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2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team

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Italy
ChairmanGiovanni Petrucci
Head coachRomeo Sacchetti
Preliminary round2nd
Second round3rd
Final standing10th
PIR leaderDanilo Gallinari
20
Scoring leaderDanilo Gallinari
17
Rebounding leaderDanilo Gallinari
6
Assists leaderMarco Belinelli
3
Highest home attendance15,000 vs Serbia
(4 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance2,849 vs Spain
(6 September 2019)
Biggest win108–62 Philippines
(31 August 2019)
Biggest defeat77-92 Serbia
(4 September 2019)
All statistics correct as of September 8, 2019.

The 2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team represents Italy at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. Italy qualified for the World Cup by taking the 2nd place in the European Second Round Group J. The team has been coached by Romeo Sacchetti.

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup is the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup championship that is organized by FIBA.

Background

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The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup represents the 18th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup where for the first time 32 teams from all over the world compete in the tournament. Italy has not qualified since the 2006 edition in Japan where it reached the playoffs. This year, with coach Sacchetti, the Italian national team aims to achieve at least the Olimpics qualifying tournament, which means qualify to the second round of World Cup.

Timeline

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Kit

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Supplier: Spalding / Sponsor: Barilla

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Qualification

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First round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 6 4 2 474 405 +69 10 Advance to the second round
2  Netherlands 6 3 3 434 416 +18 9[a]
3  Croatia 6 3 3 431 419 +12 9[a]
4  Romania 6 2 4 368 467 −99 8 Relegated to the EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers second round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Netherlands 1–1, +3; Croatia 1–1, –3

Matches

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24 November 2017 Italy  75–70  Romania Turin, Italy
20:15 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 26-15, 16-13, 17-15, 16-27
Pts: Della Valle, Aradori 16
Rebs: Gentile, Biligha 6
Asts: Filloy 4
PIR: Aradori, Filloy 12
Boxscore Pts: Cățe 16
Rebs: Cățe 8
Asts: Watson 5
PIR: Cățe 25
Arena: PalaRuffini
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Haris Bijedic (BIH), Uros Nikolic (SER)
26 November 2017 Croatia  64–80  Italy Zagreb, Croatia attendance = 5,000
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 23-15, 9-20, 15-25, 17-20
Pts: Planinić 20
Rebs: Planinić 10
Asts: Mavra 4
PIR: Planinić 22
Boxscore Pts: Della Valle 25
Rebs: Gentile, Abass 5
Asts: Filloy 4
PIR: Della Valle 25
Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Yener Yilmaz (TUR)
23 February 2018 Italy  80–62  Netherlands Treviso, Italy
20:15 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 26-13, 19-21, 18-14, 17-14
Pts: Della Valle 22
Rebs: Burns 7
Asts: Filloy 6
PIR: Della Valle 22
Boxscore Pts: Schaftenaar 17
Rebs: Kloof 9
Asts: De Jong 4
PIR: Schaftenaar 17
Arena: Palaverde
Attendance: 5,300
Referees: Tanel Suslov (EST), Luis Castillo (ESP), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI)
26 February 2018 Romania  50–101  Italy Cluj-Napoca, Romania
19:45 (CET) 'Scoring by quarter: 12-35, 13-12, 11-29, 14-25
Pts: Cățe 15
Rebs: Cățe 8
Asts: Mandache, Kuti 4
PIR: Cățe 23
Boxscore Pts: Della Valle 29
Rebs: Burns 8
Asts: Filloy 6
PIR: Della Valle 28
Arena: BT Arena
Attendance: 5,370
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Sergiy Chebyshev (UKR), Marko Vladic (AUT)
28 June 2018 Italy  72–78  Croatia Trieste, Italy
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 24-21, 15-20, 13-24, 20-13
Pts: Aradori 15
Rebs: Burns 6
Asts: Vitali, Burns 3
PIR: Burns 19
Boxscore Pts: Bogdanović 26
Rebs: Šarić 9
Asts: Bogdanović 26
PIR: Bogdanović 28
Arena: PalaTrieste
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Tanel Suslov (EST)
1 July 2018 Netherlands  81–66  Italy Groningen, Netherlands
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 19-15, 20-19, 23-17
Pts: Kloof 21
Rebs: Hammink 8
Asts: Kloof 3
PIR: Hammink 23
Boxscore Pts: Abass 18
Rebs: Abass, Sacchetti 5
Asts: Burns 2
PIR: Abass 20
Arena: MartiniPlaza
Referees: Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Zdravko Rutesic (MNE), Arnis Ozols (LAT)

