Italy men's national volleyball team

Italy men's national volleyball team
Medal record
Olympics
World Championship
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup
World League
European Championship
Universiade
Mediterranean Games
Goodwill Games

Italy
Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Association	Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (in Italian)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Gianlorenzo Blengini
FIVB ranking	4 (as of October 2019)
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	11 (First in 1976)
Best result	(1996, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1990, 1994, 1998)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1989)
Best result	(1995)
European Championship
Appearances	29 (First in 1948)
Best result	(1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005)
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The Italy men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. It dominated international volleyball competitions in the 1990s and early 2000s, by winning three World Championships in a row (1990, 1994 and 1998), six European Championships, one World Cup (1995) and eight World League (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2000).

Medals[edit]

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	3	3	6
World Championship	3	1	0	4
World Cup	1	3	1	5
World Grand Champions Cup	1	1	2	4
World League	8	3	4	15
European Championship	6	4	3	13
Universiade	2	1	5	8
Mediterranean Games	7	2	1	10
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	1
Total	29	18	19	66

Result history[edit]

Italy national team at 2008 Summer Olympics

Golden Team[edit]

In 1989, Julio Velasco was hired to coach the Italian National Men’s Team. He immediately led them to a Gold Medal at the European Championships in 1989, which his team won twice more in 1993 and 1995. The team also won a Silver Medal at the World Cup in 1989. He de-emphasized the specialization trend of the 1980s. He emphasized the concept of the “square”, team unity where the team was better than the sum of its players. He was meticulous, well prepared and very demanding, but he knew how to win. Starting at the 1990 World Championships and the 1990 Goodwill Games, the Italian National team swept the world volleyball events for five years. They won a Gold Medal in the World Champion-ships in 1990 and 1994, the World League in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995, 1991, the Mediterranean Games, and the 1993 Grand Champions Cup. They won a Silver Medal at the Olympic Games. Julio Velasco left the Italian National Men’s Team in 1996. Velasco in 1989-1996 created Golden Team with Players such as Andrea Gardini, Giani, Bernardi, Gravina, Bracci, Tofoli, Lucchetta, Papi, Pasinato and Meoni.^[1]

Olympic Games[edit]

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1964	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	8th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	9th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	3rd place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	9th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	2nd place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	3rd place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	2nd place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	3rd place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	2nd place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1976 Montreal — 8th place
Nannini, Montorsi, Sibani, Goldoni, Dall'Olio, Nassi, Giovenzana, Nencini, Mattioli, Lanfranco, Salemme, Negri. Head coach: Anderlini
1980 Moscow — 9th place
Bonini, Di Coste, Di Bernardo, Greco, Dall'Olio, Belletto, Nassi, Dametto, Sibani, Lanfranco, Innocenti, Bertoli. Head coach: Pittera
1984 Los Angeles — Bronze medal
Negri, Lucchetta, Dametto, Bertoli, Dall'Olio, Rebaudengo, Errichiello, De Luigi, Vullo, Lanfranco, Vecchi, Andrea Lucchetta. Head coach: Pittera
1988 Seoul — 9th place
Gardini, Giani, P. Lucchetta, De Giorgi, Bracci, Galli, Castagna, Lazzeroni, Bernardi, Zorzi, Cantagalli, A. Lucchetta. Head coach: Pittera
1992 Barcelona — 5th place
Gardini, Tofoli, Masciarelli, Galli, Bracci, Bernardi, Cantagalli, Zorzi, Lucchetta, Giani, Vullo, Pasinato. Head coach: Velasco
1996 Atlanta — Silver medal
Bernardi, Bovolenta, Bracci, Cantagalli, Gardini, Giani, Gravina, Meoni, Papi, Sartoretti, Tofoli, Zorzi. Head coach: Velasco
2000 Sydney — Bronze medal
Bracci, Corsano, Fei, Gardini, Giani, Gravina, Mastrangelo, Meoni, Papi, Rosalba, Sartoretti, Tofoli. Head coach: Anastasi
2004 Athens — Silver medal
Mastrangelo, Vermiglio, Papi, Sartoretti, Cisolla, Simeonov, Pippi, Giani, Fei, Tofoli, Cozzi, Černič. Head coach: Montali
2008 Beijing — 4th place
Mastrangelo, Gavotto, Vermiglio, Meoni, Paparoni, Cisolla, Martino, Zlatanov, Corsano, Fei, Birarelli, Bovolenta. Head coach: Anastasi
2012 London — Bronze medal
Mastrangelo, Parodi, Papi, Łasko, Zaytsev, Boninfante, Savani (C), Travica, Fei, Birarelli, Bari, Giovi. Head coach: Berruto
2016 Rio de Janeiro — Silver medal
Sottile, Vettori, Juantorena, Giannelli, Rossini, Zaytsev, Lanza, Buti, Colaci, Piano, Birarelli (C), Antonov. Head coach: Blengini

