leaders

Updated: August 31, 2019

Individual game highs

Team game highs

Conclusion

Italy ended the championship at the 10th place overall, position that allows Italy the qualification to the Olympic qualifying tournament.

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