Italy women's national water polo team explained

Gender:women
Italy
Fina Code:ITA
Association:Italian Swimming Federation
Confederation:LEN
Coach:Carlo Silipo
Asst Coach:Cosimino Di Cecca
Elena Gigli
Captain:Valeria Palmieri
Fina Ranking:10
Fina Ranking Date:9 August 2021
Fina Highest:2
Fina Highest Year:2016
Fina Lowest:10
Fina Lowest Year:2021
Olympics Apps:5
Olympics First:2004
Olympics Best: (2004)
World Champ Apps:15
World Champ First:1994
World Champ Best: (1998, 2001)
World Cup Apps:9
World Cup First:1989
World Cup Best: (1993, 2006)
World League Apps:10
World League First:2004
World League Best: (2006,2011,2014,2019)
Regional Cup Name:European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:17
Regional Cup First:1989
Regional Cup Best: (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2012)

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" (a pun on Settebello, the nickname of the male team).

Palmarès

Competition Total
Olympic Games1 1 0 2
World Championship2 1 3 6
World Cup0 2 1 3
World League0 4 1 5
European Championship5 2 2 9
Universiade0 1 1 2
Mediterranean Games0 1 0 1
Total 8 12 8 28

Results

Olympic Games

See main article: Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

Year[1] Position
did not qualify
6 5 0 1
6th 5 2 2 1
7th6 2 0 4
6 5 0 1
did not qualify
6th 7 2 1 4
Total5/630 16 3 11

Olympic Year Tournament

World Championship

FINA World Cup

FINA World League

European Championship

LEN Europa Cup

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Past squads

Under-20 team

Italy lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships[2] where they finished fourth.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. wnt . dmy .
  2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113997/2021-fina-world-womens-junior-water-polo Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship