2020 Italy men's OQT basketball team

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Italy
2021 season
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President Gianni Petrucci
Head coach Meo Sacchetti
Preliminary round 1st
0Playoffs0Winners
PIR leader Polonara
25.3
Scoring leader Fontecchio
19.7
Rebounding leader Polonara
9.3
Assists leader Mannion
4
Biggest win+20
59-79 vs Dominican Republic (3 July)
All statistics correct as of July 4, 2021.

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 were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 10th place at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The team has been coached by Meo Sacchetti.

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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 an historic victory in the finals against the favourite Serbian team. This way, the Italian team qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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Roster

The following 12 players were called by coach Romeo Sacchetti for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. [3]

Italy national basketball team – 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 0 Marco Spissu 24 – (1995-02-05)5 February 19951.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Dinamo Sassari Flag of Italy.svg
PG 1 Nico Mannion 19 – (2001-09-04)4 September 20011.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Golden State Warriors Flag of the United States.svg
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 27 – (1993-11-07)7 November 19931.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Reyer Venezia Flag of Italy.svg
C 9 Nicolò Melli  (C)30 – (1991-01-26)26 January 19912.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Dallas Mavericks Flag of the United States.svg
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 25 – (1995-12-09)9 December 19952.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Alba Berlin Flag of Germany.svg
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 26 – (1994-10-07)7 October 19942.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Virtus Bologna Flag of Italy.svg
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 29 – (1991-09-27)27 September 19912.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Virtus Bologna Flag of Italy.svg
SF 23 Awudu Abass 28 – (1993-01-27)27 January 19931.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Virtus Bologna Flag of Italy.svg
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 30 – (1991-01-08)8 January 19911.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano Flag of Italy.svg
SG 31 Michele Vitali 29 – (1991-10-31)31 October 19911.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Brose Bamberg Flag of Germany.svg
PF 33 Achille Polonara 29 – (1991-11-23)23 November 19912.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Saski Baskonia Flag of Spain.svg
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 21 – (1999-11-09)9 November 19991.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna Flag of Italy.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 June 2021

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Nicolò Melli Amedeo Tessitori
PF Achille Polonara Giampaolo Ricci
SF Simone Fontecchio Riccardo Moraschini Awudu Abass
SG Stefano Tonut Michele Vitali
PG Nico Mannion Alessandro Pajola Marco Spissu

Candidate players

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
PlayerTeamAddedRemovedReason
Leonardo Totè Flag of Spain.svg Bilbao Basket 24 May 2021 [4] 8 June 2021Injured [5]
Abramo Canka Flag of Lithuania.svg BC Nevėžis 13 June 2021Technical choice [6]
Maximilian Ladurner Flag of Italy.svg Aquila Trento
Andrea Pecchia Flag of Italy.svg Pallacanestro Cantù
Gabriele Procida Flag of Italy.svg Pallacanestro Cantù
Tomas Woldetensae Flag of the United States.svg Virginia Cavaliers
Davide Alviti Flag of Italy.svg Pallacanestro Trieste 16 June 2021Technical choice [7]
Giordano Bortolani Flag of Italy.svg Pallacanestro Brescia 20 June 2021Technical choice [8]
Guglielmo Caruso Flag of the United States.svg Santa Clara Broncos
Simone Zanotti Flag of Italy.svg VL Pesaro
Raphael Gaspardo Flag of Italy.svg New Basket Brindisi 13 June 2021 [6]
Leonardo Candi Flag of Italy.svg Reggio Emilia 24 May 2021 [4] 24 June 202114-men roster cut [9]
Matteo Spagnolo Flag of Spain.svg Madrid Baloncesto
Nicola Akele Flag of Italy.svg Universo Treviso
Michele Ruzzier Flag of Italy.svg Pallacanestro Varese 28 June 202112-men roster cut [3]
Mouhamet Diouf Flag of Italy.svg 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. [10]

PositionStaff memberAgeTeam
Head coach Meo Sacchetti 71 Italian Basketball Federation
Assistant coaches Emanuele Molin 64 Aquila Trento
Piero Bucchi 66 Pallacanestro Cantù
Paolo Galbiati 40 Vanoli Cremona
Riccardo Fois 37 Phoenix Suns
Physical trainerMatteo Panichi52 Italian Basketball Federation
PhysicianSandro Senzameno72 Italian Basketball Federation
OrthopaedicRaffaele Cortina64 Italian Basketball Federation
OsteopathRoberto Oggioni49 Italian Basketball Federation
Francesco Ciallella44 Italian Basketball Federation
Team managerMassimo Valle58 Italian Basketball Federation
Press officerFrancesco D'Aniello43 Italian Basketball Federation
ManagerRoberto Brunamonti65 Italian Basketball Federation
Video makerMarco Cremonini36 Italian Basketball Federation
Equipment managerCurzio Garofoli54 Italian Basketball Federation
Andrea Annessa50 Italian Basketball Federation

