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
Results
Olympic Games
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
2017 – 6th place
2019 – 6th place
2022 – 4th place
2023 – Bronze medal
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
2023 – 6th place
FINA World League
2004 – Bronze medal
2005 – 8th place
2006 – Silver medal
2009 – 8th place
2011 – Silver medal
2012 – 8th place
2013 – 6th place
2014 – Silver medal
2015 – 7th place
2016 – 5th place
2022 – 5th place
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
2018 – 6th place
2020 – 5th place
2022 – Bronze medal
2024 – Qualified
LEN Europa Cup
Team
Current squad
Roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.
Head coach: Carlo Silipo
1 Giuseppina Condorelli
2 Chiara Tabani
3 Giuditta Galardi
4 Silvia Avegno
5 Sofia Giustini
6 Dafne Bettini
7 Domitilla Picozzi
8 Roberta Bianconi
9 Valeria Palmieri
10 Claudia Marletta
11 Agnese Cocchiere
12 Giulia Viacava
13 Caterina Banchelli
Lucrezia Cergol
Veronica Gant
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.