The
Argentina national basketball team represents
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in basketball international competitions, and is controlled by the
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.
Argentina is the only national team in the
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zone that has won the quintuplet crown:
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(they won the first edition, in
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),
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(
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),
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(2008),
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(2001 and
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) and
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(
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). They have also won 12 times the
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, as well as many youth championships.
The Argentine representative was also the first to defeat a United States national team with a full squad of
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players. They did so by 87–80 in the
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held in
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. In that tournament, Argentina came second behind Serbia and Montenegro, losing the final in
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.
Due to the series of good results since the beginning of the 2000s, Argentina reached the first position in the
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at the end of the 2008 Olympic Games.
1948–1957: World Champions' Generation
After the
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, FIBA decided to create a
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, and named Argentina as the host country for the
inaugural 1950 editionThe 1950 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3, 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires...
. The team's
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was formed by Jorge Canavesi as head coach, Casimiro González Trilla as his assistant and Jorge Boreau as the physical trainer. The squad, formed entirely by amateur players, trained in preparation for the tournament in
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's facilities every day in double shifts, something uncommon for the times. The Argentine government negotiated with the players' employers and studying centers to secure their times.
The team played around
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, a
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with good mobility and passing skills. Other important players where
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(
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),
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, Juan Carlos Uder, Raúl Pérez Varela and
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(who was 18 years old by the time of the tournament). In the tournament itself, Argentina defeated
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(56–40) in the preliminary round, followed by
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(40–35),
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(62–41), France again (66–41) and
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champions
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(68–33) in the final round; before defeating the United States in the decisive match (64–50).
After the World Championship title, Argentina won the silver medal at the
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held in
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and finished fourth at the
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held in
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. However, for political reasons, the country did not participate in the 1953 South American Basketball Championship, nor did they defend the World Championship title in the
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. The last participation of the 1950s generation was in the
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held in
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, where they won another silver medal.
1957–1986: Loss of powerhouse status
On January 8, 1957, the military dictatorship of Pedro Aramburu, who had taken power in Argentina via a coup d'état which called itself
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, provisionally suspended the 1950 World Championship winners; a measure that was later made permanent on March 27 of that year. The suspension was for allegedly violating the Amateur Sportsman Statute, as, according to the administrators who had been installed in the Argentine Basketball Federation, the players had been paid to play by the overthrown government of
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. With a young and inexperienced team, Argentina finished fourth in the 1958 South American Basketball Championship and 10th (over 13 teams) in the
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. Subsequently, the team had further disappointing third and fourth place finishes at the 1961 and 1963 South American Championships respectively, and did not participate in the
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.
In preparation for the
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, Alberto Andrizzi was appointed as head coach. For different reasons, point guards Ricardo Crespi and Hugo Olariaga, shooting guards Marcelo Farías and Norberto Batillana, centers Miguel Ballicora and Guillermo Riofrío, as well as Ricardo Alix, decided not to be part of the World Championship squad. It should be noted that most of the players were amateurs, who alternated the practice of the sport with their jobs and studies.
Coach Andrizzi formed a squad that averaged 22.8 years of age, the lowest in the team's history at the competition, and with only one player from the previous World Championship (Antonio Tozzi). This was also the first time Argentina took a player above the 2 metres (6.6 ft) of stature to a World Championship, Zoilo Domínguez (who was ). The squad trained 8 days in Villa Allende,
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, and played some preparation games against teams from Córdoba and
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. The delegation that traveled to
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(where the competition took place) had no assistant coach, nor a physician.
In the tournament itself, Argentina faced a tough group with
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, the United States and
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. The team lost by a large margin their two initial games: 73–91 against Italy (that, contrary to Argentina, had a full team of professional players) and 51–81 against the United States (that had a team of university players, among them
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and
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). In the game against Mexico (that had
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and Carlos Quintanar in their team), the 35 points scored by Alberto Desimone were not enough to avoid a 82–84 defeat. Desimone's feat of 35 points in one game were an Argentine record in the competition until
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scored 37 against
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in the
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. The team was eliminated in the preliminary round, but finished first in the "consolation round", played by the 6 teams eliminated in the first group stage.
After the tournament, both of the teams centers received offers to continue their playing careers abroad. Desimone joined
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in the Lega A of Italy and Zoilo Domínguez the
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in the
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of the United States. None of them ever played again for their national team.
After the 1963 World Championship, the Argentine national team disbanded for 2 years and 8 months. In 1966, under Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata's coach Miguel Ángel Ripullone's guidance, Argentina finished second (behind the USA) in the Torneo de la Confraternidad Americana held in
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. Subsequently in that same year, the team finished last (among 13) in the Extra World Championship held in Chile. These two tournaments were the first international experiences for Ernesto Gehrmann and Alberto Cabrera, who went on to play many years for Argentina.
