Italy national volleyball team

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 four World Championships (1990, 1994, 1998 and 2022), seven European Championships, one World Cup (1995) and eight World League (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2000).

Italy
Nickname(s)Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
AssociationFederazione Italiana Pallavolo (in Italian)
ConfederationCEV
Head coachItaly Ferdinando De Giorgi
FIVB ranking11 (as of May 31, 2021)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances11 (First in 1976)
Best resultSilver medal.svg (1996, 2004, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1949)
Best resultGold (1990, 1994, 1998, 2022)
World Cup
Appearances7 (First in 1989)
Best resultSimple gold cup.svg (1995)
European Championship
Appearances29 (First in 1948)
Best resultGold (1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2021)
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Italy national volleyball team
Medal record
Olympics
Silver 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver 2004 Athens Team
Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Team
Bronze 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold 1990 Brazil
Gold 1994 Greece
Gold 1998 Japan
Silver 1978 Italy
World Cup
Gold 1995 Japan
Silver 2015 Japan
Silver 2003 Japan
Silver 1989 Japan
Bronze 1999 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold 1993 Japan
Silver 2017 Japan
Bronze 2005 Japan
Bronze 2013 Japan
World League
Gold 1990 Osaka
Gold 1991 Milan
Gold 1992 Genoa
Gold 1994 Milan
Gold 1995 Rio de Janeiro
Gold 1997 Moscow
Gold 1999 Mar del Plata
Gold 2000 Rotterdam
Silver 1996 Rotterdam
Silver 2001 Katowice
Silver 2004 Rome
Bronze 1993 São Paulo
Bronze 2003 Madrid
Bronze 2013 Mar del Plata
Bronze 2014 Florence
European Championship
Gold 1989 Sweden
Gold 1993 Finland
Gold 1995 Greece
Gold 1999 Austria
Gold 2003 Germany
Gold 2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro
Gold 2021 Poland/Czech Republic/Estonia/Finland
Silver 1991 Germany
Silver 2001 Czech Republic
Silver 2011 Austria/Czech Republic
Silver 2013 Denmark/Poland
Bronze 1948 Italy
Bronze 1997 Netherlands
Bronze 2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Universiade
Gold 1970 Turin
Gold 2019 Naples
Silver 1997 Sicilly
Bronze 1983 Edmonton
Bronze 1985 Kobe
Bronze 1987 Zagreb
Bronze 1995 Fukuoka
Bronze 2005 Izmir
Mediterranean Games
Gold 1959 Lebanon
Gold 1983 Casablanca
Gold 1991 Athens
Gold 2001 Tunis
Gold 2009 Pescara
Gold 2013 Mersin
Gold 2018 Tarragona
Silver 1963 Naples
Silver 1975 Algiers
Bronze 1987 Latakia
Goodwill Games
Gold 1990 Seattle

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