2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team
# 2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team

The 2019 Italy FIBA Basketball World Cup team represents Italy at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. Italy qualified for the World Cup by taking the 2nd place in the European Second Round Group J. The team has been coached by Romeo Sacchetti.

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup is the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup championship that is organized by FIBA.

## Background

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup represents the 18th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup where for the first time 32 teams from all over the world compete in the tournament. Italy has not qualified since the 2006 edition in Japan where it reached the playoffs. This year, with coach Sacchetti, the Italian national team aims to achieve at least the Olimpics qualifying tournament, which means qualify to the second round of World Cup.

## Timeline

* 22 February 2019: Italy gains mathematical qualification to the world cup after winning against Hungary 75-41.
* 16 March 2019: World Cup 2019 Draw: Italy is in group D together with Angola, Philippines and Serbia.
* 1 July 2019: Submitted the 24 players long list preliminary convocation.
* 12 July 2019: Submitted 19 players convocation for the summer preparation (Polonara, Pascolo, Flaccadori, Tonut and Moretti will not join the team for the World Cup preparation).
* 22 July 2019: Start of the training camp.
* 30 July 2019 - 26 August 2019: Friendly games.
* 30 July 2019 - 31 July 2019: Trentino Basket Cup.
* 8 August 2019 - 10 August 2019: Verona Basketball Cup.
* 11 August 2019: 16 men roster cut (Cinciarini, M. Vitali and Moraschini leave the team).
* 13 August 2019: Melli will not be part of the team due to a knee surgery.
* 16 August 2019 - 18 August 2019: Acropolis Basketball Tournament.
* 17 August 2019: 14 men cut (Aradori leaves the team).
* 23 August 2019 - 27 August 2019: Austiger Cup.
* 29 August 2019: Final roster announced.
* 31 August 2019 - 15 September 2019: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup

## Kit

Supplier: Spalding / Sponsor: Barilla

| Home | Away |
| - | - |

## Qualification

### First round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 474 | 405 | +69 | 10 | Advance to the second round |
| 2 | Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 3 | 434 | 416 | +18 | 9 | Advance to the second round |
| 3 | Croatia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 431 | 419 | +12 | 9 | Advance to the second round |
| 4 | Romania | 6 | 2 | 4 | 368 | 467 | −99 | 8 | Relegated to the EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers second round |

* 1 2 Netherlands 1–1, +3; Croatia 1–1, –3

### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lithuania | 12 | 11 | 1 | 999 | 802 | +197 | 23 | Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 2 | Italy | 12 | 8 | 4 | 940 | 836 | +104 | 20 | Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 3 | Poland | 12 | 8 | 4 | 958 | 886 | +72 | 20 | Qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| 4 | Hungary | 12 | 6 | 6 | 836 | 849 | −13 | 18 | Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers |
| 5 | Croatia | 12 | 4 | 8 | 858 | 891 | −33 | 16 | Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers |
| 6 | Netherlands | 12 | 3 | 9 | 895 | 944 | −49 | 15 | Qualification to the EuroBasket Qualifiers |

* 1 2 Italy 1–1, +3 PD; Poland 1–1, –3 PD

## Roster

The final 12-man roster was announced on 29 August. Originally Nicolò Melli was included as well, but he was ruled out on the World Cup because of his knee surgery.

The teams are referred to the season 2018–19.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| C | Paul Biligha | Amedeo Tessitori | |
| PF | Danilo Gallinari | Jeff Brooks | |
| SF | Luigi Datome | Alessandro Gentile | Awudu Abass |
| SG | Marco Belinelli | Amedeo Della Valle | |
| PG | Daniel Hackett | Luca Vitali | Ariel Filloy |

### Candidate players

The following were candidates to make the team:

Earlier candidates :

| Player | Team | Added | Removed | Reason |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Achille Polonara | Dinamo Sassari | July 1, 2019 | July 12, 2019 | 19-man roster cut |
| Davide Pascolo | Aquila Trento | July 1, 2019 | July 12, 2019 | 19-man roster cut |
| Diego Flaccadori | Aquila Trento | July 1, 2019 | July 12, 2019 | 19-man roster cut |
| Stefano Tonut | Reyer Venezia | July 1, 2019 | July 12, 2019 | 19-man roster cut |
| Davide Moretti | Texas Tech Red Raiders | July 1, 2019 | July 12, 2019 | 19-man roster cut |
| Andrea Cinciarini | Olimpia Milano | July 1, 2019 | August 11, 2019 | 16-man roster cut |
| Michele Vitali | Dinamo Sassari | July 1, 2019 | August 11, 2019 | 16-man roster cut |
| Riccardo Moraschini | Olimpia Milano | July 1, 2019 | August 11, 2019 | 16-man roster cut |
| Nicolò Melli | New Orleans Pelicans | July 1, 2019 | August 13, 2019 | Injured |
| Pietro Aradori | Fortitudo Bologna | July 1, 2019 | August 17, 2019 | 14-men roster cut |
| Brian Sacchetti | Brescia Leonessa | July 1, 2019 | August 29, 2019 | 12-men roster cut |
| Giampaolo Ricci | Virtus Bologna | July 1, 2019 | August 29, 2019 | 12-men roster cut |