World Championship[edit]

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1949	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1949 Czechoslovakia — 8th place
1956 France — 14th place
1962 Soviet Union — 14th place
1966 Czechoslovakia — 16th place
1970 Bulgaria — 15th place
1974 Mexico — 19th place
1978 Italy — Silver medal
1982 Argentina — 14th place
1986 France — 11th place
1990 Brazil — Gold medal
Anastasi, Bernardi, Bracci, Cantagalli, De Giorgi, Gardini, Giani, Lucchetta, Martinelli, Masciarelli, Tofoli, Zorzi. Head Coach: Velasco
1994 Greece — Gold medal
Bernardi, Bracci, Cantagalli, Gardini, Giani, De Giorgi, Giretto, Gravina, Papi, Pippi, Tofoli, Zorzi. Head Coach: Velasco
1998 Japan — Gold medal
Bracci, Corsano, Fei, Gardini, Giani, De Giorgi, Gravina, Meoni, Papi, Pasinato, Rosalba, Sartoretti. Head Coach: Bebeto
2002 Argentina — 5th place
Mastrangelo, Gravina, De Giorgi, Vermiglio, Papi, Sartoretti, Casoli, Zlatanov, Corsano, Giani, Fei, Tencati. Head coach: Anastasi
2006 Japan — 5th place
Mastrangelo, Coscione, Vermiglio, Papi, Cisolla, Savani, Corsano, Fei, Semenzato, Łasko, Černic. Head coach: Montali
2010 Italy — 4th place
Mastrangelo, Marra, Parodi, Bari, Vermiglio, Łasko, Savani, Buti, Travica, Fei, Birarelli, Sala, Černic, Zaytsev.
2014 Poland — 13th place
Kovář, Parodi, Vettori, Rossini, Zaytsev, Lanza, Buti, Travica, Piano, Birarelli, Baranowicz, Sabbi, Anzani, Colaci. Head coach: Berruto
2018 Italy/Bulgaria — 5th place
Davide Candellaro, Luigi Randazzo, Michele Branowicz, Osmany Juantorena, Simone Giannelli, Salvatore Rossini, Daniele Mazzone, Ivan Zaytsev, Filippo Lanza, Enrico Cester, Massimo Colaci, Gabriele Maruotti, Simone Anzani, Gabriele Nelli, Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini

World Cup[edit]

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1965	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	7th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1989 — Silver medal
1995 — Gold medal
1999 — Bronze medal
2003 — Silver medal
Mastrangelo, Meoni, Vermiglio, Papi, Sartoretti, Cisolla, Tencati, Pippi, Giani, Biribanti, Cozzi, Černič. Head coach: Montali
2011 — 4th place
Mastrangelo, Parodi, Bari, Łasko, Zaytsev, Boninfante, Savani (C), Buti, Travica, Fei, Birarelli, Giovi, Sabbi, Rosso. Head coach: Berruto
2015 — Silver medal
Sottile, Vettori, Juantorena, Giannelli, Rossini, Zaytsev, Lanza, Buti (C), Piano, Antonov, Sabbi, Anzani, Colaci, Massari. Head coach: Blengini

