Italy men's national volleyball team

Italy

Association	Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (Italian)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Mauro Berruto
FIVB ranking	3 (as of September 2014)
Uniforms
Home 　 Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	10 (First in 1976)
Best result	02 ! (1996, 2004)
World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1949)
Best result	01 ! (1990, 1994, 1998)
Website	www.federvolley.it

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 3rd best team in the world, ranked by the FIVB as of January 2012.

Palmarès

Competition	01 !	02 !	03 !	Total
Olympic Games	0	2	3	5
World Championship	3	1	0	4
World Cup	1	2	1	4
World Grand Champions Cup	1	0	2	3
World League	8	3	4	15
European Championship	6	4	2	12
Universiade	1	1	5	7
Mediterranean Games	6	2	1	9
Total	26	15	18	59

Details

Olympic Games

• 1976 — 8th place
• 1980 — 9th place
• 1984 — 03 ! bronze medal
• 1988 — 9th place
• 1992 — 5th place
• 1996 — 02 ! silver medal
• 2000 — 03 ! bronze medal
• 2004 — 02 ! silver medal
• 2008 — 4th place
• 2012 — 03 ! bronze medal

World Championship

• 1949 — 8th place
• 1956 — 14th place
• 1962 — 14th place
• 1966 — 16th place
• 1970 — 15th place
• 1974 — 19th place
• 1978 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 1982 — 14th place
• 1986 — 11th place
• 1990 — 01 ! gold medal
• 1994 — 01 ! gold medal
• 1998 — 01 ! gold medal
• 2002 — 5th place
• 2006 — 5th place
• 2010 — 4th place
• 2014 — 13th place

World Cup

• 1989 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 1995 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 1999 — 03 ! bronze medal
• 2003 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 2007 — did not compete
• 2011 — 4th place

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 — 01 ! gold medal
• 1997 — did not compete
• 2001 — did not compete
• 2005 — 03 ! bronze medal
• 2009 — did not compete
• 2013 — 03 ! bronze medal

Mediterranean Games

• 1959 — 01 ! gold medal
• 1963 — 02 ! silver medal
• 1967 — did not compete
• 1971 — did not compete
• 1975 — 02 ! silver medal
• 1979 — Fourth place
• 1983 — 01 ! gold medal
• 1987 — 03 ! bronze medal
• 1991 — 01 ! gold medal
• 1993 — did not compete
• 1997 — Fourth place
• 2001 — 01 ! gold medal
• 2005 — Fifth place
• 2009 — 01 ! gold medal
• 2013 — 01 ! gold medal

Goodwill Games

• 1986 — did not compete
• 1990 — 01 ! gold medal

Current roster

The following is the Italian roster in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Mauro Berruto

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2014 club
02 !2	Kovář, JiříJiří Kovář	01989-04-10-000010 April 1989	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	353 cm (139 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Lube Banca Macerata
03 !3	Parodi, SimoneSimone Parodi	01986-06-16-000016 June 1986	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Lube Banca Macerata
04 !4	Vettori, LucaLuca Vettori	01991-04-26-000026 April 1991	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	323 cm (127 in)	Pallavolo Modena
07 !7	Rossini, SalvatoreSalvatore Rossini	01986-07-13-000013 July 1986	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	301 cm (119 in)	Pallavolo Modena
09 !9	Zaytsev, IvanIvan Zaytsev	01988-10-02-00002 October 1988	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	348 cm (137 in)	VC Dynamo Moscow
10	Lanza, FilippoFilippo Lanza	01991-03-03-00003 March 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Trentino Volley
11	Buti, SimoneSimone Buti	01983-09-19-000019 September 1983	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	346 cm (136 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Sir Safety Perugia
13	Travica, DraganDragan Travica	01986-08-28-000028 August 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Belogorie Belgorod
14	Piano, MatteoMatteo Piano	01990-10-24-000024 October 1990	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Pallavolo Modena
15	Birarelli, EmanueleEmanuele Birarelli (C)	01981-02-08-00008 February 1981	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	316 cm (124 in)	Trentino Volley
16	Baranowicz, MicheleMichele Baranowicz	01989-08-05-00005 August 1989	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Lube Banca Macerata
18	Sabbi, GiulioGiulio Sabbi	01989-08-10-000010 August 1989	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Lube Banca Macerata
19	Anzani, SimoneSimone Anzani	01992-02-24-000024 February 1992	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Blu Volley Verona
20	Colaci, MassimoMassimo Colaci	01985-02-21-000021 February 1985	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	324 cm (128 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Trentino Volley

References

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile

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