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2021-22 season
President	Gianni Petrucci
Head coach	Romeo Sacchetti
Qualifiers	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
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All statistics correct as of 23 November 2021.

The Italy team for FIBA World Cup 2023 qualification will represent Italy at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Timeline

• 31 August 2021: the draw is held in Switzerland and Italy goes in the Group H with Russia, Netherlands and Iceland.

First window

• 10 November 2021: submitted the long list of 24 players.
• 16 November 2021: submitted the list of 16 players.
• 22 November 2021: Mannion and Totè are replaced with Flaccadori and Udom, for health reason.
• 24 November 2021: submitted the final list of 12 players for the match against Russia.
• 26 November 2021: Russia 92 – 78 Italy.
• 24 November 2021: submitted the final list of 12 players for the match against Netherlands.

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The following 16 players were called by Matteo Sacchetti for the first window against Netherlands.

Italy national basketball team – FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Leonardo Candi 24 – (1997-03-30)30 March 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia SG 7 Stefano Tonut 27 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Umana Reyer Venezia SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 25 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Dolomiti Energia Trento PG 14 Bruno Mascolo 25 – (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bertram Derthona Basket C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 26 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Virtus Bologna PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 18 – (2003-01-10)10 January 2003 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Vanoli Cremona F 19 Raphael Gaspardo 28 – (1993-08-03)3 August 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Happy Casa Brindisi PF 20 Mattia Udom 27 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Happy Casa Brindisi SG 22 Giordano Bortolani 20 – (2000-12-02)2 December 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) NutriBullet Treviso SG 31 Michele Vitali (C) 30 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Umana Reyer Venezia C 34 Mouhamet Diouf 20 – (2001-09-10)10 September 2001 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia SF 44 Davide Alviti 25 – (1996-11-05)5 November 1996 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) AX Armani Exchange Milano PF 45 Nicola Akele 24 – (1997-11-07)7 November 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) NutriBullet Treviso SF 50 Gabriele Procida 19 – (2002-06-01)1 June 2002 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Fortitudo Kigili Bologna PF 52 Alessandro Lever 22 – (1998-12-04)4 December 1998 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 21 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna	Head coach Meo Sacchetti Assistant coach(es) Emanuele Molin Piero Bucchi Paolo Galbiati Riccardo Fois Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 29 November 2021

Depth chart

All Games

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

Pos.	No.	Name	Age	Ht.	@  RUS 26 Nov. 2021	vs  NLD 29 Nov. 2021
PG	4	Leonardo Candi	24	1.90
SG	7	Stefano Tonut	26	1.44
SG	12	Diego Flaccadori	25	1.95
PG	14	Bruno Mascolo	25	1.90
C	16	Amedeo Tessitori	27	2.08
PG	18	Matteo Spagnolo	18	1.94
F	19	Raphael Gaspardo	28	2.07
PF	20	Mattia Udom	28	2.00
SG	22	Giordano Bortolani	20	1.93
SG	31	Michele Vitali	29	1.96
C	34	Mouhamed Diouf	20	1.90
SF	44	Davide Alviti	25	2.01
PF	45	Nicola Akele	24	2.03
PF	52	Alessandro Lever	22	2.03
PG	54	Alessandro Pajola	22	1.94

Notes

• Age on November 29, 2021

Legend

	not called
	did not play
	played
	starting 5

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.

Source:

Qualification

Overview

Source: Competitions

First round, Group H

The draw was held on 31 August 2021 in Mies, Switzerland. Italy was drawn into Group H with Russia, Netherlands and Iceland. These matches will be played in three windows from 26 to 29 November 2021, from 24 to 27 February 2022 and from 1 to 4 July 2022 with two games played by each team in every window.

@ Russia

Russia 

26 November 2021 1	Russia	92–78	Italy	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 (GMT+3)	Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 22-23, 27-22, 28-19
Livebasketball.tv	Pts: Astapkovich 21 Rebs: Astapkovich 5 Asts: Zaytsev 8 PIR: Astapkovich 5	Boxscore	Pts: Tonut 20 Rebs: Tessitori, Akele 6 Asts: Flaccadori 7 PIR: Tessitori 23	Arena: Yubileyny Sports Palace Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Radomir Vojinovic (MNE)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 77 Aleksandr Khomenko 8 1 4 SG 19 Ivan Strebkov 10 3 5 SF 25 Anton Astapkovich 21 5 2 PF 11 Semyon Antonov 17 2 2 C 58 Sergei Toropov 6 1 1 Reserves: C 8 Vladimir Ivlev 4 2 0 C 10 Alexander Gankevich 2 0 0 SF 21 Stanislav Ilnitsky 4 1 0 PF 31 Evgeny Valiev 0 1 1 SG 35 Vladislav Emchenko 0 0 0 SG 44 Artem Komolov 12 2 3 PG 88 Vyacheslav Zaytsev 7 2 8 Head coach: Zoran Lukić