For the 1966 South American Basketball Championship to be held in
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, and contrary to recent experiences, Argentina did a serious pre-tournament training. Alberto López (coach of
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and one of the 1950 World Champions) was selected as head coach, and joined by a coaching staff of two physical trainers, a physician and a kinesiologist. The squad for the tournament had a striking average height for the time, with Gehrmann (2.06 metre), brothers Miguel and Tomás (2.03 metre) Sandor, Miguel Ballicora , Dante Massolini (1.95 metre) and Samuel Oliva . Moreover, Ricardo Alix also took part of the team, after having declined for previous tournaments. With a good team and a good preparation, Argentina won the tournament back-to-back, defeating World Champions
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in the process, and breaking a 23-years run without winning a championship. That Argentine national team came to be nicknamed "
Los Cóndores" (in English: "the
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s").
For the
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held in
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, Miguel Ángel Ripullone returned as head coach, replacing Alberto López. The squad had five players from the previous South American Championship (Gehrmann, Tomás Sandor, Samuel Oliva, Carlos Mariani and Masolini) and three with World Championship experience (the aforementioned Oliva, Atilio Fruet and Héctor Barreneche). However, the players from the European leagues did not take part of the team. These included Carlos Ferello of
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and Guillermo Riofrío, Alberto Desimone and Carlos D'Aquila of Pallacanestro Cantù (the latter two would go on to win the Lega A with the team in the 1967–68 season).
In the group stage, Argentina defeated
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and
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(who had defeated them in the last two South American Championships), and suffered a hard defeat to the
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by 39 points. In the final round, Argentina only defeated
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, losing the other 5 games (United States, Soviet Union,
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, Brazil and
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). Ernesto Gehrmann's 18 points against the USA earned him an offer by
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, though he rejected it to sign for
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in Brazil. Argentina finished the competition 6th, the best position for the team until the
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.
After the tournament, the debate in Argentine basketball became about the importance of having tall players.
Two months after the 1967 World Championship, Argentina, lead again by coach Casimiro González Trilla who had replaced Alberto López, took a team with 5 centers and only two guards to the
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held in
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(the team finished 6th of 10). In times were the lack of high stature players was a big problem for the national team, 3 players that could have solved the problem either declined to play for the national team, or abandoned basketball altogether: Alberto Desimone never returned to the national team despite his success in Italy, Zoilo Domínguez ended his basketball career, and Tomás Sandor after training more than a month with the NBA's Washington Bullets took a job as an engineer in San Francisco, ending his basketball career. Moreover, Guillermo Riofrío often declined citations.
In 1968, Argentina finished 5th in the South American Championship (equaling its worst position in the history of the tournament). Moreover, the team did not qualify for the
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, after a third place finish in the 1969 South American Championship. This was the first time the Argentine national team did not take part of the competition since its inception in 1950. In 1973, Argentina played the final of the South American Championship after seven years without doing so, losing to Brazil (but qualifying for the World Championship). Between the 1967 World Championship and the 1973 South American Championship, the team had 4 coaches: Casimiro González Trilla, Jorge Canavesi, Jorge Martínez and Miguel Ángel Ripullone. The latter was confirmed as head coach for the
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to be held in
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.
To compensate for the lack of international experience of most of the players, the national team made the longest tour in its history, playing 20 games in 46 days throughout Europe. Argentina faced some of the strongest teams in the world, like the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Italy; returning with 6 victories (West Germany (2),
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(2),
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and Italy). After the tour, José de Lizaso and Carlos Pellandini were cut from the squad, due to an argument with the coach the former and due to injury the latter.
The team for the World Championship was built around four experienced players: Alberto Cabrera, Ernesto Gehrmann, Carlos González and Alfredo Monachesi (who averaged 28 years of age) the intermediate generation of Adolfo Perazzo, Jorge Becerra and Raúl Guitart (averaging 23), and the youngsters Eduardo Cadillac and Carlos Raffaeli (who had won the South American Youth Championships of 1972 and 1973). Though some of the players had other jobs or studied, all of them were professional, exception being Cabrera who did not get paid in
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for a matter of personal principle.
In the tournament itself, Argentina was faced in a tough group with the United States,
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(
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runners-up) and
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. The key match for Argentina to advance was the debut against Spain. With Cabrera defending the Spaniard's key player
Wayne BrabenderWayne Donald Brabender Cole is a retired American-Spanish basketball player, who acquired Spanish citizenship on May 22, 1968....
, the team finished the first half 47–44 above, with Barbender only scoring two points. However, by the fifth minute of the second half Cabrera reached his fourth personal foul, and Barbender had more freedom to reach a total 22 points. The 23
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and weak defense were key for Argentina's final 89–96 defeat. In the second game against the Philippines, Gehrmann's 31 points and 12 rebounds lead to a 110–90 victory, though the turnovers (20) and defense were an unsolved problem. The national team then lost to the US 86–109 to finally be eliminated. In the consolation round, Argentina finished third. The 121–70 victory over
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(the team's highest scoring record in the history of the competition) was the only victory, as they suffered defeats against
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, Mexico (a game in which Cabrera reached his fifth foul by the 12th minute of the first half) and
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(who had 45 points scored by
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). The national team finished the World Championship in the 11th place.
