Supplier: Spalding / Sponsor: Barilla These were the players that coach Sacchetti called for the qualification in the three windows.

[23] 0 0 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the matches of the second window against North Macedonia and Russia have been arranged to be played behind closed doors, in the protected bubble of the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn.

But the first of the two matches against North Macedonia that was initially scheduled to be played on November 28, was postponed [24] because three Macedonian players were found positive to SARS-CoV-2.

[25] The match was finally played in the third window on 18 February 2021 in the Perm bubble in Russia.

0 0 The third and last window, together with the postponed game against North Macedonia, was played in the Perm bubble in Russia in order to limit the exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic.