Italy women's national volleyball team

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Medal record
ITALY
World Championship
Gold	2002 Germany	Team
European Championship
Gold	2007 Belgium/Luxembourg	Team
Silver	2001 Bulgaria	Team
Silver	2005 Croatia	Team
Bronze	1989 Sweden	Team
Bronze	1999 Italy	Team
World Cup
Gold	2007 Japan	Team

The Italy women's national volleyball team is the national team of Italy. It is governed by the Federazione Italiana di Pallavolo (FIPAV) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Its most recent results include the victory of the 2007 Women’s European Volleyball Championships and the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup gold medal.

Italy qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by finishing in fourth place at the Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier, from May 8 to May 16 in Tokyo, Japan. In Athens, Greece the team ended up in fifth place.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 World Championship 1.2 World Grand Prix 2 Italian team Eurovolley 2007  ITA 3 See also

[edit] Results

[edit] World Championship

1952 — did not compete 1956 — did not compete 1960 — did not compete 1962 — did not compete 1967 — did not compete 1970 — did not compete 1974 — did not compete 1978 — did not compete

1982 — 15th place 1986 — 9th place 1990 — 10th place 1994 — 14th place 1998 — 5th place 2002 — Gold Medal 2006 — 4th place

[edit] World Grand Prix

1993 – did not compete 1994 – 8th place 1995 – did not compete 1996 – did not compete 1997 – 7th place 1998 – 5th place 1999 – 4th place 2000 – 7th place

2001 – did not compete 2002 – did not compete 2003 – 5th place 2004 – Silver Medal 2005 – Silver Medal 2006 – Bronze Medal 2007 – Bronze Medal

[edit] Italian team Eurovolley 2007  ITA

• Coach: Massimo Barbolini  ITA
• Assistant: Marco Bracci  ITA

Shirt No	Player	Birth Date	Height	Club	Position
1.	Simona Gioli	17.09.1977	185	ITA Despar Perugia	Middle hitter/blocker
3.	Paola Croce	06.03.1978	167	ITA Foppapedretti Bergamo	Libero
6.	Valentina Fiorin	09.10.1984	187	ITA Foppapedretti Bergamo	Blocker/hitter
7.	Martina Guiggi	01.05.1984	188	ITA Scavolini Pesaro	Middle hitter/blocker
8.	Jenny Barazza	24.07.1981	188	ITA Foppapedretti Bergamo	Middle hitter/blocker
9.	Manuela Secolo	22.02.1977	180	ITA Famila Chieri	Blocker/hitter
11.	Serena Ortolani	07.01.1987	187	ITA Yamamay Busto Arsizio	Blocker/hitter
12.	Taismary Agüero	05.03.1977	177	TUR Türk Telekom Ankara	Hitter
13.	Francesca Ferretti	15.02.1984	180	ITA Scavolini Pesaro	Passing hitter
14.	Eleonora Lo Bianco	22.12.1979	172	ITA Foppapedretti Bergamo	Passing hitter
15.	Antonella Del Core	05.11.1980	180	ITA Despar Perugia	Blocker/hitter
17.	Paola Cardullo	18.03.1982	162	ITA Asystel Novara	Libero

[edit] See also

• Volleyball
• Italy men's national volleyball team