Argentina national basketball team

Argentina Argentina
FIBA ranking 6 Decrease 2
Joined FIBA 1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation Argentine Basketball Federation
Coach Sergio Hernández
Olympic Games
Appearances 7
Medals Gold: (2004)
Bronze: (2008)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 13
Medals Gold: (1950)
Silver: (2002)
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances 17
Medals Gold: (2001, 2011)
Silver: (1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015)
Bronze: (1980, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2013)
Pan American Games
Appearances 14
Medals Gold: (1995)
Silver: (1951, 1955)
Uniforms
Light
Dark

The Argentina national basketball team, officially nicknamed El Alma Argentina[1] (Spanish: The Argentine Soul), is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation. (Spanish: Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol)

Argentina is the only national team in the FIBA Americas zone that has won the quintuplet crown: FIBA World Cup (they won the first edition, in 1950), Olympic Gold Medal (2004) (the higher honor and most important title of Argentina in the history of Argentina National Basketball Team), FIBA Diamond Ball (2008), FIBA AmeriCup (2001 and 2011) and Pan American Gold Medal (1995). They have also won 13 South American Basketball Championships, 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 NBA players. They did so by 87–80 in the 2002 FIBA World Championship held in Indianapolis. In that tournament, Argentina came second behind FR Yugoslavia, losing the final in overtime.

Due to the series of good results since the beginning of the 2000s (decade), Argentina reached the first position in the FIBA Men's Ranking at the end of the 2008 Olympic Games. Argentina is a founding member of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) and has South America's longest basketball tradition.

History

The first national team as covered by El Gráfico magazine in 1921.

The practice of basketball in Argentina was started by Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes (Young Men's Christians Association – YCMA) in 1912.,[2] with the first Federation ("Federación Argentina") established to organise competitions not only in Buenos Aires but in several cities around Argentina. Argentina played its first international game against Uruguay in 1921.

In 1950 Argentina won its first and only World Championship to date, with a squad formed entirely by amateur players, after defeating France (twice), Brazil, Chile, Egypt and the United States in the decisive match.

With the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet in mid-1980s, a new generation of players leaded Argentina to a moderate success in the 1986 World Championship where the squad defeated United States for the first time in their history. Nevertheless, the progress of Argentine basketball would be showed in 2002 FIBA World Championship being the first team to defeat a United States roster composed entirely of NBA players and also reaching the final, finally lost to Yugoslavia.

2002 was the year when the Golden Generation raised, when the team made history by being the first team to defeat a United States roster composed entirely of NBA players during the 2002 FIBA World Championship.[3] Argentina would reach the finals for the first time since the first World Championship in 1950,[4] But the most important achievement for the squad came in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens when Argentina won their first gold medal (including another victory over the United States at the semifinals). The olimpics title in 2004 is the higher honor and important title of Argentina in the history of the sport in the country.[5]

Uniform

Evolution

Since its establishment, the Argentina national team had worn white kits. In 2002, two light blue horizontal stripes (similar to the National flag) were added to the jerseys. In 2014, Argentina adopted a vertical striped model, in the style of football and field hockey representatives. The jersey debuted in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[6][7]

1921–2002, 2017–
2002–2013
2014–2017

Competition results

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year Position Pld W L
Germany 1936Did not participate
United Kingdom 194815th place844
Finland 19524th place853
1956 to 1992Did not participate
United States 19969th place743
Australia 2000Did not participate
Greece 2004Gold Medal862
China 2008Bronze Medal862
United Kingdom 20124th place844
Brazil 20168th place633
Total533221

FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup Record
Year Position Pld W L
Argentina 1950Champions660
Brazil 1954Did not participate
Chile 195910th633
Brazil 19638th844
Uruguay 19676th936
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1970Did not participate
Puerto Rico 197411th725
Philippines 1978Did not participate
Colombia 1982Did not participate
Spain 198612th1055
Argentina 19908th826
Canada 19949th853
Greece 19988th936
United States 2002Runner-up981
Japan 20064th972
Turkey 20105th972
Spain 201411th633
China 2019To be determined
Total1045846

FIBA Diamond Ball

FIBA Diamond Ball Record
Year Position Pld W L
Hong Kong 2000Did not participate
Serbia and Montenegro 2004Bronze Medal321
People's Republic of China 2008Champions330
Total651

FIBA AmeriCup

FIBA AmeriCup Record
Year Position Pld W L
Puerto Rico 1980Third Place642
Brazil 19847th826
Uruguay 19885th633
Mexico 19898th826
United States 19926th523
Puerto Rico 1993Third Place752
Argentina 1995Runner-up1082
Uruguay 19974th945
Puerto Rico 1999Third Place1073
Argentina 2001Champions10100
Puerto Rico 2003Runner-up1064
Dominican Republic 2005Runner-up1073
United States 2007Runner-up1082
Puerto Rico 2009Third Place1073
Argentina 2011Champions1091
Venezuela 2013Third Place1064
Mexico 2015Runner-up1082
2017To be determined
Total1499851

