Argentina national basketball team

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Argentina

FIBA ranking

2^nd

FIBA zone

FIBA Americas

National federation

CABB

Coach

Sergio Hernández

Olympic Games

Appearances

Medals

Gold: 2004

World Championships

Appearances

11 1950, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006

Medals

Gold: 1950, Silver: 2002

FIBA Americas Championship

Appearances

Unknown

Medals

Gold: 2001
Silver: 1995, 2003, 2007
Bronze: 1980, 1993, 1999

Uniforms



Light



Dark

Men's Basketball
Olympic medal record
Gold	2004 Athens	Team

Argentina national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Argentina in basketball international competitions, and depends on the Argentine Basketball Federation.

Argentina is the first team to win the world title, in 1950. The team also won the Olympic Tournament in 2004.

The most important team in South America together with Brazil, Argentina won the 1934, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1966, 1976, 1979, 1987, 2001 and 2004 South American Championships, and the 2001 Americas Championship (where United States and Puerto Rico also participate), as well as many youth championships.

Due to the series of good results since the beginning of the 2000, Argentina reached the second position in the FIBA men's ranking at the end of the 2006 FIBA World Championship (16th in the women's ranking, and 5th in the combined ranking).

1 Olympic Games record
2 FIBA World Championship record
3 FIBA Americas Championship medals
4 Famous players
5 Current squad
6 Trivia
7 Rosters
8 External links

[edit] Olympic Games record

1948: 15th
1952: 4th
1996: 9th
2004: 1st

[edit] FIBA World Championship record

[edit] FIBA Americas Championship medals

FIBA Americas Championship 1980: Bronze
FIBA Americas Championship 1993: Bronze
FIBA Americas Championship 1995: Silver
FIBA Americas Championship 1999: Bronze
FIBA Americas Championship 2001: Gold
FIBA Americas Championship 2003: Silver
FIBA Americas Championship 2007: Silver

[edit] Famous players

Oscar Alberto Furlong
Hugo Sconochini
Jorge Racca
Ernesto Gehrmann
Julio Rodríguez
Hernán Montenegro
Luis Villar
Marcelo Milanesio
Juan Espil
Diego Osella
Héctor "Pichi" Campana
Facundo Sucatzki
Pepe Sánchez
Fabricio Oberto
Andrés Nocioni

Alejandro Montecchia
Pablo Prigioni
Gabriel Fernández
Daniel Farabello
Leandro Palladino

[edit] Current squad

Guards:

Forwards:

Centers:

[edit] Trivia

Argentina line-up of 1950:

Pedro Andrés Bustos, Leopoldo Contarbio, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Oscar Alberto Furlong, Ricardo Primitivo González, Vito Liva, Alberto López, Rubén Francisco Menini, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Raúl Pérez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder and Roberto Luis Viau.

Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi(Main Coach) & Casimiro Gonzalez Trilla (Co-Coach)

Emanuel Ginóbili became in 2003, with San Antonio Spurs, the first Argentine player to win an NBA championship, and in spite of his age, is already considered one of the most important players in Argentine basketball history. He is also the only player in history to win an NBA title, a Gold Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the Euroleague.

[edit] Rosters

1948 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 23 teams

Oscar Furlong, Ruben Francisco Menini, Manuel Guerrero, Ricardo Primitivo Gonzalez, Tomas Vio, Bruno Varani, Raul Calvo, Raul Lledo, Juan Carlos Uder, Leon Felipe Martinetti, Jorge Nure, Arturo Ruffa, Fabian A. Crespo, Oscar Perez Cattaneo, Leopoldo Contarbio (Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi)

1950 World Championship: finished 1st among 10 teams

Oscar Furlong, Pedro Andres Bustos, Ruben Francisco Menini, Leopoldo Contarbio, Ricardo Primitivo Gonzalez, Vito Liva, Alberto Lopez, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Roberto Luis Viau, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Raul Perez Varela, Juan Carlos Uder (Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi & Casimiro Gonzalez Trilla)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 23 teams

Oscar Furlong, Ruben Francisco Menini, Leopoldo Contarbio, Ricardo Primitivo Gonzalez, Hugo Oscar del Vecchio, Juan Carlos Uder, Alberto Lopez, Raul Perez Varela, Ruben Pagliari, Roberto Luis Viau, Omar Ubaldo Monza, Juan Gaszo, Rafael Lledo, Ignacio Poletti

1959 World Championship: finished 10th among 13 teams

Bernardo Schime, Antonio Hector Tozzi, Orlando A. Peralta, Herberto R. Fagnani, Enrique J. Borda, Florencio O. Marzoratti, Hector Ismael Barreneche, Edgar Domingo Parizzia, Felipe Fernandez, Carlos Alberto Vasino, Juan Carlos Nano, Juan Luis Sabatini (Coach: Pedro Rafael Pasquinelli)

