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The Italian national basketball team's best results were gold at Eurobasket 1983 and EuroBasket 1999, as well as silver at the Olympics in 1980 and 2004. Lega Basket Serie A is widely considered one of the most competitive in Europe. [6] Italy's rugby national team competes in the Six Nations Championship, and is a regular at the Rugby World Cup.
There are 1,024 rugby clubs within Italy. These clubs support 153,173 registered male players, as well as 8,118 registered female players. [citation needed]Many teams are either from Veneto or Lombardy in the north of Italy as this area has the highest rugby popularity however the sport has achieved national presence as it is played and followed throughout the country.
The Italy national rugby union team [1] represents the Italian Rugby Federation in men's international rugby union.The team is known as gli Azzurri (the light-blues).Savoy blue is the common colour of the national teams representing Italy, as it is the traditional colour of the royal House of Savoy which reigned over the Kingdom of Italy from 1860 to 1946.
The Italy national rugby league team represents the country of Italy in international rugby league. Governed by the Federazione Italiana Rugby League (FIRL) since 2008, only official matches played under International Rugby League laws since that year are included. Friendly matches and matches played by the Australian-based FIRL side are not ...
The Italy national rugby league team represents Italy in rugby league football. With origins dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, the team has competed regularly in international competitions since 2008, when their current governing body, the Federazione Italiana Rugby League , was formed.
Treviso rugby team was founded in 1932 and has won 15 Italian national championships. The team has been owned by the Benetton clothing company since 1979. Treviso have competed in the United Rugby Championship (formerly the Pro14 and Pro12) since 2010, and have previously competed in the Italian domestic championship. Treviso have supplied many ...
The Valorugby Emilia, previously known as Rugby Reggio, is a professional Italian rugby union team based in Reggio nell'Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region. They currently play in the Top12 , after gaining promotion from winning Serie A in the 2015–16 season.
Italy national rugby team may refer to national teams in the different varieties of rugby: Italy national rugby union team, often nicknamed the Azzurri, administered by the Federazione Italiana Rugby. Italy national rugby sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series; Italy national rugby league team, administered by Italian Rugby League XIII