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Exhibition games

VTG Supercup

PosTeamPldPts
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 33
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 32
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 31
4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 30
18 June 2021
1
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg8256Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Hamburg
17:00 (CET)Scoring by quarter:21-9, 24-12, 13-11, 24-24
Eurosport Pts: Polonara 15
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Candi, Ruzzier 4
Boxscore Pts: Marnaoui 18
Rebs: Addami 10
Asts: Haddad, Marnaoui, El Mabrouk 4
Arena: Edel-optics.de Arena
Referees: Carsten Straube (DEU), Steve Bittner (DEU), Boris Krejic (SVN)
19 June 2021
2
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg8371Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Hamburg
17:00 (CET)Scoring by quarter: 22-22, 27-13, 20-11, 25-14
Eurosport Pts: Tonut, Polonara 15
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Tonut 4
Boxscore Pts: Kovář 18
Rebs: Balvín 5
Asts: Sehnal 9
Arena: Edel-optics.de Arena
Referees: Steve Bittner (DEU), Carsten Straube (DEU), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)
20 June 2021
3
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg9179Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Hamburg
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter:22-20, 20-28, 29-12, 20-21
Eurosport Pts: Saibou 18
Rebs: Voigtmann 9
Asts: Voigtmann 7
Boxscore Pts: Melli 21
Rebs: Polonara 9
Asts: Ruzzier 6
Arena: Edel-optics.de Arena
Referees: Boris Krejic (SVN), Manuel Attard (Ita), Carsten Straube (DEU)

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. [11]

1
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg020Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Boxscore

Italy v Puerto Rico

1 July 2021
2
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg9083Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Belgrade
16:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 19–20, 27–14, 26–25
Rai Sport, Sky Pts: Mannion, Fontecchio, Polonara 21
Rebs: Polonara 11
Asts: Mannion 6
PIR: Polonara 30
Boxscore Pts: Clavell 24
Rebs: Browne 9
Asts: Browne 16
PIR: Browne 31
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Marco Spissu 323
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 910
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 2162
PF 33 Achille Polonara 21112
C 9 Nicolò Melli 033
Reserves:
PG 1 Nico Mannion 2136
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 420
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 631
SF 23 Awudu Abass 220
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini DNP
SG 31 Michele Vitali 310
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 010
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Romeo Sacchetti

ITAStatisticsPUR
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%)
9Offensive rebounds14
29Defensive rebounds27
38Total rebounds41
17Assists19
13Turnovers17
1Steals7
4Blocks2
19Fouls26
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Gary Browne 16916
SG 24 Gian Clavell 2440
SF 0 Isaiah Piñeiro 840
PF 15 Timajh Parker-Rivera 040
C 1 George Conditt 940
Reserves:
PG 10 Iván Gandía 313
C 12 Jorge Díaz 200
SG 22 Emmanuel Andujar 1140
SG 23 Isaac Sosa 300
PF 32 Chris Ortiz 760
PF 34 Arnaldo Toro DNP
SF 41 Gilberto Clavell 000
Head coach:
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Eddie Casiano

Final round

Italy v Dominican Republic

3 July 2021
Semifinal
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg7959Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Belgrade
13:00 (CET)Scoring by quarter:22-14, 20-16, 24-8, 13-21
Rai Sport, Sky Pts: Fontecchio 17
Rebs: Melli, Fontecchio, Polonara 5
Asts:four players 3
PIR: Fontecchio 20
Boxscore Pts: Francis 12
Rebs: Santos 7
Asts: Mendoza, Solano 4
PIR: Francis 13
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Martins Kozlovskis (LVA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRC)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Marco Spissu 342
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 1413
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 1753
PF 33 Achille Polonara 950
C 9 Nicolò Melli 553
Reserves:
PG 1 Nico Mannion 822
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 232
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 220
SF 23 Awudu Abass 300
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 233
SG 31 Michele Vitali 832
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 621
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Romeo Sacchetti