Second round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 12 11 1 999 802 +197 23 Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup
2  Italy 12 8 4 940 836 +104 20[a]
3  Poland 12 8 4 958 886 +72 20[a]
4  Hungary 12 6 6 836 849 −13 18 Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers
5  Croatia 12 4 8 858 891 −33 16
6  Netherlands 12 3 9 895 944 −49 15
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Italy 1–1, +3 PD; Poland 1–1, –3 PD

Matches

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14 September 2018 Italy  101–82  Poland Bologna
20:15 Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 29–27, 19–13, 28–17
Pts: Della Valle 28
Rebs: Melli 6
Asts: Vitali 6
Boxscore Pts: Slaughter 28
Rebs: Cel 6
Asts: Ponitka 3
Arena: PalaDozza
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Sasa Maričić (SRB), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)
17 September 2018 Hungary  63–69  Italy Debrecen
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–19, 23–13, 12–17
Pts: Vojvoda 25
Rebs: Golomán 7
Asts: Govens 4
Boxscore Pts: Datome 18
Rebs: Brooks, Datome 7
Asts: Vitali 7
Arena: Főnix Hall
Attendance: 5,652
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Oskars Lucis (LAT)
29 November 2018 Italy  70–65  Lithuania Brescia
20:15 Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 22–11, 11–18, 17–12
Pts: Awudu 13
Rebs: Aradori, Polonara 7
Asts: Vitali 8
Boxscore Pts: Kalnietis 15
Rebs: Mačiulis 10
Asts: Kalnietis 6
Arena: PalaLeonessa
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Steve Bittner (GER)
2 December 2018 Poland  94–78  Italy Gdańsk
20:15 Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 21–23, 21–24, 21–13
Pts: Lampe 22
Rebs: Lampe 8
Asts: Slaughter 11
Boxscore Pts: Abass, Aradori 13
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Vitali 4
Arena: Ergo Arena
Attendance: 4,957
Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Boris Krejić (SLO), Saša Maričić (SRB)
22 February 2019 Italy  75–41  Hungary Varese
20:15 Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 19–6, 18–18, 23–8
Pts: Della Valle 15
Rebs: Brooks 8
Asts: Vitali 4
Boxscore Pts: Vojvoda 15
Rebs: Eilingsfeld 6
Asts: Eilingsfeld 2
Arena: Palasport Lino Oldrini
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Carsten Straube (GER)
25 February 2019 Lithuania  86–73  Italy Klaipėda
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 21–13, 14–22, 25–22
Pts: Masiulis 15
Rebs: Giedraitis 7
Asts: Janavičius, Vasiliauskas 5
Boxscore Pts: Vitali 22
Rebs: Vitali 4
Asts: Filloy 6
Arena: Švyturio Arena
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Kerem Baki (TUR), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)

Roster

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The final 12-man roster was announced on 29 August.[10] Originally Nicolò Melli was included as well, but he was ruled out on the World Cup because of his knee surgery.[8][11]

Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 26 – (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Olimpia Milano Italy
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 33 – (1986-03-25)25 March 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Antonio Spurs United States
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 26 – (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Estudiantes Spain
C 6 Paul Biligha 29 – (1990-05-31)31 May 1990 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
PG 7 Luca Vitali 33 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Brescia Leonessa Italy
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 31 – (1988-08-08)8 August 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Los Angeles Clippers United States
SG 10 Daniel Hackett 31 – (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CSKA Moscow Russia
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 32 – (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Scandone Avellino Italy
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 30 – (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Olimpia Milano Italy
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 24 – (1994-10-07)7 October 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Universo Treviso Basket Italy
SF 23 Awudu Abass 26 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Brescia Leonessa Italy
SF 70 Luigi Datome (C) 31 – (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2019

The teams are referred to the season 2018–19.

