2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team

Background

Timeline

• ': Italy gains mathematical qualification to the world cup after winning against Hungary 75-41.
• ': World Cup 2019 Draw: Italy is in group D together with Angola, Philippines and Serbia.
• ': Submitted the 24 players long list preliminary convocation.
• ': Submitted 19 players convocation for the summer preparation.
• ': Start of the training camp.
• - : Friendly games.
• - : Trentino Basket Cup.
• - : Verona Basketball Cup.
• ': 16 men roster cut.
• ': Melli will not be part of the team due to a knee surgery.
• - : Acropolis Basketball Tournament.
• ': 14 men cut.
• - : Austiger Cup.
• : Final roster announced.
• - : 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

  Kit

Qualification

First round

Matches

Second round

Matches

Roster

Depth chart

Candidate players

The following were candidates to make the team:

Player	Team	Added	Removed	Reason
	Dinamo Sassari			19-man roster cut
	Aquila Trento			19-man roster cut
	Aquila Trento			19-man roster cut
	Reyer Venezia			19-man roster cut
	Texas Tech Red Raiders			19-man roster cut
	Olimpia Milano			16-man roster cut
	Dinamo Sassari			16-man roster cut
	Olimpia Milano			16-man roster cut
	New Orleans Pelicans			Injured
	Fortitudo Bologna			14-men roster cut
	Brescia Leonessa			12-men roster cut
	Virtus Bologna			12-men roster cut

Staff

Position	Staff member	Age	Team
Head coach	Romeo Sacchetti		Vanoli Cremona
Assistant coaches	Emanuele Molin		Aquila Trento
Assistant coaches	Massimo Maffezzoli		Sidigas Avellino
Assistant coaches	Paolo Conti		Pallacanestro Varese
Physical trainer	Matteo Panichi		Italian Basketball Federation
Physician	Sandro Senzameno		Italian Basketball Federation
Orthopaedic	Raffaele Cortina		Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath	Roberto Oggioni		Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath	Francesco Ciallella		Italian Basketball Federation
Team manager	Massimo Valle		Italian Basketball Federation
Manager	Roberto Brunamonti		Italian Basketball Federation
Video maker	Marco Cremonini		Italian Basketball Federation
Warehouse manager	Curzio Garofoli		Italian Basketball Federation
Warehouse manager	Andrea Annessa		Italian Basketball Federation

Age – describes age on 31 August 2019
Source:

Exhibition games

Trentino Basket cup

Four teams took part in the Trentino Basket Cup: Ivory Coast and Italy, that were preparing for the World Cup. While Romania and Switzerland were preparing for the Eurobasket 2021.

Verona Basketball Cup

All the four team playing at the Verona Basketball Cup have been qualified for the World Cup: Italy, Russia, Senegal and Venezuela. The tournament is played in a round robin Format and the Russian team won the competition.

Acropolis Cup

The tournament is scheduled to be held from 16–18 August in Athens, Greece.

AusTiger Cup

The tournament is scheduled to be held from 23–27 August in Shenyang, China.

Tournament

Preliminary Round

Italy was drawn into Group D with Angola, Philippines, and the Serbia and will play all of its group phase matches in Foshan at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center from 31 August to 4 September.
All times are local.

Philippines vs. Italy

This will be the second game between the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1978, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

• Top Performer: Danilo Gallinari

  Italy vs. Angola

This will be the second game between Angola and Serbia in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1990, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

• Top Performer: Jeff Brooks

  Italy vs. Serbia

This will be the first game between Italy and Serbia in the World Cup. Serbia won in its last competitive game against Italy, in EuroBasket 2017.

• Top Performer: Bogdan Bogdanović

  Second round

Italy finished second in the preliminary group and advanced to the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It will play against two top finishers of Group C, Spain and Puerto Rico, in Wuhan.
All times are local UTC+8.

Spain vs. Italy

• Top Performer: Danilo Gallinari

  Puerto Rico vs. Italy

• Top Performer: Marco Belinelli

  Statistics

Individual statistics

Statistical leaders

Updated:

Individual game highs

Statistic	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Marco Belinelli	27
Total Rebounds	Jeff Brooks	11
Assists	Luca Vitali Danilo Gallinari	5
Blocks	Jeff Brooks Luigi Datome Amedeo Tessitori	2
Steals	Jeff Brooks	3
Efficiency	Danilo Gallinari	27
Field goal percentage1	Danilo Gallinari Jeff Brooks	83%
2-point field goal percentage1	Amedeo Tessitori	100%
3-point field goal percentage	Luigi Datome	100%
Free throw percentage	Amedeo Della Valle Alessandro Gentile	100%
Turnovers	Daniel Hackett	5
Minutes	Marco Belinelli	40:09

• ¹– at least 5 attempts

Statistic	Name	Total	Opponent
Field goals made	Danilo Gallinari	8
Field goals attempted	Marco Belinelli	17
2-point field goals made	Awudu Abass	6
2-point field goals attempted	Marco Belinelli	17
3-point field goals made	Danilo Gallinari	4
3-point field goals attempted	Marco Belinelli	8
Free throws made	Marco Belinelli	10
Free throws attempted	Marco Belinelli	12
Offensive Rebounds	Jeff Brooks	5
Defensive Rebounds	Daniel Hackett	8
+/-	Danilo Gallinari	38

Team game highs

Statistic	Total	Opponent
Points	108
Total Rebounds	42
Assists	30
Blocks	7
Steals	13
Efficiency	141
Field goal percentage	58.2%
2-point field goal percentage	66.7%
3-point field goal percentage	48.4%
Free throw percentage	75%
Turnovers	17

Statistic	Total	Opponent
Field goals made	39
Field goals attempted	67
2-point field goals made	24
2-point field goals attempted	45
3-point field goals made	15
3-point field goals attempted	31
Free throws made	27
Free throws attempted	30
Offensive Rebounds	12
Defensive Rebounds	34
+/-	46

Conclusion

Italy ended the championship at the 10th place overall, position that allows Italy the qualification to the Olympic qualifying tournament.