World Grand Champions Cup[edit]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1993	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993 — Gold medal
Bracci, Galli, Gardini, Giani, Gravina, Zorzi, Cantagalli, Bellini, Pippi, Pasinato, Bernardi. Head Coach: Velasco
2005 — Bronze medal
Mastrangelo, Sintini, Vermiglio, Paparoni, Cisolla, Savani, Tencati, Corsano, Fei, Łasko, Cozzi, Černic. Head coach: Montali
2013 — Bronze medal
Beretta, Kovář, Vettori, Dolfo, Rossini, Zaytsev, Lanza, Travica, Piano, Birarelli, Baranowicz, Sabbi. Head coach: Berruto
2017 — Silver medal
Randazzo, Vettori, Spirito, Giannelli, Balaso, Mazzone, Lanza, Buti, Colaci, Piano, Antonov, Botto, Sabbi, Ricci. Head coach: Blengini

European Championship[edit]

Three players from Italy at the 2016 Olympics

1948 Italy — Bronze medal
1951 France — 8th place
1955 Romania — 9th place
1958 Czechoslovakia — 10th place
1963 Romania — 10th place
1967 Turkey — 8th place
1971 Italy — 8th place
1975 Yugoslavia — 10th place
1977 Finland — 8th place
1979 France — 5th place
1981 Bulgaria — 7th place
1983 East Germany — 4th place
1985 Netherlands — 6th place
1987 Belgium — 9th place
1989 Sweden — Gold medal
Anastasi, Bernardi, Bracci, Cantagalli, De Giorgi, Gardini, Lucchetta, Margutti, Masciarelli, Passani, Tofoli, Zorzi. Head Coach: Velasco
1991 Germany — Silver medal
1993 Finland — Gold medal
Bellini, Bracci, Cantagalli, Galli, Gardini, Giani, Gravina, Martinelli, Pasinato, Pippi, Tofoli, Zorzi. Head Coach: Velasco
1995 Greece — Gold medal
Bernardi, Bovolenta, Bracci, Cantagalli, Gardini, Giani, Gravina, Meoni, Papi, Pasinato, Tofoli, Andrea Zorzi. Head Coach: Velasco
1997 Netherlands — Bronze medal
1999 Austria — Gold medal
Bracci, Corsano, Gardini, Giani, Giombini, Gravina, Meoni, Mastrangelo, Papi, Rosalba, Sartoretti, Tofoli. Head Coach: Anastasi
2001 Czech Republic — Silver medal
Bernardi, Bovolenta, Meoni, Vermiglio, Papi, Sartoretti, Casoli, Zlatanov, Corsano, Fei, Tencati, Giombini
2003 Germany — Gold medal
Biribanti, Černič, Cozzi, Fei, Giani, Mastrangelo, Meoni, Papi, Pippi, Sartoretti, Savani, Vermiglio. Head Coach: Montali
2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro — Gold medal
Černič, Cisolla, Corsano, Cozzi, Fei, Łasko, Mastrangelo, Paparoni, Savani, Sintini, Tencati, Vermiglio. Head Coach: Montali
2007 Russia — 6th place
Mastrangelo, Mattera, Vermiglio, Farina, Paparoni, Cisolla, Savani, Tencati, Perazzolo, Fei, Sala, Černič. Head coach: Montali
2009 Turkey — 10th place
Parodi, Gavotto, Manià, Vermiglio, Łasko, Cisolla, Martino, Savani, Bari, Fortunato, Travica, Birarelli, Sala, Černič. Head coach: Anastasi
2011 Austria/Czech Republic — Silver medal
Mastrangelo, Parodi, Bari, Barone, Łasko, Maruotti, Zaytsev, Boninfante, Savani, Buti, Travica, Giovi, Birarelli, Sabbi. Head coach: Berruto
2013 Denmark/Poland — Silver medal
Beretta, Kovář, Parodi, Vettori, Rossini, Saitta, Zaytsev, Lanza, Savani, Mazzone, Travica, Piano, Birarelli, Giovi. Head coach: Berruto
2015 Bulgaria/Italy — Bronze medal
Sottile, Vettori, Juantorena, Giannelli, Rossini, Zaytsev, Lanza, Buti, Colaci, Piano, Antonov, Sabbi, Anzani, Massari. Head coach: Blengini
2017 Poland — 5th place

