Italy women's national water polo team

Italy

Association	Italian Swimming Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Francesca Cristiana Conti
FINA code	ITA
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 2004)
Best result	01 !, 2004
World Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 1994)
Best result	01 !, 1998, 2001
World League
Appearances	3 (first in 2004)
Best result	02 !, 2006
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1989)
Best result	02 !, 1993, 2006

The Italy women's national water polo team represents Italy in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s, claiming the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the Setterosa.

Palmarès

Competition	01 !	02 !	03 !	Total
Olympic Games	1	0	0	1
World Championship	2	1	1	4
European Championship	5	2	1	8
Universiade	0	0	0	0
Mediterranean Games	not yet disputed
Total	8	3	2	13

Details

Olympic Games

• 2000 — did not qualify
• 2004 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 2008 — 6th place
• 2012 — 7th place

Olympic Year Tournament

• 1996 — 03 ! Bronze medal

World Championship

• 1986 — did not compete
• 1991 — did not compete
• 1994 — 03 ! Bronze medal
• 1998 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 2001 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 2003 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 2005 — 7th place
• 2007 — 5th place
• 2011 — 4th place
• 2013 — 10th place

FINA World League

• 2004 — 03 ! Bronze medal
• 2005 — 8th place
• 2006 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 2007 — did not compete

FINA World Cup

• 1979 — did not compete
• 1980 — did not compete
• 1981 — did not compete
• 1983 — did not compete
• 1984 — did not compete
• 1988 — did not compete
• 1989 — 8th place
• 1991 — 5th place
• 1993 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 1995 — 5th place
• 1997 — 4th place
• 1999 — 03 ! Bronze medal
• 2002 — 5th place
• 2006 — 02 ! Silver medal

European Championship

• 1985 — did not compete
• 1987 — did not compete
• 1989 — 4th place
• 1991 — 03 ! Bronze medal
• 1993 — 4th place
• 1995 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 1997 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 1999 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 2001 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 2003 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 2006 — 02 ! Silver medal
• 2008 — 4th place
• 2010 — 4th place
• 2012 — 01 ! Gold medal
• 2014 — 4th place

Squads

Former

• 1991 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Giusy Malato, Neira Marsili, Martina Miceli, Monica Petrucci, Monica Vaillant, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Roberto Fiori.

• 1993 FINA World Cup — Silver Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Claudia Mori, Paola Sabbatini, Greta Righi, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra.

• 1994 World Championship — Bronze Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Paola Sabbatini, Oriana Di Siena, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì.

• 1995 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Marica Carrozzi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Romano, Paola Sabbatini, Daria Starace, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1996 Olympic Year Tournament — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1997 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Stefania Lavorini, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1998 World Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1999 FINA World Cup — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Melania Grego, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Gabriella Sciolti, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1999 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Martina Schiavon, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Simona Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Tania Di Mario, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Paola Sabbatini, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 World Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 Holiday Cup — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Cristina Consoli, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant.

• 2003 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Daniela Lavorini, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2003 World Championship — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2003 Holiday Cup — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2004 FINA World League — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusy Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

• 2004 Holiday Cup — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusy Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

• 2004 Olympic Games — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Elena Gigli, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusy Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, and Noémi Tóth.

• 2006 FINA World League — Silver Medal

• Eleonora Gay, Martina Miceli, Francesca Pavan, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkay, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Daria Storace, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Elena Gigli.

• 2006 FINA World Cup — Silver Medal

• Silvia Bosurgi, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Teresa Frassinetti, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Daria Starace, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2006 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Teresa Frassinetti, Arianna Garibotti, Elena Gigli, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Federica Radicchi, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2007 Holiday Cup — Gold Medal

• Annalisa Bosello, Silvia Bosurgi, Elisa Casanova, Marta Colaiocco, Teresa Frassinetti, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

• 2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament — Gold Medal

• Elena Gigli, Martina Miceli, Elisa Casanova, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkay, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Marta Colaiocco, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Chiara Brancati. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

See also

• Italy at the team sports international competitions

References

Notes

• HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)

External links

• Official website
• FINA
• Squads

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