Italy women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Italy men's national basketball team.

Italy

FIBA ranking	16 (9 February 2025) [1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Italian Basketball Federation
Coach	Andrea Capobianco
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
World Cup
Appearances	5
EuroBasket
Appearances	35
Medals	Gold: 1938 Silver 1995 Bronze 1974, 2025
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 2009 Silver: 1993, 2001
Home Away

The Italy women's national basketball team (Italian : Nazionale di pallacanestro femminile dell'Italia) represents Italy in international women's basketball competitions. ^[2] At the European Women's Basketball Championship the Italian team won Gold medals in 1938. ^[3]

Italy is the leading nation in terms of EuroBasket Women qualifications. (Alongside France)

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
Women's World Cup	0	0	0	0
EuroBasket Women	1	1	2	4
Universiade	1	1	0	2
Mediterranean Games	1	2	0	3
Total	3	4	2	9

Competition record

Results in final tournaments and qualifying games ^[4]

Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1976 Did not qualify 4 1 3 1980 6th 5 0 5 9 6 3 1984 Did not qualify 4 2 2 1988 11 5 6 1992 8th 5 0 5 8 5 3 1996 8th 8 3 5 2000 Did not qualify 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Total 18 3 15 36 19 17 FIBA Women's World Cup Women's World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1953 Did not qualify 1957 1959 1964 1967 9th 6 1 5 1971 Did not qualify 1975 4th 8 5 3 1979 5th 7 3 4 1983 Did not qualify 1986 1990 13th 8 5 3 1994 11th 8 5 3 1998 Did not qualify 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 To be determined Total 37 19 18

EuroBasket Women EuroBasket Women Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1938 4 3 1 1950 5th 7 3 4 1952 6th 5 2 3 1954 7th 6 5 1 1956 6th 8 3 5 1958 Did not qualify 1960 7th 7 5 2 1962 9th 5 1 4 7 5 2 1964 9th 5 1 4 2 2 0 1966 10th 7 2 5 2 2 0 1968 6th 6 2 4 1970 9th 7 2 5 3 2 1 1972 10th 8 2 6 5 4 1 1974 6 3 3 1976 7th 7 3 4 1978 9th 5 2 3 1980 9th 7 5 2 1981 7th 7 3 4 1983 5th 7 4 3 4 4 0 1985 7th 7 3 4 1987 5th 7 4 3 3 3 0 1989 5th 5 3 2 5 5 0 1991 7th 5 2 3 5 5 0 1993 4th 5 3 2 5 5 0 1995 9 8 1 5 4 1 1997 11th 7 2 5 1999 11th 7 3 4 5 3 2 2001 Did not qualify 6 3 3 2003 6 1 5 2005 6 1 5 2007 9th 6 2 4 4 3 1 2009 6th 9 4 5 12 6 6 2011 Did not qualify 8 5 3 2013 8th 9 3 6 8 7 1 2015 15th 4 1 3 6 4 2 2017 7th 7 4 3 6 5 1 2019 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1 2021 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1 2023 9th 4 1 3 6 6 0 2025 6 5 1 Qualified as host 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 219 102 117 131 95 36

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2025. ^{[5] [6]}

Italy women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 0 Jasmine Keys 27 – (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio G 6 Francesca Pasa 25 – (2000-05-22)22 May 2000 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) ASVEL Féminin SG 8 Costanza Verona 25 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) PF Schio SF 9 Cecilia Zandalasini 29 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Golden State Valkyries SG 11 Francesca Pan 28 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Reyer Venezia C 13 Lorela Cubaj 26 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Reyer Venezia PF 14 Sara Madera 24 – (2000-06-28)28 June 2000 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Magnolia Basket Campobasso PG 18 Mariella Santucci 28 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia SG 19 Martina Fassina 26 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Reyer Venezia C 22 Olbis André 26 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) PF Schio SF 23 Laura Spreafico  (C) 33 – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Geas Basket G 99 Stefania Trimboli 28 – (1996-10-30)30 October 1996 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Magnolia Basket Campobasso	Head coach Andrea Capobianco Assistant coach(es) Vincenzo Di Meglio Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 18 June 2025

Head coach position

• Roberto Ricchini – 2011–2015
• Andrea Capobianco – 2015–

See also

• Italy women's national under-19 basketball team
• Italy women's national under-17 basketball team
• Italy women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
2. Turkey lose against Italy in women's EuroBasket Can Erözden (Anadolu Agency), 27 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. "Basketball international results". sports123.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
4. "nazionali – archivio gare". FIP. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
5. "Women's EuroBasket, domani Italia-Serbia al PalaDozza" (in Italian). fip.it. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
6. "Team roster: Italy" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 7. Retrieved 17 June 2025.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Archived records