World League[edit]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

World League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL
1990	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1990 Osaka — Gold medal
Gardini, Margutti, De Giorgi, Tofoli, Masciarelli, Anastasi, Bracci, Bernardi, Cantagalli, Zorzi, Lucchetta, Giazzoli, Pasinato, Petrelli, Martinelli, Loro, Gallia. Head coach: Velasco
1991 Milan — Gold medal
Gardini, Martinelli, Margutti, De Giorgi, Tofoli, Masciarelli, Anastasi, Bracci, Bernardi, Cantagalli, Zorzi, Lucchetta, Giazzoli, Pasinato, Petrelli, Lombardi, Gallia, Galli, Gravina. Head coach: Velasco
1992 Genoa — Gold medal
Gardini, Martinelli, Margutti, De Giorgi, Tofoli, Masciarelli, Galli, Bracci, Bernardi, Cantagalli, Zorzi, Lucchetta, Giani, Giazzoli, Pasinato. Head coach: Velasco
1993 São Paulo — Bronze medal
1994 Milan — Gold medal
Gardini, Martinelli, Gravina, De Giorgi, Tofoli, Papi, Sartoretti, Bracci, Bernardi, Cantagalli, Margutti, Pippi, Giani, Bellini, Pasinato, Rinaldi, Fangareggi, Giretto. Head coach: Velasco
1995 Rio de Janeiro — Gold medal
Fangareggi, Rosalba, Gravina, De Giorgi, Botti, Papi, Sartoretti, Verniaghi, Giazzoli, Bonati, Radicioni, Pippi, Giani, Bellini, Pasinato, Bovolenta, Meoni, Giretto. Head coach: Velasco
1996 Rotterdam — Silver medal
1997 Moscow — Gold medal
Gardini, Meoni, Gravina, Bendani, Fangareggi, Papi, Giombini, Sartoretti, Casoli, Rosalba, Zlatanov, Pippi, Giani, Bovolenta, Bonati, Patriarca, Bellini. Head coach: de Freitas
1998 Milan — 4th place
1999 Mar del Plata — Gold medal
Vermiglio, Meoni, Mastrangelo, Fei, Papi, Sartoretti, Casoli, Rosalba, Zlatanov, Corsano, Bellini, Bovolenta, Giombini, Molteni. Head coach: Anastasi
2000 Rotterdam — Gold medal
Gardini, Meoni, Gravina, Mastrangelo, Tofoli, Papi, Sartoretti, Bracci, Bernardi, Rosalba, Molteni, Corsano, Giani, Fei, Castellano, Bovolenta, Giombini, Vermiglio. Head coach: Anastasi
2001 Katowice — Silver medal
2002 Belo Horizonte — 4th place
2003 Madrid — Bronze medal
Mastrangelo, Meoni, Torre, Papi, Biribanti, Savani, Zlatanov, Pippi, Giani, Fei, Cozzi, Černic. Head coach: Montali
2004 Rome — Silver medal
2005 Belgrade — 7th place
2006 Moscow — 6th place
Mastrangelo, Sintini, Vermiglio, Papi, Paparoni, Savani, Tencati, Corsano, Fei, Semenzato, Łasko, Cozzi. Head coach: Montali
2007 Katowice — 9th place
Mastrangelo, Coscione, Parodi, Nuti, Mattera, Farina, Paparoni, Cisolla, Savani, Tencati, Gavotto, Martino, Perazzolo, Fei, Semenzato, Casoli, Sala, Černic, Piscopo. Head coach: Montali
2008 Rio de Janeiro — 7th place
Mastrangelo, Lunga, Gavotto, Mania, Vermiglio, Meoni, Paparoni, Cisolla, Martino, Tencati, Zlatanov, Corsano, Perazzolo, Fei, Birarelli, Bovolenta, Sala, Casoli, Travica. Head coach: Anastasi
2009 Belgrade — 7th place
Cazzaniga, Parodi, Gavotto, Mania, Vermiglio, Saitta, Łasko, De Togni, Martino, Sintini, Savani, Bari, Fortunato, Maruotti, Birarelli, Piscopo, Sala, Černic, Travica. Head coach: Anastasi
2010 Córdoba — 6th place
Mastrangelo, Marra, Parodi, Mania, Vermiglio, Barone, Łasko, Maruotti, Martino, Gavotto, Savani, Buti, Travica, Fei, Birarelli, Baranowicz, Sala, Černic, Zaytsev. Head coach: Anastasi
2011 Gdańsk — 6th place
Bari, De Togni, Barone, Łasko, Maruotti, Zaytsev, Savani, Buti, Travica, Birarelli, Baranowicz, Lunga, Sabbi, De Pandis. Head coach: Berruto
2012 Sofia — 11th place
Mastrangelo, Kovář, Parodi, Bari, De Togni, Papi, Łasko, Maruotti, Zaytsev, Boninfante, Savani, Buti, Travica, Fei, Birarelli, Baranowicz, Giovi, Sabbi, Falaschi, Patriarca, Cester, De Marchi, Lanza, Rossini, Vettori. Head coach: Berruto
2013 Mar del Plata — Bronze medal
Beretta, Parodi, Vettori, Zaytsev, Lanza, Savani, Travica, Piano, Birarelli, Giovi, Falaschi, Rossini. Head coach: Berruto
2014 Florence — Bronze medal
Kovář, Parodi, Vettori, Rossini, Zaytsev, Lanza, Buti, Travica, Piano, Birarelli, Baranowicz, Giovi, Anzani, Randazzo. Head coach: Berruto
2015 Rio de Janeiro — 5th place
Mengozzi, Nelli, Vettori, Giannelli, Saitta, Lanza, Birarelli, Antonov, Giovi, Anzani, Colaci, Botto, Massari. Head coach: Berruto
2016 Kraków — 4th place
Sottile, Juantorena, Vettori, Giannelli, Rossini, Lanza, Birarelli, Antonov, Maruotti, Zaytsev, Buti, Cester, Colaci, Piano. Head coach: Blengini
2017 Curitiba — 12th place
Candellaro, Randazzo, Pesaresi, Giannelli, Vettori, Spirito, Balaso, Antonov, Lanza, Botto, Buti, Sabbi, Colaci, Piano, Ricci, Sbertoli. Head coach: Blengini

