 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zvichakadaro, Italy yakatadza kukwanisa kuenda kuEuropean Championship muna 2009, kekutanga kubva muna 1961. Nenzira inoshamisa, 2009 ndiro gore rokutanga apo Azzurri akakundikana kukodzera nokuda kwezvikonzero zvine chokuita nemitambo. Kusavapo kwose 1949uye 1961 zvaiva nokuda kwezvikonzero zvisiri zvemitambo. Zvichitevera kuora mwoyo CT Recalcati akasiya uye akatsiviwa naSimone Pianigiani. Pianigiani akadzidzisa zvose chikwata chenyika uye Mens Sana Basket, iyo kwemakore akatonga Serie A. 