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National Team roster


 2005 

 Italy at European Championships 2005

Exhibition Games:
Sep.13, Milano, ITA: Italy - France 83-75

World Efes Pilsen Tournament in Istanbul (TUR)

Sep.3: Final: Turkey - Italy 81-56

TUR: Kerem Tunceri 14, Ermal Kurtoglu 10, Mirsad Turkcan 10, Ender Arslan 6, Cenk Akyol 0, Serkan Erdogan 6, Ibrahim Kutluay 11, Kerem Gonlum 5, Mehmet Okur 6, Kaya Peker 9, Hidayet Turkoglu 2
ITA: Dante Calabria 0, Gianluca Basile 2, Giacomo Galanda 3, Matteo Soragna 5, Denis Marconato 6, Gianmarco Pozzecco 12, Alex Righetti 5, Angelo Gigli 8, Massimo Bulleri 3, Marco Mordante 2, Roberto Chiacig 8, Stefano Mancinelli 2
Sep.2: Semifinals: Russia - Italy 70-73
RUS: Robert 'J.R.' Holden 15, Fedor Likholitov 2, Vitally Fridzon 2, Nikita Morgunov 1, Petr Samoylenko 2, Viktor Khryapa 9, Zakhar Pashutin 2, Sergei Monya 14, Andrei Andrei Kirilenko 15, Aleksey Alexei Savrasenko 8
ITA: Dante Calabria 18, Gianluca Basile 16, Giacomo Galanda 6, Matteo Soragna 6, Denis Marconato 4, Gianmarco Pozzecco 10, Alex Righetti 0, Angelo Gigli 5, Massimo Bulleri 2, Roberto Chiacig 2, Stefano Mancinelli 4
Aug.31: Italy - Serbia-Montenegro 79-69
ITA: Roberto Chiacig 19+5r, Stefano Mancinelli 18
SRB: Zeljko Rebraca 20

Tournament in Rimini (ITA):
Aug.25: Italy - Turkey 88-81

ITA: Calabria 11, Basile 11, Galanda 7, Soragna 5, Pozzecco 17, Righetti 2, Bulleri 15, Mordente 0, Chiacig 7, Gigli 11, Mancinelli 2
TUR: Kerem Tunceri 4, Baris Ermis 0, Hidayet Turkoglu 11, Ermal Kurtoglu 4, Ender Arslan 9, Serkan Erdogan (190-G-78, agency: Interperformances) 18, Ibrahim Kutluay 5, Fatih Solak 0, Kerem Gonlum 0, Mehmet Okur (210-C/F-79) 20, Kaya Peker 8, Cenk Akyol 2

Torneo dell'Adriatico in Porto San Giorgio (ITA):
Aug.21, Day 3: Italy - Greece 98-96, OT (20-23, 46- 43, 58-65, 83-83)
Italy: Calabria 11 (3/3, 1/4), Basile 14 (1/2, 4/6), Galanda 4 (1/3), Soragna 7 (1/2, 1/2), Marconato 6 (3/7), Pozzecco 24 (6/8, 2/3), Bulleri 12 (3/5, 2/4), Mordente 2 (1/2), Chiacig 3 (0/2), Pecile ne, Gigli 3 (0/2), Mancinelli 12 (3/5). Coach: Carlo Recalcati.
Greece: Spanoulis 11 (3/4, 1/2), Zisis 7 (2/4, 1/2), Papanikolau ne, Fotsis 2 (0/3 da tre), Hatzivreats 9 (2/5, 1/2), Dikoudis 11 (4/12), Tsartsaris 5 (1/1), Diamantidis 11 (2/4, 1/3), Papadopoulos 20 (8/11), Kakiouzis 20 (6/7, 2/3), Papamakarios ne, Vassilopoulos. Coach Panagiotis Yannakis

Apr.20, Day 2: Italy - Croatia 86-75 (13-22, 33-42, 62-60)
Italy: Calabria 11 (1/1, 3/5), Basile (0/4 da tre), Galanda 11 (2/5, 2/3), Soragna 4 (2/2, 0/1), Marconato 4 (1/4), Pozzecco 12 (4/6, 1/2), Righetti 2 (1/1, 0/2), Carraretto (0/1, 0/1), Bulleri 10 (2/7, 2/3), Chiacig 14 (6/6), Gigli 7 (2/3), Mancinelli 11 (4/6, 1/2). Coach: Recalcati.
Croatia: Ukic 6 (2/9, 0/2), Giricek 16 (6/11, 1/2), M. Tomas 3 (1/2), Vujcic 9 (3/3), Bagaric 11 (5/8); Popovic 2 (1/5, 0/2), Prkacin 4 (2/6, 0/1), Bazdaric 14 (1/2, 4/5), Kasun 10 (4/6, 0/1), Banic. N.e.: Tomas I., Rancic, Coach: Spahija

Apr.19, Day 1: Italy - Latvia 80-87 (17-24, 42-44; 59-67)
Italy: Calabria 17 (5/9, 1/5), Galanda 13 (3/4, 1/6), Righetti 6 (1/2, 1/1), Bulleri 8 (1/2, 1/2), Cittadini (0/1); Marconato 6 (3/5), Pozzecco 9 (2/3, 1/2), Carraretto 5 (1/2, 1/2), Mordente 9 (1/5, 1/2), Ress 1 (0/1), Pecile, Mancinelli 6 (3/4, 0/2). Coach: Recalcati
Latvia: Vitols 13 (2/3, 3/6), Skele 5 (2/4, 0/1), Stelmahers 16 (1/3, 3/3), Skirmants 2 (1/2), Cipruss 2 (1/3); Helmanis 5 (0/1, 1/1), Buskevics, Blums 1 (0/2), Valters 14 (2/3, 2/4), Tiermanis 9 (1/2, 2/3), Grafs 9 (4/4), Janicenocs 11 (1/2, 3/5). Coach: Muizinieks


Tournament “Diego Gianatti” in Bormio (ITA)
Aug.12: Italy - Turkey 78-68 (16-15, 43-40; 57-56)
Italy: Basile 10 (3/3, 0/5), Bulleri 5 (1/1, 1/3), Soragna 2 (1/3), Galanda 8 (1/1, 2/5), Marconato 11 (5/10); Calabria 10 (3/6 da 3), Pozzecco 19 (1/3, 2/4), Carraretto, Mordente 5 (1/1, 1/2), Chiacig 2 (0/3), Cittadini 4 (2/2), Gigli 2 (1/2, 0/1). Coach: Recalcati
Turkey: Tunceri 11 (3/4, 1/3), Kutluay 13 (2/2, 2/3), Turkoglu 7 (0/5, 2/2), Gonlum 2 (0/4), Kurtoglu 9 (4/7, 0/1); Turkcan 2 (1/4, 0/1), Arslan 5 (1/2 da 3), Erdogan 8 (2/3, 1/3), Solak, Peker 11 (0/2), Akyol. N.e.: Oz. Coach: Tanjevic

Aug.11: Italy - Georgia 80-51 (20-10, 49-26, 63-35)
Italy: Calabria (0/2, 0/4), Basile 9 (0/1, 3/6), Galanda 7 (3/3, 0/1), Soragna 9 (3/3, 1/3), Righetti 7 (0/2, 1/1), Carraretto 16 (2/2, 3/6), Bulleri 6 (1/3, 0/2), Mordente 9 (2/4, 1/2), Cittadini 9 (3/4, 0/0), Ress 2 (1/1, 0/0), Gigli 4 (1/2, 0/2), Mancinelli 2 (1/1, 0/2). Coach: Recalcati
Georgia: Gamqrelidze 10 (2/2, 1/3), Boisa V. 3 (1/7, 0/3), Boisa A. 3 (1/2, 0/0), Mdivani 7 (3/8), Tsintsadze 14 (2/3, 3/6), Sakvarelidze (0/1 da tre), Berishvili ne, Markoishvili ne, Ugrekhelidze 11 (4/11), Khetsuriani, Keidia 3 (0/1, 1/4), Imnadze (0/2)