Nations League[edit]

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Year	Rank	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
2018	8th place	15	8	7	30	28
2019	8th place	15	8	7	31	25
2020	qualified	-	-	-	-	-
2021	qualified	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/2	30	16	14	61	53

2018 Lille — 8th place
2019 Chicago — 8th place

Mediterranean Games[edit]

1959 — gold medal
1963 — silver medal
1975 — silver medal
1979 — Fourth place
1983 — gold medal
1987 — bronze medal
1991 — gold medal
1997 — Fourth place
2001 — gold medal
2005 — Fifth place
2009 — gold medal
2013 — gold medal
2018 — gold medal

Goodwill Games[edit]

1986 – did not participate
1990 — gold medal

Team[edit]

Current roster[edit]

The following is the Italian roster in the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.^[2]

Head coach:	Gianlorenzo Blengini
Assistants:	Giampaolo Medei, Antonio Valentini

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2016/17 club
2	Luigi Randazzo	30 April 1994	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	255 cm (100 in)	Calzedonia Verona
4	Luca Vettori	26 April 1991	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	232 cm (91 in)	Azimut Modena
5	Luca Spirito	30 October 1993	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	262 cm (103 in)	Bunge Ravenna
6	Simone Giannelli	9 August 1996	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Diatec Trentino
7	Fabio Balaso	20 October 1995	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Kioene Padova
9	Daniele Mazzone	4 June 1992	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	309 cm (122 in)	Diatec Trentino
10	Filippo Lanza	3 March 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Diatec Trentino
11	Simone Buti (C)	19 September 1983	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia
13	Massimo Colaci	21 February 1985	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	314 cm (124 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Diatec Trentino
14	Matteo Piano	24 October 1994	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Azimut Modena
16	Oleg Antonov	28 July 1988	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Diatec Trentino
17	Iacopo Botto	22 September 1987	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Gi Group Monza
18	Giulio Sabbi	10 August 1989	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Exprivia Molfetta
19	Fabio Ricci	11 July 1994	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	272 cm (107 in)	Bunge Ravenna