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Paul Biligha Amedeo Tessitori
PF Danilo Gallinari Jeff Brooks
SF Luigi Datome Alessandro Gentile Awudu Abass
SG Marco Belinelli Amedeo Della Valle
PG Daniel Hackett Luca Vitali Ariel Filloy

Candidate players

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The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates
Player Team Added Removed Reason
Achille Polonara Italy Dinamo Sassari July 1, 2019 July 12, 2019 19-man roster cut[4]
Davide Pascolo Italy Aquila Trento
Diego Flaccadori Italy Aquila Trento
Stefano Tonut Italy Reyer Venezia
Davide Moretti United States Texas Tech Red Raiders
Andrea Cinciarini Italy Olimpia Milano August 11, 2019 16-man roster cut[7]
Michele Vitali Italy Dinamo Sassari
Riccardo Moraschini Italy Olimpia Milano
Nicolò Melli United States New Orleans Pelicans August 13, 2019 Injured[8]
Pietro Aradori Italy Fortitudo Bologna August 17, 2019 14-men roster cut[9]
Brian Sacchetti Italy Brescia Leonessa August 29, 2019 12-men roster cut[10]
Giampaolo Ricci Italy Virtus Bologna

Staff

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Position Staff member Age Team
Head coach Romeo Sacchetti 66 Vanoli Cremona
Assistant coaches Emanuele Molin 59 Aquila Trento
Massimo Maffezzoli 43 Sidigas Avellino
Paolo Conti 49 Pallacanestro Varese
Physical trainer Matteo Panichi 46 Italian Basketball Federation
Physician Sandro Senzameno 67 Italian Basketball Federation
Orthopaedic Raffaele Cortina 59 Italian Basketball Federation
Osteopath Roberto Oggioni 44 Italian Basketball Federation
Francesco Ciallella 39 Italian Basketball Federation
Team manager Massimo Valle 53 Italian Basketball Federation
Manager Roberto Brunamonti 60 Italian Basketball Federation
Video maker Marco Cremonini 31 Italian Basketball Federation
Warehouse manager Curzio Garofoli 49 Italian Basketball Federation
Andrea Annessa 45 Italian Basketball Federation

Age – describes age on 31 August 2019

Source: [1]

Exhibition games

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Trentino Basket cup

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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.

30 July 2019
Semifinals
Italy  88–60  Romania Trento, Italy
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 25-12, 19-19, 22-16, 22-13
Pts: Gentile 14
Rebs: Gentile 9
Asts: Cinciarini 4
Boxscore Pts: Cățe, Nicolescu 12
Rebs: Cățe 8
Asts: Cățe 4
Arena: PalaTrento
Attendance: 1496
Referees: Vicino, Quarta, Brindisi
31 July 2019
Finals
Italy  69–58  Ivory Coast Trento, Italy
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 28-13, 15-15, 13-16, 13-14
Pts: Gentile 14
Rebs: Brooks 11
Asts: Hackett 4
Boxscore Pts: Fofana 10
Rebs: Fofana 6
Arena: PalaTrento
Attendance: 1389
Referees: Filippini, Vicino, Dori

Verona Basketball Cup

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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.[7]