Aug.10: Italy - Bulgaria 119-64 (24-13, 61-28; 86-45)
Italy: Bulleri 4 (2/2, 0/2), Basile 11 (1/1, 3/3), Righetti 14 (3/5, 2/3), Ress 14 (6/6), Chiacig 8 (3/6); Calabria 15 (3/3, 2/6), Soragna 14 (1/2, 4/5), Marconato 2 (1/1), Pozzecco 10 (1/1, 2/3), Mordente 15 (1/1, 4/4), Gigli 7 (2/2, 1/1), Mancinelli 5 (1/3, 1/2). Coach: Recalcati
Bulgaria: Bozov 5 (1/1, 1/2), Videnov 18 (4/8, 3/5), Stoykov 3 (1/5 da 3), Davidov 2 (0/2), Benev 7 (3/8); Radionov 11 (2/4, 1/2), D.Ivanov (0/1, 0/1), Angelov 4 (1/4), Georgiev (0/1), Mladenov 7 (2/3), Dimitrov 5 (2/4), K.Ivanov 2 (0/2). Coach: Barchovski


Exhibition Games
Aug.7, Bormio (ITA): Italy - Georgia 112-48
Italy: Stefano Mancinelli 16, Marco Mordente 14
Georgia: David Imnadze 13


 2004 

'Enzo Micali' International Tournament in Reggio Calabria, Italy
Aug.8, 2004: Italy - Australia 59-66 (19-11, 36-31, 49-46)

ITALY: Radulovic 3, Basile 3, Galanda 11, Soragna 0, Marconato 11, Pozzecco 0, Righetti 2, Rombaldoni 9, Bulleri 7, Mian 5, Chiacig 6, Garri 2. Coach: Recalcati.
AUSTRALIA: Ronaldson 4, Maher 6, Bogut 11, Cattalini 0, Rillie 2, Bruton 11, Smith 3, Heal 15, Saville 2, Andersen 8, Nielsen dnp, Rogers 4. Coach: Goorijan.
Aug.8, 2004: Brazil - Angola 80-77
Brazil: Victor Carvalho 21
Aug.7, 2004: Italy - Angola 86-65 (12-15, 42-27, 60-49)
ITALY: Radulovic 24, Basile 8, Galanda 2, Soragna 5, Marconato 13, Pozzecco 7, Righetti 2, Rombaldoni 2, Bulleri 6, Mian 13, Chiacig 2, Garri 2. Coach: Recalcati
ANGOLA: Cipriano 0, Da Costa 3, Victoriano A 0, Monteiro 3, Victoriano E 11, Carvalho 12, Gomes 2, Muzadi 17, Boucar 4, Almeida 0, Lutonda 10, Mingas 3. Coach: Palma
Aug.6, 2004: Australia - Angola 81-74
Aug.6, 2004: Italy - Brazil 96-72 (32-24, 58-38, 85-58)
ITALY: Radulovic 4, Basile 8, Galanda 8, Soragna 7, Marconato 12, Pozzecco 2, Righetti 11, Rombaldoni 5, Bulleri 14, Mian 6, Chiacig 8, Garri 11. Coach: Recalcati. BRAZIL: Machado 13, Dos Santos 2, Barbosa 4, Junior 13, Trigueiro 4, Huertas 6, Silva 2, Galvao , Drudi 0, Pinto 12, Pereira 4, Do Nascimento 12. Coach: Ferreira

Koln International Tournment (GER)
Aug.3, 2004: Italy - USA 95-78 (23-14, 41-35, 64-56)
ITALY: Radulovic 3, Basile 25, Galanda 28, Soragna 3, Marconato 0, Pozzecco 11, Righetti 8, Rombaldoni 2, Bulleri 5, Mian 0, Chiacig 10, Garri 0. Coach: Recalcati
USA: Iverson 13, Marbury 0, Wade 4, Boozer 2, Anthony 19, James 5, Okafor 0, Marion 10, Stoudemire 4, Duncan 15, Odom 4, Jefferson 2. Coach: Brown.

Aug.1, 2004: Germany - Italy 85-77 (17-23, 40-39, 61-60)
GERMANY: Okulaja 12 , Garrett 9, Wucherer 11, Hamann 11, Garris 8, Arigbabu 3, Femerling 5, Nowitzki 26. Strasser dnp, Herber dnp, Jagla dnp, Klepac dnp. Coach: Bauermann
ITALY: Radulovic 5, Basile 22, Galanda 9, Soragna 7, Marconato 0, Righetti 0, Pozzecco 4, Mian 5, Chiacig 7, Garri 14, Rombaldoni 2, Bulleri 2. Coach: Recalcati

Acropolis Tournament in Athens, Greece:
July 28, 2004: Italy - Brazil 83-76
Italy: Basile 20 (3/4 2p,3/8 3p), Galanda 12 (2/3,2/3), Soragna 2 (1/2,0/1), Marconato, Pozzecco 2, Abbio 5 (1/1, 1/2), Mian 8 (1/2,2/4), Chiacig 4 (2/4), Garri 15 (5/6,1/3), Rombaldoni 8 (4/6), Bulleri, Mancinelli 7 (3/4,0/1); coach Carlo Recalcati.
Brazil: Marcelo Machado 25 (4/6 2p, 5/10 3p), Nezinho 5 (2/2,0/2), Dedè Barbosa 6 (0/2,2/2), Estevam ne, Wanderson 4 (2/4,0/2), Marcelinho Huertas 9 (3/5,1/1), Arthur, Adriano 'Di' Galvao (0/1 3p), William Drudi 4 (1/4), Renato Pinto 12 (1/3, 3/4), Andrè Bambu 6 (2/6,0/1), Michel 5 (1/4); coach Ferriera
July 27, 2004: Greece - Italy 70-71 (21-16, 39-31, 56-49)
ITALY: Radulovic 5, Basile 0, Galanda 15, Soragna 7, Marconato 6, Abbio 8, Mian 0, Chiacig 5, Garri 2, Rombaldoni 12, Bulleri 10, Mancinelli 1.Coach: Recalcati
GREECE: Alvertis 8, Papaloukas, Zisis 5, Papanikolau 0, Spanoulis 6, Fotsis 12, Chatzivrettas 7, Dikoudis 14, Tsartsaris 7, Diamantidis 0, Papadopoulos 7, Kakiouzis 4. Coach: Yannakis

July 26, 2004: Lithuania - Italy 88-67 (20-15, 44-28; 66-50)
LITHUANIA: Macijauskas 13, Stombergas 9, E. Zukauskas 3, Lavrinovic 21, Jasikevicius 11; Ginevicius 4, Jasaitis 2, Siskauskas 5, Serapinas, Slanina 8, Salenga 2, Javtokas 10. Coach: Sireika
ITALY: Bulleri 7, Basile 13, Galanda 13, Marconato 7, Righetti 0; Soragna 6, De Pol 2, Pozzecco 4, Abbio 6, Mian 0, Chiacig 9, Mancinelli. Coach: Recalcati. 

Porto San Giorgio Tournament in Italy:
July 25, 2004: Italy - Russia 94-74 (35-15, 53-36, 78-56)

ITALY: Radulovic 4, Basile 15, Galanda 4, Soragna 10, Marconato 3, Righetti 19, Mian 10, Chiacig 6, Garri 8, Rombaldoni 0, Bulleri 10, Mancinelli 5. Coach: Recalcati
RUSSIA: Zozoulin 6, Toporov 18, Dedushkin 0, Padius dnp, Samoylenko 2, Dyachok 8, Vokhmyanin 3, Monya 15, Mikhailov 10, Savrasenko 19, Morgounov 4, Penkine 0. Coach: Babkov.
July 24, 2004: Italy - Georgia 100-76 (26-16, 51-38, 76-58)
ITALY: Radulovic 15, Basile 6, Galanda 8, Soragna 3, Marconato 6, De Pol 1, Righetti 0, Pozzecco 4, Abbio 12, Chiacig 25, Rombaldoni 10, Bulleri 10. Coach: Recalcati
GEORGIA: Nikoladze dnp, Boisa V. 17, Boisa A. 0, Pachulia 21, Tsintsadze 8, Tugushi 0, Williams 17, Berdzenishvili dnp, Sanikidze 10, Kiladze 3, Khetsuriani dnp. Coach: Braikovich.
July 23, 2004: Italy - Sweden 82-75 (17-21, 35-37, 55-54)
ITALY: Basile 16, Galanda 9, Soragna 6, Marconato 15, De Pol 7, Righetti 0, Pozzecco 14, Abbio 0, Mian 5, Chiacig 8, Bulleri 2, Mancinelli 0. Coach: Recalcati
SWEDEN: Ilunga 5, Kjellbom 4, Nystrom 2, Levin 5, Nnamaka 5, Larsson 17, Daijc 7, Jeansson 0, Jonzen 7, Ringstrom 0, Anrin 23, Olsson dnp. Coach: Enjebo