Coach history[edit]

Pietro Bernardi (1947)
Angelo Costa (1947-1949)
Renzo Del Chicca (1949-1953)
Ivan Trinajstic (1953-1966)
Josef Kozak (1966-1969)
Odone Federzoni (1969-1974)
Josef Kozak (1970)
Franco Anderlini (1974-1976)
Adriano Pavlica (1976-1977)
Edward Skorek (1978)
Carmelo Pittera (1978-1988)
Michelangelo Lo Bianco (1988)
Julio Velasco (1988-1996)
Paulo Roberto de Freitas (1996-1998)
Andrea Anastasi (1998-2002)
Kim Ho-Chul (2001)
Gian Paolo Montali (2002-2007)
Andrea Anastasi (2007-2010)
Mauro Berruto (2010-2015)
Gianlorenzo Blengini (2015-)

Record Attendance[edit]

Table updated to August 12, 2012.

#	Player	Appearances
1	Andrea Giani	474
2	Andrea Gardini	418
3	Luigi Mastrangelo	363
4	Samuele Papi*	361
5	Marco Bracci	347
6	Paolo Tofoli	342
7	Luca Cantagalli	330
8	Ferdinando De Giorgi	330
9	Andrea Sartoretti	330
10	Andrea Zorzi	325

Kit providers[edit]

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Italy national volleyball team.

Period	Kit provider
2000–2008	Nike Asics
2008–	Asics Crai Armani

Sponsorship[edit]

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like DHL, Kinder (Ferrero SpA), Honda and Mizuno, other sponsors: Visit Trentino, Errea, Santal, Diadora, EthicSport, Reaxing, Crai, Nutrilite, Uliveto and Winform.

Media[edit]

Italy's matches and friendlies are currently televised by RAI and Rai Sport 1.

References[edit]

^ Italy in Hall of Fame
^ Skład reprezentacji Włoch na LOTTO EUROVOLLEY POLAND 2017 - plusliga.pl - 20-08-2017

External links[edit]

[1] Italy in Hall of Fame

[2] Skład reprezentacji Włoch na LOTTO EUROVOLLEY POLAND 2017 - plusliga.pl - 20-08-2017

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Medal record
Olympics
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2012 London	Team
World Championship
	1990 Brazil
	1994 Greece
	1998 Japan
	1978 Italy
World Cup
	1995 Japan
	2015 Japan
	2003 Japan
	1989 Japan
	1999 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
	1993 Japan
	2017 Japan
	2005 Japan
	2013 Japan
World League
	1990 Osaka
	1991 Milan
	1992 Genoa
	1994 Milan
	1995 Rio de Janeiro
	1997 Moscow
	1999 Mar del Plata
	2000 Rotterdam
	1996 Rotterdam
	2001 Katowice
	2004 Rome
	1993 São Paulo
	2003 Madrid
	2013 Mar del Plata
	2014 Florence
European Championship
	1989 Sweden
	1993 Finland
	1995 Greece
	1999 Austria
	2003 Germany
	2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro
	1991 Germany
	2001 Czech Republic
	2011 Austria/Czech Republic
	2013 Denmark/Poland
	1948 Italy
	1997 Netherlands
	2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Universiade
	1970 Turin
	2019 Naples
	1997 Sicilly
	1983 Edmonton
	1985 Kobe
	1987 Zagreb
	1995 Fukuoka
	2005 Izmir
Mediterranean Games
	1959 Lebanon
	1983 Casablanca
	1991 Athens
	2001 Tunis
	2009 Pescara
	2013 Mersin
	2018 Tarragona
	1963 Naples
	1975 Algiers
	1987 Latakia
Goodwill Games
	1990 Seattle