After the 1974 Championship, the team won two South American Championships: 1976 (at home in
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) and 1979. However, they failed to qualify for the World Cups of
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and
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, due to finishing third in the qualifying tournaments of 1977 (without Perazzo, Raffaelli and Prato in the squad) and 1981 (same situation, but this time also without Cadillac, injured).
In 1980, coached by Ripullone and with the assistance of Yugoslavian
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, the team finished third in the
Tournament of the AmericasThe 1980 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980...
, earning their first qualification for the Olympics since 1952. This was arguably the biggest achievement for Argentine basketball since the 1950 World Championship title. However, due to the country's adherence to the U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics, the team did not compete in the tournament. The decade continued with a second place in the 1983 South American Basketball Championship (with Alberto Finguer as coach) and a disappointing 7th place (among nine teams) in the
1984 Tournament of the AmericasThe 1984 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Brazil from May 15 to May 24, 1984. The games were played in Sao Paulo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1984...
held in Brazil. Despite the poor international performance, 1984 came to be one of the most important years in the history of Argentine basketball, as it was the debut season of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the first professional nation-wide basketball league of the country. For the 1985 South American Basketball Championship,
León NajnudelLeón David Najnudel was an Argentine basketball player and coach, and the main driving force in the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the first nationwide yearly professional basketball league in Argentina....
, the mastermind behind the LNB's inception, was selected as the national coach. With him came a renovation in the national squad, with the youngsters
Héctor CampanaHéctor Oscar "Pichi" Campana is an Argentine former basketball player and current vice-governor of his native Córdoba Province, for the Justicialist Party. At club level, Campana won 7 times the Liga Nacional de Básquet and 3 times the Liga Sudamericana...
(20 years old), Hernán Montenegro (18), Sergio Aispurúa (20) and the two tallest Argentine players in history: Jorge González (19 and ) and Fernando Borcel (17 and ). Argentina finished the tournament third, enough to qualify for the
1986 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1986 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Spain from July 5 to 19 1986.The Final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid...
to be held in Spain. However, Najnudel did not coach the team during the World Cup, having left the position due to a fight with CABB's president Amadeo Cejas.
Puerto Rican
Flor MeléndezFlor Meléndez Montañez , better known plainly as Flor Meléndez, is a well known former basketball player and an international coach from Puerto Rico. He is a native of Cidra and the current head coach of Puerto Rico's basketball team.-Early life:Meléndez is the son of Florencio Meléndez and Emilia...
, by the time coach of
Unión de Santa FeClub Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....
in Argentina, was selected to manage the national team. The coach made up a squad with experienced players like
Miguel CortijoMiguel Alberto Cortijo is a retired Argentine basketball player. He spent his mostly career at Ferro Carril Oeste, club where he won 4 local titles. Cortijo is considerer one of the best point guards in Argentine basketball history. -Career:Cortijo started his career at Club INTI of Santiago del...
, Esteban Camisassa, Carlos Romano, Luis González, Luis Oroño and Gabriel Milovich, and youngsters like Campana, Sebastián Uranga, Diego Maggi,
Marcelo MilanesioMarcelo Gustavo Milanesio is an Argentine former professional basketball player. One of the most important figures in Argentine basketball, he obtained 16 Argentine championships, and was twice named MVP. He was also the player with most assists in at the 1994 World Championship...
, Montenegro and Aispurúa. To get the necessary international experience, the team played a total 19 preparation matches in one month, though during the first games Meléndez' assistant Juan Carlos Alonso took up coaching duties while the former coached his team in the Puerto Rican league's playoff matches. During the preparation, González suffered an injury and had to be replaced by Borcel for the World Championship squad.
For the first round of the World Championship, Argentina was part of Group D with Yugoslavia, Canada,
the NetherlandsThe Dutch national basketball team is the basketball side that represents the Netherlands in international competitions. It is administrated by the Netherlands Basketball Federation. When it qualified for the Eurobasket, team Netherlands has played quite competitive at some of the tournaments. The...
,
MalaysiaThe Malaysia national basketball team represents Malaysia at international basketball competitions. Its sole appearance at a world championship was in 1986. Petronas is the major sponsor for Malaysia Basketball Association. The women's national team have more successes internationally compared to...
and
New ZealandThe New Zealand national basketball team represents New Zealand in international basketball competitions. It is nicknamed the Tall Blacks, derived from the name of New Zealand's Rugby union team, the All Blacks.-History:...
. The key match for obtaining qualification was the debut against the Netherlands, in which the youngster
Rik SmitsRik Smits is a retired Dutch professional basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. The 7'4" center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft...
(19 years of age and ) scored 25 points. However, Argentina won in extra time 82–75, with good contributions from the substitutes Campana (13 points) and Uranga (16). There were no surprises in the other 4 games: Argentina lost to Canada (82–96) and Yugoslavia (68–87) and defeated both Malaysia (93–73) and New Zealand (89–64), effectively qualifying for the second round of the tournament.
The national team faced a tough second round debut against the United States, that had a team made up by university players, 11 of whom went on to play in the NBA. However, Argentina achieved a surprising 74–70 victory, arguably the most important in the team's history until the Golden Generation era (starting roughly in 2002). After a 97–80 victory over
ChinaThe Chinese men's national basketball team is the basketball team representing China in international competitions. The governing body of Chinese basketball operations is the Basketball Association of China...
, the team had serious possibilities of qualifying to the semifinals, but Yugoslavia's defeat to the US crushed that chance. Subsequently, a 70–78 defeat to Italy forced Argentina to play for the 9th to 12th place. Further defeats against Greece (88–102, suffering 40 points by Nicos Gallis) and Cuba (85–81) derived in a 12th place finish.
1986–1999: First products of the LNB
After the 1986 World Championship, Meléndez left his coaching position and was replaced by Alberto Finguer. With the new coach, Argentina finished 8th (among 10 teams) in the
1989 FIBA Americas ChampionshipThe 1989 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Mexico from June 8 to June 18, 1989. The games were played in Mexico City. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the five berths allocated to the Americas for the 1990...
. Nonetheless, the team qualified directly for the
1990 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990.The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner...
as the host nation. River Plate's coach Carlos Boismené was selected to replace Finguer, with
Guillermo VecchioGuillermo Edgardo Vecchio, Basketball Head CoachBorn March 9 , 1961 in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBegan his coaching career in Lanus, then moved to Obras Sanitarias, where won the William Jones World Cup.Moved to Puerto Rico, for 3 years with Coamo...
as his assistant. However, coach and assistant had a fight, deriving in Vecchio's departure. Boismené rejected the possibility of having a replacement, even when Serbian Rango Zeravica was offered. The coach also faced problems when forming the squad, due to Germán Filloy and Esteban Camisassa's injuries, and center
Carlos CeruttiCarlos Alberto Cerutti was an Argentine basketball player. A center, Cerutti was three times Argentine league champion with Atenas . He was selected as the league's finals Most Valuable Player in 1988, and also participated in the all-star games of 1989 and 1990.Cerutti also represented the...
's death earlier that year. Hernán Montenegro was also cut alleging his problematic attitude. Moreover, in a pre-tournament friendly against Greece, Héctor Campana, the team's key offensive player, suffered an injury.
In the debut, with Campana playing injured, Argentina lost by 20 to the Soviet Union. The second game, decisive for qualification to the second round, was against Canada. With 4 minutes to go, Argentina was down 72–85. However, a 24–3 run gave the hosts the victory, which meant qualification to the second round after the third match-day victory over Egypt. In the second round, the team debuted against the United States in the Luna Park stadium. 33 points by Campana and a solid teamwork were not enough to avoid defeat, the same result suffered in the next four games: Puerto Rico, Greece and Australia (twice). Argentina finished the tournament 8th.
After the 1990 tournament, the head coaching job was held by Guillermo Vecchio for the four-years process prior to the
1994 World ChampionshipThe 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton...
. With a bronze medal at the
1993 FIBA Americas ChampionshipThe 1993 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from August 28 to September 5, 1993. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for...
, Argentina qualified to the competition to be held in Canada.
The squad for tournament was formed by the best players from the local league (exception being Montenegro, who rejected the call up) plus
Marcelo NicolaMarcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio is a retired Argentine-Italian professional basketball player. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and competed many years in the Euroleague.-Pro career:Nicola was selected 50th overall in the 1993 NBA...
, who was playing for
Tau CerámicaSaski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain...
in Spain. With a taller team (including
Rubén Wolkowyski, Diego Ossela, Osvaldo Tourn,
Esteban PérezEsteban Daniel Pérez is a retired male basketball player from Argentina, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings. He was nicknamed "Gallo" during his career.-References:*...
and the aforementioned Nicola) and two high scoring shooting guards (Héctor Campana and
Juan EspilJuan Alberto Espil is a male basketball player from Argentina who plays as a shooting guard for Weber Bahía Estudiantes....
).
2000-on going: the Golden Generation
By winning the
gold medalA gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
in the Americas Championship 2001,
silver medalA silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
in
2002 FIBA World ChampionshipThe 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA from August 29 to September 8, 2002.-Venues:-Squads:...
, the gold medal in
Basketball at the 2004 Summer OlympicsBasketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....
, gold medal in 2008
FIBA Diamond BallThe FIBA Diamond Ball is an official international basketball tournament organized by FIBA, held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. The first tournament was held in 2000 for men's teams only; starting in 2004, tournaments have been held for both men and women.The competing teams are the host...
,
bronze medalA bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
in
Basketball at the 2008 Summer OlympicsBasketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China...
, and gold medal in 2011 FIBA Americas Championship played in the city of
Mar del PlataMar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...
, Argentina. Resulting in Argentina reached the first position in the
FIBA Men's RankingThe International Basketball Federation calculates the world rankings of all of its basketball teams.-Calculation:...
at the end of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Carlos DelfinoCarlos Francisco Delfino is an Argentine professional basketball player. He also has Italian citizenship. Delfino plays at the small forward and shooting guard positions. He stands tall and weighs . He is also noted for his defensive skills...
Gabriel FernándezGabriel Fernández is an Argentine basketball player, and member of the national team. He was a member of the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal squad...
Emanuel GinóbiliEmanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili is an Argentine professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association .Ginóbili spent the early part of...
Leonardo GutiérrezWálter HerrmannWalter Herrmann Heinrich is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is listed at 6'9" and 225 lbs. He was a key member of the Argentinian national basketball team that won the gold medal during the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament...
Alejandro MontecchiaAlejandro Montecchia is an Argentine professional basketball point guard. He is also a regular on his country's national team, with which he won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.- External links :**...
Andrés NocioniAndrés Marcelo Nocioni is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is under contract with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, but is playing for Peñarol de Mar del Plata during the NBA lockout. A regular member of the Argentine national team, Nocioni was part of the team that won a gold medal at...
Fabricio ObertoFabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto is an Argentine professional basketball player. At and , he plays as a center. With Liga Nacional de Básquet in his native Argentina, Oberto began playing professionally in 1993 and later played overseas with teams in Spain and Greece...
Pepe SánchezJuan Ignacio Sánchez Brown, also known as Pepe Sánchez , is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a point guard. He was part of Argentina's 2004 Olympic gold medal team. Pepe Sánchez was the first Argentine to play in the NBA...
Luis ScolaLuis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine professional basketball player. The power forward-center for the Argentine national team is currently signed with the NBA's Houston Rockets. He formerly was a Euroleague star with the ACB's Saski Baskonia...
Hugo SconochiniHugo Ariel Sconochini is an Argentine professional basketball shooting guard and small forward....
Rubén Wolkowyski
Current roster
Roster for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship (August 30 – September 11, 2011)
Pan American Games roster
Roster for the 2011 Pan American GamesBasketball competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 21 to October 30 at the CODE Dome. Each team was allowed to enter a maximum of twelve athletes.-Medal table:-Events:-Qualification:...
(October 21 – October 30, 2011)
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Head coach Enrique Tolcachier
Assistant coach(es) Facundo Müller
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Olympic Games
| Olympic Games Record Basketball has been a Summer Olympics sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, it was held as demonstration event in 1904 and 1932, both in the United States. Women's basketball was played in the Olympics only since 1976....
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| Year |
Position |
Pld |
W |
L |
 1936-Fifth-place classification:-First round:Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.* Estonia def. France, 34-29* Chile def. Turkey, 30-16* Switzerland def. Germany, 25-18...
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Did not participate |
1948Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition....
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15th place |
8 |
4 |
4 |
 1952Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport. 23 nations entered the competition.The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the 1950 World Champion , the top two at the 1951 European championships , and the host country...
|
4th place |
8 |
5 |
3 |
| 1956 Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.The teams were divided...
to 1992The Basketball games of the 1992 Summer Olympics were played at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams participated in the tournament....
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Did not participate |
 1996Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place at the Morehouse College Gymnasium and the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost entirely of NBA players won the gold medal...
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9th place |
7 |
4 |
3 |
 2000-Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification matches:-Preliminary round:The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.-Group A:-Group B:-Championship bracket:...
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Did not participate |
 2004Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....
|
Gold Medal |
8 |
6 |
2 |
 2008Basketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China...
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Bronze Medal |
8 |
6 |
2 |
 2012- External links :**...
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Qualified |
| Total |
39 |
25 |
14 |
FIBA World Championship
FIBA World Championship RecordThe FIBA World Championship is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation , the sport's global governing body...
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| Year |
Position |
Pld |
W |
L |
 1950The 1950 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3, 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires...
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Champions |
6 |
6 |
0 |
 1954The 1954 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22 to November 5, 1954...
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Did not participate |
 1959The 1959 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Chile from January 16 to 31 , 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP....
|
10th |
6 |
3 |
3 |
| 1963 The 1963 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to 23 , 1963.- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:...
|
8th |
8 |
4 |
4 |
 1967The 1967 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from May 27 to June 11, 1967.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:...
|
6th |
9 |
3 |
6 |
 1970The 1970 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Yugoslavia at Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from May 10 to 24 , 1970...
|
Did not participate |
 1974The 1974 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:-Final round:...
|
11th |
7 |
2 |
5 |
 1978The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event.-Venues:...
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Did not participate |
 1982The 1982 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Colombia from August 15 to 28 , 1982.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:-Final round:...
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Did not participate |
 1986The 1986 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Spain from July 5 to 19 1986.The Final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid...
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12th |
10 |
5 |
5 |
| 1990 The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990.The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner...
|
8th |
8 |
2 |
6 |
 1994The 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto as well as at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton...
|
9th |
8 |
5 |
3 |
1998The 1998 FIBA World Championship was the 13th FIBA World Championship, an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation and hosted in Athens, Greece from July 29 to August 9, 1998...
|
9th |
9 |
3 |
6 |
| 2002 The 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA from August 29 to September 8, 2002.-Venues:-Squads:...
|
Runner-up |
9 |
8 |
1 |
 2006The 2006 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation , Japan Basketball Association and the 2006 Organizing Committee...
|
4th |
9 |
7 |
2 |
 2010The 2010 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Turkey, was the international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation , Turkish Basketball Federation and the...
|
5th |
9 |
7 |
2 |
| Total |
98 |
55 |
43 |
Pan American Games
| Pan American Games Record - Men's Tournament :-Medal table:-Participation Details:- Women's Tournament :-Medal table:-Participation Details:-External links:* * *...
