Italy women's national volleyball team 2002

The Italy women's national volleyball team is governed by the Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV). The team's biggest victories were the gold medal at the 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship, being the first team to break the domination of

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World Cup, winning 21 out of the 22 matches in both tournaments.

Results

Summer Olympics

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

World Championship

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place *

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Gold medal *: Anzanello, Borrelli, Cardullo, Leggeri, Lo Bianco, Mello, Mifkova, Paggi, Piccinini, Rinieri, Sangiuliano, Togut. Head Coach: Bonitta *

World Cup

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place *

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Gold medal *: Anzanello, Guiggi, Barazza, Secolo, Cardullo, Ortolani, Aguero, Ferretti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Gioli. Head Coach: Barbolini *

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Gold medal *: Anzanello, Barcellini, Croce, De Gennaro, Costagrande, C. Bosetti, Sirressi, Arrighetti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, L. Bosetti, Gioli, Signorile, Folie. Head Coach: Barbolini *

World Grand Champions Cup

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— gold medal

World Grand Prix

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Nations League

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place * 2022 — gold medal

European Championship

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place *

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Gold medal *: Gioli, Croce, Fiorin, Guiggi, Barazza, Secolo, Ortolani, Aguero, Ferretti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Cardullo. Head Coach: Barbolini *

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Gold medal *: Crisanti, Rondon, Merlo, Barazza, Secolo, Cardullo, Ortolani, Piccinini, Arrighetti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Bosetti, Gioli, Agüero. Head Coach: Barbolini * 2021 — Gold medal with cup

Gold medal *: Gennari, Bonifacio, Malinov, De Gennaro, Orro, Chirichella, Danesi, Fahr, Pietrini, Nwakalor, Sylla, Egonu, Parrocchiale, Mazzaro, Sofia D'Odorico. Head Coach: Mazzanti *

Mediterranean Games

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— silver medal * 1979 — gold medal * 1983 — gold medal * 1987 — bronze medal * 1991 — gold medal *

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— gold medal *

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— gold medal *

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— bronze medal *

— gold medal *

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— gold medal *

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— 5th * 2022 — gold medal

Team

Current squad

The following is the Italian roster in the 2021 European Championship. Head coach: Davide Mazzanti

Previous squads

The following is the Italian roster in the 2018 World Championship. Head coach: Davide Mazzanti

Notable players

* Paola Egonu * Simona Gioli *

Carolina Costagrande Carolina del Pilar Costagrande (born 15 October 1980 in El Trébol, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine born professional volleyball player who became a naturalized Italian. She currently plays for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. She played for Argen ...

Paola Croce Paola Croce (born March 6, 1978, in Rome) is an Italian volleyball player, who plays as a libero. She currently plays for RC Cannes RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF. History was cre ...

* Francesca Piccinini * Elisa Togut * Valentina Arrighetti * Taismary Agüero * Eleonora Lo Bianco * Antonella Del Core * Simona Rinieri * Manuela Leggeri * Manuela Benelli *

Paola Cardullo Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named ''Best L ...

* Sabrina Bertini * Darina Mifkova * Sara Anzanello * Maurizia Cacciatori *

Raffaella Calloni Raffaella Calloni (born ) is an Italian female volleyball player, playing as a middle-blocker. She is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 ...

Paola Paggi Paola Paggi (born 6 December 1976 in Ivrea, Piedmont) is a volleyball player from Italy, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She was a member of the Women's National Team, that won ...

* Nadia Centoni * Jenny Barazza * Annamaria Marasi * Martina Guiggi

References

External links

Official websiteFIVB profile
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