2020 Italy men's OQT basketball team

Main article: Italy men's national basketball team
Italy
2021 season
PresidentGianni Petrucci
Head coachMeo Sacchetti
Preliminary round1st
PlayoffsWinners
PIR leaderPolonara
25.3
Scoring leaderFontecchio
19.7
Rebounding leaderPolonara
9.3
Assists leaderMannion
4
Biggest win+20
59-79 vs Dominican Republic (3 July)
All statistics correct as of July 4, 2021.

The 2020 Italy men's OQT basketball team represented Italy at the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia in June 2021. They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 10th place at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The team has been coached by Meo Sacchetti.

Overview

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020, but it was shifted to 29 June to 4 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Italy won the competition after an historic victory in the finals against the favourite Serbian team. This way, the Italian team qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Timeline

  • 23–28 June 2020: Original Olympic Qualifying Tournament schedule
  • 13 June 2021: Coach Romeo Sacchetti calls 16 players for the tournament.[1]
  • 29 June–4 July 2021: Rescheduled Olympic Qualifying Tournament[2]
  • 28 June 2021: Coach Romeo Sacchetti calls the 12 players for the tournament.[3]
  • 30 June 2021: Italy wins by forfeit against Senegal due to COVID detected in the African team. Italy is, therefore, automatically qualified to the next stage.
  • 1 July 2021: Italy wins over Puerto Rico 90–83 and ends the round at the first place.
  • 3 July 2021: Italy wins over Dominican Republic 79–59 and goes to the Final against Serbia.
  • 4 July 2021: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Roster

The following 12 players were called by coach Romeo Sacchetti for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[3]

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
C 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 23 Awudu Abass 28 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 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 31 June 2021

Depth chart

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

Candidate players

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team Added Removed Reason
Leonardo Totè Spain Bilbao Basket 24 May 2021[4] 8 June 2021 Injured[5]
Abramo Canka Lithuania BC Nevėžis 13 June 2021 Technical choice[6]
Maximilian Ladurner Italy Aquila Trento
Andrea Pecchia Italy Pallacanestro Cantù
Gabriele Procida Italy Pallacanestro Cantù
Tomas Woldetensae United States Virginia Cavaliers
Davide Alviti Italy Pallacanestro Trieste 16 June 2021 Technical choice[7]
Giordano Bortolani Italy Pallacanestro Brescia 20 June 2021 Technical choice[8]
Guglielmo Caruso United States Santa Clara Broncos
Simone Zanotti Italy VL Pesaro
Raphael Gaspardo Italy New Basket Brindisi 13 June 2021[6]
Leonardo Candi Italy Reggio Emilia 24 May 2021[4] 24 June 2021 14-men roster cut[9]
Matteo Spagnolo Spain Madrid Baloncesto
Nicola Akele Italy Universo Treviso
Michele Ruzzier Italy Pallacanestro Varese 28 June 2021 12-men roster cut[3]
Mouhamet Diouf Italy Reggio Emilia

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.[10]

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]

Exhibition games

VTG Supercup

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Germany 3 3
2  Italy 3 2
3  Czech Republic 3 1
4  Tunisia 3 0
Source: FIP
18 June 2021
1
 Italy  82–56  Tunisia Hamburg
17:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 21-9, 24-12, 13-11, 24-24
Eurosport Pts: Polonara 15
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Candi, Ruzzier 4 		Boxscore Pts: Marnaoui 18
Rebs: Addami 10
Asts: Haddad, Marnaoui, El Mabrouk 4 		Arena: Edel-optics.de Arena
Referees: Carsten Straube (DEU), Steve Bittner (DEU), Boris Krejic (SVN)
19 June 2021
2
 Italy  83–71  Czech Republic Hamburg
17:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22-22, 27-13, 20-11, 25-14
Eurosport Pts: Tonut, Polonara 15
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Tonut 4 		Boxscore Pts: Kovář 18
Rebs: Balvín 5
Asts: Sehnal 9 		Arena: Edel-optics.de Arena
Referees: Steve Bittner (DEU), Carsten Straube (DEU), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)
20 June 2021
3
 Germany  91–79  Italy Hamburg
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 20-28, 29-12, 20-21
Eurosport Pts: Saibou 18
Rebs: Voigtmann 9
Asts: Voigtmann 7 		Boxscore Pts: Melli 21
Rebs: Polonara 9
Asts: Ruzzier 6 		Arena: Edel-optics.de Arena
Referees: Boris Krejic (SVN), Manuel Attard (Ita), Carsten Straube (DEU)

