# 2020 Italy men's Olympic basketball team

The Italy men's national basketball team is scheduled to play at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in July 2021.

## Overview

Italy qualified to the Olympics after an unexpected win against Serbia during the Qualifying Tournament.
Only Danilo Gallinari was added to the team who replaced Awudu Abass.
Italy qualified to the playoff stage losing only against Australia in the qualifying stage. They lost against France in the quarterfinals and ended the competition in the 5th position.

## Timeline

* 4 July: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the 2020 Summer Olympics.
* 6 July: Coach Sacchetti submits the list of 12 players that will go to the Olympics.
* 12 July: The national team starts the preparation in Rome.
* 25 July: Italy wins 92-82 against Germany.
* 28 July: Italy loses 83-86 against Australia.
* 31 July: Italy wins 80-71 against Nigeria and qualifies to the playoffs.
* 3 August: Italy loses 75-84 against France and ends the Olympics at the 5th position.

## Kit

Supplier: Spalding
| Home | Away |

## Roster

The following 12 players were called by coach Meo Sacchetti for the Olympics.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Nicolò Melli | Amedeo Tessitori | |
| PF | Achille Polonara | Danilo Gallinari | Giampaolo Ricci |
| SF | Simone Fontecchio | Riccardo Moraschini | |
| SG | Stefano Tonut | Michele Vitali | |
| PG | Alessandro Pajola | Nico Mannion | Marco Spissu |

## 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.
| Position | Staff member | Age | Team |
| Head coach | Meo Sacchetti | 71 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Assistant coaches | Emanuele Molin | 64 | Aquila Trento |
| Assistant coaches | Piero Bucchi | 66 | Pallacanestro Cantù |
| Assistant coaches | Paolo Galbiati | 40 | Vanoli Cremona |
| Assistant coaches | Riccardo Fois | 37 | Phoenix Suns |
| Physical trainer | Matteo Panichi | 52 | 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 |
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## Olympic play
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 226 | +33 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 239 | +16 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 263 | −33 | 3 | |

#### Germany v Italy

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | Isaac Bonga | 13 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 42 | Andreas Obst | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 5 | Niels Giffey | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 22 | Danilo Barthel | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 7 | Johannes Voigtmann | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 1 | Joshiko Saibou | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 4 | Maodo Lô | 24 | 4 | 4 |
| PF | 6 | Jan Niklas Wimberg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 12 | Robin Benzing | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 13 | Moritz Wagner | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 19 | Lukas Wank | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 32 | Johannes Thiemann | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Henrik Rödl ||||||
| Germany | Italy |
| DEU | Statistics | ITA |
| 15/32 (46.9%) | 2-pt field goals | 19/37 (51.4%) |
| 15/32 (46.9%) | 3-pt field goals | 15/31 (48.4%) |
| 7/9 (77.8%) | Free throws | 9/12 (75.0%) |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Defensive rebounds | 26 |
| 34 | Total rebounds | 35 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls | 15 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 1 | Nico Mannion | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| SG | 31 | Michele Vitali | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 18 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 13 | Simone Fontecchio | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 9 | Nicolò Melli | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 0 | Marco Spissu | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 17 | Giampaolo Ricci | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 24 | Riccardo Moraschini | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 33 | Achille Polonara | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 54 | Alessandro Pajola | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||

#### Italy v Australia

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | Marco Spissu | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 13 | Simone Fontecchio | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| PF | 33 | Achille Polonara | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| C | 9 | Nicolò Melli | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Nico Mannion | 21 | 3 | 7 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 17 | Giampaolo Ricci | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 24 | Riccardo Moraschini | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| SG | 31 | Michele Vitali | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| PG | 54 | Alessandro Pajola | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||
| Italy | Australia |
| ITA | Statistics | AUS |
| 25/41 (61.0%) | 2-pt field goals | 21/39 (53.8%) |
| 8/25 (32.0%) | 3-pt field goals | 11/31 (35.5%) |
| 9/10 (90.0%) | Free throws | 11/14 (78.6%) |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Defensive rebounds | 28 |
| 30 | Total rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Assists | 26 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls | 15 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 8 | Matthew Dellavedova | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| SG | 5 | Patty Mills | 16 | 6 | 5 |
| SF | 7 | Joe Ingles | 14 | 4 | 5 |
| PF | 12 | Aron Baynes | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| C | 13 | Jock Landale | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 4 | Chris Goulding | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 6 | Josh Green | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 9 | Nathan Sobey | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 10 | Matisse Thybulle | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| PF | 11 | Dante Exum | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 33 | Duop Reath | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 15 | Nick Kay | 15 | 7 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Brian Goorjian ||||||

