2020 Italy men's Olympic basketball team

Italy
2021 season
PresidentGianni Petrucci
Head coachMeo Sacchetti
Olympic games5th
PlayoffsQuarterfinals
PIR leaderFontecchio
16.8
Scoring leaderFontecchio
19.3
Rebounding leaderPolonara
5.8
Assists leaderMannion
4.5
Biggest win+10
92-82 vs Germany
(25 July)
Biggest defeat-9
75-84 vs France
(3 August)
All statistics correct as of July 6, 2021.

The Italy men's national basketball team is scheduled to play at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in July 2021.

Overview

Italy qualified to the Olympics after an unexpected win against Serbia during the Qualifying Tournament.

Only Danilo Gallinari was added to the team who replaced Awudu Abass.

Italy qualified to the playoff stage losing only against Australia in the qualifying stage. They lost against France in the quarterfinals and ended the competition in the 5th position.

Timeline

  • 4 July: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
  • 6 July: Coach Sacchetti submits the list of 12 players that will go to the Olympics.[2]
  • 12 July: The national team starts the preparation in Rome.[3]
  • 25 July: Italy wins 92-82 against Germany.[4]
  • 28 July: Italy loses 83-86 against Australia.[5]
  • 31 July: Italy wins 80-71 against Nigeria and qualifies to the playoffs.[6]
  • 3 August: Italy loses 75-84 against France and ends the Olympics at the 5th position.[7]

Kit

Supplier: Spalding

Home jersey
Team colours
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Away jersey
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Roster

The following 12 players were called by coach Meo Sacchetti for the Olympics.[2]

Italy national basketball team – 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 0 Marco Spissu 24 – (1995-02-05)5 February 1995 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Dinamo Sassari Italy
PG 1 Nico Mannion 19 – (2001-09-04)4 September 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Golden State Warriors United States
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 27 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 32 – (1988-08-08)8 August 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Atlanta Hawks United States
PF 9 Nicolò Melli (C) 30 – (1991-01-26)26 January 1991 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Dallas Mavericks United States
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 25 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Alba Berlin Germany
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 26 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 29 – (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 30 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano Italy
SG 31 Michele Vitali 29 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Brose Bamberg Germany
PF 33 Achille Polonara 29 – (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Saski Baskonia Spain
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 21 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna Italy
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 August 2021

Depth chart

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

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.[8]

Position Staff member Age Team
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 trainer Matteo Panichi 52 Italian Basketball Federation
Physician Sandro Senzameno 72 Italian Basketball Federation
Orthopaedic Raffaele Cortina 64 Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath Roberto Oggioni 49 Italian Basketball Federation
Francesco Ciallella 44 Italian Basketball Federation
Team manager Massimo Valle 58 Italian Basketball Federation
Press officer Francesco D'Aniello 43 Italian Basketball Federation
Manager Roberto Brunamonti 65 Italian Basketball Federation
Video maker Marco Cremonini 36 Italian Basketball Federation
Equipment manager Curzio Garofoli 54 Italian Basketball Federation
Andrea Annessa 50 Italian Basketball Federation

Source: [1]

Olympic play

Further information: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 259 226 +33 6 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 2 1 255 239 +16 5
3  Germany 3 1 2 257 273 −16 4
4  Nigeria 3 0 3 230 263 −33 3
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

Germany v Italy

25 July 2021
Game 1
 Germany  82–92  Italy Saitama
13:40 (JST) Scoring by quarter: 32-22, 14-21, 26-25, 10-24
Eurosport Pts: Lô 24
Rebs: Voigtmann 6
Asts: Bonga, Lô, Voigtmann 4
PIR: Lô 26 		Boxscore Pts: Fontecchio 20
Rebs: Melli 9
Asts: Mannion 7
PIR: Fontecchio 21 		Arena: Saitama Super Arena
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Isaac Bonga 13 3 4
SG 42 Andreas Obst 12 0 1
SF 5 Niels Giffey 3 2 0
PF 22 Danilo Barthel 5 1 0
C 7 Johannes Voigtmann 3 6 4
Reserves:
SG 1 Joshiko Saibou 6 3 1
PG 4 Maodo Lô 24 4 4
PF 6 Jan Niklas Wimberg 0 0 0
SF 12 Robin Benzing 0 2 0
C 13 Moritz Wagner 12 4 1
SF 19 Lukas Wank 0 0 0
PF 32 Johannes Thiemann 12 0 1
Head coach:
Germany Henrik Rödl