8 August 2019
Venezuela  54 –69  Russia
Italy  111– 54  Senegal
9 August 2019
Senegal  75– 69  Venezuela
Italy  70 –72  Russia
10 August 2019
Russia  73– 56  Senegal
Italy  72– 54  Venezuela
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 3 3 0 214 180 +34 6
2  Italy 3 2 1 253 180 +73 5
3  Senegal 3 1 2 185 253 −68 4
4  Venezuela 3 0 3 177 216 −39 3
Updated to match(es) played on August 11, 2019. Source: FIP
8 August 2019
Match 1
Italy  111–54  Senegal Verona, Italy
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 31-10, 24-16, 30-15, 26-13
Pts: Aradori, M.Vitali 15
Rebs: Della Valle 5
Asts: Della Valle 5
Boxscore Pts: Toure 15
Rebs: N'Doye 7
Asts: Adams 3
Arena: PalaOlimpia
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Mazzoni, Boninsegna, Borgo
9 August 2019
Match 2
Italy  70–72  Russia Verona, Italy
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22-7, 18-25, 25-21, 5-19
Pts: Gentile, Sacchetti 13
Rebs: Biligha 7
Asts: Filloy 3
Boxscore Pts: Fridzon, Kurbanov 16
Rebs: Andrey Vorontsevich 6
Asts: Andrey Vorontsevich 3
Arena: PalaOlimpia
Attendance: 5000
Referees: Lanzarini, Begnis, Mazzoni
10 August 2019
Match 3
Italy  72–54  Venezuela Verona, Italy
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 20-14, 18-14, 15-10, 19-16
Pts: Abass 16
Rebs: Della Valle, L. Vitali 5
Asts: L. Vitali 5
Boxscore Pts: Colmenares 12
Rebs: G. Vargas, Ruiz 6
Asts: Mijares 6
Arena: PalaOlimpia
Attendance: 2500
Referees: Borgo, Lanzarini, Sardella

Acropolis Cup

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The tournament is scheduled to be held from 16 to 18 August in Athens, Greece.[12]

16 August 2019
Game 1
Greece  83–63  Italy Athens, Greece
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 27-13, 22-15, 16-19, 18-16
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 18
Rebs: Bourousis 17
Asts: Calathes 7
PIR: G. Antetokounmpo 21
Boxscore Pts: Belinelli 13
Rebs: Biligha, Hackett 8
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Biligha 17
Arena: Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: not available
Referees: Koromilas, Papapetrou, Andrikopoulos
17 August 2019
Game 2
Italy  64–96  Serbia Athens, Greece
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 17-31, 17-24, 15-27
Pts: Belinelli 16
Rebs: Tessitori 5
Asts: Biligha, Vitali 3
PIR: Gentile 9
Boxscore Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Bjelica, Marjanović 7
Asts: Micić 5
PIR: Jokić 24
Arena: Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: not available
Referees: Schinas, Tsaroucha, Kardaris
18 August 2019
Game 3
Turkey  72–70  Italy Athens, Greece
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 12-19, 26-16, 10-26, 24-9
Pts: Osman 20
Rebs: İlyasova 11
Asts: Wilbekin 4
PIR: Osman 22
Boxscore Pts: Gentile 26
Rebs: Brooks 9
Asts: Belinelli 4
PIR: Gentile 32
Arena: Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: not available
Referees: Karakatsounis, Somos, Zacharis

AusTiger Cup

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

23 August 2019
Match 1
Serbia  71–65  Italy Shenyang, China
20:30 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 27-17, 20-17, 12-14, 12-17
Pts: Bogdanović 15
Rebs: Milutinov 7
Asts: Micić 3
Boxscore Pts: Belinelli 18
Rebs: Gallinari, Abass 6
Asts: Hackett 3
Arena: Liaoning Gymnasium
Attendance: 2000
25 August 2019
Match 2
Italy  80–82  France Shenyang, China
(UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 20-19, 19-26, 23-17
Pts: Belinelli 20
Rebs: Tessitori 7
Asts: Datome, Hackett 3
Boxscore Pts: Fournier 29
Rebs: Batum 5
Asts: Okobo 4
Arena: Liaoning Gymnasium
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Serbia Sasa Maricic, China Xin Geng Wei, New Zealand Martin Davison
26 August 2019
Match 3
Italy  82–88  New Zealand Anshan, China
(UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 23–20, 24–18, 21-24
Pts: Gallinari 22
Rebs: Brooks 8
Asts: Vitali, Gallinari 2
Boxscore Pts: C. Webster 21
Rebs: Fotu, Loe 6
Asts: C. Webster, T. Webster 6
Arena: Anshan Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Serbia Sasa Maricic, China Xing Jin Ming, France Nicolas Maestre

Tournament

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Preliminary round

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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.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Serbia 3 3 0 323 203 +120 6 Second round
2 Italy 3 2 1 277 215 +62 5
3  Angola 3 1 2 204 278 −74 4 17th–32nd classification
4 Philippines 3 0 3 210 318 −108 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are local (UTC+8).