## Staff

| Position | Staff member | Age | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Head coach | Romeo Sacchetti | 66 | Vanoli Cremona |
| Assistant coaches | Emanuele Molin | 59 | Aquila Trento |
| Assistant coaches | Massimo Maffezzoli | 43 | Sidigas Avellino |
| Assistant coaches | Paolo Conti | 49 | Pallacanestro Varese |
| Physical trainer | Matteo Panichi | 46 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Physician | Sandro Senzameno | 67 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Orthopaedic | Raffaele Cortina | 59 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Osteopath | Roberto Oggioni | 44 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Osteopath | Francesco Ciallella | 39 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Team manager | Massimo Valle | 53 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Manager | Roberto Brunamonti | 60 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Video maker | Marco Cremonini | 31 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Warehouse manager | Curzio Garofoli | 49 | Italian Basketball Federation |
| Warehouse manager | Andrea Annessa | 45 | Italian Basketball Federation |

Age – describes age on 31 August 2019

Source:

## Exhibition games

### Trentino Basket cup

Four teams took part in the Trentino Basket Cup: Ivory Coast and Italy, that were preparing for the World Cup. While Romania and Switzerland were preparing for the Eurobasket 2021.

### Verona Basketball Cup

All the four team playing at the Verona Basketball Cup have been qualified for the World Cup: Italy, Russia, Senegal and Venezuela. The tournament is played in a round robin Format and the Russian team won the competition.

| 8 August 2019 |
| - |
| Venezuela | 54 –69 | Russia |
| Italy | 111– 54 | Senegal |
| 9 August 2019 |
| Senegal | 75– 69 | Venezuela |
| Italy | 70 –72 | Russia |
| 10 August 2019 |
| Russia | 73– 56 | Senegal |
| Italy | 72– 54 | Venezuela |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 214 | 180 | +34 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 253 | 180 | +73 | 5 |
| 3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 253 | −68 | 4 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 216 | −39 | 3 |

### Acropolis Cup

The tournament is scheduled to be held from 16 to 18 August in Athens, Greece.

### AusTiger Cup

The tournament is scheduled to be held from 23 to 27 August in Shenyang, China.

## Tournament

### Preliminary round

Italy was drawn into Group D with Angola, Philippines, and the Serbia and will play all of its group phase matches in Foshan at the Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center from 31 August to 4 September.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 323 | 203 | +120 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 277 | 215 | +62 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 278 | −74 | 4 | 17th–32nd Classification |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 318 | −108 | 3 | 17th–32nd Classification |

All times are local (UTC+8).

**Philippines vs. Italy**

This will be the second game between the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1978, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

* 31 August 2019 19:30 vte
* Boxscore

| Philippines | 62–108 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–37, 16–25, 15–23, 23–23 |||
| Pts: Blatche, Perez 15 Rebs: Blatche 10 Asts: Perez 3 | | Pts: Datome, Della Valle 17 Rebs: Tessitori 8 Asts: Vitali 5 |

* Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 14 | Mark Barroca | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 16 | Roger Pogoy | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 5 | Gabe Norwood | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 25 | Japeth Aguilar | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 1 | Andray Blatche | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Paul Lee | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| PG | 4 | Kiefer Ravena | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 8 | Robert Bolick | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 15 | June Mar Fajardo | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| SG | 17 | CJ Perez | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| SF | 18 | Troy Rosario | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 20 | Raymond Almazan | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Yeng Guiao ||||||
| Philippines | Italy |
| Philippines | Statistics | Italy |
| 22/41 (54%) | 2-pt field goals | 24/36 (67%) |
| 3/23 (13%) | 3-pt field goals | 15/31 (48%) |
| 9/12 (75%) | Free throws | 15/21 (71%) |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Defensive rebounds | 28 |
| 34 | Total rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Assists | 30 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 22 | Fouls | 16 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Daniel Hackett | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 16 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 6 | Paul Biligha | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 00 | Amedeo Della Valle | 17 | 4 | 3 |
| SF | 5 | Alessandro Gentile | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| PF | 15 | Jeff Brooks | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||

* Top Performer: Danilo Gallinari

**Italy vs. Angola**

This will be the second game between Angola and Serbia in the World Cup. The Italians won the first meeting in 1990, which was also the last competitive game between the two teams.

