Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Italy men's national volleyball team

 
Wikipedia: Italy men's national volleyball team
Italy
Flag
Association Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (Italian)
Confederation CEV
Website www.federvolley.it
Head coach Andrea Anastasi
FIVB ranking 6 (as of 2008-08-25)
Olympics
Appearances 9
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver 2004 Athens Team
Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Team
Bronze 2000 Sydney Team
World Championships
Gold 1990 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold 1994 Athens Team
Gold 1998 Tokyo Team
Silver 1978 Rome Team
European Championships
Gold 1989 Stockholm Team
Gold 1993 Turku Team
Gold 1995 Athens Team
Gold 1999 Wien Team
Gold 2003 Berlin Team
Gold 2005 Rome/Belgrade Team
Silver 1991 Berlin Team
Bronze 1948 Rome Team
Bronze 1997 Eindhoven Team
World League
Gold 1990 Osaka Team
Gold 1991 Milan Team
Gold 1992 Genova Team
Gold 1994 Milan Team
Gold 1995 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold 1997 Moscow Team
Gold 1999 Mar del Plata Team
Gold 2000 Rotterdam Team
Silver 1996 Rotterdam Team
Silver 2001 Katowice Team
Silver 2004 Rome Team
Bronze 1993 São Paulo Team
Bronze 2003 Madrid 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 6th best team in the world, ranked by the FIVB as of August 2008.

Contents

Results

World Cup

  • 1989 — 2nd place
  • 1995 — 1st place
  • 1999 — 3rd place
  • 2003 — 2nd place
  • 2007 — did not compete


World Grand Champions Cup

  • 1993 — 1st place
  • 1997 — did not compete
  • 2001 — did not compete
  • 2005 — 3rd place


Mediterranean Games

  • 2005 — 5th place


Current team

Team

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 Famigliulo Corigliano
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 Christian 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 Cernic 1978-09-13 30 Russia Fakel Novi Urengoi
19 Cosimo Marco Piscopo 1983-07-18 26 Italy Banca Antonveneta

See also


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
 
 

 

Copyrights:

Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Italy men's national volleyball team" Read more