Cuba national basketball team

Cuba
FIBA ranking	45
Joined FIBA	1937
FIBA zone	FIBA Americas
National federation	Cuba Basketball Federation
Olympic Games
Appearances	6
Medals	Bronze: 1972
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	None
FIBA Americas Championship
Appearances	10
Medals	None
Uniforms
Home Away

The Cuba national basketball team is the national basketball team from Cuba.^[1] Cuba won the bronze medal at 1972 Summer Olympics and the 4th place 1974 FIBA World Championship. They are the only team from the Caribbean to win a medal at a major global event.

Competitive record

Olympics

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1948	13th	Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
1952	9th	Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics	Helsinki, Finland
1968	11th	Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico City, Mexico
1972	(3rd place)	Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics	Munich, West Germany
1976	7th	Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics	Montreal, Canada
1980	6th	Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics	Moscow, Soviet Union
2020	To be determined	Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Americas championship

Pan American Games

Centrobasket

Caribebasket

Current roster

 Cuba

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

Cuba National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club 2.5 !G/F 4 Guzman, Karel 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Capitalinos CUB ! 1.0 !PG 5 Oliva, Osmel 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Artemisa CUB ! 5.0 !C 6 Justiz, Javier 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Estudiantes Concordia ARG ! 1.5 !G 7 Rodriguez, Yaser 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Ciego de Avila CUB ! 3.0 !SF 9 Valdez, Livan 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Capitalinos CUB ! 2.0 !SG 10 Granda, William (C) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Club Atlético Tabaré URU ! 1.0 !PG 11 Molina, Yuniskel 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Pinar del Rio CUB ! 5.0 !C 12 Haiti, Joan Luis 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Ciego de Avila CUB ! 3.0 !SF 13 Martinez, Esteban 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-05-08)8 May 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Santiago de Cuba CUB ! 4.0 !PF 14 Torres, Orestes 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Capitalinos CUB ! 4.0 !PF 15 Rivero, Jasiel 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Club Atlético Tabaré URU ! 4.5 !F/C 16 Cubilla, Yoel 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Ciego de Avila CUB !	Head coach Daniel Scott Assistant coach(es) Leonardo Perez Legend Club field describes latest professional club Age field is age on August 30, 2015 (C) – Team Captain

Depth chart

Notable players

Other current notable players from Cuba:

Cuba roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 5.0 !C Adrian Diaz 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) BC Timisoara ROM ! 1.0 !PG Reynaldo Garcia 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) San Martin Corrientes ARG ! 2.5 !G/F Yorman Polas 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Baskets Bonn GER ! 5.0 !C Ismael Romero 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-06-23)23 June 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Atleticos de San German PUR ! 2.5 !G/F Howard Sant-Roos 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-02-13)13 February 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) CEZ Basketball Nymburk CZE !	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 18 September 2016

Head coach position

• Daniel Scott – 2001-2011
• Leonardo Perez – 2012-2014
• Daniel Scott – 2015-now

Past rosters

1948 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Francisco "Frank" Lavernia, Raúl García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Casimiro García Artime, Juan García, José Llanusa, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Agüero, Joaquín Agüero, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Llaneras Rodríguez, Otero Vázquez, José Miguel Álvarez Pozo

1952 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 23 teams

Alfredo "Bebo" Faget, Carlos García Ordóñez, Federico "Fico" López, Juan García, Casimiro García Artime, Ramón Wiltz, Mario Quintero, Fabio Ruiz, Mario Agüero, Felipe de la Pozas y Piad, Carlos Bea, Armando Estrada Rivero, Alberto Escoto Valdés

1968 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Pablo García, Cesar Valdés, Inocente Cuesta, Jacinto González, Miguel Montalvo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Carlos del Pozo (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1970 World Championship: finished 8th among 13 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Franklin Standard, Conrado Pérez, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Domecq, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Francisco Varona (Coach: Stepas Butautas)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Oscar Varona Varona, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Juan Roca Brunet, Conrado Pérez (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1974 World Championship: finished 4th among 14 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Juan Domecq, Oscar Varona Varona, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Rafael Cañizares, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Pedro Chappe Garcia, Juan Domecq, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Oscar Varona Varona, Félix Morales, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Daniel Scott, Rafael Cañizares, Juan Roca Brunet, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Ángel Padrón (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Ruperto Herrera Tabio, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Miguel Calderón Gómez, Félix Morales, Daniel Scott, Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Alejandro Lázaro Ortiz, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Jorge More, Generoso Márquez, Noangel Luaces (Coach: Pedro Chappe Garcia)

1986 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Daniel Scott, Félix Morales, Raúl Dubois, Pedro Abreu, Luis Calderón, Noangel Luaces, Eduardo Cabrera, Luciano Rivero, Roberto Simón Salomón, Leonardo Pérez, José Carlos Caballero, Pedro Cobarrubia (Coach: Juan Carmelo Ortega Díaz)

1994 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Richard Matienzo, Leonardo Pérez, Lazaro Borrell, Roberto Carlos Herrera, Roberto Simón Salomón, Ángel Oscar Caballero, Augusto Duquesne, Ulises Goire, José Luis Díaz, Juan Leopoldo Vázquez, Edel Casanova, Yudit Abreu (Coach: Miguel Calderón Gómez)

See also

• Cuba women's national basketball team
• Cuba national under-19 basketball team
• Cuba national under-17 basketball team
• Cuba national 3x3 team

References

External links

• Latinbasket.com - Cuba Men National Team
• Cuba Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Cuba Sport - Basketball

Videos

• Cuba v Venezuela - Game Highlights - Group B - 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Youtube.com video

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