Italy men's national volleyball team

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). However, the team has yet to win the olympic gold at the Summer Olympics, which it never missed since 1976.

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
Home Away Third
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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Italy men's national volleyball team

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

Medals

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

Italy national team at 2008 Summer Olympics

Golden Team

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 Championships 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 Zorzi, Andrea Gardini, Giani, Bernardi, Gravina, Bracci, Tofoli, Lucchetta, Papi, Pasinato and Meoni.[1]

Olympic Games

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

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

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

  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

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
• 2019 France — 6th place

World League

  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

  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

• 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

• 1986 – did not participate
• 1990 — gold medal

Team

Current roster

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

• 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

• 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

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

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

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

References

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

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile