Italy women's national water polo team

Tania Di Mario (3rd standing from left) and Setterosa, with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi after Olympic gold medal at Quirinale in 2004.

The Italy women's national water polo team represents Italy in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s, claiming the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the Setterosa.

Palmarès

Competition	1 !	2 !	3 !	Total
Olympic Games	1	0	0	1
World Championship	2	1	1	4
European Championship	5	2	1	8
Universiade	0	0	0	0
Mediterranean Games	not yet disputed
Total	8	3	2	13

Details

Olympic Games

• 2000 — did not qualify
• 2004 — 1 ! Gold medal
• 2008 — 6th place
• 2012 — 7th place

Olympic Year Tournament

• 1996 — 3 ! Bronze medal

World Championship

• 1986 — did not compete
• 1991 — did not compete
• 1994 — 3 ! Bronze medal
• 1998 — 1 ! Gold medal
• 2001 — 1 ! Gold medal
• 2003 — 2 ! Silver medal
• 2005 — 7th place
• 2007 — 5th place
• 2011 — 4th place

FINA World League

• 2004 — 3 ! Bronze medal
• 2005 — 8th place
• 2006 — 2 ! Silver medal
• 2007 — did not compete

FINA World Cup

• 1979 — did not compete
• 1980 — did not compete
• 1981 — did not compete
• 1983 — did not compete
• 1984 — did not compete
• 1988 — did not compete
• 1989 — 8th place
• 1991 — 5th place
• 1993 — 2 ! Silver medal
• 1995 — 5th place
• 1997 — 4th place
• 1999 — 3 ! Bronze medal
• 2002 — 5th place
• 2006 — 2 ! Silver medal

European Championship

• 1985 — did not compete
• 1987 — did not compete
• 1989 — 4th place
• 1991 — 3 ! Bronze medal
• 1993 — 4th place
• 1995 — 1 ! Gold medal
• 1997 — 1 ! Gold medal
• 1999 — 1 ! Gold medal
• 2001 — 2 ! Silver medal
• 2003 — 1 ! Gold medal
• 2006 — 2 ! Silver medal
• 2008 — 4th place
• 2010 — 4th place
• 2012 — 1 ! Gold medal

Squads

Current

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2012 club
	Rambaldi Guidasci, GiuliaGiulia Rambaldi Guidasci		1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	01986-11-1111 November 1986
01 !1	Gigli, ElenaElena Gigli	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	01985-07-099 July 1985
02 !2	Abbate, SimonaSimona Abbate	CB	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	01983-08-2222 August 1983
03 !3	Casanova, ElisaElisa Casanova	CF	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	01973-11-2626 November 1973
06 !6	Lapi, AllegraAllegra Lapi	D	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	01985-09-088 September 1985
07 !7	Di Mario, TaniaTania Di Mario	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	01979-05-044 May 1979
08 !8	Bianconi, RobertaRoberta Bianconi	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	01989-07-088 July 1989
09 !9	Emmolo, Giulia EnricaGiulia Enrica Emmolo	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	01991-10-1616 October 1991
11	Cotti, AleksandraAleksandra Cotti	D	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	01988-12-1313 December 1988
12	Frassinetti, TeresaTeresa Frassinetti	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	01985-12-2424 December 1985
13	Gorlero, GiuliaGiulia Gorlero	GK	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	01990-09-2626 September 1990
14	Pelle, AnikoAnikó Pelle	CB			01978-09-2828 September 1978
15	Radicchi, FedericaFederica Radicchi	CB			01988-12-2121 December 1988

Head coach: Mauro Maugeri

Former

• 1989 FINA World Cup — 8th place

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Carmela Cappelli, Rosalba Carrino, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Carla Ogliastro, Gabriella Pinto, Sonia Scuderi, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra.

• 1989 European Championship — 4th place

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Melina Cappelli, Rosalba Carrino, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Carla Ogliastro, Gabriella Pinto, Sonia Scuderi, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Franco Russo.

• 1991 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Giusy Malato, Neira Marsili, Martina Miceli, Monica Petrucci, Monica Vaillant, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Roberto Fiori.

• 1991 FINA World Cup — 5th place

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Giusy Malato, Neira Marsili, Monica Vaillant, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra,

• 1993 European Championship — 4th place

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Marica Carrozzi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Claudia Mori, Alessandra Ranalli, Greta Righi, Paola Sabbatini, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Roberto Fiori.

• 1993 FINA World Cup — Silver Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Claudia Mori, Paola Sabbatini, Greta Righi, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra.

• 1994 World Championship — Bronze Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Paola Sabbatini, Oriana Di Siena, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì.

• 1995 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Marica Carrozzi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Romano, Paola Sabbatini, Daria Starace, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1995 FINA World Cup — 5th place

• Carmela Allucci, Marica Carrozzi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Cristiana Pinciroli, Paola Sabbatini, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1996 Olympic Year Tournament — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1997 FINA World Cup — 4th place

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Camilla Bacis, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1997 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Stefania Lavorini, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1998 World Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1999 FINA World Cup — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Melania Grego, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Gabriella Sciolti, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1999 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Martina Schiavon, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2000 Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 4th place

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Simona Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Tania Di Mario, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Paola Sabbatini, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 World Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 Holiday Cup — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Cristina Consoli, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant.

• 2002 FINA World Cup — 5th place

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2003 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Daniela Lavorini, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2003 World Championship — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2003 Holiday Cup — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2004 FINA World League — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusy Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

• 2004 Holiday Cup — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusy Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

• 2004 Olympic Games — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Elena Gigli, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusy Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, and Noémi Tóth.

• 2005 World Championship — 7th place

• Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Teresa Frassinetti, Elena Gigli, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Cinzia Ragusa, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pesci.

• 2005 FINA World League — 8th place

• Valentina Ayale, Chiara Brancati, Francesca Corrissato, Lara Dalorto, Teresa Frassinetti, Elena Gigli, Allegra Lapi, Jessica Masi, Daniela Maugeri, Francesca Pavan, Federica Rocco, and Daria Starace. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pesci.

• 2006 FINA World League — Silver Medal

• Eleonora Gay, Martina Miceli, Francesca Pavan, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkay, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Daria Storace, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Elena Gigli.

• 2006 FINA World Cup — Silver Medal

• Silvia Bosurgi, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Teresa Frassinetti, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Daria Starace, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2006 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Teresa Frassinetti, Arianna Garibotti, Elena Gigli, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Federica Radicchi, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2007 World Championship — 5th place

• Francesca Biancardi, Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Elisa Casanova, Tania di Mario, Giulia Enrica Emmolo, Teresa Frassinetti, Elena Gigli, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Martina Schiavon, and Erzsébet Valkay. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

• 2007 Holiday Cup — Gold Medal

• Annalisa Bosello, Silvia Bosurgi, Elisa Casanova, Marta Colaiocco, Teresa Frassinetti, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

• 2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 1st place

• Elena Gigli, Martina Miceli, Elisa Casanova, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkay, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Marta Colaiocco, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Chiara Brancati. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

See also

• Italy at the team sports international competitions

Notes

• HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)

External links

• FINA
• Squads