Italy women's national volleyball team

The Italy women's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The national team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV), the governing body for volleyball in Italy. The team's biggest victories were the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship and the 2007 and the 2011 World Cup.

Italy

Association	FIPAV
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Julio Velasco
FIVB ranking	1 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	7 (First in 2000)
Best result	Gold: (2024)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1978)
Best result	Gold: (2002) Silver: (2018) Bronze: (2022)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1999)
Best result	Gold: (2007, 2011)
European Championship
Appearances	26 (First in 1951)
Best result	Gold: (2007, 2009, 2021) Silver: (2001, 2005) Bronze: (1989, 1999, 2019)
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Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd Summer Olympics 1 0 0 World Championship 1 1 1 World Cup 2 0 0 World Grand Champions Cup 1 0 0 World Grand Prix 0 3 4 Nations League 3 0 0 European Championship 3 2 3 Universiade 3 1 0 Mediterranean Games 8 1 2 Total 22 8 10 Medal record Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championship 2002 Germany 2018 Japan 2022 Netherlands / Poland World Cup 2007 Japan 2011 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Nations League 2022 Ankara 2024 Bangkok 2025 Łódź World Grand Prix 2004 Reggio Calabria 2005 Sendai 2017 Nanjing 2006 Reggio Calabria 2007 Ningbo 2008 Yokohama 2010 Ningbo European Championship 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg 2009 Poland 2021 Serbia / Bulgaria / Croatia / Romania 2001 Bulgaria 2005 Croatia 1989 Sweden 1999 Italy 2019 Slovakia / Hungary / Poland / Turkey Universiade 1991 Sheffield 2009 Belgrade 2019 Naples 2025 Berlin Mediterranean Games 1979 Split Team 1983 Casablanca Team 1991 Athens Team 1997 Bari Team 2001 Tunis Team 2009 Pescara Team 2013 Mersin Team 2022 Oran Team 1975 Algiers Team 1987 Latakia Team 2005 Almeria Team

The women's national team with the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

Results

Summer Olympics

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1964	Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000	Preliminary round	9th	5	1	4	7	12	Squad
2004	Quarterfinals	5th	6	4	2	16	6	Squad
2008	Quarterfinals	5th	6	4	2	14	7	Squad
2012	Quarterfinals	5th	6	4	2	15	8	Squad
2016	Preliminary round	9th	5	1	4	4	12	Squad
2020	Quarterfinals	6th	6	3	3	11	10	Squad
2024	Final	1st	6	6	0	18	1	Squad
Total	1 Title	7/16	40	23	17	85	56

World Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1952	Did not enter
1956
1960
1962
1967
1970	Did not qualify
1974
1978	1st round	20th	9	3	6	12	18	Squad
1982	1st round	15th	8	4	4	16	15	Squad
1986	2nd round	9th	8	3	5	10	18	Squad
1990	1/8 Finals	10th	6	2	4	7	14	Squad
1994	1st round	13th	3	0	3	3	9	Squad
1998	2nd round	5th	8	5	3	17	9	Squad
2002	Final	1st	11	9	2	30	9	Squad
2006	Semi-finals	4th	11	8	3	22	10	Squad
2010	2nd round	5th	11	8	3	28	13	Squad
2014	Semi-finals	4th	13	10	3	35	13	Squad
2018	Final	2nd	13	11	2	36	13	Squad
2022	Semi-finals	3rd	12	10	2	33	10	Squad
2025	Qualified
Total	1 Title	12/20	113	73	40	249	151

• 2002 — Gold medal

  Anzanello, Borrelli, Cardullo, Leggeri, Lo Bianco, Mello, Mifkova, Paggi, Piccinini, Rinieri, Sangiuliano, Togut. Head Coach: Bonitta

World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1973	Did not qualify
1977
1981
1985
1989
1991
1995
1999	-	7th	11	5	6	19	21	Squad
2003	-	4th	11	7	4	22	14	Squad
2007	-	1st	11	11	0	33	2	Squad
2011	-	1st	11	10	1	31	8	Squad
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
Total	2 Titles	4/13	44	33	11	105	45