ITAStatisticsPUR
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%)
7Offensive rebounds12
31Defensive rebounds26
38Total rebounds38
21Assists14
15Turnovers14
6Steals10
5Blocks0
17Fouls23
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Gelvis Solano 604
SG 5 Víctor Liz 411
SF 7 Sadiel Rojas 261
PF 13 Angel Nunez 050
C 30 Jhonatan Araujo 450
Reserves:
SG 1 Brandone Francis 1231
SG 2 Rigoberto Mendoza 434
SG 3 Adonys Henriquez 1000
PG 10 Andrés Feliz 421
PF 15 Brayan Martinez 310
PG 33 Mike Torres 602
C 40 Luis Santos 470
Head coach:
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Melvyn Lopez

Serbia v Italy

4 July 2021
Final
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg95102Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Belgrade
20:30 (CET)Scoring by quarter: 22-28, 23-29, 18-23, 32-22
Rai Sport, Sky Pts: Anđušić 27
Rebs: Kalinić 6
Asts: Teodosić, Kalinić 5
PIR: Petrušev 29
Boxscore Pts: Mannion 24
Rebs: Polonara 12
Asts: Pajola 6
PIR: Polonara 32
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Martins Kozlovskis (LVA)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 30 Aleksa Avramović 253
SG 31 Ognjen Dobrić 1734
SF 33 Danilo Anđušić 2723
PF 8 Nemanja Bjelica 540
C 51 Boban Marjanović 730
Reserves:
C 3 Filip Petrušev 2251
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić 535
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 265
SG 12 Dragan Milosavljević DNP
PG 22 Vasilije Micić 802
PG 24 Stefan Jović DNP
PF 27 Dejan Davidovac DNP
Head coach:
Flag of Serbia.svg Igor Kokoškov

SRBStatisticsITA
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%)
9Offensive rebounds15
27Defensive rebounds24
36Total rebounds38
23Assists17
11Turnovers8
5Steals7
5Blocks2
24Fouls24
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Nico Mannion 2404
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 1544
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 2180
PF 33 Achille Polonara 22122
C 9 Nicolò Melli 540
Reserves:
PG 0 Marco Spissu DNP
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 221
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 300
SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 000
SG 31 Michele Vitali 000
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 1046
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Romeo Sacchetti

Statistics

Individual statistics

No.PlayerGCGPGSMPG2FG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGEFPPG
0 Marco Spissu 32217.550.0% (0.5/1.0)16.7% (0.5/3.0)33.3% (0.5/1.5)3.02.50.00.53.53.0
1 Nico Mannion 33121.750.0% (3.3/6.7)45.5% (1.7/3.7)78.3% (6.0/7.7)1.74.00.00.014.717.7
7 Stefano Tonut 33326.343.8% (2.3/5.3)46.2% (2.0/4.3)75.0% (2.0/2.7)2.02.30.30.010.012.7
9 Nicolò Melli 33321.318.2% (0.7/3.7)20.0% (0.7/3.3)0.0% (0.0/0.7)4.02.01.30.73.73.3
13 Simone Fontecchio 33329.757.7% (5.0/8.7)53.8% (2.3/4.3)100.0% (2.7/2.7)6.31.70.01.022.019.7
16 Amedeo Tessitori 3308.740.0% (0.7/1.7)0.0% (0.0/0.3)100.0% (1.3/1.3)2.31.00.30.04.32.7
17 Giampaolo Ricci 33014.025.0% (0.3/1.3)27.3% (1.0/3.7)-1.70.31.00.32.73.7
23 Awudu Abass 3207.550.0% (0.5/1.0)0.0% (0.0/1.0)75.0% (1.5/2.0)1.00.00.00.01.52.5
24 Riccardo Moraschini 32011.00.0% (0.0/0.5)-100.0% (1.0/1.0)1.51.50.00.03.01.0
31 Michele Vitali 33013.333.3% (0.3/1.0)33.3% (0.7/2.0)75.0% (1.0/1.3)1.30.70.30.32.73.7
33 Achille Polonara 33329.087.5% (2.3/2.7)61.1% (3.7/6.0)71.4% (1.7/2.3)9.31.31.00.725.317.3
54 Alessandro Pajola 33011.733.3% (0.3/1.0)80.0% (1.3/1.7)100.0% (0.7/0.7)2.32.30.30.39.05.3
Total347.5%42.7%77.6%38.318.34.73.799.790.3

Individual game highs

Team game highs

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