#### Italy v Nigeria

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 54 | Alessandro Pajola | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 13 | Simone Fontecchio | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| PF | 33 | Achille Polonara | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| C | 9 | Nicolò Melli | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 0 | Marco Spissu | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 1 | Nico Mannion | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 17 | Giampaolo Ricci | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 24 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Michele Vitali | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||
| Italy | Nigeria |
| ITA | Statistics | NGA |
| 20/39 (51.3%) | 2-pt field goals | 14/34 (41.2%) |
| 8/31 (25.8%) | 3-pt field goals | 11/28 (39.3%) |
| 16/19 (84.2%) | Free throws | 10/15 (66.7%) |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Defensive rebounds | 31 |
| 40 | Total rebounds | 39 |
| 16 | Assists | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
| 19 | Fouls | 22 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 22 | Gabe Vincent | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 13 | Miye Oni | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 0 | KZ Okpala | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 33 | Jordan Nwora | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 55 | Precious Achiuwa | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Caleb Agada | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 8 | Ekpe Udoh | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 10 | Chimezie Metu | 22 | 10 | 3 |
| SG | 11 | Obi Emegano | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 15 | Jahlil Okafor | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 20 | Josh Okogie | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 34 | Ike Nwamu | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Mike Brown ||||||

### Knockout stage
#### Italy v France

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 54 | Alessandro Pajola | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| SG | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 13 | Simone Fontecchio | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 33 | Achille Polonara | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| C | 9 | Nicolò Melli | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 0 | Marco Spissu | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 1 | Nico Mannion | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 21 | 10 | 1 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 17 | Giampaolo Ricci | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 24 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Michele Vitali | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||
| Italy | France |
| ITA | Statistics | FRA |
| 15/35 (42.9%) | 2-pt field goals | 23/41 (56.1%) |
| 7/33 (21.2%) | 3-pt field goals | 7/22 (31.8%) |
| 24/28 (85.7%) | Free throws | 17/21 (81.0%) |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Defensive rebounds | 35 |
| 33 | Total rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
| 20 | Fouls | 23 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 12 | Nando de Colo | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| SG | 10 | Evan Fournier | 21 | 3 | 4 |
| SF | 5 | Nicolas Batum | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| PF | 7 | Guerschon Yabusele | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 27 | Rudy Gobert | 22 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 1 | Frank Ntilikina | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 3 | Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 4 | Thomas Heurtel | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| PF | 17 | Vincent Poirier | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 21 | Andrew Albicy | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 28 | Petr Cornelie | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 93 | Moustapha Fall | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Vincent Collet ||||||