• 2007 — Gold medal

  Anzanello, Guiggi, Barazza, Secolo, Cardullo, Ortolani, Aguero, Ferretti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Gioli. Head Coach: Barbolini

• 2011 — Gold medal

  Anzanello, Barcellini, Croce, De Gennaro, Costagrande, C. Bosetti, Sirressi, Arrighetti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, L. Bosetti, Gioli, Signorile, Folie. Head Coach: Barbolini

World Grand Champions Cup

• 2009 — gold medal

World Grand Prix

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1993	Did not enter
1994	1st round	8th	9	2	7	12	22	Squad
1995	Did not enter
1996
1997	1st round	6th	9	4	5	15	21	Squad
1998	1st round	5th	9	4	5	14	21	Squad
1999	Semifinals	4th	8	3	5	13	18	Squad
2000	1st round	7th	11	2	9	10	30	Squad
2001	Did Not Qualified
2002
2003	Final Round	5th	10	3	7	19	25	Squad
2004	Final	2nd	13	8	5	29	23	Squad
2005	Final	2nd	14	9	5	32	16	Squad
2006	Semifinals	3rd	13	9	4	31	18	Squad
2007	Semifinals	3rd	14	9	5	33	21	Squad
2008	Semifinals	3rd	14	10	4	33	22	Squad
2009	Did Not Qualified
2010	Semifinals	3rd	14	8	6	30	22	Squad
2011	2nd round	7th	13	8	5	27	24	Squad
2012	1st round	10th	9	4	5	16	19	Squad
2013	Final Round	5th	14	8	6	31	23	Squad
2014	1st round	10th	9	5	4	18	18	Squad
2015	Final Round	5th	14	7	7	26	27	Squad
2016	1st round	8th	9	4	5	19	19	Squad
2017	Final	2nd	13	8	5	28	22	Squad
Total	0 Titles	19/25	219	115	104	436	411

Nations League

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Preliminary Round	7th	15	10	5	34	22	Squad
2019	Final Round	6th	17	11	6	40	27	Squad
2021	Preliminary Round	12th	15	4	11	24	35	Squad
2022	Final	1st	15	13	2	40	14	Squad
2023	Quarterfinals	6th	13	8	5	29	26	Squad
2024	Final	1st	15	13	2	41	11	Squad
2025	Final	1st	15	15	0	45	8	Squad
2026	qualified
Total	3 Titles	7/7	105	74	31	253	143	—

European Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1949 Did not enter 1950 1951 1st round 6th 2 0 2 0 6 Squad 1955 Did not qualify 1958 1963 1967 1st round 11th 9 4 5 12 17 Squad 1971 1st round 8th 7 5 2 15 8 Squad 1975 1st round 9th 8 3 5 14 17 Squad 1977 1st round 11th 7 2 5 9 16 Squad 1979 Did not qualify 1981 1st round 8th 8 5 3 17 10 Squad 1983 1st round 7th 8 5 3 15 10 Squad 1985 Final Round 5th 8 3 5 10 20 Squad 1987 1st round 6th 7 3 4 12 14 Squad 1989 Semifinals 3rd 7 4 3 13 10 Squad 1991 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 14 9 Squad

European Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1993 Semifinals 4th 7 3 4 14 14 Squad 1995 1st round 6th 7 3 4 13 14 Squad 1997 1st round 5th 7 5 2 16 7 Squad 1999 Semifinals 3rd 5 3 2 12 8 Squad 2001 Final 2nd 7 6 1 20 7 Squad 2003 1st round 6th 7 4 3 14 11 Squad 2005 Final 2nd 7 6 1 19 6 Squad / 2007 Final 1st 8 8 0 24 2 Squad 2009 Final 1st 8 8 0 24 2 Squad / 2011 Semifinals 4th 6 3 3 13 11 Squad / 2013 Quarterfinals 6th 5 3 2 10 7 Squad 2015 Quarterfinals 7th 5 3 2 10 8 Squad 2017 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 1 9 6 Squad /// 2019 Semifinals 3rd 9 7 2 24 7 Squad /// 2021 Final 1st 9 9 0 27 4 Squad /// 2023 Semifinals 4th 9 7 2 23 5 Squad Total 3 Titles 27/33 188 119 69 403 256