Philippines vs. Italy

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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.

31 August 2019
19:30
Philippines 62–108 Italy
Scoring by quarter: 8–37, 16–25, 15–23, 23–23
Pts: Blatche, Perez 15
Rebs: Blatche 10
Asts: Perez 3
Pts: Datome, Della Valle 17
Rebs: Tessitori 8
Asts: Vitali 5
Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 14 Mark Barroca 2 1 0
SG 16 Roger Pogoy 2 0 0
SF 5 Gabe Norwood 0 1 1
PF 25 Japeth Aguilar 2 4 0
C 1 Andray Blatche 15 10 2
Reserves:
PG 3 Paul Lee 2 1 1
PG 4 Kiefer Ravena 5 2 0
SG 8 Robert Bolick 6 2 1
C 15 June Mar Fajardo 9 6 1
SG 17 CJ Perez 15 2 3
SF 18 Troy Rosario 2 2 1
PF 20 Raymond Almazan 2 1 0
Head coach:
Philippines Yeng Guiao
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Philippines Statistics Italy
22/41 (54%) 2-pt field goals 24/36 (67%)
3/23 (13%) 3-pt field goals 15/31 (48%)
9/12 (75%) Free throws 15/21 (71%)
13 Offensive rebounds 10
21 Defensive rebounds 28
34 Total rebounds 38
10 Assists 30
23 Turnovers 13
5 Steals 13
1 Blocks 3
22 Fouls 16
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 7 4 4
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 9 3 4
SF 70 Luigi Datome 17 3 2
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 16 3 4
C 6 Paul Biligha 8 3 0
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 17 4 3
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 6 1 2
PG 7 Luca Vitali 2 0 5
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 7 1 2
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 8 4 1
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 9 8 1
SF 23 Awudu Abass 2 0 1
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

Italy vs. Angola

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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.

2 September 2019
15:30
Italy  92–61  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 19–10, 26–21, 22–19
Pts: Belinelli 17
Rebs: Brooks 11
Asts: Hackett 3
Pts: Moreira 15
Rebs: Moreira 8
Asts: Morais 2
Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 11 5 3
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 17 5 1
SF 70 Luigi Datome 8 1 2
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 7 6 2
C 6 Paul Biligha 3 0 0
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 8 1 0
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 8 5 2
PG 7 Luca Vitali 0 0 1
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 0 2 2
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 11 11 2
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 8 2 1
SF 23 Awudu Abass 11 3 0
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti
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Italy Statistics Angola
21/36 (58%) 2-pt field goals 23/47 (38%)
12/30 (40%) 3-pt field goals 2/18 (11%)
14/22 (64%) Free throws 9/15 (60%)
12 Offensive rebounds 12
30 Defensive rebounds 23
42 Total rebounds 35
16 Assists 6
13 Turnovers 16
10 Steals 6
7 Blocks 1
17 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1 Gerson Domingos 5 0 0
SG 6 Carlos Morais 10 3 2
SF 10 José Antonio 4 3 1
PF 23 Reggie Moore 0 2 1
C 2 Yanick Moreira 15 8 0
Reserves:
SG 3 Jerson Gonçalves 3 2 0
SF 4 Olímpio Cipriano 4 0 1
PF 9 Leonel Paulo 12 3 0
PF 15 Eduardo Mingas 2 5 1
C 16 Hermenegildo Mbunga DNP
C 32 Valdelício Joaquim 6 4 0
PG 37 Jacques Conceição DNP
Head coach:
United States Will Voigt

Italy vs. Serbia

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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.

