Italy women's national water polo team

Italy

Association	Italian Swimming Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Fabio Conti
Asst coach	Paolo Zizza
Captain	Tania Di Mario
FINA code	ITA
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2004)
World Championships
Appearances	10 (first in 1994)
Best result	(1998, 2001)
World League
Appearances	3 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2006)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1989)
Best result	(1993, 2006)
European Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1989)
Best result	(1995, 1997, 1999, 2012)

Tania Di Mario (3rd standing from left) and Setterosa, with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi after Olympic gold medal at Quirinale in 2004.

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.

Palmarès

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	1	0	0	1
World Championship	2	1	2	5
European Championship	5	2	1	8
Universiade	0	0	1	1
Mediterranean Games	not yet disputed
Total	8	3	3	14

Results

Olympic Games

• 2004 — Gold medal
• 2008 — 6th place
• 2012 — 7th place
• 2016 — Qualified

Olympic Year Tournament

• 1996 — Bronze medal

World Championship

• 1994 — Bronze medal
• 1998 — Gold medal
• 2001 — Gold medal
• 2003 — Silver medal
• 2005 — 7th place
• 2007 — 5th place
• 2011 — 4th place
• 2013 — 10th place
• 2015 — Bronze medal

FINA World League

• 2004 — Bronze medal
• 2005 — 8th
• 2006 — Silver medal
• 2009 — 8th
• 2011 — Silver medal
• 2012 — 8th
• 2013 — 6th
• 2014 — Silver medal
• 2015 — 7th
• 2016 — qualified

FINA World Cup

• 1989 — 8th place
• 1991 — 5th place
• 1993 — Silver medal
• 1995 — 5th place
• 1997 — 4th place
• 1999 — Bronze medal
• 2002 — 5th place
• 2006 — Silver medal

European Championship

• 1989 — 4th place
• 1991 — Bronze medal
• 1993 — 4th place
• 1995 — Gold medal
• 1997 — Gold medal
• 1999 — Gold medal
• 2001 — Silver medal
• 2003 — Gold medal
• 2006 — Silver medal
• 2008 — 4th place
• 2010 — 4th place
• 2012 — Gold medal
• 2014 — 4th place
• 2016 — Bronze medal

Team

Current squad

Roster at the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship.

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R	Height	Weight
1	Gorlero, GiuliaGiulia Gorlero	26 September 1990	Goalkeeper		179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)
2	Tabani, ChiaraChiara Tabani	27 August 1994			176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)
3	Garibotti, AriannaArianna Garibotti	9 December 1989			169 cm (5 ft 7 in)	71 kg (157 lb)
4	Queirolo, ElisaElisa Queirolo	6 March 1991			168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)
5	Radicchi, FedericaFederica Radicchi	21 December 1988			169 cm (5 ft 7 in)	64 kg (141 lb)
6	Aiello, RosariaRosaria Aiello	12 May 1989			174 cm (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (163 lb)
7	Di Mario, TaniaTania Di Mario	4 May 1979			167 cm (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)
8	Bianconi, RobertaRoberta Bianconi	8 July 1989			175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)
9	Emmolo, Giulia EnricaGiulia Enrica Emmolo	16 October 1991			172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)
10	Pomeri, FrancescaFrancesca Pomeri	18 February 1993			173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	73 kg (161 lb)
11	Cotti, AleksandraAleksandra Cotti	13 December 1988			166 cm (5 ft 5 in)	64 kg (141 lb)
12	Frassinetti, TeresaTeresa Frassinetti	24 December 1985			178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)
13	Teani, LauraLaura Teani	13 March 1991	Goalkeeper		175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	66 kg (146 lb)

Past squads

• 1991 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Monica Canetti, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Stefania Lariucci, Sonia Magarelli, Giusi Malato, Neira Marsili, Martina Miceli, Monica Petrucci, Monica Vaillant, Flavia Villa, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Roberto Fiori.

• 1993 FINA World Cup — Silver Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Claudia Mori, Paola Sabbatini, Greta Righi, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra.

• 1994 World Championship — Bronze Medal

• Nicoletta Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Paola Sabbatini, Oriana Di Siena, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì.

• 1995 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Marica Carrozzi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Romano, Paola Sabbatini, Daria Starace, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1996 Olympic Year Tournament — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1997 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Stefania Lavorini, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzì. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1998 World Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Antonella Di Giacinto, Melania Grego, Stefania Lariucci, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Monica Vaillant, and Milena Virzi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1999 FINA World Cup — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Eleonora Gay, Melania Grego, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Gabriella Sciolti, Monica Vaillant, and Claudia Vinciguerra. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 1999 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Tatiana Baianova, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Silvia Moriconi, Maddalena Musumeci, Martina Schiavon, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Simona Abbate, Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Tania Di Mario, Giusi Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Paola Sabbatini, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 World Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Cristina Consoli, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant. Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi.

• 2001 Holiday Cup — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Cristina Consoli, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Paola Sabbatini, Gabriella Sciolti, and Monica Vaillant.

• 2003 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Daniela Lavorini, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2003 World Championship — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Melania Grego, Erika Lava, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2003 Holiday Cup — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Daniela Lavorini, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Gabriella Sciolti, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

• Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Giusi Malato, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noémi Tóth, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2004 FINA World League — Bronze Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

• 2004 Holiday Cup — Silver Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Erika Lava, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, Noémi Tóth, and Simona Abbate.

• 2004 Olympic Games — Gold Medal

• Carmela Allucci, Francesca Conti, Martina Miceli, Silvia Bosurgi, Elena Gigli, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Giusi Malato, Alexandra Araujo, Maddalena Musumeci, Melania Grego, and Noémi Tóth.

• 2006 FINA World League — Silver Medal

• Eleonora Gay, Martina Miceli, Francesca Pavan, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkay, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Daria Storace, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Elena Gigli.

• 2006 FINA World Cup — Silver Medal

• Silvia Bosurgi, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Teresa Frassinetti, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Daria Starace, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2006 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Teresa Frassinetti, Arianna Garibotti, Elena Gigli, Allegra Lapi, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Federica Radicchi, Cinzia Ragusa, Federica Rocco, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi.

• 2007 Holiday Cup — Gold Medal

• Annalisa Bosello, Silvia Bosurgi, Elisa Casanova, Marta Colaiocco, Teresa Frassinetti, Eleonora Gay, Elena Gigli, Tania di Mario, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Francesca Pavan, Cinzia Ragusa, Erzsébet Valkay, and Manuela Zanchi. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

• 2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament — Gold Medal

• Elena Gigli, Martina Miceli, Elisa Casanova, Silvia Bosurgi, Erzsébet Valkay, Manuela Zanchi, Tania di Mario, Cinzia Ragusa, Marta Colaiocco, Federica Rocco, Maddalena Musumeci, Teresa Frassinetti, and Chiara Brancati. Head Coach: Mauro Maugeri.

• 2012 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Rosaria Aiello, Elisa Queirolo, Allegra Lapi, Tania Di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Giulia Rambaldi, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti and Giulia Gorlero. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

• 2015 World Championship — Bronze Medal

• Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Laura Barzon, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

• 2016 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Giulia Gorlero, Chiara Tabani, Arianna Garibotti, Elisa Queirolo, Federica Radicchi, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Francesca Pomeri, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, and Laura Teani. Head Coach: Fabio Conti.

References

Notes

• HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)

External links

• Official website
• FINA
• Squads