Carlo Recalcati and Giampiero Ticchi are to remain in charge of the men's and women's national teams of Italy, respectively.

The FIP said in a statement that both men had been nominated to continue as coaches by Italy Basketball commissioner Dino Meneghin.

Italy basketball great Meneghin recently took temporary charge of the FIP following the resignation of president Fausto Maifredi and has been a long-time supporter of Recalcati.

He recently told legabasket.it: "He (Recalcati) is a person that I admire, a great man that knows the system from A to Z. For me, he is indispensable and I hope that he will be alongside me in these months."

Recalcati led Italy to bronze at EuroBasket 2003 and silver at the Athens Olympics and has been at the helm of the Azzurri ever since. The team did not meet their aim this summer of reaching next year's EuroBasket in Poland, but it will take part in the Additional Qualifying Round against France, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium and Finland.

The six teams will battle for one spot that is still available for next year's Final Round.

Ticchi took charge of the Azzurre before this summer's EuroBasket Women 2009 qualifying campaign.

He will guide them in January's Additional Qualifying Round for the EuroBasket Women.

The Italians will battle Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belgium, Croatia and Germany for two places that are still up for grabs for the Final Round that is to be staged in Riga, Latvia.