4 September 2019
19:30
Italy 77–92 Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 19–22, 15–20, 20–22
Pts: Gallinari 26
Rebs: Gallinari 8
Asts: Belinelli 4
Pts: Bogdanović 31
Rebs: Bjelica 7
Asts: Bjelica 9
Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 13 3 1
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 15 2 4
SF 70 Luigi Datome 5 4 3
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 26 8 1
C 6 Paul Biligha 0 2 0
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 0 0 0
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 11 1 1
PG 7 Luca Vitali 0 0 0
PG 12 Ariel Filloy DNP
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 2 2 0
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 0 0 0
SF 23 Awudu Abass 5 1 1
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti
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Italy Statistics Serbia
11/25 (44%) 2-pt field goals 17/35 (49%)
11/26 (42%) 3-pt field goals 10/24 (42%)
22/30 (70%) Free throws 28/34 (82%)
8 Offensive rebounds 13
19 Defensive rebounds 22
27 Total rebounds 35
11 Assists 24
17 Turnovers 15
7 Steals 9
0 Blocks 2
26 Fouls 30
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 24 Stefan Jović 11 6 3
SG 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 31 4 5
SF 11 Vladimir Lučić 2 1 1
PF 14 Stefan Birčević 0 0 0
C 21 Nikola Milutinov 4 0 0
Reserves:
SF 5 Marko Simonović 0 1 0
F 8 Nemanja Bjelica 5 7 9
C 13 Miroslav Raduljica 12 2 1
PF 15 Nikola Jokić 15 6 4
PG 22 Vasilije Micić 6 0 0
SG 23 Marko Gudurić 0 2 1
C 51 Boban Marjanović 6 1 0
Head coach:
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević

Second round

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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.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 395 319 +76 10 Quarter-finals
2 Serbia 5 4 1 482 331 +151 9
3 Italy 5 3 2 431 371 +60 8
4  Puerto Rico 5 2 3 349 402 −53 7
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are local UTC+8.

Spain vs. Italy

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6 September 2019
20:30
Spain  67–60 Italy
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 12–13, 20–17, 17–12
Pts: J. Hernangómez 16
Rebs: Claver 9
Asts: Fernández 5
Pts: Gallinari 15
Rebs: Hackett 8
Asts: Belinelli 4
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 2,849
Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Ricky Rubio 15 2 2
SG 5 Rudy Fernández 5 5 5
SF 10 Víctor Claver 7 9 0
PF 41 Juan Hernangómez 16 4 0
C 13 Marc Gasol 2 4 1
Reserves:
PG 1 Quino Colom DNP
SG 8 Pau Ribas 5 4 1
C 14 Willy Hernangómez 4 7 0
PF 18 Pierre Oriola 2 2 0
SF 22 Xavi Rabaseda DNP
SG 23 Sergio Llull 11 2 3
SF 33 Javier Beirán DNP
Head coach:
Italy Sergio Scariolo
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Spain Statistics Italy
18/38 (47%) 2-pt field goals 19/45 (42%)
6/23 (26%) 3-pt field goals 4/20 (20%)
13/27 (76%) Free throws 10/15 (67%)
10 Offensive rebounds 10
33 Defensive rebounds 26
43 Total rebounds 36
12 Assists 11
15 Turnovers 10
7 Steals 5
2 Blocks 2
22 Fouls 16
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 5 8 2
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 7 4 4
SF 70 Luigi Datome 12 3 1
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 15 5 2
C 6 Paul Biligha 6 5 0
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 6 1 1
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 7 4 1
PG 7 Luca Vitali 0 0 0
PG 12 Ariel Filloy DNP
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 1 2 0
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 1 0 0
SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

