Italy team for EuroBasket 2022 qualification

Main article: Italy national basketball team

Italy

2020-21 season
President	Gianni Petrucci
Head coach	Romeo Sacchetti
Qualifiers	Qualified
PIR leader	Spissu 17.2
Scoring leader	Vitali 14.8
Rebounding leader	Fontecchio 5.0
Assists leader	Spissu 7.7
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)
Biggest defeat	87–78 @ N. Macedonia (21 February 2021)
Home Away
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All statistics correct as of February 21, 2021.

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. Nevertheless, Italians won four matches and lost two, ending the competition in the first position.

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 Tallinn. ^[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]
• 14 February 2021: Simone Zanotti replaces Leonardo Totè. ^[16]
• 18–21 February 2021: The third window
  • 18 February 2021: Italy 92-84 North Macedonia ^[17]
  • 19 February 2021: Italy 101-105 Estonia ^[18]
  • 21 February 2021: North Macedonia 87-78 Italy ^[19]

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Roster

These were the players that coach Sacchetti called for the qualification in the three windows.

Pos.	No.	Name	Age *	Ht.	vs   RUS 20 Febr. 2020	@   EST 23 Febr. 2020	@   RUS 30 Nov. 2020	vs   MKD 18 Febr. 2022	vs   EST 19 Febr. 2022	@   MKD 21 Febr. 2022
PG	0	Marco Spissu	26	1.84
SG	00	Amedeo Della Valle	27	1.94
PG	7	Leonardo Candi	23	1.90
G	11	Davide Moretti	22	1.90
SF	13	Simone Fontecchio	25	2.03
PG	13	Tommaso Baldasso	23	1.91
C	16	Amedeo Tessitori	26	2.08
PF	17	Giampaolo Ricci	29	2.01
PG	18	Matteo Spagnolo	18	1.93
PF	19	Raphael Gaspardo	27	2.07
SG	22	Giordano Bortolani	20	1.93
PF	24	Filippo Baldi Rossi	29	2.07
PG	25	Michele Ruzzier	28	1.83
SG	30	Matteo Tambone	26	1.92
SG	31	Michele Vitali	29	1.96
SF	32	Andrea Pecchia	23	1.97
C	35	Leonardo Totè	23	2.11
C	41	Simone Zanotti	28	2.08
SF	44	Davide Alviti	24	2.00
PF	45	Nicola Akele	23	2.03
PG	54	Alessandro Pajola	21	1.94
SF	50	Gabriele Procida	18	2.00
C	55	Francesco Candussi	26	2.11

Notes

• ^* Age on February 21, 2021

Legend

	not called
	did not play
	played
	starting 5

Staff

Position	Staff member	Age	Team
Head coach	Romeo Sacchetti	67	Fortitudo Bologna (prev. Vanoli Cremona)
Assistant coaches	Emanuele Molin	61	Aquila Trento
	Massimo Maffezzoli	45	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	40	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	47	Italian Basketball Federation

Source:

Qualification

Further information: EuroBasket 2022 qualification

The draw was held on 22 July 2019 in Munich, Germany. Italy was drawn into Group B with Estonia, North Macedonia and Russia. ^[20] 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. ^{[21] [22]}

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
EuroBasket qualification	20 February 2020	21 February 2021	6	4	2	0	511	487	+24	066.67
Total			6	4	2	0	511	487	+24	066.67

Source: Competitions

Group B

Main article: Group B

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	6	4	2	511	487	+24	10 [lower-alpha 1]	EuroBasket 2022 as host
2	Russia [lower-alpha 2]	6	4	2	460	405	+55	10 [lower-alpha 1]	Disqualified
3	Estonia	6	2	4	459	505	−46	8 [lower-alpha 3]	EuroBasket 2022
4	North Macedonia	6	2	4	473	506	−33	8 [lower-alpha 3]

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Italy 153–130 Russia
2. On 20 May 2022, FIBA suspended Russia from international competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
3. Estonia 165–158 North Macedonia

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
6	4	2	511	487	+24	2	1	276	253	+23	2	1	235	234	+1

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	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. ^[23]

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 Bortolani 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 Bortolani 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 of the two matches against North Macedonia that was initially scheduled to be played on November 28, was postponed ^[24] because three Macedonian players were found positive to SARS-CoV-2. The FIBA Medical Commission was forced to defer the game. ^[25] The match was finally played in the third window on 18 February 2021 in the Perm bubble in Russia.

