2020 Italy men's Olympic basketball team

The Italy men's national basketball team is scheduled to play at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in July 2021.

Overview
Italy qualified to the Olympics after an unexpected win against Serbia during the Qualifying Tournament.

Only Danilo Gallinari was added to the team who replaced Awudu Abass.

Italy qualified to the playoff stage losing only against Australia in the qualifying stage. They lost against France in the quarterfinals and ended the competition in the 5th position.

Timeline

 * 4 July: Italy wins over Serbia 102–95 and qualifies to the 2020 Summer Olympics.
 * 6 July: Coach Sacchetti submits the list of 12 players that will go to the Olympics.
 * 12 July: The national team starts the preparation in Rome.
 * 25 July: Italy wins 92-82 against Germany.
 * 28 July: Italy loses 83-86 against Australia.
 * 31 July: Italy wins 80-71 against Nigeria and qualifies to the playoffs.
 * 3 August: Italy loses 75-84 against France and ends the Olympics at the 5th position.

Kit
Supplier: Spalding

Roster
The following 12 players were called by coach Meo Sacchetti for the Olympics.

Staff
After the EuroBasket 2022 qualification tournament the staff team was updated: Piero Bucchi, Paolo Galbiati and Riccardo Fois were hired as assistant coaches and replaced Massimo Maffezzoli and Paolo Conti. Only Emanuele Molin was confirmed amongst the assistant coaches.

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Individual game highs

 * Notes
 * at least 5 attempts