Italy women's national volleyball team

The Italy women's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. As of 2025, they hold three major trophies: they are the current Olympics champions, 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League title holders and world champions. The national team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV), the governing body for volleyball in Italy. The team's biggest victories were the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2002 and 2025 World Championships, and the 2007 and 2011 World Cups. In 28 September 2025, with Italy equaled a record previously held by the USSR by becoming world volleyball champions in both men’s and women’s competitions — a feat the Soviet Union had achieved in 1952 and 1960.

Results

Summer Olympics

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

• 2024 — Gold Medal
• : Lubian, Cambi, Spirito, De Gennaro, Orro, Bosetti, Danesi, Sylla, Egonu, Fahr, Omoruyi, Antropova, Giovannini. Head Coach: Velasco

World Championship

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

• 2002 — Gold medal
• : Anzanello, Borrelli, Cardullo, Leggeri, Lo Bianco, Mello, Mifkova, Paggi, Piccinini, Rinieri, Sangiuliano, Togut. Head Coach: Bonitta
• 2025 — Gold medal
• : Cambi, De Gennaro, Fersino, Orro, Sartori, Danesi, Nervini, Sylla, Egonu, Fahr, Omoruyi, Giovannini, Antropova, Akrari. Head Coach: Velasco

World Cup

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

• 2007 — Gold medal
• : Anzanello, Guiggi, Barazza, Secolo, Cardullo, Ortolani, Aguero, Ferretti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Gioli. Head Coach: Barbolini
• 2011 — Gold medal
• : Anzanello, Barcellini, Croce, De Gennaro, Costagrande, C. Bosetti, Sirressi, Arrighetti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, L. Bosetti, Gioli, Signorile, Folie. Head Coach: Barbolini

World Grand Champions Cup

• 2009 — Gold medal

World Grand Prix

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

Nations League

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

European Championship

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

• 2007 — Gold medal
• : Gioli, Croce, Fiorin, Guiggi, Barazza, Secolo, Ortolani, Aguero, Ferretti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Cardullo. Head Coach: Barbolini
• 2009 — Gold medal
• : Crisanti, Rondon, Merlo, Barazza, Secolo, Cardullo, Ortolani, Piccinini, Arrighetti, Lo Bianco, Del Core, Bosetti, Gioli, Agüero. Head Coach: Barbolini
• 2021 — Gold medal
• : Gennari, Bonifacio, Malinov, De Gennaro, Orro, Chirichella, Danesi, Fahr, Pietrini, Nwakalor, Sylla, Egonu, Parrocchiale, Mazzaro, Sofia D'Odorico. Head Coach: Mazzanti

Mediterranean Games

• 1975 — Silver medal
• 1979 — Gold medal
• 1983 — Gold medal
• 1987 — Bronze medal
• 1991 — Gold medal
• 1997 — Gold medal
• 2001 — Gold medal
• 2005 — Bronze medal
• 2009 — Gold medal
• 2013 — Gold medal
• 2018 — 5th
• 2022 — Gold medal

Team

Current squad

Head coach: Julio Velasco

• 3 Carlotta Cambi (S)
• 6 Monica De Gennaro (L)
• 7 Eleonora Fersino (L)
• 8 Alessia Orro (S)
• 10 Benedetta Sartori (MB)
• 11 Anna Danesi (MB)
• 16 Stella Nervini (OH)
• 17 Myriam Sylla (OH)
• 18 Paola Egonu (OP)
• 19 Sarah Fahr (MB)
• 21 Loveth Omoruyi (OH)
• 22 Gaia Giovannini (OH)
• 24 Ekaterina Antropova (OP)
• 25 Yasmina Akrari (MB)

Previous squads

The following is the Italian roster in the 2021 European Championship.

Head coach: Davide Mazzanti

Notable players

• Paola Egonu
• Simona Gioli
• Carolina Costagrande
• Paola Croce
• Francesca Piccinini
• Elisa Togut
• Valentina Arrighetti
• Taismary Agüero
• Eleonora Lo Bianco
• Antonella Del Core
• Simona Rinieri
• Manuela Leggeri
• Paola Cardullo
• Sabrina Bertini
• Darina Mifkova
• Sara Anzanello
• Maurizia Cacciatori
• Raffaella Calloni
• Paola Paggi
• Nadia Centoni
• Jenny Barazza
• Martina Guiggi

References

External links

• FIVB profile