Italy men's national volleyball team

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Association Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (Italian)
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Head coach Andrea Anastasi
FIVB ranking 7 (as of 2010-01-15)
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Appearances 9
Website www.federvolley.it
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Silver 2001 Katowice Team
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European Championship
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Gold 1999 Austria Team
Gold 2003 Germany Team
Gold 2005 ITA/SCG Team
Silver 1991 Germany Team
Silver 2001 Czech Republic Team
Silver 2011 AUT/CZE Team
Bronze 1948 Italy Team
Bronze 1997 Netherlands Team

The Italy men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Italy. 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). They are the 4th best team in the world, ranked by the FIVB as of August 2011.

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[edit] Results

[edit] World Cup

  • 19892 Silver medal
  • 19951 Gold medal
  • 19993 bronze medal
  • 20032 Silver medal
  • 2007 — did not compete

[edit] World Grand Champions Cup

  • 19931 gold medal
  • 1997 — did not compete
  • 2001 — did not compete
  • 20053 bronze medal
  • 2009 — did not compete

[edit] Mediterranean Games

  • 19591 gold medal
  • 19632 silver medal
  • 1967 — did not compete
  • 1971 — did not compete
  • 19752 silver medal
  • 1979 — Fourth place
  • 19831 gold medal
  • 19873 bronze medal
  • 19911 gold medal
  • 1993 — did not compete
  • 1997 — Fourth place
  • 20011 gold medal
  • 2005 — Fifth place
  • 20091 gold medal

[edit] Team at the 2010 World Championship

Head coach: Andrea Anastasi

# Name Birthdate Age
(2009)
Club
1 Luigi Mastrangelo 1975-08-17 33 Italy M. Roma Volley
2 Manuel Coscione 1980-01-29 29 Italy Bre Banca Cuneo
3 Simone Parodi 1986-06-06 23 Italy Bre Banca Cuneo
4 Marco Nuti 1970-10-02 38 Italy Prisma
5 Giordano Mattera 1983-08-29 25 Italy Maggiora
6 Alessandro Farina 1976-05-16 33 Italy Sisley Treviso
7 Alessandro Paparoni 1981-08-17 27 Italy Lube Banca Macerata
8 Alberto Cisolla 1977-10-10 31 Italy Sisley Treviso
9 Cristian Savani 1982-02-22 27 Italy M. Roma Volley
10 Luca Tencati 1979-03-16 30 Italy Sisley Treviso
11 Mauro Gavotto 1979-04-16 30 Italy Acqua Paradiso
12 Matteo Martino 1987-01-28 22 Italy Premier Hotel
13 Lorenzo Perazzolo 1984-10-30 24 Italy Acqua Paradiso
14 Alessandro Fei 1978-11-29 30 Italy Sisley Treviso
15 Andrea Semenzato 1981-09-12 27 Italy M. Roma Volley
16 Christian Casoli 1975-01-27 34 Italy Cimone Modena
17 Andrea Sala 1978-12-27 30 Italy Acqua Paradiso
18 Matej Černič 1978-09-13 30 Russia Fakel Novi Urengoi
19 Cosimo Marco Piscopo 1983-07-18 26 Italy Banca Antonveneta

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