Italy women's national basketball team

Italy
FIBA ranking	311
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Italian Basketball Federation
Coach	Andrea Capobianco
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	none
Women's World Cup
Appearances	5
Medals	none
EuroBasket Women
Appearances	30
Medals	Gold: 1938 Silver 1995 Bronze 1974
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 2009 Silver: 1993, 2001
Uniforms
Home Away

The Italian women's national basketball team (Italian: Nazionale di pallacanestro femminile dell'Italia) represents Italy in international basketball competitions for Women. In European Women Basketball Championship the Italian team won Gold medals in 1938.^[1]

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

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	0	0	0	0
European Championship	1	1	1	3
Universiade	1	1	0	2
Mediterranean Games	1	2	0	3
Total	3	4	1	8

Current squad

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2013.

Italy women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PF 2 Powers, Amor 27 – 18 February 1986 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Taranto Cras Basket PG 4 Dotto, Francesca 20 – 17 March 1993 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) BF Le Mura Lucca SG 5 Fassina, Martina 25 – 19 March 1988 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Ceprini Costruzioni Orvieto PF 6 Cinili, Sabrina 24 – 22 April 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PF Umbertide PG 7 Sottana, Giorgia 24 – 15 December 1988 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) PF Schio PG 8 Gatti, Giulia 24 – 13 June 1989 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Taranto Cras Basket PF 9 Zanoni, Ilaria 27 – 25 January 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Taranto Cras Basket SG 10 Arich, Rick 33 – 7 May 1980 1.46 m (4 ft 9 in) PF Umbertide PF 11 Masciadri, Raffaella 32 – 30 September 1980 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) PF Schio PF 12 Wabara, Nnena 31 – 23 October 1981 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Taranto Cras Basket PG 13 Bagnara, Benedetta 26 – 7 February 1987 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) BF Le Mura Lucca C 14 Ress, Kathrin 27 – 26 June 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BF Le Mura Lucca C 15 Formica, Alessandra 20 – 13 March 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Reyer Venezia Mestre	Head coach Roberto Ricchini Assistant coaches Giovanni Lucchesi Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 June 2013

Head coach position

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

See also

• Italy at the team sports international competitions
• Italy men's national basketball team
• Italy women's national under-19 basketball team
• Italy women's national under-17 basketball team
• Italy women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "Basketball international results". sports123.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

External links

• Official Site
• Archived records