1963 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Alfredo Tulli, Antonio Hector Tozzi, Atilio Jose Fruet, Alberto Vicente Desimone, Gregorio Moreno, Gustavo Adolfo Chazarreta, Arturo Cacciamani, Hugo Mario Oliva, Samuel Alfredo Oliva, Carlos Ernesto Lutringer, Zoilo Victor Dominguez, Victor Hugo LeBihan (Coach: Alberto F. Andrizzi)

1967 World Championship: finished 6th among 13 teams

Jose Ignacio de Lizazo, Nestor Delguy, Carlos Mariani, Hector Ismael Barreneche, Tomas Sandor, Ernesto Ghermann, Atilio Jose Fruet, Alberto Pedro Cabrera, Norberto Battilana, Samuel Oliva, Luis Casarin, Dante Aurelio Masolini (Coach: Miguel Angel Ripullone)

1974 World Championship: finished 11th among 14 teams

Ernesto Ghermann, Alfredo Adrian Monachesi, Carlos Alberto Gonzalez, Jorge Oscar Martin, Carlos Alberto Raffaelli, Raul Esteban Guitart, Eduardo Osvaldo Cadillac, Gustavo Aguirre, Jorge Becerra, Adolfo Ruben Perazzo, Jose Luis Pagella, Alberto Pedro Cabrera (Coach: Miguel Angel Ripullone)

1986 World Championship: finished 12th among 24 teams

Marcelo Milanesio, Hector Oscar "Pichi" Campana, Miguel Alberto Cortijo, Sebastian Uranga, Carlos Romano, Gabriel Milovich, Luis Alberto Orono, Fernando Borcel, Esteban Camisassa, Diego Maggi, Hernan Abel Montenegro, Sergio Daniel Aispurua (Coach: Flor Melendez Montanez)

1990 World Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams

Marcelo Milanesio, Hector Oscar "Pichi" Campana, Miguel Alberto Cortijo, Sebastian Uranga, Carlos Romano, Esteban Pablo de la Fuente, Diego Maggi, Diego Marcelo Osella, Gabriel Milovich, Julio Ariel Rodriguez, Ruben Ariel Scolari, Marcelo Lorenzo Richotti (Coach: Carlos Boismene)

1994 World Championship: finished 9th among 16 teams

Marcelo Milanesio, Hector Oscar "Pichi" Campana, Juan Espil, Marcelo Nicola, Ruben Wolkowisky, Daniel Farabello, Jorge Oscar Racca, Esteban Daniel Perez, Sebastian Uranga, Diego Marcelo Osella, Eduardo Claudio Domine, Orlando Fabian Tourn (Coach: Guillermo Edgardo Vecchio)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

Marcelo Milanesio, Juan Espil, Marcelo Nicola, Daniel Farabello, Fabricio Oberto, Jorge Oscar Racca, Ruben Wolkowisky, Diego Marcelo Osella, Esteban Daniel Perez, Ernesto Federico Michel, Esteban Pablo de la Fuente, Luis Emilio Villar (Coach: Guillermo Edgardo Vecchio)

1998 World Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams

Marcelo Milanesio, Emanuel Ginobili, Hugo Sconochini, Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sanchez, Ruben Wolkowisky, Juan Espil, Fabricio Oberto, Marcelo Nicola, Alejandro Montecchia, Diego Marcelo Osella, Esteban Pablo de la Fuente, Carlos Patricio Simoni (Coach: Julio Cesar Lamas)

2002 World Championship: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Emanuel Ginobili, Luis Scola, Andres Nocioni, Fabricio Oberto, Hugo Sconochini, Ruben Wolkowisky, Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sanchez, Alejandro Montecchia, Lucas Victoriano, Leandro Palladino, Leonardo Gutierrez, Gabriel Fernandez (Coach: Ruben Magnano)

2004 Olympic Games: finished 1st among 12 teams

Emanuel Ginobili, Luis Scola, Andres Nocioni, Carlos Delfino, Hugo Sconochini, Walter Herrmann, Fabricio Oberto, Juan Ignacio “Pepe” Sanchez, Ruben Wolkowyski, Alejandro Montecchia, Gabriel Fernandez, Leonardo Gutierrez (Coach: Ruben Magnano)

2006 World Championship: finished 4th among 24 teams

Emanuel Ginobili, Luis Scola, Carlos Delfino, Andres Nocioni, Fabricio Oberto, Pablo Prigioni, Rubén Wolkowyski, Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sanchez , Walter Herrmann, Daniel Farabello, Gabriel Fernandez, Leonardo Gutierrez (Coach: Sergio Santos Hernandez)

[edit] External links

FIBA's statistics on Argentina
CABB's page (Spanish)

International basketball

v • d • e

Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship