Italy women's national water polo team

Italy
FINA code	ITA
Association	Italian Swimming Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Paolo Zizza
Asst coach	Mauro De Paolis
Captain	Elisa Queirolo
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	5 (as of February 2020)
Highest	2 (2016)
Lowest	9 (2009, 2010)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2004)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1994)
Best result	(1998, 2001)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1989)
Best result	(1993, 2006)
World League
Appearances	10 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2006)
European Championship
Appearances	16 (first in 1989)
Best result	(1995, 1997, 1999, 2012)
Media
Website	federnuoto.it

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				Total
Olympic Games	1	1	0	2
World Championship	2	1	2	5
European Championship	5	2	1	8
Universiade	0	0	1	1
Mediterranean Games	not yet disputed
Total	8	4	3	15

Results

Olympic Games

Year^[1]	Position	Pld	W	D	L
2000	Did not qualify
2004		6	5	0	1
2008	6th	5	2	2	1
2012	7th	6	2	0	4
2016		6	5	0	1
Total	4/5	23	14	2	7

Olympic Year Tournament

1996 – Bronze medal^[1]

World Championship

1994 – Bronze medal^[1]
1998 – Gold medal
2001 – Gold medal
2003 – Silver medal
2005 – 7th place
2007 – 5th place
2011 – 4th place
2013 – 10th place
2015 – Bronze medal
2017 – 6th place
2019 – 6th place

FINA World Cup

1989 – 8th place^[1]
1991 – 5th place
1993 – Silver medal
1995 – 5th place
1997 – 4th place
1999 – Bronze medal
2002 – 5th place
2006 – Silver medal

FINA World League

2004 – Bronze medal^[1]
2005 – 8th place
2006 – Silver medal
2009 – 8th place
2011 – Silver medal
2012 – 8th place
2013 – 6th place
2014 – Silver medal
2015 – 7th place
2016 – 5th place

European Championship

1989 – 4th place
1991 – Bronze medal
1993 – 4th place
1995 – Gold medal
1997 – Gold medal
1999 – Gold medal
2001 – Silver medal
2003 – Gold medal
2006 – Silver medal
2008 – 4th place
2010 – 4th place
2012 – Gold medal
2014 – 4th place
2016 – Bronze medal
2018 – 6th place
2020 – 5th place

LEN Europa Cup

Year	Position
2018	5th place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Paolo Zizza

No	Name	Pos.	Date of birth	Height	Weight	L/R	Caps	Club
1	Giulia Gorlero	GK	(1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 33)	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	R	278	Ekipe Orizzonte Catania
2	Chiara Tabani	DF	(1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 29)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	R	152	SIS Roma
3	Arianna Garibotti	W	(1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 (age 34)	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	R	239	Ekipe Orizzonte Catania
4	Silvia Avegno	W	(1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 26)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	R	59	SIS Roma
5	Elisa Queirolo (C)	W	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	R	216	CS Plebiscito Padova
6	Rosaria Aiello	CF	(1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 35)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	R	275	Ekipe Orizzonte Catania
7	Claudia Marletta	CF	(1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 (age 28)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)		R		Ekipe Orizzonte Catania
8	Roberta Bianconi	W	(1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 28)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	R	286	NC Milano
9	Giulia Emmolo	W	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 32)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	L	268	Olympiacos
10	Mariagrazia Palmieri	CF	(1993-10-18) 18 October 1993 (age 30)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	R	96	Ekipe Orizzonte Catania
11	Izabella Chiappini	W	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 28)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	R		SIS Roma
12	Carla Carrega	AR	(1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 28)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		R		NC Milano
13	Fabiana Sparano	GK	(1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 (age 29)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	R		SIS Roma

Past squads

1991 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Giusi Malato, Neira Marsili, Martina Miceli, Monica Petrucci, Monica Vaillant, Flavia Villa, 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, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Romano, Paola Sabbatini, Daria Starace, 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, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Martina Schiavon, 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, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant.

2003 European Championship – Gold Medal

Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Daniela Lavorini, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi 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, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, and Noémi Tóth.

2006 FINA World League – Silver Medal

Eleonora Gay, Martina Miceli, Francesca Pavan, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkai, 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 Valkai, 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 Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi.

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 Valkai, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Gold Medal

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

2012 European Championship – Gold Medal

Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosaria Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania Di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti and Giulia Gorlero. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

2015 World Championship – Bronze Medal

Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Laura Barzon, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

2016 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics – Download" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2017. pp. 54, 55, 64, 74. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Team Roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. 12 January 2020. p. 8.

Notes

HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)

External links

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics – Download" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2017. pp. 54, 55, 64, 74. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[2] "Team Roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. 12 January 2020. p. 8.

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