Italy women's national water polo team

Italy
FINA ranking (since 2008)

FINA code	ITA
Association	Italian Swimming Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Carlo Silipo
Asst coach	Cosimino Di Cecca Elena Gigli
Captain	Valeria Palmieri
Current	10 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest	2 (2016)
Lowest	10 (2021)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances	5 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2004)
World Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1994)
Best result	(1998, 2001)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1989)
Best result	(1993, 2006)
World League
Appearances	10 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2006,2011,2014,2019)
European Championship
Appearances	17 (first in 1989)
Best result	(1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2012)
Media
Website	federnuoto.it

Tania Di Mario (3rd standing from left) and Setterosa, with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi after Olympic gold medal at Quirinale in 2004.

The Italy women's national water polo team represents Italy in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s, claiming the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the "Setterosa" (lit. 'Pink Seven', a pun on Settebello, the nickname of the male team).

Palmarès

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	1	1	0	2
World Championship	2	1	3	6
World Cup	0	2	1	3
World League	0	4	1	5
European Championship	5	2	2	9
Universiade	0	1	1	2
Mediterranean Games	0	1	0	1
Total	8	12	8	28

Results

Olympic Games

Year^[1]	Position	Pld	W	D	L
2000	did not qualify
2004		6	5	0	1
2008	6th	5	2	2	1
2012	7th	6	2	0	4
2016		6	5	0	1
2020	did not qualify
2024	6th	7	2	1	4
Total	5/6	30	16	3	11

Olympic Year Tournament

1996 – Bronze medal^[1]

World Championship

1994 – Bronze medal^[1]
1998 – Gold medal
2001 – Gold medal
2003 – Silver medal
2005 – 7th place
2007 – 5th place
2011 – 4th place
2013 – 10th place
2015 – Bronze medal
2017 – 6th place
2019 – 6th place
2022 – 4th place
2023 – Bronze medal
2024 – 7th place

FINA World Cup

1989 – 8th place^[1]
1991 – 5th place
1993 – Silver medal
1995 – 5th place
1997 – 4th place
1999 – Bronze medal
2002 – 5th place
2006 – Silver medal
2023 – 6th place

FINA World League

2004 – Bronze medal^[1]
2005 – 8th place
2006 – Silver medal
2009 – 8th place
2011 – Silver medal
2012 – 8th place
2013 – 6th place
2014 – Silver medal
2015 – 7th place
2016 – 5th place
2022 – 5th place

European Championship

1989 – 4th place
1991 – Bronze medal
1993 – 4th place
1995 – Gold medal
1997 – Gold medal
1999 – Gold medal
2001 – Silver medal
2003 – Gold medal
2006 – Silver medal
2008 – 4th place
2010 – 4th place
2012 – Gold medal
2014 – 4th place
2016 – Bronze medal
2018 – 6th place
2020 – 5th place
2022 – Bronze medal
2024 – 4th place

LEN Europa Cup

Year	Position
2018	5th place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 11 July 2024.^[2]

Head coach: Carlo Silipo^[3]

Past squads

1991 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Giusi Malato, Neira Marsili, Martina Miceli, Monica Petrucci, Monica Vaillant, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Roberto Fiori.

1993 FINA World Cup – Silver Medal

Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Claudia Mori, Paola Sabbatini, Greta Righi, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra.

1994 World Championship – Bronze Medal

Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Paola Sabbatini, Oriana Di Siena, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì.

1995 European Championship – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Marica Carrozzi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Romano, Paola Sabbatini, Daria Starace, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

1996 Olympic Year Tournament – Bronze Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

1997 European Championship – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Stefania Lavorini, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

1998 World Championship – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

1999 FINA World Cup – Bronze Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Melania Grego, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Gabriella Sciolti, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

1999 European Championship – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Martina Schiavon, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

2001 European Championship – Silver Medal

Simona Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Tania Di Mario, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Paola Sabbatini, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

2001 World Championship – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

2001 Holiday Cup – Bronze Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Cristina Consoli, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant.

2003 European Championship – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Daniela Lavorini, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

2003 World Championship – Silver Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

2003 Holiday Cup – Silver Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

2004 FINA World League – Bronze Medal

Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

2004 Holiday Cup – Silver Medal

Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

2004 Olympic Games – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Elena Gigli, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, and Noémi Tóth.

2006 FINA World League – Silver Medal

Eleonora Gay, Martina Miceli, Francesca Pavan, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkai, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Daria Storace, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Elena Gigli.

2006 FINA World Cup – Silver Medal

Silvia Bosurgi, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Teresa Frassinetti, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Daria Starace, Erzsébet Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi.

2006 European Championship – Silver Medal

Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Teresa Frassinetti, Arianna Garibotti, Elena Gigli, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Federica Radicchi, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Erzsébet Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi.