Ginatti Tournament in Bormio, Italy
July 18, 2004: Italy - Serbia-Montenegro 72-83 (25-19, 39-43, 55-60)

ITALY: Galanda 18, Soragna 17, Marconato 4, Michelori 0, Righetti 5, Pozzecco 3, Abbio 8, Cittadini 4, Garri 0, Rombaldoni 9, Bulleri 4, Mancinelli 0. Coach: Recalcati
SRB: Pavlovic 12, Krstic 13, Cabarkapa 6, Radmanovic 10, Avdalovic 4, Scepanovic 15, Jeretin 4, Popovic 19, Varda dnp, Vujanic 0, Milojevic 0, Ostojic 0. Coach: Obradovic
Lithuania: Donatas Slanina - 17 points, Ramunas Siskauskas - 16, Mindaugas Zukauskas - 14, Simas Jasaitis - 14.
July 17, 2004: Italy - Lithuania 93-90 (22-19, 47-34, 67-62)
ItalyY: Radulovic 15, Basile 33, Soragna 0, De Pol 1, Righetti 7, Mian 2, Chiacig 9, Cittadini 2, Garri 0, Rombaldoni 12, Bulleri 4, Mancinelli 8. Coach: Recalcati
Lithuania: Ginevicius 10, Zukauskas 10, Serapinas 3, Siskauskas 24, Jasaitis dnp, Slanina 7, Lavrinovicius 7, Kaukenas 5, Salenga 5, Javtokas 19. Coach: Antanas Sireika
July 16, 2004: Italy - Greece 78-74 (18-30, 36-46, 61-53)
ITALY: Radulovic 0, Rombaldoni 0, Galanda 17, Soragna 6, Marconato 6, De Pol 3 , Righetti 16, Pozzecco 15, Abbio 0, Mian 8, Chiacig 3, Bulleri 4. Coach: Recalcati
GREECE: Alvertis 16, Papaloukas 9, Harissis 9, Zisis 2, Giannoulis 0, Fotsis 4, Chatzivrettas 0, Dikoudis 12, Tsartsaris 7, Diamantidis 13, Papadopulos 2, Kakiouzis 0. Coach: Iannakis.


 2003 

 Italy at European Championships 2003: 3rd Place !!!

Porto San Giorgio Tournament

June 21, 2003: Italy - Czech Rep. 80-72
Italy: Chiacig 17 (4/8), Mian 11 (2/3, 2/6), De Pol 9 (3/4, 0/4), Lamma 9 (1/2, 1/4), Rombaldoni 7 (2/4, 1/1), Santarossa 6 (2/6 by 3), Radulovic 5 (1/1, 1/2), Garri 5 (1/2, 0/1), Soragna 4 (2/3, 0/1), Cittadini 4 (1/3), Zanus Fortes 3 (1/3), Carraretto (0/1, 0/3).
Czech Rep.: Jan Pavlik (186-G-78) 15 (3/4, 3/8), Milos 11 (2/2, 2/5), Starosta 11 (5/11), Votroubek 8 (1/2, 2/4), Benda 7 (3/6, 0/1), Sokolovsky 6 (1/4, 0/1), Marek 5 (1/1, 1/3), Hruby 3 (1/2 by 3), Klimek 3 (0/3, 1/3), Hajek 3 (1/2), Stuchly (0/1, 0/1), Ides.
5 fouls: Votroubek (43-50, 24’) , 2FG: Ita: 18/34 ; Cze: 17/36. 3FG: Ita: 7/28 ; Cze: 10/28. FT: Ita: 23/37; Cze: 8/11. Rebs: Ita: 44 (Chiacig 10); Cze: 37 (Benda 8). Assists: Ita: 7. Cze: 2.
Partial scores: 5’6-4, 15’29-21, 25’46-52, 35’ 70-64.
Final Standings :
Italy 3-0 , Czechia 2-1 , France 1-2 , Turkey 0-3
June 20, 2003: Italy - France B NT 88-74 (24-16, 46-34, 64-54)
ITALY: Malaventura 3 (0/1, 1/2), Soragna (0/2, 0/2), De Pol 7 (1/4, 1/1), Santarossa 12 (2/3, 2/5), Mordente, Mian 1 (0/1, 0/3), Chiacig 19 (5/10, 1/1), Maggioli 3 (1/3), Cittadini 10 (4/5), Lamma 13 (1/1, 2/6), Garri 6 (1/4, 1/2), Carraretto 14 (2/5, 3/10). Coach: Carlo Recalcati.
FRANCE B: Moncade 3 (0/1, 1/1), Jeanneau 2 (1/3, 0/1), Bardet (0/1, 0/2), Morandais 3 (1/3), Diarra 14 (5/6, 1/3), Ferchaud 5 (1/1, 1/3), Gelabale 14 (5/8, 0/2), Milling 5 (1/3), Rupert 10 (2/9), Labeyrie 10 (4/6, 0/2), Marquis 8 (2/6, 0/1). Coach: Claude Bergeaud.
June 19, 2003: Italy - Turkey B NT 85-40 (15-11, 33-19, 61-33)
ITALY: Rombaldoni 3 (0/1, 1/1), Malaventura 8 (2/3), Soragna 7 (2/3, 1/1), De Pol 5 (2/5, 0/2), Radulovic 13 (4/8, 1/3), Santarossa (0/1, 0/1), Mian 5 (1/2), Chiacig 14 (6/11), Cittadini 7 (2/2), Lamma 5 (1/2, 1/2), Garri 6 (1/2, 1/3), Carraretto 12 (1/2, 3/4). Coach: Carlo Recalcati
TURKEY B: Veyseloglu (0/2), Arslan 14 (1/3, 3/7), Koruk 2 (1/3), Guney 6 (1/4, 1/3), Basak 4 (2/3, 0/2), Ozer (0/2), Akpinar, Ozcan 9 (3/4, 1/4), Yoldas (0/1), Solak 5 (1/9), Oren (0/3), Sahin dnp. Coach: Asim Tundogan