South American Championship

South American Championship Record
Year Position Pld W L
Uruguay 1930Runner-up642
Chile 1932Third Place404
Argentina 1934Champions660
Brazil 1935Champions431
Chile 19375th826
Peru 1938Runner-up431
Brazil 1939Third Place422
Uruguay 1940Runner-up541
Argentina 1941Champions550
Chile 1942Champions541
Peru 1943Champions853
Ecuador 1945Third Place532
Brazil 19475th523
Paraguay 19495th523
Uruguay 1953Did not participate
Colombia 19554th532
Chile 19584th743
Argentina 1960Third Place642
Brazil 1961Third Place752
Peru 19634th853
Argentina 1966Champions761
Paraguay 19685th743
Uruguay 1969Third Place642
Uruguay 1971Third Place752
Colombia 1973Runner-up761
Colombia 1976Champions660
Chile 1977Third Place862
Argentina 1979Champions660
Uruguay 1981Third Place532
Brazil 1983Runner-up532
Colombia 1985Third Place752
Paraguay 1987Champions651
Ecuador 1989Runner-up972
Venezuela 1991Third Place761
Brazil 1993Runner-up752
Uruguay 1995Runner-up734
Venezuela 1997Third Place743
Argentina 1999Runner-up651
Chile 2001Champions990
Uruguay 2003Runner-up642
Brazil 2004Champions651
Venezuela 2006Third Place431
Chile 2008Champions651
Colombia 2010Runner-up532
Argentina 2012Champions550
Venezuela 2014Runner-up541
Venezuela 20164th642
Total27019080

Pan American Games

Pan American Games Record
Year Position Pld W L
Argentina 1951Silver Medal651
Mexico 1955Silver Medal541
United States 1959Did not participate
Brazil 1963Did not participate
Canada 19676th514
Colombia 19715th954
Mexico 19757th936
Puerto Rico 19796th936
Venezuela 19835th945
United States 19879th514
Cuba 19916th734
Argentina 1995Gold Medal770
Canada 19994th523
Dominican Republic 20036th523
Brazil 20074th523
Mexico 20117th422
Canada 20155th422
Total924648

Players

Current roster

2017 Argentina men's basketball team roster roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG Vildoza, Luca 21 – (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Baskonia Spain
PF 4 Scola, Luis (C) 37 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Shanxi Brave Dragons China
PG 7 Campazzo, Facundo 26 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Real Madrid Spain
PG 8 Laprovíttola, Nicolás 27 – (1990-01-31)31 January 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Zenit Russia
G/F 9 Brussino, Nicolás 24 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Atlanta Hawks United States
SF 10 Thomas, Erik 22 – (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) University of New Orleans United States
C 12 Delía, Marcos 25 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CB Murcia Spain
F 14 Deck, Gabriel 22 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) San Lorenzo Argentina
PF Saiz, Javier 23 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Regatas Corrientes Argentina
SG Flor, Eric 24 – (1993-05-10)10 May 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Quilmes Argentina
G/F 29 Garino, Patricio 24 – (1993-05-17)17 May 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) -
C 35 Acuña, Roberto 26 – (1990-09-14)14 September 1990 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Quimsa Argentina
SG Redivo, Lucio 23 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Bilbao Basket Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on 6 August 2017

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Marcos Delía Roberto Acuña
PF Luis Scola Javier Saiz
SF Patricio Garino Gabriel Deck
SG Nicolás Brussino Lucio Redivo
PG Facundo Campazzo Nicolás Laprovíttola

Retired numbers

In July 2017, the Argentine Basketball Confederation announced that numbers 5 and 13 will be retired since the 2017 edition of FIBA AmeriCup and for the rest of championships played by the senior team from then on.[8]

Argentina retired numbers
No. Player Pos. Tenure Games Points Ref.
5 Emanuel Ginóbili SG 1998–2016 104 1,588 [8][9]
13 Andrés Nocioni SF 1999–2016 121 1,364 [8]

Past rosters

Head coach position for the major tournaments

(FIBA AmeriCup, FIBA World Cup, Summer Olympic Games):

See also

References

  1. "El Alma Argentina" on CABB website, retrieved 9 Jul 2016
  2. Historia en la Argentina on Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes en la Argentina website (Archive - March 11, 2012)
  3. Argentina hands NBA players first international loss, Sports Illustrated, September 5, 2002.Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  4. Argentina book final spot, BBC Sport, September 7, 2002. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  5. A 10 años del oro en los Juego Olímpicos Atenas 2004, los tres momentos que Manu Ginóbili jamás olvidará, La Nación, 26 Aug 2014
  6. "La Selección argentina de básquet presentó su camiseta Kappa para España 2014" Marketing Registrado, 5 Aug 2014
  7. "Argentina Presentó La Camiseta Para El Mundial" Archived August 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine., Córdoba Times, 4 Aug 2014
  8. 1 2 3 CABB anuncia el retiro de las camisetas de Ginóbili y Nocioni by Germán Beder on CABB website, 29 Jul 2017
  9. El homenaje de la selección de básquet a Ginóbili y Nocioni: retirarán sus números on Infobae, 29 Jul 2017
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