Tournament

Main article: 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade
See also: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification and 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Preliminary round

Main article: Group B


Senegal v Italy

The Senegal roster did not participate in the Qualifying Tournament. On June 28, they informed FIBA about COVID-19 related disruptions to their preparations in Germany. Afterwards, their scheduled games did not take place and Senegal lost by forfeit 0–20.[11]

1
 Senegal  0–20  Italy
Boxscore

Italy v Puerto Rico

1 July 2021
2
 Italy  90–83  Puerto Rico Belgrade
16:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 19–20, 27–14, 26–25
Rai Sport, Sky Pts: Mannion, Fontecchio, Polonara 21
Rebs: Polonara 11
Asts: Mannion 6
PIR: Polonara 30 		Boxscore Pts: Clavell 24
Rebs: Browne 9
Asts: Browne 16
PIR: Browne 31 		Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Marco Spissu 3 2 3
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 9 1 0
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 21 6 2
PF 33 Achille Polonara 21 11 2
C 9 Nicolò Melli 0 3 3
Reserves:
PG 1 Nico Mannion 21 3 6
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 4 2 0
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 6 3 1
SF 23 Awudu Abass 2 2 0
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini DNP
SG 31 Michele Vitali 3 1 0
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 0 1 0
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

ITA Statistics PUR
15/26 (57.7%) 2-pt field goals 21/45 (46.7%)
14/37 (37.8%) 3-pt field goals 11/27 (40.7%)
18/25 (72%) Free throws 8/18 (44.4%)
9 Offensive rebounds 14
29 Defensive rebounds 27
38 Total rebounds 41
17 Assists 19
13 Turnovers 17
1 Steals 7
4 Blocks 2
19 Fouls 26
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Gary Browne 16 9 16
SG 24 Gian Clavell 24 4 0
SF 0 Isaiah Piñeiro 8 4 0
PF 15 Timajh Parker-Rivera 0 4 0
C 1 George Conditt 9 4 0
Reserves:
PG 10 Iván Gandía 3 1 3
C 12 Jorge Díaz 2 0 0
SG 22 Emmanuel Andujar 11 4 0
SG 23 Isaac Sosa 3 0 0
PF 32 Chris Ortiz 7 6 0
PF 34 Arnaldo Toro DNP
SF 41 Gilberto Clavell 0 0 0
Head coach:
Puerto Rico Eddie Casiano

Final round

Main article: Final round bracket

Italy v Dominican Republic

3 July 2021
Semifinal
 Italy  79–59  Dominican Republic Belgrade
13:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 20-16, 24-8, 13-21
Rai Sport, Sky Pts: Fontecchio 17
Rebs: Melli, Fontecchio, Polonara 5
Asts: four players 3
PIR: Fontecchio 20 		Boxscore Pts: Francis 12
Rebs: Santos 7
Asts: Mendoza, Solano 4
PIR: Francis 13 		Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Martins Kozlovskis (LVA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRC)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Marco Spissu 3 4 2
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 14 1 3
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 17 5 3
PF 33 Achille Polonara 9 5 0
C 9 Nicolò Melli 5 5 3
Reserves:
PG 1 Nico Mannion 8 2 2
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 2 3 2
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 2 2 0
SF 23 Awudu Abass 3 0 0
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 2 3 3
SG 31 Michele Vitali 8 3 2
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 6 2 1
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

ITA Statistics PUR
13/33 (39.4%) 2-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%)
13/25 (52.0%) 3-pt field goals 5/30 (16.7%)
14/19 (73.7%) Free throws 16/16 (100%)
7 Offensive rebounds 12
31 Defensive rebounds 26
38 Total rebounds 38
21 Assists 14
15 Turnovers 14
6 Steals 10
5 Blocks 0
17 Fouls 23
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4 Gelvis Solano 6 0 4
SG 5 Víctor Liz 4 1 1
SF 7 Sadiel Rojas 2 6 1
PF 13 Angel Nunez 0 5 0
C 30 Jhonatan Araujo 4 5 0
Reserves:
SG 1 Brandone Francis 12 3 1
SG 2 Rigoberto Mendoza 4 3 4
SG 3 Adonys Henriquez 10 0 0
PG 10 Andrés Feliz 4 2 1
PF 15 Brayan Martinez 3 1 0
PG 33 Mike Torres 6 0 2
C 40 Luis Santos 4 7 0
Head coach:
Dominican Republic Melvyn Lopez