 2002 

 China - Italy 84-73 - July 8, 2002
Another loss of Italian National team in the last game of Nations Cup. This time, the Azzurri have been beaten by China 84-73, ending the tournment, won by the host team, at the third place. The final result of this game, played in Dong Guang City,has been conditioned by the absences of Podestà, Cittadini, Pecile and Righetti, due to injuries, and for sure the larger size of Chinese centers have been important too. The best losing effort came this time from Michele Mian (195-G-73), who scored 22 points, being the only one to go on in scoring during all game.
China - Italy 84-73 (20-19, 44-38, 65-46)
ITALY: Bulleri 8 (1/3, 2/4), Carraretto 2 (1/5, 0/1), Galanda 3 (0/3 3 pts), Tonolli 6 (2/2, 0/3), Marconato 5 (2/3, 1/1), Santarossa 11 (4/6, 1/5), Malaventura 2 (0/1, 0/2), Mian 22 (6/9, 2/2), Michelori 6 (3/6, 0/1), Rombaldoni 8 (3/4, 0/1) Pecile dnp, Righetti dnp. Coach: Carlo Recalcati.   CHINA: Shiquiang 2 (1/1, 0/1), Wei 4 (2/2, 0/1), Xiaobin 2 (1/2), Cheng (0/1 3 pts), Weidong 11 (2/4, 2/5), Nan 15 (2/5, 3/3), Fangyu 9 (1/2, 1/1), Ming 12 (4/8), Ba Teer 21 (7/11, 0/2), Feng 8 (4/6). Ke C. dnp, Ke M. dnp. Coach: Wang Fei.
 Yugoslavia beats Italy in China - July 6, 2002
In the second round of Nations Cup, played in Zeng Cheng (China), Italy has been defeated by Yugoslavia 87-70 even after ending ahead the first half. This time, the best of "Azzurri" has been Giacomo Galanda (210-C-75, agent: Biasin Marco).
Italy - Yugoslavia 70-87 (23-15, 44-40, 57-67)
ITALY: Bulleri 10 (1/4, 1/2), Carraretto (0/1, 0/2), Galanda 18 (4/7, 1/4), Tonolli (0/3), Marconato 2 (1/5), Righetti 12 (5/7), Pecile 10 (4/5, 0/3), Santarossa 3 (1/3 3 pts), Mian 7 (2/4, 1/2), Michelori 2 (1/1), Cittadini 5 (2/6), Rombaldoni 3 (0/1, 1/1).  Coach: Recalcati.  YUGOSLAVIA: Jeretin 5 (2/4), Avdalovic 15 (4/6, 1/3), Smiljanic 11 (1/4, 2/3), Kecman 1 (0/2), Nadfeji 14 (3/6, 1/1), Radojevic, Vasiljevic 10 (1/2, 2/2), Tica 9 (2/4), Nikolic 6 (3/4, 0/1), Zecevic 10 (1/3, 2/3), Askrabic 6 (1/4, 1/3), Cabarkapa dnp. Coach: Baletic.
Italy beat Australia 80-77 - July 5, 2002
Italian National Team took its revenge vs. Australia in the first game of the second round of Nations Cup in China.  The man of the game has been Massimo Bulleri (188-G-77), very important in organizing the pressing defense and in offensive side too.
Italy - Australia 80-77 (19-21, 42-37, 67-56)
ITALY: Bulleri 21 (4/7,2/4), Carraretto 8 (2/2,1/2), Galanda 10 (1/2,2/3), Tonolli 2 (0/1,0/1), Marconato 10 (3/5,0/1), Righetti 11 (1/3,3/5), Santarossa 5 (1/2), Mian 8 (2/4,0/1), Michelori (0/2,0/1), Cittadini 2 (1/1,0/1), Rombaldoni 3 (0/3,1/1). Coach: Recalcati. AUSTRALIA: Campell 7 (2/3,1/1), Maher 11 (4/9,1/5), Ronaldson 9 (1/4,2/2), Saville 8 (1/2,2/2), Rillie 10 (0/2,3/7), Egan dnp, Drmic 3 (1/2,) Nielsen 18 (6/7), Melmeth 4 (1/2), Anstey 5 (2/7,0/1), Helliwell 2 (0/1), Schensher dnp.  Coach: Goorjian.
 Italy beats Yugo - Jul 4, 2002
Thanks to a great final game performing from Rodolfo Rombaldoni (190-G-77), who hit a three pointer, served two assists and made the two final free throws of the game, Italy beat Yugoslavia in Day 3 of Nations Cup in China. However, one time more the MVP has been Alex Righetti, who scored 23 points. See boxscore:
Italy -Yugoslavia  76-66 (20-17, 42-34, 61-47)
ITALY: Bulleri 10 (2/3, 2/2), Galanda 4 (2/4, 0/3), Tonolli 2 (1/3, 0/3), Marconato 4 (2/2, 0/1), Righetti 23 (5/7, 4/6), Pecile (0/2, 0/2), Santarossa 6 (1/2, 1/4), Malaventura dnp, Mian 13 (4/5, 1/4), Michelori 5 (0/2, 1/1), Cittadini 4 (2/5), Rombaldoni 5 (1/1 3pts).  Coach: Carlo Recalcati   YUGOSLAVIA:  Jeretin, Tica 7 (1/3), Smiljanic 9 (3/6, 1/2), Kecman (0/1, 0/1), Nadfeji 2 (1/1, 0/1), Radojevic 4 (2/3), Vasiljevic 6 (0/4, 1/2), Varda 8 (2/2, 0/1), Nikolic, Zecevic, Askrabic 20 (6/8, 0/1), Cabarkapa 10 (2/5).  Coach: Miodrag Baletic.

 Italy defeated by the Boomers - Jul 3, 2002
"We lost because we played badly" stated Carlo Recalcati at the and of the second game of the Nations Cup, lost by Italy vs. Australia 66-73.  The best losing effort came from Alex Righetti (198-G/F-77), 15 pts.
Italy- Australia  66-73 (26-16, 34-38, 44-59)
ITALY: Bulleri 8 (2/5, 1/3), Carraretto (0/1, 0/1), Galanda 7 (2/4, 1/1), Tonolli, Marconato 8 (3/6), Righetti 15 (2/3, 3/7), Pecile 3 (0/2, 1/5), Santarossa 14 (1/5, 3/4), Malaventura 2 (0/1), Mian 3 (1/5, 0/3), Michelori 4 (2/4), Cittadini 2 (1/2). Coach: Recalcati.  AUSTRALIA: Campbell 9 (0/1, 3/4) , Maher 15 (2/5, 3/5), Ronaldson 6 (1/1, 1/5), Saville 14 (1/4, 4/5), Rillie 9 (3/6, 1/4), Egan 2 (1/2), Drmic 2 (1/2), Nielsen (0/3), Melmeth  8 (2/4), Anstey 14 (5/8, 4/4), Helliwell, Schenscher.  Coach: Goorjian.
 Italian NT defeats China - Jul 2, 2002
Italy made its debut in Nations Cup at Tai Yuan beating the host team 82-65, thanks to a great percentage in 3 pts shooting (14/30) and to a big work of all the the centers in guarding local sensation Yao Ming, recent top player drafted by NBA. Best player in Italian team has been Michele Mian (195-G-73) terrible behind the arch (4/4).
China - Italy  65-82 (15-20, 36-28, 50-55)
ITALY: Bulleri 5 (2/3, 0/1), Galanda 11 (1/2, 3/5), Tonolli (0/1 3pts), Marconato 4 (2/3), Righetti 15 (5/6, 1/6), Pecile 15 (1/1, 4/9), Santarossa 6 (0/1, 2/4), Mian 20 (2/4, 4/4), Podesta, Michelori, Cittadini 4 (2/4), Rombaldoni (0/2).  Coach: Carlo Recalcati.   CHINA:  Shiquiang 2 (1/1, 0/1), Wei 9 (4/5), Xiaobin 8 (2/4), Cheng 2 (0/2 da tre), Weidong 4 (2/2, 0/2), Ke, Nan 10 (2/3, 2/2), Fangyu, Ke 4 (2/4), Ming 26 (10/12), Ba Teer dnp, Yuyang, Feng.  Coach:  Wang Fei.

 Italy won Alassio Cup - Jun 22, 2002
Iatly showed better nerves in the overtime beating strong Greek team by 1 point. It was practically the final of the tournament, since both teams won all their games so far. Italian team was again lead by Andrea Pecile (187-G-80, agent: Sbezzi Riccardo), who had 25 points.
Italy - Greece 78-77 (13-21, 34-36, 48-49, 67-67) OT
Italy: Tonolli (0/2, 0/3), Barlera 2 (1/1), Righetti 5 (0/3, 1/4), Andrea Pecile (187-G-80, agent: Sbezzi Riccardo) 25 (3/6, 4/7), Santarossa 6 (0/2, 2/5), Malaventura 5 (1/1, 1/2), Mian 7 (1/5, 1/4), Podesta 4 (2/5), Michelori 12 (4/6, 0/1), Cittadini 4 (2/5, 0/1), Rombaldoni 8 (2/8, 1/1), Garri (0/1).Coach: Carlo Recalcati
Greece: Diamantidis (0/1), Hatzivrettas DNP, Papaloukas 15 (2/5, 3/3), Pelikanos 2 (1/1), Sigalas 5 (0/4, 0/3), Fotsis 17 (5/13, 0/1), Papamakarios DNP, Papaioakim 14 (7/11), Charisis 2 (1/1), Tsartsaris 22 (2/7, 3/3), Kouvaris, Dorkofikis DNP. Coach: Giannis Ioannidis.