Russia Italy 0 Russia Statistics Italy 20/34 (58.2%) 2-pt field goals 12/29 (41.4%) 12/21 (57.1%) 3-pt field goals 9/21 (42.9%) 16/18 (88.9%) Free throws 27/30 (90.0%) 8 Offensive rebounds 9 19 Defensive rebounds 14 27 Total rebounds 23 25 Assists 16 14 Turnovers 14 5 Steals 8 3 Blocks 1 27 Fouls 20

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 4 2 0 SG 7 Stefano Tonut 20 3 6 SF 19 Raphael Gaspardo 5 0 1 PF 45 Nicola Akele 7 6 0 C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 19 6 2 Reserves: PG 4 Leonardo Candi 10 1 0 SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 5 0 7 PG 18 Matteo Spagnolo 0 0 0 SG 22 Giordano Bortolani DNP C 34 Mouhamed Diouf 2 1 0 SF 44 Davide Alviti 6 1 0 PF 52 Alessandro Lever 0 1 0 Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

vs Netherland

Italy 

29 November 2021 2	Italy	75–73	Netherlands	Assago (Milan), Italy
20:30 (GMT+1)	Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 25-21, 13-11, 15-23
Livebasketball.tv	Pts: Akele 18 Rebs: Akele 6 Asts: Tonut 6 PIR: Akele 18	Boxscore	Pts: Hammink 19 Rebs: de Jong 6 Asts: van der Vuurst de Vries 8 PIR: Hammink 21	Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Martic Vulic (HRV), Erez Gurion (ISR)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 7 3 3 SG 31 Michele Vitali 7 2 3 SG 7 Stefano Tonut 13 4 6 PF 45 Nicola Akele 18 6 0 C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 13 4 2 Reserves: PG 4 Leonardo Candi 0 0 0 SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 6 3 4 SF 44 Davide Alviti 0 0 1 C 34 Mouhamed Diouf 4 1 0 SF 19 Raphael Gaspardo 2 1 0 PG 14 Bruno Mascolo DNP SG 22 Mattia Udom 5 4 0 Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

Italy Netherlands 0 Italy Statistics Netherlands 19/39 (48.7%) 2-pt field goals 16/31 (51.6%) 8/23 (34.8%) 3-pt field goals 11/25 (44.0%) 13/15 (86.7%) Free throws 8/10 (80.0%) 11 Offensive rebounds 6 22 Defensive rebounds 23 33 Total rebounds 29 19 Assists 16 16 Turnovers 18 8 Steals 7 0 Blocks 2 20 Fouls 20

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Leon Williams 3 1 0 SG 90 Charlon Kloof 11 3 2 SF 6 Worthy de Jong 14 6 2 PF 9 Mohamed Kherrazi 2 2 0 C 33 Jito Kok 0 1 1 Reserves: SG 0 Yannick Franke 6 2 1 PG 1 Keye van der Vuurst de Vries 4 2 8 C 2 Joey van Zegeren 2 1 0 SG 3 Boy van Vliet DNP SF 11 Shane Hammink 19 3 0 PF 13 Roeland Schaftenaar 9 2 2 PF 30 Olaf Schaftenaar 3 0 0 Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

See also

• 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)
• 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
• 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification

References

1. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers, Italia nel gruppo H con Russia, Paesi Bassi e Islanda. L'esordio il 26 novembre in Russia". fip.it (in Italian). 31 August 2021.
2. "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. La long list del CT Sacchetti per la prima finestra. Aperto il ticketing per la sfida ai Paesi Bassi (Milano, 29 novembre). Promozioni per i tesserati FIP" (in Italian). fip.it. 10 November 2021.
3. "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 16 convocati del CT Sacchetti per la prima finestra. Il 26 novembre Azzurri in Russia, il 29 novembre a Milano vs Paesi Bassi" (in Italian). fip.it. 16 November 2021.
4. "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Out Mannion e Totè. Convocati Flaccadori e Udom" (in Italian). fip.it. 22 November 2021.
5. "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 12 per Russia-Italia del 26 novembre (ore 17.00 italiane)" (in Italian). fip.it. 24 November 2021.
6. "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Russia-Italia 92-78 (Tonut 20). Sacchetti: "Sofferta la loro fisicità. Ora testa ai Paesi Bassi"" (in Italian). fip.it. 26 November 2021.
7. ^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 12 del CT Sacchetti per Italia-Paesi Bassi" (in Italian). fip.it. 28 November 2021.
8. "Piero Bucchi, Paolo Galbiati e Riccardo Fois nello staff tecnico Azzurro. Affiancheranno il CT Meo Sacchetti e Lele Molin. La FIP ringrazia e saluta Massimo Maffezzoli e Paolo Conti" (in Italian). fip.it. 5 March 2021.
9. "Draw results set the stage for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier games". FIBA. 31 August 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Italy Qualifiers Profile at the FIBA Website

• Italy men's national basketball team by year
• 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification