The Italian national team journey for Amedeo Della Valle has ended, as the 29-year-old, 6’4” (193 cm) guard was cut from the squad. Della Valle’s cutting trimmed the roster down to 13, with one-more to come to conform the roster to FIBA regulations.
Italian national team coach Gianmarco Pozzecco said this of the latest roster trimming:
It’s another difficult choice and that makes me suffer. I thank Amedeo, who is not inferior to anyone as demonstrated by the exceptional season he had this year. In the national team, however, it is necessary to make functional choices for the team and this is the reason for my decision “
As it currently stands here is the Italian roster:
# 0 Marco Spissu (1995, 184, G, Umana Reyer Venezia)
# 1 Niccolo Mannion (2001, 190, G, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
# 6 Paul Biligha (1990, 200, C, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
# 7 Stefano Tonut (1993, 194, G, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
# 8 Danilo Gallinari (1988, 208, F, Boston Celtics – NBA)
# 9 Nicolo Melli (1991, 206, F, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
# 13 Simone Fontecchio (1995, 203, F, Utah Jazz– NBA)
# 16 Amedeo Tessitori (1994, 208, C, Umana Reyer Venezia)
# 17 Giampaolo Ricci (1991, 202, F, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
# 25 Tommaso Baldasso ( 1998, 192, G, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
# 33 Achille Polonara (1991, 205, F, Anadolu EfesIstanbul – Turkey)
# 54 Alessandro Pajola (1999, 194, G, Segafredo Virtus Bologna)
# 70 Luigi Datome (1987, 203, F, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
For World Cup Qualifier play, Italy will travel to Riga, Latvia to take on Ukraine, this coming week and then heads home to host Georgia.
Italy will host one of four first-round groups in EuroBasket 2022, which will take place in Milan.