 Italy beat Lithuania - Jun 21, 2002

In day 2 of Alassio Cup, Italy beat Lithuania, Italy - Lithuania 71-68 (12-12,30-29, 52-52)
ITALIA: Di Bella (0/2 ), Vanuzzo (0/1) , Righetti 13 (2/5, 3/5), Pecile 3 (0/2, 0/2), Santarossa 15 (3/5, 3/5), Malaventura 2 (0/1, 0/1), Mian 13 (5/7, 0/3), Podesta 6 (3/7 ), Michelori 6 (2/5, 0/2), Cittadini 6 (2/3, 0/1), Rombaldoni 3, Garri 4 (0/3, 1/4). H.Coach: Recalcati   LITHUANIA: Ginevicius 5 (1/1, 1/3), Slezas 7 (1/7, 1/2), Kuzminskas 2 (1/3 ), Macijauskas 8 (1/1, 1/3), Siskauskas 17 (2/4, 3/6), Salenga dnp, Marciulionis dnp, Vysniauskas 4 (1/4 da due), Javtokas 4 (2/6 ), Kazevicius 6 (1/3, 1/2), Kaukenas 4 (1/2, 0/3), Lavrinovic 11 (3/4, 1/2). H.Coach: Sireika

 Italy beat Czech Rep. in Alassio Cup Opener - Jun 19, 2002

Italian National Team after failstart at the Acropolis Tournament, now started way better at the Alassio Cup. In the opened game they defeated Czech Rep. 68-56. Italian team was lead by Alex Righetti (198-G/F-77) (16 points) and Andrea Pecile (187-G-80, agent: Sbezzi Riccardo) (15).
Italy - Czech Rep. 68-56 (19-15, 42-34, 53-45)
(Carraretto 7, Barlera 1, Alex Righetti (198-G/F-77) 16, Andrea Pecile (187-G-80, agent: Sbezzi Riccardo) 15, Santarossa 2, Mian 5, Cittadini, Michelori 4, Rombaldoni, Brkic, Podesta 9, Garri 9 - Pavlík 2, Pribyl 5, Hruby 6, Pospísil, Necas 12, Kubalek, Milos 7, Sokolovsky´ 5, Hoger, Sitar 2, Frána 3, Starosta 14)
 Croatia managed to defeat Italy at the Acropolis Tournament - Jun. 16, 2002
With a clutch shot of Ivan Mimica (193-G-80) Croatia managed to celebrate its first win at Acropolis tournament. Italy reached too close to get the win after a tough game but the three point shot of Mimica in the last second of the game ruined their plans.
Croatia - Italy 79-78 (15-14, 38-34, 51-53, 79-78)
CROATIA (Buric): Ivan Mimica (193-G-80) 7, Vaniac 19, Bagaric 4, Prkacin 11, Moric, Djidjic 8, Matej Mamic (204-F-75, agent: Jablan Robert) 17, Ruzic 13.
ITALY(Recalcati): Di Bella, Carareto, Vanucho 5, Robaldoni 15, Barlera 4, Righetti 13, Gary 2, Santarosa 4, Malaventura 2, Mian 16, Tsatantini 13, Mikelori 4.

Italy was defeated by Lithuania - Jun 16, 2002
Italian team participating in Acropolis Tournament lost in their second day to Lithuania 62-73. They will have to win their last game against Croatia in order to get second place in the tournament. But that seems very realistic since Croatian have not shown anything specil losign their both games at the tournament.
Italy - Lithuania 62-73 (14-12, 27-34, 48-54)
Lithuania: Arvydas Macijauskas 20 (5/9, 2/6), Ramunas Siskauskas 17 (3/8, 3/6), Rimantas Kaukenas 15 (4/7, 1/3), Kestutis Marciulionis 7 (2/6, 0/2), Andrius Slezas 6 (2/7, 0/1), Arturas Javtokas 4 (1/3), Saulius Kuzminskas 2 (1/2), Ksystofas Lavrinovicius 2 (1/3). Dainius Salenga, Andrius Vysniauskas, Saulius Kazevicius. Coach: Antanas Sireika
Italy: Walter Santarossa (200-F-78, agent: Sbezzi Riccardo) 8 (0/2, 2/7), Pecile 8 (0/2, 2/4), Malaventura 7 (2/3, 1/3), Righetti 7 (2/5, 1/3),  Michelori 7 (2/3, 2 points), Mian 6 (1/2, 1/4), Garri 6 (2/2, 2 points), Cittadini 4 (1/5 2 points), Di Bella 4 (2/4 , 2 points), Vanuzzo 2 (1/3, 0/1), Tonolli 2 (1/1, 0/2), Barlera 1 (0/1). Coach: Carlo Recalcati.
 Latvia won Torneo Gianatti beating Italy in the final - Jun 5, 2002
Latvian National Team won international tournametn defeating in the final favorite Italian team 92-85.
Latvia - Italy 92-85
Latvia: Helmanis 11, Vitols 11, Skele DNP, Blums DNP, Buskevics 9, Sneps DNP, Valeiko 14, Purnis 4, Ainars Bagatskis (198-F-67, agent: Rosenquist Petri) 27, Skirmants 4, Petersons 7, Vecvagars 5. Coach: Armands Kraulins
Italy: Lamma DNP, Vanuzzo, Tonolli 3, Rombaldoni 6, Pecile 24, Santarossa 8, Righetti 10, Mian 8, Masper 4, Monti 11, Michelori 9, Rotella DNP, Garri 2. Coach: Carlo Recalcati
 Friendly tournament at Chiavenna, Italy - Jun 3, 2002
Latvia played without Kaspars Kambala, but has been a good contender for the "Azzurri" all the game, ended 94-75 for Italy.
Italy - Latvia 94-75 (17-21, 41-40, 69-53)
ITALY:  Lamma 1 (0/1, 0/1), Vanuzzo 6 (2/2, 0/1), Tonolli 14 (3/4, 2/3), Rossetti 7 (3/4), Pecile 6 (1/3, 0/3), Santarossa 9 (2/3, 1/2), Righetti 3 (0/1), Mian 14 (3/3, 2/5), Masper 9 (3/6, 0/1), Monti 9 (4/8), Rombaldoni 12 (3/4, 1/1), Garri 5 (1/2, 1/1).  H.Coach: Recalcati
LATVIA:  Uvis Helmanis (203-F-72, agent: Rosenquist Petri) 14 (4/3, 2/4), Vitols 11 (4/4, 1/3), Skele, Blums 2 (1/2), Buskevics 5 (1/4 da tre), Sneps 8 (1/2, 2/3), Valeiko 7(0/1, 1/2), Purnis (0/3), Bagatskis 8 (3/5, 0/5), Skirmants 6 (2/4), Petersons 6 (2/2), Vecvagars 8 (4/5, 0/1).  H.Coach: Kraulins
 Ukraine lost to Italy in a friendly game - Jun. 4, 2002
Ukrainian National Team is in a process of preparations for the summer international games. Their first step was taking part in a strong tournament in Italy, where along with the host team, there are also national teams from Latvia and Philippines. However Ukrainians lost their first gaem to Italy 72-89.
Italy - Ukraine 89-72 (22-18, 46-40, 69-57)
ITALY: Vanuzzo 6 (2/4, 0/2), Tonolli 4 (1/3, 0/1), Rossetti (0/1), Rombaldoni 4 (1/1 da tre), Pecile 8 (1/3, 1/2), Santarossa 13 (1/1, 3/5), Righetti 15 (2/5, 3/4), Mian 8 (2/3), Masper 4 (2/4), Michelori 14 (6/7), Zacchetti, Garri 11 (3/6, 1/2).  H.Coach: Recalcati.
UKRAINE:  Lebedev dnp, Aleksandr Raevskij (186-G-76) 14 (2/4, 1/6), Kobzistiy, Stanislav Balashov (211-C-79) 8 (2/5, 1/1), Yevstratenko (0/2), Lishchuk 5 (0/1, 0/1), Gerasimchuk 5 (2/3), Vlodimir Gurtovoy (207-C-75) 15 (5/8), Markov 2 (1/4), Koroblov 2 (1/5), Stanislav Balashov (211-C-79) M 5 (1/1, 1/5), Evgeni Podorvanniy (194-F/G-78) 16 (2/3, 4/4).  H.Coach: Zashchuk.
 Friendly tournament at Milano, Italy - Jun 3, 2002
Italian team showed athletic superiority and the effectivity of its defense, which forced the Philippines team to hit the first basket only after five mines of play.
Italy - Philippines 99-56 (38-14, 55-24, 82-41)
ITALY: Lamma 11 (1/1, 3/3), Tonolli 2, Rossetti 10 (3/4), Michelori 3, Pecile 22 (6/7, 1/1), Santarossa 11 (1/1, 3/4), Righetti 16 (3/4, 3/3), Mian 6 (3/5), Monti, Rombaldoni 2 (1/5, 0/2), Rotella 6 (1/2), Zacchetti 10 (1/4, 1/1). H.Coach: Recalcati.
PHILIPPINES: Rasela 6 (2/4 da tre), Fernandez III 3 (0/1, 1/3), Pennini 4 (1/1 da tre), Siegle 17 (6/8, 1/2), Menk 8 (2/6, 0/2), Cariaso 4 (2/2), Hatfield 2 (0/2, 0/1), Paulasi Taulava (206-C-73, college: BYU-Hawaii) 6 (1/2), Duremdes 2 (1/2), Espino 4 (2/4, 0/2), Jackson, Hontiveros (0/1, 0/1). H.Coach: Uichico

