Italy women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Italy men's national basketball team.

Italy
FIBA ranking14 Increase 2 (8 August 2025)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationItalian Basketball Federation
CoachAndrea Capobianco
Olympic Games
Appearances3
World Cup
Appearances5
EuroBasket
Appearances35
Medals Gold: 1938
Silver 1995
Bronze 1974, 2025
Mediterranean Games
Appearances4
Medals Gold: 2009
Silver: 1993, 2001
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

The Italy women's national basketball team (Italian: Nazionale di pallacanestro femminile dell'Italia) represents Italy in international women's basketball competitions.[2] At the European Women's Basketball Championship the Italian team won Gold medals in 1938.[3]

Italy is the leading nation in terms of EuroBasket Women qualifications. (Alongside France)

Honours

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
Women's World Cup 0 0 0 0
EuroBasket Women 1 1 2 4
Universiade 1 1 0 2
Mediterranean Games 1 2 0 3
Total 3 4 2 9

Competition record

Results in final tournaments and qualifying games[4]

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Qualifying
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Canada 1976 Did not qualify 4 1 3
Soviet Union 1980 6th 5 0 5 9 6 3
United States 1984 Did not qualify 4 2 2
South Korea 1988 11 5 6
Spain 1992 8th 5 0 5 8 5 3
United States 1996 8th 8 3 5
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
Total 18 3 15 36 19 17

FIBA Women's World Cup

Women's World Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Chile 1953 Did not qualify
Brazil 1957
Soviet Union 1959
Peru 1964
Czechoslovakia 1967 9th 6 1 5
Brazil 1971 Did not qualify
Colombia 1975 4th 8 5 3
South Korea 1979 5th 7 3 4
Brazil 1983 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1986
Malaysia 1990 13th 8 5 3
Australia 1994 11th 8 5 3
Germany 1998 Did not qualify
China 2002
Brazil 2006
Czech Republic 2010
Turkey 2014
Spain 2018
Australia 2022
Germany 2026 To be determined
Total 37 19 18

EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket Women Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Italy 1938 4 3 1
Hungary 1950 5th 7 3 4
Soviet Union 1952 6th 5 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1954 7th 6 5 1
Czechoslovakia 1956 6th 8 3 5
Poland 1958 Did not qualify
Bulgaria 1960 7th 7 5 2
France 1962 9th 5 1 4 7 5 2
Hungary 1964 9th 5 1 4 2 2 0
Romania 1966 10th 7 2 5 2 2 0
Italy 1968 6th 6 2 4
Netherlands 1970 9th 7 2 5 3 2 1
Bulgaria 1972 10th 8 2 6 5 4 1
Italy 1974 6 3 3
France 1976 7th 7 3 4
Poland 1978 9th 5 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1980 9th 7 5 2
Italy 1981 7th 7 3 4
Hungary 1983 5th 7 4 3 4 4 0
Italy 1985 7th 7 3 4
Spain 1987 5th 7 4 3 3 3 0
Bulgaria 1989 5th 5 3 2 5 5 0
Israel 1991 7th 5 2 3 5 5 0
Italy 1993 4th 5 3 2 5 5 0
Czech Republic 1995 9 8 1 5 4 1
Hungary 1997 11th 7 2 5
Poland 1999 11th 7 3 4 5 3 2
France 2001 Did not qualify 6 3 3
Greece 2003 6 1 5
Turkey 2005 6 1 5
Italy 2007 9th 6 2 4 4 3 1
Latvia 2009 6th 9 4 5 12 6 6
Poland 2011 Did not qualify 8 5 3
France 2013 8th 9 3 6 8 7 1
HungaryRomania 2015 15th 4 1 3 6 4 2
Czech Republic 2017 7th 7 4 3 6 5 1
SerbiaLatvia 2019 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1
FranceSpain 2021 9th 4 2 2 6 5 1
SloveniaIsrael 2023 9th 4 1 3 6 6 0
Czech RepublicGermanyGreeceItaly 2025 6 5 1 Qualified as host
BelgiumFinlandSwedenLithuania 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 219 102 117 131 95 36

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2025.[5][6]

Italy women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 0 Jasmine Keys 27 – (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) PF Schio Italy
G 6 Francesca Pasa 25 – (2000-05-22)22 May 2000 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) ASVEL Féminin France
SG 8 Costanza Verona 25 – (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) PF Schio Italy
SF 9 Cecilia Zandalasini 29 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Golden State Valkyries United States
SG 11 Francesca Pan 28 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
C 13 Lorela Cubaj 26 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
PF 14 Sara Madera 24 – (2000-06-28)28 June 2000 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Magnolia Basket Campobasso Italy
PG 18 Mariella Santucci 28 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
SG 19 Martina Fassina 26 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
C 22 Olbis André 26 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) PF Schio Italy
SF 23 Laura Spreafico (C) 33 – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Geas Basket Italy
G 99 Stefania Trimboli 28 – (1996-10-30)30 October 1996 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Magnolia Basket Campobasso Italy
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Vincenzo Di Meglio
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 18 June 2025

Head coach position

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ Turkey lose against Italy in women's EuroBasket Can Erözden (Anadolu Agency), 27 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Basketball international results". sports123.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  4. ^ "nazionali – archivio gare". FIP. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Women's EuroBasket, domani Italia-Serbia al PalaDozza" (in Italian). fip.it. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Team roster: Italy" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 7. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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