Puerto Rico vs. Italy

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8 September 2019
16:30
Puerto Rico  89–94 (OT) Italy
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 22–13, 18–24, 19–33Overtime: 6–11
Pts: Balkman 14
Rebs: Clemente 9
Asts: Rodríguez 5
Pts: Belinelli 27
Rebs: Abass 8
Asts: Gallinari 5
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan
Attendance: 4,264
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Gary Browne 13 6 3
SG 33 David Huertas 11 2 1
SF 0 Isaiah Pineiro 6 3 2
PF 34 Renaldo Balkman 14 7 1
C 12 Jorge Díaz 3 2 0
Reserves:
PF 9 Ramón Clemente 9 9 0
PF 7 Devon Collier 7 7 1
PG 13 Ángel Rodríguez 13 4 5
G 24 Gian Clavell 6 0 1
G/F 42 Alex Franklin 7 3 0
C 43 Chris Brady 0 0 0
G 44 Javier Mojica 0 1 0
Head coach:
Puerto Rico Eddie Casiano
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Puerto Rico Statistics Italy
29/61 (48%) 2-pt field goals 23/42 (55%)
5/24 (21%) 3-pt field goals 7/25 (28%)
16/22 (73%) Free throws 27/36 (75%)
18 Offensive rebounds 7
31 Defensive rebounds 34
49 Total rebounds 41
14 Assists 23
17 Turnovers 15
9 Steals 7
0 Blocks 7
27 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Daniel Hackett 3 4 4
SG 3 Marco Belinelli 27 6 3
SF 23 Awudu Abass 14 8 1
PF 8 Danilo Gallinari 22 6 5
C 6 Paul Biligha 10 6 1
Reserves:
SG 00 Amedeo Della Valle 0 0 2
SF 5 Alessandro Gentile DNP
PG 7 Luca Vitali DNP
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 6 3 4
PF 15 Jeff Brooks 0 2 2
C 16 Amedeo Tessitori 12 2 1
F 70 Luigi Datome DNP
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

Statistics

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Individual statistics

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG EF PPG
Awudu Abass 4 1 21.0 52.2% (3.0/5.8) 30.8% (1.0/3.2) 100% (1.0/1.0) 3.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 8.5 8.0
Marco Belinelli 5 5 29.0 30.0% (4.8/12.0) 33.3% (1.8/5.4) 72.0% (3.6/5.0) 4.0 3.2 1.2 0.0 13.2 15.0
Paul Biligha 5 5 19.2 57.1% (2.4/4.2) - (0.0/0.0) 37.5% (0.6/1.6) 3.2 0.2 0.8 0.6 7.0 5.4
Jeff Brooks 5 0 17.0 56.2% (1.8/3.2) 33.3% (0.4/1.2) 66.7% (0.4/0.6) 4.2 1.0 1.6 1.2 10.4 4.4
Luigi Datome 4 4 22.6 59.3% (4.0/6.8) 50.0% (1.5/3.0) 80.0% (1.0/1.2) 2.8 2.0 0.8 0.8 12.5 10.5
Amedeo Della Valle 5 0 10.6 38.5% (2.0/5.2) 29.4% (1.0/3.4) 100% (1.2/1.2) 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.0 5.0 6.2
Ariel Filloy 3 0 14.4 41.7% (1.7/4.0) 28.0% (0.7/2.3) 100% (0.3/0.3) 2.0 2.7 1.0 0.0 6.3 4.3
Danilo Gallinari 5 5 29.8 53.1% (5.2/9.8) 50.0% (2.4/4.8) 78.6% (4.4/5.6) 5.6 2.8 1.0 0.4 20.2 17.2
Alessandro Gentile 4 0 18.9 32.0% (2.0/6.2) 75.0% (0.8/1.0) 61.1% (2.8/4.5) 2.8 1.8 0.3 0.0 4.8 7.5
Daniel Hackett 5 5 24.3 31.2% (2.0/6.4) 31.6% (1.2/3.8) 65.0% (2.6/4.0) 4.8 2.8 1.2 0.0 8.2 7.8
Amedeo Tessitori 5 0 9.6 70.0% (2.8/4.0) 0.0% (0.0/0.2) 66.7% (0.8/1.2) 2.4 0.6 0.0 0.6 8.0 6.4
Luca Vitali 4 0 8.6 20.0% (0.2/1.2) 0.0% (0/0.5) - (0.0/0.0) 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5
Total 4 200 47.0% (29.2/62.2) 39.3% (10.5/26.8) 69.3% (15.2/22.0) 35.8 17.0 8.8 3.0 93.3 84.3

Source: FIBA Basketball World Cup

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3FG%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  EF  PIR per game

Statistical leaders

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Updated: August 31, 2019

Individual game highs

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Team game highs

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Conclusion

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

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