* 2 September 2019 15:30 vte
* Boxscore

| Italy | 92–61 | Angola |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 19–10, 26–21, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Belinelli 17 Rebs: Brooks 11 Asts: Hackett 3 | | Pts: Moreira 15 Rebs: Moreira 8 Asts: Morais 2 |

* Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 10 | Daniel Hackett | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 6 | Paul Biligha | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 00 | Amedeo Della Valle | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 5 | Alessandro Gentile | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| PF | 15 | Jeff Brooks | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||
| Italy | Angola |
| Italy | Statistics | Angola |
| 21/36 (58%) | 2-pt field goals | 23/47 (38%) |
| 12/30 (40%) | 3-pt field goals | 2/18 (11%) |
| 14/22 (64%) | Free throws | 9/15 (60%) |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Defensive rebounds | 23 |
| 42 | Total rebounds | 35 |
| 16 | Assists | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
| 17 | Fouls | 20 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 1 | Gerson Domingos | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 6 | Carlos Morais | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 10 | José Antonio | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 23 | Reggie Moore | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 2 | Yanick Moreira | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Jerson Gonçalves | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 4 | Olímpio Cipriano | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 9 | Leonel Paulo | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 15 | Eduardo Mingas | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 16 | Hermenegildo Mbunga | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 32 | Valdelício Joaquim | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 37 | Jacques Conceição | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Will Voigt ||||||

* Top Performer: Jeff Brooks

**Italy vs. Serbia**

This will be the first game between Italy and Serbia in the World Cup. Serbia won in its last competitive game against Italy, in EuroBasket 2017.

* 4 September 2019 19:30 vte
* Boxscore

| Italy | 77–92 | Serbia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 19–22, 15–20, 20–22 |||
| Pts: Gallinari 26 Rebs: Gallinari 8 Asts: Belinelli 4 | | Pts: Bogdanović 31 Rebs: Bjelica 7 Asts: Bjelica 9 |

* Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 10 | Daniel Hackett | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 15 | 2 | 4 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 26 | 8 | 1 |
| C | 6 | Paul Biligha | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 00 | Amedeo Della Valle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 5 | Alessandro Gentile | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 15 | Jeff Brooks | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||
| Italy | vte | Serbia |
| Italy | Statistics | Serbia |
| 11/25 (44%) | 2-pt field goals | 17/35 (49%) |
| 11/26 (42%) | 3-pt field goals | 10/24 (42%) |
| 22/30 (70%) | Free throws | 28/34 (82%) |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Defensive rebounds | 22 |
| 27 | Total rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Assists | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
| 26 | Fouls | 30 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 24 | Stefan Jović | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| SG | 7 | Bogdan Bogdanović | 31 | 4 | 5 |
| SF | 11 | Vladimir Lučić | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 14 | Stefan Birčević | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 21 | Nikola Milutinov | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 5 | Marko Simonović | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 8 | Nemanja Bjelica | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| C | 13 | Miroslav Raduljica | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 15 | Nikola Jokić | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| PG | 22 | Vasilije Micić | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 23 | Marko Gudurić | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 51 | Boban Marjanović | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||

* Top Performer: Bogdan Bogdanović

### Second round

Italy finished second in the preliminary group and advanced to the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It will play against two top finishers of Group C, Spain and Puerto Rico, in Wuhan.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 395 | 319 | +76 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 482 | 331 | +151 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 431 | 371 | +60 | 8 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | 3 | 349 | 402 | −53 | 7 | |

All times are local UTC+8.