DEU Statistics ITA
15/32 (46.9%) 2-pt field goals 19/37 (51.4%)
15/32 (46.9%) 3-pt field goals 15/31 (48.4%)
7/9 (77.8%) Free throws 9/12 (75.0%)
9 Offensive rebounds 9
25 Defensive rebounds 26
34 Total rebounds 35
15 Assists 20
14 Turnovers 9
6 Steals 11
2 Blocks 4
16 Fouls 15
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1 Nico Mannion 10 0 7
SG 31 Michele Vitali 3 2 1
SF 7 Stefano Tonut 18 3 2
PF 13 Simone Fontecchio 20 4 2
C 9 Nicolò Melli 13 9 1
Reserves:
PG 0 Marco Spissu DNP
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 18 2 2
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 0 2 1
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci DNP
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 8 2 1
PF 33 Achille Polonara 0 4 1
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 2 3 2
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

Italy v Australia

28 July 2021
Game 2
 Italy  83–86  Australia Saitama
17:20 (JST) Scoring by quarter: 25-25, 20-19, 17-21, 21-21
Eurosport Pts: Fontecchio 22
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Mannion 7
PIR: Mannion 24 		Boxscore Pts: Landale 18
Rebs: Baynes, Landale, Kay 7
Asts: Mills, Ingles 5
PIR: Kay 24 		Arena: Saitama Super Arena
Referees: Michael Weiland (USA), Steven Anderson (CAN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Marco Spissu 0 1 0
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 8 1 1
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 22 4 0
PF 33 Achille Polonara 12 7 1
C 9 Nicolò Melli 0 4 2
Reserves:
PG 1 Nico Mannion 21 3 7
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 5 2 0
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori DNP
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 7 2 2
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 2 2 2
SG 31 Michele Vitali 6 2 1
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

ITA Statistics AUS
25/41 (61.0%) 2-pt field goals 21/39 (53.8%)
8/25 (32.0%) 3-pt field goals 11/31 (35.5%)
9/10 (90.0%) Free throws 11/14 (78.6%)
6 Offensive rebounds 16
24 Defensive rebounds 28
30 Total rebounds 44
16 Assists 26
7 Turnovers 11
3 Steals 4
3 Blocks 4
16 Fouls 15
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 8 Matthew Dellavedova 2 1 3
SG 5 Patty Mills 16 6 5
SF 7 Joe Ingles 14 4 5
PF 12 Aron Baynes 14 7 1
C 13 Jock Landale 18 7 2
Reserves:
SG 4 Chris Goulding 0 1 0
SG 6 Josh Green 0 0 0
PG 9 Nathan Sobey 0 1 0
SF 10 Matisse Thybulle 7 3 4
PF 11 Dante Exum 0 3 4
C 33 Duop Reath DNP
PF 15 Nick Kay 15 7 2
Head coach:
United States Brian Goorjian

Italy v Nigeria

31 July 2021
Game 3
 Italy  80–71  Nigeria Saitama
13:40 (JST) Scoring by quarter: 29-17, 11-22, 16-24, 24-8
Eurosport Pts: Melli 15
Rebs: Vitali 6
Asts: Fontecchio, Pajola 4
PIR: Polonara 16 		Boxscore Pts: Metu 22
Rebs: Metu 10
Asts: Metu 3
PIR: Metu 32 		Arena: Saitama Super Arena
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Roberto Vazquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 4 3 4
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 10 2 1
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 12 2 4
PF 33 Achille Polonara 13 5 2
C 9 Nicolò Melli 15 5 1
Reserves:
PG 0 Marco Spissu DNP
PG 1 Nico Mannion 14 4 1
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 3 2 1
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 3 2 0
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 6 3 1
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 0 1 0
SG 31 Michele Vitali 0 6 1
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

ITA Statistics NGA
20/39 (51.3%) 2-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%)
8/31 (25.8%) 3-pt field goals 11/28 (39.3%)
16/19 (84.2%) Free throws 10/15 (66.7%)
13 Offensive rebounds 8
27 Defensive rebounds 31
40 Total rebounds 39
16 Assists 11
11 Turnovers 19
8 Steals 7
3 Blocks 2
19 Fouls 22
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 22 Gabe Vincent 3 1 1
SG 13 Miye Oni 3 2 2
SF 0 KZ Okpala 2 1 0
PF 33 Jordan Nwora 20 4 0
C 55 Precious Achiuwa 5 6 1
Reserves:
PG 3 Caleb Agada 0 2 0
PF 8 Ekpe Udoh DNP
PF 10 Chimezie Metu 22 10 3
SG 11 Obi Emegano 0 1 2
C 15 Jahlil Okafor 2 1 0
SF 20 Josh Okogie 2 1 0
SG 34 Ike Nwamu 0 1 2
Head coach:
United States Mike Brown

