en Italy team for FIBA World Cup 2023 qualification

Italy
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.^[1]

First window

10 November 2021: submitted the long list of 24 players.^[2]
16 November 2021: submitted the list of 16 players.^[3]
22 November 2021: Mannion and Totè are replaced with Flaccadori and Udom, for health reason.^[4]
24 November 2021: submitted the final list of 12 players for the match against Russia.^[5]
26 November 2021: Russia 92 – 78 Italy.^[6]
24 November 2021: submitted the final list of 12 players for the match against Netherlands.^[7]

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Roster

The following 16 players were called by Matteo Sacchetti for the first window against Netherlands.^[7]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
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)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 29 November 2021

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Nicolo Melli	Paul Biligha
PF	Danilo Gallinari	Achille Polonara	Giampaolo Ricci
SF	Simone Fontecchio	Luigi Datome
SG	Stefano Tonut	Tommaso Baldasso
PG	Marco Spissu	Nico Mannion	Alessandro Pajola

All Games

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

Pos.	No.	Name	Age^*	Ht.
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.^[8]

Position	Staff member	Age	Team
Head coach	Meo Sacchetti	71	Italian Basketball Federation
Assistant coaches	Emanuele Molin	64	Aquila Trento
	Piero Bucchi	66	Dinamo Sassari
	Paolo Galbiati	40	Vanoli Cremona
	Riccardo Fois	37	Arizona Wildcats
Physical trainer	Matteo Panichi	52	Italian Basketball Federation
Physical trainer	Fabrizio Santolamazza	40	Italian Basketball Federation
Physician	Sandro Senzameno	72	Italian Basketball Federation
Orthopaedic	Raffaele Cortina	64	Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath	Roberto Oggioni	49	Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath	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
Equipment manager	Andrea Annessa	50	Italian Basketball Federation

Source: [1]

Qualification

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
EuroBasket qualification	26 November 2021	4 July 2022	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

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.^[1]^[9] 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

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

Russia	Statistics	Italy
	Statistics
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

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

Italy	Statistics	Netherlands
	Statistics
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

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Out Mannion e Totè. Convocati Flaccadori e Udom" (in Italian). fip.it. 22 November 2021.
^ "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 12 per Russia-Italia del 26 novembre (ore 17.00 italiane)" (in Italian). fip.it. 24 November 2021.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. I 12 del CT Sacchetti per Italia-Paesi Bassi" (in Italian). fip.it. 28 November 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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

[draw-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.

[team1wv3-4] "FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Out Mannion e Totè. Convocati Flaccadori e Udom" (in Italian). fip.it. 22 November 2021.

[team1wv4-5] "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.

[team1wv5-7] "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.

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