Italy national basketball team
Rank Player Caps
1 Pierluigi Marzorati 278
2 Dino Meneghin 271
3 Roberto Brunamonti 256
4 Giacomo Galanda 215
5 Walter Magnifico 214
6 Antonello Riva 213
7 Gianluca Basile 209
8 Renzo Bariviera 208
9 Renato Villalta 206
10 Renzo Vecchiato 202
Team -- Individual records
Players in bold , are players that are still active .
The Italy national basketball team (Italian: Nazionale di pallacanestro dell'Italia) represents Italy in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP). Italy has reached 37 EuroBasket tournaments, winning two gold medals (1983, 1999), four silver medals (1937, 1946, 1991, 1997), and four bronze medals (1971, 1975, 1985, 2003) as achievements. While Italy has made nine trips to the World Cup the closest they have come to winning a medal was in 1970 and 1978, where they finished fourth. Although they have had success at the Summer Olympics in 12 attempts, coming away with two silver medals (1980, 2004). Currently, Italy is ranked 12th in the FIBA World Rankings.