Paraguay national basketball team

Paraguay Paraguay
FIBA ranking T-43 Increase 3
Joined FIBA 1947
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation Paraguayan Basketball Federation
Coach Ariel Rearte
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 2
Medals None
Americas Championship
Appearances 3
Medals None
Uniforms
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The Paraguay national basketball team is the team governed by the Paraguayan Basketball Federation (Spanish: Confederación Paraguaya de Basquetbol) that represents Paraguay in the men's international basketball competitions organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The best achievements by the Paraguay men's national basketball team are the two second-places finishes in the FIBA South America Basketball Championship, in 1955 and 1960.

Roster

Team for the 2014 South American Basketball Championship.[1]

Paraguay men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club
F 4 Bareiro, Diego 22 – 7 September 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Club Libertad
G/F 5 Pérez, Daniel 29 – 13 August 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Club Libertad
PG 6 Aponte, Manuel – 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Cerro Porteño
SF 7 Zanotti, Bruno 31 – 13 September 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Libertad de Sunchales
F 8 Sánchez, Ramón 22 – 1 October 1991 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Cerro Porteño
G/F 9 Mellone, Federico 29 – 20 January 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Cerro Porteño
G 10 Vallejos, Carlos Luis 22 – 30 January 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Club Libertad
C 11 Araújo, Guillermo 31 – 20 September 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Capitanes de Arecibo
F 12 Fabio, José 36 – 31 December 1977 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Obera TC
F/C 13 Ortíz, Edison 32 – 25 March 1982 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Club Libertad
F/C 14 Peralta, Nelson 25 – 15 October 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cerro Porteño
F 15 López, Adolfo 25 – 7 May 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Club Sol de América
Head coach
  • Ariel Rearte
Assistant coach
  • Christian Viveros
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2013

Competitions

Olympic Games

FIBA World championship

FIBA Americas Championship

Pan American Games

Results and Fixtures

Recent and forthcoming matches

Matches from the past 6 months as well as any future scheduled matches. All matches are in local time.

August 30, 2011
18:00
Paraguay  52–84  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 8–27, 15–18, 17–24, 12–15
August 31, 2011
14:00
Puerto Rico  101–55  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 30–20, 30–12, 26–13
September 1, 2011
11:30
Paraguay  86–89  Panama
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 25–17, 11–30, 31–19
September 3, 2011
14:00
Uruguay  79–66  Paraguay
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–18, 21–9, 17–19

References

  1. ↑ Obradovic, Igor (24 July 2014). "Paraguayan Men National Team 2014". Sports I.T. Latin Basket. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

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