Group E Standings

1. Italy 4-1
2. Russia 4-1
3. England 2-3
4. Slovenia 2-3
5. Czech Rep. 2-3
6. Portugal 1-4

  European Championships 2003 Eliminations 
Jan.26, 2002: Italy - Russia 86-66
(Basile 6, Pittis 7, Myers 12, Meneghin 15, Chiacig 8; Pozzecco 10, Galanda 8, Righetti 9, Maggioli 11 - Chikalkin 6, E.Pachutin 2, Mikhailov 7, Morgunov 4, Avleev 18; Panov 15, Z.Pachutin 5, Savrasenko 8, Padius 1)
Jan.23, 2002: Slovenia - Italy 84-78
(Jurak, Lakovic 12, Udrih, Duscak, Kraljevic 1, Tusek 13, Nachbar 14, Jurkovic 17, McDonald 10, Smodis 17 - Pozzecco 19, Basile 1, Galanda 6, Pittis 19, Casoli 2, Meneghin 10, Righetti 12, Mian 2, Chiacig 7, Maggioli)


2001

  European Championships 2003 Eliminations 
Nov.28, 2001: Italy - Portugal 89-65 (Mordente 9, Basile 16, Marconato 7, Tonolli 2, Myers 7, Meneghin 6, Abbio 7, Soragna 9, Chiacig 18, Casoli 5. Coach: Recalcati - Tavares 11, L.Silva 3, F.Silva, Paulo Pinto 10, Machado, Monteiro 14, Joao Santos, Simao 11, Elmora 16, Richmond)
Nov.24, 2001: Czech Rep. - Italy 75-81 (Czudek 7 (0/1, 2/3), P.Welsch (0/3 3pts), Kubalek 3 (0/1, 1/2), Necas 3 (1/2), J.Welsch 25 (9/17, 1/4), Stanek (0/1), Kresta 2 (0/1,0/1), Becka 12 (3/6, 2/3), Frana 9 (3/5), Starosta 14 (7/12). Coach: Mikhal Jesdik - Bulleri (0/1), Basile 11 (3/3, 1/5), Galanda 2 (1/3, 0/1), Marconato 2 (1/1), Tonolli 10 (1/2, 2/2), Myers 31 (3/9, 7/10), Meneghin 11 (2/4, 2/2), Abbio 3 (0/2), Soragna 1, Chiacig 10 (4/7). Coach: Carlo Recalcati)
Nov.21, 2001: Italy - England 99-63 (Bulleri, Basile 24, Galanda 5, Li Vecchi 3, Marconato 8, Tonolli 5, Myers 22, Meneghin, Abbio 11, Chiacig 21 - Cheung, Williams 6, Joseph 3, Dorsey 3, Hansell 12, Gardiner 11, Martin, Whyte 2, Haslam 9, Betts 17)

  European Championships 2001 in Turkey 

Day 4, Sep.3, 2001, Cross Eliminations: Croatia – Italy 65-57 (Mulaomerovic 11, Vrankovic 5, Giricek 4, Kovacic 4, Tabak 12, Sesar 11, Mrsic 14, Krstic, Vujcic - Basile 8, Meneghin, Radulovic, Fucka 9, Chiacig 8, Galanda 3, Marconato 4, De Pol, Pecile 15, Righetti 10, Mian 2)
Day 3, Sep.2, 2001
: Italy – Russia 64-58 (Basile 12, Meneghin 6, Radulovic 6, Fucka 18, Chiacig 2, Pecile 2, Marconato 4, Righetti 10, Mian, Camata dnp, Galanda 5, De Pol - E.Pachoutine 5, Z.Pachoutine 9, Panov 8, Kirilenko 16, Morgunov, Bachminov 6, Koudeline, Chickalkin 11, Samoylenko dnp, Milosserdov dnp, Savrasenko 2, Anton dnp)
Day 2, Sep.1, 2001
: Italy – Bosnia 96-66 (Basile 12, Meneghin 13, Radulovic 6, Fucka 12, Chiacig 15, Galanda 6, Marconato 6, De Pol 4, Pecile 4, Righetti 10, Mian 7, Camata 1 - Mrsic 5, Markovic 5, Leric 5, Hukic 7, Mujezinovic 17, Firic 7, Terzic 6, Opacak DNP, Kovacevic 5, Krasic 4, Suljanovic 2, Ovcina 5)
Day 1, Aug.31, 2001:
Greece – Italy 83-82 (Papaloukas 8, Papanikolaou 6, Sigalas 16, Alvertis 11, Rentzias 22; Dikoudis 4, Kakiouzis 7, Giannoulis 6, Papadopoulos, Kalaitzis 3, Hatzivrettas, Fotsis - Basile 13, Meneghin 5, De Pol 6, Fucka 21, Chiacig 2; Radulovic 9, Marconato 4, Galanda 2, Pecile 13, Righetti 2, Mian 3, Camata)


Acropolis Cup in Athens (GRE)
Aug.22, 2001: Lithuania – Italy 75-69 (Jasikevièius 17, M.Zukauskas 11, E.Zukauskas 11, Songaila 11, Siskauskas 11, Einikis 8, Maskoliûnas 5, Stombergas 2 - Meneghin 12, Righetti 12, Pecile 11, Raduloviã 9, Marconato 8, Mian 6, Chiacig 5, Galanda 3, Basile 3)
Aug.21, 2001: Italy – Greece 70-66 (Basile 17, Galanda 7, Meneghin 12, De Pol 6, Pecile 2, Marconato, Fucka 8, Righetti 4, Chiacig 14, Camata, Radulovic - Kalaitzis 6, Papaloukas 4, Papanikolaou 1, Sigalas 6, Fotsis, Alvertis 16, Dikoudis 8, Kakiouzis 18, Papadopoulos, Rentzias 5, Yannoulis 2)

Tournament in Messina (ITA)
Aug.12, 2001: Italy – France 74-59 (Bulleri 3, Basile 3, Galanda 5, Fucka 17, De Pol 7, Meneghin 9, Mian 8, Chiacig 21, Camata 1 - Micoud 3, Sciarra 2, Foirest 8, Risacher 18, Bernard 2, Palmer 12, Bilba 5, Dioumassi, Weis 3, Evtimov 6)
Aug.11, 2001: Italy – Croatia 83-76 (Bulleri 3, Basile 2, Galanda 12, Fucka 10, De Pol 12, Meneghin 13, Righetti 16, Mian, Chiacig 8, Maggioli 2, Pecile, Camata 5 - Mulaomerovic 8, Vrankovic 4, Sesar 10, Mrsic 8, Prkacin 4, Krstic 4, Giricek 14, Kovacic 11, Zan Tabak 9, Skelin 4)

Tournament in Bormio (ITA)
Aug.1, 2001: Italy - Ukraine 98-65
July 31, 2001, Italy - Ukraine 87-64 (Bulleri, Basile 16, Galanda 7, Radulovic 11, Marconato 2, De Pol 8, Mordente ne, Meneghin 8, Righetti 13, Mian 7, Chiacig 5, Maggioli 9, Podestà 2, Pecile 6, Ruggeri, Camata 4, Coach: Bogdan Tanjevic - Lebedev 9, Pudzyrey 2, Yaylo 11, Molchanov 9, Yevstratenko 4, Korebin, Podorvannyy, Okunskyy 13, Markov 2, Lokhmanchuk 5, Rayevskyy 5, Balashov 5. Coach: Zashchun Gennadiy)