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| Year |
Position |
Pld |
W |
L |
| 1951 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in the Luna Park Arena from February 28 to March 8, 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
Silver Medal |
6 |
5 |
1 |
 1955The men's basketball tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held from March 13 to March 24, 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico.-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
Silver Medal |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| 1959 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1959 Pan American Games was held from August 27 to September 6, 1959 in Chicago, United States.-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
Did not participate |
| 1963 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1963 Pan American Games was held from April 23 to May 3, 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil.-Final ranking:-References:**...
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Did not participate |
| 1967 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games was held from July 24 to August 2, 1967 in Winnipeg, Canada.-Participating nations:-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
6th |
5 |
1 |
4 |
| 1971 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games was held from July 31 to August 12, 1971 in Cali, Colombia.-Participating nations:-Preliminary round:...
|
5th |
9 |
5 |
4 |
| 1975 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1975 Pan American Games was held from October 13 to October 25, 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.-Participating nations:-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
7th |
9 |
3 |
6 |
| 1979 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games was held from July 2 to July 14, 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.-Participating nations:-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
6th |
9 |
3 |
6 |
 1983The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games was held from August 15 to August 27, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela.-Participating nations:-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
5th |
9 |
4 |
5 |
| 1987 The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games was held from August 9 to August 23, 1987 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, United States.-Participating nations:-Final ranking:-References:**...
|
9th |
5 |
1 |
4 |
 1991The Men's Basketball Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held from August 3 to August 17, 1991 in Havana, Cuba. The women also competed in the Cuban capital, from August 3 to August 12.-Participating nations:-Preliminary round:...
|
6th |
7 |
3 |
4 |
| 1995 This page shows the results of the Basketball Tournament at the 1995 Pan American Games, held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 19 to March 25, 1995...
|
Gold Medal |
7 |
7 |
0 |
| 1999 This page shows the results of the basketball tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games, held in the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Canada from July 31 to August 8, 1999.-Men's tournament:-Group A:August 1, 1999August 2, 1999August 4, 1999...
|
4th |
5 |
2 |
3 |
 2003This page shows the results of the basketball tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 2 to August 8, 2003.-Men's Tournament:-Group A:...
|
6th |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| 2007 Basketball at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the indoor arena in the Autódromo de Jacarépagua built specially for the Pan Am Games. Brazil was the reigning Pan American champion in the men's competition, while Cuba defended its title in the women's competition.Each competition had eight...
|
4th |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| 2011 Basketball competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara were held from October 21 to October 30 at the CODE Dome. Each team was allowed to enter a maximum of twelve athletes.-Medal table:-Events:-Qualification:...
|
7th |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Total |
90 |
44 |
46 |
FIBA Americas Championship
FIBA Americas Championship RecordThe FIBA Americas Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the American Basketball Championship that take place every two years between national teams of the continents...
|
| Year |
Position |
Pld |
W |
L |
| 1980 The 1980 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from April 18 to April 25, 1980. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the berths allocated to the Americas for the 1980...
|
Bronze Medal |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| 1984 The 1984 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Brazil from May 15 to May 24, 1984. The games were played in Sao Paulo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1984...
|
7th |
8 |
2 |
6 |
| 1988 The 1988 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from May 22 to May 31, 1988. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 1988...
|
5th |
6 |
3 |
3 |
| 1989 The 1989 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Mexico from June 8 to June 18, 1989. The games were played in Mexico City. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the five berths allocated to the Americas for the 1990...
|
8th |
8 |
2 |
6 |
| 1992 The 1992 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by the United States from June 27 to July 5, 1992. The games were played in Portland, Oregon. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the...
|
6th |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| 1993 The 1993 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from August 28 to September 5, 1993. The games were played in San Juan. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for...
|
Bronze Medal |
7 |
5 |
2 |
| 1995 The 1995 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Argentina from August 15 to August 27, 1995. The games were played in Tucuman and Neuquen. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the three berths allocated to the...
|
Runner-up |
10 |
8 |
2 |
| 1997 The 1997 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship, was a basketball championship hosted by Uruguay from August 21 to August 31, 1997. The games were played in Montevideo. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the four berths allocated to the Americas for the...
|
4th |
9 |
4 |
5 |
| 1999 |
Bronze Medal |
10 |
7 |
3 |
| 2001 |
Champions |
10 |
10 |
0 |
| 2003 |
Runner-up |
10 |
6 |
4 |
| 2005 |
Runner-up |
10 |
7 |
3 |
| 2007 |
Runner-up |
10 |
8 |
2 |
| 2009 The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship was the continental championships held by FIBA Americas for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey...
|
Bronze Medal |
10 |
7 |
3 |
| 2011 The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament in London. The tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from August 30 to September 11, 2011. Argentina won the title, defeating Brazil 80–75...
|
Champions |
10 |
9 |
1 |
|
Total |
129 |
84 |
45 |
Past rosters
1948 Olympic Games: finished
15th among 23 teams
Oscar FurlongOscar Alberto Furlong was an Argentine basketball player and World Champion who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....
