Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupedza makore matanhatu anoshamisa mu grand lobby yeItaly neEuropean basketball, Valerio Bianchini akagamuchira chikumbiro cheItaly basketball federation (FIP) uye akatungamira timu yenyika kwemakore maviri anotevera. Mumakwikwi eFIBA World Championship muna 1986 muSpain, Italy yakava nenzvimbo yechitanhatu apo muEurobasket yeAthens
muna June 1987 yakanga isingakundwi kusvikira kumakwikwi ekupedzisira apo yakakurirwa neGreece yaNikos Galis naPanagiotis Giannakis.