Exhibition Games
Exhibition game in Codroipo, June 15, 2001: Italy - Czech Republic 90:71 (Righetti 21, Calabria 19 - Benes 13, Starosta 13, Milos 11, Necas 11)
International Tournament in Latisana, June 14, 2001: Italy - Sweden 88-71 (Bulleri 7 (1/3, 1/4), Cittadini 2 (1/2), Maggioli 5 (2/3), Righetti 13 (2/7, 3/6), Santarossa 5 (1/2, 1/2); Calabria 10 (2/6, 2/4) Mordente 6 (0/1, 2/3), Beard 14 (6/7), Chiacig 16 (7/11), Monti 2 (1/1), Amoroso 8 (0/1, 2/2); DNP: Rombaldoni, Camata; Coach: Tanjevic - H. Larsson 12 (5/11, 0/2), Theisz (0/2), Sanders 6 (2/3), J. Larsson 21 (2/4, 5/9), Myrthil 2 (1/1); Musanovic 2 (0/1), Jonzen 20 (4/8, 2/5), Prtic 4 (2/2), Lundhal 4 (2/5), Soderman (0/1); DNP: Daniel, Nystrom)
Round 1, June 13, 2001:
Slovenia (U-21)- Sweden 85:92 (Kadic 15, Jokic 6, Brolih 6, Antonijevic 3, Klepo 17, Miletic 1, Vidic, Ozbolt 2, Zagorac 24, Joksimovic 4, Zalokar 6, Susic 1 - Daniel, H.Larsson 13, Tilman, Theisz, Sanders 6, J.Larsson 26, Myrthil 4, Musanovic 6, Jonzen 16, Prtic 9, Lundhal, Soderman 12).
International Tournament in Latisana, June 13, 2001: Italy - Czech Rep. 91-69 (Rombaldoni 6 (2/3), Bulleri 4 (1/3, 0/2), Cittadini, Radulovic 12 (3/5, 0/1), Maggioli 10 (4/5), Righetti 16 (2/5, 2/5), Santarossa (0/2), Calabria 14 (5/5, 1/3) Mordente 6 (2/2), Beard 8 (3/4), Chiacig 12 (4/5), Monti ne, Amoroso (0/1), Camata 3 (0/1). Coach: Boscia Tanjevic - Benes, Welsch P 5 (0/2, 1/2), Pavlik 2 (1/1), Milos, Necas 11 (2/4, 2/3), Welsch J 15 (3/8, 1/3), Sokolovski 3 (1/1), Stanek 7 (2/3, 1/1), Soukup 5 (1/1, 1/1), Klapetek 6 (2/4, 2/2), Frana 7 (2/3), Starosta 8 (2/7). Coach: Michal Jezdik)
June 10, 2001: Italy – Slovenian U22 NT 93-49 (Rombaldoni 4 (1/2, 0/1), Bulleri 8 (2/4, 1/2), Cittadini 3, Radulovic 15 (6/8, 1/1), Michelori 5 (2/3), Righetti 8 (0/1, 2/6) , Santarossa 3(1/4), Calabria 12 (2/2, 2/5) Mordente 5 (1/1, 1/2), Chiacig 15 (5/7), Maggioli 10 (5/7), Amoroso 5 (1/1, 1/3), Camata (0/1). Coach. Boscia Tanjevic - Kadic (0/1), Jokic 6 (1/1, 1/3), Brolih (0/2, 0/1), Antonijevic 1 (0/1, 0/1), Klepo 4 (2/4), Niletic 6 (3/3), Vidic 3 (1/1), Ozbolt 10 (3/3, 1/2), Zagorac 3 (1/3, 0/1), Joksimovic 12 (4/7, 1/2), Zalokar 4 (1/3), Susic. Coach. Martic Zoran)
June 6, 2001: Slovenia (U-21) - Italy 55:88 (Kadic 3,Vidic 7, Brolih 3, Antonijevic 2, Klepo 4, Moravec, Jokic 8, Ozbolt 10, Zagorac 13, Joksimovic 2, Zalokar 3, Susic - Rombaldoni 2, Bulleri 1, Cittadini 4, Radulovic 11, Maggioli 13, Righetti 16, Santarossa 6, Calabria 9, Mordente 3, Beard 4, Chiacig 5, Monti 3, Amoroso 4, Camata 7).

Standings

1. Italy 6-1
2. Lithuania 5-2
3. France 3-4
4. Germany 2-5
5. Turkey 2-6

  Nation Cup 
27/1/01:
Italy – Germany 78-69 (Fucka 19, Galanda 13 - Garrett 14, Okulaja 13, Femerling 11)


2000

  Nations Cup 
30/11/00: Italy - Turkey 84-75 (Damiao 20, Mian 17, Chiacig 15, Bulleri 12, Righetti 9, Santarossa 5, Monti 4, Sambugaro 2 - Besok 25, Erdenay 24, Turkan 10, Okur 9, Evliyaoglu 4, Tunceri 3)
26/11/00: France - Italy 80-85 (Parker 1, Evtimov, Gautier, Dubos 2, Pietrus 7, Bilba 20, Laure 12, Risacher 11, Weis, Bernard 7, Dioumassi 1, Sciarra 19 - Michelori 1, Camata 7+10rbs, Mian 19, Bulleri 4+5ast, Li Vecchi 6, Pecile 13, Maggioli 4, Sambugaro 3, Chiacig 1, Righetti 12, Damiao 15)
22/11/00: Vilnus:
Lithuania - Italy 80-85

Olympic Games '00 in Sydney - Italy took 5th place 
Check all Italy games at the Olympics '00

 
Exhibition games 
10/9/00, Wollongong (AUS), Exhibition: Spain – Italy 63-67 (Rodríguez, Jiménez 5, Herreros 3, Reyes 5, Dueñas 5; Lopez 4, Garbajosa 11, De la Fuente 8, De Miguel 5, Navarro 15, Rogers 2 - Fucka 18, Mayers 15, Meneghin 11, Mian 4, Camata 2; Basille, Galanda 7, Maggoli 2, Abbio 7, Damiao 1).
Friendly, June 26, 00:
Croatia - Italy 73:74 (Vrankovic, Krstic 4, Mrsic 19, Ruzic, Marcelic 5, Mulaomerovic 25, Poljak, Kus, Vujcic 14, Nisevic 6. Coach: Petrovic - Scarone 13, Basile, Galanda 13, Fucka 15, Sambucaro DNP, Li Vecchi 1, Camada 4, Meneghin 4, Abbio 12, Mian, Chiacig 11, Damiao 1. Coach: Tanjevic)
Friendly, June 24, 2000: Italy - Slovenia 76-47 (Scarone 10, Basile 2, Galanda 9, Fucka 6, Maggioli 2, Abbio 10, Mian 7, Chiacig 12, Damiao 1, Sambugaro, Li Vecchi 6, Camata 11, Tonolli. Coach: Bogdan Tanjevic - Hrvat, Dragsic 3, Udrih 2, Petrov 16, Hafnar 4, Jurak 4, Drobniak 8, Jagodnik 6, Kunc 4, Jurkovic. Coach: Boris Zrinski.)
FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament in Hong Kong
3rd Place Game: Italy – Canada 82-74 (Li Vecchi 2, Sambugaro 2 Basile 7, Galanda 10, Fucka 8, Maggioli ne, Tonolli, Meneghin 13, Abbio 18, Mian 11, Camata 2, Damiao 9 - Daniels, Hamilton 7, Mavis 8, Nash 26, Barrett 5, Francis 3, Macculloch 3, Guarasci 10, Meers 8, Newton 4, Minrichsen)
Australia - Italy 101-82
(Smith 1, Maher, Mackinnon 8, Cattalini, Grace 8, Anstey 4, Gaze 33, Heal 14, Bradtke 8, Longley 9, Viahov 2, Rogers 14 - Li Vecchi 9, Basile 3, Galanda 8, Fucka 15, De Pol, Myers 6, Meneghin 7, Abbio 18, Mian 4, Camata 2, Damiao 10)
Tournament in Bormio (ITA)
14/8/00: Australia - Italy 60-92 (Smith 5, Maher 2, Mackinnon 9, Cattalini 2, Grace 3, Anstey 3, Gaze 14, Heal 4, Bradtke 4, Longley 4, Vlahov 5, Rogers 5 - Scarone 12, Basile 14, Galanda 9, Maggioli 8, Meneghin 8, Abbio 13, Mian 4, Chiacig 6, Damiao 6, Sambugaro 3, Li Vecchi 9)
13/8/00: Italy - Turkey 78-67 (Scarone 12, Basile 2, Galanda 7, Maggioli 3, Meneghin 11, Abbio 10, Mian, Chiacig 19, Da miao 2 Sambugaro, Li Vecchi 12 - Tunceri 11, Peker 1, Bjbo 1, Pars 3, Vekijloju, Kutluay 23, Guler O, Besok 20, Okur 4, Ylmaz 4, Guler M.)
12/8/00: Italia – Angola 82-36 (Scarone, Basile 5, Galanda 9, Maggioli 4, Meneghin 8, Abbio 15, Mian 5, Chiacig 3, Damiao 9, Tonolli 5, Sambugaro 2, Li Vecchi, Camata 7 - Muzadi, Moreira, Victoriano A. 6, Domingos 9, Victoriano E. 7, De Carvalho 2, Coimbra, Mingas, Dias 7, Almeida , Lutonda 5, Katiavala, Costa)
10/8/00: Italy – LSU 104-62
(Scarone 11, Basile 3, Galanda, Maggioli 8, Myers 17, Meneghin 22, Abbio 6, Mian 2, Chiacig 6, Damiao 13, Tonolli 0, Sambugaro 8, Li Vecchi 2, Camata 6. DT: Tanjevic - Green 0, Beshara 14, Bright 9, Landry 0, Dupree 12, Williams 12, Temple III 7, Warner 0, Bridgewater 8. DT: Brady)