## Statistics
### Individual statistics

| No. | Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | EF | PPG |
| 0 | Marco Spissu | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | Nico Mannion | 4 | 1 | 22.0 | 48.3% (3.5/7.3) | 22.2% (1.0/4.5) | 90.9% (2.5/2.8) | 1.8 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 12.5 |
| 7 | Stefano Tonut | 4 | 4 | 26.8 | 63.2% (3.0/4.8) | 26.7% (1.0/3.8) | 100.0% (1.0/1.0) | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 4 | 0 | 20.5 | 47.6% (2.5/5.3) | 33.3% (1.0/3.0) | 83.3% (3.8/4.5) | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 9 | Nicolò Melli | 4 | 4 | 22.8 | 45.0% (2.3/5.0) | 27.3% (0.8/2.8) | 75.0% (0.8/1.0) | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 7.5 |
| 13 | Simone Fontecchio | 4 | 4 | 30.3 | 57.6% (4.8/8.3) | 45.5% (2.5/5.5) | 81.8% (2.3/2.8) | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 16.8 | 19.3 |
| 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 25.0% (0.5/2.0) | - | 100.0% (0.5/0.5) | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| 17 | Giampaolo Ricci | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 100.0% (0.7/0.7) | 50.0% (1.0/2.0) | - | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 4.3 |
| 24 | Riccardo Moraschini | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 20.0% (0.3/1.3) | 50.0% (0.3/0.5) | 100.0% (1.3/1.3) | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 31 | Michele Vitali | 4 | 1 | 11.3 | 33.3% (0.3/0.8) | 37.5% (0.8/2.0) | 100.0% (0.3/0.3) | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Achille Polonara | 4 | 3 | 23.3 | 69.2% (2.3/3.3) | 28.6% (1.5/5.3) | 66.7% (1.0/1.5) | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 11.0 | 10.0 |
| 54 | Alessandro Pajola | 4 | 2 | 19.5 | 33.3% (0.3/0.8) | 0.0% (0.0/1.3) | 75.0% (1.5/2.0) | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 52.0% | 31.7% | 84.1% | 34.5 | 16.8 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 91.8 | 82.5 |

### Individual game highs

| | Total | Player | Opponent |
| Points | 23 | Simone Fontecchio | vs France |
| Total Rebounds | 10 | Danilo Gallinari | vs France |
| Assists | 7 | Nico Mannion | vs Germany |
| Assists | 7 | Nico Mannion | vs Australia |
| Blocks | 2 | Achille Polonara | vs Germany |
| Blocks | 2 | Nicolò Melli | vs Australia |
| Blocks | 2 | Amedeo Tessitori | vs Nigeria |
| Steals | 5 | Alessandro Pajola | vs France |
| Efficiency | 24 | Nico Mannion | vs Australia |
| Efficiency | 24 | Danilo Gallinari | vs France |
| 2-point field goal percentage | 80.0% (8/10) | Nico Mannion | vs Australia |
| 3-point field goal percentage | 100% (5/5) | Simone Fontecchio | vs Germany |
| Free throw percentage | 100% (9/9) | Danilo Gallinari | vs France |
| Turnovers | 3 | Simone Fontecchio | vs Nigeria |
| Turnovers | 3 | Alessandro Pajola | vs France |
| Minutes | 35:21 | Simone Fontecchio | vs France |
| | Total | Player | Opponent |
| 2-point field goals made | 8 | Stefano Tonut | vs Germany |
| 2-point field goals made | 8 | Nico Mannion | vs Australia |
| 2-point field goals attempted | 13 | Stefano Tonut | vs Germany |
| 2-point field goals attempted | 13 | Simone Fontecchio | vs Germany |
| 2-point field goals attempted | 13 | Simone Fontecchio | vs Australia |
| 3-point field goals made | 5 | Simone Fontecchio | vs Germany |
| 3-point field goals attempted | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | vs France |
| Free throws made | 9 | Danilo Gallinari | vs France |
| Free throws attempted | 9 | Danilo Gallinari | vs France |
| Offensive Rebounds | 4 | Nicolò Melli | vs Germany |
| Defensive Rebounds | 7 | Danilo Gallinari | vs France |

### Team game highs

| Statistic | Total | Opponent |
| Points | 92 | vs Germany |
| Total Rebounds | 40 | vs Nigeria |
| Assists | 20 | vs Germany |
| Blocks | 4 | vs Germany |
| Steals | 12 | vs France |
| Efficiency | 112 | vs Germany |
| 2-point field goal percentage | 61.0% | vs Australia |
| 3-point field goal percentage | 48.4% | vs Germany |
| Free throw percentage | 90.0% | vs Australia |
| Turnovers | 9 | vs Germany vs France |
| Statistic | Total | Opponent |
| 2-point field goals made | 25 | vs Australia |
| 2-point field goals attempted | 41 | vs Australia |
| 3-point field goals made | 15 | vs Germany |
| 3-point field goals attempted | 33 | vs France |
| Free throws made | 24 | vs France |
| Free throws attempted | 28 | vs France |
| Offensive Rebounds | 13 | vs Nigeria |
| Defensive Rebounds | 27 | vs Nigeria |