**Spain vs. Italy**

* 6 September 2019 20:30 vte
* Boxscore

| Spain | 67–60 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 12–13, 20–17, 17–12 |||
| Pts: J. Hernangómez 16 Rebs: Claver 9 Asts: Fernández 5 | | Pts: Gallinari 15 Rebs: Hackett 8 Asts: Belinelli 4 |

* Wuhan Gymnasium, Wuhan Attendance: 2,849 Referees: Steve Anderson (USA), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 9 | Ricky Rubio | 15 | 2 | 2 |
| SG | 5 | Rudy Fernández | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| SF | 10 | Víctor Claver | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| PF | 41 | Juan Hernangómez | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 13 | Marc Gasol | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Quino Colom | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 8 | Pau Ribas | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Willy Hernangómez | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| PF | 18 | Pierre Oriola | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 22 | Xavi Rabaseda | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 23 | Sergio Llull | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| SF | 33 | Javier Beirán | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Sergio Scariolo ||||||
| Spain | Italy |
| Spain | Statistics | Italy |
| 18/38 (47%) | 2-pt field goals | 19/45 (42%) |
| 6/23 (26%) | 3-pt field goals | 4/20 (20%) |
| 13/27 (76%) | Free throws | 10/15 (67%) |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Defensive rebounds | 26 |
| 43 | Total rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Assists | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 22 | Fouls | 16 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Daniel Hackett | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| C | 6 | Paul Biligha | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 00 | Amedeo Della Valle | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 5 | Alessandro Gentile | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 15 | Jeff Brooks | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||

* Top Performer: Danilo Gallinari

**Puerto Rico vs. Italy**

* 8 September 2019 16:30 vte
* Boxscore

| Puerto Rico | 89–94 (OT) | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 22–13, 18–24, 19–33, Overtime: 6–11 |||
| Pts: Balkman 14 Rebs: Clemente 9 Asts: Rodríguez 5 | | Pts: Belinelli 27 Rebs: Abass 8 Asts: Gallinari 5 |

* Wuhan Gymnasium, Wuhan Attendance: 4,264 Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 9 | Gary Browne | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| SG | 33 | David Huertas | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 0 | Isaiah Pineiro | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 34 | Renaldo Balkman | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Jorge Díaz | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 9 | Ramón Clemente | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Devon Collier | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| PG | 13 | Ángel Rodríguez | 13 | 4 | 5 |
| G | 24 | Gian Clavell | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| G/F | 42 | Alex Franklin | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 43 | Chris Brady | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 44 | Javier Mojica | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Eddie Casiano ||||||
| Puerto Rico | Italy |
| Puerto Rico | Statistics | Italy |
| 29/61 (48%) | 2-pt field goals | 23/42 (55%) |
| 5/24 (21%) | 3-pt field goals | 7/25 (28%) |
| 16/22 (73%) | Free throws | 27/36 (75%) |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Defensive rebounds | 34 |
| 49 | Total rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Assists | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 7 |
| 27 | Fouls | 20 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Daniel Hackett | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 27 | 6 | 3 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 14 | 8 | 1 |
| PF | 8 | Danilo Gallinari | 22 | 6 | 5 |
| C | 6 | Paul Biligha | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 00 | Amedeo Della Valle | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 5 | Alessandro Gentile | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| PF | 15 | Jeff Brooks | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 16 | Amedeo Tessitori | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 70 | Luigi Datome | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||

* Top Performer: Marco Belinelli

## Statistics

### Individual statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | EF | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Awudu Abass | 4 | 1 | 21.0 | 52.2% (3.0/5.8) | 30.8% (1.0/3.2) | 100% (1.0/1.0) | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 8.0 |
| Marco Belinelli | 5 | 5 | 29.0 | 30.0% (4.8/12.0) | 33.3% (1.8/5.4) | 72.0% (3.6/5.0) | 4.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 15.0 |
| Paul Biligha | 5 | 5 | 19.2 | 57.1% (2.4/4.2) | - (0.0/0.0) | 37.5% (0.6/1.6) | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 5.4 |
| Jeff Brooks | 5 | 0 | 17.0 | 56.2% (1.8/3.2) | 33.3% (0.4/1.2) | 66.7% (0.4/0.6) | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 10.4 | 4.4 |
| Luigi Datome | 4 | 4 | 22.6 | 59.3% (4.0/6.8) | 50.0% (1.5/3.0) | 80.0% (1.0/1.2) | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 10.5 |
| Amedeo Della Valle | 5 | 0 | 10.6 | 38.5% (2.0/5.2) | 29.4% (1.0/3.4) | 100% (1.2/1.2) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.2 |
| Ariel Filloy | 3 | 0 | 14.4 | 41.7% (1.7/4.0) | 28.0% (0.7/2.3) | 100% (0.3/0.3) | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.3 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 5 | 5 | 29.8 | 53.1% (5.2/9.8) | 50.0% (2.4/4.8) | 78.6% (4.4/5.6) | 5.6 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 20.2 | 17.2 |
| Alessandro Gentile | 4 | 0 | 18.9 | 32.0% (2.0/6.2) | 75.0% (0.8/1.0) | 61.1% (2.8/4.5) | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 7.5 |
| Daniel Hackett | 5 | 5 | 24.3 | 31.2% (2.0/6.4) | 31.6% (1.2/3.8) | 65.0% (2.6/4.0) | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 |
| Amedeo Tessitori | 5 | 0 | 9.6 | 70.0% (2.8/4.0) | 0.0% (0.0/0.2) | 66.7% (0.8/1.2) | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 8.0 | 6.4 |
| Luca Vitali | 4 | 0 | 8.6 | 20.0% (0.2/1.2) | 0.0% (0/0.5) | - (0.0/0.0) | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 200 | 47.0% (29.2/62.2) | 39.3% (10.5/26.8) | 69.3% (15.2/22.0) | 35.8 | 17.0 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 93.3 | 84.3 |

