They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 10th place at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Italy won the competition after an historic victory in the finals against the favourite Serbian team.

Supplier: Spalding / Sponsor: Barilla The following 12 players were called by coach Romeo Sacchetti for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

[3] The following were candidates to make the team: After the EuroBasket 2022 qualification tournament the staff team was updated: Piero Bucchi, Paolo Galbiati and Riccardo Fois were hired as assistant coaches and replaced Massimo Maffezzoli and Paolo Conti.

On June 28, they informed FIBA about COVID-19 related disruptions to their preparations in Germany.