The 2020 Italy men's OQT basketball team will represent 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.
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President | Gianni Petrucci | ||
Head coach | Meo Sacchetti | ||
Preliminary round | 1st | ||
Playoffs | Winners | ||
PIR leader | Polonara 25.3 | ||
Scoring leader | Fontecchio 19.7 | ||
Rebounding leader | Polonara 9.3 | ||
Assists leader | Mannion 4 | ||
Biggest win | +20 59-79 vs Dominican Republic (3 July) | ||
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All statistics correct as of July 4, 2021. |
Overview
editThe 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
edit- 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
editThe following 12 players were called by coach Romeo Sacchetti for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[3]
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Depth chart
editPos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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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
editThe following were candidates to make the team:
Player | Team | Added | Removed | Reason |
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Leonardo Totè | Bilbao Basket | 24 May 2021[4] | 8 June 2021 | Injured[5] |
Abramo Canka | BC Nevėžis | 13 June 2021 | Technical choice[6] | |
Maximilian Ladurner | Aquila Trento | |||
Andrea Pecchia | Pallacanestro Cantù | |||
Gabriele Procida | Pallacanestro Cantù | |||
Tomas Woldetensae | Virginia Cavaliers | |||
Davide Alviti | Pallacanestro Trieste | 16 June 2021 | Technical choice[7] | |
Giordano Bortolani | Pallacanestro Brescia | 20 June 2021 | Technical choice[8] | |
Guglielmo Caruso | Santa Clara Broncos | |||
Simone Zanotti | VL Pesaro | |||
Raphael Gaspardo | New Basket Brindisi | 13 June 2021[6] | ||
Leonardo Candi | Reggio Emilia | 24 May 2021[4] | 24 June 2021 | 14-men roster cut[9] |
Matteo Spagnolo | Madrid Baloncesto | |||
Nicola Akele | Universo Treviso | |||
Michele Ruzzier | Pallacanestro Varese | 28 June 2021 | 12-men roster cut[3] | |
Mouhamet Diouf | Reggio Emilia |
Staff
editAfter 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 |
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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 | 51 | 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
editVTG Supercup
editPos | Team | Pld | Pts |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 3 |
2 | Italy | 3 | 2 |
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 |
4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 |
18 June 2021 1
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Italy | 82–56 | Tunisia | Hamburg |
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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
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Italy | 83–71 | Czech Republic | Hamburg |
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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) |
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Germany | 91–79 | Italy | Hamburg |
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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
editPreliminary round
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Senegal v Italy
editThe 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]
Italy v Puerto Rico
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Italy | 90–83 | Puerto Rico | Belgrade |
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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) |
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Final round
editItaly v Dominican Republic
edit3 July 2021 Semifinal
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Italy | 79–59 | Dominican Republic | Belgrade |
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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) |
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Serbia v Italy
edit4 July 2021 Final
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Serbia | 95–102 | Italy | Belgrade |
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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) |
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Statistics
editIndividual statistics
editNo. | Player | GC | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | EF | PPG |
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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 |
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References
edit- ^ "FIBA OQT. I 16 convocati del CT per il raduno di Milano e il torneo di Amburgo. Sacchetti: "Cominciamo ad aggregare atleti di esperienza"" (in Italian). fip.it. 13 June 2021.
- ^ "FIBA confirms dates for FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". fiba.basketball. 14 May 2020.
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- ^ "FIBA OQT. Scrimmage in famiglia per gli Azzurri. Venerdì 25 giugno il volo per Belgrado con 14 Azzurri. Tutto il torneo in diretta su SkySport. Gli Azzurri in diretta anche su RaiSport" (in Italian). fip.it. 24 June 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.
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