Source: FIBA Basketball World Cup

### Statistical leaders

Updated: August 31, 2019

**Individual game highs**

| Statistic | Name | Total | Opponent |
| - | - | - | - |
| Points | Marco Belinelli | 27 | Puerto Rico |
| Total Rebounds | Jeff Brooks | 11 | Angola |
| Assists | Luca Vitali Danilo Gallinari | 5 | Philippines Puerto Rico |
| Blocks | Jeff Brooks Luigi Datome Amedeo Tessitori | 2 | Philippines Angola Spain Puerto Rico |
| Steals | Jeff Brooks | 3 | Serbia Angola |
| Efficiency | Danilo Gallinari | 27 | Serbia |
| Field goal $percentage^1$ | Danilo Gallinari Jeff Brooks | 83% (5/6) | Philippines Angola |
| 2-point field goal $percentage^1$ | Amedeo Tessitori | 100% (6/6) | Puerto Rico |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Luigi Datome | 100% (3/3) | Philippines |
| Free throw percentage | Amedeo Della Valle Alessandro Gentile | 100% (6/6) | Philippines Serbia |
| Turnovers | Daniel Hackett | 5 | Serbia |
| Minutes | Marco Belinelli | 40:09 | Puerto Rico |
| Statistic | Name | Total | Opponent |
| Field goals made | Danilo Gallinari | 8 | Serbia |
| Field goals attempted | Marco Belinelli | 17 | Puerto Rico |
| 2-point field goals made | Awudu Abass | 6 | Puerto Rico |
| 2-point field goals attempted | Marco Belinelli | 17 | Puerto Rico |
| 3-point field goals made | Danilo Gallinari | 4 | Philippines |
| 3-point field goals attempted | Marco Belinelli | 8 | Puerto Rico |
| Free throws made | Marco Belinelli | 10 | Puerto Rico |
| Free throws attempted | Marco Belinelli | 12 | Puerto Rico |
| Offensive Rebounds | Jeff Brooks | 5 | Angola |
| Defensive Rebounds | Daniel Hackett | 8 | Spain |
| +/- | Danilo Gallinari | 38 | Philippines |

**Team game highs**

| Statistic | Total | Opponent |
| - | - | - |
| Points | 108 | Philippines |
| Total Rebounds | 42 | Angola |
| Assists | 30 | Philippines |
| Blocks | 7 | Angola Puerto Rico |
| Steals | 13 | Philippines |
| Efficiency | 141 | Philippines |
| Field goal percentage | 58.2% (39/67) | Philippines |
| 2-point field goal percentage | 66.7% (24/36) | Philippines |
| 3-point field goal percentage | 48.4% (15/31) | Philippines |
| Free throw percentage | 75% (27/36) | Puerto Rico |
| Turnovers | 17 | Serbia |
| Statistic | Total | Opponent |
| Field goals made | 39 | Philippines |
| Field goals attempted | 67 | Philippines Puerto Rico |
| 2-point field goals made | 24 | Philippines |
| 2-point field goals attempted | 45 | Spain |
| 3-point field goals made | 15 | Philippines |
| 3-point field goals attempted | 31 | Philippines |
| Free throws made | 27 | Puerto Rico |
| Free throws attempted | 30 | Serbia |
| Offensive Rebounds | 12 | Angola |
| Defensive Rebounds | 34 | Puerto Rico |
| +/- | 46 | Philippines |

## Conclusion

Italy ended the championship at the 10th place overall, position that allows Italy the qualification to the Olympic qualifying tournament.

