Italy settle on 16 players for clashes with Netherlands, Romania
ROME (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Italy coach Romeo Sacchetti has settled on his 16-man list of players for this month's World Cup Qualifiers against the Netherlands and Romania.
ROME (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Italy coach Romeo Sacchetti has included Davide Pascolo and Michele Vitali on his 16-man list of players for the Azzurri's World Cup Qualifiers this month against the Netherlands and Romania.
The Italians will face the Dutch in Treviso on February 23 and then travel to Cluj-Napoca to take on the Romanians on February 26.
| Italy's 16-player squad for February's World Cup Qualifiers | |||
| Awudu Abass | Pietro Aradori | Paul Stephane Lionel Biligha | Christian Charles Burns |
| Andrea Crosariol | Amedeo Della Valle | Ariel Filloy | Diego Flaccadori |
| Simone Fontecchio | Raphael Gaspardo | Alessandro Gentile | Davide Pascolo |
| Achille Polonara | Brian Sacchetti | Luca Vitali | Michele Vitali |
Neither Pascolo of EA7 Emporio Armani Milano nor Vitali of Germani Basket Brescia featured in the November World Cup Qualifiers. Two players in the 16-man squad for those games, Marco Giuri and Antonio Iannuzzi, have been left out this time.
Michele Vitali is the younger brother of Luca Vitali, who was with Italy in November and is also on the books of Brescia.
The Italy players and coaching staff will join together on February 19 in Treviso to begin training ahead of the game against the Dutch.
Italy had a promising start to their World Cup Qualifiers campaign, winning at home against Romania, 75-70, on the opening night on November 24.
Sacchetti's team then clinched a second victory at Croatia, coming from behind to prevail, 80-64.
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