• 2007 — Gold medal

  Gioli, Croce, Fiorin, Guiggi, Barazza, Secolo, Ortolani, Aguero, Ferretti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Cardullo. Head Coach: Barbolini

• 2009 — Gold medal

  Crisanti, Rondon, Merlo, Barazza, Secolo, Cardullo, Ortolani, Piccinini, Arrighetti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Bosetti, Gioli, Agüero. Head Coach: Barbolini

• 2021 — Gold medal

  Gennari, Bonifacio, Malinov, De Gennaro, Orro, Chirichella, Danesi, Fahr, Pietrini, Nwakalor, Sylla, Egonu, Parrocchiale, Mazzaro, Sofia D'Odorico. Head Coach: Mazzanti

Mediterranean Games

• 1975 — silver medal
• 1979 — gold medal
• 1983 — gold medal
• 1987 — bronze medal
• 1991 — gold medal
• 1997 — gold medal
• 2001 — gold medal
• 2005 — bronze medal
• 2009 — gold medal
• 2013 — gold medal
• 2018 — 5th
• 2022 — gold medal

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The roster was announced on 8 July 2024.^[1]

Head coach: Julio Velasco^[2]

• 1 Marina Lubian MB
• 3 Carlotta Cambi S
• 6 Monica De Gennaro L
• 8 Alessia Orro S
• 9 Caterina Bosetti OH
• 11 Anna Danesi (c) MB
• 17 Myriam Sylla OH
• 18 Paola Egonu OP
• 19 Sarah Fahr MB
• 21 Loveth Omoruyi OH
• 24 Ekaterina Antropova OP
• 27 Gaia Giovannini OH

Previous squads

The following is the Italian roster in the 2021 European Championship.

Head coach: Davide Mazzanti

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2020–21 club
3	Alessia Gennari	3 November 1991	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	284 cm (112 in)	Imoco Conegliano
4	Sara Bonifacio	3 July 1996	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	324 cm (128 in)	244 cm (96 in)	AGIL Novara
5	Ofelia Malinov	29 February 1996	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Azzurra Volley San Casciano
6	Monica De Gennaro	8 January 1987	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	292 cm (115 in)	217 cm (85 in)	Imoco Conegliano
8	Alessia Orro	18 July 1998	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	231 cm (91 in)	Pro Victoria Monza
10	Cristina Chirichella	10 February 1994	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	306 cm (120 in)	AGIL Novara
11	Anna Danesi	20 April 1996	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	294 cm (116 in)	AGIL Novara
13	Sarah Fahr	12 September 2001	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Imoco Conegliano
14	Elena Pietrini	17 March 2000	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Savino Del Bene Scandicci
15	Sylvia Nwakalor	12 August 1999	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	312 cm (123 in)	Azzurra Volley San Casciano
17	Miriam Sylla (c)	8 January 1995	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	240 cm (94 in)	Pro Victoria Monza
18	Paola Egonu	18 December 1998	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	344 cm (135 in)	321 cm (126 in)	VakıfBank S.K.
20	Beatrice Parrocchiale	26 December 1995	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	213 cm (84 in)	Pro Victoria Monza
24	Alessia Mazzaro	19 September 1998	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	284 cm (112 in)	Chieri '76 Volleyball
29	Sofia D'Odorico	6 January 1997	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	302 cm (119 in)	AGIL Novara

Notable players

• Paola Egonu
• Simona Gioli
• Carolina Costagrande
• Paola Croce
• Francesca Piccinini
• Elisa Togut
• Valentina Arrighetti
• Taismary Agüero
• Eleonora Lo Bianco
• Antonella Del Core
• Simona Rinieri
• Manuela Leggeri
• Paola Cardullo
• Sabrina Bertini
• Darina Mifkova
• Sara Anzanello
• Maurizia Cacciatori
• Raffaella Calloni
• Paola Paggi
• Nadia Centoni
• Jenny Barazza
• Martina Guiggi