2007 Holiday Cup – Gold Medal

Annalisa Bosello, Silvia Bosurgi, Elisa Casanova, Marta Colaiocco, Teresa Frassinetti, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Erzsébet Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Gold Medal

Elena Gigli, Martina Miceli, Elisa Casanova, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkai, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Marta Colaiocco, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Chiara Brancati. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

2012 European Championship – Gold Medal

Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosaria Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania Di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti and Giulia Gorlero. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

2015 World Championship – Bronze Medal

Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Laura Barzon, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

2016 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

Under-20 team

Italy lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships^[4] where they finished fourth.

See also

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Trofeo di Rotterdam. Grecia-Italia 5–11. Chiusura con l'Australia". federnuoto.it. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "Team roster: Italy" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship Owen Lloyd (Inside the Games), 9 October 2021. Accessed 7 November 2021.

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Women's water polo tournament winners

v t e Summer Olympics women's water polo tournament winners
2000: Australia (AUS) 2004: Italy (ITA) 2008: Netherlands (NED) 2012: United States (USA) 2016: United States (USA) 2020: United States (USA) 2024: Spain (ESP)

v t e World Aquatics Championships women's water polo tournament winners
1986: Australia 1991: Netherlands 1994: Hungary 1998: Italy 2001: Italy 2003: United States 2005: Hungary 2007: United States 2009: United States 2011: Greece 2013: Spain 2015: United States 2017: United States 2019: United States 2022: United States 2023: Netherlands 2024: United States

v t e Women's European Water Polo Championship winners
1985: Netherlands 1987: Netherlands 1989: Netherlands 1991: Hungary 1993: Netherlands 1995: Italy 1997: Italy 1999: Italy 2001: Hungary 2003: Italy 2006: Russia 2008: Russia 2010: Russia 2012: Italy 2014: Spain 2016: Hungary 2018: Netherlands 2020: Spain 2022: Spain 2024: Netherlands

Italy squads

Italy squads – Summer Olympics

v t e Italy women's water polo squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (1st title)
1 Conti (GK) 2 Miceli 3 Allucci (C) 4 Bosurgi 5 Gigli (GK) 6 Zanchi 7 Di Mario 8 Ragusa 9 Malato 10 Araújo 11 Musumeci 12 Grego 13 Tóth Coach: Formiconi

v t e Italy women's water polo squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 Gigli (GK) 2 Miceli (C) 3 Casanova 4 Bosurgi 5 Valkai 6 Zanchi 7 Di Mario 8 Ragusa 9 Pavan 10 Rocco 11 Musumeci 12 Frassinetti 13 Brancati (GK) Coach: Maugeri

v t e Italy women's water polo squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 7th place
1 Gigli (GK) 2 Abbate 3 Casanova (C) 4 Radicchi 5 Pelle 6 Lapi 7 Di Mario 8 Bianconi 9 Emmolo (LH) 10 Rambaldi 11 Cotti 12 Frassinetti 13 Gorlero (GK) Coach: Conti

v t e Italy women's water polo squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Gorlero (GK) 2 Tabani 3 Garibotti 4 Queirolo 5 Radicchi 6 Aiello 7 Di Mario (C) 8 Bianconi 9 Emmolo (LH) 10 Pomeri 11 Cotti 12 Frassinetti 13 Teani (GK) Coach: Conti

Italy squads – World Aquatics Championships

v t e Italy women's water polo squad – 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Gold medal (1st title)
Allucci Araújo Consoli Conti (GK) Di Giacinto Gay Grego Larucci Malato Miceli Musumeci Vaillant Virzi Coach: Formiconi

v t e Italy women's water polo squad – 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Gold medal (2nd title)
Allucci (C) Araújo Bosurgi Consoli Conti (GK) Di Mario Grego Malato Miceli Musumeci Sabbatini Sciolti Vaillant Coach: Formiconi

Women's national water polo teams of Europe (LEN)

Teams

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Unified	A1GP Alpine skiing Athletics Badminton Bobsleigh Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Korfball Rowing Sailing Shooting Short track skating Swimming Tennis
Men	American football Ball hockey Baseball U18 Basketball U-20 U-19 U-17 3x3 Beach soccer Canoe polo Cricket Field hockey Football Under-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 Futsal Goalball Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey U-20 U-18 Inline hockey Lacrosse Pitch and putt Racquetball Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union U-20 U-18 7s Speedway Squash Tennis Volleyball U-23 U-21 U-19 Water polo Wheelchair handball
Women	Ball hockey Basketball U-20 U-19 U-17 3x3 Beach handball Canoe polo Cricket Field hockey Floorball Football U-19 U-17 Goalball Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey U-18 Inline hockey Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 7s Softball U-18 Tennis Volleyball U-23 U-21 U-19 Water polo
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