Serbia v Italy

4 July 2021
Final
 Serbia  95–102  Italy Belgrade
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22-28, 23-29, 18-23, 32-22
Rai Sport, Sky Pts: Anđušić 27
Rebs: Kalinić 6
Asts: Teodosić, Kalinić 5
PIR: Petrušev 29 		Boxscore Pts: Mannion 24
Rebs: Polonara 12
Asts: Pajola 6
PIR: Polonara 32 		Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Martins Kozlovskis (LVA)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 30 Aleksa Avramović 2 5 3
SG 31 Ognjen Dobrić 17 3 4
SF 33 Danilo Anđušić 27 2 3
PF 8 Nemanja Bjelica 5 4 0
C 51 Boban Marjanović 7 3 0
Reserves:
C 3 Filip Petrušev 22 5 1
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić 5 3 5
SF 10 Nikola Kalinić 2 6 5
SG 12 Dragan Milosavljević DNP
PG 22 Vasilije Micić 8 0 2
PG 24 Stefan Jović DNP
PF 27 Dejan Davidovac DNP
Head coach:
Serbia Igor Kokoškov

SRB Statistics ITA
18/27 (66.7%) 2-pt field goals 20/42 (47.6%)
11/32 (34.4%) 3-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%)
26/32 (81.2%) Free throws 20/23 (87.0%)
9 Offensive rebounds 15
27 Defensive rebounds 24
36 Total rebounds 38
23 Assists 17
11 Turnovers 8
5 Steals 7
5 Blocks 2
24 Fouls 24
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1 Nico Mannion 24 0 4
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 15 4 4
SF 13 Simone Fontecchio 21 8 0
PF 33 Achille Polonara 22 12 2
C 9 Nicolò Melli 5 4 0
Reserves:
PG 0 Marco Spissu DNP
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 2 2 1
PF 17 Giampaolo Ricci 3 0 0
SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP
SF 24 Riccardo Moraschini 0 0 0
SG 31 Michele Vitali 0 0 0
PG 54 Alessandro Pajola 10 4 6
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

Statistics

Individual statistics

No. Player GC GP GS MPG 2FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG EF PPG
0 Marco Spissu 3 2 2 17.5 50.0% (0.5/1.0) 16.7% (0.5/3.0) 33.3% (0.5/1.5) 3.0 2.5 0.0 0.5 3.5 3.0
1 Nico Mannion 3 3 1 21.7 50.0% (3.3/6.7) 45.5% (1.7/3.7) 78.3% (6.0/7.7) 1.7 4.0 0.0 0.0 14.7 17.7
7 Stefano Tonut 3 3 3 26.3 43.8% (2.3/5.3) 46.2% (2.0/4.3) 75.0% (2.0/2.7) 2.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 10.0 12.7
9 Nicolò Melli 3 3 3 21.3 18.2% (0.7/3.7) 20.0% (0.7/3.3) 0.0% (0.0/0.7) 4.0 2.0 1.3 0.7 3.7 3.3
13 Simone Fontecchio 3 3 3 29.7 57.7% (5.0/8.7) 53.8% (2.3/4.3) 100.0% (2.7/2.7) 6.3 1.7 0.0 1.0 22.0 19.7
16 Amedeo Tessitori 3 3 0 8.7 40.0% (0.7/1.7) 0.0% (0.0/0.3) 100.0% (1.3/1.3) 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 4.3 2.7
17 Giampaolo Ricci 3 3 0 14.0 25.0% (0.3/1.3) 27.3% (1.0/3.7) - 1.7 0.3 1.0 0.3 2.7 3.7
23 Awudu Abass 3 2 0 7.5 50.0% (0.5/1.0) 0.0% (0.0/1.0) 75.0% (1.5/2.0) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5
24 Riccardo Moraschini 3 2 0 11.0 0.0% (0.0/0.5) - 100.0% (1.0/1.0) 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.0
31 Michele Vitali 3 3 0 13.3 33.3% (0.3/1.0) 33.3% (0.7/2.0) 75.0% (1.0/1.3) 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 2.7 3.7
33 Achille Polonara 3 3 3 29.0 87.5% (2.3/2.7) 61.1% (3.7/6.0) 71.4% (1.7/2.3) 9.3 1.3 1.0 0.7 25.3 17.3
54 Alessandro Pajola 3 3 0 11.7 33.3% (0.3/1.0) 80.0% (1.3/1.7) 100.0% (0.7/0.7) 2.3 2.3 0.3 0.3 9.0 5.3
Total 3 47.5% 42.7% 77.6% 38.3 18.3 4.7 3.7 99.7 90.3

Individual game highs

Team game highs

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