Italy   v   North Macedonia

18 February 2021 3	Italy	92–84	North Macedonia	Perm (Russia)
time = 19:30 (GMT+5)	Scoring by quarter:25-23, 16-20, 22-21, 29-20
Livebasketball.tv, Sky Sport HD	Pts: Tessitori 18 Rebs: Ricci 7 Asts: Spissu 9 PIR: Tessitori 21	Boxscore	Pts: Dimitrijević 24 Rebs: Trajkovski 7 Asts: Dimitrijević 12 PIR: Dimitrijević 22	Arena: Molot Sports Hall Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Yener Yilmaz (TUR), Alexandre Deman (FRA)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Marco Spissu 13 2 9 SG 7 Leonardo Candi 9 3 2 SF 44 Davide Alviti 8 6 1 PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 11 7 1 C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 18 6 3 Reserves: SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 8 1 1 PG 13 Tommaso Baldasso 8 4 2 PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 0 0 0 SG 22 Giordano Bortolani 7 2 0 PF 24 Filippo Baldi Rossi 3 4 2 PF 45 Nicola Akele 7 2 2 SF 50 Gabriele Procida DNP Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

Italy North Macedonia 0 Italy Statistics North Macedonia 19/40 (47.5%) 2-pt field goals 22/39 (56.4%) 14/35 (40.0%) 3-pt field goals 7/22 (32.8%) 12/15 (80.0%) Free throws 19/28 (67.9%) 11 Offensive rebounds 5 32 Defensive rebounds 30 43 Total rebounds 35 23 Assists 18 6 Turnovers 8 6 Steals 1 0 Blocks 6 20 Fouls 18

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Nenad Dimitrijević 24 2 12 SG 8 Vojdan Stojanovski 15 3 3 SF 19 Damjan Stojanovski 3 3 0 PF 12 Bojan Trajkovski 11 7 1 C 24 Jacob Wiley 17 6 1 Reserves: C 0 Bojan Krstevski 5 3 0 SG 4 Andrej Mitrevski DNP SG 5 Kristijan Nikolov 0 0 1 PG 9 Andrej Magdevski 4 1 0 PF 11 Stojan Gjuroski 5 2 0 C 15 Teodor Simić DNP SF 20 Damjan Robev 0 0 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Todorov

@ 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

The third and last window, together with the postponed game against North Macedonia, was played in the Perm bubble in Russia in order to limit the exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic. All games were played behind closed doors.

Italy   v   Estonia

19 February 2021 5	Italy	101–1050(OT)	Estonia	Perm (Russia)
16:30 (GMT+5)	Scoring by quarter:21-20, 23-34, 22-28, 28-12, Overtime: 7-11
Livebasketball.tv, Sky Sport HD	Pts: Vitali 24 Rebs: Vitali 9 Asts: Spissu 6 PIR: Vitali 34	Boxscore	Pts: Kotsar 32 Rebs: Treier 6 Asts: Sokk 14 PIR: Kotsar 25	Arena: Molot Sports Hall Referees: Yener Yilmaz (TUR), Zdenko Tomasović (SVK), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Marco Spissu 16 2 6 SG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 9 4 1 SF 31 Michele Vitali 24 9 5 PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 19 2 3 C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 6 0 1 Reserves: SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 4 0 2 PG 7 Leonardo Candi 5 2 3 PG 13 Tommaso Baldasso 6 0 2 SG 41 Simone Zanotti DNP SF 44 Davide Alviti 8 0 3 PF 45 Nicola Akele 4 2 2 SF 50 Gabriele Procida 0 0 0 Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

Italy Estonia 0 Italy Statistics Estonia 19/29 (65.5%) 2-pt field goals 30/46 (65.2%) 13/28 (46.4%) 3-pt field goals 9/25 (36.0%) 24/24 (100%) Free throws 18/21 (85.7%) 7 Offensive rebounds 15 15 Defensive rebounds 16 22 Total rebounds 31 28 Assists 29 22 Turnovers 21 9 Steals 6 1 Blocks 1 27 Fouls 26

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 22 Martin Dorbek 0 4 2 SG 77 Kristian Kullamäe 10 2 4 SF 21 Janari Jõesaar 13 3 4 PF 3 Kaspar Treier 17 6 2 C 15 Maik Kotsar 32 1 0 Reserves: SF 0 Henri Drell 12 2 1 SG 1 Märt Rosenthal DNP PG 5 Rait-Riivo Laane DNP PG 7 Sten Sokk 3 3 14 SG 8 Robert Valge DNP PF 13 Kregor Hermet 9 1 0 C 20 Rauno Nurger 9 2 0 Head coach: Jukka Toijala

@ North Macedonia

North Macedonia   v   Italy

21 February 2021 6	North Macedonia	87–78	Italy	Perm (Russia)
17:00 (GMT+5)	Scoring by quarter: 20-30, 21-22, 26-13, 20-13
Livebasketball.tv, Sky Sport HD	Pts: Dimitrijević 22 Rebs: Wiley 7 Asts: Dimitrijević 7 PIR: Magdevski 28	Boxscore	Pts: Spissu 17 Rebs: Akele 4 Asts: Spissu 8 PIR: Spissu 22	Arena: Molot Sports Hall Referees: Yener Yilmaz (TUR), Zdenko Tomasović (SVK), Deman Alexandre (FRA)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Nenad Dimitrijević 22 5 7 SG 8 Vojdan Stojanovski 16 4 4 SF 19 Damjan Stojanovski 8 1 0 PF 12 Bojan Trajkovski 4 4 2 C 24 Jacob Wiley 13 7 1 Reserves: C 0 Bojan Krstevski 2 2 0 SG 5 Kristijan Nikolov 2 0 1 PG 9 Andrej Magdevski 20 4 4 PF 11 Stojan Gjuroski 0 3 1 SF 19 Damjan Stojanovski 8 1 0 SF 20 Damjan Robev DNP PG 21 Luka Savićević DNP Head coach: Aleksandar Todorov

North Macedonia Italy 0 North Macedonia Statistics Italy 18/33 (54.5%) 2-pt field goals 14/32 (43.8%) 11/27 (40.7%) 3-pt field goals 12/24 (40.0%) 18/20 (90.0%) Free throws 14/18 (77.8%) 6 Offensive rebounds 5 27 Defensive rebounds 25 33 Total rebounds 30 20 Assists 24 14 Turnovers 16 6 Steals 8 2 Blocks 1 23 Fouls 22

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Marco Spissu 17 2 8 SG 31 Michele Vitali 11 3 2 SF 22 Giordano Bortolani 11 2 0 PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 2 3 2 C 24 Filippo Baldi Rossi 6 2 2 Reserves: PG 7 Leonardo Candi 3 2 4 PG 13 Tommaso Baldasso DNP PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 7 3 1 C 41 Simone Zanotti 0 1 0 SF 44 Davide Alviti 7 3 2 PF 45 Nicola Akele 4 4 1 SF 50 Gabriele Procida 10 3 2 Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

Statistics

Individual statistics

No.	Player	GC	GP	GS	MPG	2FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	EF	PPG
0	Marco Spissu	6	6	6	28.7	45.8% (1.8/4.0)	43.3% (2.2/5.0)	88.2% (2.5/2.8)	2.7	7.7	1.8	0.0	17.2	12.7
00	Amedeo Della Valle	3	3	0	13.3	50.0% (1.3/2.7)	0.0% (0.0/1.7)	77.8% (2.3/3.0)	0.7	2.7	0.7	0.0	5.3	5.0
7	Leonardo Candi	3	3	1	18.1	28.6% (0.7/2.3)	66.7% (1.3/2.0)	100% (0.3/0.3)	2.3	3.0	0.7	0.0	8.7	5.7
11	Davide Moretti	1	1	0	7.5	-	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	4	3	0	14.4	50.0% (1.3/2.7)	33.3% (0.7/2.0)	-	1.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	4.7	4.7
16	Amedeo Tessitori	5	5	5	18.7	73.5% (5.0/6.8)	33.3% (0.2/0.6)	55.6% (2.0/3.6)	4.4	1.4	0.6	0.4	13.2	12.6
17	Giampaolo Ricci	6	6	6	26.5	50.0% (2.0/4.0)	54.5% (3.0/5.5)	75.0% (0.5/0.7)	4.5	2.3	1.2	0.3	15.3	13.5
18	Matteo Spagnolo	5	5	1	11.0	50.0% (1.4/2.8)	-	93.3% (1.0/1.2)	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.0	3.2	3.8
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	4	3	1	11.7	71.4% (1.7/2.3)	75.5% (1.0/1.3)	100% (0.7/0.7)	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.3	7.0
24	Filippo Baldi Rossi	4	4	1	13.2	58.8% (1.8/3.2)	40.0% (1.0/2.5)	-	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	7.0	6.5
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	5	5	5	28.8	50.0% (1.6/3.2)	40.0% (2.0/5.0)	90.3% (5.6/6.2)	4.4	2.2	1.6	0.0	17.0	14.8
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
41	Simone Zanotti	2	1	0	12.3	0.0% (0.0/0.1)	0.0% (0.0/0.1)	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.0	0.0
44	Davide Alviti	4	4	1	18.5	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	33.3% (1.0/3.0)	75.0% (0.8/1.0)	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.0	6.5	5.8
45	Nicola Akele	6	6	0	17.1	75.0% (1.5/2.0)	28.6% (0.3/1.2)	80.0% (0.7/0.8)	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	6.5	4.7
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
50	Gabriele Procida	3	2	0	12.7	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	50.0% (1.0/2.0)	-	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	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) Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) 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) Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Marco Spissu @   North Macedonia (21/2/2021) Efficiency 34 Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) 2-point field goal percentage 5 80% (4/5) Michele Vitali vs   Russia (20/2/2020) 3-point field goal percentage 100% (2/2) Filippo Baldi Rossi @   North Macedonia (21/2/2021) Free throw percentage 100% (13/13) Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Turnovers 5 Amedeo Tessitori vs   Russia (20/2/2020) Minutes 36.3 Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Notes ^5 at least 5 attempts ^OT match ended in overtime

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 10 Giampaolo Ricci vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Free throws made 13 Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Free throws attempted 13 Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Offensive Rebounds 5 Amedeo Tessitori @   Russia (30/11/2020) Defensive Rebounds 7 Simone Fontecchio vs   Russia (20/2/2020) Michele Vitali vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021)

Team game highs

Statistic Total Opponent Points 105 vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Total Rebounds 43 vs   North Macedonia (18/2/2021) Assists 28 vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Blocks 3 vs   Russia (20/2/2020) @   Estonia (23/2/2020) Steals 10 @   Russia (30/11/2020) Efficiency 114 vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) 2-point field goal percentage 65.5% vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) 3-point field goal percentage 50.0% vs   Russia (20/2/2020) Free throw percentage 100% vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Turnovers 6 vs   North Macedonia (18/2/2021)

Statistic Total Opponent 2-point field goals made 19 vs   North Macedonia (18/2/2021) vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) 2-point field goals attempted 40 vs   North Macedonia (18/2/2021) 3-point field goals made 14 vs   North Macedonia (18/2/2021) 3-point field goals attempted 36 @   Estonia (23/2/2020) Free throws made 24 vs   Estonia OT (19/2/2021) Free throws attempted 26 @   Russia (30/11/2020) Offensive Rebounds 16 @   Estonia (23/2/2020) Defensive Rebounds 32 vs   Russia (20/2/2020) vs   North Macedonia (18/2/2021)

Notes

• ^OT match ended in overtime

See also

• EuroBasket 2022 qualification

References

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External links

• Official website
• Italy Qualifiers Profile at the FIBA Website