, Rubén Menini, Manuel Guerrero,
Ricardo Primitivo GonzálezRicardo Primitivo González is an Argentine former basketball player of Club Atlético Palermo, one of the oldest clubs in Palermo, who captained the Argentine national team that won the 1950 FIBA World Championship.-Reference:...
, Tomas Vio, Bruno Varani, Raúl Calvo, Raúl Lledo, Juan Carlos Uder, León Martinetti, Jorge Nure, Arturo Ruffa, Fabián Crespo, Oscar Pérez Cattaneo,
Leopoldo ContarbioLeopoldo Contarbio was an Argentine basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....
(Coach: Jorge Canavesi)
1950 World Championship: finished
1st among 10 teams
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Head coach Jorge Canavesi
Assistant coach(es) Casimiro González Trilla
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1952 Olympic Games: finished
4th among 23 teams
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Head coach Jorge Canavesi
Assistant coach(es)
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1959 World Championship: finished
10th among 13 teams
Bernardo Schime, Antonio Tozzi, Orlando Peralta, Herberto Fagnani, Enrique Borda, Florencio Marzoratti, Héctor Barreneche, Édgar Parizzia, Felipe Fernández, Carlos Vasino, Juan Carlos Nano, Juan Luis Sabatini (Coach: Pedro Pasquinelli)
1963 World Championship: finished
8th among 13 teams
Alfredo Tulli, Antonio Tozzi, Atilio Fruet, Alberto Desimone, Gregorio Moreno, Gustavo Chazarreta, Arturo Cacciamani, Hugo Oliva, Samuel Oliva, Carlos Lutringer, Zoilo Domínguez, Víctor LeBihan (Coach: Alberto Andrizzi)
1967 World Championship: finished
6th among 13 teams
José Ignacio de Lizazo, Néstor Delguy, Carlos Mariani, Héctor Barreneche, Tomás Sandor, Ernesto Ghermann, Atilio Fruet, Alberto Cabrera, Norberto Battilana, Samuel Oliva, Luis Casarín, Dante Masolini (Coach: Miguel Ángel Ripullone)
1974 World Championship: finished
11th among 14 teams
Ernesto Ghermann, Alfredo Monachesi, Carlos Alberto González, Jorge Martín, Carlos Raffaelli, Raúl Guitart, Eduardo Cadillac, Gustavo Aguirre, Jorge Becerra, Adolfo Perazzo, José Luis Pagella, Alberto Cabrera (Coach: Miguel Ángel Ripullone)
1986 World Championship: finished
12th among 24 teams
Marcelo MilanesioMarcelo Gustavo Milanesio is an Argentine former professional basketball player. One of the most important figures in Argentine basketball, he obtained 16 Argentine championships, and was twice named MVP. He was also the player with most assists in at the 1994 World Championship...
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Héctor CampanaHéctor Oscar "Pichi" Campana is an Argentine former basketball player and current vice-governor of his native Córdoba Province, for the Justicialist Party. At club level, Campana won 7 times the Liga Nacional de Básquet and 3 times the Liga Sudamericana...
,
Miguel CortijoMiguel Alberto Cortijo is a retired Argentine basketball player. He spent his mostly career at Ferro Carril Oeste, club where he won 4 local titles. Cortijo is considerer one of the best point guards in Argentine basketball history. -Career:Cortijo started his career at Club INTI of Santiago del...
, Sebastián Uranga, Carlos Romano, Gabriel Milovich, Luis Orono, Fernando Borcel, Esteban Camisassa, Diego Maggi, Hernán Montenegro, Sergio Aispurúa (Coach:
Flor MeléndezFlor Meléndez Montañez , better known plainly as Flor Meléndez, is a well known former basketball player and an international coach from Puerto Rico. He is a native of Cidra and the current head coach of Puerto Rico's basketball team.-Early life:Meléndez is the son of Florencio Meléndez and Emilia...
)
1990 World Championship: finished
8th among 16 teams
Marcelo MilanesioMarcelo Gustavo Milanesio is an Argentine former professional basketball player. One of the most important figures in Argentine basketball, he obtained 16 Argentine championships, and was twice named MVP. He was also the player with most assists in at the 1994 World Championship...
,
Héctor CampanaHéctor Oscar "Pichi" Campana is an Argentine former basketball player and current vice-governor of his native Córdoba Province, for the Justicialist Party. At club level, Campana won 7 times the Liga Nacional de Básquet and 3 times the Liga Sudamericana...
,
Miguel CortijoMiguel Alberto Cortijo is a retired Argentine basketball player. He spent his mostly career at Ferro Carril Oeste, club where he won 4 local titles. Cortijo is considerer one of the best point guards in Argentine basketball history. -Career:Cortijo started his career at Club INTI of Santiago del...
