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President | Gianni Petrucci | ||
Head coach | Meo Sacchetti | ||
Preliminary round | 1st | ||
Playoffs | Winners | ||
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 will represent 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.
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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The following 12 players were called by coach Romeo Sacchetti for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. [3]
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The following were candidates to make the team:
Player | Team | Added | Removed | Reason |
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Leonardo Totè | ![]() | 24 May 2021 [4] | 8 June 2021 | Injured [5] |
Abramo Canka | ![]() | 13 June 2021 | Technical choice [6] | |
Maximilian Ladurner | ![]() | |||
Andrea Pecchia | ![]() | |||
Gabriele Procida | ![]() | |||
Tomas Woldetensae | ![]() | |||
Davide Alviti | ![]() | 16 June 2021 | Technical choice [7] | |
Giordano Bortolani | ![]() | 20 June 2021 | Technical choice [8] | |
Guglielmo Caruso | ![]() | |||
Simone Zanotti | ![]() | |||
Raphael Gaspardo | ![]() | 13 June 2021 [6] | ||
Leonardo Candi | ![]() | 24 May 2021 [4] | 24 June 2021 | 14-men roster cut [9] |
Matteo Spagnolo | ![]() | |||
Nicola Akele | ![]() | |||
Michele Ruzzier | ![]() | 28 June 2021 | 12-men roster cut [3] | |
Mouhamet Diouf | ![]() |
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]
Position | Staff member | Age | Team |
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Head coach | Meo Sacchetti | 68 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Assistant coaches | Emanuele Molin | 61 | Aquila Trento |
Piero Bucchi | 63 | Pallacanestro Cantù | |
Paolo Galbiati | 37 | Vanoli Cremona | |
Riccardo Fois | 34 | Phoenix Suns | |
Physical trainer | Matteo Panichi | 49 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Physician | Sandro Senzameno | 69 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Orthopaedic | Raffaele Cortina | 61 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Osteopath | Roberto Oggioni | 46 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Francesco Ciallella | 41 | Italian Basketball Federation | |
Team manager | Massimo Valle | 55 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Press officer | Francesco D'Aniello | 40 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Manager | Roberto Brunamonti | 62 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Video maker | Marco Cremonini | 33 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Equipment manager | Curzio Garofoli | 51 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Andrea Annessa | 47 | Italian Basketball Federation |
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 |
18 June 2021 1 | Italy ![]() | 82–56 | ![]() | Hamburg |
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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 ![]() | 83–71 | ![]() | Hamburg |
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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 ![]() | 91–79 | ![]() | Hamburg |
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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) |
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 July 2021 2 | Italy ![]() | 90–83 | ![]() | Belgrade |
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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) |
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3 July 2021 Semifinal | Italy ![]() | 79–59 | ![]() | Belgrade |
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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) |
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4 July 2021 Final | Serbia ![]() | 95–102 | ![]() | Belgrade |
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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) |
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No. | Player | GC | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | EF | PPG |
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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 |
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