26/8/00: Pesaro: Italy – Germany 74-62

Nations Cup
27/2/00: Italy - France 69-65 (Meneghin 3, Myers 20, Fucka 8, Galanda 2, Chiacig 2; Basile 10, Marconato 11, Abbio 10, Scarone 3, Mian - Sciarra 11, Rigaudeau 21, Dioumassi 6, Bilba 4, Weis 5; Nebot 2, Gautier 9, Dubos 2, Fauthoux 5).
24/2/00: Turkey - Italy 46-71 (Tunceri 4, Kutluay 9, Turkoglu 17, Okur 4, Besok 8; Yilmaz, Ene, Pars 2, Sarica 2, Yildirim, Peker, Vekiloglu - Meneghin 12, Myers 14, Fucka 6, Galanda 4, Chiacig 7; Basile 10, Marconato 5, Abbio 13, Maggioli, Mian, Tonolli, Scarone)

  Exhibition games 
"Lido delle Rose" Tournament, Roseto (ITA)
22/8/00: Italy - Yugoslavia 68-64 (Scarone, Basile 4, Galanda 8, Podestà ne, Maggioli 4, Myers 20, Meneghin 5, Mian 3, Chiacig 11, Damiao 4, Li Vecchi 3, Camata 6, Sambugaro 8, Tonolli - Milojevic, Jaric, Rakocevic 9, Loncar 4, Stojakovic 9, Scepanovic 11, Lukovski 10, Jestratijevic, Tarlac 2, Drobnjak 7, Tomasevic 8, Gurovic 4)
Aug.20, 2000: Italy – Yugoslavia 75-69 (Basile 3 (1/1, 0/4), Meneghin 21 (2/5, 1/4), Chiacig 24 (9/11), Li Vecchi 5, Damiao 1 (0/2); Scarone 10 (0/2, 3/4), Galanda 2 (1/2, 0/1), Abbio 5 (1/2, 1/1), Maggioli 4 (2/3). N.e.: Mian, Sambugaro, Camata - Danilovic 7 (3/7, 0/1), S. Obradovic 7 (0/1, 1/3), Scepanovic (0/1 da 3), Rebraca 6 (2/3), Tomasevic 12 (3/3); Bodiroga 5 (0/3), Rakocevic 5 (1/1 da 3), Stojakovic 20 (4/6, 2/3), Lukovski 3 (1/4, 0/1), Tarlac 4 (0/2). N.e.: Gurovic, Drobnjak)
19/8/00: Italy – Australia 70-65 (Li Vecchi 16, Scarone 11, Abbio 10, Meneghin 10, Chiacig 9, Basile 4, Damiao 4, Galanda 3, Maggioli 2, Mian 1 - Heal 25, Gaze 15, Rogers 12, Bradtke 5, Vlahov 4, Mackinnon 4)


1999

EC 2001 Eliminations -Semifinals
Nov.24, 1999, Germany - Italy 66:64 (Roller, Garrett 0, Pesic 14, Wucherer 17, Tomic 6, Okulaja 5, Papic 2, Arigbabu 8, Femerling 12, Musch 2 - Scarone 8, Basile 4, Galanda 6, Fucka 19, Marconato 8, De Pol 6, Abbio 4, Mian 5, Chiacig 4)

  European Championships 1999 in France 
July 3, 1999: Final:
Spain - Italy 56-64 ( Herreros 10, Reyes 7, Jimenez 3, De Miguel 1, Rodriguez; Corrales 15, Duenas 7, Esteller 5, Romero 4, De La Fuente 4, Angulo - Myers 18, Fucka 10, Chiacig 9, Depol 7, Meneghin 2; Abbio 10, Galanda 4, Basile 2, Marconato 2)
July 2, 1999: Semifinals: Italy - Yugoslavia 71-62 ( Fucka 17, Meneghin 16, Myers 11, Depol 2, Chiacig; Galanda 12, Abbio 6, Marconato 5, Depol 2, Bonora - Bodiroga 17, Danilovic 14, Divac 8, Loncar 5, Tomasevic 4; Scepanovic 12, Topic 2, Lukovski, Tarlac)
July 1, 1999: Quarterfinals: Russia - Italy 79-102 (Karassev 22, Nossov 15, Z.Pashutin 13, Panov 6, Kissourine 2; Avleev 10, Kourachov 8, Koudeline 3, E.Pashutin, Petrenko - Myers 22, Fucka 19, Chiacig 8, Meneghin 7, Depol 6; Galanda 11, Abbio 11, Basile 7, Mian 5, Marconato 4, Damiao 2)
June 28, 1999: Group F: Lithuania – Italy 74-62 ( Sabonis 25, Karnishovas 19, Einikis 14, Maskoliunas 3, Stombergas; Jasikievicius 4, Praskevicius 4, Adomaitis 2, M.Zukauskas 2, E.Zukauskas 1, Masiulis - Meneghin 16, Chiacig 11, Myers 8, Fucka 4, Depol 4; Galanda 6, Damiao 5, , Abbio 5, Mian 3, Bonora, Basile, Marconato)
June 27, 1999: Group F: Italy – Czech Rep. 95-68 ( Myers 22, Meneghin 15, Depol 13, Fucka 13, Chiacig; Marconato 10, Abbio 9, Galanda 5, Mian 4, Damiao 2, Bonora 2 - Okac 12, Becka 9, Treml 9, Novak 7, Czudek 4; Barton 14, J.Welsch 6, Klapetek 4, P.Welsch 3, Stuchlz, Ides)
June 26, 1999: Group F: Germany - Italy 53-74 ( Tomic 13, Nowitzki 8, Bogojevic 5, Femerling 4, Okiulaja 1; Terdenge 7, Nuern 5, Wucherer 5, Nees 5, Luetcke, Arigbabu - Myers 16, Chiacig 14, Fucka 10, Meneghin 10, Depol 5; Abbio 8, Galanda 5, Marconato 3, Damiao 3, Bonora, Basile, Mian)
June 23, 1999: Group C: Italy – Turkey 64-61 ( Myers 20, Meneghin 14, Chiacig 11, Fucka 9, Maqrconato 5, Bonora 4, Abbio 1, Basile, Galanda, Depol, Daniao – Turkcan 13, Besok 12, Kutluay 10, Tunceri 8, Yildrim 6, Turkoglu 6, Konuk 2, Pars 2, Sarica 2, Okur)
June 22, 1999: Group C: Italy – Bosnia 64-59 (Myers 22, Meneghin 12, Galanda 7, Marconato 7, Fucka 6, Depol 5, Chiacig 4, Basile 1 – Markovic 22, Firic 16, Leric 9, Alihodzic 4, Mirkovic 3, Beciragic 3, Mujezinovic 2)
June 21, 1999: Group C: Croatia - Italy 70-68 (Kukoc 16+8reb, Giricek 15, Mrsic 13, Vujcic 13, Mulaomerovic 12, Prkacin 1, Krstic, Ruzic, Zadravec, Henjak, Poljak, Tomeljak – Galanda 15, Fucka 13, Basile 12, meneghin 9, Myers 8, De Pol 7