Knockout stage

Italy v France

3 August 2021
Quarterfinals
 Italy  75–84  France Saitama
17:20 (JST) Scoring by quarter: 25-20, 17-23, 12-21, 21-20
Eurosport Pts: Fontecchio 23
Rebs: Gallinari 10
Asts: Pajola 6
PIR: Gallinari 24 		Boxscore Pts: Gobert 22
Rebs: Batum 14
Asts: De Colo 7
PIR: Batum 29 		Arena: Saitama Super Arena
Referees: Roberto Vazquez (PUR), Juan Fernandez (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 2 2 6
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 4 2 2
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 23 2 0
PF 33 Achille Polonara 15 7 1
C 9 Nicolò Melli 2 4 2
Reserves:
PG 0 Marco Spissu DNP
PG 1 Nico Mannion 5 0 3
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 21 10 1
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori DNP
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 0 3 0
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 0 1 0
SG 31 Michele Vitali 3 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

ITA Statistics FRA
15/35 (42.9%) 2-pt field goals 23/41 (56.1%)
7/33 (21.2%) 3-pt field goals 7/22 (31.8%)
24/28 (85.7%) Free throws 17/21 (81.0%)
12 Offensive rebounds 14
21 Defensive rebounds 35
33 Total rebounds 49
15 Assists 22
9 Turnovers 20
12 Steals 7
2 Blocks 5
20 Fouls 23
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 12 Nando de Colo 4 4 7
SG 10 Evan Fournier 21 3 4
SF 5 Nicolas Batum 15 14 3
PF 7 Guerschon Yabusele 20 4 0
C 27 Rudy Gobert 22 9 0
Reserves:
SG 1 Frank Ntilikina 0 1 1
SF 3 Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot 1 4 0
PG 4 Thomas Heurtel 10 1 5
PF 17 Vincent Poirier 0 3 0
PG 21 Andrew Albicy 0 1 0
PF 28 Petr Cornelie DNP
C 93 Moustapha Fall 7 2 1
Head coach:
France Vincent Collet

Statistics

Individual statistics

No. Player GP GS MPG 2FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG EF PPG
0 Marco Spissu 1 1 5.0 - - - 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
1 Nico Mannion 4 1 22.0 48.3% (3.5/7.3) 22.2% (1.0/4.5) 90.9% (2.5/2.8) 1.8 4.5 0.5 0.0 11.3 12.5
7 Stefano Tonut 4 4 26.8 63.2% (3.0/4.8) 26.7% (1.0/3.8) 100.0% (1.0/1.0) 2.0 1.5 1.8 0.0 9.8 10.0
8 Danilo Gallinari 4 0 20.5 47.6% (2.5/5.3) 33.3% (1.0/3.0) 83.3% (3.8/4.5) 4.0 1.0 0.5 0.8 12.5 11.8
9 Nicolò Melli 4 4 22.8 45.0% (2.3/5.0) 27.3% (0.8/2.8) 75.0% (0.8/1.0) 5.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 10.0 7.5
13 Simone Fontecchio 4 4 30.3 57.6% (4.8/8.3) 45.5% (2.5/5.5) 81.8% (2.3/2.8) 3.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 16.8 19.3
16 Amedeo Tessitori 2 0 5.0 25.0% (0.5/2.0) - 100.0% (0.5/0.5) 2.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 1.5
17 Giampaolo Ricci 3 0 13.0 100.0% (0.7/0.7) 50.0% (1.0/2.0) - 2.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 6.7 4.3
24 Riccardo Moraschini 4 0 10.0 20.0% (0.3/1.3) 50.0% (0.3/0.5) 100.0% (1.3/1.3) 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 3.5 2.5
31 Michele Vitali 4 1 11.3 33.3% (0.3/0.8) 37.5% (0.8/2.0) 100.0% (0.3/0.3) 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 4.8 3.0
33 Achille Polonara 4 3 23.3 69.2% (2.3/3.3) 28.6% (1.5/5.3) 66.7% (1.0/1.5) 5.8 1.3 0.3 0.8 11.0 10.0
54 Alessandro Pajola 4 2 19.5 33.3% (0.3/0.8) 0.0% (0.0/1.3) 75.0% (1.5/2.0) 2.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.0 2.0
Total 4 52.0% 31.7% 84.1% 34.5 16.8 8.5 3.0 91.8 82.5

Individual game highs

Team game highs

References

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