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The Italian National Basketball Team is managed by the Italian Basketball Federation.
Italy has won 2 European Championships, 2 Olympic Silver medals, and has participated at 31 European Championships, 7 World Championships and 10 Olympic Games.
[edit] World Championship record
- 1950 - Did not qualify
- 1954 - Did not qualify
- 1959 - Did not qualify
- 1963 - 7
- 1967 - 9
- 1970 - 4
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - 4
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - 6
- 1990 - 9
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - 6
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - 9
[edit] Olympic Games record
[edit] European Championship record
- 1935 - 7th place; 2-2 (1-1 in preliminary round, lost classification 5-8, won classification 7/8)
- 1937 - 2nd place; 3-2 (second place in preliminary group, won semifinal, lost final to Lithuania)
- 1939 - 6th place; 2-5 (6th of 8 teams in round-robin format with no playoffs)
- 1946 - 2nd place; 4-1 (3-0 in preliminary group, won semifinal, lost final to Czechoslovakia)
- 1947 - 9th place; 3-3 (1-2 in preliminary group, 1-1 in semifinal, won classification 9/10)
- 1949 - Did not compete
- 1951 - 5th place; 6-3 (won preliminary group with 3-1 record, third rank in semifinal group at 1-2, won classification 5-8 and classification 5/6 games)
- 1953 - 7th place; 3-7 (2nd in preliminary group at 2-1, 7th in final round with 1-6 record)
- 1955 - 6th place; 4-6 (2nd in preliminary group at 2-1, 6th in final round with 2-5 record)
- 1957 - 10th place; 7-3 (3rd in preliminary group at 1-2, 2nd in classification 9-16 round with 6-1)
- 1959 - 10
- 1961 - Did not qualify
- 1963 - 12
- 1965 - 4
- 1967 - 7
- 1969 - 6
- 1971 - 3
- 1973 - 5
- 1975 - 3
- 1977 - 4
- 1979 - 5
- 1981 - 5
- 1983 - Champions
- 1985 - 3
- 1987 - 5
- 1989 - 4
- 1991 - 2
- 1993 - 9
- 1995 - 5
- 1997 - 2
- 1999 - Champions
- 2001 - 9
- 2003 - 3
- 2005 - 10
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Current squad
Guards:
Forwards:
- 6 Stefano Mancinelli
- 7 Matteo Soragna
- 11 Andrea Michelori
- 14 Luca Garri
- 15 Angelo Gigli
Centers:
- 8 Denis Marconato
- 12 Richard Mason Rocca
[edit] Coaches
- Elliott Van Zandt (1948-1951)
- Giancarlo Marinelli (January 1952-March 1952)
- Amerigo Penzo (March 1952)
- Vittorio Tracuzzi (1952-1953)
- Francesco Ferrero (1954)
- Jim Mc Gregor (1954-1956)
- Nello Paratore (1957-1968)
- Giancarlo Primo (1969-1979)
- Sandro Gamba (1979-1985, 1987-1992)
- Valerio Bianchini (1985-1987)
- Ettore Messina (1992-1997)
- Bogdan Tanjevic (1997-2001)
- Carlo Recalcati (2001-)
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