, Sebastián Uranga, Carlos Romano,
Esteban de la FuenteEsteban Pablo de la Fuente is a retired male basketball player from Argentina, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings.-References:*...
, Diego Maggi,
Diego OsellaDiego Marcelo Osella is a retired basketball player. With the Argentine national team, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings...
, Gabriel Milovich,
Julio RodriguezJulio César Rodríguez Secco is a former Uruguayan footballer. He played for Liverpool of Uruguay, San Martín of Argentina, and UE Lleida and Numancia of Spain.-External links: at Tenfield...
, Rubén Scolari, Marcelo Richotti (Coach: Carlos Boismene)
1994 World Championship: finished
9th among 16 teams
Marcelo MilanesioMarcelo Gustavo Milanesio is an Argentine former professional basketball player. One of the most important figures in Argentine basketball, he obtained 16 Argentine championships, and was twice named MVP. He was also the player with most assists in at the 1994 World Championship...
,
Héctor CampanaHéctor Oscar "Pichi" Campana is an Argentine former basketball player and current vice-governor of his native Córdoba Province, for the Justicialist Party. At club level, Campana won 7 times the Liga Nacional de Básquet and 3 times the Liga Sudamericana...
,
Juan EspilJuan Alberto Espil is a male basketball player from Argentina who plays as a shooting guard for Weber Bahía Estudiantes....
,
Marcelo NicolaMarcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio is a retired Argentine-Italian professional basketball player. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and competed many years in the Euroleague.-Pro career:Nicola was selected 50th overall in the 1993 NBA...
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Rubén Wolkowyski,
Daniel FarabelloDaniel Edgardo Farabello is an Argentine basketball player with Basket Club Ferrara of Italy's Serie A. A member of the Argentina national basketball team, Farabello competed with the squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2006 FIBA World Championship.-External links:**...
,
Jorge RaccaJorge Oscar Racca is a retired male basketball player from Argentina, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings. He was nicknamed "Pampa" during his career.-References:*...
,
Esteban PérezEsteban Daniel Pérez is a retired male basketball player from Argentina, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings. He was nicknamed "Gallo" during his career.-References:*...
, Sebastián Uranga,
Diego OsellaDiego Marcelo Osella is a retired basketball player. With the Argentine national team, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings...
, Eduardo Domine, Orlando Tourn (Coach:
Guillermo VecchioGuillermo Edgardo Vecchio, Basketball Head CoachBorn March 9 , 1961 in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBegan his coaching career in Lanus, then moved to Obras Sanitarias, where won the William Jones World Cup.Moved to Puerto Rico, for 3 years with Coamo...
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1996 Olympic Games: finished
9th among 12 teams
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Guillermo VecchioGuillermo Edgardo Vecchio, Basketball Head CoachBorn March 9 , 1961 in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBegan his coaching career in Lanus, then moved to Obras Sanitarias, where won the William Jones World Cup.Moved to Puerto Rico, for 3 years with Coamo...
Assistant coach(es)
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1998 World Championship: finished
8th among 16 teams
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Julio LamasJulio Lamas is an Argentine basketball coach. He currently manages both the Argentina national basketball team and Obras Sanitarias....
Assistant coach(es)
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2002 World Championship: finished
2nd among 16 teams
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Rubén MagnanoRuben Magnano is an Argentine basketball coach. He previously served as coach of the Argentina national basketball team, guiding them to a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In January 2010, he became coach of the Brazil national basketball team.-Notes:...
Assistant coach(es)
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2004 Olympic Games: finished
1st among 12 teams
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Rubén MagnanoRuben Magnano is an Argentine basketball coach. He previously served as coach of the Argentina national basketball team, guiding them to a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In January 2010, he became coach of the Brazil national basketball team.-Notes:...
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2006 World Championship: finished
4th among 24 teams
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Sergio HernándezSergio Santos Hernández is an Argentine basketball coach. He is the head coach of Peñarol de Mar del Plata in the Liga Nacional de Básquet ....
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2008 Olympic Games: finished
3rd among 12 teams
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Sergio HernándezSergio Santos Hernández is an Argentine basketball coach. He is the head coach of Peñarol de Mar del Plata in the Liga Nacional de Básquet ....
Assistant coach(es)
Julio LamasJulio Lamas is an Argentine basketball coach. He currently manages both the Argentina national basketball team and Obras Sanitarias....
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2010 World Championship: finished
5th among 24 teams
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Head coach
Sergio HernándezSergio Santos Hernández is an Argentine basketball coach. He is the head coach of Peñarol de Mar del Plata in the Liga Nacional de Básquet ....
Assistant coach(es) Gonzalo García Nicolás Casalánguida
Marcelo MilanesioMarcelo Gustavo Milanesio is an Argentine former professional basketball player. One of the most important figures in Argentine basketball, he obtained 16 Argentine championships, and was twice named MVP. He was also the player with most assists in at the 1994 World Championship...
Athletic trainer(s) Manuel Álvarez
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